but i good afternoon just gone for cock here in moscow you're watching international this hour breaking news to you because we can mix cofounded genius are just being denied by a london court there was will remain in custody pending an american a pail on his extradition because on monday washington's request was turned down on the grounds of a songes poor health. ok well to bring us up to speed on today's developments let's go back to london and shouting. he's covering the story for us shadi just go through them what's been happening over the last couple of hours or so. well the united kingdom has now denied judus bail but close of course not monumental decision just 2 days ago when the united kingdom have ruled not to extradite your the son of the united states and now it comes as a devastating for his supporters and campaign as you say that this latest decision not to grant you the sonship bail conditions is absolutely are unjust and unfair they say they are going to appeal as soon as possible but the ruling 2 days ago came on the grounds of mental health and on the basis that you know soldiers injured years and years of psychological torture the most notorious prison in the united kingdom belmarsh prison and so this very same argument that got him off the hook on monday seemed to be the ones that have made his bells continue even today so it's very mixed messages coming from the u.k. the justice system a cold according to his campaign is they also saying though that justice will prevail quite hopeful that in time this decision will be u. turn but of course we all seeing that many campaign is have been really fighting the fight not just in terms of tunis on his mental and physical health but also the political implications as well because 2 days ago the judge ruled that this was not a politically motivated case and so many people would argue actually the complete opposite and has complete political implications not just in terms of you know sergeant this case but on the world wide journalism as well in terms of the defense but you know it was all about whether or not you. he would be absconding his bell conditions that seem to be the main priority and a worry for the u.k. court system here whether or not he would try and leave the country whether or not he would stick to his belt conditions but of course we do know that your son just 2 very young children with his partner stella morris and that is one of the knowledge is motivating factors us to why he would remain within the united kingdom and stick to this very tight belt conditions if they were granted today and we heard earlier from stunna morris who said that there was no time to celebrate until he is brought home to his family on the flip side the united states legal team they were saying that he wouldn't reach all of those bell conditions he would even maybe put says he had tried to leave the united kingdom and also noting in court today that actually mexico had granted political asylum so there were various different alkie was asked to by the u.k. judge came to this conclusion today but the issue of puget sound still being a hybrid of suicide that's still maintains in fact he is now being sent back to belmarsh prison he was in belmarsh prison for nearly now 90 weeks even after serving his 50 week sentence that's almost double the length of his sentence for skipping about back in 22 hours he's still in belmarsh prison and therefore many people i've spoken to throughout the day said at this point in time he has served old of his time in prison and therefore he is now a political prisoner in belmarsh prison because according to the united kingdom's justice system he would not be actually does it to the united states so therefore what is his crime today so it has been a very dramatic day indeed today it was a surface of this media journalists but also we were met with many supporters and campaign is what eunice saw and for the police 151 a systematically trying to move them on from the vicinity we've even witness numerous arrests on the scene it including a 92 year. old man was called into a police van because he refused to move that really just shows the level i did time a nation that many people have told you to stand just cause but also because of worldwide journalism because they would argue it's all just due to the soldiers in the top 3 it's a day and for the last last few months but in fact the fundamental principles and tenets of human rights the fundamental principles of the rights of the public to access information and they say that this brutal journey that you're innocent has gone through and enjoy it for now nearly a decade essentially means that those that wanted to intimidate journalists have succeeded. ok thank you. stash live in london let's get the thoughts of ricardo he's the general secretary of the european federation of journalists he joins us this afternoon very welcome we appreciate your time firstly it's just going through what's happened today what's your reaction to the denial by julian assange. well we simply cannot understand the decision from from the british british court. we believe that if there is no reason no good reason to extradite him then there is no reason to keep in even detention you believe that this decision is a political one julian assange and in our view should we consider as a political prisoner. with regard to the ruling that happened on monday how concerned are you because initially when it happened there was jubilation but when you look at it particularly from a journalist's point of view there's a lot to be concerned about. well yes indeed. this case is not just about julian assange it's about press freedom. but it's also about human rights you know the british judiciary established that julian assange. was at risk of suicide extradited to the u.s. and we believe that he runs the same risk in the u.k. in addition to the health risks associated with it. and then meet in belmarsh prison so we expect the british high called to reject. the u.s. and to all the julian assange it's. ok but we will i mean it is likely isn't it that this case will now go to appeal the u.s. will have another opportunity to state his case to another judge in a higher court what are your expectations that. jailing a songe is extradition remain blocked and also the other. the other recommend that the judge made all about the fact that if you're a journalist you shouldn't be allowed to basically publish classified information trying to use the defense of it's in it's in the public interest. indeed we are still very concerned by the general mentation of the british call didn't didn't. take into consideration all the good reasons you know to release. julian assange. as a journalist you know just as an actor or. actor in any case there are some discussions on the fact is he a journalist or easy you. know in any case he committed a journalistic act you know by revealing. more crimes. by the u.s. government in. iraq and afghanistan so you know our view he had acted as a journalist and. protection as a journalist. so what are your expectations then of what will happen next. well we hope that the called will take into consideration this that mention of the case you know the press freedom. we are facing with this case. you know who s.m.g. is