the founder of the front line and also you actually had julian assange staying in your home thank you very much for joining us i want to get about the media's role in this story because obviously you've seen a lot of criticism and backlash against julian assange and yet these same people and the same media that were criticizing him and now going to be covering this story for the next couple of weeks is going to be the headline you think. union has somehow trodden on a territory a journey six journalism's territory and journalism is resentful of that to an extent that's partly what's happening in my view and so you see these are the shrill comments against you that these people feel that they have the right to patrol the information and they actually do very little to promote journalism's ethics outside the profession so there's a sort of professional competition going on and i think that it's it's rather unfortunate i think history will be very critical of this because ultimately journalism fails in its task it starts is not just to protect itself it you can either look united look at

military leadership and made wiki leaks founder julian assange an enemy of the state so first following developments. there's going to be some very anxious people in the syrian government right now more than two million emails are in wiki leaks possession and they're going to be released in chunks over the coming weeks now the message from julian a song was that this isn't about criticizing one group or another wiki leaks saying that this isn't only embarrassing for the syrian government but also for the west western companies how they say one thing and do another but yet the message from julian assange really was that this isn't about criticizing one particular clique it's about looking now and a workings about what's going on behind the scenes in this conflict and it's only by understanding this that he says that we can hope to resolve the conflict so that was a sort of message there from the wiki leaks founder of course this is the latest that we've had as he's fighting against the extradition to sweden we're joined now by. the founder of the frontline club and also you actually had

julian assange. it is through here it will be expose the old secrets as the final episode of julian assange as news making interview show airs on our t.v. we look back at the highlights and impact of the series. on screen and on line twenty four hours a day seven days a week thank you for joining our team with me karen tara while the u.k.'s banking scandal is set to widen with departed barclays chief executive bob diamond to be quizzed by m.p.'s potentially dragging the bank of england and government officials into the affair the u.k.'s third largest lender has been found guilty of fixing a system of interbank lending rates it's all homeowners and businesses overcharged for loans at the height of the financial crisis the government's ordered a full parliamentary inquiry into the country's banking sector are to sarah for a three ports. it's been a truly terrible week for the city's reputation and it could be set to get even worse than we've already seen buckley's bank leads a number of its top executi

i'm julian assange. it is true. expose the world secrets these jackets belong the united states government being attacked by the united states strongly condemn this question because it was what it promised an insight into the world to morrow and in twelve episodes julie and our songs interviewed opinion formers and activists from across the political spectrum click click click click click click and with the first guest being hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah the program proved it wasn't going to hold back from the get go talking to a man the mainstream media has ignored for six years in serious negotiations dialogue and said that reform at the moment is going to be carried out because the alternative to that no one cause of the sea for us is to somebody else inside syria because it's sensitive to the situation in syria also that just i was saying to civil war and this is exactly what america and israel want for syria elsewhere the joined up europe project came under fire from david horowitz in a show that pitted the

the west western companies how they say one thing and do another but yet the message from julian assange really was that this isn't about criticizing one particular clique it's about looking now at the end of workings about what's going on behind the scenes in this conflict and it's only by understanding this that he says that we can hope to resolve the conflict so that was a sort of message there from the wiki leaks founder of course this is the latest that we've had as he's fighting against the extradition to sweden we're joined now by. the founder of the frontline club and also you actually had julian assange staying in your home state thank you very much for joining us i want to see a bit about the media's role in this story because obviously you've seen a lot of criticism and backlash against julian assange and yet the same people and the same media that were criticizing him and now going to be covering the story for the next couple of weeks is going to be the headline news i think julian has somehow tried. a territory a journalist six journalism's territory and journalism is resent

don't forget the wiki leaks editor julian assange has been hosting his very own interview program right here on r.t. all eleven additions of which are always available at a song r.t.e. dot com. there hasn't been a thing good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before the source material is what helps keep journalism on a real world. we want to present. something else. a mission and free accreditation free in-store charge of free arrangement free. free studio time free. old free broadcast modern video for your media projects a free media old dog our t. dog tom. me eves. to. see. thanks for joining r.t. at fourteen minutes past the hour now the pentagon will repeatedly or reportedly rather poor a major psalm into a new infrastructure for its military base at guantanamo bay the u.s. government repeatedly pledged to put an end to the controversial detention facility that's based at the site and used to hold terror suspects arties going at each count has more. forty million dollars will be spent to lay out this underwater fiber optic cable from south florida to cuba where th

and fresh calls or to try julian assange made in washington as our t.v. prepares to air the final episode of his interview show. three pm here in moscow you're watching r t syria's opposition has rejected the new international plan to end the country's internal conflict they say they don't want members of the assad regime to be part of the political transition a meeting in geneva all of international powers agreed that a transitional governing body should be formed which could include both members of the opposition and the current government is maria for national has more from damascus. the geneva peace proposal was the latest attempt to reconcile the divided sides in the syrian conflict with a unity government but that hope was already fading even before the delegates in switzerland returned to their homes the syrian national council and see and the free syrian army the political and military forces spearheading the uprising both financed from and based abroad have made it clear they can be no solution with assad in power as allowed in the geneva agreeme

