To defend the freedom of the press. Hello and welcome you are watching r. T. International broadcasting to you live from moscow and. A military court has cleared and navy seal accused of multiple war crimes of all key charges as well as the controversial Nature Nature of his acquittal Edward Gallegos trial once again raises questions over pentagon conduct overseas more pain as the details. The military court in san diego has acquitted gallagher on 6 out of the 7 charges that he faced involving the killing of civilians he was convicted on a charge of posing for a photograph with a corpse which is a violation of the rules however of the maximum sentence for such a violation is only 4 months in prison and he served 9 months in pretrial detention so at this point he is indeed a free man now it appears that his acquittal was essentially hinged on the testimony of a of a Navy Seal Medic who testified that he himself was responsible for the killing of the the ice still fighter who was captured the teenager that he himself was responsible for this this fighters death and that it wasnt any gallagher now its interesting to note that this Navy Seal Key had been given immunity so he cannot be charged for this killing now when the verdict came in the family and legal team of any gallagher was triumphant huge victory huge we hope to gallaghers huge victory for justice with scaling like refined theyve been detained after being terrorized by the government of my Company Bought for for 2 decades in the war on terror hes tried every major enemy of the United States here they write this and noble individual and his name has been smeared in flanders in track through the mud now its important to note that it was any gallaghers own platoon members in the navy seals who turned him in saying that he had shot civilians and that he had posted a photo on social media of the corpse with himself holding the head of the still fighter and holding up his knife saying got him with my knife however he has been acquitted and at this point weve seen donald trump tweeting out in support of any gallagher saying his wonderful wife andre and his family entire family you have been through much together glad. I could help thats us President Donald Trump however there have been many voices on social media that have seemingly accused Eddie Gallagher of being guilty of these crimes and said he is a war criminal saying that his acquittal is a bit of a disgrace and hurts the image of the United States around the world so quite a bit of a mixed reaction on social media to the acquittal and kind of mentions gallegos cases polarizing u. S. Opinion with some in the military community especially supportive of the navy seal we heard from veteran and author captain roger hill he was also at the center of the pentagon probe after claims of questionable treatment towards enemy competence. I think it a gallery because hes a hero not just to the United States and United States military but to the world because hes over there fighting isis which is an enemy that very few countries are willing to put forth troops and resources to can to fight themselves so he basically is being charged with premeditated murder for an isis fighter in my mind and im just a simple man here but that sounds like an oxymoron that you would send a navy seal to go fight isis which is a cancer upon humanity yes or humans but theyve made themselves to be monsters and so they should be treated as such and so when you say that youre going to charge someone with premeditated murder of isis in a combat zone little own a navy seal i just think thats completely contradictory doesnt make any sense. Violence has flared up in tel aviv to bring a rally in on a and i havent eaten a Ethiopian Israeli teenager who was shot dead by an off duty Police Officer. You. Know. That. Thousands took to the streets in what appears to have been a spontaneous demonstration some clashed with riot Police Another set cars and rubbish bins on fire the officer who shot the teenagers said he felt his life was in danger after you started throwing rocks at him as he made his family has demanded an immediate investigation Ethiopian Community in israel often described mistreatment at the hands of all followers hes a Spokes Person for israels police described what happened. There were a number of suspects that were involved in a fight in a local park a Police Officer who was in plain clothes he approached those individuals and requested to see their id what happened was as the situation developed and they started throwing stones at him he was hit and struck by stones and he felt that he was in a life threatening situation he responded by drawing his weapon firing to the floor busy and what we know is that the bullet struck the floor and then unfortunately struck one of the men who was taken to hospital in serious condition and later in the passed away since the burial of the individual that was unfortunately killed number one theres an investigation taking place as to what happened and number 2 the Israeli National police are dealing in focusing with what is the fact that since the funeral which is unfortunate i mean scale riots in and around almost all of the made to johnsons across israel protesters attacked civilians Police Offices throwing petrol bombs as well as burning vehicles well just over 3 years ago there was a similar incident and it took months almost 2 years in order to rebuild the trust and this is 140 there was recent incident has taken both the field in the unity as well as the Israeli Police to a level on an area which we didnt want to reach its obviously going to take time but were focusing on the period that were in at the moment which is dealing with the protests calming the situation down. The road make Navy Officers sacrifice their lives saving colleagues and a civilian expert on board when they deep sea vessel quote firing monday our Senior Correspondent mike ghastly i was in the city of manske close to where the tragedy occurred. The atmosphere here in the city of moments because gloomy its in the air its in peoples faces the expressions will be hard pressed to find a family here and more than once without relatives say in the navy so the strategy has struck every one person has really affected people here over russia there are commemorative services being held in judges rule of russian people expressing their condolences laying flowers weve had condolences pouring in internationally