Protests across iran the demonstrations began over the weekend after the government announced a shop hike in the price of petrol. Prodemocracy activists trying to use the cover of darkness to escape hong kongs Polytechnic University and evade arrest the territorys chief executive says protesters still on campus must surrender to police to end the 3 day standoff. Libyan police and military have deployed ahmed vehicles to end a blockade of a major gas plant by protesters demanding the return of form president evo morales Officials Say one demonstrator was killed in the city of el alto near the pads. This is the news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at the w. Or visit our website at state dot com. For almost a decade the founder of wiki leaks julian a son when 2 weeks streams in the u. K. To avoid facing rape charges in sweden the time apparently worked in his favor today swedish authorities dropped the investigation one legal door closes another remains wide open the u. S. Wants the u. K. To hand over a song to face espionage charges another extradition for songs to resist but this time the clocks are not ticking in favor of julius on which im bored go off in berlin this is the day. Thanks to the investigation i have concluded that the accuser is credible her statement is there are a lot of want to. Call it that the evidence as it stands today is not sufficient. It is not clear that the oral testimony which was given by the accuser has weakened