embassy. alison: i know. think that is why our collection is so fascinating, because at first glance it is just a piece of concrete. what does it mean? in 1968, in the thick of the conflict with vietnam, the north vietnamese lost an offensive on tet, the vietnamese holiday of the new year. entirely unexpected. traditionally, this had been a day of truce. they blew a hole in the compound, the embassy. there was a wall surrounding it, and they planted a bomb in it and they blew a hole in it, and this way, the north vietnamese forces were actually able to enter the courtyard. this put american diplomats in extreme danger, but they were held in the courtyard and never actually made it inside the embassy. they were finally driven out by some helicopter reinforcements coming in, but the american diplomats inside were very brave. they kept up the line of communications with the united states the whole time, and they never left their posts. so the gentleman who retrieved that has an interesting narrative about going

embassy. >> i know.nd i think that's why our collection is so fascinating because on first glance,ist just a piece of concrete, what does it mean? so in 1968, in the thick of the conflict with vietnam, the vietnamese, north vietnamese left an offensive on tet, the holiday of the new year. traditionally it will been a day of truce so they blew a hole into the compound of the embassy. there was a wall surrounding it so they planned a bomb there and blew a hole in it and this way the north vietnamese courses were able to enter the courtyard. this is putting american diplomats in extreme danger, but they held -- they were held in the courtyard. they never actually made it in inside the embassy and were driven out by helicopter reinforcements coming up. they kept up communication with the united states. they never left their post. the gentleman that retrieved that. he has an interesting narrative about going there in 2003 and noticed they were ripping up that sidewalk and that was right near where the hole wa

embassy moscow.as part of the diplomatic entourage that witnessed the elimination of the last of these missiles covered under the imf treaty. the missiles were laid out for display and measurement and verification and the entourage would go to a safe location and they were destroyed. and the soviet military had actually reserved some of the debris from previous elimination activity and contracted with a local businessman to create these fantastic little sculptures. and the soviets gave the sculptures to their american counterparts as a celebration of the last of the destruction of these missiles. you can see the soviet flag, the u.s. flag, and then this very interesting and quite beautiful, i think, actually, it's evocative of turning your swords into plowshares. what was once a weapon is now a beautiful piece of art. this is all happening between u.s. and russia as far as arms control systems, but berlin, germany, is still a divided city. >> very much so. >> and people are quite angry about that. >>

embassy in taipei. it is no longer u.s. embassy taipei, it is u.s. embassy beijing, so you can see the changing relationship of something like that. this was from a consulate in england that eventually closed down. you can see changing national economies, political priorities with openings and closings of consulates as well. so, fantastic items. alison: yes, and we have some items here that the seal would be appropriate for. katie: absolutely. the great seal appears on passports. we love passports. we have a fantastic story about the owner of this passport. alison: we do. it is the second oldest passport we have in our collection, and unusual on many counts. it was issued to this gentleman. his name was samuel waller. he was born in connecticut. he was a businessman who spent most of his time in new york city, but he traveled back and forth to bridgeport quite frequently. we know that because we have his travel diary and accounting book. what is really interesting about him, americans did not need passports to leave the country. it was not required u

embassy taipei, no longer u.s. embassy taipei, it's u.s. embassy beijing.ou can see the changing relationships with something like that. this one was from a consulate in england that eventually closed down. and so you can see changing national economies, political priorities with openings and closings of consulates as well. so fantastic items. >> yes, and we have some items here that the seals would be appropriate for. >> absolutely. and so the great seal, of course, appears on passports. we love passports. we have many in the collection. they tell fantastic stories and we have a fantastic story about the owner of this passport. >> we do. it is the second oldest passport that we have in our collection, and unusual, i think, on many counts, right, so it was issued to this gentleman here, samuel waller worn in connecticut, a businessman who spent most of his time in new york city, but he traveled back and forth to bridgeport frequently. we have his travel diary and accounting book. but what's really interesting about him. americans didn't need passports to le

