them are used to it it's in both the us and us going out the main machine going to unveil a new inning of their history for a few days to. prove you are nice to us because. you're going to reach your eyes because you're going to tell you what more you more you would almost today. if the old freedom doing it will go. to some list for only when you'll meet someone who knows the. new moon a star but the most in all it's a way yes. the russian and chinese presidents fail the current state of relations between their countries as she. 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 if they were left in the city when we invaded so do i get george 2. and we'll speak to 2 human rights lawyers who have compiled a case against the e.u. intending to block the deaths of thousands of migrants in the mediterranean. population of the most responsible. international. be with us now russia and china have reached an unprecedented level

of friendship and delivered those warm words shortly 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 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. to knowledge here in russia could begin as soon as this yeah but you know 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 phone. so really it is no wonder that the chinese. talked about unilateralism the way he did. discuss 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 said 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 or the chinese leader arrived in

moscow with presents for his russian counterpart she handed over to pandas to the moscow 2. international affairs commentator jonathan steele says russian chinese relations are now better than ever. friendship is. stronger than it is the moment is almost never sure if you can find disagreement. 150.

sounds enormous and it comes at a time. when chinese american tensions even higher because of the trade. but i think it's a kind of warning to the west. to say look. united states or can china and. russia and china and america. america and china. 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 the serviceman has pleaded not guilty to the charges a republican congressman himself a former soldier recently defended the accused in a way that has shocked many. 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 the 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 in iraq killing civilians is just part of the job. 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 just like. a lot of us. so we've got a sitting member of congress who is now admitting that he himself is guilty of the crimes for which any gallagher is now charged now what about pentagon war and 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. norms or war crimes trial he should be brought up on charges this idea of the 5 year and

7 year statute of limitations actually not true. of course there are nazi war criminals that 30 and 50 years later. still brought up on charges and 31 people in the u.s. 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 trumps critics say that sends a bad message we'll look at a lot of different partners for a lot of different people some of these soldiers are people that have fought hard long you know we teach him. 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. this elected representative is chasing no charges and yet chelsea manning julian assange 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 the mediterranean sea they say migrants rights were violated in numerous ways by the e.u.

for example by scaling back sea rescues in 2014 and to hampering the work of n.g.o.s there 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 certain statements made by e.u. leaders make it clear they were aware of the risks we spoke with 2 of them kwon bronco and omar shots. we're talking about one of the most serious situations in terms of a tyrant and crimes committed since the beginning of the century 14000 people died and we showed that there was a clear consciousness and willingness to let part of them these people out today intercepted by day in a way to be in close to god and now being detained. in detention camps and he told you how is this where they are exposed to these crimes it's not that it is going to investigating the in the forest in congo it's 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 and particularly italy greece and spain where the main e.u. entry points in the e.u. 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 for a huge try in this sense something that the international criminal court doesn't known for its simple reason there's been very sever level of response somebody 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 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 diminished. but what we show is that they are all connected in a common put and which was to systematically. and widespread in the uk civil population and therefore to commit crimes against humanity the most responsible doctors we. straighten this body say they designed it and it just. goes to. the australian broadcasting corporation volleying to continue reporting without fear after government forces carried out a raid on its sydney aged 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 civilians one case involves the killing of a man and his son allegedly shot by mistake while they slept in another case an afghan to detainee was shot and killed after being left alone with an australian soldier now these 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 early earlier this year in 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 in 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 the violation over here were that i would sit in a polish down by one of the united states but u.k. and while still you're is oh i'm so civil use 00000000000000000003 norma's the actual if this is going to come to. our use 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 still in those who should all really bloody back the

records already gets in malta broads will be. beaten up on a star in the boston so they station east and if it is all very tight against them what message nazi from stopping that this very dangerous thing this generous without incident about this us is whether this was our last this the genocide question well yes and against chad with the sources that they are you saying equals lie and that they are very much at risk which is the agenda and the arrests of these investigations the particular release of the file it's has been something you know some of the distribution thing for those in the. district in a military sense the revelation about this and also seemed to be that refs fests

rather than actually seen the s.a.'s meeting fry the issue has been more than those revealing of those crimes committed to continuing the edge hero's head theories abound chernobyl has raised renewed interest in the horrors of the disaster more on that after a short break this is our international. so you say that brings us the end of the series we couldn't just let josie marino walk away so we decided to treat up stuff post to a very special farewell party. we walked along and interesting parts of the day but this time to go back to the punchline and thanks for putting on sr it bought it. with. the only thing that i didn't enjoy was my dancing on ice in moscow my dancing.

on ice cream. made it. well actually we nailed it literally but there we go. does 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 up. china just not one to fight post a fight stop at the same time we're not afraid of it china is bold and resolute and

he's able to defend its legitimate rights and interests china is still holding the door open for the us china trade negotiations if the united states she wishes to proceed with them he needs to be more sincere. welcome back this is our team international now germany has rejected fresh greek calls to negotiate over war reparations with berlin claiming the issue was legally settled years ago ortiz but if notion as. we hear from greece's foreign ministry that the country's ambassador filed formal request inviting berlin to take part in negotiations over war reparations athens claims indeed that germany owns 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 earlier 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 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 show 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 nicholai to the macof he was in charge of the so-called liquidators division tasked with removing radioactive material from the trouble site to and i cough says the disaster will stay with him forever. it is the war there has been 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. and chernobyl disaster send shock waves around

the world more than 30 years ago and 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 $4000.00 died as a result the radiation levels at the epicenter were massively higher then a lethal dose nicholai tomic off 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 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. 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. 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 you know i almost fell in love with him then the division commander assembled his men and this scene was included if 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 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 the payments have surged in popularity meanwhile chinese electronic pay service alley pay has tripled the number of its european merchants of angelus obsess 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 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 pay and we chat and whether they even have a bank account at all i use my bio human food to $50.00 times that they use we chop it so convenient. and human just convenient we need is a mobile phone to get around with nothing but you my phone and 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 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 called. one being do we really need retail banking in our everyday life is a question that the baking in there she would rather you weren't asking americans might block the particular chinese companies but they complicate the overall trend and i think is basically being an 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 in terms of china's apps i'm sure they'll do something to block them as is all part of trump's tried will 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 all the companies just basically emulate what the chinese applications are doing and therefore will still be a danger to the banks of the desert for mailbags headlines in 33 minutes stay with us. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to

a guest of the world the politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see a bad. boy in this at the moment there's a question that is crucial in libya and i'm the one who needs to decide that is the libyan people that's 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 that is if they had a deep crisis of legitimacy and this crisis of legitimacy it cannot be sold by going to be a. part . of. this research vessel was

specially built for the arctic i am down talked to and now it's embarking on a very unusual mission. intending to not to toot 82 degrees not to find a thick ice flow went into it and set up a company a buy. them for about a month simply drift along with the us. the purpose of the expedition is to carry on research begun by drifting polish stations which have to stop working because of melting arctic ice. or just you know she's the bird will slow were such if. you get those who is. very very.

the arctic for centuries it remained a mystery fierce civil and silent for centuries man calling aspired to the north so holy lotsa chewed to the pole to the axis of the earth where the weather of the world is boring. 70 palos northern pole s.p. for short is how the polar stations one. in autumn an expedition landed on an old fake ice floe and people lived and worked there for a whole you know slowly drifting across the arctic ocean. before wishes on the sure that they were there to look at their fish if that.