>> we believe that russia continues to pay a real price for the annexation of crimea and crimea is physically isolated from international transport links now, from the global financial system, its tourism sector has collapsed. it remains unable to provide full significant electricity to its population. and inflation has completely erased any potential of the russian promises of better standard of living for the people. now, it's obviously tragic for the people of crimea. we know that since the annexation the human rights situation for the people of crimea has deteriorated. and there has been a mounting repression of minorities, particularly the tartars. so we continue to press russia on this issue. and i believe that the measures that are in place are having an impact. >> gentleman from ohio. >> thank you, mr. secretary. thank you for your long service to our country. >> thank you very much. >> good morning. this is the 28th year i've had the honor to serve on the foreign affairs committee. i've chaired the middle east committee, the asia pacific committee and i've had the opportunity to list

it is obviously tragic for the people of crimea.we know that since the annexation, human rights situation for people of crimea has deteriorated. and there has been a mounting repression of minorities, particularly the dar cores, and we press russia on this issue and i believe the measures in place are having an impact. >> mr. stu shabbot of ohio. >> thank you. good morning mr. secretary. this is the 20th year i've had honor to serve on the foreign affairs committee. i've chaired the middle east committee and asia-pacific committee and i've had the opportunity to listen to and to question a number of our secretaries of state from warren christopher to madeleine albright, collin powell to condoleezza price, hillary clinton, to yourself in past and here again today. this administration has less than a year to go. what i would like to do is to ask you to address some of the things which many would argue haven't gone so well. and what we can learn from these things and hopefully avoid repeating in the future. as you know, i've got limite

. >>> celebrations today in the streets of crimea.ay markets the second anniversary of russia's annexation of ukraine's crimea peninsula. russia's 2014 annexation of crimea is not recognized by the united states and the european union. >>> there are new worries today along the korean peninsula. north korea has fired a pair of medium-ranged ballistic missiles into the sea of japan. the launch comes just days after pyongyang fired short-range missiles. jamie mcintyre is live at the pentagon. jamie these missile tests continue. what message is north korea trying to send? >> reporter: well, richelle as you have indicated the pentagon says militarily this was not significant. these are missiles that north korea has fired before. they are road mobile missiles on truck beds. one went about 800 miles before falling into the sea. the other exploded a short time after launch, and apparently malfunctioned. so militarily it wasn't much of a threat, however, diplomatically this is just another gesture of defiance of north korea which continues to

he has used it against us in crimea and ukraine. i predict almost certainly within the next ten months he will provoke a crisis again in perhaps one of the battlic republics, astonia, lat via, lithuania, in order to see what the obama-kerry-clinton reaction will be. if you look at hillary's reaction to obama's decision since she launched her campaign, she has wrapped her arms around this administration on national security policy. it's a further demonstration on how closely tied she is. and now let's turn to the middle east. that forum of success for barack obama and hillary clinton's foreign policies. what's happened in the middle east in the last seven years? the fact is the region is descending into chaos. state structures are dissolving. the post colonial post oto mon empire system of boundries and states is disappearing. and you can just run the table right across north africa from turmoil in nigeria, mali, cameroon, ram, the libya having collapsed into cleet anarchy. yemen also in the state of anarchy. the countries of iraq an

but they were for invasion to crimea. so far i think that these i respect the laws. they will do as ip phone who suffer from myth. i know it also is down this will come soon. >> just read commentary from my view. for info, the evidence comes to us and we say a person does i don't care. the person says i don't care. so the person who faces police brutality, torture, some atrocities or another son who is abducted or disappear, they don't care and i think united state, germany, and russia. so it not the problem of culture. it is the issue of human dignity. so everybody could face police brutality, legal detentions. so i think the culture doesn't mean. thank you. >> hi, mitchell. >> okay. mitchell coleman. i've been involved in russian relations in one form or another for many years and exchanges, during elections monitoring, media projects. first to comment on that question. quick comment, nikolai. they have lots of nuclear weapons pointed at us. that's all you have to say. as long as they are pointed at the united states, whoever is controlling the button, and it will

