. >> in a speech putin gave to russia's parliament, announcing annexation of the crimea, he announced moscow would activity protect what it considers its sphere of influence. >> there was one part in which he warned russia's colleagues if you compress a spring tall way to its limit at some point it will spring back hard, right? that's the new foreign policy of russia. springing back hard against the encroachment of the west. >> gorbachev weighed in, saying all contributed to the collapse of trust between russia and the west. >> the world is on the brink of a new cold war. some are even saying that it has already begun. >> the stairks stakes of this new cold war are about more than just territory and influence. they're also about money. here on the top of the world the battle is being fought over energy. the arctic is home to 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and a third of its natural gas . eight nations lay claim to this fast-melting landscape including russia, canada an the united states. they along with china are pursuing huge reserves of oil gas and coal. >> subarctic if they ar

. >> when he was in the russian parliament announcing annexation of crimea he said matter of policy theyill extend protection in the spheres of influence. does that mean anything of importance? because people were comparing russia going into crimea with the germans in the 30s extending their influence over germans who countries. >> it's hard to imagine americans tolerating the kind of international interference in america's backyard from a country like russia, a country like china which the russians now feel like is being rested upon them in ukraine. ukraine is absolutely the single most important foreign policy interest that the russians have in terms of historical influence and legitimacy in terms of the bases in crimea and in terms of the industrial complex and supply chain in south ukraine and ukraine is a sovereign state and russians have invaded it and it's clear they have to stand up to that and also clear that over the last several months you have seen 80% of the american and european efforts looking at punishing the russians maybe 20% looking to support ukrainian and if you ask

. >> celebrations in moscow as change comes to crimea. where ukraine flags once flew today they are russian. and tensions on two sides after a ukranian soldier in crimea is killed. the world waits for the next move. from one president and another - for a breakaway republic. the people the money an uncertain future. our special report - russia's crimea >>> in the great hall of the kremlin a standing ovation for their president. a day that will be remembered history. members of the parliament marked the moment crimea returned to the mother land. it is undoubtedly the highlight of vladimir putin's presidency. he restored crimea to the russian federation with speed. all in a matter of weeks, he was clear why russia acted when it did. >> health insurance for millions of americans, many that did not have coverage before after years of angry debate. >> how was it a joke. >> dire predictions. >> your plan can no longer be offered. >> technical troubles. and public doubt. >> it's not affordable. >> the deadline to enrol in the affordable care act

home of crimea, and as this as the russian economy flat lines in part due to the global slump in oilrices. but also due to sanctions against russia over it's alleged involvement in the conflict in eastern ukraine. let's talk about this in more detail, thank you for coming into see us here. before we look ahead to 2015 just a brief second back on to 2014, which saw such a huge polarization between russia and let's say the west. do you think even vladimir putin could have predicted that things would be so tense right now. >> i think that he was surprised by the reaction, because crimea, you can take crimea within a week, within three weeks the world would forget about it, but eastern ukraine people being killed all the time, terrible pictures and russia could not disengang. once they went in, once they supported the separatist they had to continue, and more and more are beginning to question it. >> and guess obviously the economic situation helping with that as we were just saying, oil prices are part of the sanctions, another part of it, what do you think 2015 holds for russia? >> wor

after ukrainian soldier in crimea is killed.ts for the next move from one president and another. from a break-away republic caught in the middle. the people, the money and an uncertain future. a special report, russia's crimea. >> a stadges standing ovation for their president. a day remembered in history when crimea returned to the mother land. it is unyou undoubtedly the high point of vladimir putin's presidency. he was clear why russia acted when it did. >> health insurance for millions of americans many who did not have coverage before. after years of angry debate. >> what the hell is this, a joke? >> dire predictions. >> your current plan can no longer be offered. >> this plan was really bad. >> it was not horrible. >> the deadline to enroll in the affordable care act is here. what is and is not the likelihood of the law on our special report, obamacare, what now? >> long lines around the country. the problem plagued website overwhelmed, crashed twice. this is proof the signature legislation was needed, many in the middle c

