Thanks for joining us tonight on r. T. International and welcome to the program. This monday marks the start of a historic extradition hearing in london which will decide whether the founder of wiki leaks. Handed over to the United States. Whos currently in belmarsh prison is wanted in the u. S. On espionage charges he could face a sentence of up to 175 years and he has the details. It is the 1st day of the hearing at the in britain that will decide eventually whether or not joining us always will be extradited to the u. S. As requested now his father has been talking out hes talked about julian being tortured and says what will happen to journalist it will be the same as whats happening to julian this extradition is successful. Julian with. No nation thread and. All of the old survivor guilt that is going. To journal. Published in public. Its just extradition this political extradition julian the son his successor. You know when i arrived this morning it was absolute chaos apparently this court has never experienced the number of people theyve had to deal with today the genocide to queue for about an hour to 2 hours and you heard chanting for the whole time of the proceedings hours and hours of trancing from supporters outside which you could hear inside the courtroom now. It was really interesting what was said we had to see james Lewis Fitzgerald james lewis giving the u. S. Point of view. And making lots of comparisons with which is what would happen if those charges against him and sollecito happened in the u. K. In terms of the british point of view speaking on behalf of the u. S. They they talked a lot about the official secrets act the 911 and 989 official secrets act which isnt generally only used on spies it bans the disclosure of classified information pasta tall good foreign spies and traitors and its also used against journalists and theyve been reports of the government plans to revive this legislation this is called. Huge controversy amongst journalists and the National University on this theyve raised alarm saying that this would make it easier to prosecute journalists reporting on National Security issues and sources who work for them now the u. S. Who was have said several times and particularly today that a solid is putting peoples lives at risk we can hear from the wiki leaks editor in chief Kristinn Hrafnsson i know hes been speaking to the media during the breaks of this process. What we heard this morning was your war of the same the same thing weve been hearing for 10 years we 1st heard it in july 2010. Reporting live shot rich and now jane years later theres no evidence of such are going on the country to country and it will officially. Be modeling friday the 22. 00 d. That nobody had. Because you do serve revelation when you joined and when you loved it and now you want to see the army for what it is just for a single evidence that is still there. So the 1st day over and you can see that this is a really highly controversial case some argue one of the most important cases against press freedom i saw it is seen as being a champion in the cause of transparency and freedom and we will of course be following this over the course of the week but its certainly been a long and taxing legal saga for doing a song ask you taylor looks now at how the wiki leaks founder has found himself closer than ever to extradition. Hero or enemy number one you decide either way judy in the song has become a name and a face recognized all over the wild and not for the Death Penalty so if im not for the Death Penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a. Bitch song is engaged in terrorism he should be treated as an enemy combatant was her 6 own was wiki leaks walks like a Hostile Intelligence Service and talks like a Hostile Intelligence Service by defending surely it must. We define the dome or sacred rights the 48 year old australian put a target on his back when he leaked 8 of classified u. S. Documents lang bad views of powell at the very highest levels with the u. S. Justice department hot on his heels as some sort of saddam in londons Ecuadorian Embassy the 7 nong he is but full suddenly and unceremoniously being dragged out by british police. Or fire or a stab in the back and perhaps coincidence that aquittal is bank account had just been credited with a 4200000000 dollar learn from the i. M. F. Where the u. S. Has huge sway so from the 4 walls of the embassy to the 4 walls of a jail cell as someone who was taken to Londons Belmarsh prison and handed an exceptional sentence in britain by a violations seldom need to prison sentences they are generally subject only to finds a son by contrast was sentenced in summary proceedings to 50 weeks in a maximum security prison clearly a disproportionate penalty that had only a single Purpose Holding a century long enough for the us to prepare the espionage case against him he and his lawyer had just 15 minutes. Path of the trial which itself also just lost it 15 minutes betrayed by ecuador feeling let down by the legal system a songe now claimed his fundamental human rights were under attack he was put in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day the u. N. And Rights Groups were in disbelief and some feared for more than just his freedom we have real concerns on the evidence currently available that mr assad could die in prison the medical situation is there or by urgent there is no time to lose against this backdrop is it surprising that suspicion swaddling around the extradition trial especially given the u. S. U. K. Treaty clearly states no citizen can be extradited the political purposes which many tame at the says and while washington says this case is strictly about National Security it seems Queen Elizabeth the 2nd didnt get the memo. I must tell you however that is a constitutional sovereign majesty acts on the advice of him ministers and remain strictly nonpolitical at all times this is therefore not a mess that you wish the queen would intervene if the u. K. Kowtows to its allies request might be dealt not just a life sentence without parole but even the Death Penalty if washington to side step out on the charges in the future if it finds a willing jury which apparently wont be a problem. Sandhu receive a trial by jury