just one of. the journalists who are currently in prison in europe. russia in azerbaijan in. the united kingdom as well. and these guys are just are in prison just for doing their job so as a representative. of the european tradition of journalists in europe we demand that release of all journalists in prison in europe just for doing their job and just lastly on in the terms of the coverage that julian assange case has received in the media are you surprised by what's happened because i was talking to other commentators today we said look 10 years ago most publications were in favor of reporting on the revelations that the scientists making and saying that he was doing a service to the public but changed pretty rapidly. well i don't think if you look at the wall coverage no most in any case most of journalist organizations i would say all of them are fully supporting julian assange are for the fact that he had as a journalist and you know there are some organizations like in france asking the government to provide full protection to do an essential i don't think that maybe some media outlets are considering their own political views at different views on this but i can tell you that there is. for from the journalistic community . really good to get your thoughts on this that was ricardo gutierrez the general secretary of the european federation of journalists we appreciate your time thanks for coming on thank you now the current head of wiki leaks in the sun his close friend kristinn hrafnsson as well as the jailed journalists partner stella morris of appealed to america's leadership to pardon him. we still want. the president united states over one. soon leaving office and the one coming in to consider pardon. we want this to end. this. week. julian should not be in prison and of course. the partner just drop the charges. and the president of the state department. i k when i speak he cannot say we're back in the studio any we've heard a lot of reaction then to today's decision to deny eunice onj bio overall what's been the reaction coming from the united states while we're least on bail or no release on bail in any case it looks like that the assumption is that the u.s. side will fight till the very end to achieve their ultimate goal which is the extradition of julian assange under the espionage act sorry which has already proved as a nightmare for quite a few journalists so the only legal option for the u.s. government right now is to appeal and it looks like this is what they're going to do next and this explains their reaction from the u.s. department of justice to the decision earlier this week not to hand the whistle blow over over to america. while we are extremely disappointed in the court's ultimate decision we are gratified that the united states prevailed on every points of law raised in particular the courts rejected all of mr assad and his arguments regarding political motivation political offenses fair trial and freedom of speech we will continue to seek mr saunders extradition to the united states. those who have not followed the entire julian assange saga and particular 70 years at the ecuadorian embassy impressive for them the number one question would perhaps be what has the whistleblower done to infuriate the u.s. political elite so much we heard the most senior officials calling him a terrorist we heard one person saying it was time to shoot down this son of a and you know what follows well it is this damage to the u.s. image as a state that the whistleblower house calls to by getting access and then publishing all these classified documents which revealed so many skeletons and uncle sam's closet that many would see as war crimes now to go through the timeline of we can leaks revelations and publications we've prepared this short summary for you. oh my god what are you going to do. does the n.s.a. collect any data millions of. wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence sort of. like a hot cold turkey. u.s. presidents come and go but not much seems to change under president barack obama 10 years ago it became abundantly clear what washington's stance on julien's is but we know that donald trump has a reputation of making u. turns on pretty much any barack obama policy in some cases it seemed as if mr trump was only making this or that decision just you know to kind of do something which is opposite to what barack obama was doing but in the case of julian of songe there were hopes that he could pardon him none of that happened the rhetoric didn't change much either but we know that mr trump has lately been something that people have already called a pardoning spree joyous songs was not on that list we know that there is still time but hopes are slim now when it comes to incoming president joe biden president elect joe biden we remember that back in 2010 he's called julia massage a high tech terrorist so there isn't much to expect from him either and like i said with that appeal pending it looks that looks like the u.s. side will keep fighting till the end to achieve their goal of extraditing ok thank you those are. there with. america that we really respect patrick henningsen executive editor of 21st century wired dot com who believes that his songes punishment has been excessive. if you look at precedent law you look at other cases even in the british courts there's just plenty of examples that would say you know he needs to be granted bail right now there's terrorists that have been in the exact same position in terms of extradition proceedings who were tagged with ankle bracelets and allowed to go home and you know basically have a fairly normal life with their family although somewhat confined and also tracked by g.p.s. tracker so i mean the arguments made by the judge vanessa burr rates are they simply don't conform with reality she's characterizing his flight a decade ago from what she calls absconding but in fact he was legally according to all international law and treaties recognized by the british government he was seeking political asylum which is your right so what this ruling says i think one of the big takeaways is is that the british court today has basically signaled that it no longer observes this part of international law or treaties on political asylum. by the saudi he's a member of the gym in particular with his concerns about how the songes case bud's for the future of investigative generals. we got to go they did not. they did not take into consideration the many and she is joining as a staunch cast mates of journalists. for example who. would know so much less involved or really have behind the scenes if you are assigned not on his i'll stand a journalist work and this is the work that the u.s. administration is going for and so this was something that judge 5 parents completely biased jocz joshua's. treaty swimming in the way the political pressure and she was not at all and he depended job which is she has failed to see that and with this judgment today she is just continuing on the wrong track as she destroyed basically a hole in a hole. you know john is that the. this is this judgment stat which i surely hope it does not then the basket of journalism in the u.k. is basically dads and investigative journalists cannot travel to the u.k. for. prosecutors