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to the us way. faces the 175 years in prison with very well welcome. this is austin international with the late his world headlines. it's good to have you with us. now don't you ask officials say 3 people have been killed and several injured and soc tuesday shelling of the capital city with around 200 alternative rounds. find by the ukranian forces, residential areas are allegedly being intentionally targeted by key ups troops. ah. is some footage of the latest from the varnish hill of ski and point by ship district showing the aftermath of the attacks with smoke seemed rising above the impact sites. local official say 2 of the victims were emergency services. workers with the 3rd or the 3rd appears to be

a civilian. and this is the latest drone for teach from dawn yet showing smoke rising as we're building the city stadium also struck by ukrainian artillery. a number of casualties at that particular site has not yet been confirmed or corresponded among causes of reports from the see the shelling of civilian areas of done that sca continue. this says saturday from the very morning we're heard several explosions right here in the center of the city. just for you to understand this is the arena here in donetta. the one that welcomed matches of the 2012 european championship and a right behind me at building is on fire. on a saturday, at least 3 people have been killed by ukrainian artillery. 2 of those people were servicemen of the emergencies ministry. they came to a site where a building was destroyed in order to help out. once they arrived. you could,

you crate in artillery struck once again and also later on saturday, one civilian had been killed, wants to get a lot of civilian infrastructure, had been damaged. here in don't as cancer well, military infrastructure. i haven't heard any damage to it. so for rahman coffer of r, t, done as the people's republic and university chemistry faculty was among the damaged building. so luckily there's been over poor some victims from last sight, a local profess essays. he witnessed the chalet which he described to us in detail . yes. who city of go who i was just walking along the university campus and was approaching the building when the shelling began. shells were flying right overhead . people were running their explosions all around. i run up to the university, i was just on my way to work. and then came the explosions. there was shattered glass all around me. i think the shells probably from the recent deliveries from nato, because it showed didn't look like grad rockets,

which usually somewhat weak. and there's a lot more destruction here. when you move me more russia defense ministry has really fresh pitch of its attack. helicopters, conducting pinpoint, pinpoint strikes on ukrainian army positions, losing rockets, one more than 5 kilometers away from the target, destroying a command post and several on the vehicles off the opposing side. as a new twist, it was being called the fake news war over ukraine with a report of a usa today resigning and shame off to the outlet admitted she'd cook cup fax for 23 of us stories. the old, it revealed that some individuals quoted were not affiliated with the organizations claimed and appeared to be fabricated. the existence of individuals quote, could not be independently verified. in addition, some stories included quotes that should have been credited to others. as a result,

usa today remove 23 articles from its website and other platforms for not meeting. i'll add tauriel standards. miranda has resign as a reporter. at least 2 of the reporters fake news articles the focused on the conflicts in ukraine, alleging negligence by russian forces off dead seas. these are pushing their nuclear power plant in southern ukraine. the post article claimed the russians had threatened to blow up the facility. another piece by the same report is focused on the stories of ukrainian women on the front lines which will say made up. the outlet has issued an apology for the fake news pieces while promising to improve its fact checking the pulled stories to a library of fabrications pumped out by western media. since the start of the military conflicts including the teacher of ukrainian troops, claiming they had reached the border with russia, which was picked up by western media outlets despite proving to be false. steve g, l, a radio host and political commentator told us is very troubling at western atlas.

continue to publish lies from ukraine. i don't think anybody believes if this was the only reporter engaged in this kind of making up quotes made, she got stories. it takes a culture to produce that kind of outright buy a pattern. and i think the real irony is this is a conversation that does the fact checking for facebook. people that get hired at newspapers by editors that have a liberal bear. i know they're supervisors that have a little bit of a journalism scholar just that they don't do that have a liberal that they come in with a perspectives that is not necessarily or an accurate world do. and then it gets promoted with, with not only who hires them, but who promotes them. so i, i think it's a major problem. we've seen it in the us for a long time. and i think it's a dangerous problem because it's, if the public isn't getting the truth, it really is hard for a democracy or republic operate. i hope that usa today won't stop with this incident again. i think there's a culture of just information that's taking place in the media globally. and certainly in the united states,

