poor souls just 7th of july business program interactive exhibition open held congress now than thanks to the military junta also the forum dot com 16 plus. a republican congressman defends a u.s. navy seal accused of war crimes civilians as part of the job. sure and we fired hundreds of rounds in a palooza you'll probably hundreds of civilians probably killed women and children if there were any left in the in the city when we invaded so do i get judged to. also this hour chinese president xi jinping arrives in moscow for the start of a 3 day state visit to russia 1st on the agenda talks with lot. and we speak to 2 human rights lawyers who have compiled a case against the e.u. intending to sue the bloc over the deaths of thousands of migrants in the mediterranean. systematically. a civil

population the most responsible. agents in the field shows the strange thing before you see that. you're watching arch international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. our u.s. military judge has removed the lead prosecutor in the case of a navy seal accused of committing war crimes one week before the trial the serviceman has pleaded not guilty to the charges and a republican congressman himself a former soldier recently defended the accused in a way that shocked some are often has more. the case of a u.s. navy seal accused of some pretty nasty crimes in iraq has grabbed headlines the man is eddie gallagher he's accused of murder attempted murder and a slew of other crimes now according to reports when his team initially reported

him and demanded an investigation nothing was done about it and he's teammates say they saw him taking pointless shots they say they saw him gunned down an old man in a white robe as well as a girl who was simply walking with other girls furthermore the teammates insist that he was unloading gunfire as well as rockets on the areas that were not known to have enemy forces now it all sounds pretty horrendous but some members of congress are speaking up on any gallagher's behalf congressman duncan hunter not only defends eddy's actions but says that based on his own experiences serving in iraq killing civilians is just part of the job so i was an artillery officer and we fired hundreds of rounds in a palooza rain killed probably hundreds of civilians if not scores of not hundreds of civilians probably killed women and children if there were any left in the in the city when we invaded so do i get judged too in addition to the other crimes that he is charged with taking a photograph of himself next to the corpse of a captured i still combatant that he allegedly stabbed to death now congressman

duncan hunter says that taking photographs with dead bodies is not uncommon i think . a lot of this. so we've got a sitting member of congress who is now if that he himself is guilty of the crimes for which any gallagher is now charged now what about pentagon was in military courts if mistreatment of the dead were committed intentionally it could be considered a violation of the law of war u.s. service members have been charged and punished under the uniform code of military justice for posing for pictures with human casualties by any standard. war crimes tribunal he should be brought up on charges this idea that there is 5 year and 7 year statute of limitations actually not true. of course there are

nazi war criminals that 30 and 50 years later are still brought up on charges and every one of the people in the us officers and commanders who are guilty of war crimes should and ultimately will get caught up on charges of war crimes keep in mind that trump has already pardoned michael brown hen a former soldier convicted of killing a prisoner trump's critics say that sends a bad message will look at a lot of different partners for a lot of different people some of these soldiers are people that have fought hard for you know we teach him how to be great fighters and then when they fight sometimes they get really treated very unfairly in this case the president is also the commander in chief of the armed forces so he is in fact undercutting the rules and regulations that contribute to good order and discipline in the military and that to me is anathema and it's immoral those who committed the crimes such as

duncan hunter defending the crimes or a navy seal operations chief edward gallagher he is facing a pardon this elected representative is to say no charges and yet chelsea manning julian a song and albums for revealing these crimes are facing very heavy charges now that shows the absolute wallace of united states war today that's the way they conduct war. china's president xi jinping has arrived in russia for a 3 day state visit right now he's holding talks with his russian counterpart vladimir putin ears down of has more on what's planned for the trip. vladimir putin is hosting a major russia china event here today both inside the kremlin walls and beyond them when it comes to the occasion 70 years of economic relations 70 years of diplomatic

relations i should say between the 2 countries both sides are taking it very seriously and they are seizing this opportunity to talk shop not just in regards of the bilateral relations but also to discuss the major international crises they're going to talk about the situation in north korea and pyongyang being a major protege of china and it is a good opportunity is a good partner to discuss north korea now they're going to talk iran the crisis between the united states and iran they're going to talk about the crisis in venezuela and trying to find common ground on these and other international crises when it comes to bilateral relations there mainly going going to focus on the situation as to how they're going to move forward the economic relations especially in the energy sector and world when it comes to corporation within various programs like for instance the belt of the one called the belt road but world this is not

