the funding of these a barking and we can have a listen to that. now ukraine has her biological research facilities. we are working with the ukrainians on how they can prevent any of those research materials from falling into the hands of russian forces, should they approach, why did that ukraine was chosen for these bio labs? well, that's the interesting question. i mean, you know, obviously ukraine had a lot of difficulties long before the russian military intervention, a lot of corruption, lack of regulation in certain areas. and it was probably seen as a bit of a mark for you off the radar development of these type of activities. if you like, of course depleted uranium shelves now seem it's ok to use them in, in ukraine and things that would be an acceptable in the west or would common a far more significant scrutiny or from western authorities as seem to go on detected in ukraine. i mean,

significant cash in influence as well. moran comes with this research hundreds of millions of dollars in a country that had its issues with corruption. so you have to take all of that issues that were one of the most corrupt countries. so all we talked about last stage, remember, yeah, just corruption, corruption, corruption, and hey, we have suddenly that corruption. yeah, yeah. and we're talking huge sums of money. and these are the sums only that we know about from these very complex and very detailed, a documents which, which the russian authorities have released and persistently releasing. and of course, as i said, the un doesn't seem to want this investigated. so, you know, sadly ukraine has become a testing ground on the battlefield for, you know, highly complex western weapon systems which have never been tested in a combined arms operations before. so the skeptics would say that the war is being perpetuated and prolonged in order to test these weapon systems. and of course, it seems now that ukraine has also become a la bar. you're testing, that's

a very dangerous pathogens and research into things that could be very harmful to the ukraine, your population, if there was to be an action. russia is once again, conspiring against the west on a global stage, at least does, according to leagues pentagon documents in which you asked by a claim that even the united arab emirates is now on moscow side. referring to the main successor agency of the soviet era k g b. the documents seen by the a p says in mid january f, s b officials claimed you a security service officials and russia had agreed to work together against u. s. and u. k. intelligence agencies, according to newly acquired signals, intelligence, alleged highly classified documents from us. intelligence have been leaked online in recent weeks. they claim to prove the scope and scale of washington spying practices, not just on its enemies, but allies to including the ukrainian president. however, the latest claims of

a conspiracy between russia and the u. e. have been dismissed by the embryonic government as categorically false. so far, the size of the actual breach of national security is not known. but the white house has stated that such information has no place being public. this is, again without confirming the validity of the documents. this is information that has no business in the public domain. it has no business. if you don't mind me saying on the pages of, of, from pages of newspapers or on television, it is not intended for public consumption and it should not be out there. for more on this, let's cross live now to award winning journalist martin j editor of mac grubby dot org. martin is great to have you on the program today. now for leaks at washington, says has no business being in the media. us outlet certainly aren't holding back when it comes to covering these documents. are you surprised by that?

now i'm not really surprised. i mean, it's what's shocking is the america's become such a touch and state that it takes why fell spokesperson is to tell us to instruct us where we should, i should not write about. i mean, it wasn't really great surprise that jonas would jump on this on this salacious material, which has been leaks, you know, conveniently in terms of documents which people can rise up without even verifying . and a lot of channels will go right into that and, and use it as a base for a number of sensational pieces. so we shouldn't be surprised quite another school, even though many journalists in america so. so those are part is in any way that every now and again to get this break in the routine if you like, and to and haven't got real journalism, old school journalism. i think it was, it was we should be surprised. right? so many in the media are looking for something sensational to report whether or not it is true or it is confirmed. now it's interesting because the u. e has firmly

rejected these latest claims that it's in some sort of a secret deal with russia. do you think there's any truth to these reports? some, i mean the old adage and there's no smoke without far, i asked you to apply you know, it's interesting that america is not adapting very well to multiple worlds. whereas countries, lee and egypt and others in the region are, and part of that new multicultural will, is so you have extra relations with both the east on the west. and i think that's just probably seen it. of course, the li would deny that that's, that's just on school a b, c, diploma. say that's there's nothing else they could do. but i think there must be some truth to the store. it has to be some, some, some substance to it which we should look into and will look into the coming days and weeks. i think jones will probably get to the bottom of it. it is not sensational to think about it. what this is a big story, you know, i mean,

i think it's a big story. it's a lot of blue collar. people in america don't stand jubilant in the region. are not really up to speed on the news, but russia and become of because becoming stronger and stronger allies have been over a number of years now. so you know that the essence of that story isn't really that a limit, right. and now when it comes to the long term response, i mean, i guess the question is, could this unverified information be used as leverage against the u. e, at some stage by the united states, or do you think that they will at least try to use it against them? that's a very personal question, which we have to direct towards the president of the incumbent president budget himself. you know, it's really comes down to whether you got the guts to do that. in the old days, when america was the sole superpower i'm talking about in the $0.60 eighty's or me, presidents would do that. they would use that as leverage against countries like a, but i think those days are gone. i don't think joe buttons got the nerve to

