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and what's really important here about this, john, is that the high court, the 2 high court judges that are heard julian's, the hearing on february 20 and 21 we're talking about here. this is by the way, just to hearing so that drilling assange could have an appeal. this is an appeal about an appeal because he had been denied the right to have an appeal or to leave for an appeal. so those judges said in their 66 page ruling, 2 very important things on the death penalty. there were strongly blunt. i'm going to quote, they said if extradition of a shot would quote the contract to the convention rights us european can match any human rights under the british human rights act of 1998 article 3, which is against georgia in human degrading treatment to punch in other words, the death penalty and other words if the extradition is contrary to that right, the extradition must be refused. that means without the assurance from the united states that they will not seek the death penalty. there's an automatic refusal of distribution, julius on goes free. why haven't they given that assurance yet? no

a 2022 october hearing of doing a so much in the high court. that was a us appeal to overturn the lower court's decision not extradited him based on his mental health, his propensity for suicide in the conditions of us prisons. the judge never asked for assurances that you didn't have to ask for thousands of churches the us. so why didn't you ask us? so they put these assurances in after the trial was lost by them after the hearing that tradition hearing was lost by them. and they went to the high court in the high court without allowing a sondors lawyers to challenge to which they will be able to this time that's on progress and there as well. so i, they accepted those assurances they didn't challenge to hide the extra, the lower courts, judge's decision that the, about the mental health and the condition risk prisons. they just accepted the us problems. and as you point out, john, those decisions are not made by the department of justice by the prosecutors that we're julie, what prison julian would go into, it's done by the bureau of prisons.

sir anthony hooper, a 20 year high court and court of- 20 year high court and court of appealjudge, said it made no sense the post office would accuse postmasters of taking money when just days after stealing thousands of pounds they would have to immediately reconcile their accounts. he said it was completely implausible. accounts. he said it was completely implausible-— implausible. thank you so much, david. matthew, _ implausible. thank you so much, david. matthew, the _ implausible. thank you so much, david. matthew, the post - implausible. thank you so much, david. matthew, the post office | implausible. thank you so much, - david. matthew, the post office says it is deeply sorry for the impact this has had on victims and it is cooperating with the inquiry. meanwhile, this phase of the inquiry is trying to figure out who knew what and when, so much of what we have found out today will be put to the former chief executive of the post office paula vennells who will give evidence in the coming weeks. for now, the inquiry continues. studio: thank you very much. i want to show you live p

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high court agreed . schools. the high court agreed.so it seems inside the school. so it seems like catherine just buckled to outside decided outside pressure and decided just to ban everything, you know. i mean, is this the kind of social cohesion we have? like, we going imitate? like, are we going to imitate? are going imitate china, are we going to imitate china, which and bans all which prevents and bans all kinds demonstration of kinds of demonstration of religiosity schools in religiosity in their schools in the sake of a monoculture, because than because anything else than a government approved monoculture creates and destroys creates division and destroys social cohesion. we're not living in china, you know, if she wants to create , i mean, she wants to create, i mean, what next? is she going to mandate unisex toilets and calling everybody day not he calling everybody day and not he or this creates or she because this creates division are we going go division two. are we going to go down marxist then it seems. >> well, she she w

you were there in the high court hearing in l there in the high court hearing in 2018 when she gave evidenceu and the victims? �* ., ., the victims? again, we were not ha- the victims? again, we were not happy with _ the victims? again, we were not happy with what _ the victims? again, we were not happy with what she _ the victims? again, we were not happy with what she was - the victims? again, we were not happy with what she was saying | the victims? again, we were not - happy with what she was saying then and the _ happy with what she was saying then and the fact that she was asked to step out— and the fact that she was asked to step out and take a break and give evidence _ step out and take a break and give evidence again, which was then different— evidence again, which was then differentjust it's all evidence again, which was then different just it's all about protecting herself and really nothing about doing what she should be doing _ nothing about doing what she should be doing which is telling the truth. she kept— be doing which is telling the truth. she kept saying that things didn'

