eventually a very uncomfortable silence from it and then another resumes and it landed in a field in minsk belarus. several thousand kilometers away which is incredible and blew it up to just over ten kilometers. and then it probably encountered high altitude winds and was pushed east at a massive at a massive speed. we believe that that the deep sleep was the first civilian earth to stratosphere skin is routinely done by military but we believe with the first we got plenty of interesting forms if you like shapes that indicate traffic and activity. if i just dropped the scroll bar down we actually see the way forward presentation so this is the low low frequencies this is the mid range and this is the the high frequencies and we see as we go from the dick across like this point to point we see. where there was there was in a jet it phenomena the saying that there is peaks and drops and and rises and falls much like a mountain range i suppose. the low frequencies are predictably very energetic you've obviously got a lot of moraine more to call astronomical in the sense of ready to astronomy you've

. >> let's go over to belarus. it's a parking lot, not a freeway.he lights went down and folks are being pretty inconsiderate. no, i'll go, you're not going to get to go. >> did you see that car? >> that's about the only person that decided to do this. >> oh, my gosh. >> look at that backup. oh, goodness. >> for miles and miles around. there isn't a space for anyone to take a detour. >> look they got a green light. >> yea. >> but you see for miles and miles around, the traffic is backed up. this situation took about three hours to clear up. >> wow. like i feel like i got the hives just watching this. >> yeah. >> that kind of stuff, i can't deal. >> i'm out. >> i'm not good at that. >> if you're looking for predictions for the big game, there's all kinds of places you can go. you don't need any of that. you just need skippy. >> medium skippy. >> how amazing is he? >> this guy is really, really good. >> it's me, the amazing skippy! >> yea! >> okay. >> there we go. >> a lot of people have been asking skippy, skippy, who will win the super bowl? >> well

calix have gone overseas to countries like belarus and help them write beautiful laws and biffle constitutions. constitutions. but to make a democracy work, you need an engaged citizenry. and there is the acceptance of norms and traditions that make our system work. that is what differentiates the united states of america from many other countries in the world who may have great constitutions, but who failed to live up to the promise of what democracy should work like. issue onen and what is focusing on, and one of the reasons we put out this report -- there are critical elements here that are essential to making our political system worked again. one is accountability. the other is transparency. those are watchwords we use every day to try to make the system work better. it is never going to be perfect. it is a more perfect union. this is the struggle. we hope that everyone watching today understands that this is on them. viewers and listeners, c-span radio app's and is, can read your report at issue one -- issueone.org. more available at oca. house -- oce.house.gov. co. could we cover ethics

president talking about expansionist ambitions whereby putin defined "greater russia" as "russia, belarusare estonia, lithuania and latvia. but doubts emerged about the story and he later admitted to lying about meeting putin, in order to protect his source. he said, "the manner in which i wanted to protect my source and underscore my message about russia was not sensible, that is crystal clear." and today, in an emotional speech to parliament, he resigned. translation: so as not to burden the position of the minister of foreign affairs i see no other option now than to offer my resignation today to his majesty, the king. ido to his majesty, the king. i do this with regret in my heart. but in the full conviction that the netherlands deserves a minister of foreign affairs who is above any form of doubt. hugging the dutch prime minister there. anna holligan has more on the reaction to these events. an extraordinary story indeed. on monday we heard from the dutch foreign minister, admitting he had lied about this meeting with president putin back in 2006, in which he had claimed the russian

nearly a thousand topless men have braved the sub—zero temperatures in belarus for a running race to shuba krishnan reports. it is a race like no other. 1000 shirtless men running through the icy streets of minsk in —10 celsius. well, it is all in celebration of their manhood, of course. translation: it is an exciting event that really allows you are worth something. it is a big challenge for our guys and for me personally. of the defender of the fatherland. the event originated in russia in 1918, when the red army was created. it has now transformed into a day that honours men as a whole. translation: it does not matter whether you did military service or not. the atmosphere of the day is great, the race is great. it is beautiful. and it looks like many of the spectators certainly agree with that. many of them already have decent muscles... why try to prove more by plunging into freezing don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @nkemifejika. i shall be wearing a warm jacket to away from the cold. hello there. and about, if you are appropriately

