the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange is to be extradited to sweden over sex crimes charges but the wiki leaks founder plans to appeal against the high court. pilot error is officially named as the cause of a russian plane crash that killed an entire hockey team at this time for us to go to saying the crew mistakenly applied the brakes during takeoff. also thousands of europeans occupied the french riviera ahead of the g twenty summit of world leaders focus on people rather than corporations in the current economic situation. and in the e.u. leaders at the bat were left stunned by the greek company's decision to hold a referendum on the latest bailout deal but some predicting voters will reject the rescue package or sparking possibly the euro zone's. global news twenty four seventh's this is r.t. and live from moscow i'm. straight to our breaking news for you this hour london's high court has ruled that the wiki leaks founder julian assange can be extradited to sweden to face accusations of sexual misconduct and he says he now plans to appeal to the supreme court following t

tourism has suffered because the red algae are washed up on sweden's beaches. they make the water murky, not exactly an inviting prospect for swimmers. like here, for example, on a stretch of beach, even taking a walk can be a pretty unpleasant experience . >> from the middle of july until the end of october or something, and during that period, as long as it's still growing and coming in, we can collect it and then we have to stop in the wintertime until next summerment. >> it is a major terminal for the baltic sea ferries that makes it a major producer of pollution and of nourishment for the red algae. the liners are now persuaded to dispose of their garbage on land. it is a phenomenon that interests oceanographers all over the world. in a conference at the end of september, they have learned that the baltic sea is in danger of biological collapse. sten gives lectures on preventing this and shows a film and shows a glimpse below the surface and all the way down to the bottom of the baltic sea. it has been an overwhelming journey. >> the film shows how the alg

i was in sweden he did call before a court should not allowed to him to leave sweden once he was fear he should be tried to talk there was a case against him and then he was allowed to come here to england an hour after that then i believe that there was pressure party. government perhaps by the american government or by other governments who were a barrister as a result of the revelations that we could be exposed to the international community and i believe that that is why i. tried to get to make sure there is very great concern here in the united kingdom about extradition is to the united states because many people believe that they would not get to fear here in india nightsticks current thank you very much as jim curran that talking to us outside the high court where julian assange has now left he's gone back presumably to the house all full and smith in norfolk outside london where he has been held under strict bail conditions for the last eleven months he's considering his next steps this case is not safe but it certainly does look less likely that he will walk free at the end o

hour london's high court has ruled that the wiki leaks founder julian assange can be extradited to sweden to face accusations of sexual misconduct and he says he now plans to appeal to the u.k. supremes court following the verdict laura smith is joining us live from london for more details on this and laura hello to you are tell us what is all this news mean for us and what's the what's next for him. well we are hearing that julian assange is planning to appeal this decision he has fourteen days to apply to take this to the courts essentially now that permission is not automatically granted at the supreme court and the high court will decide together whether he is able to take this court this case up to the highest court in the land and they will only allow him to do that if they deem that it is in the public interest to do you say and meanwhile we've heard that the judge has dismissed all four counts of assault his defense which included the allegation that he wouldn't receive a fair trial in sweden and also that the swedish prosecutor had no authority to issue this european arrest warra

i went to -- where did we -- we went to paris and we went to sweden. and belgium and i actually had a very passionate fan. in sweden. >> jimmy: you have a note, right? >> yeah. i have some criers, too. okay. so this girl is hysterically crying. i thought she was maybe going to pass out. and she's shaking and i felt so bad that i went over to her and gave her a hug. and she gave me this note. and i read it when i got back to the hotel because she is my biggest fan. i'm going to read it to you guys. it is very interesting. >> jimmy: very nice. >> so, "dear ashley. you probably won't even read this but it's worth a try. i am a huge fan. i really am.

