Managed to fool hsbcs Voice Recognition Security System, designed to prevent fraud. Good morning, its friday, 19th may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Breaking news this morning. Swedish prosecutors are ending their seven year long investigation into the wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, who has been accused of rape. Mr assange, whos a5, has been living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. Scotla nd Scotland Yard says it is obliged to arrest him for Breaching Bail Conditions if he leaves the embassy. Julian assange has just tweeted this picture. This is in reaction to that means from sweden. That is the first reaction from Julian Assange, though no statement from him as yet. Lets cfoss no statement from him as yet. Lets cross to the Ecuadorian Embassy in london. Our correspondent, Richard Lister, is there. Richard, so, any expectation we might Seejulian Assange leading that embassy any time soon . I would hav
Estimates california has about one year of water left. And how the United Nations body responsible for Global Climate change negotiations is backing the campaign to persuade investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets. Then, as wikileaks founder Julian Assange marks is 1000th day seeking silent a salem swedish prosecutors have agreed for the first time to come to london to question him. We see this as a victory for Julian Assange and as an evidence that we were right all the time, that the prosecutor was wrong all the time, and we will cooperate fully to get this interrogation made as soon as possible. But it may take some time. But that will not be up to us. Amy we would get an update from wikileaks and Julian Assanges lawyer michael ratner. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A devastating slight gold in the South Pacific nation of anna what to has left half the nation. It washed away roads and bridg
And rohingya refugees. French president Francois Hollande becomes the first european president to visit cuba in decades. Sold to the highest bidder. New and wealthy collectors drive up the price of art as a picasso masterpiece becomes the most expensive painting sold at auction. Good evening this is Al Jazeera America, im antonio mora. We begin tonight with this weeks summit of persian gulf states in the u. S. Six members of Gulf Cooperation Council will meet with president obama in camp david. The ongoing crisis in yemen and the Nuclear Crisis in the middle east. Saudi arabiassaudi Arabias King Salman is staying home to deal with the ceasefire. Josh earnest says it is not a snub. Well be confident that the ones representing saudi arabia at the meeting will not only be able to represent that country but also implement any resolutions from that meeting. Mike viqueria, president obama and king salman talked today by phone. How much have we learned about why he decided not to come . We ha
Of the South Pacific island nation of vanuatu has been left homeless by cyclone pam, a category 5 storm. Vanuatus president directly linked the storm to Climate Change. We will get an update from 350. Orgs Bill Mckibben who also talk about how a nasa scientist estimates california has about one year of water left. And how the United Nations body responsible for Global Climate change negotiations is backing the campaign to persuade investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets. Then, as wikileaks founder Julian Assange marks is 1000th day seeking silent a salem swedish prosecutors have agreed for the first time to come to london to question him. We see this as a victory for Julian Assange and as an evidence that we were right all the time, that the prosecutor was wrong all the time, and we will cooperate fully to get this interrogation made as soon as possible. But it may take some time. But that will not be up to us. Amy we would get an update from wikileaks and Julian Assanges lawyer
Julian assange inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in london, where he has lived for almost three years. Ecuador granted him political asylum. If he steps foot outside the embassy, hell be arrested. Well talk about the u. S. And swedish legal cases against him and discuss how wikileaks has continued to publish leaked documents from secret drafts of the Transpacific Partnership to europes secret plans to use military force in libya to prevent migrants from leaving the country. It calls for military intervention in libya. To destroy the refugee boats before they leave port from libya coming to europe and also for other attacks on the people who provide the services of the boats. Amy and Julian Assange will respond to the congressional debate over n. S. A. Spying and the patriot act, sparked by the disclosures of Edward Snowden. Julian how can you debate them . Theyre secret. Similarly, what are the actual actions that are occurring not just in policy but what is actually happening. What are th