armenia's largest trading partner.uble for armenia is if it's wants to join the customs union it has to restructure its market because currently lots of products like this cereal or olive oil, for instance, come from the european union. it will need to keep prices low by introducing more imports from the customs union. many armenians believe joining may have more to do with politics than economics. russia is a top destination for armenian labor my grass and europe needs their constant support. >> armenia has security problems and they think that the ski to the security issues is in the hands of putin. >> reporter: for now, entry to the block has been delayed. armenia may still be negotiating its terms. but consumers like susan worry that once signed they will end up the losers. >> if there is a customs union that makes you to choose between certain products and that these products are not going to be as various as we have, it already going to become not good for me because i am used to buy, okay, french cheese, german

armenias government is considering joining the russian-backed trade block. russia, kazakhstan and bell bellaruse. >> armenia's largest trading partner, it was planning to join the eu but backed out of the deal last year. even if it joins the union, armenia says it will allow imports from the us and eu. a report. >> reporter: cities car dealership, managers are preparing themselves for change. if the country joins' russia's customs union, it will make cars more expensive. he estimates he could lose 20% of his customers? >> we will have to find some solution. >> joining the customs union won't just affect his car market. prices will go up for every day items imported from the euarmenias largest trading partner. >> if it wants to join the customs union, it's going to have to restructure its market because currently, lots of products like this cereal or this olive oil, for instance come from the european union. it will need to keep prices low by introducing more imports from the union. >> many believe joining may have more to do with politics than economics. rus

in armenia when they offer you food, you have to eat it. they would welcome you and food is very important for them. >> in every armenian community we feel like we're a "smallville"age and they come together to put on something like this. what i find really interesting about san francisco is the blends of armenia that come together. once they are here, the way people work together at any age, including our grandmothers, our grandfathers, skewering the meat, it's fun to see. fun to see everybody get together. >> we call it subarek. it's a cheese turn over if you want. we make the dough from scratch. we boil it like you do for la san i can't. >> the amount of love and karin fused in these foods is tremendous. they come in every day to prepare, cook and bake bread, all in preparation for this big festival. >> nobody says no. when you come them, they have to come tomorrow for the feast. >> what a treat it is to taste a delicious recipe, all made from scratch and passed down through generations. it really makes you appreciate the little things.

armenia wants to join the e.u. but backed out last year. if it joins the e.u.nion, it will still allow imports from the u.s. and e.u. we have been finding out how the deal may effect armenians. >> at this car dealership, many are preparing themselves for change. if they join the union, they'll make imported cars from elsewhere. estimating he'll lose 20% of his customers. >> we have to find some solutions. >> reporter: it will not effect just armenia's car market. price also go up for every day prices imported from the e.u. >> the trouble for armenia if it wants to join the customs union it has to restructure its market. currently lots of products like this cereal or olive oil come from the european union. it need to keep prices low by introducing more imports in the customs. >>> many armenians believe joining may have to do more with politics than economics. russia is a top destination for armenian migrant and it needs it's continued support over its conflicts of a abebaijan. >> armenia may still be negotiating its terms. the consumers like susan worry that onc

that leaders of armenia and azerbaijan are now in sochi where they are expected to join russia talks about the armed conflict in the golan or carlebach and ethnically armenian enclave in azerbaijan the territory the ongoing tensions there go back decades in the beginning of the ninety's the region wanted to obtain independence which led to a war between the nations conflict is claim some thirty thousand lives in officially ended in one thousand nine hundred ninety four that was when a ceasefire which we claimed independence of the region was not recognized since then the occasional shooting incident have occurred in the violence that erupted at the start of all this has led to both armenia and azerbaijan accusing each other of breaking the cease fire. in an attempt to promote peace talks the russian president of sold separate meetings with his armenia and azerbaijan the counterparts in sochi on three presidents met together saturday evening at a summer bowl wrestling match and according to putin spokesman all three parties could meet at the same table. skyrocketing tuition fees in am

