in terms of belarus and belarus being possibly a last european dictatorship, well, if you are either in position of putin -- [inaudible] who run quite authoritarian regimes themselves, i don't think that the way that a dictator really registers much and influences your decision in that, in that matter. in terms of other reasons, it's first of all gee political -- geopolitical position of belarus. certainly being on the border with e.u., with nato, certainlying with one of the -- certainly being one of the corridors with supplying natural gas of europe to ukraine. it's difficult to predict what would happen there including from mr. putin. so the more difficult things for russia are in ukraine the heart is the stake of belarus and that geopolitical game. >> other here. over here. >> hi. ron barron gln beim. i'm reminded in this talk of something i read once that history rather than geography is about maps, and history is about chaps. so let's talk about chaps for a second. and i remember at least that, oh, in 991 most -- 1991 most of the energy that i was aware of in terms of dealing w

from entering russia by way of belarus. some russians are concerned that the food embargo may lead to price increases and shortages of food. putin is considering expanding imports of dairy and other farm products from belarus. >>> investors in asia are worried about the headlines of iraq, gaza and ukraine. they're selling stocks and placing their money in what they see as safer investments such as gold and government bonds. the major markets ended the week in negative territory. tokyo's key index felt below 15,000 for the first time since june. for the week it was down 5%. australian stocks also sank for sixth consecutive day. the benchmark index shed 1.34%. sydney was down 2.2%. china's strong trade surplus litted stock prices in hong kong. but the selling mood across the region caught up with the hang seng. the index ended negative for the week for the first time in a month. china has reported a record trade surplus in july. exports jumped more than 14% from a year earl year due to an economic recovery in industrialized n

fromns nichols joining us belarus. thank you. coming up, betting on bonds.lmost all kinds of bonds are doing well this year. global fixed income on what he is buying and selling. we continue in just a moment. ♪ >> the san francisco bay area. since 1989.t allen joins me now from washington with a focus on the economics of earthquake damage in california's winegrowing would -- region. extensiveion -- how and is there any chance they assistance? >> when you look at the economic impact on this particular area, you are looking at both agriculture and agri-tourism. a lot of the damage has been somewhat isolated. it will remain to be seen how extensive the damage will be. dataing they look at the to come in but it is too early to tell whether this will be an early agricultural disaster. you have people who would normally come there for wine tasting to see the harvest and be part of the experience of the region. those folks will be worried about act -- aftershocks. they're looking and wondering if this is a safe place of a. is a lot of folks saying, come here. we wa

what she thinks about the story and what is happening in belarus.going to get a fund manager's take investing in russia. we will get his take on what is happening here. how should we be viewing putin? are we miss reading as investors? looking increasingly concerned about the story and nato talking about these convoys could be a distraction and an opportunity for the military to make headway. we'll talk about all of that. big story and you cannot wear them. we'll talk about volvo. they are taken over. looking forward to that. >> on the french issue, is it right here or right now concerns heading into 2017? to farink the 2017 is away. i think the will be in the next few months when france returns from holiday. it will be interesting to see. you could wait until 2017 but if you waited the eurozone will have problems and you will need to fix it. the question is, with the political process we have in france and the presidential story, how do you make a happen given the restraints? 2017 is too far away. >> thank you, guy johnson. france is a big issue. ba

. >> the fate of europe and of the world is being decided today in belarus. we are prepared to exchange opinions on the crisis and ukraine, which i am sure cannot be solved by further military escalation alone. the territory of ukraine's southeast regions must be respected and there must be useful dialogue. >> the situation in the stream ukraine remains anything but peaceful. hundreds of rebel fighters have been reported killed in the last day alone. fighting has also hit the town of nova's oscar near the russian border. ukraine's government released footage, it says, are of russian paratroopers captured near donetsk, the saugus indication yet of moscow sending its own forces into the conflict. moscow says that the troops were a border put a unit that crossed into ukrainian territory by mistake. >> we did not notice any border markey's -- markings. we were told we were conducting an exercise. >> the ukrainian security counselor said that the soldiers were not there by accident and on an undercover mission. the talks in minsk have a goal -- to put an end to th

