he told catherine ashton that he is waiting for a response from production separatists. >> fighting continuesn and around luhansk. the government claims 150 rebels were killed. he ended the government unilateral cease-fire, saying separatist forces were using the time to regroup and rearm. russia is imposing trade restrictions on mold of up after it agreed -- moldova after it agreed to closer ties with the european union. >> imports from moldova will be halted. russia says it is in response to violations of veterinary and sanitary norms. it followed the vote in the moldovan parliament to ratify possible future membership. indian prime minister narendra modi visited the kashmir for the first time since taking office. many shops and schools remain closed after separatist groups called a strike. >> he vowed to win the hearts of the kashmiri people. separatists in kashmir reject indian rule and demand independence or a merger with pakistan. >> in germany, the ongoing revelations about american spying on everyday people, as well as on the chancellor, has given new life to calls for extended fundin

jobs in the e.u., including the role of foreign-policy chief, the position currently held by catherine ashton, set to step down after a five-year terms as the e.u.'s top position. >> let's go to our brussels correspondent. are there any signs as to who would fill these posts? >> there are a lot of names on the list, sumi. we've got the lithuanian premier. she wants a top job in the e.u., but many people are saying she would be too strict on russia. when she arrived in brussels, she said she would not support anybody who is too soft on russia. we have the italian foreign minister, who has been mentioned as a potential new foreign-policy chief. some were saying she would beats too program and -- she would be too pro-kremlin. others say she is too inexperienced. it is a balance of interests that e.u. parties have to fill here. you have left and right wing parties, the south and the north in the east and the west. there are never enough women who fill top jobs in the e.u. some are getting ready for no decision here tonight. >> is there any definite sign the e.u. is ready to slap more sanctions on

european union foreign policy chief catherine ashton and iranian foreign minister javad zarif have been leading the attempt to find common ground. ashton's spokesperson said the ministers of the six world powers have been invited to participate. a u.s. state department spokesperson says secretary of state john kerry will travel to vienna this weekend. french government sources said foreign minister laurent fabius will arrive on thursday. they are at odds over the scale of iran's uranium enrichment program, including the number of centrifuges it should be allowed to use. they're also divided over how to lift the economic sanctions imposed by western nations. >>> officials with the international atomic energy agency warn insurgents in iraq have seized nuclear materials, but they say the substances do not pose a significant threat. iraqi government officials informed the iaea that the insurgents took the material from a university in the country's second largest city of mosul. reuters says nearly 40 kilograms of uranium compounds were kept at the university for research purposes. the iraqi

s foreign policy chief catherine ashton meanwhile a woman is reportedly been killed and several people injured in an army attack on the eastern ukrainian city of la ganske which is one of the centers of and to have resistance it came under renewed artillery fire overnight shells landed on a local cancer hospital as you can see here the building was badly damaged and this is the city of climber toss coming up next again another main target of kiev's assault residential areas have been hit there was shells exploding near a playground and to government forces say one man was killed there twenty injured in the recent attacks the civilians meantime say they are terrified. but we have very. few so there might be. very poor lady. gaga module aboard. but. no no no it is. very unique. and it's also been a traumatic time for the village of congress shall we reported earlier this week from the area where innocent people were killed by army shelling today it was the funerals of those victims including a boy who'd only just turned five and his father to. please the body. beautifully. and it. was li

foreign policy chief catherine ashton but the head of the rome paul institute for peace and prosperity believes those previous rhetoric places a question mark over the upcoming peace talks with the east the talks will merely be about the conditions of their surrender so those are really those that really talks in the true sense of the word so it's hard to be very optimistic about it everything that i've seen there showing that the jets and the military from here who are decimating villages and i think that shouldn't be a surprise because the new president has already said quote we will attack and liberate our way and other members of his administration have referred to the people in the east so humans and insects and other things so this is an illustration that has used to such an unwise and i think we're seeing it yet again but. there's a come for you this hour ukraine is in dire energy straits sucking the very last of its gas from underground reservoirs out of moscow cut off supplies over the failed priced go sheesh and last month. the next hundreds of palestinians have clashed with

representatives of the self-proclaimed republics in a phone call with hughes foreign policy chief catherine ashton while a woman who was reportedly killed and several injured in an army attack in eastern ukrainian city of lugansk one of the centers of anti kiev resistance which came under renewed artillery fire overnight shells landing on a local cancer hospital building was badly damaged and in the city of kramatorsk another main target of kiev's assault residential areas were hit with shells explode in your playground and government forces say one man was killed twenty injured in the recent attacks civilians say they're terrified but he is going to. look thank you so much. guys if one night it does it would give me a. bit. of the magic balboa but. you know. he. is from our video agency ruptly filmed in the village of condor show ravaged by an army airstrike tuesday locals burying those killed eleven people lost their lives including a five year old earlier he had not to target residential areas and ukrainian commander suggesting the assault was an accident those living in the village are in shor

