Almost youre watching our international thank you. And your development in the Julian Assange case the wiki leaks cofounder has been granted an ecuadorian id card as a step towards ending his five year confinement in ecuadors London Embassy r. T. Correspondent anastasio has details the mystery of what happens next in this ever complicated tricky and internationally spanning case of Julian Assange really continues with some developments trickling in this evening here in london where we are in fact outside the Ecuadorian Embassy and some of the confusion of some of the reports that have been coming out seems to be stemming from first of all it tweets that Julian Assange had posted on his twitter page wearing a t. Shirts with the Ecuadorian National colors parking lots of debate and questions online about whether or not the. Could potentially mean that he has either has been or is on his way to being granted citizenship those questions of course are yet to be specifically answered by either Julian Assange himself the founder of wiki leaks or ecuadorian officials what we do know so far is some sort of national ecuadorian Identification Number which is easily seen on the ecuadorian web site where this particular number coincides with his full name now the question used for him to apply for a quick dorian citizenship or somehow changed his status when it comes to this very complicated case that has now spans over several years what we do know as this comes following earlier statements from the ecuadorian foreign minister saying that its really time to move on with his case lets take a listen with a person cant live in those conditions forever. Considering the option of mediation with this intercept that could be done virus that country or individual. No solution is possible without International Corporations or without that if the u. K. Wishes expressed interest in finding one well there are lots of questions now about who this potential mediator could be because obviously when it comes to the complications of Julian Assange being able to actually step out of this embassy behind us revolves largely on what his status is in the u. K. But so certainly lots of questions were going to obviously be watching this very closely in terms of what is this going to mean for sandra status not just within ecuador but potentially his case beginning to move forward a little bit more. On top of that the u. K. Foreign office has reportedly denied a request from ecuador to grant a diplomatic immunity he asked the Foreign Office to comment on the situation but so far we have received no comment if a son steps out from the embassy he potentially faces arrest for breaching bail in the u. K. As well as possible extradition to the u. S. Lets discuss this further now im joined by klug stukely a wiki leaks supported joining us here in our International Good to see you today how big of a deal is this i Julian Assange. Well i can definitely help but unfortunately is as you just reported that britain has denied his diplomatic status request which would have definitely made things a lot easier for him to step outside and to leave london in the u. K. But i think that ecuador and the u. K. Are starting to at least have a conversation which only gives me some hope that there will be a resolution soon why why now assad has been holed up in this embassy for five years why is ecuador taking these steps now. Well i think ecuador has been trying to find every solution possible to help julian get out is been detrimental to his health its been detrimental to the work that wiki leaks does and and also you know i have to assume that its not good for ecuadors relations with the u. S. The u. K. And even sweden. But as you reported you know sweden has dropped its investigation completely the u. N. Panel has said that it was completely arbitrary and unlawful detention and so and thats been going on for almost two years now but theyve said that and for this to continue on is only costly for the London Police departments and is futile its theres no good reason that it seems now that the only reason that they would continue to. Youll keep a songe in the embassy is for fear that he would be extradited to the u. S. Theres definitely been no guaranteed by the u. K. That there would be any kind of. Free passage out of the embassy and so until that happens you know songes going to stay safe there. And so you know this is got to come to an end at some point i mean i think its about i think its fair to say i mean how many years exactly that as you say five and a half years hes been holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in london and we now have ecuadorian officials saying we would be interested in some sort of mediation here and well get around a table and try and discuss some sort of resolution if indeed ecuador as it appears to be is trying to help us on just a result of his situation why is the u. K. Foreign office is supposedly putting up these roadblocks. Well i think its because theyve been beholden to the us i think that you know they have been the ones to put up all the roadblocks the whole way through like you said and i think thats because they want to maintain this diplomatic relationship with the u. S. Even under the trumpet ministration which is quite surprising and trump is definitely made no guarantee that the grand jury investigation against wiki leaks of songe is dropped even though the trump during his campaign claim to love wiki leaks and so all of this seems very hypocritical it seems like theyre kind of using it as some kind of diplomatic currency and. It just seems to this point that the u. K. Is breaking. The law its going against what the u. N. Has said and. I hope you know not only is the songe able to get out at some point but i hope that he gets some kind of financial restitution for this because its gone on way too long and stuff really been something that. You dont see in any other case and analyst and wiki leaks support a clock joining us live here on r. T. International thanks so much for your time today we appreciate it thank you. Right. Now Iraqi Security services are forcing refugees to leave and return to their homes despite these being an unsafe and areas thats according to a new report by the Un Refugee Agency and says more than thirteen thousand families were forced back to these dangerous zones and those who returned faced a number of problems from tribal conflicts to booby traps left by fleeing Islamic State fighters the report also says at least fourteen return needs have been killed and we spoke to people in one refugee camp about their fears of returning home. We moved to this camp three years ago we dont want to return to our home yet were afraid of tribes the houses are destroyed we have no place to live the fields away that houses a looted in the wise a torn out of the bulls miss lots of booby traps five days ago our neighbors there started a fire to warm some water something went off and now that kids are in hospital its so scary that. There are very few people from a village or a tonne theres nothing left that no electricity and water supply doesnt work we may return in the future but only when the area will be school from living. Two point six million internally displaced people at this point recently interviewed internally displaced this is not counting iraqis outside their country and many of them being forcibly returned to places they dont want to go to that they dont think are safe if your home is rubble and there are corpses lying in the streets and there are explosives and minds and improvised explosive devices littering your former home no you shouldnt be compelled to return thats not humanitarian aid thats further humanitarian abuse the allegation seems widespread in iraq that the Prime Minister is seeking