so i reminded then the breaking news today is that a london court has denied. bail bringing us up to date now from outside the courthouse is chatty at which stashed. but it is of course a monumental decision just 2 days ago when the united kingdom have ruled not to extradite your the son of the united states and now it comes as a devastating for his supporters and campaigners who say that this latest decision not to grow into this entrepreneurial conditions is absolutely on just unfair they say they are going to appeal as soon as possible but the ruling 2 days ago came on the grounds of mental health and on the basis that you know so much is in judaism years of psychological torture the most notorious prison in the united kingdom belmarsh prison and so this very same argument that got him off the hook on monday seemed to be the ones that have meant that his bells continue even today so it's very mixed messages coming from the u.k. the justice system according to his campaign is they also saying though that justice will provide quite hopeful that in time this decision will be u. turn but of course we all seeing that many campaign is have been really fighting the fight not just in terms of tunis on just mental and physical health but also the political implications as well because 2 days ago the judge ruled that this was not a politically motivated case and so many people would argue actually the complete opposite and has complete political implications not just in terms of june the sergeant this case but on the worldwide journalism as well in terms of the defense that you know sort of the day it was all about whether or not he would be upstanding his bell conditions that seemed to be the main priority and a worry for the u.k. court system here whether or not he would try and leave the country whether or not he would stick to his bell conditions but of course we do know that your son just 2 very young children with this part the style of morris and that is one of the knowledge is motivating factors us to why he would remain within the united kingdom and stick to this very tight bell conditions if they were granted today and we heard earlier from sternum or a. she said that there was no time to celebrate until he is brought home to his family on the flipside the united states legal team they were saying that he wouldn't reach all of those bell conditions he would even make people says he had tried to leave the united kingdom also noting in court today that i actually met him when i granted political asylum so there were various different arguments as to why the u.k. judge came to this conclusion today but the issue of puget sound still being a high risk of suicide that still maintains in fact he is now being sent back to belmarsh prison he was in belmarsh prison for nearly now 90 weeks even after serving his 50 week sentence that's almost double the length of his sentence for skipping back in 22 hours he's still in belmarsh prison and therefore many people i've spoken to throughout the day said at this point in time he has served all of his time in prison and therefore he is now a political prisoner in belmarsh prison because according to the united kingdom's justice system he would not be actually dies it's the united states so therefore what is his crime today so it has been a very dramatic day indeed today with the surface of this media journalists but also we were met with many supporters and campaigners fortune aside for the police 151 a systematic 8 trying to move them on from the vicinity we've even witness numerous arrests on the scene here including a 92 year old man was pulled into a police van because he refused to me that really just shows the level of determination that many people have for judas and just calls but also the calls of worldwide journalists because they would argue it's all just due to the soldiers in the dogs hit today and for the last last few months but in fact the fundamental principles and tenants of human rights the fundamental principles of the rights of the public's access information and they say that. brutal journey that you're a scientist and engineer for now nearly a decade essentially means that those that wanted to intimidate journalists succeeded well after today's ruling the current head of wiki leaks and a scientist close friend christine harassments and as well as the jail journalists partner stella morris appealed to america's leadership to pardon it. do you still want. the president united states over one. soon leaving office than the one i'm going to approach it of. you want this to end . this is just going. to win should not be involved in this in the 1st place i urge the department of justice to drop the charges thank the president of the thank you card thanks so we're reminded then of today's big news stories that are a london court is tonight shooting the songe by just a couple of days after the same london court blocked his extradition to the united states will be back with more and half of. the world is driven by. one person. thinks. we dare to ask. the next load of postcode. but if you have australian. who are. used to the jump to the never. go to blue to do just that you must play you need systems but it seems to me. to decouple image data you need to 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of syrian man. can look up to his nationalist movements. this boom bust the one business show you can't afford to miss friendship or in washington coming up oil is back in focus as russian saudi arabia have reached a production compromise pushing brant crude over $50.00 a barrel for the 1st time in nearly a year straight ahead we're going to catch you up or what's going down in the sector plus following a decision to list 3 major chinese telecom firms from trading on the new york stock exchange the big board has had a choice. and later on we had back across the pond as the u.k. has announced fresh stimulus measures to support businesses amid a renewed lockdown with a packed show today so let's dive right in. and we leave the program with a look at oil as the price for a barrel of oil in the u.s. broke above $50.00 for the 1st time since february now the move the move higher marks a steady comeback for oil prices after the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent demand last sent futures tumbling and briefly into negative territory last april but with the resurgence of the virus as well as the rise of a mutated version there are big questions surrounding whether production should increase or not joining us now to. co-host and investigative journalist ben swan now saudi arabia and russia they were deadlocked monday over whether their producer's alliance should boost crude output but were able to actually come to an agreement on tuesday why was there such a deadlock and what was this compromise well it really came down to a time when there was an original e. agreed to timeline that said last year when we were in the middle of this coronavirus that production levels would be cut is russia which kind of group oversees this opec plus group of about 10 different suppliers worldwide saudi arabia represents about 11 russia had agreed to go ahead and the whole down production but they had to do.

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