the whole law came from crimea and other places in ukraine. to central government an opportunity to use that during celebrations of the victory date. the idea of this every single deal that should have red flag, people who have red flags, requested the position for national flag of ukraine. opposition created divergence. the red flag for ukrainian independence and the soviet union ruining the whole idea of the independence of russia. and specific political sorts, and bringing control of russia. and imperialism of russia in ukraine. they allocated divergence and we are ukrainian citizens don't have any connection. the rest of the regions are full of this, western regions to bent. for use of red flags. so they told representative depressions of people and the soviets and they decided to remain the day of grief. they decided to invite in schools and ukraine were invited to school, and the soviet army, and invite representatives of ukrainian insurgents. and we are seeing real legitimacy which is growing out of world war ii and it is indicative of

i would do that for your country. >> but crimea is part of ukraine. >> it is russian territory. >> wealk professional societally -- cycling coming up. >> the best team in the world. obsessed with obama and his administration. what they do externally is a total disaster. ♪ >> we have to talk about cycling. -- are the proud owner >> the best team in the world. how big can your best writer become? >> i think he is able to win all of the grand tours next year. >> that's like 6000 miles on the bicycle, racing? and you are convinced he will do it cleanly, just like everybody else on the team? there are a lot of rumors about doping, but i have owned the team for years. for two years here. i was a sponsor for one year, now i own the team. i never had any doping cases. none, zero. we were talking previously about the sanctions. if the sanctions will betray the russian economy and share prices will decline more because there is no room to decline, but let's assume it did. the bank started to suffer, then will my sponsorship. as owner, i will not be able to find substitutions sponsoring europe.

. >> when you sit on facebook that you were ready to sign up as a soldier and go to crimea, was that a joke? to beit comes that i need signed as a soldier to defend my own country, i will do that. >> but crimea is part of ukraine. >> it is all part of russia. it is russian territory. >> coming up, we talk professional cycling. of -- are a proud owner >> the best team in the world. >> before returning to politics. >> i am so much obsessed with obama and his administration and internal policy. it is a total disaster. >> we have to talk about cycling. you are the proud owner of -- >> the best team in the world. >> one of the best writers is -- biggest riders in the world is alberto conta door -- alberto contador. how big could he become? >> [indiscernible] >> that is like 6000 miles on the bicycle? >> it is much more than that. >> and you're going to do it cleanly? >> i have owned the team for years. i owned the team now for two years. i was a sponsor one year, and now i own the team. i've never had any doping cases on my team, none, zero, nil. and again, listen, we are talking about th

it really gave the invasion and it gave so-called referendum in crimea. and what we see now because we continue, just before we're speaking, some of my friends i know, people and the friends from crimean tartar government, some of them are like, you know, some of them prohibited to enter crimea. some of them in prison. some of them under home arrest. there are no opportunities for cultural development there. so it's definitely, i would not say, again would have to seek amends and so but i think exactly, look at the russian government, it's really insulting support of crimean tartar culture. moreover these insults being an insult of the deportation. >> i am from crimea. i have comment and one question. i think your depiction of crimean case is generally correct, but some would simply -- we cannot say western ukraine is completely dominated by nationalist symbolism and mythology. in eastern ukraine is completely innate by pro-soviet mythology. there are quite influential historians journalists in both regions which tried to on the one hand opposed to glorif

i was always advising that you should treat crimea differently.in eastern ukraine is stopped, whoever is to blame it is more or less clear who is right and wrong. the crimean thing, they should find a different solution. somebody suggesting they do some sort of a hong kong and leave it for 100 years. i was interested to discuss and united nations the possibility of whether you can see russian behaviors are preemptive of an intervention. like french military forces [indiscernible] >> that is fanciful thinking. you invested a lot of money when it was part of ukraine. >> i was the biggest russian investor in crime area. >> you had a hotel there. i stayed at it. what is the situation in crimea right now, russia's new trophy asset. >> something between what you read in the daily mail which is complete nonsense, that is complete collapse and people are being killed and people are dying. that is bunk. i think -- the story in the daily mail was, they have been troubled. things are in between because they have just started doing their bit sanctions are hit