actually use the leverage against a powerful countries in the region such as night. emma's, you have to remember that he is probably the most powerful and most advanced country in the time in a region that has until now excellent relations in washington. as one of the key players, the key movers and shakers did not exceed washed, and so much so that even does this ship lexical bidding for other countries like saudi arabia. so i mentioned fight and using this to get into a new route with a powerful play like you a, it is a lossy needs right. now, speaking really the timing of all of this, i mean the information of the so called secret alliance between russia and the u. e . of course comes just as the opec plus oil producers announced a major supply cut, which, of course, when again, washington's wishes. do you see any connection there? is really to say about connections, but there is certainly a movement,

a trend with opec plus countries to teach america lesson to put america in its place. and to make the point that we control international energy prices. you don't . and i think the fact that biden has really made a complete dogs breakfast of some of the key relations of people in the region like saudi arabia, like united are members. you know, he's in that position now where they can dictate prices, they can cut over production, which of course raises the price. the last thing the buy needs right now as you start for the summer where the company will start present selections usually starts 500 city days before the actual election day. so if there is a link, i know it's difficult. i mean, many people, much that's a conspiracy. 3. what is certainly going on. i think my interpretation is that by them has a very, very high level enemy within the pentagon. i think that is absolutely clear because

the person who leave this information and the timing of it is very, is there a relevance? and we only go back just a few weeks ago. and remember the north stream pipe attack, which should i see more hush read something incredible. so that was also leads by very, very senior person with independent goal. so he's enemies, he's obviously got people who are very, very disgruntled and very angry with this political campaign. he's running against from, you know, which is a lot of americans are just disgusted by, you know, to use the political average. you have to put trump in the dark just for the key moments prevents him from actually running as a president. i think that's really what a link is. i think this is a story about politics and dr. bottom. yeah, there certainly are a lot of moving parts there, but we'll continue to follow this one. as more information comes to light journalists, martin j, thanks so much for your time and analysis. ah, it's been exactly 4 years since whistleblower. julie and his aunt was detained in

acor's embassy in the u. k. on the anniversary, australian and peace have written an open letter to the u. s. attorney general and protest of the sanchez pending extradition to america. if the extradition request is approved, australians will witness to the partition of one of our citizens from an oak us partner to another. our close, a strategic ally was mister assange facing the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison. this would set a dangerous precedent for all global citizens, journalists, publishers, media organizations, and the freedom of the press. it would also be needlessly damaging for the u. s. as a world leader on freedom of expression and the rule of law. 35 australian parliamentarians have signed a letter calling for a song to be freed. politicians and activists argue if the continued persecution of the week you weeks, co founder says a dangerous precedent for freedom of speech. moreover,

his supporters highlight that he's an australian citizen, and then australia is one of washington's closest allies. if extradited authority space is 175 years in prison, julian s on just currently being held in the maximum security bellmarks prison in the u. k. he's been held there indefinitely after serving a 50 weeks sentence for breaching bell in 2012. he is now awaiting extradition to the united states. in april 2019 a sondors, forcibly removed by british police from ecuador and embassy in london. after his 7 year asylum there was terminated, the u. s. has indicted on 17 counts of spying, and one count of conspiracy to hack a government computer, an observer out of soldiers extradition hearing told archie that she believes the case is all about silencing the truth. the idea behind blow securing his arms and making an example of him is not just to silence the sounds. of course, he is

a phenomenal publisher and journalist, but it's also about sending a very, very strong message to other journalists, some to whistle blowers to say if you were to reveal american war crimes. this is what will happen to you. you will not be allowed to feel family for over a decade. he's been in confinement for over a decade. he's been psychologically tortured, even when international bodies such as the un working group and outreach attention, the un special drop will turn on torture. have publicly found multiple times that he's been tortured. the united states and the u. k. have ignored those findings as the sweden, which is known for its upholding of human rights. so all this only happens in order to protect those who are committing more crimes. so the bushes and blair's of this world who went and ran and a leader warning, a dock who ran cooking and millions of people in afghanistan and elsewhere,

who engaged in torture. guantanamo, all this is about not just about assange, it's about covering up those crimes and saying that anyone who says anything about those crimes will be tortured. so this is about silencing the troops ah, aircraft giant boeing reportedly plans to restore full production of its controversial $737.00 max shad. it's 4 years since 2 deadly crashes blamed on faulty control systems. left more than 300 people dad, and saw the aircraft type grounded the world over, and the company's reputation severely hit. now the 1st of those fatal crashes occurred in indonesia in october 2018. the jet plunged from the sky just 13 minutes after take off killing all 189 people on board. just 5 months later,