in alexandria virginia the natori is Espionage Court where the u. S. Tries all National Security cases the choice of location is not by coincidence the cases are always tried in front of the same judge behind closed doors and on the strength of classified evidence nobody has ever been acquitted in a case like that that is a prearranged affair a show trial to make an example of Julian Assange and the point is to intimidate other journalists global outcry human rights the law the right to a fat trial turns out there all week adversaries in the face of the government who will fight tooth and nail to keep a lid on it dirty secrets meanwhile the family of harry done a british 19 year old who was killed in a Road Accident last august are calling for a sergeant extradition to the block they say the u. S. 1st needs the handover and circuitous the one suspected of taking their sons life shes the wife of an american diplomat and has admitted she was driving on the wrong side of the road she left a u. K. Shortly after the tragic incident claiming diplomatic immunity despite requests from the British Government washington says it wont agree to extradition or the lawyer for the dharna family has accused the u. S. Of rank hypocrisy. Whilst america is. Protecting her harbor the person whos accused of killing her and done they have no business calling pretty extradition of anybody from the United Kingdom it is it is it is but i can find it where its just discussed in congress the cases are completely different but the over arching principle of reciprocity runs all extradition cases if the United States is going to rip up the extradition treaty between the u. S. New case as its done here then you know the United Kingdom needs to stand up to it up and both countries need to abide by the extradition treaty so you know we are very clear working you know doing our best to work with the u. K. Government. To make sure that the decision that the United States has made to not actually good this is not accepted but we are in the middle of a diplomatic standoff its one of the darkest moments. In the u. S. U. K. Relationship. And a stunning woman says hes had to flee to russia to protect her daughter as shes claiming asylum off her husband was acquitted of sexually abusing their children as she shared her story with r. T. Its a bit of my older daughter started scratching her face i would ask her how do you scratching yourself you should hurt yourself and she would reply oh mom i feel guilty about what dad did to us then we went to psychologist after several sessions she told me the girls are telling the truth about what they want to its a classic reaction on a finn surface and has taken her 2 daughters to russia to keep them away from the norwegian father she accuses him of molesting the girls something he strongly denies according to her it started back in 2012 in norway when the girls were aged one and 2 but the us what when our younger daughter was born he offered to be their older daughter i need something from the bathroom so iraq turn without knocking i opened the door they were not washing they were not even in the bath they were just standing there naked and i went on to describe the horrific details of that incident who is from a star india obtained a story in passports for the girls and took them to her homeland but the husband hired a lawyer filed for custody and won the right to see the children for a week every 2 months and it was legally unable to prevent him from taking the children to norway there were by years after the 1st trips the children would come back and tell me would be naked with dad or where we slept naked with dad in the same bed sometimes the older one would wake up screaming that for a long time i couldnt the to myself what was happening and make 2016 he once again brought the children back from a weeklong stay there i saw a very strange scene when we were saying good bye i asked my daughter whether they played like that when they are in norway and my youngest one said yes. After that on a went to the store and police and the criminal case was opened she says a gynecologist examined the girls and found evidence suggested will abuse the father was then arrested and charged on a visit to the psychologist who gave some advice on how to get the truth from her own daughter although that was a survey of all the psychologists said i needed to talk to her in the home environment and when she started talking it was a nightmare. She told me that her dad tickled there that it was painful but later at the trial the accused me of teaching my children what to tell the investigators and social workers despite the girls testimony these 3 new court said there was insufficient evidence to convict your stain fencer us an idea so he was acquitted he then sued his wife and in 2018 managed to win custody of the children mr finster us and denies all the allegations against him my father was accused of doing something to a 30 importing i will start abusing me thats leverage that my father was like that and i have to be like that im a launched a legal appeal and turned to human Rights Groups for help but she was unable to overturn the ruling in january this year your son finster austin was due to take the girls to norway. So ana decides to flee to russia taking the girls with their now being looked after while and his asylum claim is being processed. Police in the central german town of marseilles say around 30 people including children have been injured after a car plowed into a carnival procession drivers but the tame the authorities are investigating the incident speak to all of that he tells. Well the chief of police in frying 1st is confirmed that 30 people were injured 7 of those seriously including children after a car plowed into a carnival goes attending the rose and munto excel abrasions in marson in central germany the frank 1st Attorney Generals Office have taken over the investigation. Describing it as looking to liberate at the moment but of but as far as theyre concerned it doesnt appear to be either a political or extremist act a 29 year old man understood to be from the vaults martin area was arrested at the scene all Carnival Events in the region have been canceled because of this eyewitnesses describe the car having accelerated into the crowd and traveled some 30 meters thats why so many people it would seem have been injured police had to protect the suspect as he was being taken into custody from angry members of that crowd who were trying to get to him to find out exactly what was behind this incident that as they say according to the chief of police of frankfurt has left 30 people injured 7 of those seriously after a car crashed into carnival goers in the central german city of. German chancellors christian vote rats have suffered a devastating blow instead of elections in hamburg with support for the party plunging to a meager 11. 