speaks about the modern civilization the american. jewel in the song you never surrender to the u.s. as a british courts of whether or not to extradite the jailed whistleblower. also this hour democrats accuse the u.s. attorney general of running scared and call for its head after william barr refuses to subject himself to more scrutiny over his handling of the mall or port. and large anti-government protests rocked the venezuelan capital a day after what appears to have been a failed coup attempt and that as opposition leader one wideout and his u.s. backers deny trying to stage a military overthrow our guesstimate what's really happening in the country. were were good nice national committee six million people voted for nicolas maduro last

may in a free and fair election that i observe you know how many people voted for one boy . you're watching our two international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. we start in london where the first court hearing and joined us on this possible extradition to the u.s. has been heard there was a blower in chief is wanted in the u.s. for allegedly conspiring to hack into classified government files appearing via video link from jail astonished told the court he would never surrender to the americans voluntarily as a lawyer as well as wiki leaks editor in chief spoke after the hearing denouncing his treatment. has been twenty three other twenty four hours a day. that is what really in general terms solitary confinement that's on the steps of the this case is not. these cases of a generalist in

a pub the ship is not conversations with a civil servant accessing material and spirit to that source and how to protect their i did this is protected activity that generalising gaijin all the time and any persecution and extradition of mr sands for having done so place a massive chill on investigative journalism that. our correspondent paula borger has been keeping track of the case and has this report from outside the westminster court. it was a short and swift opening to the julian assange versus u.s. extradition so it was a preliminary hearing julian assange appeared via video link from belmarsh prison where he is currently incarcerated and the judge also if he consents to being sent over to the us to which julian assange replied i do not wish to surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that has won many awards i'm protected many people so it's the judge replied i'll take that as the decline and the hearing was

only now the next hearing is going to be on the thirtieth of may that's going to be procedural so going through the legal steps that are to be taken as part of this legal case then there will be another more substantial of hearing on the twelfth over june but the real sort of extradition case the full hearing isn't expected for many months and it gives you an idea of how drawn out the drip drip of this legal process is going to be the central question that's being examined is whether the british authorities should to allow the extradition of julian assange over to the u.s. where he is facing charges of computer hacking the u.s. has accused the wiki leaks founder of conspiring with chelsea manning to hack a u.s. government computer that was of course prior to the leaks published by wiki leaks the the turia say wrong war logs in two thousand and ten that featured. video that

appears to show u.s. soldiers shooting at a real civilians now judy in a sauna walls out another court yesterday he actually appeared there in person and he was sentenced to almost one year behind bars fifty weeks for skipping bail back in twenty twelve that was what he ended the ecuadorian embassy seeking asylum that the judge that was pretty strict on julian assad. there isn't much of a sense of clemency at the moment from the british authorities in relation to the leaky leaks found he said that the jews julian assange should flouted the law very publicly he did they did justice for seven years while being holed up in the ecuadorian embassy now julian assange anjan his legal team have said that the reason that he had to seek asylum in the ecuadorian embassy was because he was wanted in sweden for questioning over these alleged sexual assault allegations

which julian assange to this team members away said is just precut for a u.s. extradition request so he spent seven years inside that embassy the statute of limitations on that swedish case may have expired but last month his relationship with his that dorian hearst broke down to the extent that he was drags out of the ecuadorian embassy in london he was arrested by british police and he was slapped with this u.s. extradition request that is now being well moldova in the court's head in true us on style as with anything to do with the wiki leaks founder it's attracted the media circus it's attracted many of his very vocal support says to come here to trouble with getting a court room large enough to fit members of the public and his supporters and all the journalists that are so interested in following this case he is a vice if they get some see him as a computer hack others see him as

a freedom fighter journalist and a publisher that has done very important work regardless of your position to would save a lot of people are going to be watching this case very closely because of the repercussions that it could have for press freedoms judy in a son if he can be pursued by the u.s. authorities or even extradited over to the u.s. for something that he has published well then that could have implications for any . journalists anywhere in the world if they publish anything to do with the us. alive analysis we're joined by craig murry former you came bastard to us pakistan and human rights advocate welcome to the program now do you think assad will end up being extradited to the us. i doubt it i think that the arguments against extraditing him very clear in terms of the fact that it's fairly open this is

