Monday morning at 11 here in moscow welcome to world news from r. T. International 1st off the number of corona virus patients located far from the deadly epicenter in china has suddenly spiked its early put emergency measures in place over the weekend with 150 reported cases and 3 deaths its europes 1st major outbreak while iran has the highest number of deaths outside china with reportedly 8 killed as a means of as a result excuse me of infection the authorities in italy have canceled a carnival in venice major sporting events are being postponed as well as entire towns and communities were put on lockdown in asia cases of infected patients surged in south korea on monday another 161. 00 people confirmed taking the total to almost 800. 00 the governments also temporarily shut down religious movements and a cult whose members make up more than half of the known infections meanwhile the United States is accusing russia of spreading alarm and coronavirus conspiracy theories. By spreadin
The global Headline News 247 this is r. T. International from moscow and call it right welcome to the program being described as an historic hearing wiki leaks founder Julian Assange is currently facing the opening proceedings of his potential extradition to the United States this week will see the arguments presented before a 2nd session in may where both sides will lay out their evidence it could be months before the judge makes a decision if the case is ruled politically motivated songs could be released his father meanwhile has claimed the case could have overarching consequences for journalism in general. The torture of julian. Mills of the nations read. All of those records. Is what will happen to journals. Publishers and public. If this extradition this political extradition Julian Assange. His success hundreds of supporters turned out in Central London at the weekend including veteran british walker roger waters Fashion Designer Dame Vivienne westwood and former greek finance m
And ireland its sputnik 1000. Returns or were going underground after a week in which the whole world watched an alleged travesty of justice in a london courtroom the extradition trial of Julian Assange wiki leaks coming up on the show it was wiki leaks that revealed secret u. S. Cables detailing red cross allegations of indian torture in this week of violence flared in the capital delhi after donald trump addressed hundreds of thousands of supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in good drugs will investigate with a multibillion dollar weapons deal but no means for global stability with professor. Peace in syria on the road to damascus we go to aleppo ahead of thursdays summit which we heard a woman putin as president assad supporters deter victories against what they claim a british backed al qaeda troops plus one South Carolina primary day are conspiracies like the one against Bernie Sanders. Revealed by wiki leaks repeating themselves we asked greg to last successful in his Land
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A very warm welcome to the program on this saturday morning its 10 am here in the russian capital lets get started with your live news update. The u. S. And the taliban are poised to sign a peace deal which may bring washingtons longest war to an end the deal is expected to be negotiated on saturday or in the coming days but the u. S. Initially portrayed as a major success has outstripped now for president ial terms. But looks back over the years of war back in 2003 u. S. Officials were telling a story of success when it came to afghanistan listen to Donald Rumsfeld were at a point where we clearly. Major combat ready to a period of stability of stabilization and reconstruction. Activities but 17 years and 4 president ial terms later one of the great powers of military history is about to sign a peace deal with the taliban warlords theyve been fighting all this time and the peace treaty looks an awful lot like outright surrender so 1st we have to be realistic and proud of our gains but