we've seen it with the smear campaign directed against president trump in the last 4 years. so i hope that they don't stop with this fiery dis apology, and think that their work is done. and they have hundreds of newspapers and other media outlets. they're owned by ganette and they need to be searching every one to see that the same thing is not happening because i think it's more of a culture. and it is just one road report. i the gang for public official se sum ukrainian, so just have surrendered at a chemical local chemical plant in the city of several don't. yes, officials say the exact number of military prisoners on their affiliation to certain units is not being disclosed for security reasons. to avoid the potential persecution of the relatives of surrendered soldiers in ukraine, i was 2 and a half 1000 troops, including foreign mercenaries, a believe to be hold up inside the cities sprawling industrial zone. several foreign mercenaries were also among equip,

have recently captured competence in ne, in ukraine. we sat down with 2 of them, both americans to find out what brought them to the was i just the warning we have not been able to independently verify that claims the. it was reported in our, you know, prior to like january, february of this year, i really knew i couldn't even tell you where ukraine was on a map, to be honest. we were not getting that news. but when things kinda started mumbling up and then kicking off here, they did start reporting on the fact that there had been conflict in dumbass for, for the past 8 years. but it was always presented as russian aggression in that area. we were not told about any ukrainian attacks, we're talking about the ukrainians is that they were in trenches ready ready to defend initially when the conflict started on february 24th, i saw a lot of news. and again, i now believe that they were propaganda from the west side,

not visibly just america, but the west as a whole. that is that right russian for his work, it like indiscriminately killing like williams and through my travels. i did not see that i would say it was probably my eagerness. my stupidity coming here with not a lot of knowledge of the conflict that all i hope one day i can go home to my wife and start a family and forget the conflict and just try them and people not to come here. oh, i don't know the location, but we were in the forest car key area we engage in combat with russian troops. the ukraine were retreating and we were asked to cover their retreat when we were covering them,

the russian forces ran over in our position. we had to like fully regina and when one of my colleagues and i waited about 3 hours in a fighting hole, just you make sure the coast is clear. after those 3 hours, we ended up walking 4 through the woods for about 5 hours. we eventually got onto the road when we surrender to russian forces, it's not my war. i feel for the ukrainian and people i feel for the russian people, you know, i feel for everyone involved because, or is, is terrible regardless of the circumstances. i don't know why the west focus is, is just sending weapons, weapons, weapons, money, money, money. there is a diplomatic solution to this problem somewhere. but it's going to take some time to get there. and i just think that they're at this time, they're not willing to deal with it. so they'd rather just give a bunch of stuff to ukraine and let it be ukraine's problem. i would say tend to anyone who is thinking about coming over,

think really long and hard about about why you're doing it and what can happen and, and if this is really your fight, if this is really something that you need to be doing, one of the world's biggest and most important business events, these and petersburg, international economic for me that wrapping up on saturday office, several events full days. me. oh. well, on friday rush as president delivered a speech on global economic issues at the event the military operation. ukraine was also in the spot life, doug, i picked him, stressed russia will not abandon the people of dumbass who need moscow's protection and use them. we will support the people living in these territories. but in the end, only the people who live tablet the time in the future and we will respect any choice they make in what we do so that the method knows i weighed in on a range of other topics in his speech,

including how the 2nd blitzkrieg of western sanctions against moscow has failed. the president also mentioned an inevitable end of the unit poll at world old and the importance of technological sovereignty to ensure russia can produce and provide for itself while avoiding international itself. isolation, you can use it on the forum also welcomed a number of high profile guests from around the world, the economics minister of palestine holiday essay lee told us that palestinians live on to a brutal occupation that extends to all areas of their lives. only walk from with us for the palestinian economy. we have had a very difficult experience with that. we live under a beautiful occupation, extends to all layers of all lives. we've also had our successes. we must overcome covey time team while maintaining a supply of goods. while temperature director today is no shortage of goods on the pumps on new market in supply chains have not been district and i hope we will

return to normal life in the current crisis. when many attempts will be made to do this for european countries and by the un attempts will be made to begin to lift the blockade on odessa loosen. so i looks at this positively and i hope that the ukranian side will soon come to mind clearance because to the 20000000 tons of food that would help to resolve the global food crisis. and i hope that the current circumstances to stop it will be the beginning of the end. a with whistleblower julian, a song facing up to 175 years in the us prison on espionage charges. his family has been out of the we can leaks co founders, extradition order to be us, which was approved by london on friday process is being used to hide atrocity and we know that from histories that that can be done