a kind of specimen charge the americans are trying to get in on but actually that's a trick and once they get into the united states they plan to slap. much stronger charges on him related to espionage and he could then end up in extremely bad conditions in the states i think we're going to see a very long extradition process and of course the terrible thing is that he could be in jail quite literally for years while doing. the people's work to do but ultimately if you will not effect the acts. and how much leverage does the u.s. have in this case. well the u.s. has a great deal of leverage in that the united kingdom at the moment has a government which in all foreign affairs and security matters is very largely united states puppets. so. undoubtedly the political will is there only entire.

business establishment is extremely. persistent and very much against. the bail judgment that was given the. hearing yesterday on those saw that you're to prejudice remarks about food. and made by the by the judges so this is a difficult case but remember these abuse of judges as the process works its way through the system more senior judges will become involved and also of course. there is every chance that we won't have such a right wing government in the united kingdom in the near future because anybody who believes this kind of political case judicially is genuinely independent is a fall. down many will remember that last year at the u.k.

block the extradition of british hacker laureate love also accused of breaking into u.s. government computers on the basis that is well being could not be guaranteed in an american prison do you think that ruling has any relevance for us on just case. yes i think there are many things in law is case the tother developments in law is case there also were specific medical conditions which don't apply it in debian's case there's not a direct comparison in terms of the willingness of the british courts. to critically look at what will happen to people once they get to be that distance than six hugely important to do in this case because. there is every child support i would say it's quite certain that if sent to the united states he would be held in a manner which would be detrimental to his fundamental human rights and i should say

but the lawyer love case was one of a number of cases where it's become obvious speirs some judicial pushback in the u.k. the blair government in fact signed the six team the one side the extradition treaty with the united states which is a disgrace under which in effect our courts about what scrutiny at all simply to hand over any body of united states asks to judge of such showing themselves. willing to interpret that treaty in rather imaginative ways because it's simply unjust of the justice system to show an unwillingness to implement the extradition treaty in the oil of case of those strong example of that. now in the u.k. as i got fifty weeks for jumping bail practically the maximum sentence in your view was that fair. but was absolutely crazy that that was purely

vindictive it didn't take into account the fact that he hadn't exactly jumped bail in order to go and lie on a tropical beach he had been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in deteriorating conditions for seven years it didn't take into account of the fact that he has actually jumped the fuse to turn up before courts he had failed to meet police bail it didn't take cancer fact that no accusations have ever been so i no charges no charges have ever been brought against him from sweden and it's well i'll correct one thing your correspondent said the statute of limitations has not been out on the swedish allegations the statute of limitations has run out on one of the swedish allegations on the main allegation. there's another year to go and yet there's no sign of any charges from sweden so to jail someone for a year. for jumping police bail on charges which have not materialized because sweden could still bring charges and shows no sign whatsoever of being charges

because these allegations are unfounded allegations. that that's an extraordinary heavy piece of sentences and finally let me say that mr shepard who was responsible for somebody to death. in a drunken speedboat accident and was actually convicted. and fled to georgia actually fled the country he only got sentenced to six months the jumping. but you know but comparative sentence to judy in the sense you certainly haven't killed anybody. is disproportionate grossly disproportionate. craig moreau for you came back to is pakistan and human rights advocate thank you for your time and your comments. u.s. democrats want to subject attorney general william barr to further scrutiny over his handling of the muller report he's already been grilled in the senate but is now refusing to testify before the house judiciary committee it's cherokees it's

him running scared. and why he wants to avoid the. sheriff is terrified of having to face skilled attorney back in march barr released a four page summary of the report which stated that there had been no collusion between donald trump and russia as for obstruction of justice barr said that the special counsel had failed to reach a conclusion on the matter during a sudden grilling the attorney general claimed that robert mueller didn't think he misrepresented the special counsel's report though some of these hundreds questioning him didn't buy about. very clear with me that he was not suggesting that we had misrepresented his report i feel your rants are just purposely misleading and i think others do too now the american people know that you are no different from rudy giuliani or kellyanne conway or any of the other people who sacrificed their once decent reputation for the grifter and liar who sits in the oval office being attorney general of the united states is