the pope has expressed his sincere condolences to those that died in this incident those that suffered in this unfortunate incident to raise it may the Prime Minister of u. K. Of the u. K. Expressed her condolences as well what was especially striking about this unfortunate incident was that out of the 1414 sailors who died 7 of them of captains 2 of them heroes of the Russian Federation all professionals all high ranking decorated veterans of the navy weve learned about the incident itself as well it happened aboard a military deep sea Scientific Research vessel it was out in the barents sea off the coast of mormons conducting Scientific Research in the hydras field when a fire broke out and one of the compartments the crew acted professionally story they began fighting the flames they evacuated a civilian industry representative that was on board shut the hatch behind him in order to prevent the fire from spreading and consuming the rest of the submersible perhaps killing their colleagues the other crew members that survived and unfortunately they got the fire under control but they perished juta asphyxiation. Acted heroically in a critical situation from a compartment that was engulfed in fire and they 1st documented the. In this true representative then close that had to behind him to prevent the fire from spreading throughout with what the. Head of russias navy is now personally in charge of carrying out an investigation of the last 2 weeks and establish what happened how it happened who was responsible. Sailors who acted who rode who rode clean order to save their colleagues and the vessel itself the submersible will be presented to the state the owners Vladimir Putin is being kept up to date on the investigation itself and the state has promised to support all the support of can offer to the relatives of those who perished in this unfortunate tragedy. Person has summoned the Chinese Ambassador as the bilateral dispute grows over the response to the hong kong protests has r. T. That Chawla Dubinsky from london with more details. That summons all the Chinese Ambassador to the Foreign Office comes off day and said that relations between the u. K. And china had been damaged following comments by the foreign secretary jeremy hunt and others in regards to those protests and not even hong kong lets have a look 1st of all of what jeremy hunt had to say previously about this we urge busy feel for it is not to use what happened as a pretext for repression but rather to understand the root causes of what happened which is a deep seated concern by people in hong kong for their basic freedoms are under attack well since then the u. K. Government is also announced their export license is all but items such as c. S. Gas and riot gear when aides have been banned china as a result of those protests that china is derrius seeing that the u. K. Has waded into a soul for an argument and the ambassador the johnnies ambassador to the u. K. Said that those who didnt legally occupied the Hong Kong Parliament earlier this week should actually be condemned. As break is that was also following beijing accusing jeremy hunt the foreign secretary of having the moon neil era delusions service into what the spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign ministry had to say originally it seems that he still indulged in the post illusion of british colonists and is persisting with the bad habits of condescending in pointing fingers at other countrys internal affairs. Well they also went on to say its hypocritical of the u. K. To talk about democracy in the home calling it issues with a given that when the phone call was a british colony for very long time they would know elections held that the jeremy hunt the foreign secretary gave this response to that. Message the Chinese Government good relations between countries are based on Mutual Respect and honoring the legally binding agreements between them that is the best way to preserve the great relationship between the u. K. And china is talking about the reference that the one country 2 systems agreement that was something that was signed when hong kong was handed back to the chinese and it gives the are going to move freedoms such as economic freedoms but what were seeing at the moment is tensions between the u. K. And china are ratcheting up over those protests. During a song supporters have mocked britains Foreign Office for posting a video demanding freedom of the press across the world ahead of a conference on free speech. John with the. Examination. The promotional video that youve just seen has been posted on the Foreign Offices twitter feed and its to promote the upcoming conference on press freedom the irony is that amongst all of that for the emphasis on freedom of speech and freedom for the press theres no mention anywhere of Julian Assange which was something that wasnt lost on his supporters who said plenty of things below on the twitter feed you have to believe in freedom before you write about it today Julian Assange just birthday wish him a happy day in your prison this is hilarious considering youre currently torturing one of the premier journalists about time who came up with this complain take a. Action to free a son jeff you mean it the family Media Freedom well as well as that promotional video the Foreign Office also had on its twitter feed videos about imprisoned journalists and also called for people to follow the hash tag defend Media Freedom of course which is very much a spouse by jeremy hunt the foreign secretary and the conservative Leadership Party candidate as well as amal clooney the human rights lawyer who in the past has represented julian a song though this is rather ironic because its come on the 48. 