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
Hello there good morning youre watching out international where its just gone 10 oclock here in moscow russias president Vladimir Putin is paying a flying visit to stay where he will meet with his italian counterpart and also pop into the vatican for a chat with the pope talking to journalists the head of the trip he stressed the special time tested relations between italy and russia reporting now from rome is it. Well it could be these special relations behind why president Vladimir Putin came to italy back in 25th thing when he wasnt exactly a frequent guest to europe but the e. U. Is not what it used to be 5 or 4 years ago different people are in charge of italy known for their euro skeptic policies and also a different approach towards anti russian sanctions so this is definitely going to matter when the talks happened the sanctions though are still of course taking their toll on whats going on between europe and russia when the journalists of a major italian newspaper caught up wi
Its just turned 3 pm welcome to the program more information has been released about the tragedy on a deep sea submersible in which 14 people were killed in a fire in russias north west were joined in the studio by artist donna for more on this so what do we know so far well indeed on july the 1st a deep sea submersible court while on a mission and were being told it was a Research Assignment by the ministry of defense indeed 14 people perished in the fire and that was pretty much it when it came as to what we knew about the incident well now russias defense minister sergei showing who has offered a bit of an insight as insight i should say as to what happened on board at the time apparently the crew saved a civilian the 1st we dont know any details as to who that civilian is we just know that it was an industry representatives we dont even know if it was a he. But anyway they saved that civilian then sealed should be behind them just to prevent the fire from spreading across the vesse
Watching Art International bring you a live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. Heroic russian navy officer sacrificed their lives saving colleagues and a civilian expert on board when their deep sea submersible caught fire the defense minister has described it in that manner. Joins us now in the studio for more on this what do we know so far well so far the details that we were pretty scarse we know we know that on july the deep sea vessels submersible quote file while on a mission and apparently it was. Assignment this is what were getting from the Defense Ministry in the course of the 1414 people turned up dead so now the defense minister rushes to face a defense minister who has a bit more insight as to what happened on board during that. And apparently the crew 1st they evacuated a civilian we dont know much about who that civilian is whether its getting down to the simplest of details like it was a new worry she what they were doing there we know it
A free speech conference is going to defend freedom of press. Youre watching international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program russias defense minister has described how her roic Navy Officers sacrificed their lives saving colleagues and civilian experts on board when their deep sea submersible caught fire on monday. Join me to discuss the details. Well so far the details that weve hired were pretty scarse we know we know that on july the 1st a deep sea vessels submersible caught fire while on a mission and apparently it was the assignment this is what were getting from the Defense Ministry in the course of the fire 14 people turned up dead so now the defense minister rushes defense and defense minister sergei show who has offered a bit more has offered an insight as to what happened on board during that fire and apparently the crew 1st they evacuated a civilian we dont know much about who that civilian is whether its getting down to th