two years ago he said that he overheard president putin outlining his plan to unify russia ukraine belarus and the baltic states and kazakhstan as a single country back in two thousand and six at some sort of business gathering this has been a general talking point when it comes to russia that putin is supposedly trying to bring back the soviet union but the foreign minister was working for shell at the time but his story was questioned when it was discovered that despite being part of the shell delegation he wasn't even at the two thousand and six meeting and not only that he wasn't even in russia at the time but when he was confronted about this he said he was lying to protect a source but he also said that he regretted lying but this is not the first time there's been fake news about russia there's also been the whole idea that russia was the breaks of. president mccraw attacks against russia and various various social media giants and well they've all talked about russian meddling but in the end they've all admitted that there's been no evidence whatsoever so it seems that in looking f

i could hear very well vladimir putin talking about a greater russia he said this included russia belarus ukraine and the baltic states and that kazakstan would also be nice to have but one of the so has now acknowledged that it was all one big lie when he wasn't even in russia or in two thousand and six she said he did it to protect his source a person that presumably attended that meeting he now describes it as the biggest mistake of his political career in response to the news the dutch prime minister said that the remarks of his now former top diplomat accurately reflected a russian policy at the time we asked author and russia analyst martin mccauley about mr confession. there are two reasons why he made that statement one is that it projected him into the public newspapers the headlines and so on this was a sensational statement to make and the second thing would be that of course it fed into the need to. the native narrative the narrative of the west at that time still is which is basically under russian sees video putin as a threat to the national security and it fed into that and

two years ago he said that he overheard president putin outlining his plan to unify russia ukraine belarus the baltic states and kazakhstan as a single country putin supposedly trying to bring back the soviet union has been one of the most popular talking points when it comes to russia but back to the story at hand the foreign minister made these claims in two thousand and six like you said but it was some sort of a business gathering way while he was working for shell his story however was questioned when it was discovered that despite being part of the shell delegation he wasn't at the two thousand and sixty two thousand six meeting and not only that he wasn't even in russia at the time but when he was confronted about this he said he was lying to protect a source but then he also said he regretted lying obviously this isn't the first instance of fake news regarding russia there have been numerous rumors floating around that russian influence the brags that though and the u.s. has been accusing the kremlin of interfering in the twenty sixteen election for over a year and a half now now t

being held but i could hear very well in talking about a greater russia he said this included russia belarus ukraine and the baltic states and that kazakstan would also be nice to have. now acknowledged that was a lie and he wasn't even in russia in two thousand and six he said he did it to protect his source a person who was presumably at a meeting of some kind that he now describes this as the biggest mistake of his political career and it looks like some of his fellow dutch citizens couldn't agree more. not at the ville or more boston that's a narrative that fits into a frenzy that you want to create but it slowly turns on you like a boomerang because it becomes this thing that gets linked to his foreign policy experience from the trustworthiness of the netherlands is questioned internationally making the things strewn with difficult the last of this and then it will be his time if he needed a lance wants to remain credible you can't have people saying that your minister is lying about being at a specific location at a specific time that's not right especially not about that place that ti

years ago he said that he overheard president putin outlining his plan to unify russia and ukraine belarus the baltic states and cause a son as a single country and this was back in two thousand and six at some sort of business gathering but this has also been a general talking point when it comes to russia that putin is supposedly trying to bring back the soviet union however the foreign minister was working for shell at the time but his story was questioned when it was discovered that despite being part of the shell delegation he wasn't at the two thousand and six meeting and not only that he wasn't even in russia at the time when he was confronted about this he said he was lying to protect a source but then he also said that he regretted lying obviously this is the first instance of fake news regarding russia there have been rumors floating around that russia influenced the braggs of wrote and then there's also been president micron's various attacks against russia during that crohn's campaign that he claimed that a russia did influence the election however this was later debunked by a

had outlined his plans for a greater russia, which were said to include the baltic states, ukraine, belarusormer shell executive e—mailed a dutch newspaper to say he had been at the meeting, which halbe zijlstra had not attended, and that his comments were made in an historical context. the russian embassy in the eight released a statement expressing frustration at what it described as unfounded claims —— —— in the hague. instead, his words have put pressure on the country ‘s relationship, and his own government. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the prince and the pony. harry and meghan markle meet one of the armed forces' smallest recruits — a royal marines mascot. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value