forces from armenia and azerbaijan have been fighting over the territory since the collapse of a soviet union. nagorno-karabakh is in azerbaijan but most who live there are ethnic armenians. the leaders signed a cease fire in 1994. since then, armeni has maintained influence over the area. >>> voters in turkey have chosen their president directly. they went with a familiar face. some turks are worried he may use it to reinforce his power. nhk world reports from istanbul. >> reporter: there are three candidates taking part in the presidential election. prime minister erdogan, the former head of the organization of islamic corporation, and head of a political party. the turkish constitution gives executive power to the prime minister. the post of president is largely ceremonial. historically, the position has been chosen by members of parliament. but erdogan changed selection process to make it a direct popular vote. erdogan also wants to shift executive power to the presidency. he's banned by his party from serving more than three consecutive terms as prime minister. that means erdogan i

armenia is second. the competition tank here is a standard t-72b. it's being used by all of the teams except for the chinese who have brought their own tank and if you believe some of the more disgruntled rumors around here, maybe this one. such is dismissed by the winning crew who says their victory is just down to them being better. >> the tanks are the same but the drivers have great skills and they show better performance. it's about experience and skill, shows what russia can do and we don't give up. >> reporter: dozens of countries around the world still use tanks made by russia during the cold war. this is a high-octane way for russia to prove its hardware still competes. rory challenge, al jazeera, russia. >> first in history to rendezvous with a comet. alin baba reports. >> for the first time ever a spacecraft has caught up with a comet. thanks to the european space agency, a probe called rosetta reached its target a comet several kilometers wide. >> today is the beginning of the real science mission because now we can start measuring thing

the north is going to put sort of the presidents of armenia and azerbaijan have confirmed they will seeka peaceful resolution to the conflict and respect to rhetorical integrity and the right of nations to self-determination be easy to find a solution bugs growing aggression contribute. mutable but one hundred years all of the world has been cooperating the start of the great war events on the eastern front are overlooked compared to the big battles in the west r.t. center pharma evaluates russia's role in the first truly global conflict. franz ferdinand. set off a chain of events that would lead to the great war within a matter of days the great powers of your head war on each other when it all started cranks cheered and welcome the fighting little did they know of the horrors that lay ahead while the battle lines were drawn long before russia joined with britain and france forming the allied powers on one side and on the other side the central powers of austria-hungary in germany later joined by the ottoman empire and both garia while russia fielded five million men at the start almost

been killed as skirmishes continue in a in a region that's been contested by both azerbaijan and armenia increasing tensions between the two caucasus states of course fighting the break which has left at least fifteen people dead this week rival countries have been locked in dispute of the area since the collapse of the soviet union. well you see seven twenty four seven dot com thank you for choosing us international we appreciate it pulls here for the night with the headlines but for a short break here a firsthand account of what it's like to sow the waters of the atlantic in an eighteenth century ship. a few weeks ago we discussed detroit's plans to shut off water to those who can't pay their bills logically what a basic human the sesame could get taken away some protesters gathered to give their opinion on the issue at our plaza and what is the response from the state maybe some sort of dialogue or explanation as to why they have to turn off the water you know they turned up on the high tech quote non lethal weaponry against the protesters they used an l. red system which basically bl

the leaders of armenia and azerbaijan are now unsought whether expected to join russian brokered talks about the armed conflict in one corner can ethically or meaning an enclave in azerbaijan a territory the only going tensions there go back decades in the beginning of the ninety's the region wanted to obtain independence which led to a war between the nations the conflict some thirty thousand lives and officially ended in one thousand nine hundred ninety four when a ceasefire was proclaimed been dependence of the region was not recognized since then occasional shooting incidents have occurred the violence that erupted at the start of august has led to both a media and azerbaijan accusing each other of breaking the cease fire. in an attempt to promote peace talks the russian president held separate meetings with his rimini and an observation on the counterparts in saudi all three presidents met together saturday evening of a martial arts advance warning to spokesman all three parties could meet at the same table on sunday. let's move on to more world news in brief a tour bus is falling

twentieth century the us did nothing to stop japan killing everyone in east asia turkey's genocide in armenia or the large scale killing of people in places like southeast asia by european colonisers and don't try to points to the us as role in ending hitler's horrible genocide because it was hitler who declared war on the us not the other way around everyone likes to forget that the us is humanitarian intentions were an afterthought richard nixon and henry kissinger supported pakistan's ethnic cleansing in east pakistan in the early seventy's where at least three hundred thousand people died and when the largest genocide in the twentieth century happened in cambodia in the seventy's by the khmer rouge which led to the deaths of millions the us did not. it was more interested in playing political games with russian the chinese the foreign policy article calls that inaction a morally indefensible stance when saddam was killing hundreds of thousands of kurds in the eighty's the us didn't even bother to impose sanctions half a million killed in rwanda in the ninety's the us didn't even blink so

