a with a whistle blower is convicted. the biggest leak of classified information in history, shedding lights on the agencies international smartphone hacking software. also coming up on the program, the u. k. is defense ministry slums, the b, b. c for uncovering evidence of unlawful killings of special ed services squad during missions in afghanistan. in the 20th republic, an empty kindergarten building takes the direct hit from ukrainian shelling while another missiles strike kills 2 civilians. and jo biden's trip to israel kicks

off with the gaff with the u. s. president mistakenly honoring the holocaust we see if his visits will help allay tensions in the region. a 70. 1 am on thursday morning here in moscow. mine is peter scott and wherever you joining us from. welcome to 30 minutes of news and analysis, ero nazi former stay program. a joshua shulty was found guilty in watts claim to be the biggest leak of classified ca, documents in history. and after he disclosed information about the agencies, software used to have smartphones and spam people around the world. when shulty began to harbor resentment toward the ca, he covert, li, collected those tools and provided them to wiki leagues, making some of our most critical intelligence tools known to the public and therefore our adversaries. schulty has been convicted for one of the most brazen and damaging acts of espionage in american history. joshua schulty has been

convicted of lying to the f. b. i other charges all stemming from the allegation that he leads classified information. the information that was included in the famous wiki leaks vault sabbath. now this was his re trial 2 years ago, he was brought to trial and us federal courts. and at his 1st trial, the jury only agreed to conduct him on 2 charges, and they were hung about the remaining 6. joshua schulty, at this trial, has been convicted on all a charges lying to the f. b. i and other charges related to the staff and leaking of classified information that was included in the wiki leaks of all 7, the biggest intelligence leak in history. ricky leaks, vault 7, contained all kinds of information about these surveillance apparatus of the american intelligence agencies. the mechanisms through which they listen to people's phone conversations, spy on people on which they hack into people's computers and otherwise violate what

many considered to be the civil liberties of americans. it's not surprising that he was convicted because at this point, the conviction rate in us federal courts is roughly 95 percent 95 percent of cases that go to trial and u. s. corps result in conviction. and it's important to note that very few cases actually go to trial. most of them have plea bargains that prevent a trial from taking place. regardless, we can recall the chelsea man. it was convicted of leaking classified information to wiki league. spent 7 years in prison before brock obama, ultimately commuters. and in addition to that, this conviction comes on the heels of julian, a saw the founder of wiki leaks to whom walt 7 information was leaked. comes on the heels of the decision to extradite julian assigns on the part of u. k. officials. while officials claim the whistle blowers actions for the country security in danger. independent journalist jo lorio disagrees initials his leeks were beneficial for the public. by reading this material on weekly week since

released of all 7, you can't use this software to rack somebody. so they protected all that information. what they did was in the public interest to let the public know this jaya was doings kinds of things. so it was no national security risk whatsoever. duchess hogwash from the government. typical. and in fact, the materials, according to children who represent himself, these materials were out and about for a year before the shy even knew that they were that they were loose, that they didn't loss control of them because they got to back doors. i phones, android phones, in fact, this led to most of the big tech companies making changes to their software to close these back doors where they would not have known about that without this leak so that the user of the songs at least initially were more secure because of a direct revelations, whatever whoever is guilty and the jury said he is, he says he's not. he's a hero, because he revealed crimes committed by the united states by the cia you case

minister. defend seems to have found itself a new enemy. the b. b. c is lost out of the broadcast over a new investigation which claims a special air service death squad was responsible for scores of extra judicial killings in afghanistan. the report jumps to in, justified conclusions from allegations that have already been fully investigated. insinuating, otherwise is irresponsible, incorrect, and puts our brave armed forces personnel at risk, both in the field and reputation only. the b b. c documentary investigation contained a number of revelations. individuals who served with the s e s that they witnessed troops killing unarmed people during night rates and planting weapons at the scene to justify the killings or the unit top breast knew of the possible atrocities but failed to properly look into the evidence. aah! with,

