has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange just safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic they call no which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you are in a car with diplomatic license plates you're still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case no one is trying to hide his son from the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that he would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before and that's why the ecuadorian embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr sands in person isn't that what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are we sup

has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange just safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic the call no which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you are in a car with diplomatic license plates you are still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case no one is trying to hide his son from the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that he would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before and that's why the ecuadorian embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr sands in person isn't that what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are we sup

ecuador. michael ratner, if you can talk about the significance of this? julian assange now on the ecuadorean embassy in london, he has been granted asylum by the country of ecuador. what does this mean? >> first of all, i am thrilled and moved. julian assange has been under such incredible pressure with threats to go in and get him, by the u.s. prosecutions, etc. this is a courageous move by ecuador. julian assange, and doing what he and wikileaks did, stood up to the great powers of the world. now use the ecuador, again, standing up to the powers. we should applaud and support ecuador for doing what was legally required here, which is to give julian assange asylum for his role as a journalist and publisher of wikileaks. what does it mean? first of all, the british should just back off and the u.s. should back off. he has a legal right to asylum under the refugee convention, under the u.n. declarations there cannot be any efforts, consequences for countries granting asylum. it is considered a

has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange just safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic the call no which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you're in a car with diplomatic license plates you're still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case no one is trying to hide his son from the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that he would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before and that's why the ecuadorian embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr stanton person isn't that what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are we suppos

has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange just safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic they call no which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you are in a car with diplomatic license plates you're still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case no one is trying to hide his son from the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that he would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before and that's why the ecuadorian embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr stanton person isn't that what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are we supp

has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange just safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic the call no which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you are in a car with diplomatic license plates you're still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case no one is trying to hide his son from the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that he would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before and that's why the ecuadorian embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr stanton person isn't that what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are we suppo

has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange to safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic vehicle. which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you're in a car with diplomatic license plates you're still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case as no one is trying to hide his son from the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that he would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before that's why the it would or an embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr sands in person isn't that's what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are we suppo

has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange just safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic vehicle. which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you are in a car with diplomatic license plates you are still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case no one is trying to hide his son from the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that he would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before and that's why the it would or an embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr sands in person isn't that's what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are we

all slamming britain's threat to storm ecuador's embassy in london to arrest the week said it's. kind of very near to the ecuadorian embassy cheering the decision despite london police detaining several supporters of julian assange. and in the buff rain and other so-called enemy of the state and one of a saunders recent interview not deal with jail for three years for taking part in government gatherings. just after five pm here in moscow this is on the with me rule research a straight to our breaking news story for you this hour julian assange has been granted political asylum by ecuador and the country's foreign minister made the announcement just less than an hour ago stressing that the whistleblowers fears of being politically prosecuted justified and very shortly here on out he will catch up with our correspondent laura smith who is right outside the ecuadorian embassy in london following the latest developments but when it comes to the issue of addressing threats from the u.k. that it was prepared to storm the ecuadorian embassy to get its hands on a songe for and mr ricard

has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange just safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic the equal no which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you're in a car with diplomatic license plates you're still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case no one is trying to hide his son from the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that you would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before and that's why the ecuadorian embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr stanton person isn't that what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are we supp

has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange just safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic the call no which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you are in a car with diplomatic license plates you're still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case no one is trying to hide his son from the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that he would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before and that's why the ecuadorian embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr sands in person isn't that what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are we supp

how do you think ecuador could react. i don't know how it would or will react i would hope that the world would react with outrage that the nonviolent movement that we saw in the streets of london in february two thousand and three would be doubled i think the people of the united kingdom and europe as well as the world understand the threat to international law and human rights that state here i mean the new york times which was complicit in this act of criminal journalism could easily be raided in manhattan instead they're going after this young man to set an example and it is a horrible horrible precedent for the entire world should an act of journalism exposing abuses of power results in off seizure by force and and or rendition this is this is something the whole world has a stake in this once in a activist and blago author of the book war is joining us live from charlottesville many thanks for coming on today. well just a bit earlier on r t i had the chance to speak with julian assange and his mother christine she s

