Hello youre watching r. T. International im words on a lot thank you for joining us. Start with this prosecutors in sweden say theyve dropped a 9 year long rape case against wiki leaks cofounder julian a song of the evidence has weakened over time the decision will likely clear the way for the whistle blows extradition from the u. K. To the u. S. Where he faces espionage charges harvey was joined by John Mcwhorter with the latest. You know this whole saga started out did it with that with the rape allegations against us and youve been through the whole mill since then but now were back to those initial charges thats right neal exactly it was in 2010 that the swedish government filed in International Arrest warrant against songs for 2 charges one of molestation and another of rape but assad has always denied these charges hes even cooperated with the International Investigation from abroad and it was the threat of extradition to the United States if you were to have been arrested in sweden that forced him to take political asylum within the Ecuadorian Embassy in london and now it turns out that this case that started it all doesnt even have enough socalled corroborative evidence to the evidence cherry basis is such that he corroborating evidence is not sufficient to in a way that is prescribed by the Supreme Court deemed that the description of the alleged criminal act can be proven. Earlier today the swedish prosecutor explained her reasoning for dropping the charges she said that the witnesses involved were were credible but over the years the case itself had weakened and in the q. And a that followed she also said that the heavy media influence on the witnesses was another important consideration that they took into consideration 1st inspection suppose of joining the soldier might think this is good news but things are rarely that simple do you think it is good news well at 1st glance it certainly seems so but i mean the original fear was that if a songe was arrested in sweden he would be extradited to the United States but the fact of the matter is that the situation has changed since then and lets not forget hes been sitting in a u. K. High security prison since april sancia has been i mean the government is set to decide his fate in 2020 and the United States has already filed an official request for his extradition to london so wiki leaks has already said this actually only means that sweden is no. Longer going to be competing with the United States for the extradition rights over a song now as for what awaits a songe in the United States if he is extradited that while he is probably nothing fair i think a son should be assassinated actually. Contract that maybe use a draw or something this guys a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the United States the guy ought to be and im not for the Death Penalty so if im not for the death i dont want to do it illegally shoot the son of a i think the mad as a terrorist act tough and say if we catch you were going to hang you whatever wiki leaks walks like a Hostile Intelligence Service and talks like a Hostile Intelligence Service ignorance or misplaced idealism is no longer an acceptable excuse for lionizing these demons and why has the us been so set on getting its hands on the songs well see for yourself. I mean. What are you getting. Well Douglas Mcnabb is an International Criminal defense lawyer we asked him how he believes the extradition proceedings will be handled i think its absolutely clear politics those. Election edition proceeding is not designed to be political. Politics absolutely positively should not come into why this should be treated as you know me. Proceeding where the u. S. Are seeking to have someone extradited from u. K. Or u. K. Or seeking out one extradited u. S. U. K. But i think its a privilege for one to assume that the whole world now are coming to why in this particular matter. Mike pompei also provoked outrage by announcing a reversal of a decades old stance on israeli settlements in the west bank he said they do not necessarily violate International Law the settlements are on territory occupied by israel since the 6 day war and one of the most contentious issues in the conflict between israel and palestine the u. S. Administration has lost its credibility to play any future role in the Peace Process we regard washingtons decision as another step aimed at collapsing the system of International Law regulating the middle east and thus further straining Israeli Palestinian ties settlements in occupied palestine are a blatant violation of International Law and Un Security Council resolutions theyre an illegal action that will kill to say solution jordans position in condemning them is unwavering we warn against dangerous consequences of the us changing position on settlements on middle east peace plan all settlement activity is illegal under International Law and it erodes the viability of the 2 state solution and the prospects for a lasting peace. Well for 4 decades the us regarded the settlements as inconsistent with International Law and that is still the view of much of the International Community scientists the 4th Geneva Convention washingtons change of stance contradicts numerous un resolutions and International Human rights conventions and its only the latest controversial move by the trumpet ministration concerning israel earlier the white house recognized israeli serenity over the Golan Heights that territory ceased from syria in 1967 and formally annexed in 1801. 