the united russia party was set up by me and i used to be the head of the the leader of the year united russia is still the main force in the parliaments. so i acted on its behalf. and well i signed the laws actually so it's part of corporation between our branches so we need to make beyond the same page we need to see eye to eye on the issues so i think this is a very good indicator. so our colleagues from georgia now please. to modernise the beads from rue started to to be channel mr minister for yesterday said that russia's nor ready to introduce a. visa free regime with georgia. while georgia as it has done a lot to change the relations with russia they said we've done everything to ease the tension unfortunately. the russian actions or near the occupy line. are very frustrating but we want to normalize our relations with neighbor there right now i've just quoted the statement by the new prime minister of cores that we have rich cultural and economic ties but all warts political steps is russia ready to take to normalize relations with georgia or. personally you have you changed you

are raising concerns over security at the upcoming olympics in sochi but robert siegel from the united russia party believes the two issues can be compared. to just about always naturally the main focus is now on the way security will be provided in sochi but it's worth mentioning there's a great difference between volgograd railway station and the olympic games in terms of security so worries about the safety of the olympics absolutely baseless. because the following developments and we'll bring you all the details as and when we get them you can log on to our team dot com for a minute by minute timeline of the events in volgograd. now look at the week's top stories thousands gathered in turkey's capital ankara to demand the resignation of the country's government that's after a violent dispersal of protesters in istanbul on friday night where police used tear gas and rubber bullets against the crowds the rallies were sparked by a corruption probe that led to a major cabinet reshuffle and the arrest of government officials artists are first has been following events. it's not uncommon sights

they do that because of them is probably important to keep your brain at more distance from russia because uniting of russia and ukraine or at least the good sides can raise an economic sphere has also jellied to go on in fact for the last and gone through this is why they tried to keep ukraine more reason from russia. well you mention the word geopolitics here so europe is still trying to persuade ukraine to sign a deal how likely in your opinion is this to happen in the near future i think they go for a little because the marches and he do march resources financial police are going forces economic along and the ukrainian opposition is not and abandon all non grand position of these lads like the russian consulate that was this project. which i would call it project project independent ukraine a solution it will be there for all the as you can see europe will not come back because it should be she doing for the move if you know if you european union fans not that's russia use its resources to keep. the interest in ukraine well economically speaking europe is not going through the best of times so

that is a message the united dates is clearly sending to russia. >> what about the athletes? how do they feel about it? >> certainly proud. it will be difficult to find the reaction from athletes. we have heard from billie jean king. proud to stand with the members of the lgbt community and is hoping for a watershed moment. one of the most high-profile athletes that will be part of the u.s. team is bodie miller, this gear. he said he found the anti-gay aws embarrassing. sports and politics do not often mix well. a good sign of that is what the u.s. olympic committee had to say, not even mentioning that two openly gay athletes will be part of the u.s. delegation. they said, this is an impressive and iconicficials athletes. this is a strong message sent by the united states to russia and to its president, vladimir putin. >> he was egypt's first democratically elected leader. could be facing execution. a court in egypt has charged mohamed morsi for conspiring with foreign groups to do terrorist acts. dismissed the charges as fabrications and lies. ofresponse from leadership hezb

russia is not the united states russia is not. britain or france but russia is not. a stalinist dictatorship either it certainly is not that. as you say there's been so much negative criticism of russia you should be what ought to be peripheral issues in the west especially in the u.s. in recent years that it's come to very much so are the dialogues between russia and the u.s. and between russia and the european union and this is how the very serious strategic consequences both sides is a loser for this so i think this is a welcome move and it ought to get more play in america and europe than i fear it will receive but it's deserves to get positively martin great to talk to you on this thank you very much a thoughts martin seif american foreign affairs analyst live and united states thank you children as young as eight years old are being held and tortured across a network of secret islamist prisons in syria according to shocking new reports the jails are operated by one of the fiercest rebel groups the islamic state in iraq and the levant it's practices and also so