points of us on his defense which included the allegation that he wouldn't receive a fair trial in sweden and also that the swedish prosecutor had no authority to issue based european arrest warrants now following that they would be in essence came out on the steps of the high court to make a short statement he said that they would be in the legal chain which consider that next steps in the days ahead he also warns that spin would be applied to what had happened to today and that if people wanted to know what had actually happened they should go to his web site sweden vs the songs and he will say criticize the european arrest warrant and say what he had to say. i have not been charged with any crime in any country. despite this the european arrest warrant is so restrictive that it prevents u.k. court from considering. over. we are here today. and if this case does go to the sea priem courts it appears likely that the european arrest warrant as a whole the basis for the european arrest warrant under which of course european citizens can be extradited to other countries with very little evi

if it is extradited to sweden what the fear here among civil rights lawyers and civil rights groups. then there would be not be occasion for extradition from sweden to the united states and that's the major concern of civil rights groups because it will be more difficult to make should die to hear from england to the united states than it would be from sweden jim carr thank you very much as simple as that talking to us outside the high court where julian assange has now in lefty's gone back presumably to the house all full and smith in norfolk outside london where he has been held under strict bail conditions for the last eleven months he's considering his next steps this case is not safe but it certainly does look less likely that he will walk free at the end of a civil. life outside london's high court many times. we are also always interested me what you think about the u.k.'s court verdict at r.t. dot com we are asking you about it let's have a look at the stats here on our so far the majority of you think the u.s. is using the u.k. as a puppet again just over a quarter believe t

the wiki leaks founder julian should be tried in sweden over. results of the investigation into plane crash that killed a russian hockey team. the cost. of. the global financial. rescue deal. while the russian president will be at the g. twenty summit taking place this week in france. had a chance to speak to. russia is planning to achieve.

by verdict the high court in london rules the wiki leaks founder julian assange should be tried in sweden over controversial sex crime allegations. a sense of disillusionment dominates the protests ahead of the g. twenty summit in cannes as world leaders gather to contain the global financial mayhem and the greek announcement of a referendum on the future of the eurozone has only fuel the flames. results of the investigation into september's plane crash that killed a russian hockey team name pilot error as the cause and speak of traces of a strong sedative in the co-pilot's brought. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me. we can expand julia science may find himself on swedish soil very soon after losing his battle against extradition from britain there he'll have to answer for sexual misconduct charges which he denies and describes as politically motivated if you aussies are laura smith outside london's high court more on this laura high so what's next. well he set me one step place this is the plane following today's proceedings of course this appeal he made to

most famous whistleblower wiki leaks founder julian assange loses his appeal against extradition to sweden over sex crime charges. official findings into a deadly russian plane crash that killed an entire hockey team this september all revealed that investigators already claiming traces of a strong sedative were found in the blood of the second part of. thousands of europeans occupying the french riviera ahead of the g twenty summit demanding that world leaders focus on people rather than corporations in the current economic situation. meanwhile e.u. leaders were left stunned by the greek company's decision to hold a referendum on the latest bailout deal some predicting voters will reject the rescue package sparking the eurozone. international news live from moscow city center this is r.t. with me. straight to our breaking news for you this hour wiki leaks founder julian assange chance failed extradition from the u.k. to sweden where he will face actions of sexual misconduct denies the claims and says they are just politically motivated and very shortly here on our team will cross live to

and now saunders been fighting tooth and nail against going back to sweden because he believes that sweden will extradite him to the us if a history from fine with us in cases passed and as we reported to you many times on this show a grand jury has been impaneled in virginia to investigate songe and wiki leaks website the jury is reportedly looking into espionage charges against assigned after wiki leaks released hundreds of thousands of state department cables earlier this year and the first session of the grand jury was held over the summer in alexandria but actually face charges for espionage for just publishing state department cables of the guardian pointed out may the u.s. might have a very hard time getting a grand jury to indict it has never been applied successfully against a nonet government party so in order to secure an indictment prosecutors would have to convince the grand jury that a staunch encourage or assist to the source of the league documents so in effect the u.s. would have to prove that saw encouraged or assisted bradley manning who's accused of leaking of a serial

