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 it's. sad to state that i will be home by that time 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. the russian and chinese presidents hail is unprecedented the current state of relations between that country says she jumping 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. so i was an artillery officer and we fired hundreds of rounds in a palooza killed 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 too. and we speak to a human rights lawyers who compiled a case against the e.u. intending to sue the block over the deaths of thousands of migrants in the mediterranean. through systematically the. civil population of the most responsible the u.s. agents in the field. thanks for joining us this evening this is. russia and china have reached an unprecedented level of friendship xi jinping delivered those would have to talk to

moscow. dozens of different agreements were also signed following the meeting you just on off 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 media 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 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 refused to google bandit 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. we discussed the development of our bilateral relations since their standard 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 said 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 moscow's 2 pandas. 2. international affairs commentator jonathan stale says russian chinese relations are down better than ever. friendship is hardly ever stronger than it is the moment there's almost never sure in which you can find disagreement to trade degrees $150000000000.00 roughly by natural trade which isn't sounds enormous and it comes

at a time when russian american tensions are high in chinese american tensions even higher because there's a trade war that's been imposed by donald trump on china but i think it's kind of warning to the west. to say look russia. united states or can china. get together in the cold war there was this crushing china america triangle with america and china against russia russia has supplies united. russia and china. 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. not guilty to the charges republican congressman himself a former soldier recently defended the accused in a way that the shock some caleb maupin reports. 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 that 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 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 lawlessness 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 across. in the

mediterranean sea they say migrants rights were violated in numerous ways by the for example by scaling back sea rescues in 2014 and hampering the work of n.g.o.s they also slammed the decision to send 40000 migrants back to dangerous camps in libya and the libyan coast guards catch migrant boats the lawyers allege certain statements made by the leaders make it clear they were aware of the risks we spoke with 2 of the lawyers one bronco and omissions 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 are today intercepted by day. infiltrated libyan coast guard and now being detained in detention camps any doctor 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 paris berlin room and brussels go into the archives and there to mine who was the most responsible for those crimes. the influx of refugees to the you from 2015 to 2017 involved more than one and a half 1000000 people or than 12000 are reported to have died making their way over or i'm missing southern european countries in particular italy greece and spain were the main points and you 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 lawyers though so the e.u. has failed in that. we really hope for a huge tragedy in this sense something that the international criminal court doesn't known for a simple reason there's been very sever level of responsibility and we have to very clearly distinguish 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 the. civil population and therefore to commit crimes against humanity the most responsible doctors which are the agents in the. straightening of these policy that designed it and had to establish it to achieve their own political goal and goal is to stem migration to europe. australia broadcasting corporation is vowing to continue reporting without fear after government forces carried out a raid on its sydney had cooled his pond of a scandal engulfing the country it was said just on the publication of the so-called afghan files which prompted deal thirty's 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 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 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 he's expected to stand trial in while a.b.c. says that the raid raises concerns over the freedom of the press and public scrutiny of defense issues the port augusta 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 the violation over here were that i would sit in a palace down by one of the united states but u.k. and while still you're is the core group so civil use 000-000-0000 extension 03 norma's the make sure if this is going to come to. our east the tension of the public it will be probably evil boy the boy the body likes normalcy of the verse the of public i think it will be will be buried oh it will be an acceptable. and those through in those who should all really very bad the records already gets in malta broads will be. beaten up on

a star in the boston so they station these are individuals who are very dedicated to their what message not see them stopping but this is very dangerous thing this generous without incident about this is whether this was our last this the genocide question well yes and against channel the sources that they are have used things and people's lives that they are very much at risk which is the agenda and the arrests of these 6 investigations the particular release of the file it's house and something you know some of the distribution and for those in the. district in a military sense the revelation of this and also seemed to be that refs fence rather than actually seen the s.a.'s as anything franks the issue has been more than those revealing of those crimes committed continuing. h.b.o.'s hit series

about chernobyl has raised renewed interest in the horrors of the disaster we'll have more on that after the break. this in petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last 21 years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing the key he can all make issues facing russia emerging markets and the world thousands of business community members attend the forum to address today's and vital issues. watch our special forum coverage on r.t. .

