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>> to the initial intervention in ukraine. we are imposing seances on more senior officials

of the russian government. with a number of other individuals with resources and influence. swell a bank that provides material support to these individuals. they are tightening the screw just a little bit more. >> they have been sanctioned previously, that this probably is going to have a huge impact on what they are hoping to do which is influence the russian president. what is more important here is what the president said after announcing the sanctions. saying that if the -- if they start moving their military into the eastern or southern parts of ukraine, then they will go after the russian economy, sanctioning industries such as the services or mining or

defense. basically saying that could destabilize the global economy, but that the u.s. would take that step. and then he went further to say military encouragement, is what he called it, many ill tear exercises won't happen've ukraine, but he did say it would be a different story when it comes to the nato countries. >> do you get a sense that perhapses in washington there is a reluctance to go for real sweeping sanctions that would really hurt russia? >> i'm sorry i lost you for a bit, but i think it is important to say that the obama administration says they do not want to take these steps. partially because it's been a hard time convincing their european partners. it is pretty minimal, less than $30 million it is a much different story when it comes to europe, and mrs. a broader factor, that it could

impact the global economy, that the just beginning to recover from the great recession. so the a bam ma -- by sending these messages directly to vladimir putin, but the president insisting the senior aids behind the scenes they are willing too take that step when it comes to ukraine, and any sort of military intervention. they are down playing even the possibility they would give them any sort of he that will assistance, so it is clear they are trying to keep these threats at the economic level. peter sharp reports no uh from position cow, where the u.s. secretary general has been trying too ease the tensions. a quick response to this escalating crisis less than 48 hours after

russia's annexation. meeting face to face, with the russian president at the kremlin. an indication of how seriously this is being viewed and the u.n. in new york. they are urging for a espaful settlement at the meeting. >> of deep concern about the current persecution, involved with ukraine, and al russia. russia is one of the most important leadership countries. and globally. not exactly mission impossible, but they will struck toll find common ground between russia and the ukraine. when he arrives tomorrow to deliver the same message. left western diplomates stunned. he had no further

territorial demands on their country. nato remains unconvinced. it's been moving additional air assets from the u.s. to poland to boost nato portions deployed in eastern europe. and there is grow b appetite. two german chancellor says it is the end of the g. eight. >> it's clear that as long as the political conditions for the g 8 are nonexistence, like right now, it does not exist any more, either as an organization or as a system h summit. >> and some believe that putin will seek to remove the interim government, to ensure ukraine remain as willing partner. in his plans for a custom's union, among the former soviet states. >> after securitying over crimea, president putin most lakely would fight tooth and nail to make current nationalist government in kiev.

overthrow and to see the new ukraine leadership, which would probably end in a fresh negotiations. >> meanwhile p it is is basking in another set of government sponsor opinion polls. russia may be condemned by most of the world for what the u.s. calls the crimea land grab, but the russian presidents approval ratings have never been higher, throughout his presidency. 75.1% of the people support him, and that is up 15% since the start of this crisis. live now to moscow, we are keeply interested in those new sanctions that have been imposed by president obama, and who -- which individuals he has targeted. >> well, president putin likes to keep those loyal to him, keep them close to him, and these are some of his closest

cronies p three they are an eclectic mix. they are senior, very senior government officials. form ire kgba agents and of course, there is egor head of russia's military spell general. sergei he is the chief of staff of the president's executive office, vladimir y actionkanu, chairman of the state railway, and also a very close personal colleague of putin. founder of gun this is one of the big commodity training companies.

>> a member of is officials from the russian federation. >> now, moscow pretty much scoffed, didn't they, peter, at the first round of slightly tentative punitive measures that were issued by the u.s., and indeed by europe. are they still laughing now? well, i wouldn't say laughing, it was a scoff. there was a joke, and a lot of sarcasm when those first sanctions were levied by obama. in fact, one of the -- today one of those sanctioned in the list who is a fowler kgb agent, said to have laughed off the -- his inclusion in the list, because he has been as a former kgb agent, he is banned anyway. but seriously, they will be obviously disruptioned for some of these high roller whose are dealing with america, and their companies in -- have their assets banned in the states. but it is nothing as serious as the possible tier 3 round of

