but we are far from achieving justice in this case. because julian has been incarcerated for so long and he should not have spent a single day in prison with very well mark and my team here in moscow. this is asi international with the latest. well news update. thanks for joining us on. the nato allies have started a series of navy drills in the mediterranean sea. the 12th day, neptune strike exercises come amid phase of a conflict in ukraine, although they haven't been directly linked to that crisis. meanwhile, the e u is offering ukraine 1200000000 euros in 8 to count the suppose a threat from russia. he's all of our reports. that's why we got major military drills underway in the mediterranean, involving the u. s. navy, the u. s. s. harry truman aircraft carrier involved in those it's worth pointing out that these particular war games that are underway, they weren't listed on the official schedule of what was going to be getting underway. however, the u. s. navy had been very quick to point out that as far as they're concerned, this has nothing to do with the situation that's unfolding in eastern europe regarding russia, ukraine, nato, and all of the tensions underway. their what we have seen though, on monday, is a promise to increase presence of nato forces in the east of europe. that's come from nato. manders, denmark, at the netherlands, france and spain as well. they've all promised either military hardware in the form of war, ships, or aircraft, or in the form of personnel moving eastwards. what we have seen though, is a response from the russian presidential spokesperson, particularly to the announcement so of new nato troops moving eastwards and bows. a u. s. navy war games that are underway, the presidential spokesperson in moscow saying that they're paying close attention to what's happening. reduced in such nato actions and increase nato activity. now borders cannot be ignored by a military who are responsible for the security of our country. there is a constant process of drills, maneuvers, and military build up, which has never stopped and will continue on. the british prime minister boris johnson has said that getting involved in ukraine for russia could be a new chechnya for the country. but we also need to get a mesh verse in needing cry from a russian that is jente painful and blood this. this could be manchester elsewhere, e u foreign ministers have be meeting on monday and heading into that meeting. it followed on from the news that the, the embassies of the united states and the united kingdom in kiev would either be evacuating staff for the, the families of staff from those embassies. heading into that meeting in brussels. the e u foreign policy chief yoseph burrell said no such action was going to be taken from the you side just yet. i don't thing we had a time applies. as far as the negotiation going on sunday and going on. i don't think that we had to let the plane and i leave. there are splits among the nato allies when it comes to what to do with nato when it comes to what to do with regards to russia and ukraine. we've seen a lot of pressure placed upon germany, where the chancellor all f schoultz has said that berlin won't be sending weaponry to ukraine. now, neighbours, such as those in the baltic, states have been saying they should be stepping up and doing a lot more all f sholtes remaining firm on this one saying they won't be offensive weapon re sent from germany. what he has said though, is that should there be an invasion of ukraine that there would be serious consequences of from nancy's also said that journey will continue to send medical aid to ukraine. it will also continue to step up. it's ariel surveillance for nato based out of bases in romania. meanwhile, of the senior political figures in germany have been talking about what's going on . market loda, who's the leader of the states of bavaria, said that you must negotiate with russia not as an enemy. we must reject aggression and avoid escalation. nobody wants a war in europe. in doing so, the territorial integrity and independence of ukraine under international law must be respected, but constant new threats and never tougher sanctions against russia alone cannot be the solution. on the one hand, because sanctions have had little effect for a long time and on the other hand, because these new sanctions would often harm us just as much. meanwhile, in key, as the ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has been addressing a gathering of foreign intelligence officers, he told them it is time for that particular branch to move from the defensive on to an offensive footing. we have learned to effectively contain and counteract external aggressions. i am sure it is time to move on to offensive actions to defend our national interests. while bell russian president, alexander lucas shanker said he's been watching the situation closely that's unfolding and in response would be moving an army contingent of bellow. russian forces to his country's southern border. it is all unfolding at the moment. i'll be keeping a close eye on what comes out of that. you for ministers meeting in brussels. if there's any new information from there, i'll bring it to you here in arty. russia has