the russian and chinese president's precedent to the current state of relations between their countries as she jumping begins a state visit to moscow. the republican congressman defends a u.s. navy seal accused of war crimes say killing civilians is part of the job. and we fired hundreds of rounds in a palooza killed probably hundreds of civilians probably killed women and children were left in the good new city when we invaded so do i get judged. and we speak to 2 human rights lawyers who compiled a case against the year intending to sue the block over the deaths of thousands of migrants in the mediterranean. systematically and widespread.

civil population the most responsible are those which are the u.s. agents in the field breaking these policies that designed the. very good evening to you thanks for joining us this is our international. pressure in china unprecedented level of friendship xi jinping delivered those warm words short after talks in moscow with. dozens of different agreements were also signed following the meeting. more on the story. well it has been overall a very warm meeting the sides have exchanged pleasantries well left and right i should say the russian leader vladimir putin calling this visit the events of the year when it comes to the relations between moscow and beijing and she jingping reminiscing kind of reminiscing to the long history of very warm and friendly

personal relations that he's had with lattimer putin delegations seize the opportunity to tap into international crises like the situation in iran and venezuela in syria and so on and so forth the russian leader vladimir putin in the closing major conferences summed up what they agreed on but shouldn't move. closer and china have common views on the situation in the korean peninsula and follow the joint road map resolution of the situation the noting that there's no water in it if 2 diplomacy for solving existing problems will continue to work with china for the escalation of tensions and strengthening security in this region will also continue working for a peaceful resolution in syria and venezuela we remain committed to the iran nuclear deal now when it comes to russia china relations well we've heard. now when it comes to russia china relations we have seen lots of business documents signed deals is sealed but one of the most exciting developments that i should probably

point out is the prospect of the chinese smartphone giant huawei bringing the 5 g. mobile internet technology to russia they've already met their russian counterparts the representatives of one of the major mobile carriers here in russia and they've agreed on you know getting this thing go in and in fact the testing of the 5 g. technology here in russia could begin as soon as this year but you know all of this kind of brings the international agenda back in the frame because one way has been at the epicenter of a nasty trade war between the u.s. and china especially after google. if used after google banned it from accessing its android technology and other companies followed suit so really it is no wonder that the chinese leader xi jinping talked about unilateralism the way he did. in words shouldn't we discuss the development of our bilateral relations since

there are standards from 70 years ago and it included they've reached an unprecedented level new possibilities have opened for us the world is changing protectionism and unilateralism a raising the heads china and russia as leading world powers will protect the international system based on international law and multilateral trades now that was it for today but in the next few days the chinese leader is set to go to sing petersburg and to a business forum there and the world judging by what happened today think it could be expected that it will be kind of like today but on steroids and to underlying today's positivity you glad i'm a putin as she jinping in fact said to go and visit the more school zul full places white because there will be the official ceremony of the chinese gifting giant pandas to the more school facility kind of an unprecedented move and the zoo in moscow has already prepared a whole special area dedicated to those 2 creatures now with china being very very

sensitive about how the world treats these species and being very protective of them again i should say quite an unprecedented move. the 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 house pleaded not guilty to the charges a republican congressman himself a former soldier recently defended the accused in a way that the shock some aunties kill him open explains. 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 a 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 right and 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 . there's.

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 a military court 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 person 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 massage and all the ins for revealing these crimes are facing very heavy charges now that shows the absolute wallace of the united states war today that's the way they conduct war. human rights lawyers are planning to sue the european union in connection with migrant deaths they argue thousands of people needlessly lost their lives screwed. in the mediterranean sea they say migrants rights were violated in numerous ways by the e.u. for example by scaling back sea rescues in 2014 and how the work of n.g.o.s they also slum the decision to send 40000 migrants back to dangerous camps in libya and libyan coast guards catch. those alleged statements made by eve leaders make it clear that they were aware of the risks we spoke with 2 ready of them one branca

and shots we're talking about one of the most serious situations in terms of. crimes committed since the beginning of the century 14000 people. sure that there was a clear consciousness and willingness to let part of them all these people are today intercepted by. infiltrated libyan coast guard and now being detained in in detention camps they need to talk to how is this where they are exposed to these crimes it's not as according to investigating the in the forest in congo where it's a very easy task to go to the. room in brussels going to the archives and to mine who was the most responsible for those crimes. the influx of refugees to the 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 are missing so then european countries in particular italy greece and spain

