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. how can we help citizens become healthier and happier than poor fools the 7th of july is our iraqi prisoners program interactive exhibition open help congress know them festival the movie tells them to also been forum dot com 16 plus. the russian and chinese presidents precedented the current state of relations between their countries the she jim thing begins a state visit to moscow. a republican congressman defends a u.s. navy seal accused of war crimes saying killing civilians is part of the job. and we

fired hundreds of rounds of pollution problem hundreds of civilians probably killed women and children and there were left in the new city when we invaded so do i get judged too. and we speak to see human rights lawyers who have compiled a case against you you intend to sue the block of the deaths of thousands of migrants in the mediterranean. who were systematically your rights. for a civil population the most responsible for the u.s. agents in the. very thing before he designed the. very good evening thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. pressure in china precedent level of friendship xi jinping delivered those warm words after talks in moscow with. dozens of different

agreements were also signed following the meeting. 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 ping 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. structure in 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 is no alternative to diplomacy for solving

existing problems we'll 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 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 the fact the testing of the 5 g. did knology here in russia could begin as soon as this yeah but now 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 refused to google bandit from accessing its

android technology and other companies. suit so really it is no wonder that the chinese leader xi jinping talked about unilateralism the way he did. it shouldn't we discuss the development of our bilateral relations since their standard schwinn 70 years ago and included they've reached an unprecedented level new possibilities have opened for us the world is changing protectionism and unilateralism a raising their heads china and russia as leading world powers will protect the international system based on international law and multilateral trade 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. the chinese leader arrived in moscow with presents for his russian counterpart xi jinping handed to

moscow 2 pandas the pandas are 2 and 3 years old the names is 3 and in the end the 5th and 6th pound is a $102.00 russia by china there are only around 2000 of the animals left in the world all of them belong to china they've become the national symbol of the country beijing handed them as a show of good relations with the country. i'm joined now by jonathan steele international affairs commentator good evening jonathan seemed lots of nice warm words from both sides on the face of it what did you make of the meeting. well as you say it is friendship is hardly ever been warmer and stronger than it is at the moment there's almost no issue in which you can find disagreement between russia and china and it comes at a time when russian american tensions are high and chinese american tensions even higher because of the trade war that's been imposed by donald trump on china senator it makes sense for the these 2 other big powers russia and china to

emphasize their friendship. as a sort of contrast with what's going on with the united states is it is think that is the driving force to the fact that america is making life difficult for so many other people it's bringing their enemies together or is it because there's just lots of opportunity for deals between russia and china well there's lots of opportunities to do between russia and china. to trade $150000000000.00 roughly by natural trade which isn't sounds enormous at one level but at another level is that high chinese american trade is about 4 times greater than $650000000000.00 so there's still a long way to go research in spite of the fact that china and america have major political differences there are actually doing more business and it makes sense now to for russia and china to increase their trade and one of this area of opportunity of course was any country a company willing to work with. huawei i mean america has been putting the message out that they don't want anybody cooperating with law of affairs that china is

easing them to spy on other nations but russia is willing to work with them by all accounts and that seems to been a big opportunity well it's obviously something to the chinese of pushing and it's not a clever of them to do it because commercially is a halfassed and to gain a lot by moving into the 5 g. networks and getting horary accepted around the world and it's very hard for russia to say there are security concerns when america rest in countries the same sense in russia almost can't avoid having to deal with huawei and so the chinese are pushing it to open door and where it didn't seem to know whether russia would really like to wear was well aware that for political reasons international diplomatic reasons it contradicts years. being said that russia and china are countering threats of unilateralism of protectionism promoting multilateral trade or do you think of that

well obviously russia is very strongly against sanctions which are major violation of international trade and kind of protectionism but based on politics and economics and china doesn't want to use u.s. terrorists and trade rules they're having with the u.s. so both countries have an obvious. common interest in protecting against sanctions and protectionism and having open trade and on unilateralism that's a standard phrase it's been years more in the political context feeling that the u.s. is undermining international law breaking international treaties walking away from the a.b.m. treaty from the i.m.f. into now into major new consoles treaty breaking away from here on nuclear deal and an action you know her almost disregarding international community and united initiatives do you think this meeting sends out any particular message signals to the west. well i think it's a kind of warning to the west mild sort of right to say look russia. wrong with

your united states or can china and try to get together in the cold waters which is locals long ago 40 years ago there was this russian china american triangle where america and china are more allied against russia and russia has. no other way around america's isolated russia and china doesn't really appreciate you coming on great to speak to jonathan steele my guest international affairs commentator. in other news a u.s. military judge has removed the lead prosecutor in the case of a navy seal accused of committing war crimes just one week before the trial the service man has pleaded not guilty to the charges a republican congressman himself a former soldier recently defended the accused in a way that has shocked some artes caleb moore and 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 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 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 it mid in 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 we're looking 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 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. 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 for example by

