flag and there he answer is russia is in the ukraine the answer is russia is occupying crimea that the answer from the russian side rather was in east germany also and they're gone so you compare this sure show up actually i'm actually optimistic if we can all stick together. you know time is not in russia's favor you said that russia could conquer the baltic states vote quicker then we could get there to defend them quote hand if this is true it means that these states are not sufficiently protected by the united states or the nato so i think that was about two and a half years ago when i said that but. i would not say the same thing today in the main reason i would say that is the alliance rapid deployment of enhanced foreign presence by liberals in less than a year from the warsaw summit in july last year less than a year germany led a battle group german led battle group deployed to lithuania canada back on the continent of europe for the first time in years in the lab the u.k. and stony and of course united states and poland with spain italy france all these countries together tha

seven russia aggressed georgia in two thousand and fourteen only three years ago russia occupied crimea and you have criticized mosco for having troops supporting separatists in eastern ukraine as well as for its an accession of crimea but your commander in chief hasn't been as clear. so my commander. has been very clear and then chief the president on the trunk as being as clear. i thought he was very clear when he stood there more so that by the uprising the moral in said we are committed to article five of the alliance he pointed to american soldiers that were standing there next to him and said this is our commitment pointed to these young men and women as a manifestation of the commitment the united states to security and stability in europe don't criticize russia as you are doing you. don't know trump has stepped back from delivering military aid to the ukraine but we have not stepped back from delivering military we have two hundred fifty american soldiers that are in ukraine right now helping to train ukrainian troops hundreds of millions of dollars of supplies and equipment hav

keeps raising over and over again as if crimea was the fifty first state of the united states or something like that but if he planned to go in through back in two thousand and fourteen the real plan it would have been to take you create into nato and then that would have meant that create the crimea naval base would have then become a u.s. . russian base would have become a nato base a u.s. based and in fact against to be used against russia so if we look at the entire situation at the bigger picture washington and key have have both accused russia of contributing to the violence in eastern ukraine but there is such a thing as the agreements has ukraine as a government done anything to carry out their obligations under the minsk peace accords that they signed back in two thousand and fifteen no and i think it's just a completely one sided representation by the u.s. and by the ukrainian government and we have to remember that. this government as. opposed to violence. exists because of the violent the violent overthrow led by neo nazi organizations i guess the former government of ukraine t

and within a matter of days, really, crimea was taken over by russian forces. so, when a part of europe is attacked, that is not good for stability, it's not good for security, it's not... of ukraine, but also more broadly of europe, one of our best partners. >> reporter: the u.s. and e.u. responded to the russian occupation of crimea with stiff sanctions, but the crisis in the south was followed shortly by another crisis in the east of ukraine, in the region known as donbas. prorussian separatists took over entire towns declaring independence, further dividing ukrainians from one another. but who were the separatists? according to yuriy boyko, a pro- russian member of parliament, they were simply local ukrainians who felt threatened by the maidan protests and the new pro-west government in kiev. >> people on the... in the east of ukraine didn't understand what is happening in kiev. they saw the blood, they saw the shootings, they were frightened. they were speaking in russian. they were closer to russia. >> reporter: so, the russian- speaki peoe in eastern ukr

returning military hardware we sent a few trains from the crimea to ukraine and the ukraine raised this issue. a number of times getting their military hardware from the crimea back i would like to take this opportunity to mention that we are ready to continue this process we are ready to. handle were. warships tanks armor and aircraft that used to being in the crimea to ukraine and of course it's in poor shape but that's not our problem we're talking about dozens of warships and dozens of. fighter jets there with the warships i think it would be better for. the ukrainian serious men to just come and pick them up and we would be willing to help them transport to those ships to death. and also there is a lot of ammunition. but our military experts believe that this. munition dumps should not be moved they shewed be destroyed where they are and we would invite ukrainian military specialists to participate in. dismantling and destroying those munitions so these are just some initial steps despite all the difficulties between russia and ukraine. last year a significantly. this is a good sig

referendum after crimea reunited with russia. there have been many legalese questions on that, including the budapest memorandum. according to budapest, ukraine said it will no longer have its nuclear stock and, again, we've never threatened ukraine with nuclear weapons. so it means that there have been no violation of the budapest memorandum. but in a separate protocol ukraine said it will not provoke racist trends. but what happened after protests was a gross violation of that commitment. but politically, i assure you, mr. president putin reiterated once again, we see full implementation of the minsk agreements without any omissions. that is fully in line with our respect for integrity of ukraine and in its current borders following the crimea referendum that was held and fully lined within international law. >> but we are talking about the 1998 borders and territories in terms of 1998. maybe this treaty needs to be modernized. >> with all due respect, the issue you just raised, only distracts us from the bottom line. bottom li