speaking live from quito the capital of ecuador saying that ecuador is a sovereign state that no country particularly the u.k. has any right to blackmail threaten or act in an aggressive way in diplomatic channels saying that up until now ecuador and the u.k. had enjoyed a diplomatic friendship but now sees clouds looming on the horizon of course it was in just two months ago now the julian assange put in his or his request for asylum in ecuador now the question is can he get safe passage from the ecuadorian embassy in london to an airport to get himself on a plane to go to ecuador well addressing threats now from the u.k. that it was prepared to storm the ecuadorian embassy to get its hands on a songe foreign minister pitino to make sure those threats do not go unpunished. national law can be used in this way in an interesting way in any diplomatic facilities in any place of the world it shouldn't be used to threaten or blackmail the sovereignty of any other country and they called a summit to try to deal with this threat and cordon made it at a regional level and so that these fact doe

or ecuador looking like they're about to back down. well here more from a correspondent to laura smith a throughout the day plus a check the latest updates by our london bureau twitter feed you can see pictures of how crowds gathered outside reacted to the news of a thunderous asylum being granted plus all the best videos from the at our website at r.t. duck com. david swanson and activists and blogger believes the u.k.'s threat to take julian the sons by force us says a dangerous president and the global community should take notice the idea that you can declare an embassy unarmed embassy and wait a week and then raid it is outrage this is this is the scandal here i would hope that the world would react with outrage that the nonviolent movement that we saw in the streets of london in february two thousand and three would be doubled i think the people of the united kingdom and europe as well as the world understand the threat to international law and human rights at stake here is a horrible horrible precedent for the entire world shoul

slow its campaign so is america above international law plus over a week after being granted asylum in ecuador julian assad remains in legal limbo we'll bring you the latest in this case and an exclusive interview with ecuadorian president rafael correa you're only going to see on our team. and there's a hurricane brewing in tampa but i'm not talking about isaac the r. and c. is coming to town while the d.n.c. converge is in north carolina a week later and where there is politics there is protests will tell you why some protesters are being anarch at. it's friday august twenty fourth six pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t we start off this hour taking a look at the rocky relations between pakistan and the u.s. and it's likely what happened earlier today will further strain those ties a series of american drone strikes in pakistan killed at least eighteen people a drone strikes took place here and the shah will valley up north was was the euro stand and shows the u.s. is persistence in carrying out the controversial drone campaign here's a chart that details the num

this morning ecuador announced that it would grant joining us on political asylum the only problem u.k. won't let him leave beyond a songes fate what kind of ramifications will this saga have on journalism and whistleblowers in particular around the world also a century ago americans gain the right to directly elect their senators through the seventeenth amendment and set of state legislatures doing the job for them but now republicans want to strip us of that right to what's their grand scheme here and mitt romney has a ton of character flaws but tying a dog to the roof of a car yeah i'd say that tops them all well this insane lapse in judgment by romney hurt him in november and it was one band trying to make sure that happens because solly of debo joins me later in the show. and we begin tonight with julian a song he was ecuador's foreign minister ricardo patino announcing this morning that his nation will grant a song political asylum. to the ecuadorian government but also to the code you play is defending its political right to protect the signs. and we have the say that to grant p

>> at present, ecuador has diplomatic status. if the u.k. government or to revoke that status, it would be a watershed to international law, in respect of of whether it is covered under british law, it would be a significant step by the british government and one, i think, academic lawers have said would affect all of the world. >> can you talk about a comparison to how the british government dealt with agusta pinochet. baltasar garzÓn is a lawyer for julian assange, the crusading spanish judge and prosecutor, who called for the extradition of agusta pinochet to spain. he ultimately had to stay in britain for year, but pretend about him to go back to chile. >> i think there are limited comparisons to be made between those cases. of course, croissant is the leader of our defense team -- will to circles on is the leader of our defense team. i think the cases are different. >> and the threat of a raid? what exactly would it mean? british soldiers or police moving into the embassy and extracting julian assange? >> it is not clear exactly what i