with too many people being killed on night rates. once somebody is detained, they shouldn't end up dead. it was clear at the time that something was wrong with them when they walked back into a different building with another fighting h mail to open the curtains. the grab your grenade from behind the curtain and stood at the essay assault team. fortunately didn't go off. this is the 8th time this has happened. you couldn't make it up with they didn't necessarily translate into, let's kill them all. but suddenly, there was a pressure to the game which basically man passed in our judgments on these people

quickly with col, okay, the pool bearing vision here for the last 20 years, she was completely illogically. what while he was a violation of international law and the standard set within the international code of ethics, this is a poor country attacked by all those forces africans from all segments of live, including the taliban were attacked, imprisoned, tortured, and killed, while their businesses and properties were damaged, all these actions were cruel, illegal, and violation of human rights charter s. s is an elite units of the british army with much information about the regiments, classified is specializes in missions connected with counter terrorism, direct action, and hostage rescue. yes, there's also played a role in the war in afghanistan and we spoke to war veteran trevor colts who believes this such a situation should not have been allowed to happen. special forces church,

i don't go it. i'm willing that we kill people, you know, they haven't get paid for the shelby's, they going to get specific targets that are deemed as threat to life. and those can kellen, ma'am, they coit. and they can capture those individuals the mimic coit, and try and capture them. if you can capture them, you can bring them back. you can track it as much information as you can to help she build arrives. so, pretty special portion do not go out to kill people, they want to capture and bring back the intelligence. you gotta understand that the british forces are like every other forces and we have a road standers. we know that it's wrong. the point, the weapon, it's somebody isn't an immediate threat to life. it's wrong to do so. i've never seen it happen in my company. i've never seen any of the men around me do it as we know right for wrong, we're not, we're not killers. we also spoke to the international editor of the morning star newspapers, steve sweeney. he claims that there have been other similar precedence and was

reminiscent of what happened in islands. now we know that the british armed forces run a mock killing, hundreds of innocent civilians in collusion with loyalist paramilitaries. and we know that there's been a long struggle for justice for the people of ballad murphy in west belfast and for the people of dairy, where bloody the bloody sunday kings took place, appointed something very rotten in the british armed forces and ultimately the press. you stay on what we're talking about here is some very serious war crimes that have been covered up on the state. and of course, this has been carried out with impunity. and, you know, the invasion of afghanistan itself was something that was, was bitterly opposed 20 years of or in this crimes it took place. we saw similar allegations made against australian soldiers. and their commission of inquiry was to do with the sheer volume of the guy that were made

to sri lanka now where the president has officially stepped down. that doesn't seem to have stopped the mass unrest in the country despite the nationwide curfew earlier processes and get a worsening economic and social conditions broke into the prime minister's office. he was appointed as a team president on tuesday, but demonstrators are due monday the he also stepped down. oh, police use water come in and say gus against the protesters. books were unable to stop them. taken over, run ill with crim missing is office. at least 30 people were injured in the cautious and the local journalist sensors. this report. the situation and sri lanka is going from bad to worse to. i'm thinkable does a complete sense of chaos and anarky. tens of thousands of people are out and about on the streets of colombo, despite a state of emergency being declared and

a go few imposed after president calls by roger buck shaft fled. prime minister donald wickham assumed he has been made the acting president. but that has not helped matters. she lumpkins want both the prime minister, as well as the president to resign. immediately. security forces use tear gas and water canons at the protest as earlier. but dad did not stop them from breaking through the gates and flooding the prime minister's office. the ticket or the prime minister's office did i asked all filling the gap between the select reach? i don't want to list everybody else in the county. strangely, door does a sense of order in this disorder, men, women, children, all take turns to see a quick look at the prime minister's office from the inside. these 2 tests have emotional undertones of anger betrayal. but also, if you look at the history on the appreciated from off wanted,

