Live from our International News center here in moscow this is r t great to have your company my names you know neal hello and welcome. The remaining 3 former Minneapolis Police officers present at the death of george floyd well know also face murder charges after initially only losing their jobs they were not charged with aiding and abetting murder while the officer who fatally pinned mr floyd to the ground has his charge raised to 2nd degree murder all face a maximum of 40 years in prison if convicted the spy thats coast to coast the calls for justice on Police Reform person fear many are peaceful but not all. That near the white house in washington another day of protests several demonstrators have reportedly targeted the multiple security barriers that have been erected outside party americas Rachel Blevins reports from the capital. Right. I mean the fact that your are marching to the capitol right now here in washington d. C. And we are hearing crawls by no gas is no piece say his
Rugby world cup champions south africa and a victory parade through captaincy of husseins hometown of course and thats a bit. Later in the program. President says he will call for new elections after the organization of american states said it is a likely he secured enough votes in last months election to win outright accusations that morales rigged election count to secure a 4th term widespread protest in bolivia on saturday police and several bolivian cities joined the demonstrators arent outside the president ial palace were among those who left their posts rawest announced the move accusing police of staging a coup and he made the announcement and call for an immediate end to violence. I was examining those who have a new National Election that will allow the believe in people to democratically elect. Its new representatives brothers and sisters in the media and the people who believe it after making this decision i want to call on everybody to reduce the tension we all have a duty
He faces well over 100 years in prison. Donald trump was only president for 4 years, and in 2021 joe biden took over at the white house. Many observers believe the deal could be negotiated, that would see signs go free. After all, the Obama Administration had elected to not charge him with the crime. It would be reasonable to think that obamas concerns about prosecuting assigns while protecting the 1st amendment to the constitution would be bidens concerns. But that hasnt been the case. And julia sanchez, very few options left in his legal defense. As were joined by jo loria, jo is the editor in chief of Consortium News founded by the late robert perry. And hes a former journalist for the boston globe. The wall street journal. And the times of london. Joe, thanks so much for being with us. That pleasure. Be with you, john. Always. We all know julian assigns from news reports we know about his technical background. But tell us about the kind of person that is. Why has he always been so
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A period. But the c, i a worked with the ecuadorian government to bug the embassy for audio and video. And they spied on assigned and every visitor he ever had. The pace picked up in 2017, when we can weeks published the volt 7 documents. These were some of the most sensitive spying methods that the c i a had ever developed. Almost immediately, the Trump Administration and the department of justice filed espionage charges against assange. And then c, i a director, mike pompei o told the media that we gave weeks was a hospital non state intelligent service. Soon after that word leaked out from the c, i that it discussed plans to assassinate assange in london. And the Justice Department asked the British Government to extradite him to the United States to stand trial. He faces well over 100 years in prison. Donald trump was only president for 4 years, and in 2021 joe biden took over at the white house. Many observers believe of the deal could be negotiated, that would see signs go free.