International welcome to the program. This monday marked the beginning of a historic extradition hearing in london which will decide whether the founder of wiki leaks Julian Assange is handed over to the United States whistleblower who is currently in belmarsh prison is wanted in the u. S. On espionage charges and could face a sentence of up to 175 years that he was there. It is the 1st day of the hearing at the in britain that will decide eventually whether or not joining us always will be extradited to the u. S. As requested now his father has been talking out hes talked about julian being tortured and says what will happen to journalist it will be the same as whats happening to julian this extradition is successful. Julian which. You know i should read. All of the old survivor that is going. To journal. Published in public. If this extradition this political extradition julian the son his successor. You know when i arrived this morning it was absolute chaos apparently this court has never experienced the number of people theyve had to deal with today the genocide to queue for about an hour to 2 hours and you heard chanting for the whole time of the proceeding hours and hours of chanting from supporters outside which you could hear inside the courtroom now. It was really interesting what was said we had to see james lewis and to see adnan fitzgerald you see james lewis giving the u. S. Point of view. And making lots of comparisons with which is what would happen if those charges against him in solitary happened in the u. K. In terms of the british point of view speaking on behalf of the u. S. They they talked a lot about the official secrets act the 911 and 989 official secrets act which isnt generally only used on spies it bans the disclosure of classified information pasta tall good foreign spies and traitors and its also used against journalists that theyve been reports of the government plans to revive this legislation this is called. Huge controversy amongst journalists and the National Universe done this theyve raised alarm saying that this would make it easier to prosecute journalists reporting on National Security issues and sources who work for them now the u. S. Who was have said several times and particularly today that assault is putting peoples lives at risk we can hear from the wiki leaks editor in chief Kristinn Hrafnsson i know hes been speaking to the media during the breaks of this process. What we heard this morning was your war office shame the same thing weve been hearing for 10 years we 1st heard it in july 2010. Reporting live shot rich and now jane years later theres no evidence of such would on the contrary to thank you and it will officially. Be modeling friday the 22. 00 d. That nobody had. Because of the several asian journey when you love it and now. They are in your. Single evidence that is still there. So the 1st day over and you can see that this is a really highly controversial case some argue one of the most important cases against press freedom a song to see as being a champion in the cause of transparency and freedom and we will of course be following this over the course of the week. And its certainly been a long and taxing legal saga for doing a song. Taylor takes a look at how the we can expound it has found himself closer than ever to extradition. Hero or enemy number one you decide either way judy in the song has become a name and a face recognized all over the wild and not for the Death Penalty so if im not for the Death Penalty want to do it illegally shoot the son of a. Bitch. Terrorist he should be treated as an enemy combatant was her 6 own was wiki leaks walks like a Hostile Intelligence Service and talks like a Hostile Intelligence Service by defending surely im not sure we define the most sacred rights the 48 year old australian put a target on his back when he leaked 8 of classified u. S. Documents nang bad views of powell at the very highest levels with the u. S. Justice department hot on his heels and some sort of saddam in londons Ecuadorian Embassy the 7 nong he is but full suddenly and unceremoniously being dragged out by british police. Or fire or a stab in the back and perhaps coincidence that aquittal is 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 finds a son by contrast was sentenced in summary proceedings to 50 weeks in a maximum security prison clearly a disproportionate penalty that had only a single Purpose Holding a son should long enough for the us to prepare the espionage case against him he and his lawyer had just 15 minutes to. Path of the trial which itself also just lost it 15 minutes betrayed by ecuador 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 the un 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 or by urgent there is no time to lose against this backdrop is it surprising that suspicion swaddling 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 this is on 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 majesty acts on the advice of him ministers and remain strictly nonpolitical at all times this is therefore not a mess that you wish the queen would intervene if the u. K. Kowtows to its allies request might be dealt not just a life sentence without parole but even the Death Penalty if washington to side step out on the charges in the future thats if it finds a willing jury which apparently will be a problem. Its and will receive a trial by jury in alexandria virginia the new tourist Espionage Court with 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 affair a show trial to make an example of Julian Assange and the point is to intimidate other journalists global outcry human rights 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 meanwhile the family of harry dunn a british 19 year old who was killed in a car crash last august theyre calling for a songes extradition to be blocked they say the 1st want to see the u. S. Return the woman suspected of killing their son through dangerous driving don was killed in north up and ship close to a u. S. Military base an american diplomats wife was named as the suspect she was admitted to driving on the wrong side of the road she left the u. K. Shortly after the tragic incident claiming to provide a Community Despite requests from the British Government washington says it wont agree extradition. Dunns family lawyer joins me now live for more on the story thanks for joining us right good to have you the program today the dons have accused the u. S. Of hypocrisy over this case the extradition. And the failure by the u. S. Structured and secure. Is that something youd agree with that there is a case of double standard here. Its out so the one of the worst examples of hypocrisy or double double standards that ive ever seen. You know but now i have an american. I have disgusted by their behavior and of course my it my approach to this is you know i dont i dont have any use of the specifics of the its own space but whilst america is. Protecting her harboring the person whos accused of killing her. They have no business calling for the extradition of anybody from the United Kingdom it is it is it is almost like cutting funding or is this just disgusting come to us. Depending on the outcome of the a songs case obviously it is a historic Legal Process we dont know whats going to happen here if a song his extradition is blocked though would that help bring forward your case against and secure in a subtle. Absolutely because you know we live in a Global Community and extradition treaties are very important between nations but if the United States is going to rebut the extradition treaty between the u. S. And u. K. As its done here then you know the United Kingdom needs to stand up and both countries need to abide by the extradition treaty so you know we are very clear working you know doing our best work u. K. Government to make sure that the decision that the United States has made to not