government, a lawyer for ukrainian oligarch dmitri loaned $1 million to parnas's wife in september inransaction described as suspicious. that lawyer told reuters the money was his and had nothing to do with firtosh. prosecutors argued this raises the possibility that parnas is a flight risk. the judge allowed parnas to stay in his florida home while he awaits trial. >> i want to thank god and my wonderful wife and mother and all the supporters sending me well wishes. >> but the million dollar loan is just another link in this bizarre case that ties president trump's private attorney to two shady businessmen in florida who donated hundreds of thousands in alleged illegal commonwealth pain contributions to republicans and are now also connected to firtash. it's who he is linked to that makes this even more troubling. dmitri made a fortune selling russian gas to ukraine with bankers close to vladimir putin, granting him credit lines of up to $11 billion according to reuters. >> he was given the sweetheart deal. >> absolutely. that was the primary cash cow. it was this intermediary compan

kremlin spokesperson dmitri peskov says that it should have been off did try to dodge the draft then the actions taken by the military are perfectly legal. to the philippines now where people there are reckoning with the damage left by a severe typhoon that battered the region at least 28 people have been killed and it's feared the death toll could rise significantly many buildings there were destroyed and large areas are still without internet or electricity a tropical storm a 1st fan phone was upgraded to a typhoon when it made landfall at christmas devastating celebrations in this predominantly catholic nation. the extent of the damage caused by the typhoon is beginning to emerge. fun phone destroyed many homes leaving families to spend christmas sheltering in the open air authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people ahead of the storm's arrival as a precaution. of severe rain caused major flooding forcing people to wade through the deluge authours user seeking need to deal with the typhoons aftermath. lank it's toiletries whatever items that can be useful and helpful to us a

the government is playing down the issue the kremlin spokesperson dmitri peskov says that it should end and did try to dodge the draft and the actions taken by the military are perfectly legal. well the year is coming to an end and we're taking a look back at the reports filed by our correspondents from around the world reports about people's personal fates political crises wars and disasters in the u.s. more than 400000 people have died from opioid overdoses and millions more are addicted w.'s alexander phenomena reports from maryland about how the opioid at the demick has been impacting people's lives just take it out the box hold your thumb on the bottom of the plunger and press one time and whichever nostril you prefer they are learning how to use narcan and nasal spray that can help reverse an opioid overdose 1st responders social workers family members people on the front lines of america's crisis the health the problem and recommends the training to anyone working with the public or we're trying to target the mandate community to get them nor can and i know for sure for a fact we

dmitri would turn out to be handy. it also cast the national gas market a pretty penny. but still, it was worth it. because furtash, as well as some other ukraine ogg backers, would have -- oligarchs, would have plenty of cash to spread around to shape their country in ways that putin would appreciate. more of it would go to prop up the party of regions which meant a whole bunch of it would pass through or end up in the offshore bank accounts of a mercenary american political operative named paul manafort. manafort helped the moscow-friendly party of regents win a solid plurality in the parliamentary elections in ukraine in 2006, then he spent the next few years dinging ukraine's strongest opposition party leaders from the orange party including the prime minister. he was a particular threat to moscow's influence in ukraine. she had made herself the front-runner in the 2010 presidential election by seizing on that sweetheart gas deal that dmitri furtash had. he promised to end it s. and she made a good case. why on earth should his company be be allowed to siphon off $80

host: dmitri, have you spent the day watching? caller: no, i just came home from my job. host: we are going to get one more call in. we expect this news conference with democratic leadership to begin any second. please go ahead. caller: we just watched the sham of impeachment, and it is upsetting. they don't know what their end game is. it will go nowhere in the senate. agree on their own platform. the only thing they can agree on is they don't like donald trump. they have no evidence. they believe he was trying to hold up aid toward president zelensky, but you can't prove what somebody meant to do when you have no proof. all the witnesses did not confirm any of their beliefs. host: have you watched all day? caller: most of it. i watched the last few hours of it. it was disappointing. i feel disenfranchised, actually. host: any members grab your attention, positively or negatively? caller: i love jordan. when we get control of the great todayns did controlling everything. i really liked the minority speech at the end, mccarthy. it was a good comparison to the dinosaur the

