following some breaking news tonight we're awaiting that announcement from the president of ecuador rafael correia and whether he'll grant wiki leaks founder julian assange asylum in his country as you may remember assad has been staying inside the ecuadorian embassy in london for the last two months awaiting the decision. which korea said he would make after the olympic games were finished caray is expected to speak any moment he may have started already and we just want to let you know that we will be keeping you posted on this decision just as a refresher as songes the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks which has been behind the releasing of thousands of classified documents as well as the collateral murder video he's currently wanted for questioning about allegations of rape and sexual assault in sweden the forty one year old the song she was originally from australia fears if he is extradited to sweden that he could then be extradited to the united states to stand trial for a spinning. due to those released documents on wiki leaks. has been staying on this story for quite a wh

there had been a decision at all and what we do know is to expect a decision this week president rafael correia said on state television at the beginning of the week that he would be consulting with advice on wednesday and hopes to make an announcement by the end of the week we also know that in theory he and his foreign minister all amenable to the idea of granting asylum they see it as a humanitarian act and protecting his right to life and freedom what remains for me one of the most interesting things about this whole situation is how. this country even in fact does grant him asylum he's still liable to arrest the moment he steps outside the embassy the breaching. his bail conditions and there's still a cool in place allowing his actually dish and we did none of that would change with the grown thing of asylum he'd need safe passage from the british government and there's no guarantee or even any indication that that might happen. a long running saga surrounding julian assange has certainly never latch plot twists archies christine frizzle looks back at how the whistleblower went from being

spanish channel president rafael correia said his country's calls as united south america. we supported him in a pick scuse me but i can't seem to find a better word because of the diplomatic clumsiness of great britain they threatened us with violating the sovereignty of our embassy in order to arrest us on this was brought together all the nations in south america and other parts of the world because this would have been pure barbarism it's an unacceptable risk which would break one of the ground principles that which is lost did for ages three and viability of diplomatic missions the bolivarian alliance and supported by the people of south america and you know sort of mainly for that reason not for granting asylum president press full interview will be coming up here on our t.v. later today with more of his thoughts on just how far the diplomatic standoff of a jew in astonishment. wealthy british style. but i'd like to go. to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike scrounger the no holds barred look at the global financial headli

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makers to voice their opinions on things that matter but one of them was ecuador's president rafael correia some had never even previously appeared on international television so you can see what all of them had to say on our website of course that is artsy dot com. ten minutes past the hour moscow time on friday three women from of the russian punk group pussy riot they were jailed for two years for their anti putin stunt in the country's main orthodox cathedral the woman's performance was ruled to be hooliganism motivated by religious hatred at the decision drew crowds of people outside the court are rallying both in support of and against the banned. reports. did he give any reason that you move the finish line you possibly you know the edge of the end of any delusion if one would never want to find him because i knew but obviously from she would usually. after their trial hit headlines around the world a global audience who is watching as madea. tolokonnikova and you cut it in a some would say a bitch found out their fate for their performance by a punk rock prayer in russia's main to p

even without this songe matter on the table relations have been a bit tense since the rise of rafael correia who is a kind of a leftist populist. and so there have been a number of issues outstanding for example no sooner had he been elected korea booted out the u.s. from its military base a strategic military base located on the ecuadoran coast in the town of monta and that really complicated things considerably for the u.s. in terms of its war on drugs in neighboring colombia because it couldn't stage overflights and so you know washington hatch a fine alternative sites for its military bases there have been other. tensions for example korea has fought with us oil companies over there environmental to school the ation in the amazon region companies like texaco he's been a leading. advocate on climate change a thorn in the side in the in the you of the u.s. in our climate change negotiations and and also he belongs to this leftist ping time in south america within the alba group led by charges and so i think that this recent development with the songe is only going to exacerbate things and

it's fate any longer as the country may still have to face harsh consequences for its just her rafael correia exclusively shared his view only issue with artie's spanish channel his full interview is coming your way later this hour but here's a preview. normally sutured decisions shouldn't have any consequences if all countries respect international law which clearly says that the state has the right to draw into some of them were many times as sweden granted to certain but unfortunately in this particular case we see that sim countries are displaying the colonial indian pure relentless. yes there is this interesting it turns out that it could do a grunt just saw them to someone so it's certainly much of consequences there is definitely new but let's face it it's really a might be reprisals which would be terrible if the u.k. for example. roots and invades or if it's a risk to some extent you mention how big of a precedent this would since. nuclear talks between iran and the un atomic watchdog have once again hit an impasse with no date set for further negotiations the islamic republic has st

even without this songe matter on the table relations have been a bit tense since the rise of rafael correia a kind of a leftist populist korea booted out from its military base a strategic military base a located on the ecuadorian coast let's not forget the equator is this very small country very impoverished i think that this recent development with the songes are only going to exacerbate things and my concern personally is that the republican right in the u.s. congress could make some trouble for ecuador and rescind trade privileges i watching until after moscow still down in the program and the cow blow for mom raise our position as a key activist gets a three year sentence for organizing protests and find out why some experts think the verdict is a sign of panic and paranoia among the country's rulers. the members of all girl punk band pussy riot finally discovered their fate today when a moscow judge set to deliver a verdict in their trial the trio face up to three years behind bars on whole hasn't charges for their controversial performance in russia's main cathedral participator all