russia. the delegation includes no other high-ranking officials. he is sending two highly gay athletes, billy jean king, and hockey player caitlin cahol. the delegation represents the diversity that is the united states. russia is taking heat over its inacted laws against gay proppa glandsa. ondeuce billy jean king sent out this tweet: >> the u.s. says russia's massive bailout of ukraine will not address the concerns of ukrainian protesters. demonstrators opposed to the deal gathered in the capital kiev, and want ukraine to have closer ties with the european union. russia is providing a financial live line for a country that is trapped for cash. >> it was a public display of affection, an affirmation of close cultural and economic links between russia and the ukraine. putting the kremlin and vladimir putin and viktor yanukovych - memories of a shared history. >> a landmark agreement by russia promising to reduce the price of sales to natural gas to ukraine by 30%. prices per barrel dropping from $400 to $265. an immediate saving of $10 billion for the hard pressed ukrainian economy. >> let me remind you that russian remains a partner. ukraine's budget is 30%. added to that a $15 billion bail o

he's an envoy for the united nations and the anti he met representatives of the united states and russia. in preparation for peace talks scheduled for january twenty seconds. special meaning to send twenty one countries will take on those countries include saudi anything in this league as the court the city and marbles. he did not include the time. but he says a us team is announced contains the evening in should have a place at the table. as far as red cross and united nations. we hope that they read and participate. lucky that it increased team would like to work with them. sources added that tells us stepping up their attacks on each other he says he hopes the storming of the crypt of those times. and tomatoes was announced as the star of the day. when an opposition plan to present a list of disciplines. proposition eight is instructed to leave the descent. the us economy showing more signs of the country. revised figures for the feds want to show the pasta spirit in me to dance. department officials had estimated bill in the crib and defeat point six percent again. are being given a

congressman, you rightly mentioned that one area of common interest that the united states has with russiaand syria is to prevent syria from becoming a base of operations for al qaeda and if i may add maybe another common interest between the united states and russia that is preserving moral integrity because once we start changing that regime and not part of the world the changes will have many repercussions. my question is as follows. do you foresee in the medium term a scenario whereby c. assad staying in power is being endangerment to achieving these common interests that we share with the russians? >> i think that the american position which i support has been you had in syria at the beginning of the arab spring a real movement which early on we think represented the aspirations of the majority of the syrian people across different set carrion lines for more openness and for a change. the assad regime is a brutal regime that suppresses the rights of the syrian people. and so we need to change the regime in syria. now, the challenge of course has been ambassador crocker has spoken a lo

. >> there was a veiled swipe at the united states. russia says they do not desire to be a superpower, "we have no aspirations in that direction. russia is a multiethnic, tolerant country" the the pentagon, no doubt, will take note. >> people in the u.s. are marking the first anniversary of the sandy hook shooting. saturday will mark the day 20 gunmen. the attack reignited the debate. no new restrictions have been passed so far. patty culhane reports. >> this is how the nation remembers the tragedy at sandy hook elementary school. these are the faces of newtown. the faces of 20 children murdered in their classroom. six and seven-year-olds killed in a stream of gun fire at the hands of a mentally ill man. a crime across the country one that brought the country and the leader to tears. they claimed they would change gun laws. the newtown families lobbied, so did the powerful national shooting association. they won. a universal check for gunowners, ban some weapons. this was a shameful day for washington. he promised he would keep fighting. >> s

russia and the ukraine are strategic partners. not just in words but in deeds. we are united by centuries of friendship and have lived in the same country. part of tuesday's deal will see russia temporarily lower gas prices. they are facing a huge budget shortfall and desperately need the money, especially after bailout talks broke down in november. they immediately denounce the new deal. the opposition leader repeated calls for him to step down. >> we know that there is only one solution for this political crisis. it is to hold a snap parliamentary elections. the snap elections are a fair way to go. it is an opportunity for the people to choose which path they support for the country. >> she has are sure countrymen to reject closer relations with moscow. so far, they have not joined in the customs union but that is only a small consolation to the protesters. >> for more on this story, we're are joined now by student -- susan student -- susan stewart. welcome to the show. first of all, will this the enough to sort out ukraine's financial woes. >> it is a good short-term solut

