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calls for separate is in ukraine to postpone their vote on independence saying russian troops have now pulled back on the border ukrainian prime minister of the russian president's comments on here. barclays said it would cut some nineteen thousand jobs over the next three years. i think it's a cap is in the investment bank in the scandal the french soldiers killed overnight in northern mali. french defence minister says france is sending three thousand more soldiers to fight islamist terror prisoners in the past the health region that cost is from the tcf. the chinese council spent at first it to the trapped between the russian president threatened to put in and the head of nato on changes

in ukraine on wednesday put in said he's pulling a russian troops back away from the border. but the next weeks post it later in the day the nato chief said he had seen no signs of russian troop withdrawl. that prompted russia's foreign ministry to say that meter head anders progress reason was quote a line. pro russian separatists in ukraine have been pushing for a referendum on independence to be held this sunday but in his comments yesterday but it couldn't hurt them to postpone the vote. the grade we are requesting the representative of ukraine south east and support as a feather realization of the country to postpone the referendum that is planned for may the eleventh in order to ensure the necessary conditions of the line on with the addition meanwhile the views of the self proclaimed people's republic of done yet skin ukraine are meeting today to decide whether or not to follow his suggestion and postpone the vote. is it the first sign that crime will not endorse the referendum. me and the many separate is seafood

his words as a betrayal. it's no guarantee the poll won't go ahead as planned. meaning soft explain this she's critical hits channel on a cliff in the open tiny town board done yet. asking one question do you support the proclamation of the people's republic that don't yet. beastie preparation for sunday's very rigid not still can't find the demand content saying he wants the poll well spent this is the first opinion of course we'll pretend he's a very wise man is a very wise man. we've decided to do things our own wait to get it done yet for a break and that's that's the separatists needed any species and said a meeting of the self proclaimed people to committee will decide a silhouette that i hold the banks but with many a keen to go ahead. it seems tactical withdrawal may not hold back for a russian activists on the grounds despite the freezing of the question. they say that any australian state with a

good sign if they want an independent retort on the week in ukraine for an extension by russia. it didn't bloom at the most opposed to the referendum as our reference points. once we declare independence. kiev the little nickel on us. that is and yes we could all space and all primaries so kazakhstan. and if we join the russian federation on the ticket and had a great spot and he wants for an independent republic separatists officials say if the bait days hence there will be twelve hundred polling stations across to me xd new hands provinces and they expect a ten out to seventy percent. but questions remain. they say the veteran finished he took all the time to post at the plate and a j smith the referendum held in an atmosphere of contents. many updates it pays to the separatists say that too afraid to speak alps. why then are not about all of this icon or international fairs and there are in charge of this young said army first

of all let's talk about it please comment to push back his referendum to postpone is this a sign of a real change of heart. wilkerson is playing a lone game the goal is to reduce western influence in ukraine. when victor yanukovich but the country and for every europe was put in the unfortunate position of winning it had to twist kids on one drops in on economic reforms and had to confront them in the standoff which collectively europe didn't have much appetite for. but this balance of power can change again. now then when the actual since it increases calculus as robust as it is telling us from donetsk area he may have seen the kit man means business. in the east and that may have prompted him to call for postponement of the referendum. but the long term goal is still had to join the western influenced by a creation of federal state in ukraine that goal hasn't changed. and if they can be achieved. like this but in the referendum

act and coming to arrangement with a trip or a shame it is the frontrunner in the presidential election dance abs. i mean they mentioned it was fun runner in the presence of the senate is scheduled at two for just a few weeks from now let's look a bit more about this man is talk that i could was his role in this crisis will he be streets ahead of the other candidates in the opinion polls. he was the only only go to openly backed the euro might dawn movement keys ukraine's seventh richest man known as the chocolate cake but mostly he's been somewhat flaky and his sixteen year career he's at times be on the left. send to all of rights. crew rushed him to pray weston and his consistent for weston statements over the last few months and don't give your full picked up all his physical korea. i wanna highlight to recent statements by pursing to one a bit he said his most against the idea of a referendum in the east. but as long as it was held at gunpoint and second statement