they meet in belarus. this is not a summit but they will be in the same room together. >> maybe they will shake hands. maybe they will bump each other .s they walked last -- past we are a streaming on your tablet and bloomberg.com ♪. ♪ >> good morning good "bloomberg surveillance." zurich will be here. he will talk about the challenges of europe and how it relates to america. look for that on "in the loop." good morning. morning.sday i am tom keene. joining me a scarlet fu. mr. johnson is off. you should've told me my bow tie wasn't straightened out. >> do i look like the kind of person who knows how to tie a tie? >> johnson would've told me that. that's better. that looks better. there is not a total bow tie in minsk. russian forces are crossing into ukraine. these allegations come hours before vladimir putin and petro poroshenko will meet for peace talks. hans nichols is standing by in minsk. will arrivein minutes from now. are they actually going to meet and talk to one another? are they just going to b

they sat down together in minsk, belarus, behind closed doors. earlier they took part in discussions with the leaders of belarus and kazakhstan and the eu foreign policy chief. eu leaders have been pushing for a cease-fire. putin said they discussed ways to stop the bloodshed but he kept his options open. >> translator: if our concerns are not considered in the negotiations, then we will have no choice but to protect our economic interests. >> poroshenko said in a statement that he is demanding decisive actions that will bring peace to his nation. >>> a u.n. helicopter crashed in south sudan. three crew members were killed another seriously injured. some reports say the helicopter was shot down. u.n. officials are investigating. >> we received a report that one of our helicopters, an mi-8, had crashed about ten kilometers south of bentiu in the unity state. >> all three of the crew members who died are russian and the helicopter was chartered from a russian firm. it went down in a northern area where government and opposition forces have been fig

also there were the presidents of belarus and also the president of kazakhstan, and katherine ashton, eu foreign acheers chief and a couple of other eu representatives as well. poroshenko has come with the 12-point peace plan that he outlined in june, in which he is trying to establish a kind of framework for negotiation at the start. the 15-point peace plan essentially includes the disarming and disbandment of all militias. it involves setting up a buffer zone along the border, and kick starting, restarting local government in the area of eastern ukraine where it's mostly russian speaking. but these aren't peace talks. it's a customs union meeting, and essentially these negotiations have been sort of tacked on to that, so i don't think that we can really say that this is the culmination of any kind of talk. this is merely the beginning, the first step for any kind of settlement to start. >> thank you, rory challands joining us. let's speak to a former russian diplomat and chairman of the russian chairman society with arab countries. our reporter saying that this might be the beginnin

sat down together in belarus behind closed doors. they also took part in discussions with the leaders of belarus and kazakhstan and the european union's foreign policy chief. eu leaders have been pushing for a cease-fire. putin said they discussed ways to stop the bloodshed. but he said the ukrainian government should negotiate a cease-fire with the separatists. >> translator: violence in ukraine is the country's internal matter. we can't discuss conditions for a cease-fire. >> poroshenko said the separatists need to disarm before ukrainian officials hold any talks with them. putin has been explaining why some russian paratroopers were found in ukrainian territory. he said they may have crossed the border accidentally. putin says he was told the ten soldiers were patrolling the border and may have strayed across. he said in the past ukrainian servicemen have entered russian territory in armored vehicle without incident. he said he hopes this case will not cause problems, either. ukrainian defense officials announced on sunday they ha

i think that's part of the negotiating tactics. >> what of the meeting in bell belarus, do you thinkt's a legitimate possibility given the humiliating of the ukrainians and really the ugly scenes that the world has been witness to in the past couple of days? >> you know, i don't think the situation on the ground in eastern ukraine is ripe for negotiation right now. and that both sides still think they can wage war to achieve their ends. so until there's a real stalemate, i don't think they will be successful negotiation. that said, it's always better to meet and talk rather than to just transmit messages through the internet or through the air waves. and the fact that the two presidents met for two hours today, i take to be a good sign. it's always better to talk directly than indirectly. >> and ambassador susan rice tweeted rate last night, repeated inkurgs into ukraine, dangerous and inflammatory. do you think the latest -- repeated inkurgss and the hum i am yags and parading and violation of the geneva convention, do you think that does anything to change america's calculus in ter

