because of that stuff without seizures, that's spelled out of the foam at last we can a founder juliana sons' takes his 1st steps on australian soil. united with his family after ruling a 14 year long legal battled the that's after a judge accepted the plea, deal struck with the us government with which the psalms had little choice, but to agree necessarily a law maker, andrew wilkie slammed washington for setting and alarming of precedence for us to

retreat type pricing, it was fit for the charging and conviction. public journalist for doing their job. that is a really alarming priesthood. it's the sort of thing we'd expect you to know 3rd period to tell it harry, in country and presidents, a manual map from suntrust alliance prepared to take a hit as the french national assembly vote kicks off. leaders willingness to send weapons to train isn't helping the blocks falling and pulling numbers. the are watching r t international live in moscow. i'm rachel ruble. after a 14 year long legal battle, we can expand our julian assange has returned home to australia, reuniting with his family after striking a play deal with the us government. the

sanchez released spar to celebrations in australia. demonstrators gathered to praise the outcome of the court hearing and the julian's return home. but it's truly a law makers are worried about the president. his case has such a will. i will flag the one, allow me issue and that is today on us territory. i present it was 6 for the charging and conviction. public journalist for doing that job. that is a really alarming priesthood. it's a sort of thing we'd expect you to know 3rd period to tell it harry, in country. it is not what we would expect from the united states, or similar country loc and stria. well, i think it seems

a chill down the spine of journalists world war that this president has been sick and it means out there is more work to do, to push for lady afraid it meant protections for journalist. so they can do the job . the son could be seen here leaving the court room a free man after 14 years of legal persecution with his saga finally over despite a massive sense of relief and joy over his release, the whistle blowers lawyer since the case has had a chilling effect with the us pursuing journalism as a crime, a mr. assad should reveal the truthful, important, and newsworthy information, including revealing that the united states had committed war crimes. and he has suffered tremendously in his 5 for free speech for freedom of the press

and to ensure that the american public and the world community gets fruitful and important news where the information that is full journalist of these cited states, prosecuted that the dispos most for science will come to the $75.00, henderson prison. that is what has it showing up today and a decision that it's time for most research to go home that does have its own showing. the fact is the united states pursuing journalism has a fine. i think this is the 1st and last time julian assigned is a free man now that he excepted a guilty plea and entered a guilty plea in a us federal court in the mariana island. now julia sanchez, attorney made clear that while he will comply with the requirement that he deletes certain sensitive information, the work of which he leaks will continue 60 took months in belmore to get his deal weekly weeks is for work will, will continue. and mr. sanchez,

i have no doubt the he continues for b transparency. government use of power. so now in order for julian assigns to accept the plea deal for time served no supervised release in order to return to australia, a free man. after 14 years of a legal battle, plenty of time and a british prison julia sancha had to formally admit guilts and, you know, plead guilty to a criminal charge violating the us espionage act. this is what was that in the tense moments in the us federal court of house working as a journal this time covers my source to provide information that was set to be classified in order to publish that information. i believe the 1st amendment protected that activity, but accept that it was a violation of the espionage statute. i believe the 1st amendment and the espionage

act in concert diction with the child the but accept the would be difficult to win so suitcase given all the circumstances. it's been 14 years so that joanna sanchez been facing off in a legal battle. and at this points we see him on his way home after quite a bit of time walled up in the ecuadorian embassy. quite a bit of time in british prisons, a long extradition battle. now around the world, many are looking on and seeing this is an example of hypocrisy on the part of us leaders who constantly lecture the world about freedom of the press, the protection of journalists, freedom of speech, etc. let's review everything that has happened to julian assigned over the course of this 14 year saga. the

. this appears to be the end of julia saunders 14 years saga, but it's not the last of wiki leaks. we're awaiting a statement from juliet us onto about what comes next. but at this point, many around the world who rallied in support of julian assigned protesting, making social media posts raising awareness, doing everything they could to highlight his case and the dangers it poses to freedom of information and journalistic protections. many people around the world are happy to see him free, though many are also worried about the implications of the guilty plea he entered in the us federal court house. always spoke to human rights activist and former you

can box it or to is becca, stand at craig murray, who is part of the free assange campaigns in our circle. he shared his views on the recent developments and his own experience with western estate oppression. of course, nobody really take seriously this a see of guilty. it's all this to everybody business because you know, this is the listen. he is being obliged to plead guilty in order to save his life. and this is a cheap move by the, by to uh, administration, the cheap move, the claim, a little hollow. dig through the, uh, full themselves of some costs to the motions, off of test the them and the public's right to know. one of the reasons why the justice department was motivated to, to be a deal and effectively the julia observing was they were quite likely to likes to lose the cycles heading and loved them. they had painted themselves into