at his recent endorsement of all good americans call to postpone that referendum in eastern ukraine. i just wonder whether these two statements suggests that suggests that perhaps these two men entry person to know that an increase in the already may be behind the scenes trying to reach some kind of accommodation. i think people are going to write and speak in place they're about to head back to growing a situation in ukraine. another major story for you now in south africa where the anc party founded by nelson mandela does not set to be heading toward victory in the election manner. with around a third of the ballots counted the african national congress has close to sixty percent of the vote this was the country's first born free lecture with people born after apartheid voting for the very first time emc has ruled south africa since white minority rule and twenty years ago. i missed say the positive results so far to come as a surprise in south africa has been plagued with corruption scandals and

pour in convictions. as the united states and china have on our joint in the search for the more than two hundred school girls abducted in nigeria three weeks ago. islamist militant group vocal hair and says it's holding the girls and is planning on selling them into marriage has been much criticism over the nigerian government's response to the kidnappings with anger protests continue in nigeria and the wait. i don't eat it too we both are issues to acknowledge the kitchen and put more than two hundred carols by the group vocal ham in fact if the commission to find them. right right. it goes once that's done is done the tongue. does. it was just too much the recent shoot. the three men were

accused of trying to suppress protests when one typically do with the rest is pink things for us to put paid to opinion off to the story attracted international entree each offering a three hundred thousand on a little bit helps. it does tell that to them to let the unions today's they need it. too cute. both incentives as well as punitive action. he did elitist in oakland. it increases the chances of recovery. the us and britain debate sending two teams at the minute we passed mile to help find the ghost. as the nigerian actually seem unable to claim that the security threats from local ham. i know they met in school girls who reportedly snatched any of this week the french soldier has been killed in northern mali. he was from perishing regiment and he reportedly it was killed by an improvised explosive device had been

planted by the hottest group has launched its military intervention in mali in january last year after islamic militants overran around two thirds of the country and threaten the capital on the coat is more from defence ministers on the fifth field. we are thus night in northern mali who has mountains. a french soldier lost his right cheek such a massive pile of fruit one can in the morning was killed by the exclusion of an itu t t one of those improvised devices placed by god is great. you can resize it a useful christina died for the labor seat of molly the security of money to feel secure the freedom and security of fronts and your id. this was going on in mali also fake security crimes that is the reason our troops are there cannot be convicted of false issue that is open a can of soda the leader of the syrian opposition has made a powerful state in the united states to end. he called

the nightmare of civilians under the scenes of daily barrel bombings. on the job but told us think tank the nomination process the issue of weapons to face the attacks and change the color. on the front of his new syrian national coalition would not let things fall into the wrong hands. that also cause offence but the syrian president assad last august and re election next month of the bars. this is a new kitten on my front teeth some people from the religious issue the u s national security advisor stephen rice is due to meet the palestinian authority president today. she's the first senior american official to go to israel since nine months of the u s brokered talks about last month. i smacked it is really meters wednesday where she's at peace with the palestinians can only be reached through direct negotiations leading to the establishment of an independent palestinian state her visit to israel in the west bank comes as israel has been forced to deny

claims that spartan us sunday is now europe's fifth largest bank barclays looks set to flash. as many as nineteen thousand jobs in the next three years the lender announced the cuts this morning which are far worse than a ten to twelve thousand it predicted in february. the concept of barclays earnings were down from twenty eight percent in the last quarter. mark thompson has gone the drastic times. drastic measures often disappointing results in the past three months of this he apologized bank has announced a series of structural changes starting with sweet pea layoffs. on thursday the lender announced fourteen thousand jobs or ten of its worldwide work force to be tough this year i learned. around five thousand more are expected to carry before the end of twenty sixteen. please please to the mid fifty percent drop in pre tax revenue in the post was a constant largely down to forty one cents for when

the british bank's fixed income currencies and commodities business the downtown's been blamed on the drop in the trading of bonds due to sluggish economic crisis and uncertainty over interest rates. off the job losses are expected to be caught in the uk. specifically the company's investment on which will be split into you barclays chief executive on to the jenkins think this will help the bank stay competitive. in the future but these will be leaner stronger and much better balanced and well positioned to deliver lower volatility high returns and growth london has also created a site called bad bank is expected to howls around a hundred billion euros of underperforming assets including loss making european retail operations as well as the less profitable parts of its business. to florida now where police say the fire at a mansion belonging to former tennis star james blake was intentionally set. four bodies were found in a charred remains of the house the deacons were described