thank you very much on the phone from minsk in belarus.ultsve had breaking and caroline is with us and said to run through them. >> we have seen sales still slipping. not as bad as had been expected. we are seeing a relatively weak market for steel in terms of steel prices and demand in certain countries. you have an talking about the slowdown in the economy. it has still managed to secure revenues to a certain degree. $6.8 billion and earnings before amortization up 17%. they say this is about asset optimization and efficiency. it is also about cutting debt. this is a company that was pretty acquisitive and brought assets in north america. they have been focused on reducing their debt burden. they were able to refinance recently with international financial institutions, socgen, ing, deutsche bank providing them with new loans. >> this was a big debate. a couple of keepers ran stories on this because of the sanctions and the issues in association with various russian [indiscernible] az has not been affected by sanctions. both bigof others

but a respected newspaper in belarus reported the crash of a suzuki bike going 53 miles per hour and quoted an official saying the biker was incredibly lucky. real or fake, there's one guy whose opinion should carry a little extra weight. after all, he's been there. on a car roof. he was wearing a helmet cam while riding his motorcycle last summer in florida when he rear-ended a car that had slowed. after the car stopped rolling -- >> can you get this off me? >> what hurts? are you hurt? >> my leg might be broken. >> reporter: turned out it wasn't broken. his reaction to the biker who appears to land on his feet? "that video was great. i don't doubt its legitimacy for a second. i bet he was left with nothing more than bumps and bruises just like me." two bikers who managed to raise the roof on the internet by landing like a cat on a hot tin car roof. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> what do you think? >> that is incredible. i mean, possibly a forgery. even if it is, a very good one. and if it isn't, an amazing save. >> absolutely. i think spider-man would be so proud of that. >> i thin

vladimir putin meets with his ukrainian counterpart tomorrow in belarus.he meeting comes amid spiking tensions between the two nations. can putin and poroshenko stem the fighting? joining us now is chris weaver, a senior partner at macro advisory. thank you for coming in. i want to get your response from a few things that are coming in from russia right now. foreign minister sergei b saying russia is planning to send a second aid convoy to ukraine. we saw the controversy that surrounded the first. do you think these aid convoys from russia -- are they escalating or de-escalating tensions around this situation? >> i think they are clearly escalating the tensions. over theat happened weekend where chancellor merkel and other western leaders referred to the trucks crossing the border as an escalation. it is keeping tensions high. it creates that a fairly tense backdrop ahead of tomorrow's meeting in minsk. no question about it, this is ratcheting up the pressure. angela merkel, the german chancellor, has been downplaying the chances of anything material comin

hans nichols in belarus. what we get a meeting and type of optimism that we get a deal that is tangible? >> there is very little optimism heading into it. angela merkel dampened expectations and today am the only meetings mr. poroshenko and mr. putin a half on their schedule is for group meetings joined by ministers and other state.f one thing i will be watching is for schedule changes. if there is a tacked on meeting, a bilateral meeting, one-on-one meeting to initiate peace talks, to initiate some type of cease-fire conversation that would be noteworthy. right now, that is not on the agenda. all we have is recrimination's and escalating rhetoric on both sides. ukrainians are talking about columns of tanks coming from russia. russian tanks. clearly, there is intense fighting on the ground and no one on the diplomatic front, is trying to cool the rhetorical tensions. right now, it seems like we have a situation that this escalated and not to de-escalating. >> you are wondering why you cronies will want to bac

the bmw -- is about to switch lanes and rammed by a motorcycle on a highly supposedly in belarus. >>>rs stick his landing and stays there until the car comes to a stop and gets off, millions of people viewed the clip leaving comments like imagine if the sunroof were open . >> of course -- of course smart- alecky commenters started scoring the accident as if it were some kind of sit a gymnastic routine. i will give him a 10 for the landing, but the rotations were a little sloppy .5 deduction for not having a toes pointed. when please post your sums up the reaction -- some that direction a clip from tommy boy. >> that was all some. >>> but naysayers were adamant, this video is sacred in my rolex an expert on digital forensics old cnn, i believe this is indeed a forgery. he cited bringing bringing artifacts and visual noise run the bikers that says the biker most likely been pasted in from a different video. the respected newspaper in belarus reported a crash -- the crash of a suzuki bike going 53 miles per hour recorded the official saying the biker was incredibly luck lucky, we'll are