with more make its manufacture come sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous merry go round certainly the one percent. doing all middle of the room signals. the real news is. welcome back sherman he has rejected fresh greek calls to negotiate over war reparations with berglund claiming the issue was legally settled years ago auntie's where if a national explains. 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 through 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 they are 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 amount at 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 hate suffered during the 2nd world war. the latest h.b.o. mini series chernobyl is proving a huge hit which is also generated intense interest in the 1986 nuclear disaster one of the key figures in the clean up operation following the tragedy was soviet major general karloff who's in charge of the so-called liquidators division tasked with removing radioactive material from the chernobyl site tell a caller says the disaster will stay with him forever. it is that over there lee 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 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 $4000.00 died as a result radiation levels at the epicenter were massively higher than a lethal dose they collide tara conifer game recalls what happened. when i spent 3 months at 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 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. 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 the men our people are tired of the constant reports about this huge disaster at your nobody we have to get rid of the concept that men are people are tired of the constant reports about this 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 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. the death of the bank card looks naing in china payments have surged in popularity in the meantime chinese electronic pay service. has tripled the number of its european merchants of until a sip reports. so i'm buying this item with one of the most common payment apps

here in china ali pay. there it is i just speak straight for my full answer they are a bank account and no banks between us and in no way there is any bank that made out of my transaction so you're probably wondering now how does this all works like this item for simply. $0.60 u.s. if i use my big 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 hourly pay and we chat and whether they even have a big account at all i use my bio human food to 50 times

a day. it's so convenient. and human just convenient we need is a merry go round twist in the thing which you might you know i have friends and we chat it's convenient for transferring money to them but chinese mobile payment apps are not only limited within china they're now spreading outwards and so the united states and canada alley 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 common one being do we really need retail banking in our everyday life so a question that the baking in there she would rather you were asking americans might look at particular china as company news but they complement the overall trend and i think it's basically been a instance not so much of a single firm monopoly as an industry sector monopoly of course now you have the presidents of who are being blocked by america on the telecommunications are going to. 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 tribe will so it's more likely going to work as 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 for the chinese applications are doing and therefore will still be a danger to the banks. ok that brings you right up to date so for may for now to stay with us if you can my colleague sean thomas will be hit with the latest news

headlines and often. as a wise man once said currency wars lead to trade wars late the hot more so we've had currency wars that's been going on now for 10 years 15 years really particularly with china you know they artificially keep their currency low export their way into becoming a large economy and now this is led to trade worse. now pretty much declaring secession from the global economy as we go to neo mercantile ism age of globalization and monetarism and dollars ation is over and you know look at the globe we've got a few little hot spots there the encroaching hot war scenario is upon us. so you're using that brings this to the end of the series if we could just let

josie marino walk away and say we decided to treat upstart host to a very special farewell party goes. on. we walk along an interesting part of the game but this time to go back to the punchline and thanks for putting on such a group body. we were. the only thing that i didn't enjoy was my then singing quantize in moscow my dancing. on ice. made the. well thankfully we nailed it

literally there we go. this research vessel was specially built for the optic am down toxic and now it's embarking on a very unusual mission. it's heading for latitude 82 degrees known to find a thick ice flow wedge into it and set up a camp nearby. for about a month simply drift along with the ice. the purpose of the expedition is to carry on research begun by drifting polar stations which have to stop working because of melting arctic ice. it's just you know she's the bird was the worst if.

you have those who is. very very very. hot in the arctic for centuries it remained a mystery fear similar and silent for centuries man calling aspired to the north to high latitudes to the pole to the axis of the earth where the weather of the world is born. 70 palos own northern pole s.p. for short is how the polish stations one. in autumn an expedition landed on an old think ice floe and people lived and worked there for a whole year slowly drifting across the arctic ocean.

before sure that there was the work they do of their fish is that so well.