diplomats with the united nations and russia and the united states a plan to get both government and opposition leaders to meet face to face. they have to bring the peice together next month in geneva to discuss ways to end the civil war the sighting has foisted more than eight hundred thousand syrians to flee into neighboring last but not many refugees are trying to seek shelter from the bitter cold temperatures that be dropping below zero at night. those living in class in tents near the border. i'm struggling to keep warm. aid workers ages to beating casein stairs. i feel is in short supply. we flit from civil war left everything in my country. i'm afraid that my children like milk it would survive in such cold weather. we'll see medical workers fear people will develop pneumonia or other diseases. un officials have appealed for more than six billion dollars in aid the largest requests the organization has ever made for a crisis in a single yet. even when they won the change to the finance scheme city and tomorrow. we would still have a major humanitarian crisis on our hands. two

united states is completely independent of energy. and certainly there is a fence around this town and that is not the case. and russia actually fits on the world's largest deposit of shale gas. it has enormous conventional importance, which is a title. and we have shifted this is a major player even if the united states for a certain period of time, in terms of this sometime in the next 10 years. while this means is that the current business model is changed and russians are very good at adapting this because of the huge size being so important to the economy and we assume that they have adapted many times before. so they have some to do with the stock market and they won't be able to have the big pipelines and is again going to be a more complex very and they have to be very careful of rushing out and thinking that everything has changed radically the we are all in the process the shale gas revolution is how quickly things can change. from this includes their own uses of energy efficiency and that is the kind of things we are talking about. we have to be careful of thinking that this change is russia's position in e

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zone and an area where through which more friendship and better cooperation between the united states and russia can be achieved rather than this zero sum game that it is now being defined ukraine is being defined as i think it's not in the interests of russia and certainly not in the interest of ukraine to define this as a pulling in one. on another pull both russia and both russia and the european union should provide positive incentives for ukraine to develop economically they have a very difficult economic situation and also for the people's will to be expressed through real democracy ok we really appreciate thoughts from the u.s. ambassador to prague a journalist or a senior fellow at the foreign policy research institute thank you so much for time and your perspective really interesting to hear your thoughts thank you it's well ukraine's prime minister says the protests are preventing keep payments from being made to keep running how the government struggling to keep the economy afloat right now don't call. do we speak your language or not advance. news programs and documentaries in spanis

and when we come back we'll talk about russia's moves and where it comes in conflict with the united states. you're watching "inside story." >> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. we're discussing a resurgent russia and vladimir putin on the stage and what it means for america's foreign policy. we've seen vladimir putin very much intervening in the east versus west battle inside ukraine, russia very assertive in the negotiations over iran's nuclear program over whether or not syria had chemical weapons, and once it was established how do they get it out of country. how do you understand what is going on now? >> well, i would rather emphasize the fact that russia has awful relations with lots of its neighbors. vermont putin is trying to come back to chemical arms with syria, and now with ukraine, but what this means for ukraine, it is that ukraine, indeed, becomes more dependent on russia financially, economically, and geopolitically. but it also means that neither russia nor ukraine would really benefit. this is a decision against reforms, against any corruption that is perv

that means it's part of a nato expansion toward russia if the united states and russia could agree some out to nato expansion then unilateral missile defense will also end and if you want missile defense then it ought to be some collaborative european american russian program but at the moment it's motives are not really military because nobody thinks it could actually protect you you send up one hundred fake missiles and the missile defense goes after the fake ones then you send the real ones it's done you no good this is political and it's enormously expensive and it's an absolutely no one's national security that was stephen cohen professor emeritus at n.y.u. and princeton. well in israel people are breathing a little easier lea's days ever since syria agreed to hand over its chemical stockpiles to the international community for months so syria's civil war raged on in the country israelis have been preparing for the possibility of violence to spill over into their country or worse yet a chemical weapons attack but those fears are finally easing artie's policy or reports. this could

need to buckle in the future says that in russia or any other country in the world there are no more political prisoners. and then they included kosky was re united with his elderly parents. once russia's richest man be fully yukos oil baron has always contested the charges of tax evasion which put him behind bars for decades. this occurring at an all out ethnic civil war in south saddam's forces loyal to the former vice president rick nash of abc's the main safety of the key oil producing region and the reports of summary executions of the opposition held areas. government troops are searching for myself. yet when it was good. use the boat and on that night and ended up in heaven. it is going to the dump and then winning the twenty two when he gets into the night before yet the government institutions. chee own goal and for the presence of the can says he still controls the country's crucial oil fields. but that's of little comfort to the sixty thousand or more who fed them and submit to escalate to finance the un is providing shelter and assistance to as many as possible. she's bred heavy cream to go up to present here and others backing his fo