given the strategy and the context in which russia gave crimea to the ukraine, and aggression would gocrimea regardless of who the president was or whether we bombed syria or not and i think the president was frustrated at this notion that somehow we are a tribute in russian aggression in crimea to weakness on americans part in the middle east and has he pointed out they went into ,eorgia during the bush cheney-rumsfeld administration and not because of anything barack obama did. >> i think that is right. i think what russia tries to do is to test the ability of the west that responds and they will do that to any administration. it doesn't matter which administration it is. it is probing now over the baltic states, over and in to georgia. it does this repeatedly throughout its neighborhood and we attribute too much of it to our own policies. washingtonthe conversation revolves around this question of whether or not u.s. so-called weakness is driving this. he raced an important point. we have seen these tactics for years from this regime and it doesn't seem to be attached to any particu

a lot page of the story of media after the russians invade crimea. i asked mr.daniel alexander daniel who is -- what was the reaction of society when soviet troops invaded and he answered "you cannot imagine." that bureau propaganda was more or less than the russian prop began. -- propaganda. i don't want to answer which substantial i watch now. nobody many my family watches modern russian tv. you see situations with internet is so that every interesting article every interesting fichl you can find on the internet and somewhere else. among them, state channels often use some products from internet. it's some kind of a circle. by the way, the very big difference from the bureau of the soviet media is every event is shown on internet. so you can understand everything as it goes. people look like this. they go and they make picture. and everyone can understand everything what's going. so if will ask ourselves why are people -- why people don't take care of what is going in russia, they don't want to take care. so media they are entertainment. sometimes they make so

vladimir putin was in crimea for the anniversary, inspecting a bridge connected crimea to russia. looking for someone to hang if it isn't completed properly. they clarified that it was meant as a joke. >>> lawyers say meus musharraf d from leaving pakistan in march 2013 after he returned to take part in elections. later charged with treason and murder. >>> an american teen reunites with his birth family half a world away, how he hopes to give back to the impoverished community where he was born. children in pakistan learn about urban farming and how rooftop gardens can keep chemicals and sewage away from the food they eat. >> chile has taken a step towards ending its ban on abortion. the lower house of congress approved a bill allowing abortion in a limit circumstance when the fetus is no longer viable or in rape. the senate must still approve the bill. >>> an ebola clinic in southern guinea has reopened. a a woman and her five-year-old son are being treated for ebola. the world health organization says a team of experts is now headed to guinea, declared ebola free three months ag

crimea was part of the ottoman empire.f you start invoking historical arguments, we don't know where it stops. as far as u.s. policy goes, the supportedhat we have the system of european that they have the right to be sovereign inside the international recognized territory. russia recognized the borders of the ukraine and post-soviet states as they existed when the soviet union collapsed. by unilaterally changing the borders that recognized, the concern in the united states and ulcer was that russia was potentially opening up a can of claimants could make revisions claims, you could have a dangerous situation not just in europe, but in the world as well. host: a couple of comments on twitter. you can send us a tweet at @cspanwj. this one says, aside must go, no see offor peace in syria tranquility asked, doesn't this announcement open the door wider for a diplomatic solution in syria? guest: i think that is part of the strategy, especially with secretary kerry going to moscow. russians, i think there is a sense that aside

he has used it against us, in crimea and ukraine.dict almost certainly within the next 10 months, he will provoke a crisis again, in perhaps one of the baltic republics, in order to see what inton reactiony-cl will be. hasou look at since she launched her campaign, she has wrapped her arms around this administration on national security policy, a further demonstration of how closely tied she is. let's turn to the middle east, for forum of success barack obama and hillary clinton's foreign policies. what has happened? the region is descending into chaos? . state structures are dissolving. postcolonial, post-ottoman empire systems of boundaries and states are disappearing. you can run the table across north africa, from turmoil in ali, boko haram in nigeria and cameroon, libya having collapsed into complete anarchy, yemen also in a state of anarchy. iraq and syria having disappeared as functioning states. isis in control of what they call a new caliphate. the sinai peninsula, out of the control of the government of for terroristste and

one area that makes him look strong to another area that makes him look strong and going back to crimea makes him look strong. >> i think it's not about looking strong. it is a title need for russian. if you look at, for example, vladimir putin, it doesn't mean anything without ukraine. when he went to syria, he was actually trying to achieve so many objectives. one of them is to establish himself as a strong war figure, but on the other hand he was planning to use the whole syrian issue. when he was bombing in syria, he was trying to drive syrian refugees as possible outside of syria into turkey and europe. he was putting pressure on europe, using the refugee crisis on one hand and his eye was never taken off ukraine. he was using the refugee crisis to get something from the european on ukraine. ukraine is the most important issue, i still think, for mr putin to get whatever he wants in ukraine >>> thanks. >> thank you >>> more than 100 people have been arrested in china over the past week next with a vaccine scam. so far four pharmaceutical producers have had their licences revoked. >