the most likely outcome might be for the high court to punt, perhaps kicking the case back to lower courts. that would still be a victory for trump, who has sought to delay trial until after inauguration day in 2025. his lawyer, john sawyer, told the justices a former president could not face criminal charges even if he had a political rival assassinated unless he had been impeached and convicted by the senate. list take a look at john sawyer delivering a portion of his opening remarks yesterday. [video clip] >> without presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, there can be no presidency. for 234 years of american history, no president was ever prosecuted for official acts. the framers of our constitution viewed an energetic executive as essential to securing liberty. if a president can be charged, put on trial and imprisoned for his most controversial decisions as soon as he leaves office, that looming threat will distort the president's decision-making when bold and fearless action is most needed. every current president will face blackmail and extortion by political rivals while

in the uk — a muslim student has lost a high court challenge to a ban on praying at school.embley in north london introduced a ban last year, after some pupils began praying in the playground during breaks. today's case had argued that the move discriminated against muslim pupils — who make up about half of the pupil population — but that was rejected by the court. india is gearing up for a general election, set to be the largest the world has ever seen. just under one billion people are eligible to vote, that's roughly one in eight of the entire global population, and more than 13 million indian citizens who live abroad can also cast ballots, but they'd need to return to india in person to do so. the voting takes place over six weeks, beginning this friday, with the result expected, at the beginning ofjune. the polls suggest the prime minister, narendra modi, will win a third successive term. but he is a controversial figure as yogita limaye reports. "thank you, modi," a woman shouts, waiting for the prime minister to arrive. modi, modi! narendra modi is the reigning supers

_ narrative, once we got into the high court so. _ narrative, once we got into the high court. 50, yest, at that oint. . ., , , ., point. had you months before then, months before _ point. had you months before then, months before the _ point. had you months before then, months before the 8th _ point. had you months before then, months before the 8th of _ point. had you months before then, months before the 8th ofjuly - months before the 8th ofjuly publication, had you drawn attention to the problems with using the phrase systemic flaws and systemic failures and faults to?— phrase systemic flaws and systemic failures and faults to? yes. can we looked as 309, _ failures and faults to? yes. can we looked as 309, 8315. —— can we look at. bottom e—mail, please. thank you. this is two months before publication time, so the 12th of may. you write to ron warmington of second sight and there is a whole heading, system errors versus systemic failures. you point out, i will not go through exactly what you said in the interest of time because we still have a lot of ground to cover, but in short o

the high court - themselves. what about banning prayer? the high court will- themselves.es a day, according _ i should pray five times a day, according to the quran, and if somebody did i do the right to pray, they are _ somebody did i do the right to pray, they are denying meet my right to be a muslim _ they are denying meet my right to be a muslim. that is my right to be religious — a muslim. that is my right to be religious |s— a muslim. that is my right to be relitious. , �* , a muslim. that is my right to be relitious. , �*, , ., religious. is it? let's start with smokint religious. is it? let's start with smoking first. _ religious. is it? let's start with smoking first. is _ religious. is it? let's start with smoking first. is it _ religious. is it? let's start with smoking first. is it the - smoking first. is it the encroachment of a nanny state or is it sensible to limit choice if your decision to smoke puts a burden on public health and the public purse? so, the decision that's gone through tonight, it is a bit nanny state. but i'm kind of a reluctant supporter

some breaking news to bring you, a muslim family has failed in a high court legal challenge against aed last year this committed against muslim pupils. let's go live to the newsroom and our education editor. i wonder if you can just explain the background to this case. the background _ background to this case. the background to _ background to this case. tue: background to this case. he background to this case. tt9: background to this case is background to this case. tt9 background to this case is that michaela school is very academically successful school, also school which is very determinedly nonreligious. it is secular in its approach and has very strict set of rules. around enforcing integration and what it describes as a very inclusive environment for everyone. it is a highly structured schoolday and has limits on the number of pupils who can mix at any one time. last year it introduced a pre—ban after some muslim pupils started praying together in the schoolyard and then asking for space inside to pray. this legal challenge was brought by one of the pupils and their family anon

it said it was trying to write something that had been ruled in the high court in dublin.g to return those he delete that they perceived to go back to northern ireland or is it more than that?— more than that? they are still referrin: more than that? they are still referring to — more than that? they are still referring to it _ more than that? they are still referring to it as _ more than that? they are still referring to it as emergency i referring to it as emergency legislation. but it is only an amendment to existing legislation. it was the high court ruling last month that britain was not a safe country because of the row on people could be deported to rwanda to send asylum—seekers too. this would be an amendment to the legislation. i'll put the situation back to where it was in march where britain was regarded as a safe country. attending the press conference today, the british government seem today, the british government seem to have been alarmed at the phrase emergency legislation. that the irish government were putting in laws that would allow them to deport asylu