. >> in the past year vladimir putin invaded ukraine annexing crimea and launching a proxy war in europe. the fbi says north korea's unpredictable young dictator launched a cyber war against sony. and iran declared it would continue its nuclear development as a deadline to end his country's nuclear program came and went. in washington new year brings with it old resolutions to find common ground with last year's foes. a vet in relations with cuba may prove to remature. cuban arrested four prominent dissidents in a promise to thaw relations with the communist regime. >> the obama administration has fallen flat on its face in terms of a foreign policy. >> another reset may be in the works with russia with bloomberg reporting secretary of state john kerry attempted a secret outreach to vladimir putin as the white house national security council carried out an extensive review of the russian relationship in december. kerry spoke by gone to his russian counterpart today about ukraine and the middle east. north korea's leader opened the new year pronouncing in a statewide address that he's ope

when crimea voted to secede russia annexed it. u.s. targeted top officials as well as key parts of the economy with sanctions. in july the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17 over ukraine by pro-russian militias complicated the crisis. >> russia and vladimir putin has responsibility to compel them to cooperate. that is the least they can do. vladimir putin denied involvement. >> nobody has a right to use the tragedy to achieve their own selfish objectives. >> a rush of military presence remains parked. like russia china is an ally for the syrian regime. according to the international monetary fund, china knocked the u.s. off the top spot to become the world's largest economy. the u.s. will have to dread lightly, which is the biggest holder of debt. while the u.s. responded to airlines tragedy in ukraine on the same day in july they launched a ground invasion and the u.s. stood by as an ally. >> no country would tolerate rockets launched into their cities. >> translation: israel will not negotiate under fire. israel will continue to

the incident occurred in the port city of mariupol, near crimea. that's the area russia forcibly annexed last spring. fighting intensified this week and the rebels announced a new offensive, even though a ceasefire was announced last september. the fighting in eastern ukraine near russia has claimed more than 5,000 lives. we'll have more on the escalating conflict in ukraine later in the program. gas prices continue to plummet. the a.a.a. reports that gas is now being sold for under $2 a gallon at about 60% of gas stations across the united states. the average price is about $2.04. that's the least expensive it has been in six years. the department of energy predicted last week that the average american household will spend about $750 less on gas this year compared to last. two marines have been killed in a helicopter crash during a military training exercise. the incident occurred late yesterday afternoon at the base in twentynine palms california about 120 miles east of los angeles. authorities are investigating the cause of the crash. peggy char

it is not impossible that putin will try to push a land corridor to crimea. u.s.k we will see americans push the russians hard. congress is hawkish. they will be under election related pressure. >> 20 avast or was making, not that it was not having an impact. it was not having the desired political impact. what political outcome does the eu want to achieve with the sanctions? >> angela merkel once now -- 2w wants them to implement the minsk accord. the question is, what would impact them if not the sanctions? putin will not let ukraine go. what he sees is the latest manifestation of a us-led plot to weaken russia. it is a nexus tendril threat. he has said this publicly. i believe he can believes that. he sees ukraine as being the latest piece in a nato jigsaw. from where he sits, his behavior is rational. whatever we may think about it. >> let's move on to saudi arabia. we will skirt around the big subjects. king solomon -- salman has brought his own team. what does it tell us as the islamic threat continues to be a threat? ?>> let's deal with the economy. the oil