where he just questioned the notion that somehow putin went into the ukraine or crimea because weakerwas absent or weak and on that piece i have to say i agree with him. >> rose: and. >> steve knows this better than any of us. given russian interests in ukraine and russian speakers and the context in which russia gave crimea to ukraine, i think putin was going to go into crimea regardless of who the president was or whether we bombed syria or not. and so i think there too the president was frustrated with the notion that somehow we are attributing russian aggression in the crimea. >> rose: to weakness on america's part. >> yes. when, you know, as he pointed out, they went into georgia during the bush cheney rumsfeld administration, and certainly not because of anything barack obama did. >> rose: exactly. julianne, what dot you think? >> i think that is exactly right, i think what russia tries to do is to test the ability of the west to respond, and it will do that to any administration, it doesn't matter, as phil noted which administration it is. it is probing right now, over the bala

two amur tigers gave birth to three cubs in crimea. look how tiny they are.... they're so little they can't really walk yet... they just scoot around. zoo officials said one of the tigresses abandoned her cub -- but it was adopted by her sister. amur tigers are an thanks to ongoing conservation efforts, the population is recovering... now there are about 500 in the wild that's going to do it for 9news at 4:30... but we have a lot more news and weather to cover player. today - quarterback peyton manning hangs up his helmet and retires. we look at the tributes his fellow players are posting... and talk about an investigation that's still hanging over manning's head. strong opinions from the democratic presidential candidates... on what should happen after the flint michigan contaminated water crisis. we'll take a

in crimea, we did some sanctions. it is our weakness to respond. putin, it has emboldened him. one of the key factors is british european union involvement is fanciful. >> now it is time to get out to the referendum. there is a lawsuit being put for by british patriots the have lived outside of written for the last 15 years. we are confident it will be held on june 23. dr. fox: it will be held june 23. a lot of people wanted to be held later in september. we have elections in ondon. a new mayor in london. we have scottish elections and other local elections and political parties did not want the referendum people for these elections for a lot of conservatives in particular, they are not actively fighting the local elections because they are out fighting the referendum. that has been in other little piece inside the parties honor. it will be june 23. it is a very big day. the pollsters and academics tell us that for all of the pressure that is being arrived by this, that we can expect a relatively poll. heather: this is a historic vote. dr. fox: i think europe energizes people w

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. >>> russia marking the second anniversary of the annexation of crimea.nt is on a visit to the peninsula. crimea was part of ukraine before a referendum saw its people reportedly voting to join russia. >>> barack obama is just about to become the first sitting u.s. president to visit cuba in nearly 90 years on monday. the trip is seen as a another major step on the path towards normalization between the u.s. and cuba. but what do cubans actually think the trip will cause? >> reporter: they are old enough to have known capitalism and socialism, but they concede they never thought they would live long enough to see an american president come to cuba. >> translator: i never imagined this would happen. and i'm 85 years old. >> reporter: as havana paves the way for president obama's arrival, many cubans are raising their expectations. >> translator: it means change. something that might give cubans more opportunities. i might even sell one of my paintings to obama. >> reporter: this five-time grammy award-winning cuban pianist expects the visit to contribute t

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those years ago in march 2014, putin moved into crimea and that over and since then has been paying a that playing a fox game with obama. the quote there is from a former pentagon official. listen to this. "if putin's objectives have been achieved, he clearly was not aiming to smash the islamic state organization. ,he timing of the announcement it is a clear signal to a side that he must -- two assad that he must move into talks. there is growing exasperation between damascus and the kremlin, and is effectively equalizing in terms of the syrian talks in geneva. molly: it remains to be seen what impact this move from russia will have moving forward in terms of peace talks in syria. we go to u.s. politics now. it seems that a day does not go by and the press review where we do not talk, trump. nick: i went to "the new york times" website. there were not just one, it was one after the other. i had to choose this one about misogyny. it is republican activists organizing an ad campaign against 12 to focus on his sexist and misogynistic comments. the word "bimbo," ig" whennd "fat payin refe