to sweden today. swedish authorities want to question him about sex crime allegations. >> today at the will court of justice in london, wikileaks founder julian assange learned he lost his attempt to fight extradition to sweden, where he faces accusations of sexual misconduct. two women accused ohim of having on walk on, unprotected sex with them. he made a brief statement saying that he has been charged with no crime in any country. in the past, he has called the accusations allies and a political conspiracy -- lies and a political conspiracy. >> no doubt there will be many times to spin these proceedings, but they are merely technical. >> as he was arrested about a year ago, he has been staying in at a friend of's mansion on house arrest. he will be extradited to sweden unless he appeals within the two weeks' time. today his lawyerws what not -- his lawyers would not say if they would file appeal and on what grounds it would be. >> now you'r insta-weather-plus forecastr -- now your insta- weather-pl

whistleblower with the leaks founder julian assange awaits a high court decision on his extradition to sweden over controversial sexual misconduct charges. nine am in moscow and that tresor good to have you with us here on r t our top story more than ten thousand people have marched in nice to protest against the g twenty summit that will kick off on thursday further down the coast in cannes the crowd angered by the current financial system and reinforced by the global occupy movement demanded governments focus on people instead of corporations as arky daniel bush reports this time world leaders may find it even harder to ignore the outcry. g twenty host from says it wants this summit on its picturesque mediterranean coast to reflect the importance of emerging nations in the world but as financial crisis deepens in both the u.s. and european union economists sports self interest behind claims pledge to involve more right the economist is really to try to convince those right economies to put money on the table. and sustainable currency union of europe in the first place developing countries w

founder julian assange will learn later wednesday the verdict in his fight against extradition to sweden over allegations of sexual misconduct denies claims and says they're politically motivated artie's laura smith has latest from london. the moment of truth is approaching the julian asked soames if he learns here at the high court on wednesday whether a judge will order him to be extradited to sweden to face questioning the sex of the souls how the case since that's only and the swedish prosecutor have vowed to take the case to the supreme court's if it does go to the supremes course it's likely that the entire basis that the european arrest warrant under which people can be extradited to all the e.u. countries to face questioning with very little evidence will be placed under scrutiny many in the u.k. would welcome that so if the judge rules out further appeals one of two things will happen could be step three immediately off to eleven months living under strict bail conditions cool kid speak might not touch the ground he could be extradited to sweden within the team days only the way

any country london's high court rules of the wiki leaks founder julian assange should be some to sweden that controversial sex crime allegations. palestinians get a step nearer the u.f.o. winning membership of the heritage organization but the price is too high for some and we explain. why in syria a peace deal to end months of bloodshed made little difference the security forces who renewed their attacks around the regime activists in the city of homs more than twenty people died as the tanks rolled in and the arab league which broke with the agreement claims its failure would be disastrous but some political analysts in the region echo president assad's belief that syria's unrest is rooted in a foreign. conspiracy by a regional power they wanted to change the regime of bashar assad they wanted a different regime different government was different and that's why you can see that regional power hasn't been friendly to the situation. in the place in syria actually some of the country has been funneling weapons and money and start an ideology to topple the regime of president assad the pr

libya to be held to account of all those that took part in enforcing the no fly zone sweden was the only one outside of nato all the arab league nations efforts in libya may have helped topple the dictator but they've left the country in ruins and with an estimated one million refugees christopher hill joins us now he's the coordinator of high crimes dot org and one of those calling for public prosecutions joining us live from there in denmark now there's been plenty of speculation behind the motives of why the likes of the u.s. france and italy were interested in regime change there in the book what was in it for sweden the country as i just said not even a nato member well it actually. now i'm quoting. research reports from serious to firms such as yours it's actually a member of what they call themselves the american empire and helpless so so this is just logical from the perspective well i understand you want to see those resistance and all of this than your trial but what about the argument that gadhafi deliberately targeted civilians whereas nato chiefs would argue that accide