vowed a response to the latest surge in nato activity and is conducting its own naval exercise in the baltic sea involving up to $140.00 warships. a former foreign minister of india gave us his views on the crisis in ukraine. come on the bow things. europe is not in control of its own fates. right now as the us is at the wheel. i think this is going with the goal question. is the expansion of nato? do you agree? and if that problem is evolved, everything else falls in place and i am always surprised why finland and sweden would remain out of the needle during the whole war. when the soviet union was very strong and his tread was the friends over the world and continue to be outside the door. why can't there be an understanding around ukraine? why is the west especially not just is pushing for grant's membership of natal knife on this? there can be a fundamental in understanding. then i think the best of what is happening is totally unnecessary. and what is surprising is that europe is not in control of his destiny. it is united states is domestic politics that are pushing for a confrontation of what you claim, not the thing is that a natural war is inconceivable. all will control the escalation that night, the side gap and it'll be devastating under control and other than want a war. and i don't think the west or europe wants more either. so this kind of need less muscle fixing by the european, by natal, it only venoms the situation makes it more difficult to dissolve. ultimately, you have to have political negotiations on the basis of equality and mutual security. and that is the core of the issue and go to the solution. meanwhile, british media outlets are increasingly blaming russia for alleged aggression against ukraine. also the foreign office named a former ukranian m p as a pro russian candidate that the kremlin wants to replace the current president moscow state. the occupations are nonsense and accused the u. k. government of intentionally escalating tensions? are these don't kosa has the story a big claim from the british foreign office, but not a shred of evidence put forward to back it up at the end of its midnight embargo. the tale of an apparent russian plot to install a puppet government and key of made its way across british headlines. and some of its details were more than fishy enough to raise a few eyebrows. confusion over you, kate claimed that potent plants qu, and ukraine foreign office claim of plot to install pro masika government and cave comes with scant detail. it's unclear what means britain believes russia might use to install a friendly government in chief. the u. k. government made the claim based on an intelligence assessment without providing evidence to back it up. the u. k. foreign officers press release had more than a few inconsistencies take if danny mariah former ukrainian m. p, he cited as moscow's potential candidate to replace the current president vladimir zalinski, except more i of his on russia sanctions list on top of that. his party failed to even past the last parliamentary elections. 5 percent threshold. this guy's not exactly poised to take the country by storm and seizing his property. sure was an interesting way of appointing him head of the future occupation. you have made my evening. the british foreign office seems confused. i've been under russian sanctions since 2018 due to a conflict with victrum advert shook. my family's assets are frozen. there had the united kingdom secret services and foreign office can square that with russia supposedly wanting to make me the head of an occupation government. that's the question for mr. bean. london is not just spreading questionable stories about modern ukraine though the day before this story broke and added to the hysteria of russian invasion fantasies. the u. k. foreign secretary lives trust gave a speech, praising ukraine for its resilience against invasions of the past. we urge president painted to desist and step back from ukraine before he makes a massive strategic mistake. ukraine is a proud country with a long history. they have known invading forces before from the mongols to the tosses. unfortunately for trust though, she also demonstrated a lack of understanding of the regions history. the mon goals and tart hers were one in the same invasion force, often referred to as the tar mom goal yoke. so when she says from one to the other, it's not exactly clear what's in between for rushes diplomats mistakes like that are both laughable and disturbing. comical as these are now is not the time for laughing. we're witnessing the actual professional level of people who alongside making absurd statements, a providing ukraine with lethal weapons, increasing the own military presence that russian borders and encouraging care to further undermine the minsk agreements. we have to look at the record and the frustration, challenges, services, and how they the news we had the debacle about the iraqi was me surprised weapons of mass destruction where you had fish in challenging services alleging that the syrians have chemical weapons when in fact resilience unless funded meant this. and then recently we've had a terrible example of the withdrawal from my son, which re position childhood