sanctions. that could be introduced shortly. i think the government will be worried about one development, just a few hours ago, looks like some of the banks in the market from the stock market were taking a bit of a hit, and there's also real concern about the amount of cash outflowing, flowing out of russia. about $50 billion is said to have left russia since january 1st. and if that continues, say, the economist and russia could easily go into recession. >> all right, for now, peter, thank you very much indeed. reporting live from moscow. let's take a look at other news now, will resume off the west coast on friday, from malaysia's missing airline, so far they have failed to find any praise of is question bree which was spotted by satellite. it is still unknown for the debris will solve the flight 317 mystery. >> is this debris from

malaysia airline flight mh 370? this fuzzy photo taken from a satellite is said to show a number of objects floating in the southern indian's. one, said to be 24 meters long. their credible sitings. the indication to me is of abouts that are a reasonable size, and probably a wash. >> there's another one ha is smaller than that, and a number of other images in the general area.

of the biggest one. >> it was australia's prime minister who first announced what he call add potentially important development. in and credible information has come to light, in relation to the search of malaysian airline? the indian ocean. the australian maritime safety authority, has received information is based on satellite imagery, of objects possibly related to the search. i can inform the house, that an australian air force orion has been diverted to attempt to locate the objects. >> all search planes three from the military one from new zealands are taking turns to search the relative lunare row area. a commercial ship has also been diverted to look, an australian naval vessel is on rout. but with moving water and

poor visibility, getting human eyes to identify the objects one way or another, is still a difficult task. >> it is a ten hour flight. over the indian ocean, where search efforts for the boeing triple seven are now being concentrated. >> where possible debris

from flight image 370 may have been slighted. a range of 240-kilometers and a metal detector means crews aren't relying on just their eyesight to pick up objects. >> now i have the radar looking out ahead of us. in a certain mode. that allows us to look for little parts. little pieces of debris. >> . >> the draw on this flight, know what they are up against. every minute counts. especially for families that have been waiting for two weeks with no news. finding the plane means search teams will be one step closer to finding the black box. a device which records audio and flight data.

and with that, p froms the mystery of how and why flight 370 vanishes will be solved. florence lee, al jazeera kuala lumpur. >> okay, we can talk to keith macky who is a pilot, and an accident investigator, he joins us live now from florida in the united states. mr. macky, thank you very much indeed for talking to us here. what are your thoughts first of all, as an active investigator about where we are in the hunt for evidence relating to what has happened to this flight? >> it is a very unusual situation. possibly because of the part of the word where the aircraft disappeared. way didn't get information the way we would normally expect to get it. some of the information was released late. and some of the information that we got proved not to be true. so it's very difficult to come one a positive

conclusion. now, we know that the path of the aircraft was determined to be along two lines, one of which they call the northern corridor, which went up over china, and into pakistan and that area, and the southern corridor let out've the indian ocean. the location of the wreckage that's been found, is along that southern corridor. now, there is a 24-meter piece floating or nearly floating and this is a large airplane. it is not inconceivable that it could be that large from the missing airport. and for a piece that large to be floating it wonder what would keep it afloat. they were quite a distance away. there there is current and wind that would drift

the possessions. the more likely thing we would find as it brock up is we would expect to find seat accusations other things like that that would actually float. if this wreckage is located they won't determine whether it's from the aircraft, and once we have the wreckage. if it is from the missing aircraft, we can learn a lot from looking at it, the way the metal is bent, there will be a lot of signatures that will lead us to clues as to what actually happened. >> now -- >> there were teams from 26 countries involved in this search. one would imagine, therefore, that coordination is absolutely vital. >> it is, and it is very

difficult to coordinate something like this, particularly among that many nations. so that will be part of the problem, and the other thing is even if the wreckage turns out to be from the aircraft, it's been drifting in the wind, and with the waves for 12 days. so we have to make calculations as to where the rest of the wreckage would be, so we can proceed to that area, and then look for the radio pings that the black boxes send out. and once we find the black boxes we'll learn a lot. >> okay, keith, thank you very much indeed. pilot and aviation consultant and accident investigator, speaking to us live there from florida in the u.s. thanks. >> more to come here now on the al jazeera news hour.