but a respected newspaper in belarus reported the crash of a suzuki bike going 50 miles an hour.saying the biker was incredibly lucky. there's one guy whose opinion should carry a little extra weight. after all, he's been there. on a car roof. he was wearing a helmet cam while riding his motorcycle last summer in florida when he rear ended a car that had slowed. after the car stopped rolling. >> good get the bike off me? oh my leg might be broken. >> reporter: turned out it wasn't broken. his reaction to the biker who appears to land on his feet? that video was great. i don't doubt etc. legitimacy for a second. i bet he was left with nothing more than bumps and bruises just like me. new bikers manage today raise the -- managed the raise the roof on the internet by landing like a cat on a hot tin car roof. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> i don't know. i think the video that initially started this story is a fake. obviously the other guy seems real. but what do you think? >> he has the go pro on. you know it's like you see the stunts in the movie. it could be something like that. >>

victoria asranka was born in belarus abe pick up tennis because her mother needed to keep her entertain. >> i started to play tennis when i was seven years old and my mom started to work in the tennis center and i just came after school and i would let her work because i wanted to be with her. then she gave me a racket. that is what brought me here today. >> 2012 was a good year for her, she won her first grand slam title and said she felt relief more than anything else. >> when i won my first grand slam it was like finally, lot of expectations, a lot of pressure, kind of came off, because i have always been a player with a lot of potential but i didn't win the grand slam. >> she's first woman from belarus to win a grand slam singles title. that same year she became world number within player and won two medals in the olympics. >> in 2012 the olympics were just incredible, when i won the bronze medal i felt so happy and so proud. >> reporter: she's also men for, well, this. >> i have done that since i was seven years old, just because the girls have a little higher pitch, it is maybe mo

. >>> afghanistan, belarus, china, cuba, egypt, india, indonesia, iran, iraq, jordan, lebanon, may labor, nigeria, north korea, oh, man, south korea, pakistan, sudan, syria, thailand, uganda, united states, vietnam, yemen, zimbabwe. >> the ones that outlaw are western companies who no longer believe in dying. the rising countries you take these islamic countries, all of them. they believe this these types of finality for their enemies. >> one of those countries don't believe in it after due process of law. you have these renegade groups arising. >> you sound like a republican. >> that is not souping republican. that is talking about what reality is out there and they are inflicting these penalties, chopping off hands. we saw that in the last part of the last century as well. >> thanks for clearing that up for me. >>> exit question. is capital punishment like abortion? one of those political divides. and claims of justice on both sides that it will always be contentious. >> it is about religion and morality. >> it is but it has become less contentious. innocent people are being killed our

they joined other european leaders at a summit in belarus. >> ( translated ): today in minsk, without any doubt, the fate of europe and the fate of the world is being decided. we should together find the only correct solution upon which nothing less than peace on the continent depends. >> ifill: poroshenko called for imposing stronger controls on the border with russia, and for cutting off arms supplies to pro-russian rebels. on the russian side, president putin said the crisis cannot be resolved without peaceful dialogue. >> ( translated ): i'd like to stress that we are ready to discuss any variants of our cooperation based on consideration for each other's interests. we are ready to exchange opinions on the current acute crisis in ukraine which i'm sure cannot be solved by further escalation of military actions, >> ifill: the one-on-one meeting of putin and poroshenko finally took place late at night, hosted by the president of belarus. >> ( translated ): talks were not easy, but the dialogue was substantive and extremely frank. it is already valuable and important that this dialog

the leaders of ukraine and russia met in minsk, the capital of belarus. it was the first time that petro poroshenko met one-on-one with vladimir putin to discuss the crisis. they failed to narrow their differences but agreed to keep talking. russian foreign minister, lavrov has urged ukrainian leaders to start talking with the separatists as soon as possible. two main separatist groups are operating in eastern ukraine. their leaders say they want to unite to form an independent state called -- or new russia. the fighting is leading more ukrainians to flee their homes. more than 600 ukrainians arrived wednesday at vladivostok in the far east. >> i'm afraid i won't be able to go home again. >> russian leaders have set up more than 530 shelters and more than 57,000 refugees are living in them. >>> executives at amazon.com, facebook and sony have their eyes on a new market and it's in the sky. ai uchida has more from the business desk. >> they are looking up at the sky. they want to utilize it. they all want to use flying robots, or drones, to expand their bu