embassy taipei which is no longer u.s. embassy taipei. it is u.s. embassy beijing. so you can see the changing relationships with something like that. this one was from a consulate in england that eventually closed down. so you can see changing, national economies and political priorities openings and closings of consulate, as well. so fantastic items. >> and we have items that the seals would be appropriate for. the great seal appears on passports and we have many in the collection and we have a fantastic story about the owner of this passport. >> we do. it is the second oldest passport that we have in our collection and unusual, i think, on many counts, right? so it was issued to this gentleman here. his name is samuel waller, born in connecticut and he was a businessman who spent most of his time to bridgeport quite frequently and we have his travel diary and book, but what's interesting with him it wasn't required until 1941 and so the felt that he felt the need he had to have one and why would he feel he needed that and when he was issued this passport in 1859

the lynn rice in the middle of the city lies the north korean embassy. the north koreans have been renting out one of the buildings as a hostel for tourists they've been earning $38000.00 euros per month in rent. using embassy grounds for such activities is against diplomatic practices and contravenes un and e.u. sanctions. like any other country the main goal of the embassies is to serve the state in the north korean states priorities in particular so because sanctions are so comprehensively much of the activities conducted in these and pursues may be prohibited. providing military supply training and much of that has been done through north korea's embassies particularly in africa the middle east so of all the countries in the middle east current syrian arab republic as the greatest levels of prohibited cooperation with north korean military and. half is. the father of the current syrian death part and kim were friends from the 1960 zone back then the north koreans helped the syrians during the war against israel and supplied them with weapons and ammu

take asylum in the mexican embassy like he did at your embassy so i was optimistic today and i think you know the battle is still a long way to run given the curious thing is that on monday extradition was blocked on the basis of concerns over his health but it seemed to be no concern about his health today. well yeah i mean it seems that having judge perry says that you know that was the stated reason that she was because the fear of julia committing suicide in an american jail which apparently isn't there when he's in belmarsh he seems to be quite happy that there's no chance of that happening belmarsh and he can stay there for longer but not to the u.s. it's a question of what is the difference that they have in the belmarsh jail that they would have in the united states jail that would prevent that happening clearly the judge seems to think that there is a difference that his mental health is fine i keep him in bell lost who knows how long for now but not to actually go up to the u.s. that it does seem rather strange isn't on the face of it on the face of it i suppose though that

embassy taipei, which is no longer embassy taipei it's beijing. you could see the changing relationships with something like that. this one was from a consulate in england that eventually closed down. you could see changing national economies, political priorities with openings and closing's of consulates as well. fantastic items. >> yes and we have some items here the seals would be perfect for. >> absolutely. the great seal of course appears on passports. we love passports, we have many in the collection. they tell fantastic stories. we have a fantastic story of the owner of this passport. >> we do. it is the second oldest passport we have in our collection, and unusual on many counts right? it was issued to this gentleman here, is a must samuel wall or. it was born in connecticut. he was a businessman who spent most of his time in new york city, but he traveled back and forth to bridge part quite frequently. we know that because we have his travel diary and his accounting books. what's really interesting about him, americans didn't need passpor

is also accused the militias attack which is backed by iran of attacking its embassy in iraq last month rocket attacks on the compound in baghdad really increased the u.s. actually withdrew most of its staff over concerns of a retaliatory strike so we're going to cover the story which is in baghdad where solomon is assassination happened i'll come to the minute charles want to start with. ron one year one extraordinary year it has been it's good to actually remember how last year began all this tension that started last year still there. certainly come all if not more i would say the tensions are felt now coming to this anniversary there is a sense that things have really really change since the assassination of major general hossam so the money there's been a series of events that followed that assassination that really has changed the way iran has been interacting with the international community and its relationship with the u.s. is really at an all time low but let's take a look 1st at how the events unfolded in the early hours of january 3rd 2020 shortly after arriving at baghdad i

and twitter the chinese embassy in the u.s. so what it called a dehumanizing post on chin jang and the week is. welcome to the program more than 20 people have now been killed and injured in the suspected twin suicide blast in iraq's capital police say it happened in a market in baghdad's a tyrian square the death toll is expected to rise some of the wounded are in a critical condition suicide bombings have become a rare occurrence in the iraqi capital the last one was in 2019 some in filton joins me now on the telephone west of baghdad and similar the blast took place in what you said earlier was a big. market area of the capitol those the pictures that we are seeing the images of the blast too gruesome perhaps for our viewers. but there is no thought of you might say the consequences of this blast by those who committed it. you know so far nobody has claimed responsibility for this what seems to be a double suicide attack although it does bear the hallmarks of attacks by eisel that we saw years ago in the capital from what we