also reaching out, the government sends more soldiers to take on criminal gangs who are tearing a city apart. they stage a major upset at the world 2020, details coming up with fourer. syrian government troop say they have captured a medieval castle. the fort is a world heritage site. stephanie decker has more. >> government soldiers raised the syrian flag in triumph, these pictures an a proregime station, reportedly show the p toos after a fierce battle to take over the nearly 900-year-old. government forces say at least 14 rebels were killed. the syrian observatory

meanwhile says at least 60 people were killed or injured as they fled for the border. >> built during the christian crusade, and is famous for being one of the best preserved castles. it has been a popular tourist destination, but since 2012 it's been fierce fighting between forces and the government. >> this footage appears to show military jets targeting the area, directly around the castle in early february. and in october, air strikes are said to have hit the fort itself, leaving parts of it damaged. it's unclear if it has ruined part of the structure, it is just one of many sites that has fallen victim to the three-year-old war. the news that the the syrian government is now firmly in control and it's surrounding town is just the latest in a long stretch of victories along this boarder.

this is all part of the major push, to secure it's border with lebanon. al jazeera, on the lebanon syria border. the weather similar proving in the mediterranean, and that has led to a sharp rise in the number of migrant whose are setting sail from north africa, trying to get to italy, let's go over to felicity now. who has more. >> italy rescued 1,000 migrants on thursday, that's the third group to be picked up this week. and the u.n.s refugee agency says it is expected a further 1500 to arrive on friday. many of them have made their way from the overcrowded refugee camp in syria. the immigration centers are now at the breaking point. phil reports. >> rescues like these are

common, more than 1,000 rescued from boats on thursday, more than 3,000 in total in the last few days. it is a tiny island just south of sicily, but it is closer to north africa than it is to europe. and that's why it is attracting to hose threing their home continent. in making that journey from the likes of libya, and syria. many also come from air tray yeah, paying people smugglers to get them there on overcrowded unsafe boats. the reality is many never reach europe alive. hundreds dies when their boats capsized. divers had to retreat their body as state funeral was promised and in the end, that turns into a memorial service. in fact, italy's attitude.

and the policy is that if migrants aren't seeking asylum, they get straight back home. an italian problem or a european one. >> stalls on thursday, lawyers represented families withdrew the claims that the troops had claimed unarmed civilians that was brought back to a civilian base, they said there is insufficient evidence that anyone was

killed. the inquiry named after a 19-year-old iraqi allegedly killed after the court criticized the ministry of defense. for not conducting it's own investigation. into the allegations. three officers charged with manslaughter. removing him from the u.k. on the native. in october, 2010. it was originally decided that no charges should be brought in relation to his death, but the case was reconsidered. after a verdict of unlawful killing was reached at this inquest last year. >> japanese manufacturer is relocating it's global rail headquarter headquartm tokyo to london. the move comes after the company won a 1.2 billion pound contract to make the next generation of high speed trains.

750 jobs will be created in the north of england, and that is the latest news from here, let's take you back to doha. >> al jazeera has been told gunman opened fire in the serena hotel, in the central part. the hotel is considered a save haren for united nations staff and foreign delegations. well, earlier seven tell ban suicide bombers and gunman attack as police station in the eastern city. at least ten officers and one civilian were killed. james ferguson reports. seven armed attackers forced their way in. ten police officers and one civilian were killed in the intense fighting.

>> the city proximity in pakistan was a challenge. >> it is a border province and it has a lot of roads coming in and we have tried in the past six months to inflect more casualties and will continue to do this. >> it was a fierce battle. for four hours heavy gunfire can be heard in the area. at least ten explosions were heard in the morning. these streets were considered relatively secure. it is an attack at the heart of the city, at a location right next to the governors house, sending a message to the afghan authorities and the people that deadly attacks are possible anywhere in the country. the country's deputy interior minister came from the capitol.

keep to ease worries about the draw down of foreign forces. >> it was some propaganda by the enemy in 2014, but force whose are the brave sons of this country, are responsible and will be responsible for it's security, and are ready to be sacrificed. >> in just over two weeks afghans are due to vote for a new president. it's a crucial step for the country's future. one the taliban refuses to recognize. they have vowed to continue attacks on election officials, candidates and the security forces. destabilizing what is already a fragile environment, for any elections to be held in. jane ferguson, al jazeer jazeera, kabul afghanistan. >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour. we'll be live in brussells where european leaders are expanding their sanctions on russia, because of crimea, but will they make moscow pay