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armenia is second. the competition tank is a standard tank being used by all of the teams except for the chinese who have their own tank. and if you believe more of the disgruntled rumors, maybe the russians are using a beefed up version like this one. such tittle tattle is dismissed by the winning grew. >> the tanks are the same but the drivers have great skills and show better performance. it shows what russia can do that we don't give up. >> reporter: dozens of countries around the world still use tanks made during the cold war, and with talk of a new cold war gaining traction this is a high octane way for russia to prove it's hardware still competes. al jazeera, moscow. >> russian hackers may have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords, perhaps the biggest ever internet security breach. over 500 million e-mail addresses, specializing in discovering hacks. the stolen information came from 420,000 websites. >>> italy's economy has slid back into recession according to new data. it shows the count

the north president the pursuit of the presidency of armenia and azerbaijan have confirmed they will seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict and respect to rhetorical integrity and the right of nations to self-determination it won't be easy to find a solution but dialogue is ongoing and russia will contribute. new to the world now another world headlines starting with turkey where the president will be elected by popular vote for the first time in the country's history three candidates are vying for the position with the current prime minister recep tayyip erdogan widely expect . good to win in the first round these two rivals are little known diplomats and a kurdish politician presidential vote takes place to three months after adding guns ruling conservative party one local elections. where a typhoon how long a slammed into western japan leaving one person dead and dozens injured more than one million at risk residents were told to evacuate their homes extreme weather conditions of also affected travel leading to more than two hundred flights being canceled the storm is expected

the north is doing the pursuit of due to the presidents of armenia and azerbaijan have confirmed they will seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict and respect to rhetorical integrity and the right of nations to self-determination it won't be easy to find a solution but dialogue is ongoing and russia will contribute which it's a miracle now some other headlines from around the world for you will start in turkey but the current prime minister recep tayyip adeline has won the first direct presidential elections with more than fifty two percent of the vote as two rivals were a little known diplomats and a kurdish politician the presidential vote took place just three months after the un's ruling conservative party won the local elections. along or slammed into western japan leaving one person dead and dozens more injured more than one million at risk residents were told to evacuate their homes extreme weather conditions of also affected travel leading to more than two hundred flights being canceled the storm is expected to weaken before bringing heavy rains to tokyo. drug gangs go out

christianity in there, it's a declining faith but it's found in this part of iraq, it's found in armenia, syria. and it's a minority. just as christians are a minority, and that's what the islamic state is very keen on wiping out. they do not want religious minorities, in their minds, in the way. >> because anyone who is a religious minority has gob against the wildfires allah, and anybody who has must be killed. that's their rationale. >> that's correct. and for the united states, watching what now happens in these provinces, where some of the governors are stepping up and saying the current government in baghdad is unable to address this problem. we are willing to organize forces here as we did in 2008 and 2009 to fight the militant part of the sunni sect. >> ed henry, 2002 statement from the pentagon on this dam that gives us clarity on what would happen if they knock it down, and i'm sure, one of the things being calculated now is, if the united states gets involved, and if isis starts to feel like it's about to be overrun, to what length would isis go? would isis knock that d down a

armenia may be negotiating terms. consumers like susan worry once signed, they will end up the loserses. >> if there is a custom union that makes you to choose between certain product and this products are not going to be as various as we have, it's already going to become not good for me because i am used to buy, okay, french cheese, german beer. there should be different alternatives for people. >> you don't have to look forward to see armeania's historic and cultura ties to russia, whether or not it makes economic sense, the customs union will make those ties stronger. robin steel walker, al jazeera, yedava. >> the world health source is warming against false cures for the deadly ebola virus. supplement markers began targeting ebola patients days after they said it was ethical to treat with unregulated and untested treatments. nig niger nigeria's health endorsed nano silver which is untested, not approved by the f.d.a. and its ingredients can be toxic. the american doctor being treated for ebola says he hopes to be