russia i think when russia initially, this was in early next year when russia managed to half off crimea, he had outfoxed the obama administration, but if you look at the effect of sanctions and the response that russia's behavior has induced in neighbors and throughout the world russia has actually inflicted a lot of damage onto itself. i think the consequences, whether you look at the decline in the value of its currency, the cumulative effect of sanctions on russia, have taken a pretty serious toll on russia. some people feel if it doesn't reds. >> we're going to have to leave it there i want to talk about israel here, i appreciate your time. one final question mr. burtoli and that is with asia. chinese-u.s. relations very important very critical. >> that is where the future is going to be and it cannot be only economics. it can only be something that has to do with money. it has to do with meaning. around i think that on the chinese side it's a very interesting challenge about defining the policy. there is a major effort and i think that obama would be well pressed in reinforcing str

. >>> and russia took over the crimea peninsula and stirred up even more trouble in the eastern ukraine slapped financial punishments on moscow and then the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17 over ukraine killed all 298 people on board. pro russian rebels and governmental forces blamed each other. >>> another malaysia airlines flight mh370 disappeared in march and still missing. despite an exhaustive international search nobody has found one sign of that yet. >>> general motors recalled a record 30 million vehicles, because of safety problems. including faulty ignition switches blame for the at least three dozen deaths. the the ceo, mary barra told congress that the company will do whatever it takes to between ate the victim. >>> militant group boca horam kidnaped 276 cool girls in nigeria and threat tone sell them as sex slaves. the at last word act wrist says most of the girls were still in captivity. >>> the the taliban released the american prisoner bowe bergdahl in exchange for five detain anothers from guantanamo bay. u.s. military launched an investigation into whether bergda

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on al jazeera america >> bangladesh's president accuses of russian leader of trying to annex crimea. >> also coming up. two saudi soldiers are killed in an attack near the country's border in iraq. >>> changing the rules. the requirements for syrians hoping to cross borders. plus we take you to an exhibition of every day objects that are turned into tools for progress and social change. >> we start in bangladesh where the prime minister has televised an address. he's accusing the main opposition leader of trying to create anarchy. they tried to leave the compound where she's been confined for the past two days. she urged supporters to take to the streets. three people have been killed in monday's protests. let's get the latest now. we know an as political tensions rise so do clashes between opposition groups. >> opposition groups and security forces, it's not clear who is responsible yet. we'll expect more information over time. it is notusually when there are blockades there there are some violence and we can expect that. and what is interesting is that this is enforced by the gover

and crimea is off the table it's gone nobody talks about it anymore. >> to your credit, to your credit. but he -- putin is going to give us a few fake sessions on eastern ukraine, and the europeans, the french are going to jump on that. because they want to do business. horrible to hear president olan of france saying president doesn't want nato, or armys on borders, putin is crossing borders with armies. lou: it is always a pleasure to have you here, sometimes sobering but great to hear from you. >> thank you. lou: up next, a convicted pedophile friend of president clinton and prince andrew receives only 15 months in prison. the fbi linking him to 40 underaged girls. mercedes colwin on how all of this happened if a denture were to be put under a microscope we can see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher brighter denture everyday. you want i fix this mess? a mess? i don't think -- what's that? snapshot from progressive. plug it

the improves security and that is something clearly on the minds of lithuanians after einga annexed crimeathey feel the common currency will help, so most people are looking forward to the new year and the new currency. >> stock markets are closed in most of your -- europe for the new year holiday, including at the frankfurt stock exchange. but trading is going on in new york. on wall street, the dow jones industrial index is off by about 0.25%. the currency markets never close. at the moment, the euro is slightly off against the dollar at 1.298. after a turbulent year marred by islamist terror, ebola outbreaks, and horrific airline disasters, many could be forgiven by saying "good riddance" to 2014. >> many are gratefully ringing in the new year, hoping for more peace and love across the planet. across the globe, revelers have been partying away. >> let's take a look at how the world is celebrating starting down under. ♪ >> australia was one of the first countries to usher in 2015. over one million spectators data for the fireworks display over sydney harbour. it is one of the most specta