thing is entirely distorted sort of course distorted by the establishment in europe the likes of catherine ashton the likes of obama who insist you know justifying to the right of defense of the israeli establishment for the rock the aggressor here is very very clear and what we need in our land across europe right around the world is massive protests and to say that people are completely opposed to this is radio silence of i didn't solidarity with those you know significant palestinian protests happening in israel but also joint is ready jewish and palestinian protests happening at the moment. paul murphy former irish i mean people the socialist party thank you very much for your thoughts. ok well more stories are ahead for you including a looming blockade in eastern ukraine were reports from will gonski one of the suv cities preparing for siege asking of sense troops to surround the remaining hobbs' of government resistance. so reversed and nor the never have seized nuclear substances in the city in the sort of dog house called on they go on to help remove and that's the hazardous material will

s foreign policy chief catherine ashton new while a woman has reportedly been killed and several wounded in an army attack in eastern ukrainian city of lugansk lugansk one of the centers of anti kiev resistance came under renewed artillery fire overnight shells landing in a local hospital cancer center the building was badly damaged also taking a look at pictures from the city of kramatorsk another main target of the assault residential areas hit with shells exploding you're a playground anti-government activists say one man was killed twenty injured in recent attacks civilians say they are terrified. but he is going to have you know it thank you so much. guys if one night it does no good to see me and i knew. that. it got to match you up balboa but. you know. that or you wouldn't know you. this is video from our roughly agency filmed in the village of hunger shelter which was ravaged by an army air strike on tuesday locals burying those killed in the attack eleven people including a five year old boy earlier he have a valid not to target a residential areas ukrainian commander saying th

s foreign policy chief catherine ashton so far we hear there's been no response from the other side but let's get some response from london martin macaulay's there is a russian analyst hi there martin nice to see you tonight how committed is president poroshenko to these peace talks you think. well he has a major problem here because he wants the separatists in eastern ukraine to lay down their weapons so that negotiations can begin but the separatists will not lay down their left weapons have set up the federal republic of notice here they've set up a parliament they have a speaker the constitution and so on and they're digging in and declaring that they have an entity called the sea here which they want. to recognize and president poroshenko says no no we can't talk about that until you lay down your weapons and there's no more fighting this peace and then we can start to discuss we can get around the negotiating table so therefore long as you did continues there's no hope of a truce there's no hope of this violence stopping all part of said there'll be no targeting of civilians and y

representatives of the self-proclaimed republics in a phone conversation with eve's foreign policy chief catherine ashton there's been no response from the other side so far meantime back on the ground in the thick of it a woman is reportedly been killed and several people injured in an army attack on the eastern ukrainian city of lugansk which is one of the centers of antique air resistance it came under a new dog hillary fire overnight shells landed at a local cancer hospital as you can see here that building was badly damaged pictures to now here from kramatorsk another main target of kiev's assault residential areas have been hit there again with shells exploded near a playground and a government forces say one man was killed there and twenty injured in the recent attacks there's a correspondent just mentioned it's also been a traumatic time for the villages of we reported earlier this week from the area where innocent people were being killed by ongoing army shelling today it was the funerals of those victims including a boy who had only just turned five and his father. when you buy a garment beauti

representatives of the self-proclaimed republics in a phone conversation with the foreign policy chief catherine ashton the executive director at the wrong paul institute for peace and prosperity believes his previous rhetoric though places a question mark over the upcoming peace talks with the east. the talks will merely be about the conditions of their surrender so those aren't really those that really talks in the true sense of the word but sort of a very optimistic about it everything that i've seen has shown that the jets and the military from here who are decimating villages and i think it shouldn't be a surprise because the new president has already said quote we will attack and liberate our way and the other members of his administration have referred to the people in the east so humans and insects and other things so this is an illustration that has used to sexualize and i think we're seeing it yet again. stay with ukraine two still ahead warnings of a full scale gas crisis lou since it's been cut off from russian supplies a little bit later we'll look at whether europe's doing enough to avoid

they had to replace catherine ashton.f the reasons this failed is that the italian foreign by easterns rejected european countries who see her as pro-russia. they also say she lacks experience after just five months in the job. another job they had to replace and discussed last night was the eu council president. to agree on that. they decided to call a new meeting at the end of august. of course, what they do not want to see is some political infighting like we saw with david cameron during the nomination of jean-claude juncker at the eu commission. >> thank you very much. reporting there from brussels. let's bring in ryan chilcote in terms of the impact of these new sanctions. gastrombank. u.s. sanctions will not affect their financial stability. one of a number of companies that have been named now by u.s. gastrombank is russia's third-largest banker. one of the reasons why they are saying this as they get a lot of money from their depositors. however, if you pull away or remove one source of funding which is what is h

effectively foreign minister, the high representative of foreign policy and security held by catherine ashton at the home. quite possibly one of the front runners is the italian foreign minister. right now she's in the region. she's been in jerusalem in the last few hours. she has been speaking with you prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that a cease-fire is vital. >> how important are the appointments being made there to the direction of the european common policy might take. >> reporter: they're obviously very important and it's a difficult decision when europe decides it's top jobs. the italian foreign minister, will she become effectively europe' foreign minister? there is a lot of balancing to be done with these top jobs, balancing left against right, balancing regional concerns. every country would like a top job and the big countries expect a top job in the european system. there is another factor playing into this all of this, that's whether candidates are seen as pro-russian or anti--russian because of the ukraine crisis. that's playing into this. that's one of the factors goin