as two adults and two teenagers. the sense that the fire was an unusual one thing there were various fireworks from throughout the whole thing. officials say a murder suicide was a possibility that any stock had been renting a home out to a family for the past two years and he was not there the fire. i'm leaving out with this you know as well as i do that on air discussion is sometimes get a bit she did. here's one conversation that truly got out of hand fiji tv guess that you see here were discussing the theory. so join in the first traded insults before going on to cough up over at the moncton and its happenings other on the aig can see the company the sadness. the ttc they think that that get on that but he never does thank you for what to get the team will be back shortly with one of

my time. off. he says welcome to dc today we took a nap citizen she had its young men and occasionally women joining the holy war against banks are now set they might be your next door neighbor is in the suburbs of paris or philadelphia apparently the trip to the normal lights. many are radicalized through the internet and also their local mosque. according to the international center for the study of radicalization at king's college london syria is the most powerful magnet for international since afghanistan on in the nineteen eighties. when my guest today is a research at the center as well as being a fellow at the washington institute in the us. aaron seven welcomed

the progress. they said and what's is the attraction of syria for these european and other fights is one of the main attractions is the fact that its use here you have the assad regime which is battling muslim which sunnis view is heretical. and as results he's slaughtering the sunni population and therefore many of the younger muslims in europe the us the arab world the view that as a cause to fight back against the suckers in cuz they wanna help of their fellow muslim brothers and sisters in many ways it's about solidarity one of the issues though is that some on mon that population or very ideological and are sympathetic to the ideology of hokkaido where the islamic state of iraq an al sham. i'm still even if an individual necessarily goes to see in the first place maybe four more altruistic reasons. once they get there they might then be indoctrinated to an end to more radical ideology

and that's when the main reasons why many within france and europe are very much worry about what happens when these individuals come back home. see you sing the national integration is often this sectarian all one can fashion a light dinner of helping a fairly soon these yes one of the main motivations is related to helping out the fellow sunnis because of the one they believed that his son regime is you know massacre in them and therefore because the wax their arab states are not really into feeding themselves they feel it necessary to go on over there and friday as the regime and led to the motivation is to simply wanted to do something with the lights and being in some way disaffected with that situation and in that country's well i deftly think that there is some adventure isn't related to it as well because you get to go over there eager to have some camaraderie on the fia it's um and and and one other things too is is that the recruitment process. it

provides many hope the insulation is well you know especially if you look at the context of some of the muslim populations inside of the year of the may ppl or they might not have to be able to gain good job with the new nasa me come around the lake. you're gonna be doing the work of god. if you come over here and helpless played against this for radical regime. um that's a pretty powerful message for many who provides the recruitment is is that existing is what came from syria posting videos is that the main the main routes there are a few different ways one can potentially be recruited on. there are those who are already inside syria on the menu than their northern syria. therefore they are able to get up there next actions via turkey on the many delights twitter facebook there's also this website called ask of them were in the vigils can ask in the vigil questions about what's going on and then the person will respond and therefore people get connected to each other over over these ways but then you also have more of these in a

face to face type of potential recruitment within the context of western europe cee of different types of grassroots movements for example newquay you have a home lies your own group or indulge in new hampshire ia for belgium any of similar types of smaller organizations in other western european countries ball and therefore they have memberships in there and within that then people get recruited and two that are connected to logistics and facilitation networks and most people are going to syria through turkey and a don't need a visa to get to turkey from europe and also it's very cheaply enough like theirs will and therefore as result it's it's you know there's a lot of incentives and makes it easier. where is china go to afghanistan or yemen or somalia. it's difficult to get there. a because of price and just because they're more distance what about this use of an american oaks the un can washington d c my sleep. we have heard of a set number of american citizens fighting in this area but i'd be not

nearly as many as your pants yet been in the united states this context we haven't seen too many americans know there have been some anise believe that there's potentially up to seventy who've gone on the bike it within the american muslim community there just really isn't necessarily an appetite for in the vigils to go out there whether it's because they're necessarily more integrated and more economic opportunities on and also the united states or the fbi is was local law enforcement if they see anybody trying to go their whole set up a sting operation similar to how they might do with somebody who's selling drawings are within prostitution and all rest the person ahead of time before they even get over there so there's some preventative measures in that way but ultimately i want to get onto the sting operations in a minute to just one question about the biggest known european group of jihadists which according to the report said. you will reach the eccentric king's college london is a sound he's now up on the saudis were steam age of blue backed