crimea. strong words after no resolution followed the weekend assault. >> the perpetrators must be held accountable and brought to justice. >> this offensive is made in moscow. it is waged by russian trained and funded separatists who use russian missiles and russian tanks. >> translator: we see a case where tragic events have clearly been utilized for political means. >> reporter: standard and poorz downgrade russia's credit rating to the lowest level in ten years. russia's president vladimir putin accused the west of almotives. >> translator: in this case it is a foreign nato legion. >> reporter: the separatist support continue to kill. at the world economic forum the ukrainian president warned last week about the looming war. >> 9,000 troops in my territory including more than500. if this is not an aggression what is an aggression. >> reporter: in a cold war throwback the justice department departmentsdepartment departments announced it broke up a spy ring in new york arresting one man who

russia has annexed the crimea region secured a vital port in the black sea, and sponsored the civil war. >> i think you need a much larger political response as well as military response to demonstrate that nato is committed to making sure that military force cannot success on the continent of europe. if this is a first step, that's great. but it's certainly not nearly enough in and of itself. if it's the last thing we do i don't think putin will be deterred at all. >> a senior army officer tells us that the new regionally aligned forces s a new concept, which makes it easier for us to respond to the world's hot spots. at the same time, the hill is reporting that another senior army officer has said that this move is not -- this move has come, actually decided before russia invade crimea as part of the drawback in afghanistan. >> okay. will carr, thank you very much. >> and of course we'll have continuing coverage on that spectacular march from paris straight ahead. and prime minister benjamin netanyahu stirring challenge to the world. >> and every minute that goes by is a minute less o

a month later crimea was annexed, neatly side stepping the west, voted to rejoin russia. >> but the warowed in the east, between government troops and pro russian separatists raged virtually uninterrupted as the west piled on the sanctions. the ruble plummets losing more than 50% of the value, oil prices follows in the same direction. as more than $130 billion in foreign capitol left the country heading west. but for the russian people, are a particularly resilient bunch. this mentality is predicted in the upbeat predictions of the year ahead. >> i expect all the best from the new year, everything is going to be all right. we will be happy and healthy we hope that everything will be okay, we will be lucky and happy. >> i think that everything is going to be great. >> but despite these words of confidence, and reassurance, there's a growing realization, perhaps unspoken among these people that things are going to get worse possibly far worse before they get better. peter sharp, al jazeera in moscow. >> but with the economy showing little sign of growth pressure is beginning to mount. the

appealing to people's emotions, eliciting hatred and anger, particularly at the moments connected to crimea and ukraine. the reach and influence of broadcast tv and media controlled by the state is vast, alongside news outlets. no one can stand up to the state propaganda regime. >>> in sheer scale, the number of news outlets, the numbers of citizens line, there's no media story like china. 2015 sees xi jinping's second full year at the helm of the people's republic and is implementing major reforms. there's a tough, high profile antigraph campaign under way and some journalists are among those accused of taking bribes in return for favourable news coverage. the authorities are trying to massage their own image among the web users, spreading positive messages about the party online. the fire wall is there. a few days ago it was reported that the email service was blocked. for foreign outlets not much has changed. the "the listening post" reports on what we can expect from the biggest media market in the year ahead. >> reporter: when a president xi jinping's - one of his policies has been the

the government will go ahead with development plans in crimea the development plan they annexed unilaterally last year. some doubt it will be effective say saying smaller banks and businesses benand high interest rates and defewer monies flowing in from overseas. >>> sky mark is japan's third largest air carrier. it has filed for bankruptcy protection. its top officer said the company will try to bounce back by restructure restructuring efforts and cutting flights. the president held a news conference at skymark's headquarters in tokyo. >> translator: we apologize to our customers, business partners and investors. so far, no other airliners and companies have offered to support our restructureing efforts. we hope to find corporate backers as soon as possible. >> he suggested the company will cut dozens of flights each week between now and late march. they currently operate 250 flights a day. he referred to ongoing negotiations with other airplanes to operate sharing flights and wants help for positive changes. >>> the ceo of mcdonald's is leaving his post. don thompson will step down march 1