and the u. k. should not be doing that, it should not be engaging in prosecution on behalf of a foreign power that is out for revenge. that can be extradited from the country. publishing evidence of war, crime, georgia and corruption. what this decision made is basic journalism. journalism that people do everyday thing information, publishing information. now the legal in the u. k. u. k. home secretary of decision spark the international outrage of human rights organizations, such as the committee to protect journalists on the on the stands, the national and spoken up for junior, the songs. the extradition of julian assange to the united states to face trial on charges under the century old espionage act as a blow to press freedom with implications for journalists everywhere. we urge the bite and administration to live up to it stated commitment to

a free press by dropping all charges against the wiki leaks founder. allowing julian, his son to be expedited to the us, would put him at great risk incense, a chilling message to journalists, the world over. we call the u. k, to refrain from expediting julian assange for the us to drop the charges. and for a songy to be freed hard to believe, but it looks real. every serious press freedom group in the world has protested this. it is an appalling symbol of how far the british and american government's commitment to human rights has declined. any one in this country who cares about freedom of expression should be deeply ashamed that the home secretary has approved . the extradition of julian assange to the united states, the country that plotted his assassination. as long as legal case has been going on for years in 2019, his asylum was revoked in the equitorial embassy in london, where he'd been hiding since skipping bail. it was an arrest of buying new cale authorities and sent to the bell marsh, maximum security prison in 2020 extradition herrings began. and a year later,

the presiding judge concluded, it would be oppressive to extradite songs that, to the us due to his health issues. but that decision with the tongue less than a year later when a london high court agreed with the us request to extradite the whistleblower. now in 2022, a london court has issued an official extradition order followed by the u. k. home office confirming it on friday as long as we can ex, came on the us scrutiny in 2010 of the public trades of classified information about the was enough dentist on, on the rock. exposing footage of us soldiers indiscriminately gunning down civilians. they expose, they also revealed torture and prison to death. they won solomon bay prison. well as cross live now to fidel and all they as the former conceal. i'll be equipped of ecuador in the u. k. who knows mister s, on personally, from his time at the ecuador and embassy, thank you very much for joining us on. the program is good to see you at 1st of all,

what was your reaction to people tell go to to extra di, julianna's, orange? i think these sir, the fish was totally expected, suspected by julians assigned to legal team and by the people who support came in this country. and it is because the united kingdom is there must be jim ally of united states when he comes to national security and the war on terror or on all the the background next to julian sanchez, a case. and he said the most ration that did this is the political case is nice. you had the opportunity, the united kingdom had that your port trinity to show silver any teeth didn't. so i was not surprised decision many as not the day is of the decision as a dark day for do more. christiane,

freedom of speech was you'll take well it is, it is of course, because what we are witnessing is that creamy nally sation of journalistic activity. pure journalistic activity. julia sanchez is not accused of stealing information of hacking document. he is accused of taking, receiving information and publishing. that's what journalists do every day. busy and everywhere, less jesse pathetically imagine that to morrow in the korean war between russia and ukraine, there is a we said lawyer, and there is a journal. it does give us insight information to full information about war crimes. now what's gonna be the reaction of republic if those

art crimes committed by russia goes that journalist will be a hero in the west. m is for we have the same to patient year. the journalist has expose the crimes of nato and the kinds of there was emmys for and he is a criminal eyes. he is the one in jail. know the criminals. expose my him so sad. very sad and sound. yeah. as we know was already spend for years in belmont, the high security prison in 6 years, in the confinement of the embassy without being found guilty. how fair is this? well, is totally unfair, and is there evidence that this is a persecution? you have somebody who is not serving any sentence if he has not been

george wyatt judge. he thus say he has to have his trial yet. he's a tooth. he's not serving a sentence and still in jail. the more important thing for somebody who is in prison is to know exactly when she's situation his, her, the, his, where he will recover his freedom, his liberty. she doesn't have that student doesn't have that. he don't know where he's, he's going in. he is dragging on for more than a decade and it's going going is going to go from longer where they are setting up is a precedent the order to deter, in order to scare. 6 any other journalists, or on doing the same thing that julian, her weekly, has done one of the chances that mr. songs might be pardoned by the us and what needs to be done diplomatically to achieve that. do you think the australian government needs to do more?