reporter: prince harry has| arrived at the high court this morning at the start of his latest privacyng legal action, along with a group of other high—profile figures, against the publisher of the daily mail. eltonjohn has also just arrived. baroness doreen lawrence will also attend. for the first time, the daily mail and the mail on sunday are now facing claims from seven alleged victims. this year, the initial hearings in the strongly disputed cases took place at the high court to decide whether they can proceed to trial. when the phone hacking scandal broke, paul dacre, editor of the mail, made very clear that this was not the sort of behaviour that the mail group would have been involved in. i can be as confident as any. editor, having made extensive inquiries into the newspaper's practices and held an inquiry, | that phone hacking was not - practised by the mail on sunday or the daily mail. you know that because i gave this inquiry my unequivocal, i unequivocal assurances on that. the cases against the mail came out of the blue. it was extraordinary. you could see it in the respo

the high court. court then sent the case back to the gpc, which made the absurd determination that two of ali's remarks were objectively, if unintentionally antisemitic, however, it gave. him a warning as before, the zionists were still not happy and appealed to the court to get ali sacked. in march this year, the court declared that there was no case to answer. this is a historic and hard forard victory, but who are the zionist groups who have bullied and intimidated the professional regulators into such submission? the campaign against antisemitism took up the cudels first. the caa is a creature of thesign. regime. it was set up to attack the pro-palestine movement with fake anti-semitism allegations. much of its early funding came from the jewish national fund, the racist land theft group, which is one of the four so-called national institutions in israel. the uk lawyers for israel is a group which appears to have been set up under the auspices of the israeli ministry of foreign affairs. its whole

. >> the high court cases collide with politics. >> this is about government overreach. >> there is one person responsible for this nightmare and he has acknowledged and bragged about it, donald trump. >>> this is cbs news bay area with elizabeth cook. >> thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. today, we are taking on the hot button issue of abortion access and we all know it can be polarizing and political. over the next 30 minutes, we are going to break down the new developments on a move to repeal an arizona abortion law dating back to the 1800s. also, governor gavin newsom's effort to provide access to women from arizona . and, an abortion law case before the u.s. supreme court. >>> let's take a look at today's news headlines. new propaganda video released by hamas today shows berkeley born hostage hersh goldberg-polin alive. cbs news can't confirm whether it was recorded or what kind of pressure he may have been facing. he was captured back in october and the video shows one have his hands is missing. he is one of eight americans still believed to be held by hamas. >>> the

-- that the high court is expected to rule on. we will talk with reporters about the legal issues involved. it begins each nine -- e night at 9:30 eastern. tonight'argument is united states v rohini, a second amendment case on whether pele under domestic violence protective orders can own ms. watch the supreme court case tonight and other re oral arguments all this week at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. supreme court coverage on our website, c-span.org/supremecourt. american history tv, saturdays on c-span two, exploring the people and events that tell the american story. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, our american history tv series congress investigates look at historic congressional investigations that led to changes in policy and law. the truman committee headed by senator and future president harry truman examined the national defense program during world war ii and whether there was waste and corruption in defense contracting. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, university of kentucky writing and rhetoric professor brandon irby on the legacy of her e

electors to congress to disrupt the election certification on january 6th looming large at the high court today as well, as the justices look to determine the line between a political candidate's actions taken for personal gain from a president's official conduct that could be immune from prosecution. >> laura, we heard a lot today. what are the possible outcomes here? >> reporter: well, lester, there is any number of different scenarios that the supreme court could take keyer. it seems most likely based on the questioning that the justices will say the former president is not completely immune from all acts, but he might enjoy some limited immunity for some acts in which case they're likely to send this case back down to the lower court to do some of that work, to figure out where the line is, lester. but of course that means more delays and it means this case is not going to trial by november. lester? >> all right, laura off, thank you. and mr. trump's first criminal trial resumed in new york with more former publisher of the "national enquirer" about that payment to an adult film star.

