good or gets overwhelming backing from fellow american nations and it's raw with britain over julian assange demming efforts to undermine the sanctity of the see. how many challenges sweden granted asylum but unfortunately in this particular case we see that some countries are displaying their colonial and imperial inhibitions archie's fantasy channel talks exclusively to the president about the door about what's behind his country's support for the world's most famous whistleblower. egypt's new leader extends a hand of friendship to china and iran and i've just read seen a country breaking away from washington so florence. hello and welcome to our team we are on screen and online twenty four hours a day seven days a week now ecuador has scored another point in its diplomatic role with britain over granting asylum to join a sausage a thirty four member bloc of american nations has declared solidarity support for the country condemning the u.k.'s earlier threats to storm at sea in london to get to the whistle blower laura smith is in britain with the details of their law tell us pleas

britain and belarus nose to nose, belarus taking it. britain, though, a great finish.ong in the sprint there. they're now starting a great tradition for the 200 meter. >> it was, i mean, the distance they won by, you don't see that often in the 200s. >> normally looking at fephoto finishes everywhere. they cruise through the finish. >> normally across the finish line you look around and aren't quite sure you won. >> the guy in the back looking at the guy in front. definitely not normal for the 200 meter. >> and they haven't been on the team very long in the 200 meters. meteoric rise for this russian team. two wins in the world cup circuit, the major international scene coming in, and strong medal favorites, but right away, establishing themselves as the gold medal favorites and they've come through. >> run-away gold medal win for russia, and here in the k-2 200 meter final, belarus up for the silver, and great britain in front of the home crowd here at eton dorney, capturing a medal in the final event of 2012. [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike brya

he devoted himself to getting -- making sure that we gave aid to britain while britain was standing aloneagainst hitler. so he went to london to gather evidence to support roosevelt's bill which was the crucial bill for england and came back and made an appearance before congress that many people felt turn the tide and by the way i think i forgot the draft was so important that senator johnson, the leader of the draft of the opponents of the draft said that wilkie broke our backs. that's how important it was. >> did you find much evidence for the run-up to the convention that roosevelt had handicapped the republican convention? did he has a favorite? did a surprise him in this momentum? >> i think the momentum surprised everybody. and i know little of what his attitude was before the convention. i know the morning after the convention he was of two . one coming he thought thank god wendell willkie is the nominee because he will support my foreign policy. and jesus, i'm scared because this guy might beat me. and i think that is really true. >> if roosevelt is in such a precarious position,

britain will supply $7 million to the syrian rebels. the 10k men's open water swim has just gotten under bank. now for our look back at the past olympics -- te men -- the men open water swim has just gotten underway. >> 16 days of sportsmanship, fund, records, and glory. it was here in the -- sportsmanship, fun, birds and glory. 100 -- sportsmanship, fun, records, and glory. major anniversaries of the games. she was not the only australian to captivate the home crowd. the aquatics center was the scene of some of australia's greatest triumphs. winning two gold on the opening day. one was won by a man called the torpedo. he was in lane 5. no wonder they were called the best ever games. the 27 olympiad here in sydney was a triumph for australia. 58 medals and 16 gold. the $16 billion games and will never be forgotten. >> great stuff from sydney. a number of the great performances of the games came you willitish rower. \ see him if you stay here on bbc world news. a kenyan set a blistering pace in his race. seven of the 8 finalists beat the

britain abandons its threats to storm victorian mission and take julian assange by force the day after both america's rose up in support of the people. of the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie another chunk of intimidation coupled with warmongering statements were piled on the embattled syrian government's this week the u.s. and its allies are once again talking up the possibility of assad's regime using its chemical arsenal while at the same time dishing out threats to engage in its internal conflict we're going to work now has more on what damascus had to say on that. as the violence in syria continues increasing western countries may be inching closer and closer towards military intervention this past week the us britain and france all separately signaled when or why they would take direct action u.s. president barack obama said that washington would intervene if the syrian government deployed chemical or biological weapons against civilians britain echoed america's sentiments while france called for the consideration of a partial no fly zone to be imposed ov

britain and france all separately signaled when or why they would take direct action u.s. president barack obama said that washington would intervene if the syrian government deployed chemical or biological weapons against civilians britain echoed america's sentiments while france called for the consideration of a partial no fly zone to be imposed over syria's airspace and that is a suggestion that u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton previously made now the syrian deputy prime minister who was visiting moscow this week for talks has accused western countries of reaching for any reason that would lead to direct intervention he also said that president obama's threats are linked directly to the u.s. elections damascus also drew parallels between western focus on syria's chemical weapons and the invasion of iraq where the existence of suspected chemical weapons were never confirmed this uptick uptick in talk and threats over military intervention into syria comes as the un security council is scheduled to have a ministerial meeting on syria on aug thirtieth that meeting w