all because after the official part wraps up here in the kremlin vladimir putin and are going to attend a ceremony at a more schools zoom of all places and what's going to be happening there is china will be officially gifting 2 big pandas to more school to the facility and more school now there's going to be a whole area dedicated to the 2 creatures and well it is something of an unprecedented step because the world the world we all know out chinese keen and carrying over this big pandas and in fact the last time muscovites had a chance to welcome these animals in their hometown was all the way back in 2001 so world now the 2 animals well now the 2. pounders are getting permanent housing here so to speak now i will be following their fishel party in the kremlin and updating you throughout the day. it's day 3 of donald trump state visit to the

u.k. so they he's in the city of portsmouth joining the queen and prime minister theresa may for the 75th anniversary of the d.-day landings and world war 2 the event is also being attended by french president emmanuel necron german chancellor angela merkel and other european leaders on tuesday the u.s. president spent the day in talks with his british counterpart and they reaffirmed the special relationship between britain and america the extraordinary alliance between the american and the british people it's the greatest alliance the world has ever known i've always believed that cooperation and compromise on the basis of strong alliances and nowhere is this more true than in the special relationship. trungpa may also discussed iran and security concerns over chinese tech giant huawei the us president said a phenomenal trade deal was possible one thing u.k. had. a story around both sides committed to ensuring tehran will never develop

nuclear weapons and although they disagree on the threat posed by war way to protect intelligence sharing. has more on the top. 2 not always seeing eye to eye on politics but today finding some common ground around the special relationship donald trump going so far to say that the relationship with britain is the greatest alliance in the world and on the issue of brics it he mentioned that there will be phenomenal opportunity for trade links and trade deals in the post britain as the u.k. makes preparations to exit the european union the united states is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the u.s. and the u.k. there is tremendous potential in the trade deal that he seemed to be almost reading from a script because he moved away from his usual famous candid approach but he kept that behavior apart from when talking about jeremy corbett and in fact we actually

sort of his signature. is the process so i have to tell you because i commented on it yesterday we left the prime minister the queen the royal family there were thousands of people in the streets cheering and even coming over today there were thousands of people cheering and then i heard that there were protests i said where are the protests i don't see any protests i did see a small protest today when i came very small so a lot of it is fake news i hate to say thousands of protesters took to the streets to condemn his policies surrounding climate change immigration international relations and of course the issues surrounding women and. oh odd was an aside the policing issue how much is all of this costing what in terms of

costing it seems like trump has out trump himself as this is the most expensive state visit in british history we asked our guest to assess the chances of a trade deal with bracks it's still not sorted. of course she's e.i. going prime minister and she's always she not on his wavelength i always see he seems more insured. people will probably be coming in i'd also with mr ferrars correction i think britain is grooving in the same direction as you like the states and so i was sort of a policy at all makes trade and if we said if we can get those fabulous trade deals with the united states great for britain great for brakes it well you know perhaps it is really undermined a lot of the international power of the u.k. despite what their own leaders will say they're so busy every single day trying to figure out how to leave the european union what does going to look like that i can't imagine they won't be exhausted when they get to the negotiation table about

specific. trade deals and certainly there is some pushback about some things that donald trump wants certain types of chicken for instance and how they're being prepared being brought over he wants to consumers to decide whether they will purchase or not and he's made that quite clear but when it comes to the negotiation table there are so many things yet to be understood about whether that's going to mean about leaving the e.u. that the u.s. might just get a little bit more than its bargained for because of that weakness. it wasn't just the prime minister waiting to meet trump at downing street on tuesday someone else was also there to give him the perfect welcome. to.

the. human rights lawyers are planning to sue the european union in connection with migrant deaths they argue thousands of people needlessly lost their lives crossing the mediterranean sea they say migrants rights were violated in numerous ways by the e.u. for example by scaling back the rescues in 2014 and hampering the work of n.g.o.s they also slammed the decision to send 40000 migrants back to quote dangerous camps in libya and to help the libyan coast guards catch migrant boats the lawyers allege certain statements by e.u. leaders make it clear that they were aware of the risks beforehand we spoke with 2 of them one bronco and omar shots. we're talking about one of the most serious

situations in terms of. crimes committed since the beginning of the century 14000 people. we showed that there was a clear consciousness and willingness to let part of them to get all these people out today intercepted by do they need. to treat to be in close to god and being detained i'll be to be in detention camps any toll to how is this where they are exposed to these crimes it's not that is according to investigating the in the forest. it's a very easy task to go to the living room and go into the archives and to mine who was the most responsible for those crimes the influx of refugees to the e.u. from 2015 to 2017 involved more than one and a half 1000000 people more than 12000 are reported to have died making their way over or missing southern european countries in particular italy greece and spain were the main entry points in the e.u.