sanctions in response to russia's annexation of crimea. some are making what they call a calculation to skip the summit >> if an act of nuclear terrorism were to take place anywhere in the world, the entire international community would be affected by the environmental fallout, by the financial circumstances and certainly by the catastrophic loss of life. >> reporter: the russians are sticking by their decision saying the nuclear security summit has come to the end of its usefulness >>> still to come here on al jazeera, brazil's embattled presidential has again accused her opponents of plotting a coup against her. a verdict is due later in the decade-long trial against an alleged serbian war criminal. we will tell you more. ll you more. >>> a moment to remind you of the top stories. the leaders of libya's new unity government have defied threats of violence to return to the capital of tripoli. the prime minister says he wants to achieve national reconciliation, but gunfire was heard shortly after they arrived. tripoli's self declared gover

the debt crisis, illegal annexation of crimea and the destabilization of ukraine by russia. the civil war in th civil war ad islamic state, terrorism inspired by the islamic state and migration in the crisis. all of these impact in a major way our thinking as well as the political reality. the biggest problem is facing a permanent crisis management, the feeling that we don't have things under control and europe isn't capable of following its own rules too often. a great number of europeans are disappointed today and fear the future developments. there are growing nationalistic tendencies as well as the demand for radical solutions. the result of the situation is not only the presence of dangers but also increasing discussions and the dilution. the example of the above if it comes to pass can become a major turning point following the second world war. the internal cohesion of europe is truly at stake and has been painstakingly built and negotiated since the 50s of the last centuries and culminated with the european enlargement by the states including the former czech republi

but since moscow's annexation of crimea, i don't think many of them would say that now. particularly worrying aspect of the conflict has been how easily russia managed to infiltrate soldiers and weaponry into eastern ukraine. one idea to stop something similar happening again in other areas of the country has been to build what has been called a wall along ukraine's border with russia further north. in fact, it's more like a fence. and it's controversial as our correspondent in ukraine has been finding out. >> here in northern ukraine, on the frontier to russia, oleksandr dudko and his comrade are stationed at the senkivka border crossing. the border guards say this dugout might save lives one day. it's reminiscent of a trench in classical warfare. next to it is a two-meter high fence intended as a defense against an attack from russia. the officers are convinced the fence would serve its purpose. >> it's a shelter for civilians, so we can protect them in a grenade attack. >> across from the bunker we see openings where weapons can be fired. this border crossing looks li

russia was pretty much an international outcast, almost a pariah state over its annexation of crimea, and moscow's support for the pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine -- it was almost as if world leaders didn't want to meet putin. then russia started bombing syria, and everything changed. the u.s. president, european leaders started meeting vladimir putin, and russia went from being the problem to the solution, the solution to the syria question. it's almost as if in six months putin has gone from problem to peacemaker. it's quite a reversal for russia. katty: steve rosenberg in moscow, thanks very much for staying up for us. a short time ago, i discussed the withdrawal with admiral james to brady's, the former supreme allied commander at nato. the russians are saying that task has been completed, they can begin the withdrawal of their armed forces. what was the main task? >> i think from their perspective it was to ensure power,sad remained in and i think they are fairly confident they have attained that part of the outcome. this shows us that they are feeling pretty good as they g

sanctions in response to russia's annexation of crimea. moscow is making a short sighted calculation to skip the summit some say >> if an act of nuclear terrorism were to take place anywhere in the world, the entire international community would be affected by the environmental fallout, by the financial consequences and certainly by the catastrophic loss of life. >> reporter: the russians are sticking by their decision saying the nuclear security summit has come to the end of its usefulness >>> a south african court is due to decide whether the president has to repay public funds he used to renovate his home. he is accused of spending 60 million dollars to repushish his house in the countryside. he ignored the recommendation to pay back the money. more to cover here including the u.s. sends troops and tanks to eastern europe. two contrais years after a massive landslide in nepal, people with still waiting for help. >>> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories. the leader of libya's new unity government says he wants to work towards nati

two years ago, moscow's annexation of crimea was condemned by the west. the kremlin used it to spark a wave of patriotism across russia. now with russian pilots returning as heroes, syria is portrayed as russia's latest triumph. but is moscow now too reliant on seeking military success? >> we have gone from a country of prosperity to country of war. a country of permanent mobilization. the authority needs new targets and new causes for the rally. steve: if russia is now in a state of permanent mobilization, you can expect more patriotism at home and possibly more tension with the west. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. ♪ katty: other news around the world -- the office of the attorney general in switzerland says it's conducting criminal proceedings against the former fifa secretary general. proceedings for criminal mismanagement follow an investigation carried out by the fifa ethics committee. the prosecutor said on thursday they have conducted searches and interviews, but no arrests have been made. two people in guinea tested positive for the ebola viru