a sacred trust you have betrayed that trust america deserves better resign the democratic party is on the warpath and all who stand between them and their goal of ousting donald trump have a target on their forehead either join with them or step down this attorney general lacks all credibility that your desire earlier yes. he should step down or should resign and if he does not resign he should basing impeachment proceedings also he does need to resign to step up william barr he is the next target in between the democrats and their goal of impeaching donald trump why well he released the bob muller report showing no collusion with russia a special counsel found no collusion by any americans in ira's illegal activities testifying before the senate bar was forced to answer questions about misleading the public and standing in the way and the democrats picked up on one key phrase in

bob miller's letter that being public confusion about key aspects of the investigation the democrats thought they had him with this one but not so fast i asked him if he was suggesting that the march twenty fourth letter was inaccurate and he said no but that the press reporting had been inaccurate feels like the seeds of a cover up are here there are still many questions tonight for instance why president trump and so many people in his orbit lied about their contacts with russia i don't need them over report to know he's a traitor i have the t.v. but hope so. brings a tunnel for the democrats next to the stand obstruction of justice president trumping gauged in obstruction of justice and those of his kind of the president to . to my reading of the. mother report almost certainly obstructed justice or did you find that to be persuasive act of obstructing justice. no but options still remain on the table for the democrats one perhaps being the fact

that the report was redacted perhaps the bombshell the democrats wanted was simply cut out of the report the public version has been estimated to have only ten percent redactions volume two has only about two percent redactions for the public version so ninety eight percent of volume to dealing with obstruction is available to the public think it's mostly backfiring on democrats right now because it's making them look absurd i mean again when you go from rush's interfering in american elections all the way down to well the tourney general didn't accurately summarise the finding the special counsel in a way that the special counsel liked and of i mean it's becoming stupid now i don't think this is really damaging trump's credibility it's just turning this whole thing into even more of a joke than it already was they're actually going to continue this nonsense i think they've just backed this losing strategy and are going to keep on backing it just

as just about as long as they possibly can and you know they've already lost this debate and they're still fighting it it to me it's just kind of a joke and you can't deny that the democrats have drive they've got a goal they've got persistence that is here in abundance and with their eyes on the prize in two thousand and twenty we can expect that the democratic party will keep chasing tails kaleb mopp and r.t. new york the u.s. military has stopped publishing certain regular reports about the situation and afghanistan that story and more after the break. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics this list i'm showbusiness i'll see that.

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welcome back the men as well in capital saw anti-government protests turned ugly a day after an alleged attempt by the opposition was foiled some eighty people were injured in the waves clashes. i've. the venezuelan president nicolas maduro spoke out i made a rally promising to hold a day of dialogue he also confirmed that a coup had been averted however u.s. security advisor john claims there was never any attempted coup. yet to go the law is an intrigue that they tried to use against us have failed the coup attempt has been defeated this is a triumph for truth and. clearly not

a coup we recognize one guy i do know as the legitimate interim president of venezuela just as it's not a coup when the president of the united states gives an order to the department of defense it's not a coup for one go why don't you try and take command of the venezuelan military the u.s. might object to the term who however if we turn to the dictionary the word is defined as a sudden violent and illegal seizure of power from a government our guest debated whether that's being attempted in venezuela. the u.s. supports coup d'etat is all the time this is another example that one has no power under the constitution of venezuela the fact the us recognize him recognizes him is of no import the u.s. recognizes him because he has already agreed to privatizing venezuela's oil in the interest of u.s. companies that's why the us recognizes him and that does not make him legitimate

the opinion of united states is no the only opinion for all other fifty countries recognize why go as their legitimate president ninety percent of venezuelans do support also while you go there are legitimate president this is an unfolding coup that the u.s. wants to push forward and we have to remember by the way the us supported the coup in two thousand and two against hugo chavez and we're reluctant to call it a coup back then the fact that the us wants to use semantics to cover up what it's doing doesn't change the fact that this is a coup when people say you know a seizure of power illegal seizure of power the basic definition of a coup doesn't key element there is not illegal because. has a legitimate power recognized by the national committee an overwhelmingly good nice international community in by the venezuelan people who goes out in matches people