i mean julian assange. it is true where he read where they expose the secrets he's talking it's just it's going to be an attack by the united states strongly condemn. it legally shoot five hundred days i've been detained without charge. that hasn't stopped. the day when the question really i can train so well tomorrow. russian lawmakers are set to vote on a bill which has already caused a public storm in the country under a drop of law all foreign funded noncommercial organizations and gauged in political activities should be branded foreign agents and should make their finances more transparent but critics say could be used to crackdown on the opposition movement for more now let's cross live to our g.'s arena who is a human right now and following this session i mean that tell us more on why these activists are so opposed to making their finances transparent well this law is in this draft law is not even though week old and it has already been making waves all across the country particularly angering the

i'm julian assange. editor of wiki leaks expose the world secrets these documents belong the united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn the said quote after quote people illegally shoot five hundred days now being detained without charge but that hasn't stopped us. today on a quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow. ok back to our breaking news this hour and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton's comments lashing out at russia and china reiterating basically her previous claims of the two are supporting the us with regime and that they must face consequences pay the price she said now those comments were made in paris where members of the so-called friends of syria are meeting this friday let's get more now from our teams peter all over you following these latest developments peter so our friends of syria meeting not exactly sounding all that friendly is it peter. paul not friendly it's all we've heard really a threat from the u.s. s

and america's hunt for julian assange appears to be continuing while our t.v. is set to bring you the final episode of his interview show. thank you for joining our t.v. this tuesday with me karen tara eight o'clock here in moscow that despite the latest international peace plan for syria the fighting there is intensifying across the country as well as near damascus the u.n. has urged a halt to weapons supplies from abroad to the warring sides which it says is fueling the violence more from artie's honest us the truth can i new york. the united nations human rights chief briefed security council members on the latest developments on the ground in syria pillai reiterated that both sides of the conflict are continuing receiving weapons which is adding fuel to the fire and escalating the conflict on the ground she also said that both sides have been involved in attacking civilians polite underlines that this conflict should be called called an internal armed conflict because of the involvement of armed groups and not a civil war and importantly she has asked the s

the deadline for julian assange and his extradition from the u.k. to sweden expires on saturday but the whistleblower remains in the sanctuary of the act where the war is in the sea awaiting a decision on his asylum. and as the u.s. and its allies call for a u.n. resolution to allow military intervention against syrian government we'll look at the striking pattern a new tactic for and civil conflicts. is a.t.m. in the russian capital you're watching r t joshua welcome to the program libyans are handing to the polls in the first nationwide parliamentary election since water khadafi was forced out and killed but the lead up to the vote has been marred with tribal clashes and fighting between rival armed groups and as artie's lucic alphen of reports there are fears the elections will do nothing to stop the violence. that this is the new libya political parties are now free to operate across the country. so to a countless armed groups they once fought to oust moammar gadhafi from power today it is they who are in control that tag militias who answer onl

the deadline set for julian assange and his extradition to sweden has expired but the whistleblower remains in the relative safety of ecuador's london embassy awaiting a decision on his asylum. good to have you with us here on r t our top story russia's interior ministry now says that more than one hundred forty people have died after flash floods devastated the southern russian resort region of krasnodar torrential rains battered the area for more than a day artie's dennis blocks he has more. we're trying to get through the flood stricken area which isn't easy with all the reality that destroyed by the water all jammed with clean cars five months worth of rainfall within twenty four hours turned to beautiful feet side resorts into emergency aereo fateful danger throughout the day the number of victims kept growing by the our bodies were being found along flooded and after in groups many never managed to get out of their vehicles and flee the alamance many were called by surprise when rising water filled the ground force of houses trapping people inside getting screwed predominantly rule co

and suspends at the ecuadorian embassy in london and julian assange has extradition deadline passes while his wiki leaks website starts to release the so-called syrian files. recapping the week's top stories broadcasting live twenty four hours a day this is our team with the weekly glad to have you with us devastating floods leave one hundred seventy one people dead and many more injured in a popular southern russian resort area residents woke up to find themselves in a nightmare as the disaster hit overnight on friday thousands of houses have been washed away while officials say as many as twenty thousand people could have been affected by the flood artie's tom barton is in the city of crimps which has been hit the hardest he spoke to some of the survivors of the tragedy. you can see here behind me the river next to the town of crims all the devry that's been flooded into that by that deluge of water that came into the night and here we can see just a little part of the damage that that immense amount of water did this small. house close to the river one of the worst hit one of the first