were the main e.u. and 2 points and you spokesperson refused to call it on what they branded a nonexistent legal action saying go only it was a priority of the block to protect human lives the lawyers say the has failed in that. we really hope for a huge try in this sense something that the international criminal court doesn't known for a simple reason there's been virtually several levels 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 the most and then another lever the director frontex and then another lever the militia leaders of libya both but what we show is that they are all connected in a common plan which was to systematically and widespread to the. civil population

and therefore to commit crimes against humanity the most responsible doctors which are the agents in. these policy that designed it and had to stablish it to achieve their own political goals to stem migration to europe. broadcasting corporation is trying to continue reporting without fear to government forces carried out a raid on its sydney h.q. a spot of scandal engulfing the country it all centers on the publication of the so-called afghan files which prompted the authorities to target journalists across the media. the search was in relation to allegations of publishing classified material contrary to provisions of the crimes act of 1914 this is the result of supporting documentation or material being presented to the court which provides sufficient suspicion that a criminal offense has been committed the files were published in 2017 and exposed

operations by australian special forces in afghanistan the report alleges war crimes including the killing of innocent children an amount of billions on case involved the killing of a man and his son allegedly shot by mistake while they slept in another case an afghan detainee was shot dead after being left alone with an australian soldier the shocking revelations were leaked to the media by former defense lawyer david mcbride he says he tried to draw officials attention to the seriousness of the crimes before ultimately going public earlier this year the whistleblower was charged with 5 counts of leaking classified information and is expected to stand trial meanwhile a.b.c. says that the raid raises concerns over freedom of the press and public scrutiny the defense issues the book as it stands by the reporting and will continue to work in the public interest we got reaction to the story from our guests. least and eventually the very dedicated to what message not see them stopping but this is a dangerous thing this generous watson said about those in this force as to whether

this will soon become las vegas the genesis question won't necessarily get to chat with the sources that they are have used things and it's the people's line that they are very much at risk which is the edge and behind the arrests of the east's investigations the particular release of the files has and something you know some of the dissolution and sang for all those in the. district in military a sense the revelation of this and also seemed to be the drafts fencers rather than actually saying the s.a.'s has met in crime the issue has been more revealing that those crimes committed i think to violation over here without incident holly stand by. the united states by u.k. and while still you're. oh so soon use 000-000-0000 extension 00

enormous the make sure this is going to come out to. our use of the attention of the public it will be probably evil boy boy the body likes normalcy of diverse than of public i think it will be could be buried oh it would be an acceptable. and those through it those who should who grew very bad the records already gets in malta broads will be. beaten upon a star in the boston so they station. the new and to be a show about chernobyl has been a huge hit but it's also brought back the horrors of the disaster and race some questions about the past we'll explain after this break.

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room. welcome back germany has rejected fresh greek calls to negotiate over war reparations with bergen claiming the issue was legally settled years ago griffin national has more we hear from greece's foreign ministry that the country's ambassador filed formal request inviting berlin to take part in negotiations over war reparations athens claims indeed that germany owes greece billions of euros for damages and sufferings in the 2 world wars one side believes the matter was settled long time ago while the other side disagrees here is how the greek foreign minister explains why they believe this is very important. government it was the

german government to a negotiation for the practical satisfaction of these demands which are of particular importance to the greek people as a moral and material issue well i have to say didn't start today or yesterday there earlier in april there was the greek parliament's decision to force germany to pay and although there was no any concrete figure discussed or mentioned we know that back in 20163 years ago the country's parliamentary committee estimated that the claim could add around $308000000000.00 euros minimum germany has rejected to join the talks claiming that it's war time dads were all well set a long time ago it's worth a mention that greece is not the only country addressing germany with such claims poland in a similar request as us can believe in to pay war so up to $1.00 trillion euros in reparations for damages had suffered during the 2nd world war.