are on the streets supporting the door of that's undeniable there are people there that support him i have friends there contacts that support him you never hear their side worst or use never what you never hear from them in the press and so you get one side of the story and that is tantamount to misrepresenting destroyed their recent science or do not just if i decline in a condom in basic common me and the three million plus in this one it's gaping venezuela for other current. no start when this actually started this started way before that six million people voted for nicolas maduro last may in a free and fair election that i observed you know how many people voted for won by . the u.s. military has stopped publishing its regular reports on the amount of territory controlled by different forces in afghanistan it had of the watchdog responsible

for monitoring this says u.s. citizens will now know less about their country successes and failures in the region the reports are made by the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction or sigur these special post created by the congress was responsible for monitoring u.s. activities in the country sigur also conducts criminal probes the work of the special inspector was criticised by donald trump who slammed the idea of making it public. kind of stuff as we're fighting wars and they're doing reports and releasing it to the public the public image the enemy the enemy we just reports a study every line of you should be private reports and be locked out of a member of congress wants to see you go into reading over the last two years the u.s. has gradually been reducing the amount of information it makes public on afghanistan in two thousand and seventeen it stopped publishing data on casualties and last july and it assessments of the role of the afghan government forces the latest rollback makes it harder to track what territory is currently under the control of

the afghan government the trend of reducing info on afghanistan comes against a backdrop of u.s. talks with the taliban and a worsening security situation in the country the u.s. war in afghanistan has cost more than one trillion dollars since the invasion in two thousand and one and it has claimed thousands of american and afghan allies and afghan presidential candidate is now calling for the u.s. forces to be held accountable for the devastating toll of the conflict. any criminal act by the use of all military post. so now all of the united states on a nato. to be brought to justice through their competent legal or part it is the strong that this justice process should not be politicized afghans have been sick terms of human rights violations over the past almost four decades

peace activist kathy kelly believes the u.s. government does not want people to know what's happening in afghanistan. the united states pentagon certainly doesn't want the advise of the united states popular as it doesn't really care about consent or assent to the war what they want is the money and if you are just people who truly understand what a disaster is failure and catastrophe is now going on eighteen year war in october to be the eighteenth year what this has represented in terms of failure and destruction i think people wouldn't choose to pay these extraordinary sense of money that people need the information and here in the united states isn't that well know that people are supposed to have exactly this kind of information. the football champions league now which has just seen the first leg of a thumb a final losing to i.x.

and liverpool thrashed by barcelona does a merino get his reaction to the game's past makes his predictions for the second leg and his are to show on the touchline later on r.t. . liverpool's rave in the approach i've been seeing in the past twenty years and many teams in the champions league and the beat of the lawn the involved perception in the company oh god the football made maybe completely different of course they have a good team of course they have phenomenal players but that player is absolutely incredible liverpool deserves much more than the three in the old the feed much more but you can also see in the last two corners of the game could be four of

a zero or more five zero because the game was broken and they couldn't cope the question is which one of them are you going to have messi these sides but yet you know and even film you know that looks small that is not small but it really is the last one normally the ball never goes from these but these side they give little people give one needs of to do they are going also to cover that that situation it is impossible to impossible to stop the movement these phenomenal one meter here and i bring the friend there with me at least mentally because of the front of things i'm going in that direction and i'm going to attack the space in front and good by people can see or ny is fair play organize these playing against the where he played for a few years and where he was loved that there's nothing to do we does ninety minutes and for these ninety minutes if forgot that he played for liverpool instead

of being a coach you want a pacific eight or nine you want everybody happy in you want to be you are not the pacific it that you want to coach tottenham was playing with three center backs. against nobody the post but in that it can be the moment of a key moment of the game a few moments of the. explore the future that they were leaving behind i don't think so but new they are better than those in the stronger than those in the here we have to cope with with these they feel that they are almost. they didn't have the pressure on them until now all and all they have because almost a signal they don't sleep very well they are all dreaming they're all dreaming weeds. moment the stadium is. the most for you is absolutely beautiful. beginning next week.

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