Very warm welcome you are watching r. T. International broadcasting to you live from moscow and the karen. I know development in the Julian Assange case the wiki leaks cofounder has been granted an ecuadorian id card as a step towards ending his five year confinement in ecuador as London Embassy laura smith is across the story. But after a while of nothing no movement from inside the Ecuadorian Embassy theres been a series of developments in the last twenty four hours Julian Assange is posted a photograph of himself in an ecuadorian football shirt which gave rise to a lot of speculation about what that could mean he generally doesnt do things unless they mean something and then we saw reports surfacing from quito which said that he had received a National Identity number so hes been entered into the tax register essentially which is something that will only happen to citizens of ecuador so the strong suggestion is that from this National Identity number he will then possibly get a passport we went onto the streets of quito to see how people felt about it. And i think thats what the government will give him there is also a health issue because we know hes enclosed in a very small space there are many things that cross my mind is he healthy enough to stay there the muslim and all of the first is to use a refugee policy and support him in this way this follows a statement earlier this week from the foreign minister of ecuador saying that the situation of living here in the embassy is unsustainable and asking for the first time for a third Party Mediator either another country or another person to see if they could help to resolve this issue with a person cant live in those conditions or rather. Were considering the option of mediation. Of said that could be done fire resistant country or individual. No solution is possible without International Corporations or without that if the u. K. Wishes expressed interest in finding one and its no wonder that she wants a resolution because of course its been five and a half years since our phones first went into the embassy behind me cause there have been developments in his case along the line most notably possibly last year we didnt drop the investigation into sex allegations against him but the u. K. Authorities. Bill say that if he sets foot outside this embassy they will arrest him because he of course jumped bail when he went into the embassy and wiki leaks still fears and onward extradition to the United States so what were seeing ecuador making moves quite concerted moves to try and resolve the situation but the u. K. Government still remains intractable in the issues to even after all this time its very unclear when and what will be the ending of this saga u. K. Foreign office has refused requests from ecuador to grant a songe diplomatic immunity and a letter to us the f. C. S. Stressed that it would not discuss the matter except to say that the case would only be resolved if a song leaves the embassy and faces justice we spoke with wiki leaks supporter clarke stoically who says its in no ones interest if the situation drags on. Backward or has been trying to find every solution possible to help julian get out. Is been detrimental to his health its been detrimental to the work that we kill leaks does and and also you know i have to assume that its not good for ecuadors relations with the u. S. The u. K. And even sweden for this to continue on is only costly for the London Police departments and is futile its theres no good reason so all of the seems very hypocritical it seems like theyre kind of using it as some kind of diplomatic currency. Iraqi Security Services are forcing refugees to leave camps and return to their homes despite these being in unsafe areas as according to a new report by the Un Refugee Agency is that as more than thirteen thousand families were forced to come back to dangerous zones those who returned to face a number of problems from tribal conflicts to booby traps left by fleeing Islamic State fighters the report also says at least fourteen return knees have been killed we spoke to people in a refugee camp about their fears of returning home. We moved to this camp three years ago we dont want to return to our home yes were afraid of tribes our houses are destroyed we have no place to live the fields with it houses a looted even the ones are torn out of the bulls and theres lots of booby traps five days ago our neighbors there started to find some water something went off and now they kids are in hospital he is so scary. There are very few people from a village who returned home theres nothing left there no electricity and water supply doesnt work we may return in the future but only when the area we see spring from living. Its clear that humanitarian considerations are not first and foremost in the. Minds of the National Authorities who are taking these decisions and so then we have to look at what are the one of these one of the interest behind that the government of iraq that is you know driving this this set of violations you have to force people back into their home areas against all security precautions and in unsafe areas as this is not was not the right way of doing things and its of involving all sorts of violations of human rights so i think that its for the reasons of the elections coming up and to ensure sufficient voting voters present in the each constituency. The iraqi Prime Minister has denied that refugees are being forced to return to unsafe areas he says it is misinformation spread by his political rivals. Tunas year has seen a third consecutive