russia. he is sending two openly gay athletes. tennis legend billy jean king and hockey player caitlin cahol. a white house statement says the delegation represents the diversity that is the united states. russia happens been taking heat over its laws. >> on tuesday bi tweeted: -- billy jean king tweeted: >> john henry smith with a look at an unlikely team atop the n.b.a. who are we taking about? >> the portland trailblazers. if you peruse the internet to see what the experts predicted - no one thought the portland trailblazers would be good. here they sit with the best record in the n.b.a. they had to go through point guards. point guard's damien lieuen. he buried eight, three in the third. the plight of oakland high. 37-point blazer third-quarter turning a deficit into a lead. >> it knocked the game up. a dance says do it again. the last triple gives the blazers a 1-1 win. >> the number 0 is a hero. west brook. it's against denver. his wingman is kevin durant. the team with the second-best level. they didn't try to win seven in a row. >> the lakers in loss four or five since kobe bryant returned. is he rusty? didn't look it here. laker led by 19 in the first. koebry had 30 tur

of course he's on the hot seat because in the west especially in the united states by president obama and by congress the acts by russia giving temporary asylum to snowden are considered to be. extreme hostility towards the united states wrong good to talk to you thanks a lot brownback a door to the anti war on sick coalition right here i want you to national. children as young as eight years old are being held and tortured across a network of secret is known as prisons in syria according to shocking new reports the jails are operated by one of the fiercest rebel groups the islamic state in iraq and the levant its practices and laws are so harsh that amnesty international has equated it to a reign of terror smoking or behavior deemed and the islamic community to link the sentences of these detention centers and even worse selena nasser she's now understands national research have told us what people face in these jails there is widespread torture torture of adults including and also children the most common form of torture is flawed gave flogging against detainees take place on a daily. on a daily every day basically i

of of further is that there is a change in relationship with israel, which also means that russia, like the united states has to balance of salts and the balance towards this is part of the quote world, russia was seen in a position to a variety of reasons. but things have been a part of this and a simplistic view of the amal us imola this and this has to do with soviet jews and not just the whole of the former soviet republics and manifested in this and there was a russian speaker among many others that they. name: nonetheless, aim message of this number of people that have been in there for a period of time as he would come in israeli society and they become part of the fabric that vladimir putin himself has talked about and talked about our jews and he has never heard a soviet leader make that kind of comment. in any platter of this. he wants to establish the critical tides of engineers. he wants to talk about intellectuals on the great kind of cultural achievements and he wants to see this is a huge loss to the fabric of russian society has made great efforts and high-level visits and this inc

." >>> more evidence of tension between the united states and russia. president obama announcing the u.s. delegation to the 2014 sochi winter olympics and it's clear that it's a rebuke of president putin. billie jean king will be one of two openly gay athletes with the group in february. russia has faced criticism for its treatment of guys and lesbians including a law banning gay propaganda. in a statement, president obama said in part, "the u.s. delegation to the olympic games represents the diversity that is the united states. we are proud of each and every one of them and think they serve as great ambassadors of the united states to the olympic games." it was also announced that neither president obama nor vice president biden will be attending the games. that's a direct snub at russia. first time since 2000 the u.s. president and vice president or first lady were not in that delegation. >>> want to stay on the subject of russia for a second. president putin made a strong show of support for the ukrainian government pledging $15 fwol a bailout packag