and britain withdraws its right to go to the ecuadorian embassy and arrest julian assange forced to solve the north american nation side with quito in the diplomatic. back of the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. foreign powers came a step closer this week to engaging in syria's internal conflict as the u.s. and its allies dished out a fresh threats front suggested that western nations could consider setting up a no fly zone over the stricken country without a u.n. security council mandate a little earlier president obama for the first time said he could authorize military action on the syrian territory during a port reports from new york. as the violence in syria continues increasing western countries may be inching closer and closer towards military intervention this past week the us britain and france all separately signaled when or why they would take direct action u.s. president barack obama said that washington would intervene if the syrian government deployed chemical or biological weapons against civilians britain echoed america's sentimen

and britain withdraws its threat to go into the ecuadorian embassy and the rest julian assange by force this coming after a block of south and north american nations side with quito in the diplomatic. top stories of the week this is the weekly on our t.v. with me rule research live in moscow foreign powers that came a step closer this week to engaging in syria's internal conflict as the u.s. and its allies dished out further threats france suggested that western nations could consider setting up a no fly zone over the country without a u.n. security council mandate now just a little bit earlier president barack obama for the first time said he could authorize military action on the syrian territory. has this report from new york. as the violence in syria continues increasing western countries may be inching closer and closer towards military intervention this past week the us britain and france all separately signaled when or why they would take direct action u.s. president barack obama said that washington would intervene if the syrian government deployed chemical or biological weapons

britain the she's got the details. it was a meeting that lasted five hours but eventually ecuador got what it wanted out of the meeting essentially the foreign minister made a speech in which he condemned britain for what he called an assault on your sovereignty and eventually what happened was that these thirty four countries signed this resolution which rejects any attempts to put at risk the inviolability of diplomatic premises anywhere in the world and and expressed solidarity and support for ecuador in their offering of asylum to julian assange but also urged continued talks between ecuador and britain to try and sort out their diplomatic problems the usa and canada are members of this organization and they were very much against this meeting from the very beginning and they also then expressed reservations about the resolution that was passed in the end but it goes to show that particularly in its own region ecuador is not acting alone and it's now got huge international backing across the americas but we've seen

i could i guess overall mean backing from the american nations in israel with britain over julian assange condemning efforts to undermine the sanctity of that. there is definitely no fear but that she should be reprisals which would be truly be. largely spanish channel talks exclusively to add to those residents about the hurdles his country may face for backing the world's most famous whistleblower. and egypt's new leader extend the hand of friendship to china and he won in a gesture seen as a country breaking away from washington's influence. you know watching our t.v. live from moscow with me to say first aquittal has scored another point in his diplomatic role with britain over granting asylum to julian a son of thirty four member blog of american nations has declared a solidarity and support for the country condemning the u.k.'s area threats to soulmates embassy in london to get to the whistleblower laws mit's in britain and brings us the details. it was a meeting that lasted five hours but eventually ecuador got what it wanted out of the meeting essentially the foreign minister made

but i guess the overwhelming backing from fellow american nations in israel with britain overgenerous songe condemning efforts to undermine the sanctity of a. definitely new here but let the military reprisals which would be truly be hard to spanish channel talks exclusively to editors president about the hurdles his country may face for backing the world's most famous whistleblower. and egypt's new leader extend the hand of friendship to name one and i just received as a country breaking away from washington's influence. history i'm here in moscow you're watching r t with me to say ecuador has scored another point in this diplomatic row with britain over granting asylum to julian assange thirty four member bloc of american nations has declared solidarity and support for the country condemning the u.k. as a earlier threats to storm its embassy in london to get to the whistle blow up morris minutes in britain then brings us the details it was a meeting that lasted five hours but eventually got what it wanted out of the meeting essentially they the foreign minister made a speech in whic

now to this morning i could all get so overwhelming backing from fellow american nations and with britain over julian assange could delhi efforts to undermine the sanctity of the embassy. there is definitely no clear but let's face it your reply which would be terrible to spanish exclusively to ecuador's president about the hurdles his country may face for backing the world's most famous was simple. and egypt's new leader extends a hand of friendship to china and iran in a gesture seems the country breaking away from washington's influence. if you just join us for good morning from moscow is kevin oh in here at r.t. it's one am here now our top story then ecuador has scored another point in its diplomatic row with britain over granting asylum to julian assange a thirty four member bloc of american nations has declared solidarity and support for the country condemning the u.k.'s earlier threats to storm its embassy in london to get to the whistleblower laura smith's in britain she's got the details. it was a meeting that lasted five hours but eventually ecuador got what it wanted out of th