at the moment, the biggest countries that delivered to russia are brazil and belarus, and russia says they will expand that, and i also have more food coming from countries like turkey, serbia, and other south american countries. they also say this will be very good for russian agriculture, which is known to be in a chronic crisis. they say that these sanctions are an opportunity for them to develop, which we do not know if that will really develop. the russian people -- probably the majority will accept this as a necessary evil, and if they will blame anyone, they will blame the west. there is the metaclass just the middle class this as they would like to buy these products, but they are the minority. >> have you heard the warning from the nato secretary-general about the buildup on the border? are they impressed by that? >> they have heard these threats by nato for weeks and months. they are laughing them off and denying the accusations. the visit now is seen as another example of the fact that the west is pulling the strings and are the puppet master behind everything in the ukrain

petro poroshenko and vladimir putin sat down together in minsk, the capital of belarus. they failed to narrow their differences, but agreed to keep talking. two main separatist groups are operating in eastern ukraine. their leaders say they want to unite to form an independent state called novorossia. but right now the fighting is leading more people to flee their homes. more than 600 arrived on wednesday near vladivostok in russia's far east. >> translator: i'm afraid that i won't be able to go home again. >> russian leaders have set up more than 530 shelters. they say more than 57,000 refugees are living in them. >>> the leader of a group of exiled uygurs is demanding an investigation into last month's riots in the autonomous region. mobs stormed local government buildings on july 28th. a chinese government news website reported that 37 people were killed and blamed members of the east turkestan islamic movement. the group is claiming independence for the autonomous region. the head of the world uygur congress released a statement in washington. >> translator: a lot of

leaders of russia and ukraine will try to answer that question when they sit down together tuesday in belarus. >> petro poroshenko and vladimir putin are getting plenty of encouragement in the run-up to their face to face meeting. as we heard in our report earlier, german chancellor angela merkel is traveling to kiev herself for talks with ukrainian president on saturday. >> the timing of the german chancellor's visit to kiev is significant. ukraine will celebrate its independence day on monday. on tuesday, president petro poroshenko is meeting russian president vladimir putin for direct talks. the german government intends to show it is on ukraine's side. >> the chancellor wants to send a very strong signal, saying that we support ukraine's policy and that we are against the russian strategy of destabilization and frozen conflict. >> despite their differences, merkel apparently remains able to get through to president putin. he seems to respect her as a tough but trustworthy negotiator who believes in compromise. germany has long held a key role in the ukraine crisis as a mediator and as pol

tomorrow's meeting in minsk the meeting of the presidents of the customs union russia kazakhstan and belarus with the president of ukraine. with the participation of the european commission representatives we expect that there would be three commissioners who will arrive in minsk. and the main. issue on the agenda will be consideration of the economic link between the customs union and ukraine between the european union and ukraine. which is an important subject. we. urged our partners to begin. politicised professional and pragmatic dialogue. conversation about how the commitments of ukrainian state on the free trade area with the c i s and. the commitments of which the agrarian side is ready to take with him but not yet rectified association agreement with the e.u. . coincide so how they're actually made to put together. this topic as you know. is laying with the. existing prices because the accusations. towards president xi are no coverage last november were. the association agreement and that served as a pretext to. begin the possible action to organize the protests which ended in a mili

with the thinking of the nationalists about the creation of a greater slavic state that would be belarus, ukraine, northern kazakhstan. that id was put forth many years ago, and others have picked it up. you now have a man by the name of dmitri who was russia's ambassador to nato and now deputy prime minister. he is russia's national snub one. already about 15 years ago he wrote in a book, no matter how unrealistic it seems today, we must persevere coming out like germany. russia has had long-term designs on these territories. the problem is with ukraine as -- ukrainians remember 2 million people that were killed by the forced famine in the 1930s. >> more than that. >> two, three, four, but a lot of people were killed and many of them were killed in these eastern territories that are under contention and. the empty homes and were filled by russians who came from other parts of russia. if you go as far in russia to the pacific island of -- you'll find many people with ukrainian names. they were sent to the camps. that's not forgotten in ukraine. so russia covert ukraine but ukraine is not

