measures tame on top of the sanctions already in place over russians russia's annexation of the crimean peninsula and now only russia not only russian blue chips are affected companies that weren't even targeted by the sanctions are hit nonetheless. the u.s. sanctions announced on april sixth affect fourteen russian businesses and seven oligarchs among them oleg thierry pascoe who's been accused of interfering in the twenty sixteen u.s. election his company roussel is the world's second largest producer of aluminum within a week of the announcement its stock fell by forty percent. but in that's not a one off market capitalization for many companies has falling even those not affected by the sanctions because. nerves are jittery moscow's stock market is under pressure american corporations have to sell all their shares in russian companies by may seventh any business caught helping another bypass the sanctions is in danger of being sanctioned itself. if. investors are feeling unsettled and that instability is poison no one knows how things will progress with russia is for issue. the sanctions have

of those sanctions came on top of sanctions already in place over russia's annexation of the crimean peninsula and those are already hitting not only russian ships but also some companies that weren't even targeted the u.s. sanctions announced on april sixth affect fourteen russian businesses and seven oligarchs among them oleg theory pascal who's been accused of interfering in the twenty sixteen u.s. election his company roussel is the world's second largest producer of aluminum within a week of the announcement its stock fell by forty percent. but in that's not a one off market capitalization for many companies has falling even those not affected by the sanctions because. nerves are jittery moscow's stock market is under pressure american corporations have to sell their shares in russian companies by may seventh any business card helping another bypass the sanctions is in danger of being sink and itself. if the summer. investors are feeling unsettled and that instability is poison no one knows how things will progress with russia these freshie. the sanctions have also had russia's or arms in

sovereignty of western nations we once again urge russia to end its brutal occupation of ukraine's crimean peninsula to halt the abuses perpetrated by russian led forces in ukraine's donbass region and to address impunity for the human rights violations and abuses in the republic of chechnya the us democratic party is suing the donald trump campaign and russia over alleged collusion in the twenty sixteen presidential election they accuse rusher of contacting trump advisors informing them of a cyber attack that leaked negative information about his democratic rival hillary clinton the lawsuit also involves wiki leaks and its founder julian assange the democrats accuse him of wanting the trump team in advance before publishing the information on mrs clinton. the students across the united states are taking action on gun violence on the nineteenth anniversary of the columbine school massacre the movement has picked up momentum since seventeen people were killed in a florida shooting in february and it has more. once again the students of marjorie stoneman douglas high school left their classrooms to ca

dissent against media orthodoxies has never been more dangerous and is peace breaking out in the crimean peninsula. financial survival guide. this is what happens to pensions in britain. you watch kaiser report. los angeles the city of luxury and fame but also an alarming number of people living in the streets. the simple fact in l.a. is there's just not enough shelter even if people on the streets right now decided to come in there's nowhere to come in and it's been a struggle. to get this man found his own response to the problem and constructed dozens of tiny homes for people in need of shelter when you have nothing in order to go. you know having something like this may as well be a castle but do the authorities accept such solution tiny house on a city parking space is not a solution your craft to have someone monitoring the site otherwise it will be a free for all and is there a better alternative to end the homelessness crisis. and is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos the middle fifth dismissed it too good loving you like you know. this

sovereignty of western nations we once again urge russia to end its brutal occupation of ukraine's crimean peninsulato halt the abuses perpetrated by russian led forces in ukraine's donbass region and to address impunity for the human rights violations and abuses in the republic of chechnya the report does outline that there are still many questions about the way that israeli military forces treat palestinian civilians and about the ability of the palestinian authority to prevent attacks by palestinians on israeli citizens particularly in the occupied west bank these reports are already being dissected and already human rights organizations around the world are taking a very close and skeptical look at the trumpet ministrations ability to invoke and to try to protect human rights so has hair on al-jazeera and outcry in zimbabwe also thousands of now says a violent. book stricken protests that have taken a decade to an end nicaragua. from the clear blue sky of the doha morning. to the fresh autumn breeze in the city of love. welcome back as we take a look at weather conditions across the levant and w

