so that the charges lodged against them that mr assad does his jail time in the u.s. which could be significant jail time and then afterwards transfer back the sweet. well coming up here a lot a not so neutral switzerland with more spirit travel any other european country an exclusive one trip it's time to funnel say farewell to one of those. specially farmed animals like rabbits are making their contribution to the treatment of diabetes and cancer. two weeks into the street campaign protesters in egypt are still refusing to back down until president quits thousands of square the lines are being pushed back by the army to get traffic moving banks and some businesses opened but schools remain closed and the curfew is to force government has announced concessions increasing a pay rise for six million public sector workers. the country's vice president. western place where that washington is considered to be a question. it's important to support the transition process announced by the egyptian government actually headed by now vice president. omar so i'm on hardly the wo

i don't think it's likely but i certainly mr assad has reason to fear for his life given the atmosphere of hysteria that's been created here just very briefly what is sweden getting out of this. well. an independent country is nonetheless although not a member of nato are part of the partnership for peace program since one thousand nine hundred four close cooperation with nato what us dominated a military alliance that's been true for since one thousand nine hundred four i think sweden is vulnerable to to american pressure as are most of the european countries but i think that's really what's going on here brownback i live in washington thanks very much for your insight into the second case thanks for joining us. the continuing crisis in north africa has highlighted the need for russia and the e.u. to coordinate their efforts in terms of foreign policy and economy and economy that's according to prime minister vladimir putin who addressed the media following a meeting with the european commission president jose but also well the new bushell has been following the events for us in brusse

neutralized consumed by litigation rather than leaks i think what the american government wants is to have mr assad in custody so that ultimately he can be extradited to the united states to face charges for the release of those documents u.k. court ruled that julian assange should be extradited to sweden but his attorneys say the next stop for the thirty nine year old computer programmer could be here in the united states could face espionage charges and even the death penalty as a son faces jail time the future of wiki leaks hangs in the balance and its ability to be a place for whistleblowers and it beacon of transparency and ford artsy washington d.c. well i am happy for the u.k. the panel's party gerard biden has hit out of the british justice system saying join us on his extradition is a legalized kidnap. what was the sound you guys does illustrates the fundamental problems with the european restaurant which i've been talking about never since it was introduced in two thousand and four he's an australian citizen you want to actually go out to sweden but this effects every british citizen and

so that the charges lodged against them that mr assad does his jail time in the u.s. which could be significant jail time and then afterwards transfer back to the story . still ahead this hour a battle of epic proportion all in the name of sports for their favorite made characters to be the mascot for the twenty fourteen winter olympics all the details on the candidates and are applying to the top of the pile a couple of minutes. the russia's most wanted terrorist doku umarov has claimed responsibility for january's bombing of domodedovo airport that took the lives of thirty six people and injured more than one hundred eighty he made the claims in a video message on an extremist web site and in earlier release he warned that he warned for a year of blood and tears authorities believe he was also involved in the march two thousand and ten moscow metro bombings that killed thirty nine people as well as the november two thousand and nine bombing of a train from moscow to st petersburg. and government protesters in egypt show no sign of giving up after two weeks of on arr

consumed by litigation rather than leaks i think with the american government wants as they have mr assad in custody so that ultimately he can be extradited to the united states to face charges for the release of those documents court ruled that julian assange should be extradited to sweden but his attorneys say the next stop for the thirty nine year old computer programmer could be here in the united states where science could face espionage charges and even the death penalty as a sound basis jail time the future of wiki leaks hangs in the balance and its ability to be a place for whistleblowers and it beacon of transparency in fort artsy washington d.c. . the london court's decision to extradite joined us to sweden has sparked criticism of the british judicial and european arrest warrant systems with a country granting asylum to many high profile fugitives wanted on even more serious charges some claim the case exposes hypocrisy on the part of the u.k. authorities and basic tradition relating to asylum is that anybody can come here provided they are loaded provided they've got lots of m

neutral consumed by litigation rather than leaks i think would be american government wants us to have mr assad in custody so they're ultimately he can be extradited to the united states to face charges for the release of those documents or you can court ruled that julian assange should be extradited to sweden but his attorneys say the next stop for the thirty nine year old computer programmer could be here in the united states where science could face as you know charges and even the death penalty as a sound basis jail time the future of wiki leaks hangs in the balance and its ability to be a place for whistleblowers and it became of transparency and ford artsy washington d.c. dr burton a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party says the decision to send the wiki leaks founder to sweden is symptomatic of a flawed system. what mr sounds christ does illustrates the fundamental problems with the european restaurant which i've been talking about now ever since it was introduced in two thousand and four he's an australian citizen they want to actually write to sweden but th

neutralized consumed by litigation rather than leaks i think what the american government wants is to have mr assad in custody so that ultimately he can be extradited to the united states to face charges for the release of those documents or u.k. court ruled that julian assange should be extradited to sweden but his attorneys say the next stop for the thirty nine year old computer programmer could be here in the united states. as charges and even the death penalty as the sun spaces jail time the future of wiki leaks hangs in the balance and its ability to be a place for whistleblowers and it beacon of transparency and ford artsy busing to d.c. and we've got more on the story on our web site r t v dot com there is also plenty of other news and features let's have a look at what's online right now. an ambitious project to find out what the price tag is on the plan upgrade of the russian army as a budget for the next ten years he's unveiled plus. we'll ok our why nato continues to function twenty years after its initial enemy cease to exist . america's longest serving space shuttle discovery has docke

essentially one by one he said that assad's had not in fact made himself available for questioning whilst he was in sweden and that our soldiers swedish go ahead mr led the court when he said that he had. was unco on contactable and avoided interrogation while he was in sweden he also said that the european arrest warrant had been issued for us might be disproportionate but it was valid and it was definitely issued with a view to prosecuting ourselves for these charges and he also said that certainly one of the charges that's being brought against these allegations that are being made against student ourselves for sexual assault certainly one of them would constitute rape in the u.k. and all four of them that were extraditable offense is now a source has always maintained his innocence in this case and in fact he says and his defense team say that this is politically motivated in connection with his work with wiki leaks wiki leaks of course we've seen releasing a series of cables relating to the u.s. diplomatic service some of which were deeply embarrassing for the u.s. government has always. i maintain that this is in order to facilitate his ext