. >> there was a veiled swipe at the united states. russiaaid president putin does not aspire to absuper power. he said we have no aspirations in that direction. russia is a multi-ethnic and diverse country. peter sharp, aljazeera, in moscow. >> joining us now is the political analyst maria lit man also monitoring putin's speech. thank you so much for joining us. with everything going object in ukraine, we are seeing three weeks plus of demonstrations, it's surprising he didn't focus more on ukraine. why do you think he did that? >> it was a surprise, maybe the most unaccepted part of his speech. he only mentioned ukraine in passing and did not refer to the political crisis in ukraine for many days now. he only referred to developments as those he is vents and sounds conciliatory, which was too unaccepted. he said russia would like ukraine to be part of thure rain union russia presides over, but russia is not imposing anything on anyone and he surprisingly referred to europe in which russia is in a standoff with ukraine as our european friend

and russia is also a target for international terrorism so is france so is germany but all those countries combined don't spend as much on intelligence gathering intelligence spending as the united states alone well i don't know exactly how much russia spins on their intelligence it's based on history i imagine it's very very high russia is of course got an aggressive intelligence service that operates all over the globe the way we define intelligence here in the united states is not just the activities of the central intelligence agency it's also the support we give to our soldiers who are were engaged in iraq and also engaged in afghanistan they need what we call signals intelligence they need photography that helps them win a particular battle and so we define intelligence rather broadly and for the challenges that the united states has we think it's been an appropriate level of spending although it has contract it a little bit in recent years now you mentioned earlier that you believe that the americans got what they paid for in terms of increased security but if we look on the foreign policy of being is the u.s. intelligence has. totally it drop the ball on multiple issues

not for the united states were for russia or china, but for the world to be able to apply those to a global landscape that is rapidly changing. wayr questions? let me go to the back to the young lady. with policymakers focusing on the short-term threats here and now, are there any resources going to midterm and long-term ofeats? if a whole bunch resources are not come out of the dia plan for long-term national security? class a great question. -- >> a great question. i get that a lot especially in the field. there are forces in the field, those are joint task forces. our special operations forces. commands. they tend to live in the short term because they are dealing with the operational environment as it is and reality as it is today. people tend to look back and say, if we will do that, you also do six months or a year and out. we do. we work very closely with our national intelligence system, both the national capabilities and definitely with the office of director of national intelligence through national .ntelligence framework those assessments are done in documentsely called na

. >> reporter: you know, it's no secret that relations between russia and the united states and specifically president obama and vladimir putin are not good. a post-cold war low. and it appears those hard feelings are now spilling over into the upcoming winter olympics. for the first time since twourks the u.s. delegation to the olympic also not include a member of the first family, a vice president or a former president. instead it will be led by a former cabinet secretary and feature two openly gay athletes. this is the second time in four months the president has snubbed putin. earlier this year he canceled a summit, upset over edward snowden. now the white house seeps to be sending a message about russia's anti-gay laws. >> i think this delegation brings attention to the remarkable diversity of the united states. >> every judgment should be made on the track or in the swimming pool or on the balance beam. and people's sexual orientation shouldn't have anything to do with it. >> reporter: but america's ambassador told me that america will walk a diplomatic line on these issue when the gam

then i would unite ukraine with russia and with putin. the e.u. would just knock us for all we've got. we'd get nothing in return. >> across town at the locomotive factory, they too re looking east, not west. hardly surprising, when you consider who buys all their rains. >> the only market we have at this moment. >> it's here in eastern ukraine where you'll find the company's major industries, biggest factories, so big in fact they're like cities within a city. traditionally russia has been their main market. and that's why people here don't want to damage those economic ties with moscow. >> that's why the city council has been recruiting residents to go to kiev, to support the president and to stop what they see as a euro coup. the stakes are high. the mayor warns that ukraine could split into two countries. >> my biggest fear is that in , there are so forces at work trying to divide this country between east and west. >> ukraine continues to be pulled in two directions. so far it notice square has been the focus of -- independence square has bee

the united states offered russia more help with security for the winter olympics. this follows the second deadly terror attack in two days in the russian city today a bus was blown up, yesterday the target was a railway station. the two attacks blamed on suicide bombers killed at least 31 people and wounded more than a hundred. many of the wounded are in grave condition. volgograd, until 1961 as stalingrad is about 400 miles from sofchi, the host city for the winter games which begin on february 7. elizabeth palmer has more on the attacks. >> reporter: volgograd's main rail station was hit first. the moment the suicide bomb went off caught by a security camera some people were killed in the glass and others died in a hail of glass and shrapnel. no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but the main suspects are islamic militants from chechnya what, part of the war-torn and unstable caucuses. they want to stop the winter olympics due to begin in february in southern russia. this fall when russian president vladimir putin lit the olympic torch he promised the