also coming up -- wiki leaks founder julian assange will learn if he's to be extradited to sweden over allegations of sexual assault and rape. also -- a new start for the survivors of east africa's famine, but what challenges face the aid agencies now? >> hello. thanks very much for joining us. the offices of a french satirical magazine in paris have been seriously damaged by fire. the publication, charlie hebdo, has printed a cartoon of the prophet muhammad on the front cover and also named muhammad as its guest editor. they say the aim was to celebrate the success of islamists and denied it was trying to be provocative. our correspondent in paris says some people say they saw the attack taking place. >> witnesses are saying the petro bomb was hurled through the window, and it seems to have set some of the equipment in the satirical magazine's office on fire and the editor has been appearing on french news channels saying that he very much doubts whether they'll be able to publish next week. it's a weekly satirical magazine called charlie hebdo. he says most of their equipment has bee

the high court in london the wiki leaks founder julian assange should be tried in sweden for controversial sex crime allegations. the sense of disillusionment that program the head of the g. twenty summit in as world leaders gather to contain the global financial may have. a referendum on the future of the eurozone it's only fuels the flames. results of the investigation to september's a plane crash that killed the russian hockey team name a pilot error. and speak of traces of a strong. very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me. the upcoming g. twenty summit in the french city of cal is set to begin with what's become something of a tradition a massive protest suppressed by police the rage behind the banners remains the same this year economic hardship and seemingly disconnected leaders as our reports there's a growing sense that corporate interests are taking precedence over the public's wellbeing. g twenty host from says it wants this summit on its picturesque mediterranean coast to reflect the importance of emerging nations in the world but this financial crisis dee

to me that there isn't any real basis for this as we heard there's not even been charges over in sweden and so yes it's a spear yes attempt to shut down what is one of the most important media outlets in the world right now. and there's extensive coverage of what's behind pursuing the wiki leaks founder at r.t. dot com more online for you vying for votes the heat is on for a seat in russia's parliament and tell you how candidates are really electorate to back their ballots. counted it is attempt to break the blockade of gaza the israeli defense forces border to irish canadian voters from towns it's another stories of. two russian tycoons have been battling it out for some of some six and a half billion dollars in an english court. or legal. claims chelsea football club owner of a move which has robbed him of billions by intimidating him into selling his own oil shares on the cheap from the guys allegations he has shied away from any public comment on the case but there is also he has been much more candid with some loud passionate grandstanding in the witness box the lawsuit promises to

he's been under house arrest for nearly a year waiting for the verdict sols will be extradited to sweden. she's never been charged the side of the small appeal denies the claims of his annoyance suggesting that sweden's maneuvering to. the pentagon doesn't want to expose this site itself. suspending its raids on libel. made its. case motives are clear. this is just the latest in a saga isn't it kind of scandinavian viking saga of the barbarity which is being treated is appalling it's been eighteen months disruption campaign now against what is actually one of the most important websites in the world what what wiki leaks does is it was among the most powerful tools to address corruption corruption at the highest levels and what we've seen over the last few years with these expeditions in other parts of the world afghanistan or iraq or later on in libya is the importance of whistleblowers being able to actually expose criminal behavior as being really the most powerful person in a way in the world exposing some of these crimes what is certainly very similar isn't it to the dominique straus

to sweden where he will face accusations of sexual misconduct and denies the claims and says they are just politically motivated and very shortly here in. laura smith for more details on this developing breaking news story. now the interstate aviation committee has revealed that the second pilot of the plane that crashed in the russian city of lawful in september showed traces of a strong sedative in his system it is also being said that he has been suffering from a disorder of a movement of coordination here looking at live pictures right now it was also said that the crew had less flight experience operating this particular type of plane. as we get further details on this here at all at sea we must remind you you're looking at live pictures here as investigators discussing the findings all over the results of the plane crash from so many in fact the entire hockey team ice hockey team were killed and as you can see on the headlines here a strong sleeping pills that it was found in the blood of the plane's copilot more details to come here on our. all right are you with r.t. live from