sanctions in response to russia's annexation of crimea. >> if an act of nuclear terrorism was to take place anywhere in the world, the entire international community would be affected by the environmental fallout, by the financial consequences and certainly by the catastrophic loss of life. >> reporter: the russians are sticking by their decision saying the nuclear security summit has come to the end of its usefulness >>> still to come here on al jazeera, colombia a step closer to ending a 50-year conflict. we will tell you why. plus, brazil's embattled presidential is accusing a plot against her. against her. >>> welcome back. a moment to remind you rft top stories. the-- of the top stories. the prime minister says that he wants to achieve national reconciliation but gunfire was heard after they arrived. tripoli's self declared government and armed groups that back it say the entry of the u.n. backed government is illegal. the u.s. is sending more troops and tanks to eastern europe. the senior u.s. commander in europe described it as a necessary response to an aggressive russia. germ

. >> after the crisis over crimea and ukraine western european and american sanctions have targeted technology needs. and those companies cannot provide the technology and they can't provide the financing that would help. so now that energy production has slowed. and exxonmobil has left. its prourks -- production project -- >> you could argue the ukraine sanctions might have put certain development five or 10 years behind. >> the collapse of oil prices in 2014 has stalled offshore oil drilling plans by chevron and norwegian, danish and french oil companies. offshore development in this faragal and pristine environment has some experts concerned. >> many of the technologies that have been used in the lower 48 in responding to spills, whether they are a small or large, involve mechanical recovery systems that do not assume that they are operating in ice. and ice creates a variety of problems. in terms of responding to spills. >> a recent government study said that if oil is produced in the -- off the coast of alaska, there's a 75% chance of an oil spill. that would -- that could absolutely decim

less to how to respond to the violation of international law by the annexation of crimea and the assessment of that violation of international law, everybody was in agreement, but we disagreed on how best to respond, how important the military momentum and whether the european union could do without economic or political pressure here and would you want be conceivable at all for europe or for parts of europe to assume responsibility when it came to mediating. that difficult question too, you know, we had a very lengthy debate there too but never the less at the end of the day we reached a common agreement. we said pressure is not enough we have to add economic pressure. so that's the background of the situation where we decided in favor of sanctions. we said at the time if a military solution of this conflict is unlikely, or if the consequences would be even more difficult to foresee, then woe also have to assume political responsibility when it comes to, you know, agreeing on a political situation. again, we did that. we did that in the frame of the normandy format where germany and france

graham: just to build on this, several years ago, russia takes by force crimea. this was not a fair election. it's pretty hard to have a fair election when there is a russian tank parked out in front of your yard. good luck saying you don't want to go to russia. we've done nothing other than sanction russia. russia is still engaged in provocative behavior. we told him not to go into crimea. we told him not to dismember ukraine. he did. he's stronger, not weaker. we told him not to use military force to help assad who is the butcher of damascus. he did. we pleaded with him not to attack non-isil targets. he did. he destroyed the opposition to assad. russia is in league with iran, so the biggest winner of russia's involvement on the ground in syria has been the iranians, which is the most destabilizing group of people in the entire middle east. the biggest loser has been the free syrian opposition to the syrian people themselves, and close behind i think is the american reputation in the region. so i want the administration to know that your handling of syria has b

david: vladimir putin is serious about getting a bridge making crimea to russia.eds a specific person to hang if the bridge is not built. the world health organization sending specialist to southeast guinea after two new ebola cases confirmed hours after sierra leone announced the flareup is over. it has killed more than 11,000 people, mostly in syria lyon, liberia coming getting. talks aimed at ending serious five long -- year-long civil war . russia backs the syrian government and says the u.s. should use the influence to prod leaders to be more flexible. a national fast nasa astronaut and cosmonauts are ready to the space station. the men will spend about six months in orbit. the senate is on easter break. toublican leaders continue shut down offers they should confirm merrick garland. republican senator orrin hatch broke the party ranks to say he would consider a vote but not until after elections in november. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalist and 150 news bureaus around the world. caroline: thank you. inlation will stay below 2% 2018 a