what it means for russia and the united states. >> d.c. compromise. time running out, a key budget deal is reached, saving the government from a shutdown, believing lots of unfinished business for the holiday business. >> a first for gm - naming a woman as an executive. but we have a long way to go to break the glass ceiling. >> laser beams are a growing threat. surprising details on why they are dangerous and accessible. >> we'll get to the budget deal in washington in a moment. first a developing story out of ukraine, and the violence spreading across the capital city kiev. let's listen in to the protesters. [ singing ] >> songs, chants, protests in independence square. they are clashes between riot police and protesters. the situation is more dire with each passing hour. al jazeera's tim friend is on the ground and has the latest. >> there is a standoff. the riot police are a few metres away, almost face to face literally with the protesters. it was about three hours ago now that the riot police turned up in huge numbers, perhaps 500 of them, on va

internationally, what has become to be seen as a sore spot is between the united states and russia. jeanresident names billie king among one of the most prominent openly gay athletes in the world to lead the opening ceremonies for the united states olympic team. has there been any feedback from russia on this? boitano,s also brian who has since come out as gay. the president obviously trying to send a signal about his displeasure at russia's anti-gay stance in these olympics. the problems between us and russia go beyond the social issue. mr. putin's dealings with the president was an olive branch or was it something really embarrassing in terms of the way president obama has been positioned vis-a-vis russia in these last few months? a complex relationship. when you look at some of the other relationships that president obama really word -- really wanted to work on india as ae it counterpoint to china and some of the fallout with the nomadic -- with the diplomatic response president has some problems to work on in 2014 in terms of his relationship with allies and with major powers he

same as the the world powers, russia and the united states. course, there are imperatives and organizations from all around the world. qaeda, hezbollah, it has become something very complicated. it is not only enough to have a meeting in geneva. , in my something that assessment, will take a lot of time. it is not enough only to achieve some agreement in geneva. >> speaking of saudi arabia about there are people who say that the needs the public surface, that one of the security partners for israel beng forward, in fact may the king of saudi arabia. what do you think of that. ? arabiaink the real saudi is in a very delicate situation because the biggest threat from to iranians, it is not even israel. it is to the allies, to the gulf countries. more there, and the biggest question of saudi theia, it is first of all saudi arabia kingdom. they are not so worried about israel. but, it is clear for saudi arabia that the biggest threat for them, it is not jews, not israel, but the radical movements like the sunni radical movement. of course, the ira

the united kingdom and in italy we saw police repression of peaceful political dissent john mccain hasn't. shown any concern about this what john mccain has always been concerned with is he views russia as a geo political enemy of the united states of the greater trans-atlantic community and he like many western officials is viewing this through a cold war lens of trying to separate russia from the ukraine in order to in his mind keep it in a permanently geopolitically weakened state. the issue of moscow supposed pressure on ukraine is one of the main topics for a meeting between russia's foreign minister and the top diplomat that was kicked off in brussels so it's ours isn't there for us and now brings us the latest ukraine is definitely on the table here while the situation on the ground remains tense so it is to a certain extent among diplomatic circles now a russian foreign minister sergei lavrov his visit to brussels comes on the back of a tweet from the e.u. chief for enlargement who says that the e.u. believes that ukraine's position on the go seizures of the association agreement is quote unquote and has no grounds in reality now the ukrainian prime minister's office has resp

united nations from the prism of the u.n. security council then we have here five powers russia china united states france and germany which. the five members which are actually the the ones that have the veto power with china that they want to have the veto power in order to really enforce some executive powers. but again from the for instance from the perspective or from other countries some other countries or you can say from the syrian perspective the international community is is not the u.n. security council the international david they believe that it is system. that they really inclusive it's actually exclusive they believe that the international community in other words in the more i think academic or professional awards it's more the general assembly or member of a magazine that's fair and i would agree with you on that ok because every september there's a vote in the general assembly for recognition of a palestinian state and i'll have to check the numbers but it's one hundred eighty something against two or three or whatever pacific island is bought off by washington in israel that particular year ok that's in m