day of violent protests since the first rally on monday more than three hundred people have been arrested with one killed and around fifty injured it. Was find out more about this we can now cross live to our hes appalled us leopoldo these protests on going away all the way. Its it doesnt seem that way as you mentioned were not witnessing the third day of violent protests across china as they are both in the capital of tunis and in at least ten other locations one person has so far been killed at least fifty people have been injured and more than six hundred people have been arrested now the protests started peacefully but since monday night they have taken a violent nature and just last night wednesday more than three hundred people were wasted the army has been called in to try and deal with the situation theyre being used to protect government buildings and the police have a truce protesters are attacking government officials of trying to take up the Shopping Centers of blockading roads for example whereas the protesters in response have accused the Security Forces of using a heavy had been conducting a heavy crackdown all of that is in response to the governments announcement at the beginning of january two thousand and eighteen budget plan and now this budget plan has seen a dramatic increase in taxes on basic goods so you have for example fuel increases you have tax hikes on food items and all of this is of course being met with fury and outrage on the streets of tunis at the same time we do witness some of the protests happening in another country also focused on the Economic Situation and that of course is in iran but there is a noticeable difference while there has been International Outrage against the situation in iran and the way the government is dealing with it there when it comes to tunisia basically the International Community is keeping mum so for example with iran you had the french president calling you had the head of the European UnionHigh Commission and you had the american President Donald Trump basically calling for regime change here in june is the same situation and yet were hearing nothing from the International Community and it might be because back in two thousand and eleven at the start of the arab spring. To mr was the first country to dictate to in a move that the western world widely hailed as Democratic Change but since then there have been no less there are nine governments in place and none of them have been able to get a grip on the Economic Situation there very interesting thank you for those details that authorities paula. Now in other news the british army is trying to keep up with the times by recognizing that its soldiers have emotional needs heres a look at how the new approach compares with the old oh nothing like an organized rather thick piece that doesnt fit in all that lightly but the more you read the more you all are. Told it seems to me theres always someone there to believe just me. Well the british army idea is part of a campaign to attract a more diverse range of recruits here you can see the new ads compared with much older ones former u. K. Intelligence officer Philip Ingram says he doesnt hold out much hope that the more inclusive approach will boost recruits numbers. It was quite surprised to see these videos that are coming out i do understand that theres been Market Research done suggesting that they should target more minority groups but if the country cruet enough people from the majority groups that the British Military have traditionally recruited from i dont see what the senses and targeting of these minority groups but i think the whole program the Advertising Campaign is flawed because theyre spending an awful lot of money on this because the british army spent until september last year ten Million Pounds on its recruiting come pins but one. Piece of press from the not looking after one of the veterans or one of the current serving soldiers is enough to undo the ten Million Pound company and the best people to recruit are the soldiers themselves and if they can come out with positive stories to say what it is that theyve achieved their academic achievements their training achievements the adventurous activities that they get involved in the team spirit that they build up and then they can take that and reflect whenever they come back into society again as veterans and veterans come out with a good experience of not just how theyve been looked after when ever they served but how that set them up to go into civilian life. While its clenched time for germanys two largest parties as they try to hammer out a deal to form a Coalition Government on the final day of talks heres what the two Party Leaders had to say before they got down to. Pick up or can grab big chunks we still have to clear out of the way division im sure this will take all day. There are still large chunks which have to be cleared out of the way it will be a tough day. Lets get the latest now were joined by. Our people expecting a coalition to be announced before the day is out. Absolutely not to nikki these are exploratory talks to decide whether they actually want to go into formal Coalition Talks with each other now lets not forget its more than one hundred days since the german elections and anger merkels party has so far been unable to find willing bedfellows to form a coalition to lead germany we know that talks with some of the smaller parties already fell apart that wouldve formed a socalled to make a coalition but that didnt happen and so now shes gone cap in hand yet again to the s. P. D. Asking