the latest mini series chernobyl is proving a huge shit and it's also generated intense interest in the $986.00 nuclear disaster or of the key figures in the clean up operation after the tragedy was the soviet major general nicholai to the car of he was in charge of the so-called liquidators division terse with the removing radioactive material from the chernobyl site carlos says the disaster will stay with him forever. today is the war 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 is considered to be the largest nuclear accident in history almost 600000 people were affected by the blast at the nuclear plant is thought at least 4000 died as

a result radiation levels at the epicenter were massively higher than a lethal dose nicholai to the call of again recalls what happened. when i spent 3 months the chernobyl the hardest part as far as i remember it 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 made 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 facilities 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 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 where. the character really looks like i mean i really like 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 men our people are tired of the constant reports about the huge disaster at chernobyl 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 when you have one minute to make a decision over or no one will blame you for it because it's your life and i am responsible for it. the death of the bank card looks now in china where repayments of surged in popularity meanwhile chinese electronic pay service alley pay is triple the number of its european merchants evangelise ips us reports. 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 a bank account and no banks between us and then no way there is any bank that made feet out of my transaction so you're probably wondering now how does this all work like this item for simply $0.60 us if i use my big account which will be connected to us 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 hourly 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 each so convenient i think you meant is convenient we need is a mobile phone to get around with nothing but you might both phone. i have friends and we choose it's convenient for transferring money to them but chinese mobile payment apps 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 new report the banks are sets of make 43 dollars 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. i mean 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 it's basically been a in sense 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 and sense of china zaps 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 based in europe or maybe even in america or if other companies just basically emulate what the chinese applications are doing and therefore it will still be a danger to the banks. i'm not brings you right up to date thanks thing without say all that out of the latest in alpha. who. 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 slowing up. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that profile in this population approach will converge if you look at any interrogations 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 their forwards are already set on a statement that i will be all about it the next day there's a culture on accountability and police officers know that they can engage in misconduct that has nothing to do with all the gun crime. and the i'm going to have to get up off the ground to serve began to pay them down

. heard them freeze on the sounds of an mit. listening essentially. using the john in the switch to do away from the officer. of his group. the officer did a kind of lunge for the web in one. missed and then when it happened on tree swung as i was just hands didn't hit him i never saw any contact between the 2 and the kind went back to where they were so the officers back here there try again 15 feet apart at this point and that's when the officer pulled out his gun and he did it on 3. this is boom boss broadcasting around the world in covering the world of business

and finance and the impact upon a song in the burrito and i'm 50 i a washington here's what we have on deck today as a trade war as relates to only by the day some investors are looking at a very haven for their cash most notably president. of the analysts ben swan and rocky miller a bit he and i were both on hand to delve into the details. silicon valley has found itself in the crosshairs of just about everyone from congress to consumers and in the wake of the regard it's a trust movement textron to tell our correspondent thanks and daniel show you simply trading log on to help us tackle takes time but you've got to have shoulder to see what's died right in. a subtle threat to retaliate on terrorists leads our global report as mexican officials visiting washington tell us the u.s. state department they're prepared to hit back if president follows through on his twitter terror threats mexican officials are reportedly considering terror tactics

similar to china's targeting imports that come from keep political areas of support for mr trump such as kentucky bourbon the mexican foreign minister marcella abroad reportedly deliver that message most directly to state department officials the mexican agriculture minister met with his u.s. counterpart while the mexican economy minister met with the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross mr abroad is set to meet on wednesday with the u.s. secretary of state mike pump alle the mexican delegation has little room for maneuver or error as they try to signal that they will not be bullied while also avoiding actions that risk inflaming the notoriously volatile u.s. president. is. and u.s. president donald trump is still in the united kingdom today for a state visit but he did address the concert to come across the border controversy with mexico and a press conference on tuesday with the prime minister to resign may trump said he expects to carry out the terror threat against mexico and said republican senators would be foolish to try to block the tariffs the u.s.

president also followed up on his pretty trip comments urging britain to pursue a no no deal bragg's it and simply refuse to pay the so-called divorce fee to the european union on tuesday trying talked up the prospects of a u.s. u.k. trade deal which would presumably offset the economic harm from the no deal brags that he also recommended but trump also went on to say that everything will be on the table in u.s. u.k. trade talks including the national health service.