spokesperson refused to comment on what they branded a non-existent legal action saying only it was a priority of the block to protect human lives a lawyer so say the e.u. has failed and that. we really hope for. a huge trial in this sense something that the international criminal court doesn't known for a simple reason there's been virtually sever level of responsibility and we have to very clearly distinguish from those who executive. who created the objectives that triggered this execution and you cannot you have to distinguish between people like the ministry of interior. and the commissioner if you see amongst. other lever the director from takes and then another lever the militia. but what we show is that they are all connected in a common put on which was to systematically and widespread to the. civil population and therefore to commit crimes against humanity the most responsible doctors we

agents in the orchestrating these policy they designed it and had to stop the shoot to achieve their own political goal is to stand migration to europe. coming up in the program as. many top of the ratings are one of the key figures involved in the cleanup of the nuclear disaster the real major general after the break. international economic forum is a unique today's business world. over the last 21 years has become a leading global platform for discussing the economic issues facing russia emerging markets the world thousands of business community members to address today's vital

issues. special forum coverage. manufacture consents to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the fine. we can all middle of the room. welcome back to the program the latest h.b.o. miniseries true noble is proving a huge hit and it has also generated intense interest in the 1986 nuclear disaster

one of the key figures in the clean up operation after the tragedy was the soviet major general nicholai to a column of he was in charge of the so-called liquidators division tasked with removing radioactive material from the turn noble site telecom up says the disaster will stay with him forever. to it is that over there i spent 2 years of my life in hospital but i was still in the army i returned to service as deputy chief of staff of the russian civil defense but 2 years later my symptoms caught up with me again my doctor said you will be suffering the rest of your life chernobyl will never let go of you. the chernobyl disaster sent shock waves around the world more than 30 years ago it's considered to be the largest nuclear accident in history as almost 600000 people were affected by the blasts at the nuclear plant it's thought up to 4000 died as a result by 2006 radiation levels at the epicenter were massively higher than

a lethal dose. of again recalls what happened. when i spent 3 months the chernobyl. the hardest part as far as i remember was when we came in by helicopter we hovered above the reactor and it was simply frightening to view the results of the catastrophe i could not even imagine something like that what kind of a nuclear catastrophe could destroy that giant construction grade of armored concrete about 300000 cubic meters of soil where excavated collected and brought to a special disposal area immediately after that the radiation level in the area decreased a 1000 times that allowed us to tell the soldiers to enter the station and start deactivating the facility i usually give the scientists and others credit for the very important job they did there but ordinary soldiers were the main heroes.

radiation sickness for example i could shave and accidentally cut myself and the bleeding would not stop a small scratch wouldn't heal for weeks it's scary just to think about it my dear wife who was a ph d. took very good care of me while i was taking a ton of pills and i still am in my kitchen i have about 8 different kinds of medicine i take them 3 times a day. character really looks like i mean i really like you and your it was you know i almost fell in love with him then the division commander assembled his men and this scene was included because i stood in front of the soldiers and said there are men our people are tired of the constant reports about this huge disaster and sure nobody we have to get rid of the consequences of this catastrophe all of you are volunteers and if anyone does not want to continue please leave the team you have one minute to make a decision over

a word no one will blame you for it because it's your life and i am responsible for it. with. the end of the physical bank card looks now in china where payments have surged in popularity and now the chinese electronic pay service hourly pay has tripled the number of its european merchants about loss of sas reports on the trend . so i'm buying this item with one of the most common payment apps here in china alley pay. 0. there it is i just speak for my full answer they are bank account and no banks between us and then no way there's any bank that made feet out of my transaction so you're probably wondering now how does this all work fuck this item for simply $0.60 us if i use my bank account which will be connected to u.s. payment i would have to actually pay a certain fee for it and if i bought it offline i would have to pay up to 2 percent if i bought it online i would have to pay 2.3 to 2.5 percent even if i used apple

pay i would still have to pay a certain amount a fee because it's connected to my bake account but i'm currently in china and i don't even need a bank account to buy this item so we went around and asked people to see how often they use payment apps such as alli pay and we chat and whether they even have a bank account at all i use my bio payment food to $50.00 times that they use we charge it so convenient. is convenient we need is a mobile phone to get around with nothing but you my roof and i have friends and we choose it's convenient for transferring money to them but chinese mobile payment ups are not only limited within china there are now spreading outwards and so the united states and canada i only play which is the largest chinese company in its field is now operating in the united states and canada but it's only limiting itself for chinese tourists there but just the thought that this company or these type of companies could potentially be spreading outwards outside of china is