00 and washington is also broke with International Consensus by formally recognizing to resell them as israels capital both decisions were widely condemned including by the un when the us announced the Embassy Relocation violent protests erupted with Israeli Forces killing dozens of palestinians we asked political commentator i mean or and what the implication of the latest decision will be. This is of course a very. Discriminating way of conducting diplomacy and the United States has chosen to act unilaterally disregarding the United NationsSecurity Council even its allies and the western allies do not see eye to eye with washington on this topic so obviously it will not be a precedent and the United States will probably be isolated obviously this is going to please the right wing news row it is not going to change anything if at all it is going to give more strength to those extremists in the Palestinian Community who say that diplomacy is no garage for statehood and that they must act violently and therefore israelis should be against this policy announcement and not for it. Well u. S. Secretary of state mike pump justified to decision saying it provides the space to find a political solution between the 2 sides however the u. S. Has issued a travel warning at the same time we asked people on the ground what they think. The usa zionist position is against ethics this is our homeland and our families so we will resist as our religion says if you die fighting for your lands you are a martyr and will continue on in the difficult path against any decision which can steal our right to decide and our freedom and our dignity it is only as a cover of the israeli crimes and propaganda against anyone opposing the building of settlements. In our own or the decision of trying to consider the Israeli Zionist settlements on the union lands illegal and legitimate is totally against International Law to take any occupied lands and give them to the Occupying Force today lost its role as a mediator in the Peace Process in the eyes of the palestinians by declaring in a direct way that the settlements are legal and legitimate. Right now bring you this syrian state media is reporting that a series of explosions has hit damascus and that Missile Defense systems have engaged hostile targets over the south of the capital youre seeing here on verified images of one of the blasts some media reports claim that israeli warplanes may have been responsible the alleged attack comes a day after israel said that 4 rockets were fired into the occupied Golan Heights from syria we will of course keep you updated on this story as it develops. Well now the news this hour dance off arties say they found 25. 00 people in a refrigerated container on board a cargo ferry bound for the u. K. The discovery was made after the ship had left the city of loving an on tuesday evening and then returned to port and 2 of the stairways were taken to hospital the others are being held in Police Custody it comes less than a month after the bodies of 39. 00 vietnamese nationals were found in a lorry in the south east of england. The u. S. Secretary of state has announced that washington will impose sanctions on irans firdaus Nuclear Facility he also repeated his support for the ongoing protests in the country to ron hit back by accusing us of stirring up on rust. United states will terminate the sanctions were related to the Nuclear Facility at fordo iran people enjoy a Better Future when their government begins to respect basic human rights abandon its revolutionary. Posture and its destabilizing Foreign Policy in the region and behave simply like a normal nation but. It is strange the United States and its officials who committed the greatest of crimes by imposing much more pressure on the tougher sanctions on iran are communicating to the iranian people that they support these protests you know i expect anything else from mr palmer who disgracefully defends the much more pressure regime and imposition of sanctions on iran well the unrest broke out after a surprise 50 percent hike in fuel prices announced on friday mass anger boiled over in at least a dozen cities which buildings vandalized and pictures of irans Supreme Leader and tehran said the revenues would be used to help the less well off it all comes with the country in the grip of a deep economic crisis aggravated by tough u. S. Sanctions. And has more on that. The trumpet ministration seems jubilant about the recent protests in iran. The people of iran almost a year and a half ago the United States is with you now the protests are being driven by the Economic Situation g. D. P. Growth projections are down by 9. 5 Percent Inflation is it 40 percent and unemployment is at 16 percent and rising but it was a 50 percent increase in the price of fuel that sparked the recent turmoil. Now an economic squeeze like that is bound to get people upset but why is iran in such poor shape well donald trump has a lot to do with it in 2015 the International Community agreed to lift a decades old sanctions in response to an agreement that was reached about irans Peaceful NuclearEnergy Program but then along came donald trump he decided to pull out of the Nuclear Agreement he says that iran broke the spirit of the deal however International Observers say that iran fully complied as of today i can state that it is implementing its. Commitments after pulling out of the deal the Trump Administration began imposing sanctions on iran intended to wreck their economy accusing iran of quote destabilizing activities around the region the usa even threatened to impose sanctions on other countries that dared to buy iranian oil anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the United States im asking for world peace nothing less. Whereto to impose sanctions on any activity subject theres directions after the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2015 iran was exporting roughly 2500000. 