it come as the presidents of russia and ukraine met for peace talks in belarus. >>> the story of u.s. cornerback josh shaw spraining both ankles after jumping off a balcony to rescue his drowning nephew is a lie. he came forward to officials yesterday afternoon and admitted the story was a complete fabrication. the original story of heroism was posted on the school's website. it was quickly under investigation after numerous phone calls to the university questioned the authenticity of it. >> it's pretty clear there is quite a few conflicting stories out there. >> now a statement released through shaw's attorney admits he injured himself in a fall but did not specify how that happened. usc suspended shaw from all team activities. >>> in other sports headlines, let's take you to the u.s. open. on the men's side, seven seed dimitrov finally gets his first win after three consecutive first round opens. on the other end, maria sharapova advances and serena williams advances to the next round for the first time since 2010. a bizarre moment when her hair gets caught in the rablgt racket duri

the clinton administration believed the presence of nuclear weapons in kazakhstan and belarus was fundamentallydestabilizing. we worked with them to give up their weapons and their return to the russian federation and i still think it was a very good deal for the united states. it has been supported by president bush and president obama. we gave the ukrainians a document that is public, you can read it online, assurances. we said very clearly to them if you are sovereignty is threatened, we will try to help you but we do not give them what a diplomatic parlance is called a guarantee. we did not say we are giving you a security guarantee we will be there with military force to protect. the president of ukraine clearly understood that. >> that is the record. there is a misunderstanding, it was a memorandum of understanding, not a treaty. and it was the russians who broke memorandum of understanding. i think people understood what it was about at the time. >> thank you very much. over here. no question over there. oh, there is. please. >> i am charlotte buchanan. i would like to know why it was al

russian president vladimir putin met with the president in ukraine in belarus yesterday. it's the first meeting between the two leaders since june. after the talks the president says a roadmap is possible. they say it's killed at least 2,000 civilians since april. >>> president obama says he is working to regain the trust of america's veterans. he spoke at the american legion national convention in charlotte, north carolina, yesterday. he said his administration was going to try and fix the scandal-plagued v.a. hospitals but as wyatt andrews shows us, it may be easier said than done. >> reporter: after a four-month investigation, the v.a.'s inspect e general denied the most explosive allegation driving the scandal in phoenix, that up to 40 veterans may have died because they were on secret waitlists for care. we are unable to conclusively assert, the report says, that the absence of timely quality care caused the deaths of these veterans. some 20 deaths are blamed instead on the poor quality of care. the report does not answer specific charges raised by widows of veterans

this is all leading up to the bigger meeting in minsk, belarus, when mr. poroshenko and mr. putin are also set to meet. this diplomacy is intensifying that on the ground, there are still some very violent situations. you have to weigh one against the other and see what's going to happen over the next coming days. talked me about the latest in kiev. we may get poroshenko talking about early elections. >> they may dissolve parliament on the 24th, just in a couple of days. an important anniversary in ukraine the independence from russia. there does seem to be quite a bit of political turmoil inside and the economy minister yesterday resigned because he said he had a deputy installed without his consent. youhave early elections and just had elections. you have a new parliament that could potentially be formed with a new government in place. it seems there's a fair amount of turmoil that would not necessarily strengthen his position as he seeks to potentially sue for peace. withns nichols in berlin the latest from kiev. hovering in jackson hole. philip shaw joins us ahead of the

we are live in the capital of belarus. >> fran says refresh old. -- france has reshuffled. will name his new administration. the s&p 500's milestone -- the index briefly jumped above 2000 for the first time. will europe continue to rally? >> welcome to countdown. >> good morning. 7:00 in london but all eyes are set on one meeting between president poroshenko who is meeting president putin in belarus. morefollows a day of fighting in uterine ukraine and what ukraine says was an incursion of tanks from russia. hanz is following the story. we understand that this meeting is about trade of but the eyes of the world will be there to see if there's any movement between putin and poroshenko. conversationhe will be dominated by the situation in ukraine and what can only be called as collating violence. ukraine accused russia of sending in an armored calvary, including 10 tanks. both sides are trying to increase their position. the negotiating position and try to have real battlefield victories the between they sit down and have a conversation about maybe peace. the other theory whi

a russian and ukrainian president could be held in minsk belarus bellaver on tuesday one regional leaders will gather there along with members of the european commission. all right ron thanks so much for bringing us the details now the nantz in eastern ukraine has endured another twenty four hours of heavy shelling from the crimean army rocket launchers have once again ripped entire neighborhoods apart at least two locals have been killed the hospital also came under fire in the center of the me as two buildings were damaged and you can see shattered glass everywhere locals say the hospital was fired at from a short distance some patients were transported to nearby hospitals others were moved to the basement. was it just moves. over. criticism. for thousands of citizens of eastern ukraine shelling and bombing has become an every day gruesome reality people now are learning to cope with their families and friends falling victim to caves assault has the story this is a case where they're living among the did and way they did being buried among the living. under this mound of dirt lies the l