services didn't marry what was going on. and i a full full ration to come and you have to look to what, you know, what is actually in versus interest in retro, fast, to have stability in the crime. always, there are certain trust our mutual ukraine, which 399, g 160000. and meanwhile, authorities in the south proclaimed republics in the dumbass region. claim k of has deployed heavy rocket artillery at the border bosses, they say more than a $100000.00 ukranian soldiers are currently stationed in the area villages and towns and the republics of don. yes and no guns have been shelled for years from the other side of the border with thousands of people killed blue. ah, sometimes there is shooting that simplest county, but there are times when i come to mostly to go to the basement in shooting. if i'm lucky to my house while on my way to school, and there are a shots, i run home. if i'm near school, i can hide in the school basement. you need more than 2 than i was born during the war, and maybe i will dine the war. i don't know how to swerve it. it's painful and insulting . you go to bed and wonder whether your house will be destroyed. ah, ah, sir. she list, there are no shells flying here. you walk carefully, you run the household. what else can we do? digging for every day. there shannon us, they hated the village bmw . people are suffering. many of them have been named this caused by the fighting. my husband died to the stroke during the hostilities. my son died in 2015 in combat. shush now news from germany where a gunman has opened fire in a lecture hall at the university of heidelberg in during 4 people. and he's a thing, these shoes that then killed himself or join him in a studio. his art is donny armstrong. with the details donna, can you bring it up to speed on what happened today? no, of course is, is breaking news that has broken over the last couple of hours is a shooting at heidelberg university. that's the oldest university in germany, in the south west of the country. heidelberg is a university city for students have been injured. one of the, critically, when the gunman opened fire electra whole at the university was the lecture was going on. no, it's been reported the open fire with a long barrel gun. now that's a rifle to you. and me. one of those is held in 2 hands and propped against the shoulder that's before fleeing. and turning the gun on himself. now, the open fire on students was the lecture was going on. there has been reports by german outlet build that one woman who was shot in the head by that attack a has died. those report haven't been confirmed by the police as of yet. what the police have said is that there has been no indication of any political or racial motivation for this attack. coleman was acting alone. he was carrying several firearms with him. when he did use a long battle, going to attack those students in the lecture hole that has been a statement from the president of the chairman rather of the student body. pizza appleman has said this has been an incredible shock. something of a catastrophe. police of cord and off the north of the city where the university is located. now, just coming back to those political motivations was actually reported on social media to begin with. this was a radical reagan who had gone out to exact some seek revenge on humans for the suffering of animals and had the deep hatred for students that has been replaced by police. but what police have said is that this gunman is dead after turning the gun on himself. for people, as we know is for a fact been critically injured. so it's the story is developing and will keep you up to date with all the information on that. as it happens, absolutely, thanks for coming in with the latest on armstrong what he likes founder julian assange has won a bid to ask the u. k. supreme court to review a previous high court decision to extradite him to the us. he's wanted by washington on charges of espionage. marty's shoddy edwards dusty note reports now from outside. the court unison has been granted permission to take his case to the court. of course, that means that he can now appeal to us extra addition decision that was great. you don't the end of last year we start with a much decision whether court or rule to overturn a previous decision not extra, right? doing this on, on the basis, it would be oppressive, considering how high a risk of suicide he may be if he was sent to the united states and held in cost center throughout the year. last year, the courts change their mind following a 2 day appeal. as the u. s. offered a packet is assurances to the fact that he would not be held under maximum security because dishes are in the last few minutes we did hit got announcement, and indeed morris, who is the partner of the sergeant child is as a victory. what happened in court today is precisely what we want it to happen. but we are far from achieving justice in this case because julian has been incarcerated for so long and he should not have spent a single day in prison. as long as this case isn't dropped, as long as julian isn't freed, join continues to suffer for almost 3 years. he's been in belmore prison and he's suffering profoundly day after day, week after week, year after