actually this is not and you know you are it was well know that look we have said we we will not rest until its this is back and we are sure she will but know that she actually got it from the u. K. Until she has i mean some people would argue the case is quite different the case is a quite complex is it fair to use a song john and his background as a bargaining chip if you like given this sort of differences between the 2 cases you have a chorus and i thank you for the question and your cases are completely different but the over arching principle of the rest of prosody. All extradition cases so that one country just going to say no were not send somebody that whos accused of a very serious crime and yet you know demand that people be extradited from that very country it just isnt it isnt fair and it wont happen so i hope i dont confuse people by making their call im not im not asking for a straight. Leader so on up im dealing more with the with the overarching principle of its all about reciprocation. If the u. K. Refuses to try to songs if if that action is blocked would not create a sums diplomatic rift between the 2 countries that would make it even harder in future to seek a resolution or some sort of compromise with your particular case. Should look this is not a 5 we are United Kingdom pit the United States says it has decided not to not send somebody whos wanted here look ive you know there are lots of discussions behind the scenes to try and find a way but we are in the middle of a diplomatic standoff this is one of the darkest moments. In the u. S. U. K. Relationship and you know assoc when this should not have lurked and she should be here this is not a situation of our own making but look you know we need to stand up for our rights in this country and we go up salute the well if that makes it any more difficult well look you know we can only do what we can do but the United States mostly bracket must be brought back into the international will and only you have to be clear to them you know they have to behave the way you look and we all of you cannot just rip up an extradition treaty and keep somebody because it doesnt suit your sure and just finally has there been any updates on your case recently is there any Movement Forward here or are we stuck in a bit of of a rut here with the United States not not going for any compromise well what i can tell your viewers is 100 percent shes coming back i know that for sure i just cant sell you when you know the family are suffering terribly were going through a terrible time and the longer this wait goes on the worse it gets she needs to come back and you know sort of im not sleeping im not resting until she is on really working hard with u. K. Government to make it happens. To the done family lawyer thanks so much for coming on today good to have in the program. Now the Israeli Defense forces say Palestinian Militants in the occupied gaza strip are fired multiple rockets into southern israel this comes off the defense minister said televisa had plans to radically resolve the longstanding crisis. Were preparing a plan to fundamentally change the situation in the gaza strip i really understand the situation of the people in the south they deserve peace and security well it certainly seems as if it is on the cards we have heard from the israel Defense Forces home front come on that all roads all schools and the train line along the israel gaza border are closed until further notice now this follows a deadly night of the tell a true air strikes conducted by the israeli army on several locations in northern gaza and on the syrian capital damascus now the Israeli Army Says that these included sites belonging to the Palestinian Islamic jihad group and amongst them were weapons facilities and training sites it also says that 4 people were injured however we hearing from Islamic Jihad that 2 people have been killed and it has vowed to avenge those deaths the zionist aggression against damascus and the murder of 2 of our members as a result of the bombing is something that must be stopped and will not go unnoticed well this is comes after the american president Donald Trumps socalled deal of the century which was supposed to see a long lasting peace between israelis and palestinians but has been slammed as the slap of the century by the palestinians all of this coming just a week before israel holds its 3rd parliamentary election in a year the country is in a political deadlock now at the same time the americans have to recognize israeli sovereignty of the Golan Heights and also put in place plans for israeli enix ation on the west bank all of this is being seen here by many as attempts by israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to win political points. On a stunning moment so as you sort of lead to russia to protect daughters hes claiming asylum of the board was acquitted of sexually abusing their children is more on her story. My older daughter started scratching her face i would ask her why do you scratch. Yourself you should hurt yourself and she would reply oh mom i feel guilty about what dad did to us then we went to a 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 go something he strongly denies according to her it started back in 2012 in norway when the girls were aged one and 2 but the us was 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 not even in the bath they were just standing there naked and i went on to describe the horrific details of that incident who is from a star india obtained a story in passports for the girls and took them to her homeland but the husband hired a lawyer filed for custody and won the right to see the children for a week every 2 months and it was legally unable to prevent him from taking the children to norway there were by years after the 1st trips the children would come back and tell me would be naked with dad or where we slept naked with dad in the same bed sometimes the older one would wake up screaming for a long time i couldnt it to myself what was happening and made 2016 he once again brought the children back from a weeklong stay there i saw a very strange scene when we were saying good bye i asked my daughter whether they played like that when they are in norway and my youngest one said yes. After that on a went to the store and police and the criminal case was opened she says a gynecologist examined the girls and found evidence suggested will be the father was then arrested and charged on a visit to the psychologist who gave some advice on how to get the truth from her own daughter although that was a soviet of all the psychologists said i needed to talk to her in the home environment and when she started talking it was a nightmare she told me that her dad tickled there that it was painful but later at the trial they cuse me of teaching my children what to tell. The investigators and social workers despite the girls testimony the court said there was insufficient evidence to convict your stain fencer us and so he was acquitted he then sued his wife and in 2018 managed to win custody of the children mr finster us and denies all the allegations against him my father was accused of doing something to a 30 importing i will start abusing it thats leverage that my father was like that then i have to be like that im a launched a legal appeal and turned to human Rights Groups for help but she was unable to overturn the ruling in january this year you austin fencer austin was due to take the girls to norway so on a decides to flee to russia taking the girls with them now being looked after a while and his asylum claim is being processed. At least in the central german town of fox modern say around 30 people including children have been injured after a car plowed into a carnival procession the drivers were detained on the authorities are investigating the incident so peter all of us got more details. Well the chief of police i