britain may now be using the year l. but its finances continue to fail the pension from the eurozone debt woes despite this new numbers show the economy had actually tanked less than predicted a spark of optimism however gets the cold shower treatment from artie's max keiser and stacy herbert the full program is coming up later today. what happens when the government throws money to the oligarchs and the monopolies the oil companies and the bankers because when they stop giving them money they can pull the old atlas shrugged that we like. you know we're not going to work anymore we're in a gatekeeper position we're wedged into the economy if you don't give us more money we're call systemic collapse which is ridiculous because the government if they want to give away money they should give it away to the entrepreneurs' they should give it away to consumers it is a consumer economy after all why not help the consumers know that never go to georgia born young eton oxford you know friend of cameron georgie porgie in his bubb

great britain has picked up their first gold medal of london 2012. again, it is in the rolling. -- it is in rowing with helen glover and heather stanning. they cruised to victory ahead of the australian pair. new zealand claim to the bronze. it is quite an amazing story. four years ago, she had barely picked up an oar. her partner was an army captain. just to recap, ukraine. the united states win another medal with the bronx. the london olympics chairman has described tuesday's controversial badminton matches as depressing and unacceptable. the badminton world federation is still meeting behind doors. there's no indication of the timing of any announcement. it's now just a few hours until the eight women are due to compete in the quarterfinals. remember, expulsions are an option at this stage. it will have to decide whether the competition is more damage by the absence or by keeping them in. obviously, it must be proved that the all intended to lose. that is all for now. >> thank you very much. one of america's most successful and distinguished write

his first visit to britain in seven years. china's badminton coach apologizes after eight players were disqualified from match play. now let's catch up on all the olympics news. andrew is at our studio across the stadium. news of the south african gold? >> their first medal nathan and joseph of new zealand have won gold in the men's double schools rowing. the world champions won ahead of italy and slovenia who were looking to reclaim the olympic title. they won in sidney, 2000. and in the last few minutes we've had our second gold of the day. as george said, south africa winning the men's lightweight. they got to the finals by .007 second. we'll keep you updated on what happens, and the host nation had to wait five days for a gold medal then got two at once. so bradley wiggins powered to victory in time trials days after winning the tour de france. that makes him britain's most decorated olympian. what a months been for the 32-year-old who also became the first britton win the tour. wiggins finished ahead of his teammate and w

ever could all get so overwhelmed backing from fellow american nations and with britain over julian assange condemning efforts to undermine the sanctity of embassy . there is definitely no fear but let's face it there might be reprisals which would be charitable r.t. spanish channel told exclusively to ecuador's president about the hurdles his country may face now for backing the world's most famous whistleblower. and egypt's new leader extends a hand of friendship to china and iran in a gesture is seen as the country breaking away from washington's influence. eleven pm saturday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us this is r.t. it's kevin know it here this hour the top story updates for you now could all scored another point in its diplomatic row with britain over granting asylum to julian a son jay thirty four member bloc of american nations has now declared solidarity and support for the country condemning the u.k.'s earlier threats to storm its embassy in london to get to the whistleblower with sim britain and brings us the details. it was a meeting that lasted five hours b

well yes i mean we already heard from britain earlier this morning that they wouldn't be granting julian assange or safe passage and that is absolutely essential if he is to leave the embassy here behind me and gets to ecuador because as things stand and we now know as the british government still says that they stand. yes lovell for arrest the moment he steps outside that door he has breached the terms of his bail conditions which meant that he was supposed to say it be nice to fix a dress that wasn't the ecuadorian embassy and obviously he's been staying here for two months now so it's very unclear as to how he will see some people suggesting he hides in a diplomatic crate i mean those are the kinds of suggestions that people out here are seriously considering we don't know what's eating that's on his thinking now but certainly as far as the british government has has said and feels nothing has changed very intransigent very intransigence on both sides and from looking at the ecuadorian foreign ministry statement i don't think they'll be backing down either a very nasty diplomatic spat