today the high court heard arguments about whether that city's ban on homeless encampments is cruel and unusual punishment. >> reporter: the nation's struggle with homelessness reached the supreme court on monday for arguments about whether a ban on people sleeping in public parks in grant's pass, oregon, is constitutional. >> what will the city do if you don't prevail? >> the city's hands will be tied. it will be forced to surrender its public spaces, as it has been. >> reporter: the law fines people nearly $300 for sleeping outside when shelter beds are available. repeat offenders can be sent to jail for 30 days. lawyers for the city argued the law is compassionate. the high court's conservative justices seem to be open to those claims. >> how does this law help deal with the complicated policy issues? >> one of the most difficult challenges is getting people the help that they need and laws like this allow cities to intervene. >> reporter: the court's liberal justices questioned whether the law criminalizes homelessness. >> what you do say only homeless people who sleep outdoors will

bus stop, and they called the men heroes. >>> an update on the maryland bridge collapse, and the high courtcts to an abortion case. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "the washington post" reports a sharply divided u.s. supreme court listened to arguments about whether federal law can require hospitals to provide emergency abortions in states with strict abortion bans. yesterday the biden administration argued that a 40-year-old federal law can require hospitals to end pregnancies when a patient's life or health is in danger, even if it overrides idaho's near-total ban on abortions. people on both sides of the abortion rights issue protested outside of the supreme court. >>> "the arizona daily star" says the state house voted to repeal an 1864 law that bans abortions except to save the life of a mother. three republicans joined democrats to repeal the long-dormant measure. it was reinstated by the state supreme court earlier this month. the repeal now goes to the arizona senate where it is expected to pass. democratic governor katie hobbs said she will sign it into

the high court at time, the uk high court at the time, the uk high court found the to be lawful. found the bill to be lawful. obviously those people went obviously those people then went to who stopped it and to the echr who stopped it and said the supreme court has said until the supreme court has had word, the flights had its last word, the flights will allowed go and will not be allowed to go and the court found it to be the supreme court found it to be unlawful. if those people had actually over, we actually been flown over, we would have had to them would have had to bring them back uk supreme court and back the uk supreme court and not on the echr, relying not relying on the echr, relying on convention found on the refugee convention found that have that that it would have been unlawful those have unlawful for those people have to been flown. i mean to be have been flown. so i mean thank the echr judge. our thank you to the echr judge. our high judge wrong at high court judge was wrong at that time. on that day, echr that time. on that day, the echr was our supreme court was righ

but the high court ruling has gone against the student.essful and stable learning environment where children of all races and religions can thrive. they said that the school had decided to stop or are rituals when some pupil started them against a backdrop of events including violence, intimidation and appalling racial harassment of our teachers. that is what the school said. the muslim student had taken the legal action but we are now hearing that the high court challenge against that ban on prayer rituals has failed. we will bring you more on that as we get it. first, let's get the weather, with ben rich. hello, on the whol today's weather will not be as violent as yesterday. yesterday brought some really intense downpours, thunderstorms and some very squally in places, damaging winds. today is breezy but not as windy. there will still be showers but those showers will not be as violent. the wind is coming from the north so it will remain quite chilly. we have a frontal system gracing the east coast, cloud and showery rain. otherwise it

a muslim student loses a high court challenge against a ban on prayer rituals at a school in london. potential world—first smoking ban for future generations will be debated by mps in the uk. hello, i'm sarah campbell. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin with events in the middle east, where israel appears to be trying to gather international support following the iranian air strikes, but has not — so far, at least — carried out any direct military action in response. instead, israel is calling for more sanctions on iran, which itself has warned israel against attempting any retaliation following those drone and missile attacks, which iran says were a response to an israeli attack on its diplomatic mission in syria. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been sending us updates from jerusalem. israel says it is now launching a diplomatic offensive. the israeli foreign minister has written, he says, to 32 countries around the world, urging them to impose even more sanctions against the islamic republic of iran. t