embassy in moscow published routes of protests in russian cities and to an information about a march on the kremlin what was its instruction even the organizers did not announce such plans you can imagine what would happen if the russian embassy in washington d.c. published a map of protest through syndicating to you and point for example in the capital you can imagine what would happen if the russian embassy in washington d.c. published a map of protesters syndicating the end point for example in the capital. one of the taste of things to come perhaps after britain recently left the e.u. or britain living in spain and working in the u.k. controlled enclave of gibraltar has had his shopping bag emptied by spanish border guards must forced to leave behind much of its contents at the border it is an individual case but it does highlight the change of rules for britons trying to enter the. usually you just walk straight well they might be out check it. out call tobacco whatever. they showed them a bag and they they took the time to look for a little bit more caffeine than we normally da

of course i'm referring to the fact that cheered us on skid row by going into london's ecuadorian embassy where he stayed for a whopping 7 and a half years they also said that they were quite worried that he would try and leave the united kingdom as well noting the fact that mexico had granted. political asylum as i say one of the stars follow this month monumental decision on monday as if they really does feel like a devil. especially taking into consideration the fact that yes the judge on monday ruled that the son would remain in the united kingdom but only based on medical grounds completely taking the side of the united states government in terms of the political. motivations they said they was not politically motivated and that he would face a fair trial in the united states under the u.s. as constitutional law and they also noted that his actions were not in the public interest many many activists outside of the u.s. mr mallock magistrate's court here today said that the narrative of criminalizing investigative journalist let me also say that this 10 year old deal what it does it h

and he hid inside the ecuadorian embassy until. new government and ecuador then decided that they don't do not want to shelter him anymore in the embassy and this is how he then added up in the u.k. and the u.k. prison but he has been a long time resident here in london and he's wherever he was there was always been this swell of support for him and many people really are here for cheering for him and have always been doing so since he was has been here in the u.k. it did it also put the british government and the court system there in a difficult position didn't it as the u.s. was demanding extradition. well yes. that is true and the u.k. government had its hands tied while he was in the in the ecuadorian embassy because he was always there was always. a police cordon around the embassy and they were practically waiting for the moment that they could go in and arrest him and that was obviously a big a big moment now is really the time. when there should be when there should be some a some solution to the case or at least a year we

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physical health auntie's mental health of course juna son has been holed up in london's ecuadorian embassy for a whopping 7 and a half it is then he was put into a belmarsh prison for almost 2 years so his mental and physical health has been seriously deteriorating but it wasn't just his mental and physical health here in the united kingdom but what could happen to him if he were to be sent to the united states he would have had to serve that sentence if found guilty and convicted in any text colorado jail that's one of america's most notorious jails in fact home to some of the world's worst criminal lost a large truck killed terrorist you name it there in that most notorious prison and that's exactly what you did a soldier was going to be headed so that huge sentence that prospect of the future like that was something that really meant the judeans meant to house was really at breaking point i his lawyer says that he was having suicidal tendencies and those hundreds of times a day so that is pretty much the key reason why the judge today said that that is a future that's a fate that he was

embassy the embassy tweeted that we go women were no longer baby machines thanks to government policies to eradicate extremism twitter says this violates its policy on dehumanization china has been accused by rights groups of forcing wego women in this in general to have sterilizations and take birth control china denies the accusations. brown has more now from hong kong on the controversy surrounding china's tweet. britain has now been locked the account of the chinese embassy now this is in response to a tweet that the chinese embassy put out a century defending its policies in shin during and saying that we go women will no longer baby making machines and that they had been a mensa pedo that was clearly a step too far from twitter twitter so that now a block that account and of course it was just a few weeks ago they blocked the account of president the former president donald trump it is a reminder remains an extremely sensitive issue and it's an issue of course that's going to i think become a potential flashpoint an early flashpoint between china and the united states because mr b