the cause is nothing to do with crimea. we need to focus on pushing the key authorities to deliver on what they committed to and what is also part of the security county -- council resolution. i do think we should diverge and discuss what we should do with this international treaty. i think the cause is much more important. it was unanimous miss -- unanimously approved by the un security council. we know from our private conversations, our colleagues, counterparts, in the west, fully understand the tactics of the key authorities towards the minsk accords. they see that as our ukrainian neighbors have made repeated attempts to use force to resolve a situation. but, in fact, what they do is they ignore the efforts that need to be taken as part of the minsk at cordes. i don't want to hypothesize. i don't want it to be seen as disregard for international law. but, actually, it is -- international law was ignored and disregarded by those stoked up the mind on protests. in february, 2014, an agreement was reached between then-pre

first of all, i would like to disagree regarding the annexation of crimea. i do not want to waste your time to explain you the russian position on the issue. there was a vote organized by the people of crimea, and they decided to join us. by the way, do you know i am under the sanctions of the european union, and i would like revalue top secrets from the european union, for what purpose i am on the top list? we have got secret information from europe that i run russian troops and had taken one of the towns of ukraine. personally. and diplomatic way. and because of my failure, you say that we didn't capture or sees that town. you can check it. due to the action, i have to be put on the stop list. come on. you say that i am diplomat, and everybody knows what i have done. i was responsible for international relations and military relations between ministry of defense and other ministries of other countries. it is stupid. i do not know what kind of fake information from whom that they took this. frankly, you say we are very much concerned. a lot of my offices ha

the same with crimea. putin before he went to crimea, he was increasing his statements, that we cannot accept the station and was watching what is happening in europe and america. and when there will be no reaction, for the first time after the agreements, there was changing of the borders. the fact that we have a russian base in syria, if russia decides he can control the airspace as we see. --n though we have good rush relations with russia, does not matter. when iran goes straight for our , russia put in their place and america is watching. i do not remember it. the fact that russia could change in a dramatic way and america was not accepting it, that is what is happening. even though our prime minister tries to be from the with the russian president and the american president. i think it is a dangerous station, what is happening. iran, syria, russia and america. time for two more quick questions. right here. >> inc. you. i am cynthia roberts. you -- thank you. i am cynthia roberts. it is striking how s

and that would be fly off to crimea. he will have one visitor and meeting after another.that is an awful day ahead. and then i do have a little point that eric you did the plane took off on the 15 minute intervals with dozens of aircraft with the 740 sevens flying all night. then it is an interesting trip that they take to drive up over the crimea amount but what i find interesting is the efforts to make him feel comfortable we can see he is in the soviet jeep that is the american jeep under these they put a nice carpet here with an actual kitchen chair of the height is roughly approximate to the height of the people coming to see him so he would not be embarrassed that he was a diminished figure. and here they are witnessing the guard of honor. the russians take great care of the president and then to drive to malta is extraordinary roosevelt notices and says to anna at one point she is a huge part of the story protecting him during the trip and it is extraordinary this is what it looks like if you go today and here is the conference room that had a circular table it was

mantissa made while in crimea. and friends for a cause of the future. and trying. she's got to be around here somewhere in this last remaining part of this a mushroom rainforest. dora. she was returned to the jungle three years ago. and the team from global ideas was there to record it. l r dora in the other ring intends getting along these days. three thousand and sixty minutes d.w. . are you up to speed on the latest technology. know when it may be time for an upgrade this become part of the future become a cyborg i must say words and design my perception of reality implants that make every day life easier. i use my implants on a daily basis that optimize the human body and to connect people more effectively. i hope that this will make us more ethical persons what would life be like as a cyborg and what effect will it have on society does the human race move to upgrade i think it's only the beginning of its cyborgs human machines starting february first on t.w. . a long walk i'm the driver of the motor magazine coming up c.x. limited edition hot hatch leon cooper