a muslim student in london has lost a high court challenge against a ban on prayers at school.st year, after some pupils began praying in the school playground during breaks. the challenge had argued that the ban discriminated against muslim pupils — a claim rejected by the court. the uk's education secretary — gillian keegan — welcomed the ruling, saying head teachers must be allowed to decide school policy. our education editor branwenjeffreys told me more about the case, from the newsroom. well, michaela community school is a small secondary in london. it's known for its extremely strict rules and very traditional approach to teaching, including learning lots of things by rote. among the rules is the fact that no more than four pupils are allowed to gather together at lunchtime in the schoolyard. last march, more than 20 pupils started praying at lunchtime outside in the yard — that led the school to introduce a ban which was at the heart of this case, in a challenge brought by one pupil and her mother, who argued that it discriminated in particular against muslim pupils. an

can return back to your high court - return back to your high court statement.or presume that a shortfall in loss was caused instead by a bug or error in horizon. and that the truth of whether a shortfall did or did not result from losses for which the subpostmaster was responsible, lies peculiarly within the knowledge of subpostmasters, is the person with the responsibility for branch operation and the conduct of transactions in branches. you say these things were in my own experience very far from the case. and then you set out from your own experience by comparison what you say by reference to what the post office suggest. can we look at paragraph 145, please? you say, i didn't expect there to be any apparent shortfall is that you were unable to identify. that's essentially what you said in your inquiry witness statement. and then 146, you say, one of my fundamental concerns when horizon was introduced, which you have clearly communicated through various letters, was the lack of transparency and control available to me in reviewing transactions when trying to

secretary signed the extradition back in 2022, but there's been court challenges to that and the high court possibly up to the court of human rights. but if america really is thinking about that, that would be a significant move. we'll have to see the extent to which that was a sort of spontaneous comment, if you like, and whether or not it's borne out by the acts of the justice department. but certainly it will get lawyers talking in london. more on that story on our website as well as all of the other stories we have covered. i will see you in the next hour. by. hello. well, some of us are in for a fine day. thursday's expected to bring warm, sunny spells to many northern and eastern parts of the country. certainly won't be like it everywhere — in fact, farfrom it in the morning across many western and southern areas of the uk. right now, a lot of cloud shrouding the uk. a weather front is crossing us, bearing rain and dribs and drabs possible anywhere through the night and in some areas even quite heavy for a time. but this weather front is caught in a current of very mild air streaming

how did the conservative and liberal justices on the high court address that question differently? >> so this is one of those age old questions when it comes to the justices and constitutional law. and i just, you know, the very first day of constitutional law, i put up a slide and it says something like, what is the judge's role? and i think what you heard is for the liberal justices, they feel like they have a role here to say that these types of ordinances is, at least as they are applied to homeless people, that they do, in fact violate that eighth amendment right. whereas i think what you saw from the more conservative justices is a fairly typical on the other hand, a view that, you know, what, we should leave this up to elected officials that we don't belong here. we're going outside of our lane. if we say you can't do this, and this is a disagreement that we see in a lot of areas, it's not just when it comes to these anti-camping ordinances. i mean, we can even think about reproductive choice where there's a division of who should make this determination. so again, i heard t

this is a plan that is _ effectively correcting an issue that arose in the high court in dublin lastf the uk as a safe country in the aftermath of britain leaving the european union wasn't legally sound, so effectively what the government is proposing in dublin is to fix that alleged state of anomaly by way of a court verdict, to allow the resumption of returns of asylum seekers to the uk in situations where they have applied for asylum in the uk, registered in the uk, but have since travelled to ireland and registered or tried to seek asylum in dublin. this is an issue that has become more of a problem from the irish government's perspective in the last few months, because 80% of the asylum applicants in ireland in recent weeks and months have come over the land borderfrom northern ireland. this is the open border which was such a major issue during the protracted brexit process, it is now leading to a situation where asylum seekers who are finding conditions less hospitable in the united kingdom with this threat of deportation to rwanda hanging over them, are travelling into northe

so, despite a finding in the high court that basically you lied to the high court, you got your bonusa, in the middle here, another life ruined by the post office. totally devastated his life, blew apart his family... a big moment for you and for the subpostmasters. absolutely, yes, yes. really brought back memories about my mum, how i had to beg, borrow from her, and not being able to pay her back. as for angela van den bogerd, she left here with her credibility seriously challenged. emma simpson, bbc news at the post office inquiry. a primary school teacher has admitted murdering her partner, whose body was found buried in their garden. the remains of nicholas billingham, who was 42, were discovered in northampton in march 2022, four months after he was last seen alive. fiona beal, who's 50, will be sentenced next month. the foreign office has summoned the russian ambassador, after a british man was charged over an alleged arson plot in london on businesses linked to ukraine. prosecutors claim the russian private military group wagner were involved. dylan earl, who's 20, along with