amy: in 2014, interviewed julian assange inside the ecuadorian embassy.e talked about the challenges whistleblowers face in u.s. courts. >> not possible for national security whistleblower now in the united states to have a fair trial. it is not possible because all of the trials are held in alexandria, virginia, the jury pool comprised of the highest density of military and government employees. not possible to have a fair trial because u.s. government as a precedent of applied state secret play ridge dish privileged to prevent the defense from using material that is classified in his favor. not possible have a fair trial because as a defendant in a national security case, or held under special ministry to measures that makes it very hard to look at any of the material on your case to meet with your lawyers, to speak to people, etc. system simply not a fair . amy: that is julian assange inside the ecuadorian embassy where he had political asylum in 2014. we may have one of the most extensive global tv-radio broadcast interviews with assange a number of t

extradition ever since he was 1st arrested in britain 10 years ago seeking refuge in the ecuadorian embassy where he spent 7 years. let's bring in correspondent she's in london following this situation for us to get today's hearings come after more than a decade of controversy surrounding is. wiki leaks what an extradition to the united states mean for him. well he joining the songes supporters offering that there could be a lengthy prison sentence up to 175 years in a maximum security prison because the u.s. prosecutors say that julian assange has helped endanger lives and that he helped to bring the ask you not act on the classified information so very severe charges could be following on that and that's why his supporters are appealing to the u.k. government if the judge today ruled that julian assange should be extradited to the appealing to the u.k. government actually not to grant it and to help shelter julian assange and not to extradite him to the u.s. . the heading of the decision from the court today in london is unlikely to be the final act in this extradition drama where will it

embassy in the social media giant but they count off to it made a post defending its policies towards weak and muslims the embassy tweeted that we get we when it would no longer baby machines thanks to policies to eradicate extremism. thursday with headlines more news here and out there right off the ice i've. already. your police headquarters with a to homicide detective talking about her that you're going to need to you leave that up i just said you want your prior 5 minutes you're not going home tonight i can guarantee that. welcome back to wrongful conviction which you use and today we're going to be doing a deep dive into many issues as fascinating as it is terrifying which is the phenomenon of false confessions and my guest today is going to be jane fisher by reality and who's currently working on 4 cases involving false confessions and each is fascinating in its own ways and jane while some thank you for convection happy to be here and jane is an attorney who is an expert on false confessions and so jane how did you get into this work i was a public defender in manhattan here i

we shouldn't even be in this position you know 7 years in the ecuadorian embassy the best part of 2 years in belmarsh prison. for telling the truth you know he's not a criminal. jury and the killings did their best to always ensure that they have the intelligence assets in danger and it really has been journalism on trial mainly in marji mainly to the heavy handed us authorities but also amaze us abated by this from to curiously unbalanced i should mention treaty we have between a president and america can only imagine julian says exactly the same as when i was under house arrest it was at my own house not an ecuadorian embassy. it really is. incredibly difficult it's awful i got to the point of suicide i'm short periods and suicidal thoughts and you're trying to maintain normality you're trying to fight your case you're trying to live as normal a life as you can but you've got this unbearable pressure inside and when it goes on for 7 years 10 years it gets worse and worse and worse it is really really difficult to handle us committee to protect journalists welcome to the british court's

embassy in moscow published roots of protests in russian cities and to an information about a march on the kremlin but was it the instruction even the organizers did not announce such plans you can imagine what would happen if the russian embassy in washington d.c. published a map of protest through syndicating to the end point for example in the capital. of journalist eva bartlett's who reported on the large opposition protest in moscow in 2019 sees today's policing hasn't been as intense as what she's witnessed while reporting in other countries. surprised to see that protesters were convened in the square in pushkin square and chanting and cheering for a good hour and a half before the police took i mean measures to clear the square when they did that they did it in waves they approached you know forming a line and generally pushing the crowd back i did see baton sting used but i did not see the kind of excessive violence that i would see in protest for example in france you know not only does have the backing of the west so i think that that we will see more protest in the usual at

but we have been calling the state department and the embassy. over a day trying to explain. ok hold back donald trump since your given pardons to people please consider pardoning those who at great personal sacrifice expose the deception and criminality of those in the deep state mr president if you grant only one ex of clemency during your time in office please free julian assange goes you alone can save his life i'm hoping that he will pardon julian assange it's the right thing to do so far from has remained to the pleas the julian assange just saga has been going for so long it feels like it could be over any minute but flashing back to how it's been going so far it seems like we've just turned the page on another chapter human rights activist and former british diplomat craig murray who was one of those granted access to a songes extradition hearing shared his emotions after the course decision we are delighted delighted but here soon going to be a free man again today we are swept away by our joy 5. oh. for sure we be with us i'm delighted we have seen some humanity at