this morning ecuador announced that it would grant joining us on political asylum the only problem u.k. won't let him wait but beyond just space what kind of ramifications will this saga have on journalism and whistleblowers in particular around the world also a century ago americans gain the right to directly elect their senators through the seventeenth amendment and set of state legislatures doing the job for them but now republicans want to strip us of that right to what's their grand scheme here and mitt romney has a ton of character flaws but tying a dog to the roof of a car yeah i'd say that tops them all well this insane lapse in judgment by romney hurt him in november and it was one band trying to make sure that happens because saul a of debo joins me later in the show. and we begin tonight with julian assange he was ecuador's foreign minister ricardo patino announcing this morning that his nation will grant a songe political asylum. to the ecuadorian government but also to the cultural is defending its right to protect the sanction. and we have the say that to grant political

or ecuador looking like they're about to back down now is r t correspondent laura smack. well our coverage would have be complete if we didn't show you the full picture now you saw some of his supporters but assad has created quite a few enemies in various countries many of called for assad as persecution some even calling for his assassination or to correspond a marine corps and i joins us now live from new york to discuss i'm arenas so he has created many enemies especially and politics and banking why is that. well since two thousand and ten and the big cable gate leak that was spearheaded by julian assange and wiki leaks many u.s. officials and members of the media outlets and even the banking world have commented on julian assange many labeling him as a threat to u.s. national security now they say it's because mr julian assange helped expose lots of classified documents of the u.s. government but these documents at the end of the day compromise the integrity and the credibility of the u.s. government it exposed a lot of secrets that the public was not aware about aw

has more diplomatic missions than ecuador. if the u.k. doesn't give permission for julian assange just safe passage to aqua door how will he get there in a diplomatic they call no which would be impossible if he leaves the embassy he can be arrested by the you can't police i'm not an expert on this but i would think this even if you are in a car with diplomatic license plates you are still at the mercy of the driver and who knows what you will agree to in any case no one is trying to hide his son from the swedish prosecution which we need guarantees that he would not be extradited to a third country why do you think sweden refused ecuador's proposal to question a sound at the embassy even via skype as has been done before why this is widely accepted legal in practice it has been done many times before and that's why the it would or an embassy proposed this to the swedish prosecution we invited them to come to the embassy and question mr sands in person isn't that what they've been trying to do all along they denied our offer so what are w

or ecuador looking like they're about to back down those are t. correspondent laura smack. well our coverage wouldn't be complete if we didn't show you the full picture you saw some of his supporters but it has created quite a few enemies in various countries many of called for assad as persecution some even calling for his assassination to discuss this r.t. correspondent marina pour in iowa joined us earlier. well since two thousand and ten and the big cable gate leak that was spearheaded by julian assange and wiki leaks many u.s. officials and members of the media outlets and even the banking world have commented on julian assange many labeling him as a threat to u.s. national security now they say it's because mr julian assange helped expose lots of classified documents of the u.s. government but these documents at the end of the day compromise the integrity and the credibility of the u.s. government it exposed a lot of secrets that the public was not aware about aware of particularly when it came to u.s. foreign policy the way the u.s. was carrying out its conduct of wa

or ecuador looking like they're about to back down. that was our t.v. correspondent lara smith well our coverage wouldn't be complete if we didn't show you the full picture now you saw some of his supporters but assad has created quite a few enemies in various countries many of called horizontals persecution some even calling for his assassination or to correspond to marina poor and i joins us now live from new york to discuss hi marie and a so he has created many enemies especially and politics and banking why is that well since two thousand and ten and the big cable gate leak that was spearheaded by julian assange and wiki leaks many u.s. officials and members of the media outlets and even the banking world have commented on julian assange many labeling him as a threat to u.s. national security now they say it's because mr julian assange helped expose lots of classified documents of the u.s. government but these documents at the end of the day compromise the integrity and the credibility of the u.s. government it exposed a lot of secrets that the publ

julian assange has asylum been turned into an international showdown with britain threatening to storm ecuador's london amnesty and take the whistleblower by force. a powerful saudi base to islamic group cancel syria's membership blaming solely the massacres for violence and ignoring the rebels' al qaida style terror attacks. he weighed square up in asia and europe port maps extend america's military buildup in the region china eagerly for its allies of its own. it is standing out in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie we are not a british colony and that's ecuador's reply to british government threats to storm its london amnesty and take join us by force the whistleblower assad refuge of the year in june escaping imminent extradition to sweden art is more important i reports now with more on the standoff. the government of ecuador will announce its decision on julian a songes application for political asylum on thursday twelve g.m.t. seven am local time that announcement was made by ecuador's foreign minister ricardo patino who during a press conference also said that