attention? and in sport, find out if australia were a hit, against one of baseball's biggest teams. >> the only thing i know is, that they say they're not going to withdraw. >> then, immediately after, an america tonight special edition for more inside and analysis. >> why did you decide to go... >> it's extremly important for the western audience to know why these people keep on fighting... ...it's so seldom you get that access to the other side. >> faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition

jazeera, these are our top stories. new sanctions against russia in response to moscow's seizure of crimea. and moscow is hit back by announcing it's own sanctions against several officials. military search eight will resume their hunt for the missing malaysian airline on friday. ships are also searching the southern indian ocean after satellite spotted partially submerged debris. captures an ancient castle after days of intense fighting. president's troops raised the nation flag which is close to the eastern city of homes. more on our top story, of course, the crisis no ukraine, european leaders are set to follow the

u.s. example, and expand their sanctions against russia for it's seizure, now, it is expected that they will add more names to a list of those already subject to travel bans and asset freezes. the british prime minister layed out the aims of the e.u. summit. >> this is an important council, because what russia has done is unacceptable and the countries of the european union need to speak with a clear and united voice, what that means is more asset freezes and travel bans, more actions specifically in respect to what has happened in the crimea, but also it means making sure that we do everything we can to help build a strong and democratic ukraine. >> so that summit is currently underway, and our correspondent is there in brussells. do you get a sense then, that the tone is definitely sharpening and that european leaders are likely to follow in the footsteps oif u.s., and

ramp up their measures against the russians? in less happen an hour, all the leaders that have gathers here, will sit down together for a working dinner, and in that, worriesing dinner, they will finally get to discuss the ukraine and russia. in the dedicated way, they have been talking about other things so far in this summit. of course, ukraine has come into their talks but this is the first time they will really get down to the nitty-gritty of it, we understand there will be 12 new names under discussion being considered for the travel ban and the asset freeze that is have already been targeted against 21 russians and ukrainians. of course, what has happened in the u.s. today the u.s. expansion of travel bans and asset

freezes, will factor into the decision making here. what we might also get later on this evening is some sort of explanation about what phase three sanctions might entail. now, phase three is what angel america and the other leaders have been talking about as the it strategy. if russia escalates the situation, in ukraine, then they might have a much more punitive, much more trade and much more economic sanctions against russia itself. right across developments in brussells today, as we expect european leaders to announce more measures against russia. now, antigovernment protestors have attacked -- now this comes as funerals of some of those kills.

is set fire to government property. >> elsewhere in the city, thousands turned out for the funeral of a young student quilled by egyptian security on wednesday night. it was participating in a peaceful demonstration, along with hundreds of fellow students against the military backed government. >> shot dead during protests there. up to 10 dies during the street protests across the country.

officials claimed two. most of those at least took place inside universities in cairo, and assume. felon stray tors turned out to mark the third anniversary of the first constitutional changes after the fall of egypt former president mubarak. students also called for the deposed muslim brotherhood to be restored to power. morsy was the first democratic elected president, was removed in a kuo that was backed by the egyptian military in july 2013.

>> and of spreading false news. abdullah from al jazeera air big channel has also been in custody for more than six months. and continues to demand their immediate release. the next court appearance is is on march the 24th. now the human rights watch organization is releasing a new report highlighting the plight of 5 million columbian whose have been forced to leave their homes. >> where two rival gangs and the impress a -- well the government says that

in 2013, 19,000 people fled their homes, but the total number of those killed isn't really known. hundreds of people have also disappeared the warring groups often dismember their victims and then dump them at sea. they have doubled their presence on the streets but despite thousands of investigations into forced displacement, and disappearances, prosecutors have not obtained a single conviction. >> the largest pacific ocean, they look for weapons and members of two criminal groups. and the population. killings and disappearances happen

daily, the gangs dismember their victims throwing the remains at sea. is used to violence. his family first fled from the country side escaping the rebel group. he started working with the community, buzz was threatened to where the children were killed. >> i have had a nervous break down. i think i am going crazy, the shock, the fear, i feel all the time. i stop eating, i every time i hear a scream my heart shivers. seven i am not even sending the kids to school any more. >> he shows us a bullet proof vest sent by the government, they told him to use it whenever he leaves the house. >> almost half the families living in this neighborhood, have fled in the past few months. because of the increase in violence, on every street, houses have been abandoned. community leader says

those left behind feel trapped. invisible borders divide the territory controlled by the gangs. for many activities alongside drugs there are new expansion projects the community is under constant pressure from these group whose want to control the land or kick us out. that all will benefit. >> after being leer for a long time, one does not believe the government's good intentions because the goal is often been to deprive people of their territory. i believe all the money they are promising for social development are really to further develop the poor. he is packing his things he has lost all faith in the ability to protect his family.