them to join these talks to discuss whether they can form a coalition something that they have already done previously before the s. T. P. Originally had said at the end of that german election that they didnt want to go back into a coalition with the c. D. U. However they have since changed their tune now going into this final day of exploratory talks today Angela Merkel talked about the fact that she was ready for compromise her party was ready for compromise but said it had to be in the interests of the country meanwhile martin shorts the leader of the s. P. D. Turned around and said that he was stressing that they needed to be change. From you and i desire to read if we agree to join the government the condition would be that this government makes europe strong. Well the s. P. D. Are playing hardball here they feel as if the ball is in their corner and thats because that those other talks with smaller parties that merkels party had fell apart so this is her last chance saloon per se to form a Coalition Government to rule germany over the next few years if not they could be fresh elections here in germany but these two big parties or three big parties this anger merkels sister party is there as well have some very very deep divisions those divisions include issues over refugees europe and the military if we want to talk briefly about the refugees the issue here is that when those party used in Coalition Last time around they welcomed more than a million migrants into germany a million refugees into germany and that actually pushed some people in germany to favor anti immigration parties which is why we saw the c. D. U. And the s. P. D. Losing support in that election just over three months ago now merkels party have decided to crack down on this saying they want to limit the number of migrants coming into germany and theyve also put a halt on this idea or Family Reunion so the families of Asylum Seekers being able to come to germany as well but the s. P. D. During the Election Campaign stressed over and over that they wanted to allow family members of Asylum Seekers to also come here to germany saying that it was fewer than seventy thousand people now there are also disagreements over europe they see that there needs to be reform of the European Union but not in the details of how that should take place now the s. P. D. Have said they support a manual map corns version of having a european budget that something merkels party doesnt want and then on military while the conservatives would like to see an increase in military spending the s. P. D. Dont want that as i mentioned many people are watching. These talks of very closely people seeing this as being the last chance saloon flanger merkel to form a government many people biding their time to see what will happen whether this will result in talks that will be formal folk for coalition or whether germany will face yet another election what is absolutely clear is if the s. T. P. Agree that they would like to pursue this formal talks they still then have to persuade their Party Members to vote in favor of that and that vote will not take place until january twenty first there is still a long way to go to find out whether this coalition will be a coalition for the next few years or whether germany will have to start all over again speaking to us live from berlin salo do bensky thanks charlotte. Germany has been closely watching the Coalition Talks between Angela Merkel and martin shots throughout the week in the meantime a group of research is wonderful daughter of university have found that theres a relationship between politicians the parents and the votes they get they ask people to rate different german politicians from their own unattractive to six very attractive and terrible scores. Senators in the u. S. Have named sodomy appeared in the number one threat to democracy in europe and america we have law on that after this short break. Its. Wrong. To shape our. Worlds apart. To look for common ground. Welcome back. In is the number one threat to democracy in europe and the u. S. Thats according to a new report published by u. S. Senate democrats it took more than a year for us or those to compile the two hundred page document the report collects the most frequently voiced allegations against russia everything from political assassinations to state sponsored doping and fiber attacks it also contains a wide range of proposals aimed at protecting american democracy from alleged russian meddling for example that proposes the creation of an International Coalition to deal with any interference from moscow and suggest spending millions of dollars to help europe and eurasia protect themselves we discuss the report with political analyst charles alltel. Its really shameful its fake accounting of history its not objective it doesnt really have a proper context and i think serious objective people when they look at this and they try to weigh up the various ways in which we could spend money this wont be won i dont think that that committee reflects. The will of the American People or even indeed the will of congress i think democrats tend to vote as a block in this this report which must have been in preparation for many months is yet another tour really used to continue to sell the you know the anti russian look there and there are over the to sell the russian collusion delusion when a new senate is seated perhaps with a stronger republican trop led majority youre going to see very different reports coming out of committee. Police in vienna have charged three men with provocation for