ah, washington winds its appeal against a ruling blocking duelling the sanchez extradition to the u. s. is case, may now return to a lower court to be re heard. we speak with the wikileaks editor in chief, but it's not a case that has been fought on the basis of law. this is an absolute travis deal, any legal process. sanchez case sparks anger around the world with rights groups noting it comes as britain takes part in a democracy summit that pales the west, supposed freedom of the press and the provocative and threatening action russia slams yesterday evening. se ukrainian attempt for dangerously approaching its maritime borders nay. crimea taking tensions between the 2 states to a new level, we get reaction from residence on the peninsula work. this is blatant provocation. they wanted to paint russia is guilty. they always blame russia for everything

that's going me senseless. they are likely doing it on purpose to anger, russia. all the sheets of the jazz is just unpleasant when provoked people. ah hello, welcome to our international world, new to the levin with me. kevin owen here in moscow. first big story tonight, london court has ruled at wiki likes, found the julian assange can be extradited to the u. s. washington. one, it's appeal against her previous ruling that blocked her sons from being sent to america to face trial on espionage charges. his fiance described the decision today as a grave, miscarriage of justice. julian exposed the crimes of cia tortures of ca killers. and now we know that those ca killers were planning to kill him too. how can this court how can these courts

approve an extradition request? under these conditions? well, do this on just now or step closer to being extradited to the united states as the u. k. high court has decided that it will be overturning a decision not to expedite to him to the united states. that decision was based back in january on medical grounds at the time the judge said it would be oppressive as student to sanchez at a high risk of suicide. of course, back in october, that was a 2 day harry, i was the united states trying to appeal over numerous grounds, including the fact that it offered an unprecedented package of assurances, as i saw it would not be held under the maximum security the strictest maxim security. conditions in prison and that he isn't unwell this being, he's made out. well, judas sanchez have continued to say that he is indeed a suicide risk. and that all of these assurances are meaningless and vague as they

put it. they said that the united states can reverse any decision at any point. class is also concerned about the trustworthiness of america's got ready to use to pointing to one of those reports in the year that the cia i had talked to kidnap during the saw and put it to kill him. and even it was spying and bugging him during his time at london's ecuadorian embassy. now june a song just noise. what they say is this is i'm putting enough evidence to not only throw out the court case entirely, but they say it's a 100 percent politically motivated. plus they of course argue that you're in the saw and should be walking free. when did you go my to need to fight for a sanchez freedom. it is unfair to keep him in custody when there is no crime or punishment for him. we continued to fight and this latest decision is not yet final . it's will take time. i remind you the text tradition hearings have been going on for almost a year, and it may take as long again to get a final decision. however,

sanchez health continues to deteriorate and all of this affects his physical and psychological condition. i called the journalist is being prosecuted for publishing, reliable information about especially great war crimes committed by the american military in iraq and afghanistan. and it is worth noting that the american court is not prosecuting the military who committed these crimes. but the journalist he published information about serious human rights violations. therefore, everything that happened became very indicative of the violation of freedom of the press by the american justice system in relation to other countries. now the united states on june is on for what they deem as one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the united states. and if found guilty and convicted, he could be sent to prison for up to a 175 years. that's because the us of indicted him on 18 counts under the espionage act for publishing. i classified military documents overnighted the war

in iraq and afghanistan, but most crucially, i got included claims for the military even killed thousands of innocent civilians . now, speaking outside the high court here, this morning, we've heard from stella morris the partner who is incredibly disappointed and she is saying why and how is this happening? how long can this really go on for? and many people have been supporting her outside here. many, many protests is that also are similar questions there who is a glimmer of hope that you know, the british justice system might actually prevail for once. the british judiciary as the assistive on every level, the u. s. campaign garcia and i to 10 years, 10 years in the streets of london, public opinion and this sound. but obviously the judge's decision is not on the side of public opinion. it's absolutely doesn't say thing,

especially this time of year to another christmas without doing that is children without their data stay on to fight to free judy massage. that's what i say. we will prevail eventually. well, interestingly or ironically today is international human rights day, and many people outside as a high court say, where is the human rights? in the case of uranus, orange obviously listed on the foreground of the royal court of justice, that they call it the royal cause of injustice. and just as i did was being announced, i protest even through eggs at this side directly behind me was just goes to show the sentiment and feeling here on the streets of london. it's a complicated, recent back story. i'll briefly outline how the story is develop lately in 2019. he was forcefully removed by british police from ecuadorian embassy in london. after quito terminated his 7 year a solemn,