what were the reasons the high court ruled against the girl and her family?d her famil? a . ., ,. ,, ruled against the girl and her famil? a . . ,. ,,, family? michaela describes itself as the strictest — family? michaela describes itself as the strictest school _ family? michaela describes itself as the strictest school in _ family? michaela describes itself as the strictest school in england. - the strictest school in england. pupils are expected to follow very strict codes around behaviour and discipline within the school. it also makes it clear that it is a nonreligious school. it expects pupils to set aside cultural and religious differences to integrate together as one school community. the ban came about after more than 20 muslim pupils started gathering to pray in a yard outside the school. thejudge has accepted to pray in a yard outside the school. the judge has accepted the school's core argument that in prohibiting prayer rituals, it was acting in accordance with that ethos of strict discipline and an aggressive approach to integrating pupils into

it would have to be authorised by two independent doctors plus a high court judge . judge. the person would have to be aged 18 or over. they'd have to have a diagnosis of a terminal illness and be expected to die within six months. so there are strong safeguards . and i would just say safeguards. and i would just say to everybody, we all want a quality of life. let's also give people the right to a quality of death. let's not prolong suffering. i've had friends who've been very seriously ill with terminal illnesses. they didn't immediately die. they suffered from months and months and months in agony. there was some palliative care , but it some palliative care, but it didn't stop the pain. it didn't give them a quality of life. i was just so upset and distressed to see the suffering they were going through. i wouldn't want to wish that on anyone . varne to wish that on anyone. varne and i would like people to have and i would like people to have a choice, gordon. >> a choice . that's all peter >> a choice. that's all peter tatchell wants for his friends, seriously i

now, there was a two day hearing which took place here at the high court , and the court heard high courtkind of discrimination , which makes religious minorities feel alienated from society. but the school did defend its policy, with a lawyer for the school saying it argued against it, saying it's justified and proportionate after it faced death threats and bomb threats linked to religious observations at on site. at that school. and also during that two day hearing, the headteacher posted a lengthy explanation regarding their decision, saying that where children of all races and religions can thrive, this is the this is a decision that is the this is a decision that is benefiting everybody and they don't want the school to become a secular school. now the school itself has around 700 pupils and roughly half of them are muslim theo chikomba they're outside the high court with this ruling. >> let us know your thoughts this morning. >> absolutely. no. that katharine birbalsingh will be hard in school, hard at work in her school, doing does best, doing what she does best, teaching teaching

today this judgment from the high court has found against that people.had chosen the makayla community school, knowing of its strict behaviour policies and he pointed out that the people was freed to move to another school where she would be allowed to pray during lunch times if that's what she would like to do. he said the disadvantage to muslim pupils at the school caused by its prayer ban was outweighed by the aims which the school seeks to achieve overall for all of its pupils including the muslim pupils at that school. the people who brought this claim says that even though she has lost she still feels she did the right thing in seeking to challenge the prayer ban and said, i tried my best and was true to myself and my religion and she said she is grateful to the non—muslim pupils at the school were shown her a great deal of understanding.— shown her a great deal of understanding. shown her a great deal of understandinu. ., ., understanding. the reaction from the head teacher. — understanding. the reaction from the head teacher, she _ understanding.

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ultimately, the uk high court granted him appeal rights on only three of those, meaning they largelyght to freedom of expression. am i getting that correctly? what are the broader implications of that, when you think about the kind of material that he published via wikileaks? >> i was in the court when they were hearing this appeal hearing and the judges said, does this mean that any journalist who publishes this sort of information could easily be extradited, and the prosecutors in the uk had to say yes. that this would establish a precedent that meant any journalist in the united kingdom could be extradited to the united states. so, i think what is really important, in this case is, it's establishing this global race to the bottom when it comes to press freedoms. we've seen similar activity, just last week, evan gershkovich, he is year anniversary in russian jail. we've seen similar activities from the chinese government. we're seeing, really, this kind of using espionage act and the secrecy laws to pursue journalists all over the world, and what's happening to julian is the templa