waving an israeli flag at pro palestinian demonstrators the rally in december was in response to Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the israeli activists deny they were being provocative claiming they only produce their flag after having anti semitic abuse held at them. It all started with slogans in english like down down usa or down down israel then we heard them shouting intifada child murderer israel death to israel the president of the Belgian League against the semitism says action should have been taken against the pro palestinian demonstrators both from police. Arresting those people in. The months russian work meetings we saw several incident talk last weeks and months in europe following the direction of u. S. President on the night from regarding terrorism and. Even more of. Those last year in several European Countries in. Brussels and other places in company. As work because the world we are facing a violent wave of the semitic actions and even to killing of jews in europe today. Another twist in the stateside russia saga dont trans lawyers say they intend to sue the people behind the infamous dossier on alleged collusion with russia after a transcript of an interview with Glenn Simpson one of the men behind the dossier was made public his group fusion a g. P. S. Commissions the report on the alleged russian travel tarries some republicans say it led to the whole f. B. I. Investigation despite containing salacious details that trump himself now describes as fake news a large part of simpsons testimony is devoted to the meeting of trunk dounia with a russian lawyer one of the key moments for those who support the russian collusion theory a lot hes met that lawyer nataly of us and its cairo to discuss the latest revelation. Whose native glioma seems to me youve known the person behind this testimony Glenn Simpson for quite a while now tell us more about how your relationship came about when. We met for the first time in twenty fifteen during my first visit to the United States before that we exchanged emails we were introduced by lawyers who were hired in new york to represent our client a russian businessman in a case initiated by the notorious mr browder in twenty thirteen during our corporation he showed excellent information gathering and analytical Skills Including the ability to distinguish truth from gossip i was very excited about reading the testimony he delivered back in august this long document almost three hundred pages covers two different topics the first is the socalled troubled us here the second is about his relations with me when last year i found out about the connection of Glenn Simpson to the trapdoors here i could hardly believe it. Weve utilises dean as the tim clark youve mentioned a discrepancy between the quality of simpsons work that you used to and the quality of the Infamous Trump dossier why did simpson allow Something Like that to come out under his name. The trundles here is an anonymous report if people who had been working on it did not admit that publicly we would have never known the authors of the report what raises questions is that the sources are not named why did words by unnamed and unverified sources form a basis for an investigation conducted by at least four different government bodies of the United States not only does this investigation distract politicians from real issues but it is also wasting taxpayers money it focuses on many Different Things well failing to establish who actually said them and tell us on its guy i was just mentioned had just mentioned the bill browder has also mentioned by simpson he was an investor in russia and later was accused of masterminding a large scale tax evasion scheme his attempts to lobby against russia was one of the main talking points between investor net skier and tran junior. Because going to be liberal dream or thought among the talking points disclosed in the memo besides the russian trump collusion of course bill browder in it simpson slams the former businessman on several occasions with using him of being obsessed with russia while being actively implicit in tax avoidance schemes and even Money Laundering can you give us your judgment on the situation. Well that the let it out wont punish browder is obsessed with russia hes tied to russia not only by his desire for revenge but also mentally here in russia he got married to a russian woman he has half russian children his ties to russia as strong as mine after all his crimes he should be grateful to russia for not throwing him behind bars while he was still possible. Condition as to a board of congress he wants to reach and notwithstanding the gravity of the allegations mr browder to testify before the us congress during the summer of twenty seventeen mainly talking about the alleged complicated collusion scheme. Mr rather you have given us a firsthand insight into putins russia you may have done more to fight corruption worldwide than any other individual and i appreciate what you have done thank you for uncovering the facts and im sure how i can tell its difficult to talk about the life and tragic death of your friend and someone who is your colleague i want to join my colleagues and thanking you for being here today and admiring your courage and tenacity oklahoma to us but do you think the u. S. Perception of mr browder will change following the publication of simpsons testimony yet the news that weapons misled i dont want to sound naive but i really hope this hysteria will end with a victory for common sense. 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