00 birthday of julia song and in love in his hometown where his father lives there have been celebrations and the ration is off there with the leaks founder of course mixed feeling for. The overjoyed or in a bit distressed the overwrought. Constant the unknown. And. Toward. The end of. All those 9 years the jump ship summer so far into there were basically going back to that extradition claim by sweden for alleged Sexual Assault all the way back to 2012 and in those years in the meantime Julian Assange has been fighting to clear his name also to fight extradition theres also fighting extradition to the United States and thats thats in relation to Chelsea Manning and all those alleged war crimes that were very exposed by her in the leaks that were provided to wiki leaks and so while the u. K. Is preparing for this conference on Media Freedom in melbourne theyre having this party but also this sort of commemorations with Julian Assange and also protests in the meantime the 48 year old himself is spending his birthday in belmarsh prison in South East London because hes in breach of his belt conditions thats what they imprisoned him for for 50 weeks and also waiting for that for us extradition hearing that will take place in february next year. And as strike on a Migrant Detention Center in the libyan capital tripoli has killed 44 paypal and injured more than one. And from the 30 thats according to the u. N. Mission in the country a warning you may find the following images disturbing officials of the targeted center allege the strike was ordered by opposition general Khalifa Haftar he ordered an offensive to wrest control of the capital in early april arrival government hasnt commented on the allegation meanwhile british m. P. s are debating what to do with frozen funds in the accounts of ousted libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ali boyko has more. If you run a business say one of these offices or shop before 2011 then your landlord what im being one colonel gaddafi he like to be known as the king of kings and his piggy bank reflected that before his downfall and death in 2011 exactly as Libyan Investment Authority had amassed some 12000000000 pounds worth of assets in the u. K. Alone among them in portland house on londons Oxford Street the 2011 un backed libyan intervention came with a un backed libyan asset for use to that meant that any libyan accounts in the u. K. Were frozen and according to a report by a Government Committee the u. K. Tax man could be scooping tax from those frozen assets the government said make good that its own 17000000. 00 pounds in tax on the frozen libyan assets in the process 3 years h. M. Revenue and customs that the tax man here wont reveal any more than mt and now some british politicians want that tax revenue to be put to good use the deputy head of the Northern Ireland he party has urged the Prime Minister to use those 17000000. 00 pounds in taxes collected from libyan assets in the u. K. To compensate the victims of libyan backed ira terrorism the Prime Minister will be aware of. The the long standing problem for justice and compensation by victims show the libyan. Terrorism in Northern Ireland did throughout the u. K. U. S. Citizens have been compensated by libyan authorities but the u. K. Should not thats unlikely say the. X the reason why this is where the other is most of the mess that the 3rd begins and whats more about the relationship between the conservative party. And the party is just that its being done because the government is in the midst of a. Civil war. And the interests of that money even for the symbols of the question all this raises is when the libyan money well finally returned to the people of libya the countries in a state of civil war and its rival governments havent requested the funds back in april libyas house of representatives called on the International Community not to release any libyan Assets Abroad until a unified government is formed this u. S. News report is from 2011 the u. S. Treasury department has 37000000000. 00 worth of funds that were accessible to more market off his regime frozen. In the United States the u. S. Government is holding this money but does not control what it has to release the funds back to the newlib Libyan Government when the government requests it and the you want to prove that and a treasury spokeswoman says they are working with libyas Transitional Council and the state department to do just that that was 8 years ago theyre still working on it right now its hard to see when the situation in libya will be safe enough for the money to be returned without the risk of it being appropriated by rival governing factions but in the meantime all those frozen assets are breathing life and liquidity into banks in the u. K. Europe and the u. S. Is that money will still be on where its limited absolutely going to be liquidated. A massive where their own Global Markets are just taking that money out of the global. It is especially when its that especially your this place yes there is it but its facing difficulties with roads a place of understanding it is because there emerges as a result of again. Because they see that theyre about libya because more pressure. But over time its done so quickly rather going to market so i think the moment its a very convenient that they get out of that or its a very convenient for the money and what if youre a muslim thank. You parliament has elected this new president italys and david so slowly of the socialist and democratic faction but i mean pace have yet to approve junko junkers successor as European Commission chief leaders proposed German Defense minister vandelay and she will now need the backing of a majority of the 751. 00 any peace shes known as a federalist supporting the creation of a single United States of europe sovereign nation and an army she would become the 1st woman to head the commission which has helped to win support but not everyone is sold on her candidacy especially as leaders suddenly scrap the established nomination system requiring her to have formal backing of a party group. Underline is our weakest minister thats apparently enough to become Commission President osullivans alone is unacceptable as head of the e. U. Commission for social democrats we cannot simply throw the top candidate principle overboard because the results of the election did not suit some heads of government. Leaders have also put forward a new head of the e. U. Council who will take over from donald tusk theyve opted for belgian Prime MinisterCharles Michel however this pickle also doesnt sit well with many in the European Parliament breaks their party any peas are particularly angry as michelle openly mocks britains departure from the bloc commenting on van vandelay and nominations European Commission chief german m. E. P. Maximillian crowd told us his country woman has a track record of failure. All established parties promised only qualified politicians. And what they are now doing is a big if. The most important position in the 2 minister who failed in germany and who needs just a position to get her out of fire in domestic politics in every position she hold