on 21 people and nine companies linked to russia's actions in ukraine and the 2014 annexation of crimeaited states says 11 of the 21 individuals are ukrainian pro-russian separatists. washington is also targeting several russian officials, including the nation's deputy energy minister, as well as companies involved in building infrastructure in crimea. resident secretary david davis is defending the need for a u.k.ition period after the exits the block. he addressed members of parliament in northeast england today. >> in that spirit, we should approach implementation is a bridge of a new relationship. that means each side not taking any action that undermines the other. mark: some conservative mps had questioned why a transition pei riod was even necessary. --id said it inevitable enabled the eu to sign a trade agreement with a partner rather than a third country. u.s.fallout from the gymnastics larry nassar sexual abuse scandal. an investigation has been launched and will hold michigan state university accountable for any violations of federal law. nasser was sentenced to decades in pr

soon after the russian takeover of crimea, russian—backed rebels then seized territory around the easternetsk and declared the breakaway republics of donetsk and luhansk. and marinka, just 30 kilometres from donetsk, found itself in a war zone. gunfire. explosion. at the beginning of the conflict, it was captured by the dnr forces and retaken by the ukrainian army four months later. the frontline runs north—east of marinka's centre. queues to cross to the other side can last hours, even days. this de facto border has divided families and created deep rifts between former neighbours. the divisions here in marinka are really quite complicated. these labels — pro—russian, pro— ukrainian — they don't really mean very much. people are anyway very scared to say which side they actually support and, above all else, they want what is best for them and their families. they want the fighting to stop, they want peace to return to this town. bread is subsidised but, to cover costs, the bakery has to make a small profit. 0leg and a fellow christian pastor started the bakery in 2016. they realised peop

russia annexed crimea in 2014 and a move not recognized by the united states. davis is urging the european union not to try to take advantage of the u.k. during the transition period after britain officially exits the block. he addressed members of politics in northeast england today. >> it is respectfully both ways. as a move from being a member of the european union to its closest partner. relationships are not just for the short-term, of one that show and dear to mutual benefit for decades and generations to come. mark: the u.k. will not be involved in crafting new eu laws after he leaves, for the block to make the country except new ones during the transition. nations said at least 30 african migrants and refugees were killed this week when their boat capsized off the coast of yemen. over 150 people were on the boat. >> the vessel is believed to have been operated by in stimulus mother's they were trying to take them to djibouti and extort more money from the refugees and migrants. the boat capsized amid reports of gunfire being used against the passengers.

in the winter of 2013 which ousted the pro— moscow president, soon after the russian takeover of crimeaeized territory around the eastern city of donetsk and declared the breakaway republics. maryinka, just 30 kilometres from donetsk found it self in a war zone. at the beginning of the conflict, it was captured by the dnr forces and retaken by the ukrainian army for months later. the frontline runs north—east of maryinka's centre. queues across to the other side could last hours, even days. this effect the border has divided families and created deep reefs between former neighbours. the divisions here in maryinka are really quite complicated. these labels, up pro—russian, pro— ukrainian, don't really m ea n pro—russian, pro— ukrainian, don't really mean very much. people anyway are scared to say which side they actually support and, above all else, they want what is best for them and their families. they want peace to return to the town and the fighting to stop. bread is subsidised to cover costs, the ba kery subsidised to cover costs, the bakery has to make a small profit. the pastors

over a period of time up change in russia's foreign policy, its interventions, we all know about crimeaxation of it, and yes, president putin has been playing quite a long, strategic game we does seem to be more aggressive. there is an attempt to buy russia, that can't be denied, because it seems to be that there is a huge amount of evidence of international interference of not the direct military kind, but as they said in this piece, things are run cyber security and critical national infrastructure. when we talk about the way that energy comes in two countries and britain has underwater cables, power lines, and other things that could be disrupted and caused civil unrest and debts if they were interfered with. so a lot going on in this particular story, as well as her funding going on in this particular story, as well as herfunding on going on in this particular story, as well as her funding on the political side of it. yeah, and as you point out, that case being built on the notion that the russians are monitoring and looking at much about infrastructure and what we are doing there.