we are just behind belarus in the medals table. good at cycling, running, those sort of things. the thing everyone says about the summer olympics is we are good at the sitting down sports. rowing, horse riding, cycling and now this as well. and running with mo farah. she's using the technology that these british spy —— that the british cyclists use for their suits. prisons in the observer. another depressing report. we have a new prisons minister, rory stewart. he's come out and said that the state of some jails is deeply disturbing. this is fairly amazing. you see various people in charge of prisons in the government come out and almost trash the government's re cord and almost trash the government's record and admit things haven't been at all good. it's notjust this government, this is a problem that's been going on for decades. that is the case. the type of language being used is really strong. in terms of figures we are talking about self harm going up over 10% in the past year, assaults going up 10%, a lot of those on staff. f

but i could hear very well for jimmy in talking about a greater russia he said this included russia belarus ukraine and the baltic states and that kazakstan would also be nice to have. no acknowledged that it was a lie that he wasn't even in russia in two thousand and six he said he did it to protect his source a person that presumably attended a meeting where he now describes it as the biggest mistake of his political career and it looks like some of his fellow said this was couldn't agree. more boston that's a marriage if that fits into a friend you want to create but it slowly turns on you like a boomerang because it becomes this thing that gets linked to his foreign policy experience from the trustworthiness of the netherlands is questioned internationally making things extremely difficult for the loss of this identical business title if the media lands wants to remain credible you can't have people saying that your minister is lying about being at a specific location at a specific time that's not right especially not about that place at that time but he seems to least for this nice of

had outlined his plans for a greater russia, which were said to include the baltic states, ukraine, belarusn would be nice. a former shell executive e—mailed a dutch newspaper to say he had been at the meeting, which halbe zijlstra had not attended, and that his comments were made in an historical context. the russian embassy in the hague released a statement expressing frustration at what it described as unfounded claims. he had been scheduled to visit his russian counterpart, sergey lavrov, in russia this week. instead, his words have put pressure on the countries' relationship, and his own government. anna holligan, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the danish royalfamily has announced that prince henrik, the husband of queen margrethe has died. he was 83 and had been suffering from dementia. prince henrik was born into a french aristocratic family and grew up partly in indochina. he married princess margrethe in 1967 and they had two sons. america's intelligence agencies have warned that russia is already trying to influence the us midterm elections

two years ago he said that he overheard president putin outlining his plan to unify russia ukraine belarus the baltic states and kazakhstan as a single country but putin supposedly trying to bring back the soviet union has been one of the most popular talking points when it comes to russia now but back to the story at hand the foreign minister made these claims in two thousand and six of some sort of business gathering while he was working for shell his story however was questioned when it was discovered that despite being part of the shell delegation he wasn't at the two thousand and six meeting and not only that he wasn't even in russia at the time when he was confronted about this he said that he was lying to protect a source but then he also said he regretted lying but obviously this isn't the first instance of fake news regarding russia there have been rumors floating around that russia influenced the braggs it though and the us has been accusing the kremlin of interfering in the twenty sixteen presidential election for over a year and a half now now the british government's been busy

be clear there are two homonyms [inaudible] they were the communities from ukraine, poland malabar belarusnd lithuania and salon for the desperately indigent places where they were forced to live by the russian empire. when money great-grandfather arrived with his eight children and wife he had no skills, no english, and probably not the best hygiene. if you look at the literature from the early 20th century, talking about that here yiddish, you would be hearing commentary that isn't so different from some of the comments that are today made about the haitians and nigerians and latin americans. we were poor, broken and filthy in the name you some of the people who were present. mike bloomberg. his father arrived, jonas, his parents arrived from the shuttle. if you go from some of the greatest american benefactors, philanthropic businessmen, scientists and salon and they all came from this and made the american dream their own, i think this is so fundamental to what we are as americans. we don't arrived with phd's with a handful of honorable exceptions we are not bashing norwegians. [laught

two years ago he said that he overheard president putin outlining his plan to unify russia ukraine belarus the baltic states and kazakhstan as a fingal country back in two thousand and six at some sort of business gathering but this has been a general talking point when it comes to russia that putin is supposedly trying to bring back the soviet union however the foreign minister was working for shell at the time but his story was questioned when it was discovered that despite being part of the shell delegation he wasn't at the two thousand and six meeting and not only that he wasn't even in russia at the time but when he was confronted about this he said that he was a lying to protect a source but then he also said he regretted lying obviously this isn't the first instance of fake news regarding russia there have been rumors floating around that russia influenced the breadth of vote and then there's also been president micron various attacks against russia and of course from various social media giants as well and they've all alleged russian meddling in some shape or form but in the end th