him on a essentially a helping the syrians who wanted to go on. will the saudis are the top line because they view themselves as sort of that of the islamic world in many ways because they're you know mac in medina are within their territory on anyone to help out there. the fellow sunnis is called the scenes sort of motivations and we saw this also in afghanistan in nineteen eighties by the saudis also do not want help of groups like java producer of the islamic state of iraq wash em because they're worried about the vigils coming back home and potentially been involved in acts because the saudis to see up close themselves there's a low level insurgency from two thousand to around two thousand six and of course the fact that after sunday's return from going to the iraq war last decade the then twenty and then enjoying it all hiding there in peninsula and they've tried to attack saudi arabia. so they're trying to play this dancing game in some ways but helping the mater rebels which are more nationalist in some ways maybe less radical islam is

su and trying to isolate the jihadi elements but it's difficult to e no sift them out and of course because the jihadist networks is so strong in terms of recruitment of foreigners most individuals of gold are there more to join up will usually end up joining groups like isis and java from this result is beyond its adult saudi arabia's hands in many ways. just about that did the operations you mentioned in the us to try to prevent jihadists from doing syria would he think of the european measures announced a fall of the french and the bridge for example have announced various ways to try to stop this from happening. can one read still one of the jihadists. all i think that it's possible to stop them in some ways are trying to um you know the man made people not want to go by showing how the reality is inside syria it's not as glorious as recruiters are individuals online might say is calm but the fact is it's very easy to get over there and there's an incentive. as

long as the assad regime continues to stay in power as long as he continues to kill sunni muslims is wall is known to chemical attacks against civilian populations there will be the motivation for individuals to go and as a result even if states don't want them to go i think that individuals will continue to go. but perhaps only food would be for weston. when thor seas to make a much clearer case that if you go out to syria jordan and the point in all these sad regime but a rifle extremist group will that's one of the things that could be potentially done by governments in the us or western europe. in that they can have a lot more information campaigns whether it's on tv through on line media talking about how you know you're going over there necessarily fighting against these suckers even mean if you look at isis for example they barely fight the regime there pretty much fighting against double to loose or other islamist forces. and

there's also the factor of some individuals have over there and they become completely disillusioned cuz it's not as nice as is it's been a triangle put out there any news the whole slogan of it being sort of a five star compared to c afghanistan was still pretty brutal topics. it's a war and its now like living in paris or london or berlin necessary course you have much time for ministry training before you'll turn into a fight when asked jiabao face threats of going back which western expats to battle. is that really i mean is there any evidence to suggest that somebody coming back woods. i want to commit attacks on british school french soil for example. so there is an academic study by a norwegian thomas hank amber and i looked at data from nineteen eighty to two thousand ten of westerners who have gone abroad to fight an on form battles and only about one in nine and ben were involved in home grown plots and they came home. but the problem is

is that still but ten to twelve percent of individuals and the fact is that the number of individuals who bought the series can truly unprecedented. and there's potentially upwards up to three thousand so that's intended toll percent that's more than three injured in the vigils potentially be involved in plots when they do return home. spread out through western europe was the thought of would you agree to pray for all of the tutsis who carried out attacks. you know on home soil like london tube omens were veterans of afghanistan to iraq. they used a very different ball game and that is western oppression of muslims and for that they didn't need to go in flight and a someone. yes i mean each sort of conflict as their own victories on the tree in many ways. this one is obviously a lot more focused on trying to be back this regime that is not truly muslim according to them for a stay in afghanistan the eighties or in the last decade in iraq is more about

pushing out a foreign invader on so it's possible that because the focus is not necessarily about a western country or see the soviet union the context of the eighties that there might not be the same oval ball back but the fact is is that people when they get to syria are still enjoying these groups that are very much dislike the united states and western european countries and therefore are very much still willing to go after them and they the much larger pool of potential individuals to then go back home and commits a max and it doesn't take many people to do something as a solid seven seven and just look it then now france. in the past couple years of muhammad marrow. on that because a lot of tears so. ok then so does the space to a stinky say much for being on the interview errands and then. at the washington institute in washington dc in school for this edition of the interview in on

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toowong will or will the gonorrhea shown to be strengthened by fighting spirit a military parade dedicated to the fatherland defenders day was held on the square has a keel and thousands of us to a residence on a spectacular event. millions of tons of spanish citizens watch the event the live broadcast the president in the supreme commander in chief of armed forces of kazakhstan the sultan as a buyer open the parade. he congratulated all the products to the people on the holiday spirit in the road to glory and said that next year the seventieth anniversary of the victor in the great patriotic war will be