to get sunnis back to their homes to allow an election to proceed this parade is so p. R. Is taking precedence over substantive aid to human beings both within iraq and with. The iraqi Prime Minister has denied that refugees are being forced to return to unsafe areas he says its all misinformation spread by his political rivals. And another twist in the stateside russia saga Donald Trumps lawyers say they intend to sue the people behind the infamous dossier on alleged collusion with russia a softer a transcript of an interview with Glenn Simpson one of the men behind the dossier was made public his group fusion g. P. S. Commissioned a report on the alleged russia trump ties and some republicans say it led to the whole f. B. I. Investigation despite containing salacious details the trump himself describes as fake news a large part of simpsons testimony is devoted to the meeting of trump jr with a russian lawyer one of the key moments for those who support the russian collusion the theory atis even if down the lawyer its hollywood as only to discuss these latest details. Whos night are on the eve youve known the person behind this testimony Glenn Simpson for quite a while now tell us more about how your relationship came about because. We met for the first time in twenty fifteen during my first visit to the United States before that we exchanged emails we were introduced by lawyers who were hired in new york to represent our client a russian businessman he plays in a case initiated by the notorious mr browder in twenty thirty and during our corporation and he showed excellent information gathering and analytical Skills Including the ability to distinguish truth from gossip about and i was very excited about reading the testimony he delivered back in august early while this long document almost three hundred pages covers two different topics the first is the socalled travelers here the second is about his relations with me when last year i found out about the connection of Glenn Simpson to the tram does here i could hardly believe it. Was the champ car curve mentioned a discrepancy between the quality of simpsons work that you used to and the quality of the in from a strong dossier why did simpson allow Something Like that to come out under his name. The trunk goes here is an anonymous report if people who had been working on it did not admit that publicly he would have never known the authors of the report is not what raises questions is that the sources are not named why did words by unnamed and unverified sources form a basis for an investigation conducted by at least four different government bodies of the United States not only does this investigation distract politicians from real issues but it is also wasting taxpayers money it focuses on many Different Things well failing to establish who actually said them. Through this mueller was his ago off going back to simpsons testimony some Media Outlets have pointed out his account of events contradicts us regarding whether or not you two met in. Two thousand and sixteen did that meeting take place after. His ago my written testimony to the senate i stated that i did not meet Glenn Simpson that day on june ninth look at his own testimony he says im not sure but this statement is not treated as completely affirmative on the ninth of june twenty sixth i attended two important events in new york on the day the us court of appeals for the Second Circuit held a hearing on mr brough this case he demanded our lawyers withdraw from the case after they called for him to be questioned and there was the main reason why i came to new york later that day i had a meeting with trump jr i asked him to look into this case and to encourage congress to investigate mr broders actions to aim at manipulating Public Institutions in the United States simpson worked in our team for my russian client also happened to be connected to the tram dosia the congressman investigating the case are obsessed with this date because they hoped to prove i had a meeting with glen simpson that day and discussed the meeting with drum junior assuming that my main goal was to blackmail dont trump. Has just mentioned bill browder whos also mentioned by simpson he was an investor in russia and later was accused of masterminding a large scale tax evasion scheme his attempts to lobby against russia was one of the main talking points between us on its journey here. Because go to. Remember to keep points disclosed in the memo besides the russian trump collusion of course bill Browder Simpson slams the former businessman on several occasions accusing him of being obsessed with russia while being actively implicit in tax avoidance schemes and Money Laundering and you give us your judgment on the situation. But all that but much of the us broder is obsessed with russia hes tied to russia not only by his desire for revenge but also mentally here in russia he. Married to a russian woman he has half russian children his ties to russia strong as mine after all his crimes he should be grateful to russia for not throwing him behind bars while he was still possible was. A condition as to a board of. Withstanding the gravity of the allegations mr brown has testified before the u. S. Congress during the summer of twenty seven mainly talking about religion a complicated collusion. Mr rather you have given us the first an insight into putins russia you may have done more to fight corruption worldwide than any other individual and i appreciate what you have done thank you for uncovering the facts and im sure how i can tell its difficult to talk about the life and tragic death of your friend and someone who is your colleague i want to join my colleagues and thanking you for being here today and admiring your courage and tenacity. Perceptional mr browder change for the publication of simpsons testimony. I dont want to sound naive but i really hope this hysteria will end with a victory for common sense to me because i knew that i knew all this time people like simpson and browder got congress through time while the person accused of being involved in the alleged collusion scheme never got any on this forum because. I submitted a written testimony to congress where unsorted one hundred seventy four questions after studying the testimony members of congress were supposed to make a decision on whether to subpoena me to testify in person so far no such subpoena has been issued i dont know the reason but if i were to speculate i would assume that the answer is i might would not suit their interests. As r. T. International thank you for joining us so far still to come the british army is trying to appeal to a more diverse range of people to counter a decline in work so thats in your mix of your wild stories in just a mum. Seems wrong. When old rules just dont hold. Any. 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The british army it is part of a campaign to attract a more diverse range of recruits he can see the new ads compared with much older ones a former u. K. Intelligence officer Philip Ingram says he doesnt hold out much hope that the more inclusive approach will end up boosting recruit numbers. Was quite surprised to see these videos that are coming out i do understand that theres been Market Research done suggesting that they should target more minority groups but if they cant recruit enough people from the majority groups that the British Military have traditionally recruited from i dont see what the senses and targeting of these minority groups but i think the whole program the Advertising Campaign is flawed because theyre spending an awful lot of money on this because the british army spent until september last year ten Million Pounds on its recruiting come pins but one. 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