in germany she failed and i do believe that youve also exceeded when to get intervention gets an even tougher and even more important and more difficult position she got her offices in germany because she is very connected into the Party Establishment of a good americans for a strong Democratic Union she is just a typical politician out of the system without having any record of successes. Donald trump jr has criticized nike scrapping special Edition Sneakers commemorating u. S. Independence day the sportswear giant reportedly responded to complaints that the flag printed on the shoes comes from the era of slavery r. T. Easily put trying to explain. A quick disclaimer before i begin im sorry of my local or my store you offend someone these days you never know thank god im not a Fashion Designer whoever buys their stuff or even just comes across their designs may get mad at something and a few Creative Ideas may ruin the whole business nike came up with a special sneaker series for the 4th of july featuring whats known as the betsy ross flag its just an early design of the u. S. Flag and probably the holiday is a great occasion to remember a bit of National History but in the universe of National Football league i can call and capper nick nike cant sell footwear that features a symbol that was used in the times of slavery he got in touch with the brand bosses and forced them to scrap it some thought he did a great job others were like what good luck making i have certainly purchased my last pair. Mikey is an absolute disgrace i didnt know colin copernic was the barometer of offense thanks for sharing over all my tweets by him from here on out pernik is now in charge of nikes production its a shoe company for gods sake just a little earlier nike had to get rid of another collection intended for china this time the problem was that the designer brand behind the shoe look had shown support for hong kong protestors online hell yeah these political subtleties do matter better not play with fire nike bosses thought youd think this lady though wouldnt really look back and what problems so one far away had with her ideas like it is to keep me. Not see you need one. Ok even kim carr dashi and i had to tweak the name of her lingerie line up she originally called comodo kim oh no get it but the japanese got furious with this wordplay mrs cardassian west even got an official letter from the mayor of a city in japan asking her to mind her branding language back to sports where giants anitas too had to pull one of their designs from a shoe collection to honor black History Month the problem was it was all white who makes no wise shoes so the brain bloody History Month i do this thing a swing and a me city this for your information try consulting with actual black people friends i hear they are all over the country this is just the tip of the iceberg good chain ones got in trouble because of black sweaters with big lips prada offended someone with key chains that look like black people cathy perry process the law in with shoes resembling a black face i mean. Really your product may end up annoying anyone which is for instance im not messing with be said for a drop their starter which kid parfum box after being scolded by a Witch Community all cases required some damage control again i respect everyones feelings but arent the offended going a bit too far a bit too often. In france hundreds a rural schools are about to close forever despite promises by president mccrone to keep them open he was responding to demands by the best protest movement takes a closer look at the issue. Its been 2 months since french president emmanuel kwan promised that no more schools would close in a period of what he should not have closings of schools or hospitals without mayors accord until the end of my president ial term and yet now more than 350 rural schools are closing their doors and people in communities like this one a furious its terrible that schools are closing member rule areas because for the education and well being of children small establishment are much better than big schools for kids to go all summer to learn should not be tied to a if i have a place to go or not i think it is but it would be a bad decision to close those schools even if there are not enough students when i was on the floor we need schools to educate the next generation our future with our schools we can move on if the foundation of everything if these schools close there will be fewer and fewer children and families in the villages and religious will die out thats why its very important to keep schools open to make them attractive so more families will bring their kids there to be fair the french president hasnt gone back on his word he did say local authorities would have the final say on meet the Police Officer what he says is that the promise will be kept 100 percent mr mcmahon said that they will not close any schools without agreement from local mayors and this is exactly what we are doing but whos behind the push for local municipalities to do this i am surprised that the mayors are in favor of the closure of a school this is the only social fabric that remains for villages from which have gradually disappeared post offices shops where the School Closes it is heartbreaking for citizens and elected officials. Critics point out the government will always find elected officials who agree to close schools some mayors have had time to work on their closure project but others have done it under duress so how do you get the mayors views in some cases theyre told anyway there will be no teachers in front of your students so regroup while it may not make direct Financial Sense for schools to remain open when the classrooms are not full it hardly encourages families to move to the rural areas and address the growing demographic crisis in the regions when your. School is closing i do believe that the. Very its like a heart attack you know because you are just. Facing reality and awaits you have the feeling that give village is dying the small town is dying and everything is collapsing this is something that my call. It is my control because he hasnt changed you carry out your policy he hasnt changed the financial and budget but its you know it is still you know on just lets say it again ensured. Worldwide economy which is not what the french want. Those are the headlines for you this hour were back in 30 minutes with all the latest to see that