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. >> in large measure because of the ukraine, the occupation of crimea and what is russian aggressionine militarily. >> russia's occupation of crimea in 2014 as well as the recent cooperation with president bashar al-assad of syria. and possibly with factions north korea have been major stains on the relationship. not to mention the attempt to interfere in the u.s. elections and those in a dozen other countries. now outlined at a new senate foreign relations committee report overseen by maryland senator ben cardin. >> how does it benefit russia and putin if the russian institutions are brought down. >> it depends on the fruit corrupt interviews. the corrupt enterprises are a harder time functioning in the democratic countries. >> some believe the kremlin is fighting the cold war. only the weapons changed. >> cyber attack. include the use of the military. he uses fake information, propaganda. >> the former ambassador and intelligence officer says the kremlin has been very angered by the u.s. sanctions. >> they are sensitive that appears to be discrediting, russia or undermining the lea

deterring support for the building of infrastructure and defense structure for these territories such as crimea perhaps you can argue georgia certainly the ukraine that are being considered by putin if not already taken over by him considered to return into the russian fold and i think to oppose those things on this level on this sort of first step very quiet peaceful level is a very good idea everyone should know where they stand from the beginning and i think america is wise to put a little bit of like i say civilized opposition in the way of the restructuring of the russian empire that putin is working on and find a very very briefly if you don't mind i mean america's allies in europe they've been voicing some concerns about the u.s. sanctioning russia i mean do you think they'll be a rift between the u.s. and europe because of this. possibly western europe but certainly not the ones in the east who have been relying on america all this time to get relief from the big bear and for the last eight years of the obama administration that many eastern europeans have been terrified that nothing am

. -- crimea.lso targeting several russian officials, including the nation's deputy energy minister and companies involved in building infrastructure in crimea. mark hollis stepped down in the wake of a sexual scandal. -- hisunced his fire stepping down. nassar, a former school employee accused of molesting dozens of young girls and women for years. also worked for usa gymnastics, where he worked for elite gymnast, including several olympians. if you are a resident of the united states and not feeling well, you have a lot of company. the flu blanketed the u.s. again for the third straight week. we have been following and talking to that state health department to ask what kind of flu activity they had seen. the third week in a row 49 out of 50 states are indicating there is widespread activity. threee not had that, weeks of 49 states, since we have been collecting this information. >> that dr. said the cdc estimates the flu season is at its midpoint and people need to remain vigilant if they are to

went into crimea, obviously, the ukraine, obviously grew his popularity at home. idea that trump would be a "nirvana" for putin i didn't get that. he did really well in the obama-clinton era, didn't dot reset, it failed. >> but obama did, know, whether or not you think they were effective, did have sanctions after they invaded crimea. there's been a lot of talk about removing those sanctions. we have sanctions passed by 98-2 in the senate virtually everybody -- >> laura: russia, russia, russia, i know. at some point this becomes comical, funnier than the stuff you produce. are you worried that -- >> you don't care about this stuff? >> laura: i do care but i think you're going down the wrong rabbit hole, it's a rabbit hole. let's talk about what politics does to art. >> okay. >> laura: politics and art have always had a connection. >> yeah. >> laura: always a connection. and conservatives in hollywood, the ones that will rear their heads, say that there's a black list in hollywood, if you express support for trump it's like harvey weinstein did, you don't work. >>

crimea and the ukraine. day-to-day work on things we have to solve with the people in that area. think it is much better to work with russia. it is very much better having to do with north korea, that should've been a problem solved many years ago, when it was much less dangerous. it was given to me, along with a mess of other things. i am for massive oil and gas and everything else. and a lot of energy. putin can't love that. i am for the strong as military the u.s. has ever had. putin can't love that. hillary was for windmills, and other types of energy that don't have the same capacities at this moment. is a lot better to work with other countries. we are working with china and north korea and various other countries and i think we are doing very well. as you reported, we had a great talk with president moon. a lot of good things are happening and we are going to see what happens. working with russia or china or india or any other country around the world, that is a very good thing. mr. president, prime m

yes, the international law is that, there was a break of in relation to crimea and ukraine and we stand by our allies in that. at the same time, as the neighboring country, we do day-to-day work on things we have to do for the people and economic activities in that area, which is a fragile area for the whole world. is president trump: just to add to the answer, i think it is much of better to work with russia. it's very much better having to do with north korea, where we currently have a problem that should have never been my problem. this should have been a problem solved many years ago when it was much less dangerous, but it was given to me, along with a big mess of other things. but i will say this. i am for massive oil and gas and everything else, and a lot of energy. putin can't love that. i am for the strongest military that the united states ever had. putin can't love that. but hillary was not for a strong military, and hillary, my opponent, was for windmills. and she was for other types of energy that don't have the same capacities at this moment, certainly. so i just want to sa