kremlin spokesperson dmitri peskov says that it should have been off did try to dodge the draft then the actions taken by the military are perfectly legal. over the past year our correspondents have filed reports from around the world on political crises wars and disasters they also reported on the strength of the human spirit and the courage of everyday people trying to go about their lives their report you're about to see is from mexico the war between violent drug cartels has fueled a killing spree there authorities william arrest 429000 murders last year on drug violence tens of thousands of people have gone missing almost a 3rd of them believed to be children on how their mothers the mothers rather of the disappeared have taken the search for answers into their own hands. i thought a man i made enough finally found her missing son after he disappeared without a trace 5 years ago at the milan playing and reality telling me and on one day he was selling cell phone accessories as usual and he was just kidnapped at a gas station because my son was disappeared in the author already s

controversial north stream 2 pipeline that will transport russian gas to germany deputy prime minister dmitry kozak said it in the e.u.'s own interest to ensure it has energy security at an acceptable price u.s. lawmakers have approved sanctions on companies and governments working on the project they say the pipeline will increase europe's reliance on russian energy put billions of dollars in moscow's conference on to increase flooding or putin's influence. to thailand now where the rice harvest typically creates plenty of straw waste which farmers often burn the proctors cause those huge amounts of air pollution now an entrepreneur has come up with a clever solution to the problems of wastage and environmental damage. it's smoky and it stinks every year thailand's rice farmers burn the leftover straw and scorched the stubble in the fields. entrepreneur jarl one common one wants to change that i mean a full on demand i don't. give patients it's very hard work when i see they grow rice and is this is a taster a long time and the. saw each button is very nice to have. the young entrepreneur be

issued because not all these groups refused to erase a video that accused russian prime minister dmitrimedvedev of corruption. this desk in the office has been empty since monday it belongs to bruce lynch of ed enough a member of the staff seen in these file pictures to the right of the opposition leader chavez an author has allegedly been kidnapped and forced to do military service. for a bad day we did not know where roselyn was or what was going on because it was a real kidnapping. there were no legal grounds to beth we did not receive any documents we had no access to lawyers. u.s. laws us to books. reports say the 23 year old was picked up from his apartment on monday he was then brought to a military base on the distant island of novi a somalia in the arctic ocean where he will do military service the army said she had enough had been trying to avoid military conscription and now a court order has been issued to draft him however it's not clear if a valid draft notice has been issued not all the accuses the authorities of acting illegally. is a fool it is of course only use facts

controversial north korean 2 pipeline that will transport russian gas to germany a deputy prime minister dmitri kosek said it's in the only interest to ensure it has energy security at an acceptable price u.s. lawmakers have approved sanctions on companies and governments working on the project. from me and the business team here in berlin for more you can check out our website that details you dot com slash business you can also find us on facebook on twitter for me it's goodbye and take care. of her and doing drugs are you doing australian farmers. profits have fallen substantially. believes in the climate crisis but others want to take action. is growing in the country. really farmers climate change. global 3000 next year. coach of it becoming. more linked from africa and the world your link to exceptional stories and discussion. is a visit our website debbie to come snatch coffee cup join us on facebook. africa. welcomes a global 3000 this week we meet women in mexico who are preserving the local color in every traditions and protecting local farm as. could rice.

vivian liang, and then dmitri barstani is here with his mom, georgia. are you here and can you raise your hands? they're over there. thank you, dmitri and georgia for being here today. we're honoured to be here. his memory and gus' memory will live on. i would like to thank niko and marie who helped to work on the bench plaque that i believe are here. tim sieford and michelle welsh. steve courier from the parks and recs open space advisory. and then to the design and construction teams, you have an inspired design and project. they deserve our thanks. to the landscape project. jeff cooper from c.p.m. services. and then to my own amazing team, the project managers for this effort, it takes a village, karen rupert, brett emerey contributed to this project. thank you, lisa branson, to your team to make this dream come to reality for our kids. we're going to have some honorary preschooler that is are going to join us. supervisor brown, if you want to join us too. the mayor is going to lead us in a countdown. >> mayor breed: okay, supervisor brown, you're go