00 barrels of oil per day now that number is down to roughly 200000 in a country where the economy is centered around state run oil exports thats a pretty big financial loss and it has been detrimental cuts in fuel subsidies and other benefits for the population had to be made so i dont know top arena fisher made a decision for the country based on expert assessments and this decision must be executed. But according to donald trump working to economically ruin iran makes him the best friend of the iranian people nothing says i love you like bleeding someone dry as cool nations to support irans people as they struggled to reclaim. Their religious and rights is. Today i want to deliver a message to the long suffering people of iran. The people of america stand with you will be arrayed in people return to the nations proud roots as a center of civilization culture and wealth where their people can be happy and prosperous once again the United States throughout the reigning in history has always been against democracy i mean the United States was the country together with britain that instigated that 1000 the rule against democratically elected mohamed right now its no different i mean the United States has imposed a very severe sanctions on iran which is a lot of ordinary people so coming out and saying that they support these people is hypocritical in the sense that if you do support these people then you wouldnt sanction them so hard that you know they are having difficulty. With their normal lives. A new poll in sweden suggests the country is undergoing a seismic political shift well tell you more about that after this short break. You know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that midstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. Temperance to impeach and remove donald trump from the presidency have clearly divided the country this should not surprise anyone trump is probably the most divisive public figure of our time however all this division over a Single Person is changing and even damaging institutions is impeachment the normal. Demonstration by a group called stop islamization of norway ended in a brawl when it was confronted by a muslim counterprotest tensions flared when 2 copies of the koran were thrown in a rubbish bin and then another one was set on fire by the organizations later. Was was. The arab a local media reports say the demonstrators also compared islam with fascism describing it as a religion of violence and insulting the prophet mohammed several arrests were made as police moved in a local muslim union leader described the whole incident as a hate crime and he promised to take legal action against the organization itself and its leader who burn the koran the instant provoked an International Reaction with turkey expressing its condemnation we are deeply concerned about the recent rise of discrimination against muslims hatred against islam and attacks on mosques and western European Countries these attacks are not only aimed at muslims but also pose a threat to all humanity or the head of dialogue for the Islamic Cultural Center aslam forward and believes that the rhetorical of some norwegian politicians is even more dangerous than this kind of instant as it happens far more often. Sometimes you get sucker blood sucker was just it was a bold decisions that were against muslims. Of the woods and society but is that more dangerous than a couple of crazy people in Christian Sun i think the most important thing to come when he comes you know how do you hate speech is to talk to each other and create good examples of will muslims about muslims and look when we talk in norway this is we or us as muslims we dont talk about. That not muslims or the asian talk about us which is and they will slips we talk about is just as. Everybodys part that they were us. When they bring sweden the countrys ruling party has lost out in popularity so and he stablished an opposition thats the findings of a new opinion poll for the 1st time in more than 100 years the social democrats are no longer the countrys most Popular Party the figures show the anti immigrant Sweden Democrats would have the support of 24 percent of voters if an election was held today and thats compared to 22. 2 percent for the ruling party other parties trailed well behind and the margin between the 2 has been narrowing ever since 2010 when the sweep of democrats gained enough votes to Enter Parliament for the 1st time. A major reason cited for the trend is rising crime in the country which has seen citizen swing in favor of more right wing and nationalist groups Sweden Democrats favor tough immigration controls and increase security along with traditional family set ups it claimed sweden has become something of a hub for International Crime according to a separate survey swedish citizens have increasingly experienced lawlessness violence and vandalism and this is the numbers are among the highest in europe and the ruling party can see its bearing the brunt of public anger. Its a damn tough situation right now so im not surprised when he consider what weve got against us we gang murders shootings and explosions its us as the ruling party who has to pay the price or kent is from the Sweden Democrats policy he believes a hard line against crime is something his country is lacking. We need to raise taxes to pay for all this immigration and of course affects ordinary people because they have to pay more taxes but its also a matter of a cultural phenomenon will swedish people dont feel at home anymore in their own city or in their own country they walk outside on they think where did the big debate now in sweden is on this increasing getting more than the study is almost exclusively. The regular order of people chanting walk in. With fear or the risk of getting raped or getting assaulted gaden getting robbed thats the real risk to freedom well now we have a situation we need to address some one of those things is to be tough on crime which none of the other so important have been or have been interested in. Being. Well thats your update for now im or is on a lot could not be back here with another round of the latest news in 30 minutes time see them. Join me every thursday on the all excitement and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics or im sure business ill see if. There was an imaginary. Enemy out there called russia during the russia gate hoax meanwhile. The other 5 g. Technology is coming out of china and other technology of china china is actually leapfrogging ahead of the us economically and now because of either currency war so now. Focusing on russia it would be is just a waste of time which had been focusing on the rival americas very dominant in the u. S. Now is the time. 