announced that due to the irresponsible actions of the ukrainian army the citizens of ukraine russia and belarus are exposed to the deadly threat of an ecological disaster on a daily bases the size of which cannot be calculated an incident that cyril would cause a leak from the chemical plant where it talks to benzene is the minimal impact zone would be at least three hundred kilometers i don't understand why this fact is being silos about all ukrainian media that. ukraine's president has told america's secretary of state that he's inviting red cross coordinators to organize aid for people in the city declared a state of humanitarian disaster last week russia wants to send emergency aid and they've been trying to get permission from kiev to do so rif national reports from the beleaguered city. the ganske made luke abandoned but the rusty people here. those who didn't have a daily struggle to survive the city has been without electricity for more than a week now but it's the shortage of water which poses the biggest humanitarian challenge this woman is called. in russian her name means that she h

. >>> afghanistan, belarus, china, egypt, indonesia, iran, iraq, japan, jordan, lebanon, libya, malaysia, nigeria, north korea, oman, pakistan, saudi arabia, singapore, south sudan, sudan, syria, thailand, uganda, united arab emirates, united states of america, vietnam, yemen, zimbabwe. >> any surprises, pat? >> no. >> no surprises? >> ones that outlaw the death penalty are western countries which no longer believe in fighting, dying and killing, two horrendous wars so they outlawed that. the rising countries, islamic countries all of them, they believe in these types of finality for their enemies and we'll find out who wins this century. >> those countries don't believe in it after due process of law either because you have a lot of these renegade groups which are rising, which is the scourge of the early part of the-- >> you sound like a republican. >> that's not sounding republican. that's talking about what reality is out there and they are inflicting these penalties, chopping off hands, and we saw that in the last part of the last century as well. >> thanks for clearing that up for

but also in moldavia, belarus, kazakhstan and u.s. beck stan. should we support the russian governmentee right to march into those countries, take over portions of those countries simply because ethnic russians are living there? this is an inexact comparison, of course. but that was essentially the philosophy of the nazi paert in germany in the 1930, that they would unite the germans. it's a very dangerous, destabilizing concept. we vowed after the second world war we would not allow that kind of action in europe, and here it is with president piewt win his new russia concept, which is dangerous, and it deserves it. it needs to be opposed by the united states and the west europeans. >> sreenivasan: all right, nicholas burns, thanks very much for your time. >> thank you. >> keep up with the day's news in real time. read newshour's rundown blog at newshour.pbs.org. >> sreenivasan: the islamic state has entered our consciousness for multiple reasons. partly for the savagery they're willing to commit, and also because of the savvy they display in sp

the third thing is that my dad was an immigrant from what is now belarus.nd he was a patriot, a naturalized citizen and when i was young, he would tell me things like i don't want to ever hear that you missed a chance to vote. and if you ever have a chance to do something for the united states, however small, however modest, i want you to do it because the country gave opportunities to people like me. >> that's my dad talking. and so as corny as it may sound, the chants to do something for the united states and to work in an americana kind of setting, very, very attractive to me. >> your dad had a shoe shop? l.a. is that correct? >> he was not able to go very far in education. >> right. >> very smart man. he did a lot of different things in his life. he had a used car lot in milwaukee where he was born. and before that, he recapped tires. a lot of different things. what he did best was sales. we moved to los angeles we opened a discount shoe store. he was an effective salesman my mom used to say how do you think he caught to me. >> i heard he said two rules

vladimir putin and petro poroshenko shook hands in belarus, but that's about all. the meeting came as ukraine released video of ten russian paratroopers captured near the eastern city of donetsk. putin has repeatedly denied supporting pro-russian separatists. a long-awaited report on the problems at the v.a. hospital in phoenix was released today. revelations about the treatment of veterans there rocked the agency and triggered a nationwide scandal. here's wyatt andrews. >> reporter: after a four-month investigation, the v.a.'s inspector general denied the most explosive allegations driving the scandal in phoenix. that up to 40 veterans may have died because they were on secret wait lists for care. "we are unable to conclusively assert," the report says "that the absence of timely quality care caused the death of these veterans." some 20 deaths are blamed instead on the "poor quality of care." the report does not answer specific charges raised by widows of veterans, like debbie valle, who say their husbands died waiting for appointments that might have made a diffe