now, he just wants to leave columbia for good. i'm malcolm web, the capitol of the democratic republic of congo, where robots have started taking over the work, of traffic base.

also arrested is a mayor who has play add central role in demonstrations against the government. he is accused of encouraging violence civil unrest. in the city. >> also in venezuela opposition supporters held a prayer vigil for a public employee that was shot dead. they gathers can has been a battleground between protestors and security forces. venezuela national assembly has formed a commission to investigate murder and stature, but there's a blame game between the government and the opposition who are ray fusing to back the commission. they say it -- reports no uh from the capitol. >> dreaming he would be

attacked near the demonstration, on which he insists he was not part. he said hooded progovernment thugs forced him to run, and shot him in the back with metal pellets landing him in the hospital. >> these people were armed and have their faces covered. they realize that the weapons are the same ones used by the security forces. that the opposition led them has presented to the nation's chief prosecutor. >> groups are being armed. and with the support of the government. there are 40 cases of torture, but there are a lot of claims that we have received from different people about abuses police abuse, torture, of cruel treatment. >> the president seen here at the funeral of a

national guardsman shot this week during the demonstration, puts all the blame on violent protestors whom he called right wing fascists. >> and security forces. if there is even one case,ly immediately investigate and punish those guilty with all the weight of the law. this is not a government of torture. >> such assurances have not convinced the opposition to take part in a recently truce commission, which is controlled by the ruling party. these are peaceful, and at least for now, the national guard is letting them take place. while it may be calm here, clashes arrest and killings continue in several parts of the

country. certain to intensify the battle over who is most to blame for the on going violence. al jazeera, caracas. >> five men have been arrested in the u.s.a., suspected of human trafficking. after more than 100 people were found in collared conditions near a house, in houston. the men, women, and children who are mostly from guatemala, mexico, and honduras are now in the hand of immigration officials. the rest are thought to be fine after given food and water. a suicide bomber has killed at least 12 people in iraq's capitol. at least 40 other people were injuried in the attack, which targets a mainly shiite neighborhood. the killings brought the dell tot on wednesday to 46.

fighting forced many of them from their homes and now they are shelters immortal camps are a lack of sanitation is increasing the threat of diseases like malaria and cholera. >> more than this, bad things happen here, but god is generous. >> let's have a look at the sports news now, what do you have for us today? is. >> a lot to talk about, the quarter finals of this year's league football competition will be known in the next few hours. attempting to overturn a 3-11th. against ben and their rounds of 16 tied but the challenge has just has a whole lot bigger they conceded a further goal to go down 4-1 oning a grate approaching half time. later they will take a 1-nil lead into the second against anapoli, and they will need to overturn a two gold

deficit against real. >> manchester united claimed his side is now dark horses to win the championships league. robin scored a hat trick as united claim add 3-2 victory. a spike from what has been a hugely disappointed season was the first time united had overturn add two gold deficit for 30 years. >> we -- in some depend draw is underdogs in rah lot of the games, so from that point of view, hopefully we can do it. i don't see any reason why not, i generally think this football club is capable of it. and i believe if we play to our capabilities which we are not sure that often, then i think we can do much of anything. >> they bowed out of the competition with a 5-4 loss to tortman.

and togetherman boss takes over. who was there last week, his plead focus be the russian league. 3 points behind leaders with nine games remaining. there is three mexican teams in the last four of the top club competition, north and central america, one of them cruz assume overcame sporting kansas city, to reach the semis at the con cal semis conocaf championships league. hong kong has pulled off the biggest victory after the world's 2020, that's the first time hong kong has ever competed at the world cup, and they were chasing 109 for victory,

smash as six spare, claiming the unlikely win by two, despite the loss, been he dash still advanced to the super 10. >> that's another significant victory for correct. it shows that they are beginning to close more, and it shows how far correct is coming as well. so it's a big win, and always a great win when some of the lower sides can knock off the test nations. just deliabilitied we got through in the end. >> another surprise result, knock afghanistan out of the tournament, and they were making their first appearance at a major tournament, and having scored 141. they won this game by nine, but it wasn't enough to see them make it to the next phase. >> the main group stage of the tournament will get underway on friday as india takes on fierce rival pakistan. it has never beaten india at a world cup, and have only beaten them once in 5-2020 meetings.

