Managed to fool hsbcs Voice Recognition Security System, designed to prevent fraud. Good morning, its friday, 19th may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Breaking news this morning. Swedish prosecutors are ending their seven year long investigation into the wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, who has been accused of rape. Mr assange, whos a5, has been living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. Scotla nd Scotland Yard says it is obliged to arrest him for Breaching Bail Conditions if he leaves the embassy. Julian assange has just tweeted this picture. This is in reaction to that means from sweden. That is the first reaction from Julian Assange, though no statement from him as yet. Lets cfoss no statement from him as yet. Lets cross to the Ecuadorian Embassy in london. Our correspondent, Richard Lister, is there. Richard, so, any expectation we might Seejulian Assange leading that embassy any time soon . I would hav
It could hinge on a Board Meeting after the fa cup final. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Prosecutors in sweden have dropped their seven year long investigation, into allegations of rape against the founder of the wikileaks website, Julian Assange. Hes been a fugitive, living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london since 2012, avoiding extradition. Mr assange has always denied the allegations, saying theyre politically motivated. Lets go live to richard lister, whos outside the embassy for us this afternoon. Clive, it is four years and 11 months to the David Julian Assange took refuge at the Ecuadorian Embassy. He has remained behind those net curtains ever since. He never left. At today, as the news came out from sweden, he tweeted a Smiling Photograph of himself. That is the only comment he has made an todays developments. As Caroline Hawley reports, he remains a wanted man. Victory as howard Julian Assanges lawyer described todays news. The wikileaks founder tweeted t
Ukrainian government which have links to Russian Politicians and operatives. The memo says the link compels investigators to examine russian efforts of interference in the 2016 election. The payments from ukraine to manafort is the basis for financial crimes charges he faces. Manafort wants the charges dismissed claiming beyond muellers scope because ukraine is unrelated to the campaign. The Declassified Memo was written in august by Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. It shows rosensteins strong backing for the special counsel despite attacks from the president. Lets discuss this with julian selzer. Good morning. Good morning. The constant attacks against the word collusion. The word he said the most in the first 14 or 15 months. How significant is this development . It doesnt seem there are any new findings here, but it shows
there is legitimacy to looking at the financial ties with officials in the trump orbit and russia. This just provides credibility for mueller looking into t
Screws loose, i guess, never really knew it until now. Thinking if i land successfully, alaska will give me a job as a pilot . I think they would give you a Job Doing Anything if you can pull this off. Yeah, right. Can this thing do a back flip you think . Try to do a barrel roll. If that goes good, ill go nose down, call it a night. Lets try and land the airplane safely and not hurt anyone on the ground. All right, man, damn it. I dont know, man, i dont know. I dont want to. I was hoping that was going to be it, you know . Cnns aviation and government regulation correspondent rene marsh joins us, working this story all morning with her sources, chilling to listen to that audio, so calmly the man talking to air Traffic Control. What do we know about this man and his level of access . We know he is a 29yearold,
after the plane took off and took off from the airport, witnesses saw it flying erratically. Tell us what did you see when this airplane was up in the air . My wife and i were in
That is our show for today. Hi to the kendrick clan in south carolina. At the family barbecue. Sorry i couldnt be here. Thats it for am joy. Richard lui has the latest. Also, the kendrick clan jonathan. Youll invite me one day. Youd love it down there. Thank you, jonathan. Im richard lui in for alex witt on this saturday. Heres what were watching, charlottesville, one year later, the president tweeting the city under lock down. And new protests planned. What changed since those clashes. Today, the citys mayor weighs in on that. And the white house is firing back over omarosa, her latest book. The moment were living in is grave. The Democratic Party must be a
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