joining us today and it was this handshake right here the key moment of an international summit in belarus on choose day. and ukraine's president held their first official one o one meeting. with more now on what exactly was discussed. this was a meeting that everybody here in ms was waiting for with their breaths abated literally for hours and once it was over russian president came out speaking to address obviously discussing some of the most pressing issues that were touched upon during the conversation with president poroshenko now one of the most of the biggest concerns in this regard is the issue of possible cease fire in south east of ukraine where fighting continues to rage now russian president has reiterated the point that was previously made by moscow on several occasions and that is the fact that this issue continues to be an internal issue in ukraine and russia can only play the role of a facilitator in the dispute but if you're good in that it should be we didn't talk in detail about it and frankly speaking russia can propose any conditions for a cease fire or speak of possib

of all spin discussing a possible free trade zone between egypt and customs union countries russia belarus and doesn't stand this is the first visit of the federal c.c. outside the arab world. in. moscow says it surprised by the confusion about its humanitarian aid to east ukraine is all details of the mission were coordinated with kiev earlier today ukraine said it's ready to accept the aid but not on russian trucks agreement was eventually reach those foreign minister sergei lavrov explains. there's a new bill in the ship of the movement of the convoy has begun as we got to know confirming ukraine's readiness to receive this help on top of that's we took into account all the wishes of the ukrainian side regarding this operation including the route that was chosen even though this means we have to take a large d. to us we are relying on the assurances given by the ukrainians they guarantee the security of the convoy during its movement of through regions controlled by the country's army we also expect the same attitude from the self defense forces russian foreign ministry says that cargo

is that due to the irresponsible actions of the ukrainian army the citizens of ukraine russia and belarus are exposed to the deadly threat of an ecological disaster on a daily bases the size of which cannot be calculated the minimal impact zone would be at least three hundred kilometer in spain. the chemical plant in the girl of course stores over two thousand tonnes of a substance known as blood poison used in plant production if it enters the body it affects the liver hard bone marrow and can cause death on top of that there are also thirty tons of t.n.t. at the facility and nearby ten thousand cubic meters of liquid ammonia are stored exposure to it in high concentrations can lead to blindness lung damage and death ukraine's inviting the red cross to organize aid for people in lugansk and that's what president petro poroshenko has told the u.s. secretary of state the issue of resistance declared a humanitarian disaster last week and russia has tried to send in emergency aid but the offer was turned down by key if it were if it is in the devastated city. the guns made luke abandoned but

russia announced today that it will get around the ban by bringing food in to the country friday belarus kazakhstan. a treasury department official saying the russia import ban isn't likely to effect the u.s. economy. david cohen the under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence make nothing comments today. he said that russia could face more sanctions if it doesn't change course on ukraine. cohen says u.s. alibi ohios in europe are all in agreement on the poe 10 sanctions. >>> the search for remains from malaysian flight 17 of the dutch prime minister saying that fighting near the crash site makes it too dangerous for investigators to work. ukraine's government has suspended the ceasefire that was in effect. many while, australia holding a national day of mourning today for the 298 people on board. some of those passengers heading to an aids conference in melbourne when the jet was shot down. >>> west african nations are taking drastic steps trying to slow the spread of ebola. today liberia began deploying soldiers to keep people out of quarantined areas. nigeria scramble to

vladimir putin then petro poroshenko could ease the crisis the thing is it may or may not happen in belarus capital means go for talks with the e.u. even a little is all watching the gathering closely for us he joins me live now here in anything never going statements that have been made so far. well we have seen the russian and ukrainian presidents shake hands so perhaps there could be even officials signed then again we do not know yet so far we have heard the preliminary statements and when it came to russian president putin has mostly talked about the economic treatment of ukraine he said that russia will be forced to stop treatment off the neighboring country because in all the accordance with the w.t. . because of the trade association with the european union that ukraine has its having said that russian president said that russia is only for is only for strengthening economic ties with ukraine however that unfortunately is impossible at the moment and that russia also mention that russia has warned of numerous occasions about the fact that once ukraine signs that trade association ag