our view is that it's more your problem but we have been calling the state department and the embassy. every day trying to explain. the holdback donald trump since you're given pardons to people please consider pardoning those who at great personal sacrifice expose the deception and criminality of those in the deep state mr president if you grant so you want to act of clemency during your time in office please free julian assange goes you alone can save his life i'm hoping that he will pardon julian assange it's the right thing to do so far trump has remained deaf to the pleas the julian assange just saga has been going for so long it feels like it could be over any minute but flashing back to how it's been going so far it seems like we've just turned the page on another chapter. america's vaccine rollout isn't going to plan the country missed its target of inoculating 20000000 people by the end of the year 2020 getting the job out to less than a 6 that many artists ask you taylor picks up the story. it might be a new year but it's cool to buy the same old problems on the fust day of

to the espionage case in the west some 2019 or saunders arrested after being held up and yet or an embassy for 7 years and until now has been waiting for a decision over his extradition to the u.s. . oh good evening you're watching r.t. international just gone 5 o'clock in moscow now our breaking news this hour u.k. court has rejected a u.s. extradition request for junior sanj due to concerns about his mental health he will remain in custody while u.s. government decides whether to appeal the decision it has 2 weeks to do so there were massive celebrations outside the london courthouse when the judge announced her verdict. i know. it's true was. was. was the one was 6. as long as julian has to endure suffering in isolation as an unconvicted prisoner in belmarsh prison and as long as our children continue to be the rest of their father's love and affection. we cannot celebrate. we will celebrate the day he comes home a glimpse of hope to stop the new year and hopefully a new era. it is a day. i deal with wind for julia songs. but we have people. just not necessarily a win for journalists. e

timer ahead on the news hour including twitter locks out the chinese embassy in the u.s.for what it calls a dehumanizing post on scene jang and the way he goes. petition for freedom under house arrest uganda's opposition leader waits to hear a court decision that could seal his fate. and in sports we'll tell you why not everyone agrees that to see an overnighter is the top goal scorer in football choice can have the details coming up. at least a 100000 people have been forced from their homes after rebel attacks in central african republic during last month's disputed elections opposition politicians say the vote was rigged and a rebel coalition outside the capital says president fasting twice the government must go back on web reports from benghazi where civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence. movies were bang hoped digging for gold would pay for his education he worked at a mine in the bush here in the central african republic he bought a new motorbike to get there on his way home he says militia held him up stole it and then told him to lie face down on the gr

they got in london at our embassy. [laughter] that is march 1, 1917 and that is the overt action that wilson was looking for to take us to war. it became's the straw that breaks the camel's back. that telegram is the last straw. wilson is like, ok, we're going to war over this. it is so interesting to see. we were kind of manipulated into the war. the british wanted us to join. they wanted our money and our ships. why not? we have got a few questions. the man in the gray and red shirt. >> what is your take on wilson? [laughter] >> what is my take on woodrow wilson. i am on the board of the woodrow wilson house. even though he came up short on many questions, like race and segregation in the federal government, and yes, he had this tremendous vision for building a way of mitigating conflict before they turn into war, which is the league of nations idea which harry truman copies afterward with the united nations. so even though he comes up short, he planted the seed to carry forward in the 1940's and 1950's and so on. i

embassy was december the 20 s. and all the around groups the major iran groups denied any responsibility for those attacks blaming it on what they described as out will saying that they entrusted the prime minister mostafa car to me to deal with those that will in a legal in a legal way so there are questions being asked about how much control both could ami and the iran back groups have over these small units that are claiming responsibility for these attacks and it's also fair to say that there is increasing fear amongst the people of iraq that every day people of iraq could have witnessed decades of political instability and violence in this country and whether they support those pro iran backed groups those are wrong right groups or indeed the us nobody wants to see an escalation here so amongst everyday people they are increasingly nervous on such an important day. as today. lucy is an assistant professor at the critical security program at the doha institute for graduate studies he says the u.s. military exer