your leaders are actually the mom we have 225 employees that do not represent montana people. so go to protest. jonathan or the other people's movement has just gotten to this point because a representatives have ill to san failed to do right by the people live in a state of people that are taking me to in stock because me, you need justice to be doing stuff. 7 this is not only for us, it for the next generation to, it's coming up and you can see how, how long we are suffering for the oil and gas in all, all did everything is down now, right? so even some people are losing their job income, but within the company i getting it's looking off right? everything is going high, the prices are high. so we need no solution. the clock is ticking while we await

the feet of the current government and the future direction of the entire country. through engine sharma, reporting for r t in colombo. the alan nations of parliament speakers confirmed the president's got a buyer, roger parks, who's fled to the mall div has now officially resigned. while our team president, week re misinger has announced the creation of a special committee to restore law and order in the country. and that includes military and police commanders in a bombshell admission of former national security adviser to donald trump has admitted the u. s. has been involved in a number of cruise around the world. john bolton made the confession during an interview with sienna. one doesn't have to be brilliant to attempt to coo. i disagree with that as somebody who is health plan, coo data. no, not here, but you know, other places it takes a lot of work or russian foreign ministry spokesman. maria's a carver has called for an international investigation into bolton statements.

ortiz egan has done it takes a closer look at what consequences you esla democracy, has brought some states around the world. democracy. this form of government has long been peddled by the us and its allies as a cure all fixed for the world's problems. i think it was absolutely the right thing for us to do to align ourselves with democracy. democracy remains the definition of political legitimacy that has not changed and that will not change in the face of sustain alarming challenges to democracy, universal human rights, and all around the world. democracy needs champions. but according to the latest survey among arab nations, the u. s. sled, democracy building has backfired tremendously. there an inevitable given for anyone born in europe or the us democracy remained a foreign odyssey for the po region of them. at least the 2 political worlds,

while they co existed under an unwritten status quo, until the arab spring happened in 2010. ah ah. nation by nation, a cascade of bloody revolutions plunged the region into civil strife, terrorism and wars, and from thousands of miles away. washington cheered hailing would it called a transition. i, even as we promote political reform, even as we promote human rights in the region,

our efforts can't stop there. so the 2nd way that we must support positive change in the region is through our efforts to advance you can development for nations that are transitioning to democracy. well now over a decade later, the purveyors of democracy can exactly see the much fruitless results of their hard self with nary a crop of believers turns out the arab world wasn't exactly thrilled with the democratic ideal. there is a growing perception that democracy is not a perfect form of government and it won't fix everything. what we see across the region is people going hungry. people need bread. people are frustrated with the systems that they have. thousands of people were surveyed across the region, including those who were supposed to be enjoying the post arab spring, democratic fervor, but the aunt to museum, the sole example of a completed change of governance,

apparently hates it. almost 3 quarters of the population believe their economy has been weakened by democracy, while pretty much the whole country agrees. their nation is headed in the wrong direction. and similar results are coming from libya to following the 2011 ne, to intervention the country is in an ongoing civil war. with almost a 1000000 people relying on humanitarian aid to survive. even countries untouched by the arab spring still have learned from their neighbors mistakes. democracy is disavowed across the boards in the middle east. nations take more kindly to the idea of reinstating kings and embracing the old ways as long as an effective government is part of the deal. the u. s. lead experiment of nation building has failed miserably in the past couple of years from the african disaster to the continued fall out of the arab spring gamble. now nations favor governance options

. actually at the furthest end of the political spectrum, from the much hailed democratic model. till biden has arrived in israel at the starts of the 4 dates for the middle east, us presidents trip harvard and gets off to the best of starts. i will once more return to holla, round of yod chevron beacham doner. 6000000 jewish lives were stolen into genocide and continue which we must through every, every day continue to bear witness to keep alive the truth and honor of the holocaust. hardball holler, god honor, those were lost. will that steak of joe biden has been picked up yet? ivy is waiting and palestinian priests of course died and has made mistakes in the past. he once mixed up sweden and switzerland. if you remember before that it was south korea and once he got syria and libya confused. so that is something that has

