A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our takes here in moscow drawing us this hour. The u. K. Home secretary has handed a u. S. Extradition request for joining us songs to the courts which will now consider the whistleblowers fate a hearing into the matter is scheduled for this friday edward stache he reports from london. Well its a dark day for doing a silent and his supporters as the u. K. s home secretary sajid javid has just signed an order paving the way for dear innocents to be extradited to the United States now he himself said that he was pleased that youre innocent just behind bars and that justice will prevail in this procedure were very pleased that the police were finally able to apprehend him and now hes right behind bars because he broke you cade law i want to see justice done all the time so weve got a legitimate extradition request so ive signed it but the final decision is now with the court well it must be noted that the final decision is for the
A us extradition request for Julian Assange to the courts which will now consider the whistleblowers fetes in the hearing into the matter for friday shadi edward stashed the reports from london. Well its a dark day for Julian Assange and his supporters as the u. K. s home secretary sajid javid has just signed an order paving the way for dear innocents to be extradited to the United States now he himself said that he was pleased that youre innocent just behind bars and that justice will prevail in this procedure were very pleased that the police were finally able to apprehend him and now hes right behind bars because he broke you cade law i want to see justice done all the time so weve got a legitimate extradition request so ive signed it but the final decision is now with the court well it must be noted that the final decision is for the courts and the courts alone of course the United States does want your innocence 2 for 17 indictments under the espionage act for publishing and deliv
Good evening and welcome this is r. T. International. Because of fire in the gulf of oman in suspected attacks the incident occurred amid high tensions in the middle east and triggered a surgeon or prices becomes the month of to similar events in the region back then the u. S. Accused iran of sabotaging Saudi Oil Tankers something the Islamic Republic has. Discussed the issue with our correspondent donald quarter. We still have a lot of unconfirmed information but much of it has been cleared up since the explosions the main thing we know is that all of the crew members are safe and accounted for Iranian State t. V. Reports 44 crew members as well as 2 oil tankers were involved in this incident that happened by the strait of hormuz 11 russians were on board and the tankers were sailing under the flags of panama and the Marshall Islands now there were witnesses who said that one vessel called front tear was in flames quote on fire and adrift and the Iranian State media also posted pictur
Thank you david thanks for joining us this is. The u. S. Secretary of state said washington believes iran was behind the attack on 2 tank is in the gulf of oman during a press briefing he called around a threat to International Peace and security it is the assessment of the United States government that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman today these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to International Peace and security a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation and an unacceptable campaign of escalating tension by iran. Ok lets discuss this issue now and bring in some guests who can speak to Shabbir Razvi whos political commentator and director of the International Dialogue foundation and jump and run expert on political and social issues in the muslim world welcome to you both gentlemen for a good evening. Lets just talk about what might prompt a 0 as is said 1st of all us to stay he says say is that iran is respons
Are joining. Us. Said the washington believes iran was behind the attack on 2 tankers in the gulf of oman during a press briefing. Threat to International Peace and security with details. Well the u. S. Secretary of state is placing blame for the incident regarding to oil tankers he says that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible and that that is the position of the United States this is what we heard earlier from mike pompei oh it is the assessment of the United States government that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of amman today these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to International Peace and security a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation and in an acceptable campaign of escalating tension by iran now 2 oil tankers were involved along with 44. 00 crew members that were on board those oil tankers the incident took place near the strait of hormuz now at this point were hearing that one of the vessels of the