A British Foreign office promotional video about a free speech conference calling to defend the freedom of the press. Has just gone 5 am here in moscow where if you are in the wall thank you for choosing our National Welcome to the program. A military court has cleared navy seal accused of multiple war crimes. Charges as well as the controversial nature of his acquittal. Once again raises questions of the pentagon conduct overseas caleb maupin has 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 hes 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 Eddie Gallagher was triumphant huge victory huge we call to gallaghers huge victory for justice it was stealing like were finally been betrayed after being terrorized by the government that my husband bought for for 2 decades in the war on terror hes caught 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. Now as kate of just mentioned gallico was found guilty of posing for photos with a corpse i know when he was sentenced to 4 months of confinement hes what time now in the form of pretrial detention the navy seal will also have both his rank and pave reduced veteran on all thought to hell when we heard from that that weve got a design operation. 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. Why thats the intent of the future and the law and on the Ethiopian Israeli teenager who was shot dead by an often 2 Police Officer. You. Know. That. Thousands took to the streets in what appears to have been a spontaneous demonstration some clashed with riot police now the set cars on the spins on fire the officer was shot the officer who shot the teen into said he felt his life was in danger after youve started throwing rocks at head and teenagers family has demanded and in egypt investigation the few pin community and often described mistreatment at the hands of parties a spokesperson 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 is 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 busy and then unfortunately struck one of the men who was taken to hospital in serious condition and then later in the evening 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 and focusing with what has developed since the funeral which is unfortunate again large scale riots in and around almost all of the major junctions 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 then was recent incident has taken both Ethiopian Community as well as the Israeli Police to a level in 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. Heroic naval officers sacrifice their life saving colleagues and to sit in that spot on board when that deep sea vessel course on monday our Senior Correspondent rod god stands in the city of more months close to where the tragedy. 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 of a sailor or in the navy so the strategy has struck everyone personally it has really affected people here over russia there are commemorative services being held in churches all over russia 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 because it is a. Submarine thats acted heroically in a critical situation from a compartment that was engulfed in fire they 1st evacuated to see. Industry representative then close the hatch behind him to prevent the fire from spreading throughout the deep water of the head of russias navy is now personally in charge of carrying out an investigation of the last 2 weeks in establish what happened how it happened and who was responsible the 14 sailors who acted heroes who rode clean in 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 and can offer to the relatives of those who perished in this unfortunate tragedy. Britain has summoned its Chinese Ambassador as the by law to dispute grows over the response to hong kong protest has shot it depends q. 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 calling comments by the foreign secretary jeremy hunt and those 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 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 the export license is all the items such as c. S. Gas and riot gear when aides have been banned china as a result of those protests that china is fear or seeing that the u. K. Has waded into a cell for an argument and the ambassador the johnnies ambassador to the u. K. Said that those who didnt legally occupied the Hong Kong Parliament early this week should actually be. Devons as break is that was also following beijing accusing jeremy hunt the foreign secretary of having colonial era delusions service into what the spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign ministry had to say if 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 countries internal affairs. Well they also went on to say its hypocritical of the u. K. To talk about democracy in your home calling it issues with it even though when the phone call was a british colony for very long time there were no elections held that were jeremy hunt the foreign secretary gave this response to the. Message the Chinese Government good ruination is between countries a based on Mutual Respect and honor in 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 to 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 our england 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 former u. S. Step not jim chopras towards hans comments on the hong kong protests could be seen as hypocritical. But theres an element of the wounded sovereignty with the british criticism with the chinese want to make it clear this is sovereign chinese territory yes there are straighter girls who are special to hong kong that is the form of the former colonial power i cant help but notice that were not just talking about protesting were told me going in in secrecy wife or worse by mob violence a legislative chamber you know i dont recall mr hunt talking about the yellow vest protesters in france which were as i know have never stormed the. French parliament and are being subject to great repression i dont hear him calling about addressing the root causes their. Supporters have mocked britains Foreign Office the posting appeared to mounting freedom of the press across the wild ahead of a conference on free speech. With the rest of this current examination were given. 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 that 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 doughtery one of the premier journalists about who came up with this compay take action to free his 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 just passed by jeremy hunts the foreign secretary and the conservative Leadership Party candidate as well as amal clearly the human rights lawyer who in the past has represented julian a song though this is rather ironic because its come on the 48th birthday of Julian Assange and in love in his home town where his father lives there have been celebrations and commemorations off the wiki leaks founder of course mixed feeling for. The overjoyed and in a distressed over. Constant. Court. To win over. All those 9 years that jump ship them or so far into there were basically going back to that extradition claim by sweden for alleged Sexual Assault all the way back to 2. 12 in those years in the meantime Julian Assange has been fighting to clear his name also to fight extradition hes 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 for Julian Assange and also protests in the meantime the 48 year old himself is spending his birthday in belmarsh prison in stasis london because he is in breach of his belt conditions thats what they imprisoned him for for 50 weeks and also waiting for that full u. S. Extradition hearing that will take place in february next year. The e. U. Parliament has elected its new president italys david saucily of the socialist and democratic faction but any peace have yet to approve junk or younger successor as European Commission chief e. U. Leaders propose German Defense minister. She will now need the backing of the majority of the 751. 00 please she is known as a federalist supporting the creation of a single United States of europe sovereign nation and army she would become the fast woman to head the commission which has helped us so far when support but not everyone is sold on her candidacy especially as leaders suddenly scrap the established nomination system requiring her to have full backing of the party group. From their line 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 Minister charles show however this also didnt sit well with many in the european part. Went back to party every piece of particularly angry as michel opening remarks britains departure from the block commenting on van de lay and nomination as European Commission chairman m. E. P. Maximillian crocker told us his countryman has a track record of failure. All established parties promise to only send 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 she will succeed when we get when she gets an even tougher and even more important and more difficult position she got her offices in germany because she is connected into the Party Establishment of a good americans for strong Democratic Union shes just a typical politician out of the system without having any record of successes. Donald trump jr has criticized nike for scrapping special Edition Sneakers commemorating the u. S. Independence day the sports wire giant reportedly responded to complaints