it was signed in 2010 by barack obama and former russian president dmitry medvedev. a lawyer told a federal appeals court that a student has the right to use the bathroom that corresponds to his gender identity. iowa friday. the attorney argue the issues about the right of transgender students to "equal dignity." a florida school district is appealing a lower court order in favor of the boy and told three judges on the circuit court of appeals that they should overturn the ruling and that the school district restrict students to the bathrooms matching their at birth sex, to protect the privacy of other students. the case involves drew adams, ho has since graduated. he is now a student at the university of central florida. issue,re this became an nobody knew who i was, cared would bathroom i used. most evil don't look twice at who is in there with them. this was not an issue before the school board made it an issue. shery: the 11th circuit could become the first appeals board to release a binding rule on the issue. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on quicktake

olympics says russia faked laboratory data and destroyed evidence of doping russian prime minister dmitry medvedev said the ban was politically motivated. australia's biggest city sydney is again shrouded in smoke from bushfires after conditions worsen to cross the state of new south wales weather forecasters say temperatures are likely to rise above 40 degrees celsius. this is news from berlin for more follow us on twitter news or visit our website that's a call. you're watching good news live from berlin up next the w t o's top court is on the verge of collapse rob watts will have more in d.w. business i'm terry martin don't forget you can get all this news and information relics off on our web site that's at the w dot com thanks for being with us. to . kick off. another blockbuster weekend for misleading a good amount most of our income in the 1st place. like 60 hoffenheim on the 2nd. black box of corn in injury time to take all 3 points against bayern munich and state top of the table. i'm 16 i just don't. read the real talent resides. i come from there are lots of people in fact more

the campaign office was run by dmitri medvedev here who tins form a subordinate from his time in some petersburg who was little known at the time you . should see. the full citizenship this is going to google it wasn't like you. know. oh dear. oh dammit talk to me you're little busted. and there's not another disruptive. little you're really looking for the lot. of her going to far east all the reindeers have voted there. in fact the campaign managers were experienced political operators who could take advantage of the administrative results is provided by former and future federal ministers heads of the presidential staff and media and sociological service process. what's the public opinion. sasha what's the forecast 61 percent who are known for serving dear oh dear. we've got to go to you. so what your data such as. this is anatoly to. bice cochairman of the union of right forces the center right democrats were in fact the only non-governmental upon him entry party to support putin in the election. the trigger is. still the borders of the us or nothing what is going to win it is tha

is heading toward the abyss it's heading toward it's 1991 soviet union collapsed remember a friend dmitri orloff wrote the essay collapse gap and he said that the soviet union and america would both collapse the united states would both collapse but the us would take a few years longer now we're in 20 twentieth's think the us will soviet union finally on early collapse as adam curtis showed and demonstrated in hyper normalization at least the soviet citizens at that point did not have any delusions that the system was normal and could possibly sustain itself most americans tune into m s n b c or fox and they're there like sooth everything is normal this is ok everything's fine it's like that burning dog with the world burning down around and it's everything is ok me i mean it's a very misleading dog mean in the burning room saying it's all ok i hear i hear the audience talking right now i hear them saying ok boomer ok boomer because we're we can't get this 1000000 of course you're x. or i'm a boomer x. or but because i hang out with you all the time i feel like a boon i feel like an x. or

cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at innocent me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander macarius he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com our gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let's go to london 1st alex we have. normandy format as they're calling it of course this is about the internal divisions and problems of ukraine the media falsely characterize as it russia against the ukraine that's not it at all as a mystification from the media this is an internal ukrainian problem and outside powers are trying to help mediate it what is the normandy format it's called normandy for and where does it come from and what is it trying to achieve go ahead alex yes it's called normandy full because he's originates in a meeting that took place in the during the normandy d.-day celebrations in 2014 when. the president of russia had a brief meeting with petro poroshenko who was the new president o

cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at innocent me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander be curious he's a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com our gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let's go to london 1st alex we have. normandy format as they're calling it of course this is about the internal divisions and problems of ukraine the media falsely characterize it russia against the ukraine that's not it at all as a mystification from the media this is an internal ukrainian problem and outside powers are trying to help mediate it what is the normandy format it's called normandy for and where does it come from and what is it trying to achieve go ahead alex. yes it's called moment before because it originates in a meeting that took place in the during the normandy d.-day celebrations in 2014 when that image hooted was the president of russia had a brief meeting with petro poroshenko who was t