the social commentators talking about here tonight. at the same time, biden is going to receive a rather reluctant and i would go as far as to say a rather angry response on the palestinian st. they're all banners and packages that have been placed, particularly in cities like bethlehem, way he will be meeting with the palestinian president of mac would abbas in the coming days and those plaque i'd say mister president, this is a parties, it is in line with the recent publication by a palestinian christian organization who conducted an investigation and reached the conclusion that israeli actions can be classified as a parties. at the same time, many people here are waiting for a potentially different response from washington. regarding the recent killing of a high profile, al jazeera journalist shall wean absolutely soaking her family once on, says,

and palestinian officials and palestinian civilians themselves have said that the u . s. is response and that the soldiers actions were to quote, an intentional is simply white washing the crimes conducted by israel. as for these rainy side, we have heard from the tim, please ready. prime minister, yet yell appeared and he has said that you is the number one topic on the agenda. there has been criticism against this with many people saying that joe biden is in the region to store up some kind of alliance against he ran. and that, that is his primary focus of this trip than sofi. the iranian president has commented on it more if the goal of the u. s. officials trip to the region is to consolidate the security of israel and normalize israel's relations with regional countries. we are declaring vigorously that their actions would not bring security for israel, and by no means are they peace providers for israel. now biting in the past has also said that he is looking towards some kind of middle east and nato. this has

not gone down well here, particularly with many people pointing fingers as how be common to nato has contributed to the conflict in ukraine. so anger and frustration on the palestinian st. we are bracing ourselves for demonstrations. they have in the coming days. and i would say here in telephone, where i am, although these radio officials will signal to my things and there are streets lined with american in his way the flag talking to his way these days, almost a kind of lack luster meet amongst people here. no one really believes that this visit by joe biden, the 1st that he's making as president of the united states, is going to yield anything. radio host of this go common say to steve gill, told him he's not optimistic. the trick will be, the trip will be a success as tensions in the region to remain hard. tensions are high in the region . they remain high in the region. and i don't think that we're looking for any real success coming from this trip in terms of either new treaties,

new movement towards piece in the, in the middle east, both between israel, the palestinians and saudi arabia, or even in the broader region with iran still threatening more threatening, military action, threatening to disrupt thanks. so i would be very surprised if there's anything really positive or substantial that comes from the president's visit. you know, i think the a gap by biden, in confusing honor and har, referencing the holocaust when they pretty much everybody in the world recognize it was a horrific loss of 6000000 lives. is by biden's standards, a relatively minor gas. but when you're trying to embark on for a visit and you want to put your best foot forward tripping as you get off the plane verbally, is not the way to start your visit. these trying to thread a needle of being able to meet with the israelis and then meet with the saudis and not appear to be showing a preference for one or the other. i think he's looking desperately for anything that can make him look more presidential, more like a world leader. but again,

the fact that he looks fragile, he can't really communicate very effectively, whether it's domestically or whether it's internationally that is not adding any any stature to this particular president. and not the latest from the dom bus, russian air defense systems. i've reportedly shot down a number of aerial targets launch to by the ukranian army over the guns can kept on regions these the latest pitches captured by eye witnesses in lieu guns. no damage was reported after the incidents. what in the kind of phone region 5, euclidean buckets were reportedly shot down with some debris falling on a local fight tree. this comes 2 days after a ukrainian strike that caused a huge explosion, leaving 7 people that meanwhile, on wednesday, the city of god aloft in the next republic was also shalt by ukrainian forces. according to local authorities, kindergarten took a direct hits, but the building was empty. at the time, officials say around 20 strikes from multiple rocket launchers were launched. the

city 2 civilians were killed while a number of residential buildings were partly destroyed and local infrastructure damaged all seas. rome cost reports 35 people have been killed and 179 had been wounded here in girl. of course, since the end of february, 1 of the latest tragic events took place her right here. this is a residential area. this is her grad rocket or what, what remains of it? it's pretty heavy. 122 millimeter rocket landed right here, right next to those shops. there is it is pretty heavy. all around me are residential buildings. there is a local community center right here. you can see kids are all around us. on the 12th of july, one man died right here just outside of the shop and just several people