a corner by refusing to gibbons assurance. but as a foreign national, who had been acting a bill, if julian would be able to treat the estimate to make the 1st amendment defense, the united states was able to get the insurance, which the quotes that i have given. so when we come to the position, i may have some bill possibility of thinking that to lose, but the next part of the expedition process. so the justice department had that incentive to uh, to put this debate and come up with this p deal, but that's been to us is release the idea that's a good list is that there was no danger to anyone. had to be in cost of h as in precisely the same conditions as bins was tired of this. and by then inside the worst conditions of that he was kept for much longer and solid confinement than any of those imprisoned fatalities on the day of the best. astonishing,

absolutely, astonishing what? and they haven't been convicted of anything. and he was held in the very worst of conditions. it has, of course, you know, taking a huge physical mental told. but julian is a very strong and resilient person, and i've got no dikes, but he will, he will recover fully in time and that he will go on to develop new things. i've been to some extent the wiki leeks idea is bio incorporated into the the main stream dealing with my goal is to develop something new. i don't know where he has a fantastic intellect, is one of the world's base intellectuals and he has a huge amount to contribute the deisel security and will always be in danger of typically from the malicious forces of the c i a m, the united states in that sense he's a, he's

a mocked man. he's not to be the only person who lives in that way, but the others like, uh, don't okay. yeah, cool things on whole, even myself who, who also suffer from these, these constants attentions, i was detained, the tears my cuz i think i'm in the unlikely to this, but i've used to taking the section 7 of the time. it is like, i was told that i might have no dikes to remain silent, avenue going to a lawyer, but i had to say in full any question, but to me i'm not to answer would itself being invisible offense. i had to give up my electronics and give up any code words and passwords and again, not to do that would be an invisible offense. now this is extraordinarily, to help me in legislation, but the skips away protections and it's being retained they used against

journalists and disciplines, journalists increasingly subjects to this kind of absolutely liberal, absolutely detroit l methods and all of dealing with the physician. but that's certainly an example of the way the western democracies are basically going and refusing to tolerate dissent with elections, to the national assembly kicking off today. french president emanuel, my crohn finds himself in a tough spot as his centrist alliance on some summit. and the poles, a chronic called for snap elections himself has been criticized by opposition, by opposition for mulling, sending troops to crane and risk and further escalation are to contributor rachel marsden brings us the details. one of the things that the french initially liked about a menu item back home was that he appeared to be keen to slip into the mindset of the former french president and world war 2 general shot. the good of the mindset

of france being an honest broker between east and west refusing to go all in on either account, but the writing was on the wall when the ukraine conflict went red hot and macklin was 5 days walking around the palace in a dark hoodie that looked like he'd stolen it from his girlfriend, ukrainian president bly, mirror, zalinski, posh, gardner, fashion collection of the, the new vill, egoism. we have agreed on you deliveries on a long term basis, announcing the delivery of a 1st series on the raft. 2000 dash 5, and then this is a pilot training which will immediately begin instructing, pilots and mechanics. we also proposed and decided together that friends would train and equip an entire ukranian army brigade as part of the effort to originate its forces. that's around 4500 soldiers. we proposed we decided together. well, that's nice. know who wasn't involved in any of that decision making as part of that we, the french people who needs effectively committing to fighting the war against

russia. starting with sending in trainers. it's not like the law makers that french voters democratically elected and who are accountable to them, have never even declared war against russia. and the president isn't supposed to have that power. if the russians were to break through the front lines, if there were a ukrainian request, which is not the case today, we would legitimately have to ask ourselves this question. i have a clear strategic objective restaurant can not win a new grade. so teacher sped, black hole, has certainly used all the right words to charm the western level. as the stablish ment, nato secretary general the end stilton berg who was effectively just the chief publicist, p. r. guy for the western military industrial complex lobby visit. the girl said, i'm on the road and thank you for your warm will come on your kind words and thank you also for an excellent meeting this afternoon on that bill. so thank you for your store on a personal commitment to the concepts. i'm thinking hollins on to nate,

though it has really been a great privilege at your work. so falls through with you over all these years. but say i want to, i want our position to be clear to formulated, we, we support president microns initiative, just send instructors to ukraine. and by the way, this simply shortens the past to learning french public generosity is really wearing send at this point in light of natural as attendance to effectively ease the french people into this conflict with the back of this boon. as the from saying goes 68 percent of the french don't think that he should have even a vote. the notion of putting western troops on the table for you frame 74 percent of them. don't want them on the ground over there ever. that is this choice in the french election. it's teen macola versus team pretend period. that that's hard insulting people's intelligence at all. it is a demonstration above all for peace against the spiral of war into which mat,

