Her story with on t. V. Broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our International Im john thomas really glad to have you with. Us a Democratic Senators are urging the trumpet ministration to impose additional sanctions on russia following reports alleging that country is meddling in the 2020 president ial election a letter from Congressional Democrats was presenting sensually calling for more sanctions to be imposed on russia in response to allegations of russia trying to interfere in the 2020 president ial election which will take place in november heres some of what was included in the letter. We urge you to immediately draw upon the reported conclusions of the Intelligence Community to identify and target for sanctions all those determined to be responsible for ongoing elections interference including president putin the government of the Russian Federation any russian actors determined to be directly responsible and those acting on their behalf or providing material or Financial Support for their efforts now as you heard the letter even called for directly sanctioning the russian head of state russian president Vladimir Putin now we know that these new allegations about the upcoming election are can be traced back to Shelby Pearson now Shelby Pearson is a an Intelligence Community figure in the United States who is basically at this point the top Election Security official and she testified before the u. S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee about allegations that russia is somehow planning to meddle in the 2020 vote for the purpose of making sure that donald trump is reelected now donald trump in response to her testimony said he did not buy that this was trumps response to allegations that russia is trying to help him win the white house for another term did you see that i see these ponies these that do nothing 3. They said today that cotton wants to be sure that trump gets elected here we go these people are crazy now much of shelbys claim has been disputed and debunked by other figures in the u. S. Intelligence community furthermore in the aftermath of this claim from Shelby Pearson that russia is meddling for the purpose of reelecting trump we now have allegations that russia is meddling for the purpose of electing a u. S. Senator Bernie Sanders from vermont so russia is at this point being accused of taking 2 different sides in the upcoming vote however russia has been very adamant that this is simply not true the russian. Government officials have been very adamant that they are not trying to interfere in the u. S. Voting process take a listen to what has been said in response to these allegations in u. S. Media and from u. S. Officials which these are just the usual paranoid claims which unfortunately we will be hearing more off as the u. S. Elections approach. Of course have nothing to do with the truth. Now in 2016 there were widespread allegations of russian meddling russian collusion in the us election process those allegations continued after the election there was a long investigation and much of what had initially been said was debunked the facts simply didnt add up it wasnt true but regardless of everything the United States has been through and all the allegations that have been hurled and debunked in the last 4 years it seems like now as the 2020 vote approaches and in november once again the United States will be going to the polls to determine who will be president it seems that allegations about russia will once again be surfacing and that this will be once again part of the election process in determining who will be the president of the United States for the following 4 years Russias Embassy in washington has just reacted to the move saying that the anti russian element in u. S. Politics has led to the unprecedented degradation of bilateral relations political analyst Alexander Bruno thinks that blaming russia is convenient both for republicans and democrats. Amount of blaming russia is convenient for both parties because that way they can avoid speaking about real problems and real issues and policy none of the parties are speaking about policy in fact. Put any. Blame for whatever outcome in the election on russia thats the only logical reason that i could come up for these stories to be. Resurfacing again after they failed so flat so badly over the past 3 years of this story. That weve had. Monday marks the start of an historic extradition hearing in london which will decide whether the founder of wiki leaks julian or songe is handed over to the United States the whistleblower who is currently in belmarsh prison is wanted in the u. S. On espionage and hacking charges and could face a sentence of up to 175 years arties dear tutor has more. The u. K. System starts to decide whether june in march will indeed be extradited to the u. S. On their request when i came here this morning they were huge of journalists and protesters here apparently this court has never seen so many people before so they are finding it a little bit hard to handle now didnt assault his father has spoken out hes spoken of his torture and says that it will happen to all journalists if this extradition is a successful torture of julian the witness for the new mills of you know other nations read to. All of those records are available that hes going. To journalists publish in public life if this extradition this political extradition julian the son his successor weve heard from the british point of view the those who are having to speak up and think about allowing this extradition they spoken a lot about the official secrets the 911 and 989 official secrets which isnt generally only used on spies it bans the disclosure of classified information passed to target foreign spies and traitors and its also used against journalists there have been reports that the government wants to revamp that legislation you can hear from the wiki leaks editor in chief Kristinn Hrafnsson and hes been speaking to the media during the breaks of this process what we heard this morning oh youre more of the same the same thing weve been hearing for 10 years we 1st heard it in july 2010 reporting lives at risk and now 10 years later there is no evidence of such and on the contrary to the country under one official was forced to admit in the modern trial of 2030. But nobody had to be physically harmed because of the server revelations in 202011 now in 2020 they are in for a lot of able to produce a single evidence of that hard still they go on day one of this hearing is going to go on for another week and im sure well be here to tell you exactly what goes on. It has certainly been a long and taxing legal saga for joining us on short he sounds good taylor looks at how the wiki leaks founder 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. 