ecuador but we think that the reason that he did it but because. i think eight. people love the idea so we are expecting a definite result later this week and then we'll know whether these remains in fact and that you and i thought had been granted asylum in ecuador or laura thanks for bringing some today there's as i just broken so thanks for that much appreciate this case more common the talk to kevin zeese he's ninety more activist an attorney and member of the bradley manning support network he's been on this channel a fair bit kevin it's good to see you tonight so is this the end of june in this sunday's troubles if what we think is going to be reported that the guardian is true. well it's really a big step in the right direction for joining us on you know it doesn't solve all these problems which are just standing and he needs to get safe passage out of great britain you know england has to agree that they have negotiated their good or it sounds like they were been trying to negotiate a great deal prior to making those decisions on millions or even done by

es un estado libre y democrático y no sujetos a tutelajes democratiso. >> si ecuador le otorga esto también puede ser arrestado pues hay precente de manejar ebrio. >> y existe posibilidad de enviar maletas sin ser chequeadas, pero también hay un obispo que vivió 15 años en la embajada de estados unidos. >> Él cobró notoriedad cuando presentó cientos de cables secretos que habían sido proporcionados por un soldado. >> al conocer la noticia, dijo que había sido una gran victoria y que su lucha acaba de empezar y dijo que nadie y menos ahora el gobierno de ecuador debe tener la menor duda de extraditarlo, pero la oea decidirán si convocan a una reunión de cancilleres. >> gracias y buenas noches. >> 5 militares mueren y otros 5 quedan heridos, es el segundo choque en el cusco, el domingo las fuerzas armadas libran una batalla contra el narcotráfico. >> la policía de chile desalojó al menos dos colegios de santiago que estaban con estudiantes, las protestas siguen pidiendo una reforma. >> una protesta entre mineros, ellos iban armados con machetes y palos y el escenario vio

in ecuador that looks to be deteriorating as we speak the u.k. previously i sent a letter to quito which has been in touch for to do as a as a threat to storm the embassy and get a sound out by any means necessary that didn't go down very well with the ecuadorians a tool they said that it was at its there was no fixing of a civilized nation so really a deteriorating relationship that we're seeing here. believe that with no national award. could be used in this way in any intrusive way in any diplomatic facilities any place in the world it shouldn't be used to threaten or blackmail the sovereignty of any other country and they called a summit to try to deal with this threat so that this fact does not go unpunished and this is now laura we've heard the britain's official's reaction to the asylum is that it would really change anything tell us more on that. i'm sorry could you say that again we've heard reactions from the british saying that they're not actually that this is a sign and reaction to them is not going to change anything with what they'

or ecuador looking like they're about to back down now is r t correspondent lara smash well. our coverage wouldn't be complete if we didn't show you the full picture you saw some of his supporters there but a songe has created quite a few enemies in various countries many have called for assad is persecution some even calling for his assassination are to correspond a marina porn i had joins us now live from new york to discuss my marina so he has created many enemies especially in politics and banking why. well here in the u.s. what julian assange has done is he has released a lot of information that is compromise the integrity and credibility of the u.s. government and many corporations because what he's done is he's exposed secrecies exposed the truth that's what he says and much of those documents hundreds of thousands of those documents were classified and not supposed to be seen and read by the public we showed our viewers at the start of the show some video it was shown of a u.s. military taking place in activity in and over in iraq if not for with the leaks maybe the p

or ecuador looking like they're about to back down now as r.t. correspondent laura smack. well our coverage went to be complete if we didn't show you the full picture now you saw some of his supporters but assad has created quite a few enemies in various countries many of called for assad as persecution some even calling for his assassination are to correspond a marine corps and i joins us now live from new york to discuss arenas so he has created many enemies especially and politics and banking why is that. well since two thousand and ten and the big cable gate leak that was spearheaded by julian assange and wiki leaks many u.s. officials and members of the media outlets and even the banking world have commented on julian assange many labeling him as a threat to u.s. national security now they say it's because mr julian assange helped expose lots of classified documents of the u.s. government but these documents at the end of the day compromise the integrity and the credibility of the u.s. government it exposed a lot of secrets that the public was not aware about aware of

government of ecuador. government of ecuador.