there was roughly team with their we brought you, those pictures were in the world at the time. he'd sought refuge in that building, following sexual assault allegations and sweden, which have now been dropped. america wants to weekly's founder, extradited on claims of conspiring to hat government computers and publish classified material that in january. fast forward to then the sheer, a british judge ruled against extradited him to the u. s. of affairs about his mental health. at the same time, there was rejected a bail application made claiming he could be in danger of fleeing. earlier we spoke with a wiki leaks editor in chief kristen conference, and in view of today's verdict, was actually unbelievable. and so i run a good this decision should be 100 on the united nations human rights. the united states had all opportunity in the madison court to make those so called assurances it did not. it simply press them forward after they lost in the menus court. in january, the united states had given assurances that the they would to treat the

julian fairly. and he would get that treatment and be housed in an adequate to jail and could even serve his sentence if he gets one in australia. all of these so called assurance and have been and been investigated by human rights organizations such as amnesty international and found that those are just not worth the paper they're written on. they are simply not reliable. we are dealing here with a nation where individuals on the top level in language ginia, the top level of the cia and in the white house contemplated, kidnapping were killing julian assaults. this is not a case that is being fought on the basis of the law. this is an absolutely travesty of any legal process. this is a political case, and the julian arrest us we have said for many, many years is a political persecution. us

a pain pursuing assange after reveal classified information on american military activities during boards in afghanistan and iraq. ah, no. mm. mm mm. i mean, a major publications like the guardian in london or the new york times,

dare spiegel, they all published this material. in fact, one awards for it. ah, julian in factor was leaked the material and did what any publisher would do, which is to put it out. he's never been charged with publishing. material that is false or incorrect is a pre amazing track record are. but yes, it's very myopic on the part of a u. s. media outlets not to understand that if julian is extradited, which is unfortunately looking more and more likely are this will set a legal precedent that any journalist who has in their possession classified material or any publisher that publishes classified material can be held in criminal contempt. it changes the game completely and eviscerate any investigation into the inner workings of power. rushes for ministry slammed the court's verdict highlighting that it coincides with the end of

a summit for democracy hosted by the u. s. this shameful verdict, in a political case against a journalistic and public figure is another manifestation of the cannibalistic world view of the anglo saxon tandem. the west marks international human rights day and the end of the summit for democracy with dignity. this news is devastating. the persecution of julian assange as the disgrace. meanwhile, biden is holding his cynical democracy summit and the hypocrisy and the cruelty. we condemn today's u. k. high court decision to allow the expedition of julian sans to the u. s. which will prove historic for all the wrong reasons. we fully believe that julian assigned has been targeted for his contributions to journalism. meantime, so from that classified documents have been laid by showing other u. s. appears to have broken diplomatic assurances and another extradition case. similar to that was chilling assange no faces this time. the guy's name is david mendoza. he says he only agreed to be expedited by madrid to america on condition he be allowed to serve any sentence in spain. he says that he even signed the

documents with the american and spanish governments, assuring him of that condition. but the u. s. then went on to hold of in jail for almost 7 years before eventually returning him. and only after he taken legal action against america, we spoke 2 independent journalist, which had med, her stu, released the documents to the case. you know, they've told us that he can serve any potential sentence in his home country, australia. they said the exact same thing to mendoza, they told him just just let him come to the us and he can serve any sentence given back in spain. in mendoza's case, the united states signed a contract, an explicit contract with mendoza and with spain saying that he must be returned to spain. he cannot be given a life sentence, he kind of tried for conscience structuring. they violated this the u. s. captain, for 6 years and 9 months, the only reason mendoza was allowed to go back to spain is because he sued spain twice in the spanish supreme court. and he won. and spain threatened to cut off the extradition treaty with the us. that is when the u. s felt pressure,

they wanted to keep extra dining people from spain. and so it's only because this was imperiled and in danger of being canceled that they then sent him back mendoza, which was expedited for drug trafficking and money laundering. and he told me, if they did that to him, if the united states did that to mendoza, what are they going to do to julian thought. this is a common practice. the united states violates its assurances. it's diplomatic agreements, whether it's iran, nuclear deal, whether it's, you know, a prison transfer assurances for a saundra window that they're going to violate the mark my words. this is going to happen. mendoza certain of this, and i interviewed him for this and he seen dozens of people from spain, from columbia, from mexico, from all over the world who've been given assurances. and once they get to the u. s, it's violated these documents that i published. they weren't seen by the court yet . they weren't submitted in court. and i'm convinced that if the judge had seen them, if the judge's study of these documents, they could not let this extra and go ahead because they've accepted that a song just suicidal. they've accepted the judge, applied the test correctly,