in crimea, we did some sanctions. it is our weakness to respond. putin, it has emboldened him. one of the key factors is british european union involvement is fanciful. >> now it is time to get out to the referendum. there is a lawsuit being put for by british patriots the have lived outside of written for the last 15 years. we are confident it will be held on june 23. dr. fox: it will be held june 23. a lot of people wanted to be held later in september. we have elections in london. a new mayor in london. we have scottish elections and other local elections and political parties did not want the referendum people for these elections for a lot of conservatives in particular, they are not actively fighting the local elections because they are out fighting the referendum. that has been in other little piece inside the parties honor. it will be june 23. it is a very big day. the pollsters and academics tell us that for all of the pressure that is being arrived by this, that we can expect a relatively poll. heather: this is a historic vote. dr. fox: i think europe energizes people

pro russia groups have been celebrating two years since crimea was annexed by russia.ere were parades elsewhere president putin invested the construction site at the bridge that would link the peninsula with southern russia. there is to more still to come for you on the news hour. a warning from doctors about dangerous sports practices in english schools. that and more coming up very shortly. pla >> welcome back. sana is here now with your sport. >> thank you very much, maryam. england made history at the world twenty20 in india. they competed in the competition's biggest-ever to beat south africa. england would win the toss only for openers it was a smashed defeat. they got to 229. it was an unbeaten partnerships. england responded well, 44 of the first two overs. they would chase down the target with two goals to spare. early on new zealand beat australia. the black caps posted from the 20 over. australia saw the response strongly but they managed to slow down. they would take three wickets to reach the target now raining champions barcelona will face atletico madrid

russia for the first time since the end of world war ii forcefully changed borders when it connects to crimea and then invaded ukraine. europe,tries of eastern new members of nato, they were not members of nato during the cold war, they were on the other side. now they are members of nato. worried that perhaps russian intentions are pretty negative and they're looking to nato and the lines they joined to protect them to provide reassurance that it will be defended and a d the united states has already announced a major buildup of its military forces for division .orth that is one of the issues on the top of the agenda in july. the republican front letter --david: the republican with-runner has met newspapers earlier this week. what is the role of nato today? >> the rule is the same in some ways as when it was founded in 1949, to provide a collective defense. the threats have evolved over time. it is to be the soviet union was the biggest threat. the soviet union does not exist anymore. it does not mean there are no threats to the country. collective obligation was invoke. the soviet union nev

what it all started after crimea and ukraine situation and so now we are like the government so i think if there are, if there is any liberalization maybe just when our political leaders make a deal about ukraine, crimea and so on and syria maybe i think if there is any authorization maybe after that the station willbe like previous years , just we could receive grants and could work, we don't execute any orders from any foreign country. we work independently so i think the crucial thing is to explain to people and to russian officials how the system works. i mean just, we have some grants, we write a project by ourselves and we do everything that we we want to do. we don't institute any orders. so i think that's the crucial thing and now russian government of course is not very tolerate two ngos who receive money so i think that's the future issue that we could discuss later thank you. i will tell one thing because that question, i have to rational all the time. why americans should be concerned about the situation in russia. a while. the reason for you guys to be concerned about the r

lest we forget, vladimir putin has occupied crimea, put a lot of pressure on lithuania and poland.t is in the united states interest to help the europeans face this series of crisis. worryr thought i would about the integration of europe, the success of the european union. there has been a lot of talk about the put -- about the pivot to asia. i think what the united states has to do is get with angela merkel. she is the key leader. can we help you across all of these different crisis is? three state elections did not go well with her. >> there is a lot of history at stake. one of the greatest accomplishments over the last 60 years in history was the idea that major geopolitical confrontation seemed to be something historical. i was then, not now. but suddenly the european project has lost all of its forward gnome -- forward momentum. the very accomplishment that was europe, i think it is now under threatened in ways that we have never imagined. if we had this conversation two years ago we would talk about every part of the world except europe. the fact that europe is in play histor

we saw a hybrid warfare in ukraine and eastern ukraine triggered by the annexation of crimea, which israble. that was a very, very and still is a conflict, a very difficult situation. when russia did this, this hybrid warfare, which is not open but disguised with a lot of propaganda, with a lot of cyber activity, a lot of activity in social media, but of course heavy arms and weapons that would have triggered into -- charlie: that plane was shot down. there was no discourse of that. minister von der leyen: exactly. i think one smart and wise decision was not to answer in the same way as russia was acting in the ukraine, otherwise we would have had an extremely dangerous situation over there. to answer to russia in a way that we said, listen, if you do not abide to the rules, we answer by hurting you in a way where you are the most vulnerable. your economic sanctions. this put a lot of pressure on russia. it has a shrinking economy at the moment. charlie: i'm behind that, those sanctions, and because of ukraine, president putin moved into syria, and some say has changed the dynamics and