arebaijan and armenia distracting the focus right now.ur take is, they really have to come to the table and put the process back on track. >> will they? relationshipole have fundamentally changed? >> that is certainly the risk. we don't think it is beyond the point of no return but it is heading in that direction. we treat any relief rally with some skepticism. >> we will leave it there. thanks for joining us today. up, how does an escalated byce war against a publisher publishing the chief executive's e-mail? authors and e-books next. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." i am caroline hyde. let's talk e-book economics. in a strongly worded letter, amazon argued e-books should be cheaper. hatchet on the other hand is holding out for higher prices. what is the right price? it is a fascinating battle that is going on. it is not just books. it is also films. disney now getting embroiled. 900are looking at --natories who basically had they are taking to not just the airwaves, but to media. they have signed a letter to the new york times yesterda

as far as it concerns europe as a whole, i don't think, again, that -- this is from armenia. it might be the president. it's a joke. [laughter] i don't think that by themselves europeans would like to impose any sanctions. this is under enormous pressure of washington. all of this is intervention. that is why they are doing this. russia is not libya, to leave behind. >> we have the finnish ambassador here, who i think has some useful comments on europe and european positions. i understand madam ambassador that your president may have just met with president putin if i am not mistaken. we have a microphone. >> thank you for this discussion. i was thinking i would not comment on anything. but i cannot help it. i cannot help commenting. the european union is 28 countries. when we have a discussion, it is always lively. we are not necessarily the same opinion. we are reaching compromise. the foreign ministers of the european union released a press release before i came here. the european union is increasingly concerned about the crisis in ukraine and the humanitarian impact. it u

as far as it concerns europe as a whole, i don't think, again, -- this is from armenia. it might be the president. it's a joke. [laughter] themselvesnk that by europeans would like to impose any sanctions. under enormous pressure of washington. all of this is intervention. that is why they are doing this. russia is not libya, to leave behind. >> we have the finnish ambassador here, who i think has on europel comments and european positions. i understand madam ambassador that your president may have just met with president putin if i am not mistaken. we have a microphone. >> thank you for this discussion. i was thinking i would not comment on anything. but i cannot help it. i cannot help commenting. the european union is 28 countries. it ise have a discussion, always lively. we are not necessarily the same opinion. we are reaching compromise. the foreign ministers of the released a press release before i came here. the european union is increasingly concerned about the crisis in ukraine and the humanitarian impact. it underscores its unwavering support to the sovereignty

stuart: has there been some fighting with armenia? >> this has been going on for a while but there has been a recent uptick. when you combine it with russian activities in ukraine you are just talking about their hacking that tax in the west, they engaged in cyberwarfare against estonia and lithuania, on this is putin pressing out, he is not seeing effective resistance by the united states or western europe but until he does he will continue to be aggressive. stuart: this nbc wall street journal poll covered the economy and the approval rating of the president and also cover the approval rating lori: thereof of his foreign policy. he is down to 36% approval for foreign policy. >> i would like to know who those 36% are because the world is descended into chaos and i think this poll and the dropping approval numbers overall gives lie to the conventional political wisdom that americans don't care about foreign policy, too remote from their lives, the american people are much more sensible and practical than their political leaders and th

communications planned that would be implemented for probably months, but an earthquake happened in armenia, and it disrupted his cadence. you'll find thousands of examples for president bush, where there were hurricanes or tornadoes or fires, or lee atwater dying, or his mother getting sick or kennebunkport getting hit by the perfect storm. there were lots of distractions that came in the midst of responsibility. you could not -- there aren't enough volumes to be able to be read by anybody. >> including a very personal one. not only that the destruction of the house up in kennebunkport, but also toward the end of the administration, president bush and mrs. bush and the dog all develop a thyroid problem, simultaneously. >> that's right. no, that's true. >> this obviously causes the secret service much consternation. that's not supposed to happen, three people develop it, two people and a dog. so this really was time-consuming, how to regulate the president's health. in fact, he and those around him complained that he was more fatigued as they tried to get the medicine right, but also you ha