bulling ecuador is a tactic that will backfire on the u.k. . under international law it's a complete violation so it would clearly cause a rupture in relations we don't know what could happen beyond that in terms of any kind of violent physical interaction that could occur if if you know the united kingdom or to send its security forces team to ecuador as embassy i mean that that's a direct physical threat could be responded by a quid or as defending their own territory as as would be the case in in one's own country it could cause for tensions between other latin american nations it would mean possibly breaking relations on a regional level that could happen so i don't know where the u.k. thinks they're going with this i mean there's some speculation that maybe the u.k. things that this kind of intimidation in pressure against ecuador being a small country in south america will have some kind of effect and not just hand over julian assigns but i think that if that's what they're thinking then the brain so have got it wrong on latin american so

joining us on does asylum did turn into an international showdown with britain threatening to storm ecuador's london embassy and take the whistleblower by force. a powerful saudi based islamic group cancel syria's membership blaming solely to mask its for violence and ignoring the rebels all qaida style terror attacks. the heavyweight square up in asia new report maps the extent of america's military buildup and the region china eagerly core its allies of its own. in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie where not a british colony that's ecuador's reply to a british government threat to storm its london embassy and take joy in the sun by force the whistleblower sought refuge there in june escaping imminent extradition to sweden marina is reporting now with more on the standoff. the government of ecuador will announce its decision on julia songes application for political asylum on thursday twelve g.m.t. seven am local time that announcement was made by ecuador's foreign minister ricardo patino who during a press conference also said that britain has the right to storm

has already said that even if he is granted asylum in ecuador the government here will not be granting him safe passage that means that the original status still stands that if a stones lead to the embassy behind me he is lovell to be arrested by the british police of course there is still a standing order as the government is quick to point out to send our sons to sweden to face allegations of sexual assault although of course we know that no charges have yet been brought the british government also the foreign office has sent a letter to quito to say that they may storm the embassy and take by force this is an unprecedented move in a move that a lot of the processes here all of them in play against you know the embassies on anyone's territory under international law in voluble they are the territory of the country concerned in this case of course ecuador that was construed by the threats from britain to storm the embassy and then take to been astonished by force the british say that they're using the embassy in a way that is incompatible with the vienna convention and say that for th

a muchos sorprende que haya recibido asilo en ecuador. el gobierno dice que respeta la libertad de expresiÓn. pero debe comenzar en casa. aquÍ en ecuador la libertad de expresiÓn es la mÁs violentada. >>> por criticar al presidente correa. >>> aunque juliana no se ha pronunciado, en su cuenta de twiter agradeciÓ a ecuador julian es investigado por estados unidos por presunto espionaje, por correos confidenciales del departamento de estado y documentos sobre las guerras de irak y afganistÁn. >>> precisamente, hablÉ con el periodista emilio palacios y me didce que estÁ en proceso de asilo polÍtico. los periodistas se ault censuran por temor a ir a la cÁrcel. el asuntos exteriores rial britÁnico, no le dara el salvoconduc salvoconducto. sin ser arrestado. es un conflicto entre ecuador, suecia y gran bretaÑa y no harÁ comentarios. >>> se complica la situaciÓn. >>> gracias y tendremos nuestro primera pausa el recuerdo de pablo escobar permanece vivo entre los muertos y vivos que fue su sitio de ri exclusiÓn. y vivos que fue su s

ecuador grants political asylum to the founds of wikileaks. he may have finally found somewhere to go. the wikileaks founder has been hiding in the ecuadorian embassy in london for two months. now he's been granted asylum in ecuador. wikileaks released thousands of documents two years ago.

julian assange just fade isn't quite as simple just yet with ecuador's president personally debunking media rumors the whistleblower had been granted asylum in the south american country is that president. says he hopes to make the decision later this week also meanwhile remains at ecuador's embassy in london and he's sort of refuge that against his extradition to sweden which many of his supporters fear would be only a short stop before he'd be handed to the united states to face politically if you hold charges more now on a sound just flight with us has been in touch with the ecuador president's press office. we put in a call to the presidential administration in ecuador who said that he denied that there has been a decision any major whether to grant. asylum in ecuador now that of course is not to say that he won't be granted asylum just a denial of any decision having already been made and what was being recorded earlier with an unnamed official. saying that a decision had been made in that the decision was to grant refuge to julian i saw we heard television address by president r