of course a position to extradite julian assange to sweden comes just over a week after week and it's announced it was suspending a committee was due to work financial ok and many believe the case is more about his whistle blowing activities rather than any accusations of sexual assault i mean this is just the latest in a saga isn't it a kind of scandinavian viking saga of the barbarity of which it is being treated appallingly it's been an eighteen month disruption campaign against what is actually one of the most important websites in the world what what wiki leaks does is it was among the most powerful tools to address corruption corruption at the highest levels and what we've seen over the last few years with these expeditions in other parts of the world afghanistan or iraq or later one libya is the importance of whistle blows being able to actually expose criminal behavior as being the most powerful person in a way in the world exposing some of these crimes what is certainly very similar isn't it to the dominique strauss kahn sexting it seems to me and any real basis for this to b

whistleblower wiki leaks founder julian assange he waits the high court this is not his extradition to sweden over two hundred herschel sexual misconduct charges. one pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story more than ten thousand people have marched in nice to protest against the g twenty summit that will kick off thursday further down the coast in cannes the crowd angered by the current financial system and reinforced by the global occupy movement demanded governments focus on people more than corporations. this time around the world leaders may find it tough to ignore the outcry. when she was thrilled says it wants this summit picturesque but it's radiant close to reflect the importance of emerging nations in the world but this financial crisis deepens in both the u.s. and european union economies split self interest behind the claim pledged to involve more rising economies and is really to try to convince those who rise economist to put money on the table to bail out the unsustainable currency see union of europe in the first look. developing countries which saw the

eight sweden banned to spanking and the time seventy percent of swedes oppose the law needed through the parliament anyway and when the law a generation later the children who were raised in a spanking less society only ten percent oppose the war in one thousand nine hundred seven and sweden has now become famous for being a peaceful society in the united states there are no federal laws against corporal punishment in spanking and only nineteen states ban it in my opinion it's time to ban corporal punishment right across the board states. according to rupert murdoch's paper the new york post occupy wall street has cost businesses around zuccotti park nearly half a million dollars so far right wing newspaper reports the business owners are complaining at the sight of the patriots organizing nearby deters customers from shopping or dining inside you know like most things that come out of rupert murdoch's media empire from the wall street journal the g.o.p. t.v. you know auctions to the new york post you have to question whether or not this report is true and true or not it certainly no

on wednesday the london high court upheld a lower court decision to transfer him to sweden saying the swedish judgment cannot be said to be disproportionate. assange is considering an appeal to the british supreme court. >> i have not been charged with any crime in any country. despite this, the european arrest warrant is so restrictive that it prevents uk courts from considering the facts of a case. as judges have made clear here today. >> wikileaks has so far published more than 250,000 secret u.s. diplomatic cables. last december international credit card firms stopped processing donations for wikileaks. facing difficulty in raising funds, the group has been forced to temporarily suspend publication of secret diplomatic documents. >>> workers at japan's damaged nuclear facility are picking up alarming readings. they've detected a radioactive substance that reactor 2 went into a state of criticality. tokyo electric power company employees detected radioactive substances tuesday in gas near a filter in the reactor's containment vessel. they also found signs of it on wednesday. radioa

that he will have to return to sweden. he told reporters he's not been charged with any crime and insists the case is politically motivatessed. if he goes back to -- motivated. if he goes back to sweden, he could be handed back to the united states to face prosecution. >>> later today, president obama travels to southern france for the g.-20 summit. protesters are already gathering near the site of the summit. they will hold two days of meetings in cap tomorrow and friday -- in canne, tomorrow and friday. a row volt could scuttle plans for -- a revolt could sutt -- scuttle plans for a referendum regarding the greece government. >>> the nisay veterans were honored today. 330 of the surviving japanese american servicemen were awarded the congressional gold medal. all of them served in special segregated army units including combat and intelligence groups. among those honored among those honored today were lasan kai and frank yamamoto and ashana yamamoto. >>> more sunshine, warm temperatures. here's the live camera looking ou