at 9:00 gmt russian prime minister dmitry medvedev will sum up the year in his annual interview as hev. at 13:00, the annual un climate conference will resume in madrid — it's trying to get tougher committments on fighting global heating. and later on this evening in washington, president trump will light the national christmas tree. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello i'm chetan pathak here with thursday's sport briefing liverpool maintained their 8 point lead at the top of the english premier league with a 5—2 win over their neighbours everton in the merseyside derby. divock 0rigi scored twice asjurgen klopp rested mo salah and roberto firmino at the start, xherdan shaqiri, back in the side, also got a goal as did sadio mane as liverpool made it 14 wins out out of 15. scored wonderful goals, unbelievable goals, sensational passes. super pieces of all and i love that a lot. 4-1, 3-1 pieces of all and i love that a lot. 4—1, 3—1 not too good but 0k. 4—1, brilliant. 4—2, absolutely not cool, there were three minutes and two minutes were already off the

and he once again be game president it was his 3rd term after a break when russia's president was dmitri medvedev here's what mr putin said about that in particular. still more than a little bit easier which could be done is to come to a room and didn't we have 2 terms in a row ules truly civil 2 terms then resigned and had the constitutional right to return to the presidency because it was not to to lose in a row them humans when confuses some of all political scientists and public figures so we could become sort of. the russian president was also asked about a potential successor but we didn't get any specific answer although mr putin did go on to say that. there is a possibility that aged woman he could become the leader of this country there were a lot of questions about domestic issues because i can tell you that in this massive audience. most of the reporters were from russian region so we did hear about loads of things ranging from the pension reforms in russia to issues with medicine but let me move on to something that's probably more exciting for the international audience what

vladimir putin's most prominent critics he's linked the raid 282-7000 video accusing prime minister dmitri medvedev and a billionaire businessman of corruption. georgia is gripped by anti-government protests and parliamentary elections a shed job for next year a banking magnate has decided to take on the government for baden a for s.c. walker met move to occur as ad say to find out whether another businessman is on the rise in georgia's personality driven political arena. oh. most 60 think citigroup's the in political figure who tells her it's a sunny day. politics is now cash as arad says main business i start a job this summer because it adds it launched his political party. on the black sea the site of his ambitious 2 and a half $1000000000.00 deep sea port but the ports future is in question georgia's government has delayed its support and has it i'd say and the business partner of fighting a separate fraud investigation accused of laundering meaning $17000000.00 through their bank t b c. president has entered politics to fight back courting voters and challenging the government on pri

this is dmitri's upside—down water droplet. it's all part of the water cycle...l that stuff. these conversations matter. margate is changing fast, and new arrivals always bring new issues. but at least open school east is a place to talk it over. financial and parental responsibilities prevent the kids from doing other activities, so we're their one guaranteed outcome they have, where they can come, be creative, have an outlet, let off some steam, but we also talk to them about life and discuss things with them. all: bye, damian! see you soon! and with that, it was goodbye to children of the despacito art club. david sillito... walk likea human! thank you. ..bbc news, margate. and the winner of the turner prize will be announced in a special programme — live from margate — on the bbc news channel at 9.30 tomorrow evening. england captainjoe root made a double century on day 4 of the second test against new zealand — but england's hopes of winning the match and drawing the two match test series may be hampered by the weather. olly foster reports. he'd waited ten m

confiscate laptops and technical equipment and on these links the raid to a video accusing prime minister dmitri medvedev and a billionaire businessman of corruption. his foreign minister says mexico is making a mistake by taking its espionage complaint to the international court of justice but it had denies spying on the mexican embassy in the past and intimidating diplomats the falling out follows mexico giving asylum to former president evo morales after he resigned in november during weeks of protests at his re-election. you'll never see stock i don't believe the mexican government would risk bringing a lawsuit before the international court for something i don't believe even happened it would be rejected immediately i think they'll retract the decision because noise police forces into any diplomatic premises or violated the vienna convention on diplomatic relations. now more oil services have been held across asia to mark 15 years since the devastating indian ocean tsunami 230000 people were killed across 12 countries sorry reports. it's business as usual for these fishermen in the thai pro

