This is r. T. International im calling welcome to news this hour 1st for you the 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 3 deaths its europes 1st major outbreak while iran has the highest number of deaths outside china with 8 reportedly dead now your thoughts initially cancel the carnival in venice major sporting events were postponed as well as entire towns and communities were put on lockdown in asia cases of infected patients surged in south korea on monday with 161. 00 people confirmed taking the total there to almost 800. 00 the governments also temporarily shut down religious movements and the cult whose members make up more than half of the known infections meanwhile the u. S. Is accusing russia of spreading alarm and coronavirus conspiracy theories. By spreading disinformation about coronavirus russia malign actors are once again choosing to threaten Public Safety by distracting from the Global Health response the u. S. State department claims thousands of fake social media accounts are advancing socalled russian talking point the messages apparently label it an american biological weapon being used to wage economic war on china accounts linked back to russian proxies are also being accused of undermining the Global Response more on that now from daniel hawkins. Its hard to find almost any modern day referendum election or protest movement that hasnt been tied in some way by government officials intelligence reports all Media Outlets to russian meddling it seems virus pandemics are no exception to the rule russias intent is to sow discord and undermine u. S. Institutions and alliances from within including through coercive mind influence campaigns this miss the allegations as a deliberate Smear Campaign it will be hard for most of us to find out what exactly russia is accused of the answer apparently lies in the report prepared for the state Departments Global Engagement Center strictly not for public viewing which details evidence of russias alleged bad behavior and if one compares the charges against russia in the secretive report to what moscow has actually done you get 2 very different pictures. But if its conspiracy theories u. S. Officials are looking to find looking closer to home could do the job u. S. Officials publicly cast doubt on official information coming out of china and some later retracted allegations that the corona Virus Outbreak actually came from a chinese Bioweapon Lab were quick to emerge stateside just a few miles away from the 3rd market is chinas only biosafety level 4 Super Laboratory research of human Infectious Diseases and why its this way about this virus to me 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 show has called for all sides that take extra care with trading barbs and the chinese envoy to the u. S. Has warned of the damage inaccurate information can cause. The 29000 and. Response has been accompanied by a massive info demick an overabundance of information some accurate and some not that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it so very harmful its very dangerous to stir up suspicion rumors and spread them among the people for service or crowd panic or fandoms. Racial discrimination as you know phobia well despite the warnings at least u. S. Officials can in their own way look on the bright side of the situation and take the positives from the global panic 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 country so even close elyse to supply us with needed items from facemasks to vaccines some would say u. S. Officials are doing a good job of undermining their own institutions without russias help russia serves a very important purpose. And american politics these days rather than natalie lies in its own problems and trying to figure out how they can 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 israel has shelled guards or in the syrian capital in response to s trikes carried out by a palestine based militant group on sunday night now this video reportedly shows the moment a number of strikes hit their targets in gaza leaving 4 wounded is. Military claims it hit operatives from the Islamic Jihad group in the region while over in damascus weapons facilities and training sites were hit by missiles. Another flare up in the region came after the Israeli Defense forces shot dead a man from the same jihadi group on sunday the i. D. F. There are good locals by removing the body with an armored bulldozer from the border fence be aware that you might find the following video of the incident upsetting 7. According to local media reports 2 other palestinians will be hunted by israeli life fire as they attempted to recover the body the i. D. F. Said the man along with another alleged terrorist had been planting an explosive device conflicting accounts say the man was unarmed however the Israeli Defense minister praised his soldiers handling of the situation. I backed the i. D. F. Which killed the terrorist in collected the body this is how it should be done and this is how it will be done israel often retrieve the bodies of suspected Palestinian Militants but its a policy slammed by various groups we heard from a human rights advocate. Its yet another prof of how israel in general treat specialists in years including 3 think the didnt by these what we have seen on t. V. Suggests that they could see that us like animals israel is not free to use whatever force they have even in the case of military operation but rather according to International Law they are open to to use the level of force that is the proportionate to the outback harshit to do it in and put all the treatment how do you. Bulldoze those. Grab the body and they hold the sure that we in general how they treat but as to yes this is any human illegal and immoral. In whats being described as an historic hearing wiki leaks founder Julian Assange will begin his hearing on his extradition to the United States its going to run for one week in a london court on monday and then regime later in may the 1st public decide whether assad faces extradition or not if its rather the case is politically motivated the whistleblower could be released meanwhile assad his father claims his son faced intimidation on the eve of the hearing. Julian harassment today. Goes to Court Tomorrow and searched. So often just. To see you know for the on our conference to work. Shes. Having with no crime or the family that you can come and live with. Some supporters were out in the hundreds of the weekend in london protesting against his extradition people carry placards demanding a song to be set free those in attendance ranged from veteran british rocker roger waters to Fashion DesignerVivienne Westwood and also former greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis hit his correspondence ask you tell a bit more. Care or enemy number one you decide either way during the song has become a name and a face recognised all over the wild but 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 