and crimea is off the table it's gone nobody talks about it anymore. do. >> to your credit, to your credit. but he -- putin is going to give us a few fake sessions on eastern ukraine, and the europeans, the french are going to jump on that. because they want to do business. horrible to hear president olan of france saying president doesn't want nato, or armys on borders, putin is crossing borders with armies. lou: it is always a pleasure to have you here, sometimes sobering but great to hear from you. >> thank you. lou: up next, a convicted pedophile friend of president clinton and prince andrew receives only 15 months in prison. the fbi linking him to 40 underaged girls. mercedes colwin on how all of this happened and why? next. foreign markets. asian debt that recognizes the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier and emerging markets. if you convert 4-quarter p/e of the s&p 500 its yield is doing a lot better... if you've had to become your own investment

atr was dedicated to reflecting the view of crimean war -- and was one of the last stations in crimea criticizing the moscow-backed government. >>> let's send it over to dominik for a quick market flash. >> sue we're watching what's happening with universal display. the stock is soaring on news it signed a technology license and supply agreement with korea's lg display. can you see it up on the day here. as for lg shares up as well by about a percent. nice moves on the green side here for a couple of stocks. back to you. >> thank you. president obama continuing his trip in india joined by a number of the world's top ceos over there. seima modi live. >> hi tyler. i just got off the phones with one of the ceos that attended that roundtable meeting in new delhi with president barack obama and the prime minister. he said most of the discussion was around finding ways to increase bilateral trade with u.s. and i understand wra and brooufg the regulatory environment. for example, around taxes and intellectual property as well as brainstorming ways for corporate america to work more effective

. >>> russia's president vladimir putin has been hailing the annexation of crimea from ukraine in his year address. but his country and his 2015 are hobbled by western sanctions falling oil prices and a sliding ruble. peter sharp reports on what lies ahead. >> reporter: the traditional fireworks over red square, bringing in the new year in moscow. but for the russian people, an uncertainty about what lies ahead. there were reassuring words from president putin? his traditional new year message to the nation. >> translator: dear friends, at this time when we summarize the ending of the year, i want to sincerely thank you for your unity and solidarity. for your deep feelings of truth honor and justice and responsibility for the destiny of your country. for your unwavering readiness to defends the interests of russia. for standing by, not only in triumph, but also at a time of trials. to fight for the implementation of our most brave and wide-scale plans. >> reporter: 2014 has been a year of highs and lows for russia. there was the glory of hosting the world's most expensive olympics in

the russian military action that went across international borders and put together the result did crimea. in terms of trends, back to janine's point is that what all of us recognize that we haven't been able to figure out how to do it perfectly is the need to strengthen institutions in these countries, and these fragile countries. economic institutions, political institutions and civilian law enforcement institutions that protect citizens and give a feeling that they are protected and that it is not a power structure for his own interest that uses security forces for its own interest and the widespread population simply is left out of it. >> i would just add to that, certainly if we look across, let's pick decade, we can pick any period of time. the world has moved increasingly away from being able to come up with old collateral agreement and over the last couple of years we have seen more you don't want real agreement that we are seeing is people -- countries began seen on domestic politics, we see anti-ladder listen globally. the way to get beyond, we do ed to strengthen institutions.