lot of our pushing was reelected for his 3rd term after a break when the president of russia was dmitri medvedev and here's what mr putin said about that in particular. what could be done is to cancel the 2 in a room and didn't we have 2 terms in a truly civil 2 terms of the resigned under the constitution to return to the presidency because it was not up to the views in the room. confuses some of the political scientists and public figures that if we could come to the much she's going to shoot a lot of our putin was even asked who he believes could become his successor and a few years well we didn't get any answer to that although mr putin did hint that he believes that a woman could become the president of russia at some point most of the reporters in that massive hall war are from russia's regions which explains why a lot of questions were on domestic issues from the pension reform in russia to issues with medicine and so on and so forth but let me move on to something that's probably more interesting for an international audience that is the impeachment proceedings in the u.s. well

the only person still with him at least for now is dmitri medvedev who became interim president of russia between putin 2nd and 3rd terms. that it may have putin took power like a hot knife slicing through butter co-opting a submissive state happy. greatest ready and waiting to follow its new leader. the state was as yet still unfamiliar with the concept of vertical power the subordination of everything from parliament to the economy to one single command center was already going into high gear. although the only mikhail khodorkovsky hadn't been imprisoned yet and n.t.v. was still daring to criticize the president for example over his handling of the loss of the cursed nuclear submarine it was already becoming quite obvious that it was better not to cross the president the ghosts of the past were reappearing and trying to make up for what had been lost in the present soon of ladysmith putin the president of the russian federation would call the collapse of the soviet empire the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century. meanwhile i went on shooting my film which was now about the

when vladimir putin was reelected for his 3rd term after a break when the president of russia was dmitri medvedev and here's what mr putin said about that in particular. will be doing what could be done is to cancel the 2 in a room and didn't we have 2 terms in a row ules truly civil 2 terms then resigned and had the constitution to return to the presidency because it was not to to lose in a row humans when confuses some of our political scientists and public figures so we could be counseled. a lot of our putin was even asked who he believes could become his successor and a few years well we didn't get any answer to that although mr putin did hint that he believes that a woman could become the president of russia at some point most of the reporters in that massive hall war from russia's regions which explains why a lot of questions were on domestic issues from pension reform in russia to issues with medicine and so on and so forth but let me move on to something that's probably more interesting for an international audience that is the impeachment proceedings in the u.s. well a lot of ou

when vladimir putin was reelected for his 3rd term after a break when the president of russia was dmitri medvedev and here's what mr putin said about that in particular. will be doing what could be done is to cancel the 2 in a room and didn't we have 2 terms in a row ules truly civil 2 terms then resigned and had the constitution to return to the presidency because it was not to to lose in a row humans when confuses some of all political scientists and public figures so we could be counted on what she's going to shoot a lot of our putin was even asked who he believes could become his successor and a few years well we didn't get any answer to that although mr putin did hint that he believes that a woman could become the president of russia at some point most of the reporters in that massive hall war from russia's regions which explains why a lot of questions were on domestic issues from pension reform in russia to issues with medicine and so on and so forth but let me move on to something that's probably more interesting for an international audience that is the impeachment proceedings in

political motives behind the decision which was echoed a few minutes ago by the russian prime minister, dmitry—russian hysteria and said russia should appeal the decision. but there is another view as well. i spoke to a russian hurdler a few minutes ago who said he was deeply disappointed of course but he blames russian sporting officials who he believes wasted the last four years and did nothing to clear up the mess around this doping scandal. steve, many thanks. steve rosenberg in moscow. with just three days to go before the uk goes to the polls, the parties are making theirfinal pitches to voters. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, says labour will deliver a budget to "end austerity" in its first 100 days of government, if it wins on thursday. the prime minister is targeting labour—held seats in leave—voting parts of the north—east of england, telling people therejeremy corbyn has let voters down. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. ina in a general election, it is hard to keep up with all the policies and promises. but with just three days of campaigning left, the parties