the expectations of the people and the fans around the world, we are not only considering one game. but this is not the whole tournament, we want to have a good time in the whole tournament. >> is there of course it is something that you can't take away from the game. casting the imagination of people. >> they have officially appealed his disqualification from the grand prix, the 24-year-old finished second on his red bull debut, but then was excludes because his car was using more fuel. the fuel had shown inconsistencies in appeal date has been set. the masters are just three weeks away, the world number two has tied the course record in the opening round of the arnold palmer

invitational. the australian made go puts and had three longer than 20 feet to finish day on ten under 62. the spaniard is the next best at six under. the bill who exposed gaping holes in the drug testing regime of jane ferguson make can athletes says she has been forced into hiding and labeled a traitor. a former executive of the jane ferguson make can anti-doping commission, has shown that just was test was conducted in the build up. and more tests being jamaicaent, eight jane athletes failed doping tests. >> there has been -- and will continue to be, as long as i still open my mouth, i suspect there will be a problem.

but it's the price to pay for speaking out. >> and they gave them a winning home coming. >> the new president of the new york knicks, phil jackson. >> the man who won two titles as a player with the knicks before coaching chicago and l.a. to 11 more championed watched them no of up the seven straight victory, the knicks beating the indiana pacer whose beat them by 92-86. the future of carmelo anthony may be in doubt, on an emotionally charged night at madison square garden. >> the energy is not just in the building, it is throughout the whole city. new york city, the fans the support baseball has

made it's return to australia correct ground. team australia was not surprisedly beaten by the dodger ins this game. the dodgers will play the diamondbacks at the same venue on saturday to get the mlb regular season underway. well, three time olympic champion has announced her retirement from alpine skiing. the 29-year-old german won gold in the super event. she also won two golds at the vancouver olympics in 2010, but her season came to an end after crashing last week in the downhill event in switzerland. it was a very difficult decision for me. everything i did related to that, but vancouver, where it was a perfect time for me with two goal medals the next big challenge, and possibly

the final one as they even said then, was to once again win olympic gold. and i did that in sochi. for all the latest you can check out aljazeera.com,/sport. plugs we have blogs and video clips. that address again, aljazeera.com/sport. that's it for thousand. >> now, we are all moaning about traffic jams here, and as indeed so many people do around the world, but there is a particularly bad problem of traffic in the democratic republic of congo. and now, traffic police there are getting a helping hand to try to end the grid lock. their new back up is impervious to exhaust fumes and to badtempered drivers. malcolm web reports now

from the capitol. it is normal for drivers to spend hours in traffic here every day. traffic police are meant to keep things moving. is now giant robots are here to help, so far there is two on trial. this one has the crossing p p pedestrians like it. >> it is better than before. now you can cross with confident. the robot is doing its job correctly. >> the robot is the way towards modernization, we don't have to keep doing things by hand, we can change so that industry comes here. >> there are few traffic lights, and so the robots are lucked. and unlike it's human counter parts it can't collect rides. traffic officers are poorly payed and drivers often accuse them of

extorting money. the robots designer, says cameras will report traffic offenses to a central computer instead. after why use robots instead of lights. >> there are several kinds of lights in the world with, butky tell you the only robot in human you remember to, in the shape of a policeman is regulating traffic is made in congo. we are proud of that. >> perez run as women technology cooperative. she helps authorities will pay for them to be installed in cities across africa and beyond. she says she wants to create much needed jobs. most are poor following decades of conflict. and in a country where a lot of the public infrastructure doesn't work. people are happy with something that does. mall come web, al jazeera. >> the news continues

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welcome to al jazeera america. president obama announced he will expand sanctions against russia after it's actions in ukraine. the executive order will blacklist individuals with tied to the government and a bank used by then. >> i sign add new executive order today that gives us the authority to impose sanctions not just on individuals but on key sectors of the russian economy. cheese would not only have a significant impact, but can be disruptive to the global economy. >> a general avoideds jail time during his