, the takeover of crimea.lutely, that change of direction from russia was pretty stark and it had major implications. so toa stark and it had major implications. so to a certain extent you can't blame the army, but certainly it is true that there was a heavy focus on counterinsurgency, and the russian since have been focusing on many of their military capabilities, on exploiting the particularly wea knesses exploiting the particularly weaknesses of western forces, and it is not just british weaknesses of western forces, and it is notjust british forces. of course the uk, the british army, they are part of nato, so it is not just the british military against the russians, theoretically, is it? no, toa the russians, theoretically, is it? no, to a certain extent the uk is defended by nato, and estonia and other border areas are also, but obviously the uk is accustomed to playing a prominent role in that organisation, and feel perhaps it is up organisation, and feel perhaps it is up to them to set something of an

then, he flies to crimea and if you look here you can see i guess i have a little pointer here.right here is the airfield they landed in and the planes took off at 15 minute intervals, 700 people, dozens of aircraft. they didn't have the 740 sevens line all night in churchill and roosevelt landed about 15 minutes apart from each other and it's very adjusting trip that they take here and they have to drive up over the crimean mountains and then downed the post. but, what i find interesting is the efforts to make fdr a man whose disabled feel comfortable. you see here he's in this soviet jeep which is un-american cheap under lease and you see they put a nice carpet here for fdr. .. stalin, the crimean range, thinking about reforestation programs. he is extraordinary. probably looked just before the war, here is what it looked like during the war, here is what it looked like if you go today, here is the conference room, a circular table here next to the fireplace, the fires were going, it was relatively cool, it wasn't winter in the sense that we would think of winter, it wasn't li

sanctions against 30 officials and firms in both russia and ukraine who supported russia's invasion of crimea. so that was a first step. but what everyone is really waiting for is the treasury department, next week, release a report that's supposed to pave the way for perhaps more onerous sanctions that would be targeted potentially against russian officials, against russia's top business leaders. and that would be the sanctions that are related to the bill that congress passed in august requiring the administration to pass sanctions on russia because russia's alleged interference in the 2016 elections. now, russia says that these sanctions are absurd, that they're not working. in fact, this economy is growing. it's expected to grow 3% next year. so it's unclear exactly how much of a direct effect some of these sanctions will have and how effective they will be in ensuring that russia feels the economic pain that the u.s. is hoping to impose to avoid a more direct political involvement. robert: michael, you've been editing stories about devin nunes, republican of california. we have been talk

didn't like that crimea left to create an joined us of course we supported. the crimean sort of decision to return to russia and. what did the west one to achieve with that and we. will not bust the budget we're not going to exacerbate the situation any further and we are going to be patient in building our relations and we're going to do as much as our counterparts as our american counterparts are ready to do. and they're willing to do colleagues i wouldn't like to get back to the agenda mr. deputy of the at the group but. russian social chamber. just came to the issue of the trio to give you. the last question first of all let me return to mr putin. all the trust. for your trust towards well i've just been listening in on the russian president vladimir putin speaking live from moscow. discussing the ongoing olympic doping saga calling into question the reputation of grigori road chen course also calling for a distinction between politics and sports sport is not a battlefield for politicians he said also touching upon the so-called kremlin list and that's on

renu sanctions on russia that were placed on it after the invasion of ukraine and the annexation of crimea chancellor merkel has done a pretty fine job being able to maintain unity on that front but there are new governments being formed there potentially new governments being formed as well that might want to end that policy certainly in austria with the freedom party in governments i wouldn't expect you know immediately push back on the sanctions but that's a more production political party that sound the government in austria is as those same identical hold over time to adjust and so i'm sorry just wanted to pick up a point the between donald trump and the. people's party are i wonder about that this wave of populism that is spreading around the world how do you see that affecting the perhaps a maybe even giving rise to the dictators and demagogues that you write about. well i think if i think european leaders need to understand that there are legitimate grievances that are driving this if you want to call it populism i think populism is more a tactic than it is an ideology i think the