chrome, the european union and nato are leading us. we are tired of others deciding and speaking for us. we are the sovereign ones. we're the ones who must speak for ourselves. we have a salary, but despite the salary, we called me till needs because we are in fact move in on dated with bills and we have almost nothing 00 money left to live on. we are in perpetual survival box. if they called me to bump, that will be people who are looking for food and garbage cans. people who have housing problems. i think we are entitled to them on better to achieve, to who best of the history of humanity, the pollution of humanity. people who are already financially struggling from that coal blindly following the use economically devastating demands for ukraine, asking even domestic ministries like finance ministry to cut budgets, to pay for more funding and or weapons for your trade is just done by the leading figure in both the european and the national campaigns for the pens party and the

most likely candidate for prime minister if the party wins has at least been talking like he's thrown down a few boundaries. see the whole class. i think that this is the process of all that . it should have plates to maintain this rich line between both supports and ukraine to lobbies, to hold the problems with the equipments needed and avoid doing the risk of escalation with russia. while the president of the republic goes so far as to say, we can send troops before the end of the year. we can possibly come to the 7th, the nuclear deterrence, with all your pain partners. i believe that he is crossing by lines. nothing of pen herself is also fired. some warning shives over the ballot of french president mack home over what he could expect to have her party wins this weekend's about chief of the armed forces for the president is an honorary title, since it is the prime minister who holds the purse strings? jordan has no intention of picking a fight with mister, i'm a cron, but he has said the red lines, the president will not be able to send troops to ukraine. so what he's saying there

is that nicole may be president, but it's the french national assembly that controls the purse strings. there's been major debate here over the past few days about how much has already been allocated, how much can be club back and to what extent macros prior ukraine deals could be real did. in any case, it's a reminder that the elections absolutely have consequences and this one could certainly have significant ones for francis involvement. and ukraine is really prisons are not much different from the notorious guantanamo and abu ghraib, that is the assessment made by a former guantanamo prisoner commenting on pictures of detained palestinians. the physical torture was really bad, but the worst was mental torture in different phones. i believe there isn't much of a difference in the torture of prisoners of palestine. guantanamo backroom, and abu ghraib, without a doubt, it's the same process that torturing the people in the same way. i think the

americans have made they send these re lease or implementing it. well, let's look at the profile of the former guantanamo prisoners. also do a haroun is an afghan, who was arrested by us forces in 2007 and taking it to guantanamo bay prison in 2. but he was held with out charged for 15 years and released in 2022. after winning a case against the us government for illegal imprisonment for ruins, said during his in permanent prison that he was repeatedly tortured the guantanamo bay. prison is notorious for human rights abuses. however, the spokes person for the palestinian legislative council who was detained by israel says, is rarely presidents are even worse than guantanamo. what is happening to the did a nice in the presence is a really masika where police students are being killed and stopped all the time. not quite prison is, was the other grape in guantanamo where the occupation act as games presents

appealed their lives go in vain. another recent case of abuses by the idea of was captured on video with sold are seen driving around the best west bank with a wounded man lying on the hood of their car is really forced, as have agreed to investigate the incident, claiming the man was a militant to open fire at the troops, but the images have triggered a strong reactions, including this one from you and human rights representative human shows in in action. it is flap, augusta and how stayed born 7 to 6 years ago has managed to, to an international literal, literally on his head to, according to the palestinian prisoner society over 9000 westbank residence are in is rarely prisons. some of them, a women and children, a 3rd of the total number of prisoners are held under administrative detention. that is without trial. and they can be held for 6 months without charge of period that can be extended. we spoke to human rights lawyer said abdullah armoire,

who describes the situation, does the as apartheid what the but i'd be interested in iraq. what they did a lot of saw what they did. it would title it is. it'd be exact repetition. it is the exact same formula that the is radians are doing what we are currently, what the 2nd is something that has become more a better to the work now. but it's been going on inside of us are palestine at east jerusalem. but the westbank for a very long time, and that is the stage of football tied up on the 30 something as we do the introduction of all the apartheid. good material statute that if a ritual equal suppressors of the racial go, they are arbitrary address illegally to prison. business measures will be taken on the legislative side to oppress reachable exploitation organization group. we are

witnessing all of these things. how big inside of us up and the a box i it was already there before october, so it took place both october 7th. we have seen that the apartheid has morphed into a sort of a general side that is taking place on the side of by this time human rights monitor year old matt has alleged the israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. the body says israel has rendered over 75 percent of the farm lands in gaza, unusable. israel has taken more than 75 percent of the culture, lend daddy out of service. and guys are the isolated agent preparation for its illegal next ation of the buffer zone. or destroying and bulldozing it, in addition to destruction, to full audit components of local fluid production and part of the, with its prevention of entry of food supplies, and humanitarian aid. in the context of his perpetration of famine and gaza. and the use of the, of ation as a webinar for the human rights organization has documented numerous idea of actions

aimed at destroying causes food basket from the destruction of lands, greenhouses, and agricultural equipment to killing farmers themselves. that says thousands of sick and injured thousands have no access to locally produced food. somebody also emphasized that is really forces prevent humanitarian aid from freely entering. the enclave is really are relations independent researcher and former gaza residential lead. say, i'm says, depriving thousands of their livelihood is a policy aimed at pushing locals out of the area. a separation of god size being done deliberately by the estate of government as the been and witness since the beginning of the world. when the bible, when a good close is gonna shut down and that was being tested for the one to see. and since then is age has been controlling as a age entity and displaying any such deadlines that it says time less ending?