scaling back sea whiskies in 2014 and hampering the work of n.g.o.s they also slum decision to send 40000 migrants back to dangerous camps in libya and to help libyan coast guards catch migrant boats lou is alleged statements made by the leaders make it clear they were aware of the risks we spoke with 2 of them. were 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 look part of them all these people out today intercepted by day. infiltrated libyan coast guard and now being detained 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 it's a very easy task to go to the. room in brussels go into the archives and there to

mine who was the most responsible for those crimes. well 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 are missing so then european countries in particular italy greece and spain they were the main e.u. entry points and the spokesperson refused to comment on what they branded a non existence legal action saying only that it was a priority of the block to protect human lives the lawyers say the e.u. has failed in. we really hope for a huge trade 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 that we did and who created the objectives that triggered this execution and you cannot just 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 the. straightening this policy that designed it and had to stablish it to achieve their own political goals to stem migration to europe. the australian broadcasting corporation is vying to continue reporting without fear to government forces carried out a raid on its sydney h.q. as part of a scandal and building the country it all centers on the publication of these so-called afghan files 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 or 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 and unarmed civilians 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 the former defense lawyer david mcbride he says he tried to draw a official's 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 of defense issues broadcaster says it stands by the reporting and will continue to work in the public interest we've got reaction to the story from our guests. i think to violation over here that i would sit in a palace down by one of the united states bill u.k. and while still you're is the core of so civil use 000000003 normal as the actual if this is going to come to the. obvious that the attention of the public it will be probably evil boy the body the body likes normalcy of diverse than of public i think it will be will be buried oh it will be an acceptable. and those through it those who should all really very bad the records already gets in malta broads will be. beaten upon a star in the boston so the station east and eventually so very dedicated to their

work best engine awesome stopping that this very dangerous thing this generous and said about this is whether this was because las vegas the genesis question won't necessarily get a channel to the sources that they i've 1 used things and people's lives that they are very much at risk which is the agenda behind the arrests of these investigations the particular release of the files has been something you know some of the dissolution thing for those in the. district and military to sense the revelation of this s. and also seemed to be the drafts fence rather than actually seeing the s.a.'s as that in crimes the issue has been more than those revealing of those crimes committed in germany. germany has rejected pressure

greek coals to negotiate over war reparations with byrne and claiming the issue with illegally settled years ago auntie's me if an option has. we hear from greece's foreign ministry that the country's ambassador filed a 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 one trillion euros in reparations for damages had suffered during the 2nd world war. the latest h.b.o. mini series chernobyl is proving a huge hit and it has also generated intense interest in the $906.00 nuclear disaster or the key figures in the clean up operation after the tragedy was the soviet major general nikolai karloff he was in charge of the so-called liquidators

division tasked with removing radioactive material from the chernobyl site terkel of says the disaster will stay with him forever. today is the war the least 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 ok 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. it's a noble disaster sent shock waves around the world more than 30 years ago it's considered to be the largest nuclear accident in history almost 600000 people were affected by the blast of the nuclear plant that thought at least 4000 died as a result radiation levels at the epicenter were massively higher than a lethal dose. of again recalls what happened. i spent 3 months at 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 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 yes 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. i 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 i stood in front of the soldiers and said the men our people are tired of the constant reports about the huge disaster at your 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 on what you have one minute to make a decision over a board no one will blame you for it because it's your life and i am responsible for it. the death of the bankcard looks not in china where

payments have surged in popularity meanwhile chinese electronic pay service hourly pay has tripled the number of its european merchants evangelise sips us 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 straight from my phone 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. just convenient we need is a mobile phone to get around with nothing but you my phone. i have friends and we 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 set to 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 a 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 who are 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 trade 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 in america or if other companies just basically emulate what

the chinese applications are doing and therefore will still be a danger to the banks. u.s. president donald trump today visited the u.k. city of portsmouth and joined the queen and a number of world leaders for the 75th anniversary of the d.-day landings in will in the speech the president thanked the people of the united kingdom in the united states for defeating the nazi regime the normandy landings when the only turning point in the 2nd world war. the 6th of june 944 the allies land in normandy is often touted is the key turning point in world war 2. d.-day can be found across mass culture in books music. films. perhaps most famously in hollywood's saving private ryan.

day is frequently cited in political speeches here in normandy the rescue began. here the allies stood and fought against tyranny in a giant undertaking unparalleled in human history but this was a war with more than one turning point when that 2nd front was opened the soviet army had been advancing in multiple directions and had reached bella roosts the battle of stalingrad the 1st major loss for the nazis was already a distant memory to compare numbers about 640000 nazi soldiers took part in the normandy battle nazi losses in stalingrad total $1500000.00 allied losses in normandy would $226004.00 times less than the soviet soldiers killed in stalingrad in 1943 u.s. president roosevelt called the battle of stalingrad the crucial moment of the war but the facts now don't seem that important. the americans had come to free

a cot our victory in that war decided not just a century but it will endure for eternity we did ok because we know how to win thanks for staying with me from day said alpha. the project was good if you give up on your birth for the like if you missed it or don't blame people but. the response from the old cheaper suv in the indoor. pool is i assure you i'm older to.