settlement in places like what used to be call ukraine, poland, all of these forgotten places that are now belarus and lithuania and romainey and so on, that were the indigent desperately indigents places where jews had been forced to live by the russian empire. when my great-grandfather arrived with his eight children and his wife, he had no skills, no english, and probably not the best hygiene, and if you look at the literature of the early 20th century, talking about henry adams talking about that weird yiddish, right? you would be hearing commentary that is not so different from some of the comments that are today made about the haitians and the nigerians and the latin americans. we were poor, broken, i'd say this as jew -- poor, broken and filthy once, too and let me name the sons of people who arrived from the steddle. mike bloomberg, his father from the steddel. jonas saul can. -- saulk. the best ben fill anthropic little business minimum, scientists and i they all came from those s-hole steddles and made the person dream their own. and i think this is so fundamental to what we are as ameri

used to be called [inaudible] or ukraine, poland, all of these gone places andla so on that are now belarus and lithuania and l-dopa in romania and so on that were the indigenous desperately indigent places where jews have been forced to live by the russian empire. when my great-grandfather arrived with his eight children and his wife from [inaudible] he had no skills, no english and probably not the best hygiene and if you looked at the literature of the early 20th century talking about henry adams talks about that weird you dish, right? you would beot hearing a commentary that is not so some of the comments that are today made about the haitians in the nigerians and the latin americans. we were poor, broken and i say this as a jew, poor, broken, filthy and let me leave you some of the sons who arrived from the shtetl. mike bloomberg, his father arrived from the shtetl. jonas spoke, his parents arrived shtetl. you can go for a list of some of the greatest american benefactors the entropic businessman, scientist and so on, and they all came from those s whole shtetl's and make their america

the program were nuclear weapons were withdrawn from the ukraine, kazakhstan, belarus, the united states really came through to help secure the russian mechanical weapons. that program produced real cooperation cannot military and military, politician to politician. storiesperation pretty of success, friendship, and ability of these people to trust each other, connect with each other, and work in the future. there were other priorities. certainly, expanding nato was a big priority for the united states. a lot of time, i think in the u.s. public statements, also --ernally they cheated treated yeltsin's resistance to the idea of = his resistance as pr. when you look at yeltsin, he in 1995 that for me to agree to the borders of nato expanding towards russia, that would be a betrayal on my part of the russian people. political the russian spectrum, the opposition to nato was so strong, among liberals for different reasons. among the conservatives, the only issue in which there was a consensus was nato expansion. yeltsin and his entourage proposed various possibilities to take it slower, to c

despite some wayward shooting, there was a perfect final leg to win the olympic 4x6 biathlon for belarus sweden finished ten seconds behind and the 15-year-old from russia is the first to get a gold medal. in the medal stakes, norway and germany have won 13 golds each in the games norway is out in front with 35 medals in total. you can see the netherlands, my personal favorite there, in fifth place behind the u.s bill sweeney, chief executive of the british olympic association joins us this morning. bill, i want to ask you about this we talk about the importance of thesewins for some of these olympic athletes, but it's also important for some companies that support them, isn't it >> yes, it is. sport is about winning and results, and when you have the companies behind that, it's important to deliver on that >> i want to ask about opportunities for companies. we've had so much negative press around the olympics movement, russia, when you see a young 15-year-old russian win like that, does that allow that narrative to change? >> the story around russia has not dominated the games here ther

there was the nonlou garr program where nuclear weapons were withdrawn from belarus, united states came through and securing chemical weapons, not biological in russia. and that program produced real cooperation. military to military, politicians to politician, that cooperation produced stories of success, friendships, and ability of these people to trust each other, connect with each other, and work in the future. there were other priorities. certainly expanding nato was a big priority for the united states. a lot of time i think in the u.s. public statements but also internally, they treated yeltsin's resistance to the idea of the expansion as just his pr. he needs this for his pr. but if you look domestically, if you look at yeltsin himself, he basically said in 1995, in that summit, he told clinton, for me to agree to the borders of nato, expanding toward those of russia, that would say a betrayal on my part of the russian people. throughout the russian political spectrum, the opposition to nato was so strong among the liberals for different reasons and among the conservatives. the

