91. 00 we look at the legacy of his 30 years in power. A warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me nicky air and now this tuesday was day 2 of wiki leaks founder Julian Assange is hearing on extradition to the us where the whistleblower was wanted on espionage and hacking charges if handed over he could be facing a 175 Year Prison Sentence for his role in the publication of classified Intelligence Data madeira 2 to has the details. Day 2 with crown courts and we have the song cheering supporters happy night in full force again we can hear them chanting throughout the proceedings now we had the defiance talking today talking about why these allegations should be thrown out of course they talked about mr mannings involvement in the release of the 2002006200 extension 7 iraq documents the iraqi diaries and obviously the release of the collateral murder video saying that she felt that her conscience required her to release those documents. Julian assange as she was han
A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. The u. S. President donald trump has threatened further sanctions against venezuela targeting the countrys oil sector caracas accuses washington of using sanctions as a weapon of mass destruction and a master form of warfare its now been a year since the u. S. Formally recognized but as well as Opposition Leader one why go as the countrys interim president showing the door to the legitimate government of Nicolas Maduro the u. N. Meanwhile has raised the alarm over devastating Food Shortages in the country arties killed more often looks at americas role in but as well as continuing political upheaval. When it comes to venezuela the trumpet administration lives in a kind of alternate universe for exam. When the country faces a food crisis donald trump says there can be only one cause venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro people are starving heres a case worker who was well peopl
Good morning and welcome to the program this is our 2 International Coming to you live from the russian capital lets get started with your live news update. And they say that good fences make Good Neighbors but that proverb seems not to apply to france whose North Eastern border is suffering from illegally dumped waste apparently originating from belgium charlotte devinsky reports. This may look like part of a landfill site but its not all of this waste has been dumped here illegally were just a few miles from the border with belgium and luxembourg and the french town of all core mu 9 is one of many struggling to cope with what you can see mountains and to mountains of garbage that have appeared since october in nearby red its a similar story trash both household and commercial has been dumped under the cover of darkness city. At 1st we thought it was a regular waste but it turns out people are illegally dumping their washing machines. Theyre throwing everything away. Yes but here we s
And britains 4 time olympic champion comes under fire after the b. B. C. Documentary claims he lied to doping officials about taking a controversial supplement. Good morning and welcome to the program this is our International Coming to you live from the russian capital bring you a live news update this hour. U. S. President donald trump has threatened further sanctions against venezuela targeting the countrys oil sector caracas accuses washington of using sanctions as a weapon of mass destruction and a mass form of warfare its been a year now since the u. S. Formally recognized venezuelas opposition leader. As the countrys interim president showing the door to the legitimate government of nicholas and the u. N. Meanwhile has raised the alarm over devastating Food Shortages in the country are often looks at americas role in venezuelas continuing political upheaval. When it comes to venezuela the trumpet ministration lives in a kind of alternate universe. Sample when the country faces a
Its now 11 am here in moscow on this lovely wednesday morning were very glad you decided to join us for your world news update this hour. Residents in northeastern france are creating a stink by trash talking their belgian neighbors they can use them cross border fly tipping are to charlotte n. C. Visited the region. This may look like part of a landfill site but its not all of this waste has been dumped here illegally were just a few miles from the border with belgium and luxembourg and the french town of all core mu 9 is one of many struggling to cope with what you can see mountains and to mountains of garbage that have appeared since october in nearby red its a similar story trash both household and commercial has been dumped under the cover of darkness city. At 1st we thought it was regular waste but it turns out people are illegally dumping their washing machines. There for when everything awaited. Yes but here we see its far more serious we estimate around 200 tons of waste its e