bringing big headaches to u.s. banking businesses according to a nielsen report the banks are sets of make $43000000000.00 by 2020 from transaction fees in the united states alone so if these ups managed to get a similar market share in the united states as they enjoy here in china that would be big sis for those banks so more and more of these questions now are popping up with the most. in one being do we really need retail banking in our everyday life is a question that the baking in there she would rather you weren't asking americans might block the particular chinese companies but they complicate the overall trend and i think is basically being an instance not so much of a single firm monopoly is an industry sector monopoly of course now we have the presidents of here who are being blocked by america on the telecommunications argument which is slightly digital meant but at the same time it's because china has a large leap on america in this technology in terms of china's apps i'm sure they'll do something to block them as is all part of trump's tried war so it's more likely

going to work is if those companies lawson's this off with other companies post in europe or maybe even america or if all the companies just basically emulate what the chinese applications are doing and therefore will still be a danger to the banks. that's a wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and facebook for up to the minute reports. what is calling his magic internet money the new type of digital currency the centralized digital scarcity counsellor on the brink of 2nd bailout for

a bank that's called the genesis blog for reason to calling it civil disobedience a source of optimism because i can control my own financial death any it's just a new way of coming to consensus it's a game changer in the human history this is columbus discovering the new world this paradigm shifting technology that transforms economics and finance in a heartbeat the apollo 11. let max and stacy. has the time come for google and other big tech companies there's a growing consensus the near monopoly status of many of these companies is bad for competition bad for the consumer and even for freedom of speech no doubt silicon valley is lowering up. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that prevalent in this population from full coverage. any interrogation out there what you'll see is threat promise

threat promise threat lie a lie a lie the process of interrogation is designed to put people in just that frame of mind make the most comfortable make them want to get out and don't take no for an answer don't accept their denials she said therefore would. say i stayed there i would be home by that time the next day there's a culture on accountability and police officers know that they can engage any misconduct that has nothing to do with all the crime. and we're going underground as nature nation leaders meet in britain to commemorate d.-day without russia the country that facilitated the invasion of normandy coming

up with the show did come to london to read the riot act to u.k. intelligence agencies for their parts in undermining his campaign to be president we speak to a decorated lieutenant colonel in the u.s. army now part of the campaign to reelect trump in 2020 and we hear why one of the largest trade unions in britain this week. united with jeremy corbyn against donald trump and his state visit full of them all coming up in today's going underground before a straight to this week's state visit of u.s. president donald trump what was he here for apart from telling britain its health service would be on the table in any trade negotiations because he also took time to meet with lockheed martin and be a systems in london 2 of the companies involved in the u.k. backed war causing the world's worst humanitarian crisis in yemen this is well trump dined with the queen his administration threatened syria cuba venezuela and iran joining me now is lieutenant colonel anthony schaffner a former senior u.s.

intelligence officer now an advisor on the trump 2020 campaign tony welcome to going on the grounds of trump ran as an antiwar president when i think he was doing in london on this state visit meeting with be a systems of loci martin. look we all know you cannot ignore the military industrial complex i'm one of those who have been critical of lockheed martin in particular because of their overruns and what i believe is probably the most expensive project ever 35 of which the british bought into as well be a be a was a big editor they lost the contract to boeing for the follow on. in enter refueler. the tanker program so they've been dealing with that one of my associates former associates and colleagues general tony zinni was on the board of . x. so you know the bottom line is i think everybody recognizes that no matter who's in

charge you have large military programs and people who are from the military and going back and forth in industry so i think you have to deal with that realistically and i think present trump is doing what he must to meet with you cannot ignore their existence obviously we have i'd look even n.b.a. systems on quite a few detractors for that f. 35 program and you kind of understating it. anita about the military industrial complex has the passion to get on to that in just a 2nd but come on you don't think the deep state is basically go off to go to him and trump ones who tweeted obama would start a war to get pretty become president a war with iran isn't that what will your president's doing now i think i did a tour in our usa today on this i'm not going to dispute you on the deep state i think there's a constant hole to push countries are our 2 countries by the white think we're very closely affiliated in a military conflict and i think it's very dangerous the current chairman of the

joint chiefs by the way an obama appointee general joseph dunford is i think been very effective in mitigating in creating an understanding of what is realistic remember it was general dunford by with and through strategy working with our regional allies not putting a large land army back into into iraq which actually was able to defeat isis and we have to then you know present trouble and want to set a serious so i think that iran there are truly issues of mutual interest between our 2 countries because the iranians the mullahs the ocracy rich runs it does hate the west and they hate by the way the sunni the sunni arabs so it's not just us they hate they hate the the arab allies we work with so i think there are real tensions between the sunni and shia that i don't think we should get middle of but we have to be aware by the fact that our economy still depend very heavily on foreign oil.