that he would be even more suicidal. he would, he would drive an extradition to deal with. we drive him to take us except that all this. so the only reason they allow the appeal to go ahead today was that the judge should have allowed us to give assurances before and that they trust the us assurances, well, i'm very sorry, but these classified documents say otherwise coming up russia on the west, some potential conflicts in europe after re crated and ship sailed dangerously close last evening to russian waters without authorization, 1st. so variable tele brother life. so we've talked about the rising chance of civil war and america. and it could either be between the ab yachts and the have nots. they could be between the big coin states like texas or florida between the non bitcoin states. but the rising tension is comparable because the rising genie coefficient as is down the spread between the very top and the and the bottom is getting extremely why

many was full, the delta would be the sort of p i did. i could, well, you're not going to get a sure any more transmissible than delta and not what you got. something which is popped up with more than 30 changes in that spike protein that we're all interested in. it's accumulated, all the mutations we've seen in different varies all in one bar. and that raises some very interesting issues about where did it come from in the 1st place. is it possible to get even more me what's going to happen in terms of disease severity and vaccine protection? so it is suggesting the know the virus is still got some way to go through the more surprises ah, again,

rushes for ministries criticize the west for its behavior after re, crania, and ship approach brushing territory warning that it could even lead to conflict in europe. some last evening, i got the latest more correspondence, kellum open in new york and newly available in crimea. and that's what we had 1st. and not so long ago, we heard from the russian foreign ministry regarding the latest incident in the con man cursed trade, whether ukrainian a ship called don vance, had approached russian territory, vultures, and then turned back without reporting to the russian coast. god, also on thursday, december, the 9th, a russian flies, his escorted 5 u. s. and french miniature aircraft over the blank. see, according to the russian national defense control center. and the russian foreign ministry added that nato supports ukraine and its aggressive actions instead of holding it bike. moscow is concerned that nato come place was trying missile systems with a minimum flight time to russia on ukrainian soil. so let's take a listen to the ministry had to say,

because has been set to draw ukraine into nature. such irresponsible behavior is an unacceptable threat to all security provoking serious risks for all parties involved ought to a large scale conflict in europe. earlier the f s v has call the actions of the ukrainian ship, don boss in this c, a bizarre, a provocation, and a threat to the safety of navigation back. just to remind you not far away from where i'm standing in the crimean sea to have courage, a collision between the russian and ukranian fleet, and the curse trade have nearly happened. it started when they don't dance, ship left the port of mar you pull saturday morning and moved towards the curse trade. the ukrainian defense minister said they don't boss ship was in the seo basil legally since it was a shed water area. express his surprise at moscow, so a threat from an unarmed search and rescue vessel. and also the ship incident took place at the same time when the talks between the presidents of the united states and ukraine, joe biden, and of la demi zalinski were under way,

crimea officials expressed concern and urged the you unsecure to counsel, to discuss the problem that can leads to a widespread confrontation. meanwhile, here, encourage local people also see the latest incident as provocation, and hear some of the opinions, the young civil, provoke gods. this is blatant provocation. it was intended to show that as biden's lensky spoke. russia was restricting passage for ukrainian ships through the cut straight. i am confident that there was a tv crumbled ready to film and record it all as it happened. they wanted to paint russia is guilty. they always blame russia for everything in stone. you deal with senseless? well, the words that ukraine would continue with the provocation, and they're likely doing it on purpose to anger, russia. all the sheets of the jets is just unpleasant. what provokes people see you? yes. i am at peace with russia. you told me to and i say the wound to be of all

you were heard for really ever have feelings are running high in order to go see a sions and the diplomacy the me going on that very day. so was this unexpected, this incident last night, given everything? julia's just said, these provocations haven't simply been going on for a couple weeks. they've been happening for quite some time. there's been quite a pattern of escalation of the u. s. media has been playing up this idea that russia is planning an invasion of ukraine. a russia has been adamant that they are not doing any such thing. we now have joe biden coming forward and saying that as a result of his recent talks with putin or the threat of russia supposedly invading ukraine, a has been lifted up. but we have various voices in u. s. media who were saying they're not so sure about biden's effectiveness in terms of diplomacy, and they think there could be a danger of war on the horizon. here's some of what we've heard. do not discount no matter how far fetched it may seem. a hot war with russia. yes, that is a lunatic idea. but that doesn't mean joe biden won't do it. now these statements

don't seem baseless. if you look at what's actually been taking place along the border, you can talk about the intensification of activity from u. s. strategic bomber aviation and russia has come forward and said that the united states is actually where her sing, dropping dropping nuclear bombs near the ukrainian russian border. this point, members of the u. s. congress are coming out and saying that they would consider bombing russia. now, there's been a firestorm of criticism from their colleagues. i would not rule out american troops on the ground. we don't do, you know, we don't rule out. first use nuclear, an action, any one who would propose or even consider what he is saying as an option must be insane. a sociopath or a status launch a nuclear attack that would start a war that would destroy the american people, our country and world. so that we can save ukraine's democracy. i mean it,