hadn't gotten enough on their citizens behalf well, had julia and a heart search for asylum in a small country, lay ecuador, because no other country was up there to protect him. no, even his, his own country, australia. he was abandon my australia all the time. i think it's time is time for the new australian government to step forward and protect is a citizen. i don't find realistic done. he will be, pardon her from the united states before she gets to united states before he spent a long time being a u. s. prison and i don't think that is the realistic, so that's why we need to avoid him going through the united states. because his actual each of the united states is the equivalent of air of killing julian assange

. 175 years in prison is not a prison sentence is at the death sentence endorsed presence in united states who are the mortal prestige ones for the cases of national security. and their sons does have 14 days to appeal this extradition decision. what are the chances he'll succeed in that appeal? i don't expect that the lawyers will succeed in this particular appeal from yesterday's decision. however, they steal other sources, legal resources to appeal on other points that haven't been appeal yet. even assange case, which is a very complex case. and basically that means that the, the court will have this case for many months. ahead

and we won't see the end of these soon. unfortunately. thank you so much for joining us on the program. really appreciate your time and your insight as fidel and of as former counsel of ecuador in the u. k. thank you. thank you. ah, now a member of the alternative for germany party says he could face up to 3 years behind bars for publicly supporting russia or speaking in the city council meeting. steph and trey, charles says he was proud of russia and his boldness to finally launch his military operation in dumbass joan authorities. and now, due to question a politician over his claims, an exclusive increase, as he commented on the development of his case saying the german government is simply trying to gag dissenters. gimme a, this is not long for me, it is ridiculous. there is an investigation going on right now, but i have no idea what they are going to investigate. my opinion has not changed. what has been said is already said, i will come at more in court if it comes to that, but it's,

it's all absurd. i haven't promoted ivan russia all the special operation. i have just expressed my opinion. in addition, it was made as the result of discussions on normalizing relations between my city and both the nets can the guns, as twin cities. i think the authorities have tried the silence. those who do share the point of view of the establishment as they do not like such situations. i can't understand their point of view, but apparently they see as as a threat. i don't think there's just a few of us, but people of an adequate opinion. i believe that quite a lot of people who simply remain silent. maybe they are waiting for the moment when others take to the street. some blow up our government, which is sitting in berlin to hell, or are engaged in some nonsense. possibly the government is afraid of that. hundreds are furious. palestinians have taken to the streets of the west bank city of gen n, as after 3 youths were killed and 10 were injured in a raid by israeli forces who were claiming to be searching for weapons that in for

then comes a many us plea for israel to deescalate tensions in the region ahead, the visit by president 5 next month, an american official responsible for middle east relations with posley on his radio authorities to suspend evictions house demolitions and military operations. the palestinian administration which controls the 2 areas. so that remains unhappy with those rounds actions on the us policy towards the conflict and just demanding the end of attacks and of the human life by the us wants the visit to take place in a good atmosphere different than the one. now, if the israelis don't stop their unilateral action, the situation deteriorates and becomes much worse. when as well has said, it is ready to make concessions where possible, but on the lines that there are certain political obstacles to overcome. nevertheless, this valley strengthening its position on the international arena, finding a natural gas delivery deal with you this week. the agreement is an attempt by

europe to find a tentative ways to receive gas following a refusal to buy a russian fuel. by some countries. we want to boost our energy cooperation with israel. the european union was the biggest, the most important client of the russian supplier for oil, gas and coal. but with the beginning of this war and the attempt of russia to blackmail us through energy, we decided to cut off and to get rid of the dependency on russian fossil fuels and move away from russia and diversified to trustworthy suppliers. where there was made despite pressure from human rights organizations and many in the west to see israelis policy and palestinian territories as a part time refill. frustration has come from the netherlands, where more than a half of those surveyed in a recent poll called israel's actions as discriminated discriminatory. we spoke to a professor of international relations in lebanon. he says to us,

the monks have little to do with humanitarian motives. i don't believe that that you are too concerned about that, but it's in, in a i love people now, but i the you as don't want any and at any move that good. ok struck them. that objective which is to, to seem to be between the israelis and some other states normalize relations and they both want and that, that cracked down. why is it on the palestinians? good goes the adoption of violence. that who had on their mind this process that this wanted by the united states by the fact that the public opinion in the west point a majority may be supports the palestinian rights. however, this was never had an impact on the policy on, on staple. this isn't to us. many thanks for joining us here on asi international.

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