. >> putin loses you drain and goes and seizes crimea and also isis, i hate to say it, seized from the iraqi army astonishing success. >> president obama's executive order on immigration which will allow up to 5 million people work permits. these are 5 million people who live and work among us and have been here for some time, and the political group repercussions are not good for republicans. >> tom? >> hillary clinton claiming that the reset with russia under her watches after a success. >> the worst political tactics have been the way we have been relating to the oh is yet union, now russia. there are all kinds of things we should do. this guy who is running russia can create havoc for the united states because he has no fear of what the united states will do. >> here is the boldest political tactic. president obama's unilateral executive action such as the recent immigration amnesty and broad eps regulations concerning carbon emissions that pro-- the university objects to as quote an attempt to seize lawmaking power that belongs to congress, unquote. mr. obama is testing the presid

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the rebels for a number of months now but it is important because it's a direct link from here and crimea. it is a port that is used for cargo. the attack comes at a significant time. the day after here, president poroshenko said he was not interested in truce talks rain moreany more, and it comes at a time after recent gains very recent gains by the rebels. we saw the withdraw of ukrainian forces from the airport in the last couple of days. we were in a village 30 kilometers north of donetsk yesterday. that out post had been taken by the rebels as well they had denied attacks. >> several people chanting down with the houthies taking part at the demonstration at the capitol. the demonstrations took place in a different part of the city as well. the editor in chief of the "yes "yemen post," to be clear about this the houthies have been in control for months now. why are people taking to the streets now? >> right now the houthis are trying to take the whole of the government. they have the ability to seize the president and prime minister minister and people felt there was no other option b

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major city between russia and russian annexed crimea. national security and deference council alexander torchinof said vladimir putin is responsible. putin has blamed the recent upsurge in violence against who he says those who issue criminal orders. days after the ukrainian military withdrew from donetsk airport. 30 kilometers outside dopts on thursday they have continued to launch attacks from northern areas of the city. there had been a warning. these attacks should perhaps come as no surprise. rebel leader here in donetsk said he had had enough in efforts of putting together some sort of truce and describing a multipronged attack out of donetsk that would take in that area including mariupul city. we now hear from journalists attending a ceremony here, that rebel leader alexander zakashenko says the battle for mariupul has begun. >> how to respond to the unrest in the east, he claimed what had happened. >> translator: the entire world was shocked today by the awful tragedy which happened in mariupul. the terrorist attack which took t

it lies on the azof sea and is a major city between russia and russian annexed crimea. alexander torcli-nof says vladimir putin was responsible. putin has blamed the upsurge in violence on what he says as those who issue criminal orders. days after the military withdrew from donetsk airport after months of fighting. the separatists took control of this military post 30 kilometers outside of donetsk on thursday and they have continued to launch attacks from the northern areas of the city. there had been no warning. said he had had enough of putting some sort of truce and threatening what he described as a multipronged attack outside donetsk that would take in that area including mariupul city. we hear from national journalists attending the ceremonial in commemoration for those killed in a bus attack earlier that week, zakashenko says the battle for mariupul has begun. charles stratton, al jazeera donetsk. >>> 2011 revolution when former president hosne mubarak was toppled from power. plowrngmourning period for saudi arabia's king abdullah. >> translator: in order to ful

in crimea, he opposes vladimir putin.n russian politics, you can't seem to say i'm against the regime, against the president but on this, he's right. >> i want to go back to who he is. is the kremlin really prepared to tackle him? he's unlike a lot of the opposition leaders they've seen before. he's a blogger so not relying on state media. he refuses to be exiled, saying i miss russia's black bread when i'm away and doesn't have money for putin to use at leverage, so can the kremlin take him down? >> no, i don't think they can take him down. i think he's an independent arc at her comes to us very well on t.v., seen as having a lot of integrity and the people are responding to this. the regime has to figure out a way to deal with it, in a way that doesn't make him a martyr. they went after his brother. >> he he's currently in jail, his brother. >> he was hit with a sentence, alexander got a suspended sentence, so consequently, they seem to treat him with kid gloves, because throwing him in the slammer he will become a mart