year. we also heard from the, with the lead editor and chief, he says, again, this is a school victory, but of course eunice, i'm still remains behind the putting the last prison. what we need for this is case to be dropped entirely. that is, that is, that is the only real victory for war for journalism. but for julian, this is of course, as a pro long incarceration is already been for more than a 1000 days and most prison. we've always been protesting vigorously. the fact that after the united states lost in the lower court, they were allowed to, to submit the so called up. so sort of assurances with it. the general's purpose perspective is just absurd since the ruling in favor of the united states some months ago. so just team off the high court directly behind me to allow this case to be sent to the supreme court. now not all cases go to the supreme court. there must be an arguable point of law. and the case needs to have a public importance that now has been deemed a public importance. and the sanchez team were arguing those implications for the future of public interest reporting and the ability to defeat politically motivated cases. they argue that this case is absolutely politically motivated. we look throughout the year last year, all of these reports of the cia plus to kidnap kill assassinate, a song spy on him. while he was hold up in london, ecuador, and embassy. they argue this deems it a politically motivated case. and as we well know, under the u. k. u, as extradition treaty, nobody can be expedited on political grounds and that is indeed enshrined in that law in that treaty. then, of course, on the grounds of future reporting, many of us on to support done and did a defense. they argue that the united states is simply making an example of june assange for revealing these legible crimes of documents relating to the war in iraq and afghanistan. ah, a with ah, a. so what we see now is a decade long soccer, illegal, labyrinth of horror story. a fit you in a song. well, he goes through, back and forth, various court system, here in the united kingdom. all of these protests is when they heard that announcement some few minutes ago. they all are opted into child saying free, free at eunice, orange. of course this isn't the end. he's still behind balls and there's still a long way to go for june assigned to try and fight against expedition to the united states. let's continue the conversation now with chris hedges, host of the show on contacts on our team. mr. hatch is thanks for joining goes on. the program is great to see you as a positive outcome for you to know songs on to support today. his fiance earlier called it a victory. did you say it that way or is she being overly optimistic? you well, it's a victory in the sense that it doesn't greenlight extradition. but we have to remember that what we're arguing about are legal technicalities. degree just violations of law. and i want to make it clear as a journalist and former investigative journalist with a new york times who possessed and published classified information, which if julian is extradited and found guilty, will become a crime in the united states. the fact that he is being prosecuted for not committing a crime. the fact that the main f b i witness has now recanted and said that he lied in saying that julian wanted him to hack into government computers. the fact that the spanish security firm, u. c. global was contracted with the cia and recorded surreptitiously. everything that went on in the ecuador and embassy, including julian julians meetings with his attorneys, which are vis or 8th attorney client privilege. these are the real, substantial legal issues that the british courts have ignored and, and what they quibble about are these technicalities. so yes, it's a victory in that sense and that it does at least temporarily block the extradition of a julian on this one legal issue, which by the way, the supreme court does not have to accept massages, lawyers have 14 days to apply. they don't have to accept it, it could then bounce back to the district court. i mean we could be going, playing ping pong here for a year or 2 years. and we have to be clear. the julians psychological and physical health is extremely precarious. we heard in the court proceedings that he is suffering from a loose, a nation's banging his head against the walls contemplated suicide. he suffered a stroke. he is deteriorating very, very quickly. that brings me to my next question. actually, i mean, this saga has continued for a decade already a sanchez louis is upset. the long run in court cases have not a huge toll on a song. she's mental healthy really recently had a stroke as well. how long do you think it can hold out? well, i haven't seen julian since he was in the embassy. and let's remember the 7 years in the embassy where he's got no sunlight and could not be treated for any kind of serious medical condition. he did have some issues, was already punishing. and of course, all the, almost 3 years now that he's spent in this high security prison and almost total isolation has exacerbated it. i have spoken to people who have been in the c. m, and they're extremely worried is last tremendous amount of waiting often and coherent. if