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The tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been great only employment for the inside venezuela things look different were going to announce sanctions against petroleum to venezuela associate. Famously have a son of the moment is. That person that has Political Data to say on the phone the captain of the moment the focus of the whole story isnt new makes him cold in Henry Kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated in latin america. An alternative economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make. A call on me scream so wants now making the economy of venezuela screed. And welcome to broadcasting around the world and covering all aspects of our Global Economy in the 21st century ive been swann and im christiane washington coming out today. Very optimistic that this is going to pass this fall and i think its a homerun i think its going to pass some are calling it nafta 2. 00 but the u. S. N. P. A. Is reportedly close to being approved by congress and labor unions are concerned and there are some Big Questions about whether this deal will actually be good for worker former u. S. Congressman from florida alan grayson joins us to break it down. The part of. No longer be considered a i have on candidate or my narrow when it comes to privacy ill tell you what one of these that analysts found and what it means for privacy and it continues over to the wildly popular app is now pivoting to other countries weve got the report straight ahead a lot to get through today so lets get to it. And we begin with well it has been just a good year but really a great year for tech stocks in fact tech stocks are racing toward their best year in a decade and that means that investors are interested in Companies Offering everything really from memory chips to social media platforms tech stocks seeing their best year since 2009 demonstrates that while the broader economy may be showing signs of cooling there is a lot of confidence that Tech Companies will be able to continue delivering sales and Earnings Growth so christie said well thats just for a minute here because a lot of people when they think of Tech Companies in the time we brought bring this up theyre going to think thats represented by just really a few Companies Amazon apple Google Facebook but really what weve seen over the past 2 or 3 years especially is an incredible surge in the number of companies that are getting into the space right. Exactly so we have this represent coming in every single sector that is somehow overlapping with tech so for example in health care we have we have med tech and we have biotech both making great progress in advancing like minimally invasive surgeries and then even from things like agriculture you have ag there are now making it possible to. Deliver nutrients and fertilizers to do soil readings things that we have never seen before and furthermore with the entire retail and shopping space we now have cloud data computing and Artificial Intelligence now driving marketing is driving a lot of things but some of these tech stocks let me to be the Debbie Downer here for a 2nd some of these tech stocks it feels like are a little bit artificial in that everybody calls themselves companies now i think of we work for instance they would say they were a tech company but they were the tech company they were Real Estate Company produced to be Something Else in order to get that investor money and it actually worked with we were seeing that was something that the company did and thats why its so easy because as soon as you say that youre a tech stock you automatically attain a higher multiple tech stocks right now trade on average about 11 percent premium over the Broader Market and they trade at a much higher multiple so things like we were in for that matter Cloud Kitchens the new one thats right that one is essentially we work for restaurants and that somehow managed to get 400000000 funding in seed round when its merely a concept when it hasnt even been been proven yet how is that possible in your name and all the sudden the money starts flowing in exactly. Japan and south korea are going back to the w t o for a 2nd round of talks tuesday regarding a dispute over japanese export restrictions but observers say that its unlikely this round will and differently on a slightly more positive note japans lower house of parliament approved a limited trade deal with the u. S. But now there is uncertainty over progress regarding highly contentious tariffs on its cars and car parts japan and the u. S. Formally signed a limited trade deal to cut tariffs on u. S. Ag giving presents a moral victory but now theres fear about next steps as trump known for his flip flopping ways have not come for. That the u. S. With scrap tariffs on Japanese Cars and car parts despite giving pan assurances it will analysts cited these times as unfavorable as details were intentionally vague giving us leverage to win more concessions at a later date what was actually close to a trade deal with mexico and canada just last week House Speaker nancy pelosi said that a breakthrough on that new trade agreement called the u. S. In ca was this is her word imminent President Trump has been pushing for this new trade agreement but one of the groups pushing back are u. S. Labor unions the same labor unions whose workers were deeply hurt by the way by the previous nafta trade agreement a. F. L. Cio president Richard Trumka told Union Members at a convention in maryland on monday evening that nafta had been a quote disaster for working people with maryland alone losing more than 70000 manufacturing jobs quote weve been lobby