ukrainian military say that pro russian separatists attacked the mariupol, a major city betweennear crimea. they blame russian president vladimir putin. the attacks come just days after the ukrainian military withdrew from donets airport after more than eight months of fighting. the separatists took control of this ukrainian military post on thursday and they've continue to launch attacks from northern areas of the city. >> these attacks should come as no surprise. they came saying they had enough. efforts putting in place truce. many were attending a ceremony for those who had been killed in a bus earlier this week. they say the battle for mariupol has begun. >> nine people have been killed in fighting in central yemen. elsewhere, tens of thousands of people have protested against the houthis and called for yemen's president to return to power. >> reporter: chanting against the yemen group that controls the yemeni capitol the largest group yet made it clear that they're against the houthis who moved into sanaa in september. >> we're protesting the for the over throw of the armed militia.

certainly saw it with ukraine and taking of the crimea. what happened with the hooties. >> schieffer: in yemen. >> in yemen right. with respect there no one knows what is going to happen. the future is unknown. which really should not be the case. we know that the hootis, said they would leave us alone net they say death to israel, deposed the president military has separated off. we have less than 300 yemeni military guarding our embassy. i think number of priorities there. one to see that our people are safe. the second is to take a good look at our policy with respect to yemen. largely counter terrorism largely developed against al qaeda because al qaeda is coming after us. they tried to get four of these bombs that go through mag any tomorrow terse in to our country targeting leadership, trying to take that leadership out. that is what comes through to people. my concern is where is iran going. iran has been supporting the hootis,. i don't know. but i think we have to think long term and i think we have to become much more developed hu

pollutants is still in crimea. isis, still strong in syria. the wars in afghanistan and iraq.e unnecessarily opened himself up to the notion that either he is not being straightforward or out of touch at what is going on. >> there is no one that did not dig knowledge it has been a very tough year in the world. maybe they would not say the world is falling apart. it seems to me it would have cost him almost nothing to acknowledge some of those trouble spots. to say we are dealing with a hard situation in russia, here and there. when you talk about the hardness of the roads and how complicated it it and then making a case for how he is right but you have to acknowledge things seem pretty chaotic in order to have credibility on the issue. >> it is almost inexplicable. maybe they have used the bandwidth up on the domestic stuff. i do not think it matters politically or substantively but if you are present to conventional wisdom, you finish the second term with a lot of running room. he did not create more but created less. >> the president stuck it to him by inviting netanyahu to

pro-russian separatists brought attacks against mariupol, a city between russia and russian annexed crimea. they said that the russian president was responsible responsible. the attacks come just days after the ukrainian military withdrew from donetsk airport arrest eight months of fighting. the separatests took control of this ukrainian military post on thursday and they've continued to launch attacks in northern areas of the city. these attacks come as no surprise. we now here from local and international journalists attending the ceremony in commemoration of people involved in a bus attack earlier this week they say the battle for mariupol has begun. >> japan's prime minister said that his country will not give in to terrorism. shinzo abe's government is trying to verify video of a japanese hostage. the government has not confirmed that yukawa has been killed. >> top kurdish regional leader in iraq told al jazeera that he needs more ground troops to defeat isil. he said that the international community needs to send reinforcements. >> british troops have been winning battles. but the wa

they are definitely an adversary and their things they do that we disapprove of -- crimea, the incursionsnto ukraine, but we are not at war with russia. do we need to have an adequate defense to defend our country? absolutely. but just saying there some sort of rightness there all of a sudden says my goodness, that person is the only person who's ever said something like that. there are other active debates that separate out the republican field and one of those is i would say we have to have the debate about whether or not the unintended consequences of war are fully appreciated and hillary's war in libya i think has made us less safe. i think most republicans resized hillary's war by saying we only need more troops. i think that's a mistake. this is a debate over the fax and consequences. i think americans are less safe because of what is going on in libya. i personally blame hillary clinton for the goading and working and pushing the president into it. i think the war in iraq was a mistake and the region is less stable. i think hillary's war in libya was a mistake, and i think it ended