it literally is insane. now, the backdrop for all of this is the intense division within us society. i, we have a situation in the white house, says one thing. other politicians are saying something completely different will be waiting to see how this further develops. with there are some other bits, and you said it comes as ukraine's president zalinski says he doesn't now rule out a referendum on the dumbass region break. and away may tell the u. s. reveal thursday that 30 javelin anti tank missiles systems were delivered to ukraine in october. not his senior correspondent. we're going to have next, taking a while to look at the ukraine. tensions. the situation on the ground in ukraine is perhaps worse to war because that is where people are dying. people are dying, people are suffering. people are going through through hell and have been going through hell for many years now. we have, we have seen the united states pacifically pumping weapons into ukraine for the

ukrainian military. and these are weapons b, b, b, they a javelin miss are supplied by the united states or by dr. drones supplied by turkey. these are, these are weapons that are flowing into you credit and immediately going to the conflicts of where the civil war is being fought in the east of ukraine. there are more than 2000000 civilians are trapped in the conflict soon in east the new grade . and they're just having to break it out, people going to sending their kids to school. they will have to worry about a tang shallow a mortar round landing there on the grounds of the school. vladimir putin is like and what is happening to a walker. sorta see, i should say that, russo phobias the 1st step towards genocide. what's going on and on bass now very much resembles genocide. we see it and we know about it, or we hear about is this potential plans emanating from the she i of the white house, the british government. these plans that no one previously knew about that russia

was planning to invade a huge area of ukraine. there's unclear how they would be able to achieve this with, with, even if we believe the c i and others with, with such a small force. but let's look at what is happening again on the graph. do you have the o. s. c, that reporting on c's for violation. so their work is constant and round the clock . ukrainian artillery and forces destroyed or damaged 5 times more civilian infrastructure at schools at workplace as that is people's homes. 5 times more infrastructure was destroyed and damaged by ukrainian forces than vice versa. you also have the situation in which you, ukraine, still still 6 years on, refuses to negotiate with the breakaway republics. aside from that, there are also all manner of promises and assurances that ukraine keeps on hearing from, from britain, from the united states that they've got their back,

that thou help them, that they'll keep the russians awake. and what are, what that does is it, in bones you credit. and unfortunately the situation is such that aside from very one sided coverage, you have a situation in which piece simply isn't desirable. as you correspond at their talks is barely spoke to, to adjourn a snore for thomas fast spend those things that escalation of ukraine must be stopped before it spirals out of control. there is something that has not been here for decades. that is the perspective of the re perspective of a major european war. so he and now the key for a potential war in europe lives now 100 percent with the, the key of government if key, if the sites to provoke russian invasion. and there will be a russian invasion as soon as g of starts a major offensive against the break of a republics. in that case,

automatically. busy the blank check will be full of western support for the ukrainian side. so the wisdom narrative says that whatever crimea, whatever the key is, does to reclaim or even reconquer the breakaway republics, or even crimea would be executing their sovereign rights on this over in territory . we should hope that, that both washington and moscow and of course, also paris and bold and understand that there is a real risk of a european war here. okay, wait for that. some of the news in tonight american, i had just a small let, has been found guilty of lying to the lease about a hate crime against which turned out to be staged. but not everyone's willing to accept the decision b, l m brands jessie small at trial as a white supremacist charade. pledging support for the actor ahead of the verdict.

we can never believe police. it's not about a trial or a verdict decided in a white supremacist charade. it's about how we treat our community. when corrupt systems are working to devalue their lives, racial identity, a reliable indicator of trust would be a lab. but what if everyone in the trial is actually black jesse small, let found guilty of staging, a hate crime against himself. awesome day road brothers. the attack as he paid to beat him and yelled racial slurs, chicago, police department superintendence. could have been a tough one. could be a lem. thank god, there's always an enemy to be a scapegoat. we find ourselves once again, been forced to put our lives and our value in the hands of judges and juries operating in a system that is designed to oppress us. roberta was a fair in just and i'm glad the justice system is working out well here lately. i

think it was just a made up of fake tissues are the only lecture cycle on the 2020 election those a lot of things came out that was great. tissues to make the site look bad and america and it backfires. so these are things that we are dealing with. the 2 part is system here. their calls are more due beasen ah, between the races instead of we being uniting is that divided knows, wow. ah, yeah. implemented different things throughout both all races. here in america, the cost of asians, when we love and i saw teas, world news at $11.00 p. m. i from moscow reporting for you. it's been kevin. oh and thanks for checking in this friday evening. wherever you are in the world, can we up or after a quick break? so it's a great company. so be shevardnadze latest guest,

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