as of is it right? this won't be too much use to me. just the for the 1st one this to squeeze the car, the cost lives by choking them is, is $2.00 of the forms of starvation went by to the class and he does which i wouldn't have any choice but to follow up with these today. the 2nd one would be the defining come us as a sort of a 100, a little bit because of the additions that has, that has been set up. so says that the claim that the plan and following the vista would be the 2. so any contact between the west bank and gaza and eliminating the status of cousins passport has been used by providing them with the same policy. it has documents for the binding causes and driving in strong dance, and depriving, gets people from monday, the age of life, to be able to do any particularly deep life, leading to human lives,

or esteem to them for those causes before them daily the youth casa, and garza is really troops have carried out a deadly attack on display civilians at 2 schools in garza city, resulting in scores of casualties including children. a warning this report has disturbing images. so this footage came from abdel thought to have moved school. where are the, is really, are astride, killed more than 8 members of one family, including 5 children. the youngest of those was an 18 month old baby. one little girl was burned beyond recognition and another's body melted. meanwhile, is really officials justified their actions under the guise of fighting homa these really air force structure structures that were being used by mazda service and shoddy interrupt stuff. in the northern gauze trip, the terrorist operating side school compounds that were used by him off as a shield ford service activities. meanwhile,

refugee se civilians bear the brunt of the strikes we heard from boston, alta, bonnie, a refugee at the elbow. reeves camp and garza city, she says israel has not left a single safe place in gaza at this point is very crowded. age contains about the $3000.00, the 4 most of them are to rent and then most of them displays from that houses. so the one to the, to the school, to be safe, thoughts the, there was no safe, 45 people building these to schools. and most of them, other city is not the time us, as they said, you know that my husband to john is hon is harmed, is here in this, in this is for his arm now was know born. my father know also was to my is really my is there are any people so we

can do anything without me and we go by ourselves to have water to have fruit. the situation is in gauze is very hard. no clean water, no free food, no need for many people. and many treasure were displaced from their homes and laws and who had exposed to some b. l. a or we spoke to rami, i'm on a palestinian journalist and active as tooth family is still in. does a, it says adf is not targeting him us, but palestinian civilians in gaza. what is happening now is what's happened since 8 months ago is fighting between is what i learned from us. the number of policy and citizens get 3 categories. i know, but the care of people inside. yeah, they're looking for up to sort of these for you,

but they have nothing to do there are between from us and is really on me. the is very and a psych never has stopped from october 7th. i'm feeling now and as in all over the age of 80 media, they are probably get things from us, but to is did the civilian people, disability and family, a lot of friends, our partners. so i think it's, it's not making sense that when the image neil of the is what any idea of seeing them down 5 things from us. busy and it looks like in terms of data fights and then finally getting the people, chris says that most lands inside goes to a state department has labeled china is independent attempts to regulate the ukraine crisis as incompatible with peaceful conflict resolution when it comes, as paging proposed its own piece formula and initiated a series of meetings to regulate nuclear and food security. and that says, washington openly asked china to push russia into the oceans. under keith's terms.

there is already a strong, international statement that what china is doing is incompatible with trying to resolve this conflict. and what we're asking is the china use, it's leverage to while to bring russia to back to the, the back to a negotiating table to resolve this conflict. in accordance with the un charter, a while washington green lights, one and a half $1000000000.00 in fresh shades ukraine, russian president vladimir putin recently stated that moscow is ready to silence the guns and start negotiations as soon as possible. we talked with the co director of the midwestern marks institute, eddie smith, who says the west and they don't are holding up, you cranes, a chance a piece on the western media has been telling americans since the war began, that you frames winning that ukraine was taking ground and it's been a lie. and now western institutions are having to cope with the fact that your brain is not going to land. and they're looking for a way out when there was

a peace agreement on the table in 2022. that was very generous. to ukraine, which of course they are the ones key not to accept. so the way us and nato are the reason that ukraine are now in this position. from my perspective, they've done everything that they can up into this point to keep the fight and going to ukrainians as a proxy with west of watch and russia. and now that they see the writing on the wall that ukraine has no chance of victory there. i trust china, i'm much more so than i trust the us state department or nato to actually negotiate a serious piece of agreement and peace agreement that i actually give sovereignty to places like crime me on the don bass and allows them to, to be part of russia so i do stay with our to international. i'll be back with westport news and about half an hour bye for now. the .