another of the plans came down and almost in sid dental circumstances in ethiopia, claiming the lives of 157 people following a 2 year global grounding, the model was cleared to fly again. after falling overhauled it systems. we spoke to an expert in the field who believes that big companies use their money to very bad news. i can see on numbers. it is simply not enough. you cannot at reagan, i laid off, i need and did one wise, one who were lost in a board viet crashes is really challenging for a family to go against this got to put in culture and they simply by b, b and families off in the process as well, ation is a hugely regulated industry. the tax investigate does have a lot of state corners. it's beam out asked the members so that he either be high

to come out right in the process. or we have seen boeing news, a lot off, butte and riches, one of the most challenging things to reagan after a couple of crushes bacon place. and one of the i isd, dec eat grass or on the scene of emotion. so we're looking are challenging times a hurt. ah, the opposition in south africa has called on the countries authorities to arrest vladimir putin when the russian president is expected to visit the country in the summer. the politicians claim the country must obliged by the arrest warrant recently issued by the international criminal court where south africa is a member of the i. c. c issued the warrant last month on war crimes, charges relating to the conflict in crane. it accuses putin of illegally to port in children to russian territory. moscow claims it was done for their own safety. the

south african foreign minister confirmed that the russian president has been invited to attend august brick summit, which will be held in the city of durban. the diplomat also question the icy seas objectivity. i have mentioned the problem of double standards and global affairs. there are many other countries that have been involved in wolves invasions of territories. med is of people, an arrest of activists. but none of them have been called by the i c. c. it seems that if you are powerful and enjoy a particular status in the international community, you can get away. and this worries us because it obscures the objectivity of the i . c. c, as a fair all betray to south africa is communist party has called to break all ties with the tribunal. back in 2016, the country officially informed you and of its desire to leave the then government claim that the icy c pursued regime change in countries. instead of seeking justice

. however, the attempt was overturned by the countries high court. the communist party believes that global powers use the international criminal court for their own good . one to disrupt a proper convening of the bricks. i mean, in this country, not much about present putting the fear in what bricks is becoming and cognitive of this new multi plan. well, imagine i gave the uni unipolar, well imposition by the united states and its friends in europe. our case spoke directly to the secretary general of the south african communist party, solely my iowa, who outline why he feels that his country needs to sever ties with the i, c. c. the i. c. c has lost their international capability. it does become biased. it's an instrument now that is true spending periods 4th is led by the us

and european countries. it's africa as a country at st. statutes am. and we had us for you to draw from this room statute by 2, and i've been bare legality and long processes. at 444, we'd throw out the pieces. that is why live fed, whatever it takes, the nation, a good people for government. the cabinet should be able to take a position that guarantees at the convenience of include with different types of fish. and in fact, in for them to come without any men against that may have been using a weapon, imperialist instruments, despite times or weapon, imperialism as it is based on one's being of wealth or wealth significant. but he's not led by them. that is why even to say, why don't was issued,

they get the data the chinese because then she could be more and more school. and therefore they realized that he was going to talk about the piece plane on the conflict. and instead of wanting to be discussed the outcomes of a plan and contribution to the piece plan, they put in more military hardway escalate to the war. so that is right in the context of africa, which have taken a strong position not to take sides in this war, but to part for peace. because they know if that africa pronounce is the other way around. when you have african countries, we follow violet riots have erupt, it in the west bank. it comes after as really forces killed a 15 year old boy and wounded 2 others in a raid on a refugee camp, claiming they were looking for a suspected terrorist. ah

ah, and from what they were clashes and mohammed left home to take part in them. when the bride was opened, mohammed went down to the street. and then i was told that there was a young man lying on the ground and i went to see who it was. and so my son was, what is the goal of the army today? they just come and kill. he was 15 years old. i want to understand with it or what are some of the kids were on the 1st bullet, hit him in the shoulder. so it's not that bad. the 2nd hit, his head, and the 3rd, his stomach of the blood was streaming from his mouth. i took him to the hospital, my god, have mercy on him. home. it was just walking down the street. the soldier doesn't differentiate between a young or old person and when they shoot and they don't differentiate, either they killed him in vain for not doing anything. he didn't cause problem. he

was a com. yup man, ah . luggage for bottom, norma uloa. i wasn't home. i did not know anything. i did not know the military was in the camp. she called me, but i was sleeping late and my mother woke me up and told me that mohammed died. i did not believe her. i went to the hospital to make sure of the news. and when i saw him, i have been crying ever since. everything about mohammed was good. he has never made anyone sad. he had a good heart. ah, ah,

ah, ah, one of the biggest volcanoes in rushes far east has burst into life blanketing surrounding areas an ash and causing locals to seek shelter. huge plumes of smoke and ash have risen some 20000 meters into the sky. that's according to russia's academy of sciences. incredible images and an awesome display of natural beauty. while authorities have warned of the dangers, the russian emergency services recommend locals not to leave their homes and a shot. all doors and windows local air space has also been close to the aircraft.