time julian assange. it is true for three weeks as the secret has the final episode of julian assange as news making interview show airs on our t.v. we'll look back up to highlight and impact the series. here with r t live from moscow where it's three pm and our top story the european parliament has rejected an online piracy pact which critics say risk destroying internet freedom counterfeiting trade agreement known as act it was aimed at tackling copyright theft let's not get the latest from our tests are silly of words following this from brussels tasso the parliament session has rejected the park i assume this is a victory here for the opposition isn't it. this is certainly is i mean there were already a lot of signs very very strong opposition leading up to today's vote that it will be rejected by the european parliament the arguments opposing of the fact that this possible passage of this could possibly infringe on a lot of individual freedoms especially when it comes to internet freedom so out of th

julian assange has presence on our t.v. which has made world headlines draws to an end at least for now the final episode of his news making interview show airs this tuesday at eleven thirty g.m.t. this time the top whistleblower talks to malaysian opposition leader anwar ibrahim about the fight for freedom and the park receive some world leaders artists are for reports. well a strong today we're going stay with the watch to you in a silent as he conducts his final interview for his shave it's been running on a c. now in it he keeps up with his tradition of interviewing formally imprisoned activists political leaders going to see him speaking to and. that's malaysia's bhowmick deputy prime minister and now one of the leading opposition figures in the country faces them have faced persecution that's been politically motivated leading of course to the more sinister criminal allegations discussed you use this for sar democracy democracy elections should the independence. be used to. so to be strong in the scheme. i sometimes f

and a deadline set for julian assange extradition to sweden expires on saturday but the whistleblower remains in the safety of ecuador's london embassy awaiting for an answer to his plea of asylum. live from the heart of moscow this is r t. a welcome to the program continuously rising death toll from the massive flooding in rushers southern resort region has now reached ninety nine people and the area was swamped by a trench will rain just over the past twenty four hours with the latest on the situation as a tease. something unimaginable those are the words of the regional governor as he flew over just one of the regions hit by enormous flash flooding in the south of russia the rains came at night over a month rain forming in just a few hours upstream from some of these coastal resorts that meant that when the flood waters arrived there was an awful lot of water that came very fast and it came without warning the result was chaos people were drowned in their houses or trying to escape from the vehicles or the floodwaters some were electrocuted when a transformer fell into the water pe

last week, susan benn of the julian assange defence fund said assange will remain inside the ecuadorianlication for asylum is processed. >> yesterday, mr. assange was served with a letter from the metropolitan police service requesting he surrender himself at 11:30 this morning. mr. assange has been advised that he should decline to comply with the police request. this should not be considered any sign of disrespect. under both international and domestic u.k. law, a silent assessments take priority over extradition claims. >> glenn greenwald, your comments on these developments? >> as far as the current situation of assange is concerned, i think everyone agrees the allegations in sweden are unproven, are serious ones, and deserve to be taken seriously. and the help of everybody is he will be able to go there and vindicate his claims of innocence or have a judicial process and ultimately to adjudicate and. the problem is, the u.s. has given every indication it is actively seeking to prosecute him. there is some evidence there is already a sealed indictment. there is definite proof there

it's been nearly two and a half weeks now the julian assange has been holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy here in london after presenting himself on the nineteenth of june seeking asylum now today is the deadline for his extradition to sweden of his appeal to the supreme court in the against a sexual assault allegations failed so would have been the day we could have seen julian assange is put on a plane and sent to sweden and of course the big. his legal team have always said is that he would be. in very strict free trial detention conditions and the overriding fear is that it would make it much easier for him to be extradited on to the u.s. but of course that's not going to happen today because julian assange took that dramatic step to seek asylum and you can see here today a number of his supporters still keeping vigil outside doing embassy banners of the poor for about seventeen days on a daily vigil we're hearing solitary rashawn change war resister no sharp standing with the ecuadorian people in in the heart that i might write usage in which is to offer the guy started a rea

not in the public interest in knowing cared no one would report on them and they would see julian assange djoser crackpot and no one would pay any attention to it the fact that they're being reported on inherently shows their worth despite the fact that credit card companies that choked off financial support to wiki leaks and that he is holed up in the embassy this organisation is continuing to function which is a testament to the viability of weekly leaks as an organization especially at this time and i find all of this is very interesting because it shows number one week the leaks is alive and well despite the best efforts of so many countries to shut it down and number two that as much as it means stream media wants to distance itself from wiki leaks the syria files are the front page of every major newspaper in the world right now and don't forget the wiki leaks editor julian assange has been hosting his own interview program right here on our t.v. all eleven editions of which are always available at some dot com. there hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum polit