had been wounded. now one of those wounded people who works near by his name is vladimir, and i visited him at the hospital here in goal of car. and this is what he told me about. what happened. there is a whole process was unions. i just stopped by at the store to buy a pizza and then the shelling began a. so if we hit in the store and was after 15 minutes, the shelling stopped and we went out to the street. he's only them and then immediately there was an explosion. look, there wasn't any sound before it happened. usually there is a whistle because i was with a colleague. he was in front of me till i was. he died immediately. it looks like he covered me, receiving my life. this house or what remains of it belongs to luke milan constantino. she is currently in the hospital with very heavy injuries had resulted from shelling by the cranium military. this is her. this used to be her bedroom. she told me that sir. it was about 8 o'clock in the morning. when he crating

a rocket hit her house and completely destroyed it. now, you'd mila is an elderly lady. and she was meant to spend her golden years taking care of her garden and meeting with her family and grandchildren. now she lives in the hospital and she has absolutely nowhere to get back to her. but i know it really took us gusio. shelling was like cluster munitions, it, everything was torn apart. the shell flew and burst into fragments. well, now i'm here. thank you for the help i get medicine and care that before that they were shelling a lot. a lot of houses were damaged near my home, and my house was completely destroyed. while we were filming the houses of the victims that were injured by ukrainian shilling, our killers thrice began,

yet again, here in goal of god. so we have to leave this area as soon as possible and move deeper into the next people's republic territory from on call for a hearty coral of kurt dennis. the people's republic us treasury department has approved a new humanitarian aid package with $1700000000.00 for ukraine, which aims to support the countries essential services. however, recently the defense department inspector general released a paper defining the main areas of concern in the agencies framework of sending 8 gift we identified multiple areas of concern that if not adequately addressed, could reduce the traceability of ukraine. supplemental funds in the transparency in the dad's reporting, as the dod continues to provide support to ukraine, particularly with the $20100000000.00 the dad will receive of the $40000000000.00 provided. addressing these areas of concern will be critical for improve transparency and reporting the use of appropriated funds. after the you announced

a new 1000000000 euro aid package for key of the total amount of support from the book now exceeds 2000000000 euros. according to statistics, the united states is the world lead in all types of assistance including lethal aids, ukraine, tens of billions in financial aid was approved by the u. s. congress. back in may. the huge films have raised a wave of concern from politicians in the country who are calling for better oversight of the aid, america's sending to ukraine. we cannot save ukraine by dooming the u. s. economy. americans are feeling the pain. and congress seems intent only on adding to that pain by shoveling more money out the door as fast as they can. president biden has to stop playing politics. president lensky has to stop playing politics and theater . congress has to establish proper oversight of critical infrastructure and delivery of weapons and aid. congress must also fulfill its role as a responsible steward of taxpayer dollars,

which this bill seeks to ensure. american taxpayers deserve to know that their money is helping ukraine be back. russia effectively, and congress needs to guarantee that oversight. we spoke to daniel mcadams from the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity, who says the supply of weapons without any oversight may post problems in the future. it's a massive problem, and it's obvious that the pentagon in the u. s. administration has learned absolutely nothing since afghanistan, when they left billions of dollars and weapons behind. they've learned nothing since libya where they left so many weapons behind the ended up in the hands of al qaeda in syria. there is no tracking in any one that tries to get some track me. in the fact, the pentagon themselves said, we can't track these weapons, we have no idea where they're going. this is a recipe for disaster. this is a recipe, for example, for civilian air transport to be extremely, extremely vulnerable to any kind of attack. so one has to wonder if it is this

massive incompetence, massive stupidity on the part of the pentagon in the administration, or something else at play here. do they want these weapons to be flowing around the world so that they can control them and turn up the volume on unrest anywhere they want? lesser up at 7 30 am moscow time do head over to all websites r t dot com for more on any of those stories on pizza scott's on the back again to the top of the hour. ah, look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. i robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except we're said shorter is it conflict with the 1st law? show your identification. we should be very careful about on the 1st one.