are some kinks that they need along the way when talking to the representatives of the united states but again russia is remaining very hopeful that the talks today will be very productive and of course they're saying that they're smoothing things out along the way as they go already thank you so much for bringing us this update and we'll be looking forward to getting more details from although syria's willingness to scrap its chemical arms was enough to avert an american strike the process has plenty of pitfalls along the way and not all experts agree that it's even a good idea. not just to. really do. it was in order. for the question. of the middle east. so this is a. good and. of course. not . these are their call to big cuts out here braving the elements in order to stand up to us oil giants chevron. this comes after a massive hunger strike that returned the world's attention to the place that sums up the gulag of our tards. it's an undeclared global battlefield in which young and just one of the front lines. now this man may be put to death in saudi arabia as a judge there says he should face c

arsenal and we're seeing great progress we're seeing a rare moment of cooperation between the united states and russia were seen resolved through cooperation at the u.n. security council and that's what happened when it came to chemical weapons the same kind of urgency and the same kind of spirit of cooperation is what we need in the case of ending the conflict once and for all now i want to take a moment to kind of focus on what's going on with these rebel groups obviously there's a lot of loose affiliations with one another there are reports that extremists in jihad just start bringing their fights into syria so what should we make of this rebel group at the moment given all the factions and friction within the rebel group. unfortunately some of these extremist groups are among the most organized and most powerful armed groups so groups like isis groups like the youngest reformed these are the groups that are organized they have the largest military presence on the ground and they're also the groups in the best position to see the weapons that the united states that turkey that other countries have

the united kingdom and in italy we saw police repression of peaceful political dissent john mccain hasn't. shown any concern about this what john mccain has always been concerned with as he views russia as a geo political enemy of the united states of the greater trans-atlantic community and he like many a western officials is viewing this through a cold war lens of trying to separate russia from the ukraine in order to in his mind keep it in a permanently geo politically weakened state. well that whole turmoil a crackdown on protests and an economy in limbo life in egypt is no easy ride just to add a look at what happens to the dreams of those who took part in the arab spring uprising almost three years ago plus. no warm welcome for new members as immigration and finance drives a wedge through the european union. and . the. review economic up down in the final. days the longer the deal sank i and the rest because i think the case will be every week. prevails sleep peacekeepers for a president who are concerned with monitoring peace deals again at post conflict environment nowadays there are increasingly asked to operate in a high risk of violence while believe bibles are still angel

the united states has offered russia full cooperation in security preparations for the winter olympics. after two bomb attacks in the city of volgograd in two days. they said they would help to guarantee the security of the athletes and spectators. at least 31 people were killed in a blast at vocal grad -- at volgograd at the main railway bus.on and on a crowded >> the burned, twisted rush-hour remains. many of the passengers died almost instantly when a suicide bomber through him -- blew himself up as the people around him were on their way to work. a state of emergency has been declared in the city. after all, it was the second bombing in today's, and all just before -- in two days and all just before russia hosts the olympics. >> this is a serious test. a second terrorism act in 24 hours. we have dead people and injured people. >> yesterday, the city's main railway station was attacked by at least one other suicide bomber, killing 17. the explosions are most likely linked to the infamous insurgency against russian wool in the nearby caucasus republic. -- republics. with the one sidi

i never seen great progress were seen every moment of cooperation between the united states and russia i wear scene was all through cooperation at the un security council. and that's not how we came to chemical weapons at the same kind of urgency and a thinker spirit of cooperation as well. in case it in the conflict once and for all. now i take a moment a kind of focus on what's going on with his rebel groups. obviously there's a lot of loose affiliations with one another their report that extremists and she contests are bringing their fights against assyria so why should we make of this travel group at the moment given all the factions and friction within the rebel group unfortunately some of these extremist groups are among the most organized and most powerful armed groups and groups like interest groups like the onus for front these are the groups that are or how organized they had their largest military presence on the ground and they're also the group's net cast a fishing too. he's the weapons that the united states the turkey that other countries have been sending it to the arme