on wednesday the london high court upheld a lower court decision to transfer him to sweden saying thewedish warrant is not necessarily unfounded. assange is considering an appeal to the british supreme court. >> i have not been charged with any crime in any country. despite this, the european arrest warrant is so restrictive that it prevents uk courts from considering the facts of a case. as judges have made clear here today. >> wikileaks has so far published more than 250,000 secret u.s. diplomatic cables. last december, international credit card firms stopped processing donations for wikileaks. facing difficulty in raising funds, the group has been forced to temporarily suspend publication of secret diplomatic documents. >>> workers at japan's damaged nuclear facility are picking up some alarming readings. they've detected a radioactive substance that could signal reactor two went into a temporary state of criticality. when nuclear fission occurs continuously. tokyo electric power company employees dedebted radioactive substances xenon 135 and xenon 133 on tuesday. they also found x

wikileaks founded julian assange can be extradited to sweden to face sexual assault allegations. welcome to bbc world news. i'm david eads. also coming up -- the weather forecast of beijing, smog and more smog, why the air quality has reached hazardous levels. and sentencing do for pakistan's disgraced cricketers. they await their fate. hello, thanks for being with us here on bbc world news. a fire has ripped through the offices of a french satirical magazine in paris after an arson attack on the building. the publication, called charlie hebdo, printed a cartoon of the prophet mohammad on the front cover and also named him as the guest editor. the paper says the aim was to celebrate what it called the success of islamists in tunisia and libya and denied it was trying to be provocative but it has been condemned by the french prime minister. >> witnesses are saying a petrol bomb was hurled through the window and it seems to have said some of the equipment in the satirical magazine's office on fire. an editor, who has been appearing on the french news channel, says he pretty much do

he denies that occasions by two women about fears that being sent to sweden could bring him a step nearer to prosecution in the u.s. over a massive leak of classified files. i have not been charged with any crime in any country. hundreds of thousands of american government military and diplomatic cables were released by wiki leaks this here leading to cause for him to be extradited for trial to the us for breaking the state secret can stay in the u.k. if he appeals the high court decision which could take up to. this is just the latest in a saga isn't it a call of scandinavian viking saga of the barbarity which is being treated is appalling it's been eighteen months disruption campaign now against what is actually one of the most important websites in the world what what wiki leaks does is it was among the most powerful tools to address corruption corruption at the highest levels and what we've seen over the last few years with these expeditions in other parts of the world afghanistan or iraq the latest one libya is the importance of whistleblowers being able to actually expose criminal b

court in london has ruled wiki leaks founder julian assange is will be extradited to sweden to face sex assault charges after losing his legal battle to stay in the u.k. he denies the allegations by two women but fears that being sent to sweden could bring him a step nearer to prosecution in the u.s. or a massive leak of classified files i have not been for with any crime in any country . the hundreds of thousands of american government military and diplomatic cables were released by wiki leaks this rare is leading. yet leading to calls for him to be extradited for trial to the u.s. the breaking state secrets can stay in the u.k. peals the high court decision which could take up. this is just the latest in a saga isn't it a call of scandinavian viking saga of the barbarity of which it is being treated is appalling it's been eighteen months disruption campaigning against what is actually one of the most important websites in the world what what wiki leaks does is it was one of most powerful tools to address corruption corruption at the highest levels and what we've seen over the last few

he learns here at the high court on wednesday whether a judge will order him to be extradited to sweden to face questioning if a sexual assault how the case since that's only and the swedish prosecutor have vowed to take the case to the supremes courts if it does go to the supremes course it's like me that the entire basis that the european arrest warrant under which people can be extradited to all the e.u. countries to face questioning with very little evidence will be placed under scrutiny many in the u.k. would welcome that so if the judge rules out further appeals one of two things will happen i thought could be step three immediately off to eleven months living on district bail conditions pull his feet might not touch the ground he could be extradited to sweden within sixteen days only the way his life is under threat which he didn't crippling financial trouble and may be forced to close in the new year. we'll stay with us here on r.t. still to come india's revolutionary fighters move from the jungles to the cities. to mount argue that the arrival of multinational companies here is