artificially keep their currency to export their way to 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 lot of tourism dollars ation is over. looked at the globe we've got a few little hot spots there the encroaching hot war scenario is. the russian and chinese presidents the current state of relations between their countries as paying begins a 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 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 george to. speak to the chief human rights lawyers who have compiled a case against the e.u. intending to sue the block over the deaths of thousands of migrants in the mediterranean. systematically britany. the population of the most responsible. agents in the. history of the design to. broadcasting live direct from our studios moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us. all right russia and china have reached an

unprecedented level of friendship ping delivered those warm words shortly after talks in moscow with. dozens of different agreements were also signed following the meeting. as more. 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 ease 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 richard. exposure 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. did knology here in russia could begin as soon as this year but now all of this kind of. brings the international agenda back in the frame because one way has been

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. single it shouldn't we discuss the development of our bilateral relations since there are standards when 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 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 and well judging by what happened today think it could be expected

that it will be kind of like today but on steroids. the chinese later arrived in moscow with presents for his russian counterpart xi jinping you handed over to pandas to the moscow zoo. good. 2 to see you even some of these people. international affairs commentator jonathan steele says russian chinese relations are now better than ever. friendship is hardly ever been stronger than it is at the moment there's almost never sure if you can find disagreement to turn age of reason

150000000000 dollars who offered it bilateral trade richardson sounds enormous and it comes at a time when russian american tensions are high in chinese american tensions even higher because of the 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 can support. the united states or can china and in fact they can get together in the cold war there was this russian china american triangle with american china against russia russia has supplies united. america. 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 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 comments. 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 if 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 middling 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 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 all the ins for revealing these crimes are facing very heavy charges now that shows the absolute wallace. 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 a mother trying. see you say migrants rights were violated in numerous ways by the e.u. 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 to help the libyan coast guard to stop migrant boats the lawyers allege certain statements made by e.u. leaders make it clear they were aware of the risks we spoke with 2 of them 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 died and we show that there was a clear consciousness and willingness to let part of the people out today intercepted by day in a way to be in close to god and now being detained in detention camps any

guilt you know how is this where they are exposed to these crimes it's not going to investigating the in the forest in congo where it's a very easy task to go to the living room and go into the archives and to mind who was the most responsible for those crimes. the influx of refugees it 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 southern european countries in particularly italy greece and spain where the main e.u. entry points and you spokesperson refused to comment on what they branded a nonexistent legal action saying only that it was a priority of the block to protect human lives the lawyers though say the e.u. has failed to do so. we really hope for a huge tried in this sense something that the international criminal court doesn't known for its simple reason there's been 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 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 diminish a. vote but what we show is that they are all connected in a common put and which was systematically and widespread in the uk civil population and therefore to commit crimes against humanity the most responsible doctors we. need to design date and that to establish to achieve political goal is to stand migration to europe. the australian broadcasting corporation is valued to continue reporting without fear after government forces carried out a raid on its sydney h.q.

as part of a 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 to operations by australian special forces in afghanistan the report alleges war crimes including the killing of innocent children and on armed civilians one 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 and killed after being left alone with an australian a soldier now 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 now earlier this year whistleblowers charged with 5 counts of leaking classified information and is expected to stand trial meanwhile a.b.c. says the raid raises concerns over freedom of the press and public scrutiny of defense issues the broadcaster says it stands by the reporting and will continue to work in the public interest we've got reaction to the story from some of our guests . i think violation over here with. one of the united states but you still you. well so soon you do so. all the dormice that this is going to come to. then sure of the probably it will be provably evil boy pretty locks.

i think it will be it will be an acceptable. those. who grew. up the records whatever you get. the broads will be doing be there no conestoga in the boston so they station east and eventually the very dedicated they what message not see them stopping but this is very dangerous thing this generous and said about those in this is whether this was the fault lines because the genesis in question won't necessarily go to jail the sources that they are have you saying in terms of people's lives that they are very much at risk which is the agenda behind these arrests of these ticking 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

that this has been all 17 to be the graphs fence rather than actually saying it's not the s.a.'s as in crimes the issue has been more than those revealing of those crimes to commit a huge amount of h.b.o.'s hit series about chernobyl has raised renewed interest in the horrors of the disaster more on that story and more after the break this is hard to international. is it the man is a question that is crucial in libya and the one who needs to decide that is the libyan people that's why we should carefully slowly get agilent legally go into elections today you have basically 2 parties so everybody

laban's the other the way he wants because that is instead a deep crisis of legitimacy and this crisis of legitimacy cannot be sold by going to be. joining me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. for germany has rejected it fresh greek calls for to negotiate over war reparations

with berlin claiming the issue was legally settled years ago artie's my financial house more. 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 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. the greek 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 material issue well i have to say didn't start today or yesterday they are in april there was the greek parliament is decision to force germany to pay and

although there was no any concrete figure discussed a 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 its wartime 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 h.b.o. mini series 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 nikolai karloff he was in charge of the so-called liquidators

division tasked with removing radioactive material from the trouble side to the kind of says the disaster will stay with him forever. over the 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 but your noble 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 it is thought at least 4000 died as a result radiation levels at the epicenter were massively higher than a lethal dose dot com off again recalls what happened.

when 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 onward concrete 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. cygnus 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 with. 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. i really look like i really like your new orders and 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 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 if 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 90 in china where payment have surged in popularity meanwhile chinese electronic pay service alley pay has tripled the number of its european emergence of angelo subsidence reports on the trend. 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 from my full answer they are a bank account and no banks between us and then no way there is any bank that made 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 bank account which will be connected to us payment i would have to actually. 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 bacon 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 alley pay and we chat and whether they even have a big account at all i use my bio payment food $250.00 times a day for the use we charge it's so convenient. convenient we need is a middle ground with nothing but to my phone and i have friends and we chat it's convenient for transferring money to buy chinese mobile payment apps are not only limited within china there are now spreading outwards and to 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 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 complicate the overall trend and i think it's basically been a instance not so much of a single firm monopoly is an industry sector monopoly of course now we have the presidents of. 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's apps i'm sure they'll do something to block them as is all part of trump's tribe war so it's more likely going to work is if those companies lawson's this off with other companies

biased in europe or maybe even america or if the companies just basically emulate what the chinese applications are doing and therefore will still be a danger to the banks or if it doesn't for mail be back with more news at the top the hour this is our to international stay with us. 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 economic issues facing russia emerging markets and the world thousands of business community members attend a forum to address today's financial issues. or just actual forum coverage.

you know a world of big porters has a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. as a wise man once said currency wars lead to trade wars play the hot more so we've had currency wars that's been going on now for 10 years 15 years are like 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 wars. now pretty much declaring secession from the global economy as we go to neo mercantile ism days of globalization and lot of tourism dollars ation is over. you know look at the globe we've got a few little hot spots there the encroaching hot war scenario is upon us. this is a boom bust in broadcasting around the world and color in the world of business and finance and impacts upon assaults on daniel and i'm to say i in washington has a look at what's on deck today. he and russian president putin are making moves

today at. the forum in the wake of u.s. economic. correspondent alex hello to analyze what this means for the world economy going forward. facing the threat of an economic slowdown professor richard walters on hand to analyze the latest risk facing the world's 2nd largest economy and. to have markets central banks are beginning to ramp up. of euro pacific taken to nations are in the precious metals. today and. an intersection of political and economic leads are global reports today as the presidents of russia and china meet in moscow before the these st petersburg economic forum president xi jinping talks with his russian counterpart vladimir putin kick off a 3 day state visit that also commemorates their 70th anniversary of the

establishment of diplomatic relations.