sovereignty of western nations we once again urge russia to end its brutal occupation of ukraine's crimean peninsula to halt the abuses perpetrated by russian led forces in ukraine's donbass region and to address impunity for the human rights violations and abuses in the republic of chechnya the report does outline that there are still many questions about the way that israeli military forces treat palestinian civilians and about the ability of the palestinian authority to prevent attacks by palestinians on israeli citizens particularly in the occupied west bank these reports are already being dissected and already human rights organizations around the world are taking a very close and skeptical look at the trumpet ministrations ability to invoke and to try to protect human rights south africa's new president has become the mediator and growing protests in northwest province demonstrates as a calling for the resignation of the region's lead. sawyer has more from mike hang . residents of mike hang in the northwest province wait for the outcome of a meeting between president cyril ramaphosa and the pr

sovereignty of western nations we once again urge russia to end its brutal occupation of ukraine's crimean peninsula to halt the abuses perpetrated by russian led forces in ukraine's donbass region and to address impunity for the human rights violations and abuses in the republic of chechnya the report also criticized russia for basically trying to crush political opponents including the man who wanted to run against our blood a mere putin for president alexander no volley. of the other countries that report singles out who are then the top five offend. well the state department doesn't rank them in top five but in no particular order you can say that burma or myanmar is not in the us is a good stead neither is syria neither is north korea neither is iran and that's not just because of the way that iran treats its own citizens by not allowing free flow of information or organize political dissent but also because of its role in the syrian civil war and that's also something that the u.s. criticized russia for for meddling in the syrian civil war so pretty tough comments one thing that the countries

today the majority of crimea's inhabitants are ethnic russians ukrainians and crimean tatars. but the peninsula is also home to bellow russians armenians poles jews and germans. the crossroads of the orient and the oxygen to. europe and asia. greeks came from across the mediterranean founded cities and opened up trade routes to europe. nomadic tribes from the steps of asia conquered crimea well the mongols of the golden horde established a slave trade here. conquerors became settlers tradesmen and artisans farmers and

sovereignty of western nations we once again urge russia to end its brutal occupation of ukraine's crimean peninsula to halt the abuses perpetrated by russian led forces in ukraine's donbass region and to address impunity for the human rights violations and abuses in the republic of chechnya all right so quite a bit on russia them are also quite often it's as interesting out of those who are left off the list. well that's right tell you also have a countries as you noted such as me in mar with where the members of the road community have largely fled across the border west into does even though a few are trying to be repatriated as we speak there's also the case of saudi arabia even though it was pointed out that under the crown prince mohammed bin solomon that some efforts at trying to liberalize saudi society are moving apace the report also still says that there's much per crackdown on dissent and on opposition political activity china also came under much of the same criticism for trying to crush political dissent for essentially monitoring people's private communications and for censoring not j

sovereignty of western nations we once again urge russia to end its brutal occupation of ukraine's crimean peninsulato halt the abuses perpetrated by russian led forces in ukraine's donbass region and to address impunity for the human rights violations and abuses in the republic of chechnya the report does outline that there are still many questions about the way that israeli military forces treat palestinian civilians and about the ability of the palestinian authority to prevent attacks by palestinians on israeli citizens particularly in the occupied west bank these reports are already being dissected and already human rights organizations around the world are taking a very close and skeptical look at the trumpet ministrations ability to invoke and to try to protect human rights. south africa's new president has become the mediator in growing protests in northwest province demonstrators of cold for the resignation of the region's leader catherine soy has more from the. residents of mike hang in the northwest province wait for the outcome of a meeting between president cyril ramaphosa and the provin

crimean tatars and the ottomans. under catherine the great it became russian and remained so for one hundred fifty years. then in one thousand nine hundred fifty four the peninsula became part of ukraine. i a demonstration in the crimean capital simferopol in march twenty fourth team was an overwhelming show of support by the majority ethnic russian population of crimea in favor of leaving ukraine and joining russia. legendary coach. i that sentiment was reflected in the outcome of a referendum a few days later. some notes of the multiple sclerosis by on march sixteenth the referendum was holding crimea this referendum took place in line with international legal standards and the rules of democracy were able to reach two percent of the electorate voted mr district territory must have stable leadership the fact is that only russia can provide it. a totally offical course of the pricey . understanding the present situation requires a look back at the region's complicated history. in seven hundred eighty three empress catherine announced that crimea had been incorporated into the russian empire. two hundred thirty one years later president vladimir putin signed a t