you remember, you go back to the december hearing or know was bred. so hearing last year, when he stumbled, he's asked his name and he, he can't even quite recall his own name. so he is in very, very precarious health, psychologically and physically. and i think those of us who care about julian and admire him and respect him or a stream we word. do you think that this relentless, hounding for once of a better phrase, all the juvenile songs have damage the reputation of the us as a democratic country? well, this was preceded by a very long process of character assassination. on the part of the u. s. government quite successful playing up these false charges. and the swedish government was in cahoots with this about re bay was never actually charged with re but didn't take place. but they really manage to isolate him socially, just as they have now managed to isolate him physically and the institutions that should be vigorously defending him or not doing so in particular, the press organ to the new york times, the guardian dare spiegel l pi. use all of which publish the information provided by wiki weeks. he is very isolated. so for those of us who care about journalism and in particular, investigative journalism into the centers of power. yes, it is. i wouldn't say it's damage. i don't think we had any illusions about the u. s. assault against press freedom. brock obama was brutal against whistleblowers using the espionage act more times than any other president shut down. whistleblowers who spoke to the press but it did. it has, i think, ripped back to vail, any pretence said the united states and i would include the u. k. have any intention of protecting the press this legal precedent or if he's extradited to found guilty, will essentially mean that anyone who possesses classified material as i have when i worked for the new york times and publishes that material will have committed a criminal offense. many thanks for joining us today. chris hedges, host of the show on contact on our t. thank you. ah, no vaccine mandate has been causing havoc in canada. it's been hit by supply chain disruptions due to a shortage of truckers. that's also new jobs mandate took effect applying to drive as crossing to and from big us people flooded twitter with images of empty shelves all across canada. but one m p was quick to rebuff. claims such a supply crisis exists. thank. he's personally seen no evidence of any shortages anywhere. not only is this picture not from canada, but i've been to grocery stores in my community and i've objectively observed no empty shelves. this is just another example of conservative misinformation and fear mongering for political gain. liberal members of parliament thing, there is no problem whatsoever. i went to a grocery store and look how best plan to plentiful it is. there's no pumpkins and i just had to retreat images that my own brother sent me from ontario to be affected. who are you going to trust me or your own eyes? you can feel it everywhere. although from what i'm told it's sort of worth outside of the big cities in response to the mandate which prevents on advanced and partially vax truckers crossing from us into canada. without the 14 day quarantine, hundreds of canadian drivers have begun a so called freedom convoy journey from vancouver to all to a in protest against the new rules. industry groups are saying the restrictions could force 16000 truckers off the roads with some even ready to quit their jobs. while there's reportedly a modest optic of drivers getting vaccinated at some companies, there are substantial reports of higher than normal turnover, and others declaring their intention to leave the industry over the impending mandate at the border. the canadian transport minister have defended the measure saying the biggest threats to our supply chinese cove. it. that is why we created the vaccine mandate for truckers with david frey hayes again believes the mandate is only going to cripple the supply chain. 2 years into this and we, you know, they have not imposed a mandate on truckers, they were essential workers. they were the heroes of the road for whatever minority of them don't get vaccinated. and i don't know exactly what that number is. they have a pretty solitary profession to begin with. and so to pretend that the and that it's the vaccine mandate that saw her going to save the supply chain as opposed to actually cripple it. it's intellectual dishonesty if not overt dishonesty because even if you're double vaccinated and you get sick because you could still contract the virus, we know that you still have to isolate, even if you're double vaccinated as a trucker and become exposed, you still have to isolate lift the measures protect the vulnerable and let the healthy live a free and productive life, and maintain the very infrastructure that we need to deal with any crisis. not even this one. well, just a reminder, the world health organization says cove it 19 vaccines are a vital tool in the fight to end the global pandemic. thanks for joining us here in nancy international today. that's all from me, but what we say will be with you in 30 minutes with all the length of headline.

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