. >>> the mother of wikileaks founder julian assange is in ecuador this morning. she's there to plead for asylum on his behalf. assange has been living at the ecuadorean embassy in london since applying for political asylum in june, hoping to avoid ex-extra addition to sweden over claims of rape and sexual molestation. >>> patient/client privilege. where do you draw a line? question after news the colorado shooting suspect was seeing a psychiatrist. we'll jump into that discussion. with arthritis pain. s and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to gene

the fact that the syrian files are making headlines despite all the criticism julian assange and wiki leaks have faced prove the group significance at least just one radek think so she's the national security and human rights director at the government accountability project if these leaks were meaning was flawed or not in the public interest in knowing cared no one would report on them and they would see julian assange djoser crackpot and no one would pay any attention to it the fact that they're being reported on inherently shows their worth despite the fact that credit card companies that chilled doll financial support to wiki leaks and he is holed up in the embassy this organization is continuing to function which is a testament to the by weekly leaks and in the organization especially at this time and i find all of this very interesting because it shows number one the leaks is alive and well despite the best efforts of so many countries to shut it down and number two that as much as the mainstream media wants to distance itself from wiki leaks the syria are the front page of ever

in malaysia the final edition of julian assange just an interview show airing today on our t.v.and malaysia's opposition leader talks to the world famous whistleblower about the violent struggle there fair elections. iran's conducted military exercises launching several long range missiles which would be capable of reaching american bases in the region and israel in other moves tehran also is attempting to defy western sanctions pressure with parliament considering blocking a vital oil shipping route more on these developments from our mideast correspondent paula joins us live paulo we're seeing increasing ground all round over iran's nuclear program but it looks like tehran isn't really in the mood to concede any time soon. well it certainly does seem that way although we're hearing from the radio foreign minister that iran wants a win win situation he says that the only other alternative is confrontation which is not in anyone's interest not all this comes as the israeli need as the rainy implement drafted a bill that course for the station of the shipment of crude oil through

question julian assange in his london embassy instead. and would be an epic summer spectacle getting closer by the hour its corporate giants left the gold with the people fleeing london's traffic jams and political controversy. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on our to today. live in moscow and syria's second city of aleppo was bracing itself for a final assault after almost a week of very intense fighting. massing medical supplies government helicopters of fire in several parts of the city some states meantime according to tarion corridors to be set up but as our reports from syria there are fears they'll simply open the doors to yet more bloodshed. the efforts to put an end to violence in syria or on the contrary to stoke tensions in this country that depends on your worldview or worse still continuing just a few days ago the arab league has called for an emergency meeting of the un general assembly to discuss the establishment of humanitarian corridors no inferi the square there should alleviate human suffering and allow for

julian assange is attempting to avoid being put on trial in the u.s. for spying as an american senator has reiterated calls for his arrest the whistleblower is still waiting for ecuador to decide on his asylum bid meanwhile the songes presence on our t.v. draws to an end at least for now the final episode of his interview show airs in about fifteen minutes time and this time he talks to malaysian opposition leader and what you bring him about the fight for freedom and the hypocrisy of some world leaders. you want to do something you must not be caught up. in it has to work in of course politics the art of compromise i'm not seeing that you know you're like a political philosopher dictating issues but this at the ground. that you have to accept and it docked you know i mean when you say you had it for democracy you become the west is to do more you talk about market konami you become a. soros agent but you know these things. and you have it now they were to be with you you know is going to happen of the. but i think you know people you know the problem

this is r t thanks being with us wiki leaks editor julian assange chosen been sitting idle while he's been holed up seeking asylum in the ecuadorian embassy in london he's been bolstering his legal team in a big way signing up now the human rights lawyer who dated the late chilean leader or goes to pinochet artie's or a smith explains what that means for sanchez case now. what his team is constantly trying to do is keep him in the public eye and this is certainly a significant development that this spanish judge and lawyer has are costs on has been hired to take on julian assange and his case and it means a new legal strategy and also to show how what they're calling secret u.s. proceedings so these credible reports that we've been hearing about a sealed indictment against julian as sons and also the subpoenaing of the grand jury over in the states have compromised these processes including the process to extradite you know innocence and balances are garson is a is an incredibly interesting character in fact he's a man that hollywood is preparing to make a movie about his life he's a

and a deadline set for julian assange his extradition to sweden expires at the whistleblower remains in the safety of ecuador is a london embassy awaiting a decision on his asylum plea. six am in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story russia's interior ministry now reporting that more than one hundred forty people have died after flash floods devastated the southern russian resort region of krasnodar torrential rains of batter the area for more than twenty four hours dennis polaski is in the city of crimps which has been hit hardest. the streets of chremes got deserted hours after devastating floods hit this house us people are still in shock in an instant their homes their cars and their gardens were swept away by a five metre high wave as the nearby river other game turned into a roaring nightmare almost everyone was caught by surprise the town's emergency ward was hit two out of six ambulances were destroyed in an instant doctors and drivers managed to get other vehicles out of the garage it was the price people came in under a lot of stress they ha