nearly a thousand men in belarus ran shirt—less through the streets of the capital in sub—zero temperaturestween a one athletics federation at the finish line. maybe that should be in the winter olympics! that tongan athlete is made i that. best ever winter made for that. best ever winter olympics for team gb thanks to that man behind you, billy morgan. he only started snowboarding aged 14. he had a knee injury as well and then took bronze medal. the sports director dan hunt said last march that this would be the start of it. that he would i for skiing what he that he would do for skiing what he did for cycling. and so important to have those recognised names. in terms of funding, more people getting involved. and already a massive uptake in people contacting ski centres after lizzie yarnold last week. 500 applying. last week we will wear why the uk we will wear wondering why the uk ta kes we will wear wondering why the uk takes part but this will change this. lets then relive, this historic night for great britain at the winter olympics in pyeongchang. billy morgan, winning the medal, that

just to make you feel a little bit colder, nearly 1000 men in belarus ran shirtless through the streets, receiving medals from the athletics federation at the finish—line. he has the - idea, finish—line. he has the right idea, he has a coat. do you know who can do that? you are always looking for new sports to do. in honour of billy morgan, i can do anything now. but big air! incredible. how can you try that? i know sometimes they have those air things to do it. he hit the medal target, five medals for britain. but it is incredible to think that we are not the best with huge mountain ranges! to compete and actually be the best! we will talk to him at 8:30. let him have a rest first. first, to what was an historic night for great britain at the winter olympics in pyeongchang. billy morgan won bronze in the men's big air to secure great britain their highest medal tally in winter olympic history. paul frostick was watching. the penultimate day of action in and a chance for the pyeongchang, and a chance for the big jumpers to show off their skills. it was an imposing 49 metre ramp. complex

if demographics were a problem, countries like belarus would never have any inflation.he have plenty of inflation. inflation is the price of services and goods expressed in money. money is something the central controlthey have full of it. a financials solution works. you cannot control inflation with the appropriate monetary policy. i would not mix these two things. in terms of which camp i am, if they want to hit 2%, they can hit 2%. does not really matter what demographics are doing. you some for that. always appreciate your insight. mikio kumada, global strategist, joining us in hong kong. one feature we would like to bring to your attention is our interactive tv function at tv on the bloomberg. but alsoatch us live, dive into any of the securities or bloomberg functions we talk about and also become part of the conversation by sending us instant messages during our shows. this is for bloomberg subscribers only. check it out at tv . this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." i am haidi lun in sydney. a quick check of the latest business

relations with these six countries as about john and belarus do not want to sign a comprehensive dealwith us i mean under your pressure decided to opt for the customs union and so we are deciding to have a lower level treaty and the other three actually decided to have four to opt for and comprehensive approach wouldn't you agree that we definitely react to their wishes and that it's not that we are imposing anything and after all if somebody doesn't sign a treaty with us we are not sending tanks. political corporate moods. this is how you come up with this so-called russian threat you started your question with a statement that i have said that partnership is used to separate those countries from russia. i said when it was formed we were being assured that it would be eight against russia and they hoped that those statements would be true it would be implemented that some of the countries you mentioned wanted. the eastern partnership to be used like that that so. before. asking stefan kornelius to ask a question allow me to ask a question myself sergei you referred to and thank you t

uni fi russia ukraine belarus of the baltic states and even kazakstan as a single country the dutch foreign minister claimed at a party conference back in two thousand and sixteen that he had overheard lattimer put in outlining the grand plan and that happened in two thousand and sixteen during gathering of a businessman now the dutch for a minister was working for the oil company shall at that particular time now in the original read tallying of the story he claimed to have been back of a country house when he heard this plans there were made by the russian president. in early two thousand and six i was advised to move putin's countryside house i stopped at the back of a room or a meeting was being held but i could hear very well vladimir putin talking about a great to russia he said this included russia the roofs ukraine and the baltic states and that kazakstan would also be nice to have you know well that particular story was questioned by the newspaper. which discovered that the dutch foreign minister had not been as part of a business gathering back in two thousand and six in russia an