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 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 8 of classified u. S. Documents nang bad views 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 nong that he is before suddenly and unceremoniously being dragged out by british police. Or iran 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 walls 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 bio violations seldom need to prison sentences theyre generally subject only to fines assigned 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 century long enough for the us to prepare the espionage case against him he and his lawyer had just 15 minutes. Path of 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 mr stan she could die in prison the medical situation is there or by urgent there is no time to lose against this backdrop is it surprising those suspicions 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 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 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 decides to out on the charges in the future thats if it finds a willing jury which apparently wont 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 is a prearranged affair a show trial to make an example of julian a son the point is to intimidate other journalists global outcry human rights the law or the right to a fat trial turns out there all week adversaries in the face of a government who will fight tooth and nail to keep a lid on its secrets meanwhile the family of harry done a british 19 year old who was killed in a Road Accident last august are calling for a songes extradition to be blocked they say the u. S. 1st needs to hand over and coolest the woman suspected of taking her sons life she is the wife of an american diplomat and has admitted that she was driving on the wrong side of the road she left the u. K. Shortly after the tragic incident claiming diplomatic immunity and despite requests from the British Government washington says it will not agree to her extradition the lawyer for the family has accused the u. S. Of rank hypocrisy. Last america is. Protecting her harbor the person whos accused of killing her and jun they have no business calling pretty extradition anybody from the United Kingdom it is it is it is but i can find it where its just discussed in congress here the cases are completely different but the over arching principle of the reciprocity girlfriends all extradition cases if the United States is going to rip up the extradition treaty between the u. S. New case as its done here then you know the United Kingdom needs to stand up to it 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 with the u. K. Government and to make sure that the decision that the United States has made its not actually good this is not accepted but we are in the middle of a diplomatic standoff its one of the darkest moments. In the u. S. U. K. Relationship. And a stunning woman says she has had to flee to russia to protect her daughters and she is claiming asylum after her husband was acquitted of sexually abusing at their children heres her story. Its a bit of my older daughter started scratching her face i would ask her how do you scratching yourself you should hurt yourself and she would reply oh 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 an offense or a sin has taken her 2 daughters to russia to keep them away from their norwegian father she accuses him of molesting the girls something he strongly denies according to her 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 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 at us for a long time i could in the to myself what was happening and make 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 and 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 abuse 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 their it that it was painful but later at the trial they accused 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 an idea 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 1314 year old started using it as leverage but my father was like that and 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 your son finster austin was due to take the girls to norway so on a decides to flee to russia taking the girls with their now being looked after while on his asylum claim is being processed. Police in the central german town of vulcan madisons say around 30 people including children have been injured after a car plowed into a carnival procession the driver has been detained on the authorities are investigating the incident are his parole of course. Well the chief of police in frying 1st is confirmed 30 people were injured 7 of those seriously including children after a car plowed into a carnival goes attending the rose and month excel abrasions in central germany the frank 1st Attorney Generals Office have taken over the investigation they are describing it as looking deliberate at the moment but of as far as theyre concerned it doesnt appear to be either a political or extremist act a 29 year old man understood to be from the folks martin area was arrested at the see all Carnival Events in the region have been canceled because of this eyewitnesses describe the car having accelerated into the crowd and traveled some 30 meters thats why so many people it would seem have been injured police had to protect the suspect as he was being taken into custody from angry members of that crowd who were trying to get to him to find out exactly what was behind this incident that as they say according to the chief of police of frankfurt has left 30 people injured 7 of those seriously after a car crashed into carnival goes in the central german city of. The german chancellors christian democrats have suffered a devastating blow in state elections in hamburg with support for the party plunging to a meager 11. 2 percent the c. D. U. Finished in a distant 3rd place behind the social democrats and giving the greens. And the greens excuse me leaving its leaders in disarray. Its. Called what i will get straight to the book and not beat around the bush it is a day for the german c. D. U. Its a historically bad Election Results for the c. D. U. In hamburg. With Popular Support for the c. D. U. Slipping german media has a mockingly dubbed the party the