we've got a few little hot spots there. as the time come for google and other big tech companies there's a growing consensus the near monopoly status of many of these companies is bad for competition bad for the consumer and even for freedom of speech no doubt silicon valley is lowering. the russian and chinese presidents hail the curtain current state of relations between their countries. 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 in a palooza probably hundreds of civilians probably killed women and children that there were left in the city when we invaded so do i get george to. speak to 2 human rights lawyers who have compiled a case against the e.u. intending to block over the deaths of thousands of migrants in the mediterranean. and the. population of the most responsible. are broadcasting from our studios in moscow this is an international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us where russia and china have reached an

unprecedented level of friendship she's been paying delivered those warm words shortly after talks in moscow with a lot of near putin 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 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 richard. exposure in china have coleman 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. to knology 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 follow. 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 the 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 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 she handed over to pandas to the moscow's who 2 2. was. the most. 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 $150000000000.00 roughly 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 it's america's russia and china. 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 of the servicemen has pleaded not guilty to the charges republican congressman himself a former soldier recently defended the accused in a way that is shocked artie's killed mop and 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 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 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 . there's. 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 will look at a lot of different partners for a lot of different people some of these soldiers are people that have fought hard for you know we teach him how to be great fighters and then when they fight sometimes they get really treated very unfairly in this case the president is also

the commander in chief of the armed forces so he is in fact undercutting the rules and regulations that contribute to good order and discipline in the military and that to me is anathema and it's immoral those who committed the crimes such as duncan hunter defending the crimes or a navy seal operations chief edward gallagher he is facing a pardon this elected representative is to say no charges and yet chelsea manning julian a song and albums for revealing these crimes are facing very heavy charges now that shows the absolute wallace of 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 crossing the mediterranean. see

they 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 stop migrant boats the lawyers allege the certain statements made by e.u. leaders make it clear they were aware of the risks we spoke with 2 of them one bronco and all my shots we're talking about one of the most serious situations in terms of. crimes committed since the beginning of the century 14000 people. we showed that there was a clear consciousness and willingness to let part of the people out today intercepted by did. a great to be in close to god and now being detained in. camps and he told you how is this where they are exposed to these crimes it's

not that it's going to investigate in the forest in congo it's a very easy task to go to the living room and go into the archives and to mine who was the most responsible for those crimes. the influx of refugees to the e.u. from 2015 to 2017 involved more than one and a half 1000000 people more than 12000 are reported to have died making their way over or are missing southern european countries in particular. greece and spain were the main e.u. entry points and e.u. spokesperson refused to comment on what they branded a nonexistent illegal 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 for a huge try in this sense something that the international criminal court doesn't known for a simple reason there's been very sever a level of responsibility and we have to very clearly distinguish from those who

executive. who created the objectives that triggered this execution and you cannot you have to distinguish between people like the ministry of interior. and the commissioner if you see the most and then another lever the director front takes and then another lever the militia. 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 we. see that designed it and that to establish it to achieve political goals 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 so 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 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 by with an australian a soldier now the shocking revelations were leaked to the media by former defense lawyer david mcbride he says that he tried to draw fishel attention to the

seriousness of the crimes before ultimately going public earlier this year the whistleblowers 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 defense issues now the broadcaster says it stands by its reporting and will continue to work in the public interest we've got reaction to the story from some of our guests. i think the violation over here without incident holly stand by by the united states by u.k. and by all still year is the core of so severe so will follow the normal as the actual if this is going to come to the. obvious that the attention of the public it will be probably even boy the 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 still in those who should all really bloody

bad to record whatever he gets in malta broads will be beat up beaten upon a star in the boston so they station east end of it and some very dedicated and what message nazi from stopping that this very dangerous thing this generous said about this is whether this was because lots this the genesis question well yes and he gets shared with the sources that they are you saying equals lie and that they are very much at risk which is the agenda behind these arrests of these ticking investigations the secular releases the file us in house and something you know some of the distribution and for all those in the. history of military a sense the revelation of this spam also seemed to be that ref's fence rather than

actually saying that the s.a.'s has met in crimes the issue has been more than those revealing those crimes in this country illegally. series about turn noble has raised renewed interest in the horrors of the disaster more on that i'm sure big this is art international. i am bang and. polish at the moment is a question that is crucial in libya and the one who needs to decide that is the libyan people that is why we should carefully slowly gradually legally go into elections today you have basically 2 parties so everybody laban's the other the way he wants because there is if very deep crisis of

legitimacy and this crisis of legitimacy cannot be solved by going to be able to. claim that. china does not want to fight like we are supposed to fight off at the same time we're not afraid of it china is bold and resolute and is able to defend its legitimate rights and interests and china is still holding the door open for the u.s. china trade negotiations if the united states she wishes to proceed with them it

needs to be more sincere. this is r t international germany has rejected fresh greek calls to negotiate over war reparations with berlin claiming the issue was illegally settled years ago. that's what 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 and material issue well i have to say didn't start today or yesterday they are earlier in april there was the greek parliament's 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 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 was 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 or chernobyl is proving ahead and it has also generated intense interest in the $986.00 nuclear disaster one of the key figures in the clean up operation after the tragedy was the soviet major general nicholai telecom of the he was in charge of the so-called liquidators division tasked with removing radioactive material from the trouble site to kind of says the disaster will stay with him forever. it is there were 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 it was thought at least 4000 died as a result radiation levels at the epicenter were massively higher than a lethal dose nicholai telecon 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 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 facility as 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. 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 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 board no one will blame you for it because it's your life and i am responsible for it. the death of the bank card may be on the horizon in china where payments have surged in popularity meanwhile chinese electronic pay service pay has tripled the number of its european merchants eventual sips us as more. 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 hourly pay and we chat and whether they even have a bank account at all i use my bio payment food $250.00 times a day you switch on it so convenient. just convenient we need is a mighty low food around with nothing but you 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 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 calm. one being do we really need retail banking in our everyday life 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'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 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. but that doesn't for me i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour the search international. as a wise man once said currency wars lead to trade wars more so we've had currency wars that's been going on now for 10 years 15 years you'd like to get away with china

you know they artificially keep their currency low export their way to becoming a large economy and now this is led to trade worse with 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. you know look at the globe we've got a few little hot spots there the encroaching hot war scenario is upon us. we put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want. to go on to be pros this is what before 3 of them or can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of.

course. are times when we're going underground as nature nation leaders meet in britain to commemorate d.-day without russia the country that facilitated the invasion of normandy coming up with the show to come to london to read the riot act to u.k. intelligence age. for their part in undermining his campaign to be president we speak to a decorated the tenant colonel in the u.s. army now part of the campaign to reelect trump in 2020 and we hear why one of the largest trade unions in britain this week united with jeremy corbin against donald trump and his state visit more coming up in today's going underground before a straight to this week's state visit of u.s. president donald trump what was he here for apart from telling britain its health

service would be on the table in any trade negotiations because he also took time to meet with lockheed martin and be a systems in london 2 of the companies involved in the u.k. backed war causing the world's worst humanitarian crisis in yemen this as well trump dined with the queen his administration threatened syria cuba venezuela and iran joining me now is lieutenant colonel anthony schaffner a former senior u.s. intelligence officer now an advisor on the trump 2020 campaign tony welcome to going underground to trump brown as an adze war president what i think he was doing in london on this state visit meeting with be a systems of lockheed martin. look we all busy know you cannot ignore the military industrial i'm one of those who have been critical. lockheed martin particular because of their overruns what i believe is probably the most expensive project ever 350.