or ecuador looking like they're about to back down. we'll hear more from our correspondent lara smith a. throughout the day plus a check the latest updates via our t's london bureau and twitter feed you can see pictures of how crowds gathered outside reacted to the news of a thunderous asylum being granted plus all the best videos from there at our website at r.t. dot com. know what area we talked to an innocent is a legal advice michael right now he says aquittal has done its part and now it's the turn of the international community to respect and protect the rights of asylum . the scary part the part that i find completely incredible and outrageous is the british threats to actually go into the u.k. embassy and try and extract your innocence i mean i don't think that's ever happened in diplomatic history as for what's next well there is an obligation of the british to let someone with asylum through and into the asylum country if you can't you can't actually go after someone who's been assigned who's given given asylum and then send

in their offering of asylum to julian assange but also to continue talks between ecuador and britain to try and sort out their diplomatic problems now this as we know since the days leading up to julian ourselves being granted asylum in ecuador have developed into a proper diplomatic route as i say the usa and canada are members of this organization and they were very much against this meeting from the very beginning and they also then expressed reservations about the resolution that was passed in the end but it goes to show that particularly in its own region ecuador is not acting alone and it's now got huge international backing across the americas there was a representative from britain who was also that and he said again which is what britain have been saying all along that in fact no threat had been made against the embassy and but the ecuadorian foreign minister said that he is still ways. for approach from britain person says two things following this say that they never made threats again to storm the embassy and b they are committed to finding some kind of diplomatic solutio

a muchos sorprende que haya recibido asilo en ecuador. el gobierno dice que respeta la libertad de expresiÓn. pero debe comenzar en casa. aquÍ en ecuador la libertad de expresiÓn es la mÁs violentada. >>> por criticar al presidente correa. >>> aunque juliana no se ha pronunciado, en su cuenta de twiter agradeciÓ a ecuador julian es investigado por estados unidos por presunto espionaje, por correos confidenciales del departamento de estado y documentos sobre las guerras de irak y afganistÁn. >>> precisamente, hablÉ con el periodista emilio palacios y me didce que estÁ en proceso de asilo polÍtico. los periodistas se ault censuran por temor a ir a la cÁrcel. el asuntos exteriores rial britÁnico, no le dara el salvoconduc salvoconducto. sin ser arrestado. es un conflicto entre ecuador, suecia y gran bretaÑa y no harÁ comentarios. >>> se complica la situaciÓn. >>> gracias y tendremos nuestro primera pausa el recuerdo de pablo escobar permanece vivo entre los muertos y vivos que fue su sitio de ri exclusiÓn. y hay un nuevo multi

but now of course ecuador is involved and. has granted him asylum and has has construed from a statement made by britain that if they if they do try to take him to ecuador then britain will revoke the diplomatic status of the building behind me which would enable the police to storm it that's created huge anger inside ecuador so it's really taken on much larger proportions than before. laura smith right there now ecuador's decision is being closely monitored in the united states i washington has not admitted though it's planning to request saunters extradition but number of american politicians are not holding back some going so far as to demand that our songs be tried and executed. reports in new york. julia saunders mother is calling this a victory for her son many see this as a small defeat for the u.s. and that is because many believe the u.s. was hoping that julian assange would be extradited to sweden so that sweden would subsequently be able to extradite julian assange to the united states we have heard in recent years

joy in a sound as asylum bid turned into an international showdown was britain threatening to storm ecuador's london embassy and take the whistleblower by force. a powerful saudi based as lawn a group cancel syria's membership blaming solely damascus for violence and ignoring the rebels old style terror attacks. family way square up in asia and new reports maps the extent of america's military buildup in the region is china is early chords allies of its own. and in the business bulletin the russian markets are certainly bullish on the first hour of trade mainly thanks to rising crude all the details of the story and more in the business for twenty minutes. this is going to live from moscow eleven am here on marina joshie welcome to the program. we are not a british colony and that's ecuador's reply to a british government threat to storm its london embassy and take joy in a songe by force whistleblower sought refuge there in june escaping imminent extradition to sweden where we now crossed over spawn and laura smith who is outside of the young the sea and has more for us on this one laura ecu