russia's voting rights were revoked and twenty fourteen after the illegal annexation of crimea the sector general of the was warned that moscow could crash out of the group of russia keeps being excluded from the election of key personnel tuckey could be expelled from the council europe preston applicant pursued his threat of reintroducing capital punishment following the coup attempt meanwhile the u.k.'s under pressure to accept strasbourg court rulings on personal voting rights while the acting president of the parliamentary assembly launched that outspoken attack on state police violence against the people of catalonia last october. so now one meal was a member of the council you look for over eighteen years until the end of last year and thus the longest serving member of the u.k. delegation what changes is he witnessed during these years. a member of the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe for eighteen years when that is a quarter of the entire lifetime of this parliamentary assembly what are the changes that you've seen over that substantial period of time but there are

north korea as a legitimate nuclear power let's recognize the legitimacy of the russian annexation of crimea and we can recognize all kinds of other things under the rubric of we're simply accommodating ourselves to reality it's quite clear the what's happening now is that israel is seeking to take advantage of the on the one hand unprecedented american support for israel's extremist agenda and on the other hand the unprecedented weakness of not only the palestinians but the herbs more generally and on the other hand the growing disinterest and preoccupation all swear of other members of the international community to seek to impose a permanent settlement of the israeli palestinian conflict through these kinds of realities that it hopes that first the united states and then other prominent members of the international community will recognize and it's of essentially based on permanent control of palestinian territory and the permanent subjugation of the palestinian people to a sort of right back at the beginning of that answer when you were discussing this new law or its implications in the

the chance to follow one of their former international stars close by here and now we know wage in crimea league manager we visit today in beautiful sound if you want. we already in cold and windy some field in the size of no way to chop it's a mite supplying reply that nothing i'm forced to get on the plate in the nineteen ninety four welcome to the no weekend nationals a mad he's the manager of the local. premier league team here you know why it's so much up with laws. well. look you very well. go on to rugby dressing rooms. we're in the home dressing room his son feel no wait you know premier league with i want to i was from kick off would be. you've been privileged access you say here great talent of talent doesn't work cause that's one of the things in dressing rooms around the world that inspirational comments to be able to get the players open and ready for the guy call the place to the nines the lockers all of kates is ready and as we move around the dressing room that's a quote there from pep guardiola in norwegian and then we get round again with the players cate and his little

their 25th anniversary and so they invite the ukrainian parliamentarians who are worse in exile from crimea. they invite them to the celebration of the parliamentarians from that country. this stuff has been going on for a long time. the influence of the election. that's an example i had was we heard directly w in munich a few months later from the norwegian prime minister told us directly that the russians had been mad at norway because they were building up their military said they been running some fake ad and norway's economy was completelyly tanking and that ty were running out of fruits and vegetables in the entire country of norway. as a result, all these russians who had seen it on their own russian tv were coming and arriving in norway to see their friends and relatives with bags and bags of fruits and vegetables. i loveag that story because it's not just a political intrigue story. it can hit people directly as they triedit to wonders and with the fake news is really about. in the u.s., i go back to the story and i remember the time with the blizzard coming at us as we stand there

by getting out of the region and concentrating on trying to solve ukraine and crimea and all of that,up for president putin, the economy is not doing well, oil and commodities are quite low. they want to get out of that. this struck me as classic hubris. i bet he would not drive with a big letter x on his car, for a start. quite a few people would take him out from the air and would drone him as soon as look at him. secondly, during the recent iranian protests, one of the things that people were spontaneously protesting about was the amount of money and loss that was incurred by iran's adventures abroad and so on. there is the question about its sustainability at home. 0ne tends to see iran purely as an external power but it has a very powerful set of internal politics, which acts as some kind of limitation to them as well. there were talks this week in brussels with the focus, again, as we discussed many times, but the focus very much on the nuclear deal. that is my point, that is where other nations are focused on that, perhaps to the exclusion of all else. european nations. yes. yo

the killing of a number of russian opposition figures across europe, not to mention the invasion of crimea the tactics have worked. we know that we have caused a slowing down of serbia's integration into europe because russian troops are in georgia and ukraine, and it is much more difficult to see that those countries are getting ascended into nature. —— nato. we know that they we re nature. —— nato. we know that they were active in the brexit referendum. they have seen some success from their operations and european countries have recognised that and ta ken european countries have recognised that and taken precautions. we saw in the german and french election that the impact of russia was much more minimised because they took steps to prevent that kind of influence. hundreds of the most vulnerable victims of crime are being denied the help of a trained intermediary in giving evidence in criminal cases in england and wales. that is one of the findings of a report from the victims commissioner. clive coleman has more details. giving evidence in criminal cases can be intimidating for ordinar