mark almond director of the crisis research institute oxford thank you for your time. thank you. media freedoms groups are raising the alarm over these 17 new charges filed against julian assange by the u.s. department of justice activists say this sets a dangerous precedent where a journalist can. criminally prosecuted for publishing truthful information for some going as far as to claim the us has now declared war on journalism. any government use of the espionage act to criminalize the receipts and publication of classified information poses a diet threat to journalists seeking to publish such information in the public interest irrespective of the justice department's assertion that the sun is not a journalist this is an extraordinary escalation of the trumpet ministrations attacks on journalists and the direct assault on the 1st amendment when a sandra's dragged out of london's ecuadorian embassy last month and arrested by british police he was slapped with a us extradition request immediately and it only listed one charge against him and that was a single count of conspiracy

sides of the house becoming increasingly irate mark almond director of britain's crisis research institute oxford believes the country faces uncertainty and chaos. it's going to be a difficult task because the house of commons is still strongly against leaving the e.u. except on terms which involve remaining in a customs union almost certainly so that there's going to be a disconnect between the tory party members and supporters and presumably the people who defected to the briggs's party who are mainly conservatives who want a serious break with your ip and the members of parliament and so unless you change the arithmetic in the house of commons whoever succeeds mrs may if they want to leave the e.u. was going to face huge problems in the same sort can they force a new general election what will be the result of that we don't know but there's going to be a great deal of uncertainty and as i say there's this looming deadline of the 31st of october which is the end of the extension of britain's membership and the british politicians seem to forgotten that in the modern world divorce computershare

reverse briggs it and have a 2nd referendum while common director of britain's crisis research institute in oxford says that the country faces uncertainty and chaos it's going to be a difficult task because the house of commons is still strongly against leaving the e.u. except on terms which involve remaining in a customs union almost certainly so that there's going to be a disconnect between the tory party members and supporters and presumably the people who defected to the briggs's party who are mainly conservatives who want a serious break with europe and the members of parliament and so unless you change the arithmetic in the house of commons whoever succeeds mrs may if they want to leave the e.u. was going to face huge problems and same sort can they force a new general election what will be the result of that we don't know but there's going to be a great deal of uncertainty and as i say there's this looming deadline of the 31st of october which is the end of the extension of britain's membership and the british politicians seem to forgotten that in the modern world divorce can be initiated f

dr sandy douglas is a vaccine researcher from thejenner institute in oxford.abies can be. rabies is caused by a bite from an infected animal, almost always a dog, and people may be bitten and then there could be quite a prolonged period, a number of weeks, often several months even, in which they have no symptoms. and after that, symptoms may develop, and initially with a sort of mild, non—specific illness, a fever, and then progressing onto more typical symptoms, with agitation and changes in people's behaviour. by the time symptoms develop, it is essentially uncurable. there are a tiny number of people who have survived rabies worldwide, but usually with very serious disabilities. so it is essentially 100% fatal. it is caused by a virus, and the virus spreads from the site of a bite through the nerves into the brain, and it is a viral infection of the brain that causes the symptoms and ultimately death. it was actually one of the first diseases for which an effective vaccine was developed. so we had an effective vaccine for more than 130 years, it has got be

flare up in the formal ark thanks very much for your take this hour mark ellman from the oxford prices research institute where he is director. well it's not so only the arctic region that's brought surrogates of pump it together for talks the top diplomats have been going over the situation venice we let down a possible u.s. military intervention in particular but it seems the more it's more the american media than the u.s. government in fact that see intervention to be an option that table a new report has claimed that many leading u.s. publications have demonstrated clear bias in their coverage of the crisis in venezuela there's a look at the findings of the media watchdog furnace and i could see in reporting. but would make you use the u.s. military and it's well what's in it well i think you're saying that but certainly it's something that's on the it's an option and the national assembly has determined that the election of president was or missouri was illegitimate there needs to be a due to the government's. why so allergic to the word coup if you look at the definition because they recognize that

a number of global issues but in a culture of what we heard from the director of the oxford crisis research institute who told us that the united states doesn't actually stand to benefit that much from the control of the over the optic would. i wanted to pose made such a big issue over this question because it seems to me the potential. creates more trouble than it benefits the united states after all it's unlikely that it's going to change either the climate changes which make this route open more likely to be open and also the chinese russian policy it could be a bargaining chip or it could be that the americans are saying let's throw down a gauntlet in fact we're not really so concerned so that we can say to the russians and by extension the chinese if you can see if we can see this to you you should give us some help somewhere else in a different part of the world well it's not only the arctic region that's brought together for talks the top diplomats have been going over the situation in venezuela as well on the possible u.s. military intervention in particular but it seems the more the american

we heard from mark allman of the director of the oxford crisis research institute who told us washington could have alter motives and putting its foot down over the art to grow. i find it difficult to see one might pose made such a big issue over this question because it seems to me that potentially creates more trouble than it benefits the united states after all it's unlikely that it's going to change i thought the climate changes which made this route open more likely to be open and also the chinese russian policy it could be a bargaining chip or it could be that the americans are saying what's throw down the gauntlet in fact we're not really so concerned so that we can say to the russians and by extension the chinese if you can see if we can see this to you you should give us some help some morals in a different part of the world. the u.s. state department published and event quickly deleted a report allegedly detailing washington's pressure tactics to bring down the venezuelan president nicolas maduro take a look at the document reportedly outlines a number of u.s. goals in a bid to

to be at loggerheads over a number of global issues we heard from the director of the oxford crisis research institute who told us the u.s. doesn't actually stand to benefit much from the controversy over the arctic river. i find it difficult to see why my point has made such a big issue of this octave group question because it seems to me that potentially creates more trouble than it benefits the united states after all it's unlikely that it's going to change either the climate changes which make this route open more likely to be open and also the chinese russian policy it could be a bargaining chip it could be that the americans are saying let's throw down a gauntlet in fact we're not really so concerned so that we can say to the russians and by extension the chinese if you can see if we can see this to you you should give us some help somewhere else in a different part of the world's. most powerful officials including her has been named the european leader of the year by international news channel euro news the european business summit is perhaps not the most anticipated awards ceremony on the cale