was wiki leaks walks like a Hostile Intelligence Service and talks like a Hostile Intelligence Service but i do find even surely im not sure we define a dome or sacred rights the 48 year old australian put a target on his back when he leaked a truth of classified u. S. Documents langue bad uses of power 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 long years before suddenly and unceremoniously being dragged out by british police. Are. A stab in the back and perhaps coincidence that aquittal as 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 full rules 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. Mines. By contrast was sentenced in summary proceedings to 50 weeks in a Marksman Security prison clearly a disproportionate penalty that had only a single Purpose Holding asuncion long enough for the us to prepare the espionage case against him his lawyer had just 15 minutes to prepare for the trial which itself also just lost it 15 minutes betrayed by 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 at 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 a staunch could die in prison the medical situation is there by urgent there is no time to lose against this backdrop is it surprising that suspicion swallowing 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 her majesty acts on the advice of him ministers and remain strictly nonpolitical at all times this is therefore not a message in which the queen would intervene if the u. K. Kowtows to its allies request as might be doubt 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 will be a problem. His sons will 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 of a show trial to make an example of julian a son should 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 now the un special rapporteur on torture whos quoted also tells todays going underground r. T. That the assad case is a battle between freedoms and law. Doing the same is not a whistleblower. He did not leak information it was illegal he was leaked to him so u. K. Authorities here are they basically deciding on whether a show trial should go. Absolutely yes i think this is not what its about whether this show trial should go ahead because theres not going to be nothing else than a show trial and theres no chance is going to get a fair trial its not just about 2 innocent this is really is a bottle over press freedom over the rule of law of the future i would say even a democracy. And the former head of the anti Islam English Defense League in russia on a lecture tour called the rape of britain stephen he actually lennon who goes by the name of Tommy Robinson 1st came to prominence for organizing controversial demonstrations last year he was jailed for contempt of court for harrison defendants outside a sexual abuse trial robinsons been at the forefront of exposing multiple child rape gangs largely run by pakistani men in town to cross england as the police or to cover up the rapists identities for fears they will become targets for racism robinson has since been banned from almost all mainstream social media sites he had a Lively Exchange with artichokes on a boycott which you can watch online at r. T. Dot com. Speaking about the topic of your talk correct me if im wrong its titled the rape of britain i know that you are prone to generalisations but isnt that so you broadbent who threatening of a statement you might write in discussion or talk about islam but muslims in general not if i like how can you talk about islam and not talk about muslims in general islam is an idea its a book its an idea to criticize that it is practiced by muslims but if i criticize christianity your mind so in or picking from every christian im picking fall at the idea so when we see the rape levels that weve seen in our country and from a population muslim males make up 2. 2 percent of the British Population they are responsible for 84 percent of the convictions of these talks this type of rate you know im in. Not a muslim myself but i am married to a muslim and i know for a fact that islam imposes very strict limits on extramarital sex not to mention rape victims say its racial religious the perpetrator says racial religious religious religious the quran and the scriptural support and justifies the charges against them is simply not true it is true the 950. 00 s. The British Forces used rape and castration to put down uprising seen kenya they paid compensation to the victims a few years back what did cast if i mean to throw around that kind of labels to anyone who is connected to the British State no it wouldnt go on not for in those accusations that anyone connected to is youre referring to them as muslim. Americans but that i dont know how is it different from the british rapist because these men are muslims and the rapists and the you can Young Children and the those men were also british and there were very few of them because they are not very good i have no problem with you label in those people who commit what about as british rapists or you are you know you know what i mean they really are talking about generalisations here about a not generous im talking about islam people have to understand islam is not the mohammed its founder and we have a right to criticize and look at his life because when you look at his life and you see the pillaged he did he write his name his wifes daughter your violin seen in most holy books mr i believe most of the most of you im none fees by the way but most religious people do not take their scriptures literally these days. This is ill tell you from moscow ahead the a stony and mother who says shes been forced to flee to russia accusing the authorities of failing to take sex abuse claims against her daughter seriously as stories next after this. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often spearing Dramatic Development that only im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. What politicians to do something. They put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to express an interest. Or something want to be thats. Actually going to be close its like the flag 3 of the people. Interested always in the why is it. There should. Be. No again the study of woman says shes had to flee to russia to protect her daughter as shes claiming asylum after her husband was acquitted of sexually abusing the children is a story. Outside of its ability my older daughter started scratching her face i would ask her why do you scratching yourself you should hurt yourself and she would reply well 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 fin surface and has taken her 2 daughters to russia to keep. Them away from the norwegian father she accuses him of molesting the girls it started back in 2012 in norway when the girls were aged one and 2 but. 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 the way not even in the bath they were just standing there naked and i went on to describe the horrific details of that inci