>> britain has no right to do so. it would be a grave violation of international law and would be very stupid because it could entail very -- international consequences. the two sides remain stubborn. there will be a long waiting period, and i should recall the fate of the cardinal who remained for 15 years in the u.s. embassy in budapest. that is a very long time and not very pleasant for the embassy people. >> what about ecuador? does it have any recourse under international law? >> there is an additional protocol to the conventional diplomatic relations, which permits every party to bring additional adjudication. i do not know whether ecuador will do that, but it will mean that it will be protected proceeding. it will cost a lot of money, and that person will remain in the ecuadorean embassy for a lot of years. this is not very comfortable. >> it is not. but it raises the question about the whole pr circus going on now. very bad press for britain. isn't diplomatic immunity a cornerstone of diplomatic relations? >>

he was arrested in britain after giving himself up. mr. assange wasiv ging bail and later his extradition. e appeals for e fxtradition ended in the court. taking refuge in the london embassy, apparent applying for asylum. and with this on the eve of this decision and claiming no threat. >> i expect that the foreign office knows this was a mistake. and there is obvious both practical and legal objections to lift this. and the practicality is in russia you dispose diplomats to similar treatment. >> so julian assange's d diploamacy with no mediation in sight. >> this is in a serious diplomatic round. south africa riot killing at least a dozen men. the shooting happened at the lonmin marikana mine, not far from johannesburg. the scenes of how the regime dealt with protests. >> trouble at the mine had been brewing for days. weapons drawn and already used. dispute over the wages. we work hard, this miner said, but we can't afford to send our kids to school. all we want is money. we are not fighting anybody. thousands of south africans who worked

i don't get that overwhelming backing from fellow american nations and it's wrong with britain or even a song demming up to undermine the sanctity of that. there is definitely no but let's. do it which would be charitably parties spanish channel talks exclusively jacket on the president about the head of his country baseball backing the world's most famous little blowup. and egypt's new leader extend the hand of friendship to. him to see that the country breaking away from washington's influence. live from moscow you're watching r t ecuador has scored another point in his diplomatic row with bridgend over granting asylum to julian assange a thirty four member bloc of american nations has declared solidarity and support for the country condemning the u.k.'s area threats to saumur its embassy in london to get to the whistleblower laws miss in britain then brings us the details. it was a meeting that lasted five hours but eventually ecuador got what it wanted out of the meeting essentially the foreign minister made a speech in which he condemned britain for what he called an assault on yo

france took silver with britain in bronze. the first-ever female saudi athlete to compete at the olympic games on friday. it was not a successful debut for her. she was defeated in just 82 seconds in the first round. she wore a tight-fitting cap. athletes have been dropped from their squad after failing a doping test in the women's hammer yvette'events. mora athletes have been sidelined. that is all for now. i will have plenty more later. >> thank you very much. with the athletics starting, it will now be operating at full capacity. the city of 80,000 people. as you can see, the lines were busy unusual. this was the scene at the olympic park a little bit earlier on. want to go now to the crowds at the olympic park. i started the beginning of this program saying its a bright and sunny day in london. look at it now. >> yes, it may be a bright and sunny day, but winter has rapidly moved in. behind me, you might see one of the main exit's to the olympic park. has been steady. the russia people desperately trying to get out of the

syrian rebels in their violent drive to oust president assad just as russia and america's closest ally britain tried to bridge divisions over how the crisis should be resolved. they were screaming out. in the most brutal my. mother says the u.s. threatened her in an exclusive interview in ecuador where she met the country's president as part of the whistleblowers asylum played more about this to. welcome this is r.t. from moscow my name's kevin now in our top story eight pm here kofi annan is standing down from his role as syria envoy blaming finger pointing and name calling at the u.n. security council has been the key figure in the international hopes to negotiate a diplomatic solution to the crisis in the stricken country let's get the latest comment now from washington to go to a chorus one of their garniture can get a big news in the last what is the u.n. saying about resignation tonight. well kevin breaking news indeed in a statement by the. secretary general ban ki moon he said mr and heading formed him of his intention not to renew his mandate and we know that kofi annan his mandate ex

if britain were totally open to extraditing him, it would have happened by now.years have passed. he is a member of the commonwealth, an australian citizen. the criteria for extraditing someone who is telling the truth acrylate are more stringent here than might be in sweden. i think in fact, i join his lawyers michael ratner and others come in saying he has every reason to be wary that the real intent here is to whisk him away to america -- where it has not been made clear what might be waiting for him, as i think one can conjecture. the new national defense authorization act, and i am a plaintiff in a lawsuit to call that act unconstitutional in terms of its effect on me and others from a suit that has been successful so far of the district court level and has led to that act being called and constitutional -- but on its face, the act to be used for julian assange or bradley manning, if he weren't already in military custody. julian assange would seem to me to be clearly subject to the national defense authorization act, putting him in military detention for su

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