2 percent the c. D. U. Finished in a distant 3rd place behind the social democrats and the greens leaving its leaders in disarray. I will get straight to the ball and not beat around the bush it is a bitter day for the german c. D. U. Its a historically bad election result for the c. D. U. In hamburg with Popular Support for the c. D. U. Slipping german media have mockingly dubbed the party the Chaotic Demoralized Union arguing that suffering is the worst crisis in 2 decades unions woes have been compounded further by this months announcement that its leader. Will resign whats replacement is found once seen as handpicked successor for the charge of the ship the moves raised doubts about the political course being shattered by both the party of the country we are political commentator Stephen Meissner just how dire the situation is for germanys christian democrats. Its looking pitch black for the c. D. U. Market is basically seems to have missed out on their exit time and the whole game is starting to fall apart right before very eyes shes in the process of destroying the c. D. U. Here its i would place this whole disaster basically firmly on her shoulders shes not left enough time for a successor to really move in and fill her boots and take over the place themselves again some experience and place themselves in a position to be able to fight and win an election in 2021 so shes just not left enough room for people and shes missed her exit point basically shes really missed it. A number of coronavirus patients located far from the deadly epicenter in china has suddenly spiked italy put emergency measures in place over the weekend with 150 reported cases and 4 deaths its europes 1st major outbreak while iran has the highest number of deaths outside china with officials there raising the number to 12 earlier this monday or thirtys in italy cancelled a carnival in venice major sporting events were also perspired entire towns and communities were put on lockdown in asia cases of infected patients surged in south korea on monday with another 161. 00 people confirmed build taking the total there to almost 800. 00 the government schools are temporarily shut down religious movements at the cult members make up a sizeable number of the infections. Meanwhile the u. S. Has accused russia of supporting a law coronavirus linked to conspiracy theories. By spreading disinformation about coronavirus russia my lai knocked his eye once again choosing to threaten Public Safety by distracting from the Global Health response of the u. S. State department that edges that thousands of fake social media accounts of pushing what it calls russian talking points some of the posts apparently claim for instance that the virus is an american biological weapon and is being used to inflict political and economic damage on china it was information is said to be undermining the Global Response to the epidemic little call to the details. Foreign meddling support for donald trump and sowing discord the saga continues youd think by now the u. S. State department would have burned through its reasons to blame russia for everything under the sun but with the coronavirus epidemic in full swing it looks like theyre just Getting Started russias intent is to sow discord and undermine u. S. Institutions and alliances from within including through in coercive malign influence campaigns moscow says washington is just stirring up trouble and that could be the case but were not even allowed to investigate the accusations officials are clinging to the details of the classified report kept secret by the state Departments Global Engagement Center it apparently accuses russia of using fake social media accounts to spread conspiracy theories about americas involvement in spreading the coronavirus but if we compare the secret reports charges against russia to what moscow was actually doing we see 2 very different pictures. If its conspiracy theories american officials are looking for they might find them closer to home they are the ones publicly casting doubt on the official information coming out of china while some of them were later retracted allegations that the virus came from a chinese Bio Weapons Lab or quick to emerge stateside just a few miles away from the food market is chinas only biosafety level 4 Super Laboratory that research as human Infectious Diseases they have lied consistently about this virus from the beginning the Senior Administration official told me that the United States does not have quote high confidence in the information coming out of china at this point the World Health Organization has called for all sides to think twice before making accusations and the chinese envoy to the u. S. Has warned of the damage inaccurate information can cause the 29000 and cove and what break and response is being accompanied by a massive demick an overabundance of information some accurate and some nuance that makes it hard for people to find trust with these sources and reliable guidance when they need it so very harmful its very dangerous to stop suspicion rumors and spread them among the people for one thing and this will create panic friend. Racial discrimination as you know phobia there might be a lot of confusion and mudslinging but at least u. S. Officials are trying to look on the bright side of this worldwide epidemic the fact is the does give businesses there yet another thing to consider when they go through their review of their supply chain so i think it will help to accelerate the return of jobs to north america this is a wake up call for an issue that has been latent for many years but is critical