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they occupy crimea and they occupy parts of ukraine's eastern property territory. is it the u.s. position or not -- tell me what the u.s. position is -- that the georgia occupation is unlawful, crimea occupation unlawful and the eastern ukraine possession unlawful or not? >> that's correct, they are. >> it's our possession russians are unlawfully holding territory belonging to somebody else in those specific instances? >> in one case, not holding but engaged in intrusions which are assisting in the holding. >> that would be in eastern ukraine? >> correct. >> also, your predecessor, if you have time this year, it would be great for our relationship if you could go to georgia. >> i'm hoping to. >> specifically, i'd like to talk about piece of legislation that has passed the house, unanimously. and that's the foreign aid transparency accountability act that i have authored along with mr. connolly from virginia. it basically requires accountability for foreign assistance, whether transparency and also evaluations of our aid to other countries. i think transparency and evaluations are

intelligence community to anticipate the con tin generals such as russia's annexation of crimea, forinstance, for the mischief in eastern ukraine and russia's decision to involve itself militarily in syria? that's the first question. the second question has to do with you mentioned central asia and in your both five-year and 20-year jute locks, you never mentioned the new silk road initiative by choo that and transforming the region as we speak. i was wondering to hear your thoughts about that. thank you very much. >> on the last i mentioned before sort of in passing obviously china regards central asia as a place it's going to be important. so far, you know, the silk road is more talk than action but over time it w

>> i don't think his invasion of georgia or annexation of crimea or incursions into the ukraine were put off by membership of the european union, this idea that this is one of the great calculations that was made in westminster is not one of the guiding factors. we have the strength of vladimir putin because of serial appeasement, cyberattack on estonia, did nothing, and he still got troops there, and asked crimea with sanctions and it is serial weakness to respond. this idea that one of the key factors is britain's membership of the european union is fanciful at best. >> host: let's turn to the referendum. there is a lawsuit being put forward by british patriots who have lived outside britain for 15 years. we are pretty confident the referendum will be held on june 23rd or a chance the lawsuit will come up. >> it will be held on june 23rd. a lot of people wanted to be held later. this is a complication you don't need to know about, we have elections in london, scottish elections and local elections and a lot of whistling parties don't want referendums at these elections because for

sanctions in response to russia's annexation of crimea.ome observers say moscow is making a short sight the calculation to skip the summit. >> if an act of terrorism were to take place, the entire international community would be fadged by the environmental fallout, by the financial consequences and certainly by the cat catastrophic loss of li. >> the russians say the summit has come to the end of its usefulness. al jazeera, washington. >>> amnesty international says migrant workers are qatar are facing systematic abuse based on interviews with over 100 workers building a stadium for the world cup. every worker reported abuse, including poor wages and conditions and even forced labor. it blames fifa and the government for not enforcing regulations. the government of qatar responded to the report saying it remains committed to reforming labor laws. it says new procedures allow workers to apply directly or permits. the government says other new measures aim to improve recruitment practices and working hours. >>> till ahead in sport, the west

to how to respond to the violation of international law by the , everybodyof crimea was in agreement. we disagreed on how best to respond, how important the military momentum should be and whether the european union could do without economic or political pressure. would it be conceivable at all for europe or for parts of europe to assume responsibility when it came to mediating? at the end of the day, we reached a common agreement. we decided on a, decision. -- we decided on a common decision. that is the background of the situation where we decided in favor of sanctions. theit at the time, i military solution, if it is unlikely, or if the consequences would be even more difficult to foresee, then we would also have to assume political toponsibility when it comes agreeing on a political solution. normandy, wheren germany and france are trying to a treatment of the ukraine crisis. it is fair to say that even if we had difficulty, we have always been able to agree on the common approach. there are two questions in which the outcome is indeed open. the first of which is, the brexit discu