to u. S. Economic and National Security we cannot necessarily depend another countrys even close elyse to supply us with needed items from facemasks to vaccines and while washington continues to accuse russia of undermining the countrys institutions they seem to be doing a good job of that already russia serves a very important purpose. And american politics these days rather than add a lot of thing its own problems and trying to figure out how the you know how they arose and how to fix them americans find it much easier to blame someone else and that target is usually russia the us just the Us Intelligence agencies feel that they they can only benefit if they attack russian accused russia of various malign activities but i believe i dont believe russia has any any desire or any interest in spreading this information about the corona virus because. If you spread this information that causes that that allows the the disease to spread all the more rapidly and russia is vulnerable as well so why would russia want to burn down its own house. With these very Defense Forces say Palestinian Militants in the occupied gaza strip a fired of multiple rockets into southern israel this comes after the defense minister said tel of eve had plans the radically resolve the longstanding crisis. Were preparing a plan to fundamentally change the situation in the gaza strip i really understand the situation of the people in the south they deserve peace and security well it certainly seems as if it is on the cards we have heard from the israel Defense Forces home front command that all roads all schools and the train line along the israel gaza border are closed until further notice now this follows a deadly night of the tell a tree airstrikes ducted by the israeli army on several locations in northern gaza and on the syrian capital damascus now the Israeli Army Says that these included sites belonging to the Palestinian Islamic jihad group and amongst them were weapons facilities and training sites it also says that 4 people were injured however were hearing from Islamic Jihad that 2 people have been killed and it has vowed to avenge those deaths designers to gershom against damascus and the murder of 2 of our members as a result of the bombing is something that must be stopped and will not go unnoticed well this is comes after the american President Donald Trump socalled deal of the century which was supposed to see a long lasting peace between israelis and palestinians but has been slammed as the slap of the century by the palestinians all of this coming just a week before israel holds its food parliamentary election in a year the country is in a political deadlock now at the same time the americans have to recognize israeli sovereignty of the Golan Heights and also put in place plans for israeli an extension of the west bank all of this is being seen here by maybe as attempts by the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to win political points. Explores the latest russia great scandal upticks that will back in 30 minutes with the latest. In the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage through parts of Northern Ireland that was coordinated loyalists attacks particularly population tens of were forced to flee their homes and what was striking to put these attacks was a fear you see the Police Actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing they were active participants in the burning of the streets in belfast at the take more than a 100 innocent civilians with blood as the review can seniors and we found out more i was surprised about the extent. To which the collusion was involved in some of those cases they killers would lead to be named. I think it went to the very very top i think if the focus. There was or where politicians knew. And gave the go ahead. The chrono virus now has proven this point because even though all the while own supply lines are choked and deliveries of critical parts are not happening stocks are still stable or going higher because its fed by cheap money right its all cheap money that cheap money is is created out of nothing to create the simulation going. Seemed wrong. But will just all. Get to shape out these days to come to advocate and engage with equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart when she stood up for common ground. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle russia gay lives are in the sequel has just been released starring of course donald trump but also now Bernie Sanders indeed russia has achieved cult like status also turkey on the ropes in syria. Cross talking some real news im joined by my guest here in moscow dmitri baba hes a political analyst and editor it interests me internet media project and in london we cross to Marcus Papadopoulos hes the editor of politics 1st magazine all right gentlemen crossed out rolls in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to london 1st marcus we have all of this going on in the United States with the president ial election and Mike Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders and russia gate but meanwhile in syria a lot is happening its very very dangerous it could internationalize the war again so what my question is to you and it centers on what in the world is turkey trying to pull off there it is breaking its all of its agreements and its making the situation worse when the when the war is finally coming to an end markets in london. Let me set the scene by say that turkey and our traditional foes and if anyone is in doubt of this i would refer them to how turkey aided easily missed separatist militants not just in chechnya but also in pakistan and in the shanty earth during the 99. 00 seas or so despite the handshakes and smiles between earth again and foods in turkey and russia are involved in a proxy war with each other today in syria similar to how soviet and american leaders would meet each other when their countries were involved in crosseyed wars with each other in vietnam and afghanistan now turning to elites turkey overstretched itself when it is both itself illegally in syria and the turning points in turkey in syria was when this hurt shot down a russian Fighter Aircraft at the end of 2015 because ever since then lusha has significant