so, you know, e.u. communications are weak. the e.u.'s efforts to build its image and to have a global image that reflects its actual importance, weight and achievement -- and we've just been talking about this, is there a european narrative. americans know what they celebrate on july 4th. what do europeans celebrate? how can we revive this remarkable but amorphous thing? and i think those are issues going forward. just finally on the -- and by the way, macedonia, you know, what i said about leaving the door open, certainly, that applies to macedonia. there was a question about the vietnam war. well, nations and relations do repair themselves over time, and we've certainly seen that with vietnam. we also know that the cost of that war and the tens of thousands of american dead and the imprint of it on the more than consciousness -- on the american consciousness is indelible and, i believe, in perhaps a little more of a minor key the experience of the iraq and afghan wars on the american psyche and consciousness will also be indelible. so

-e.u. summit now was a bit strange because as heather mentioned, the whole of the european establishment is about to change. we'll have european parliamentary elections. the commission is going to be reshuffled over the summer. so the people obama is meeting won't be there in a couple months time. i realize that is typical kind of european wind. you said for years you haven't come to brussels, you haven't come to brussels and he comes to brussels and you're coming at wrong time. he was sort of coming at the wrong time. now suddenly this is very relevant trip. the u.s.-ue -- e.u. summit is will have a g7 summit in the margins. the g7 is back. the g8 is no more. that will be an extremely important meeting. interestingly i saw originally president putin was expected to come to the nuclear summit and finds himself otherwise engaged. leader of china will be there. and it will be almost a mini u.n. happening in the hague after the ue-e.u. summit. let's backtrack briefly and look at the u.s.-europ

-e.u.ow was a bit strange because as heather mentioned, the whole of the european establishment is about to change. we'll have european parliamentary elections. the commission is going to be reshuffled over the summer. so the people obama is meeting won't be there in a couple months time. i realize that is typical kind of european wind. you said for years you haven't come to brussels, you haven't come to brussels and he comes to brussels and you're coming at wrong time. he was sort of coming at the wrong time. now suddenly this is very relevant trip. the u.s.-ue -- e.u. summit is will have a g7 summit in the margins. the g7 is back. the g8 is no more. that will be an extremely important meeting. interestingly i saw originally president putin was expected to come to the nuclear summit and finds himself otherwise engaged. leader of china will be there. and it will be almost a mini u.n. happening in the hague after the ue-e.u. summit. let's backtrack briefly and look at the u.s.-european agend

the e.u. has promised even tougher restrictions if a russia continues with what the west calls aggression against ukraine so let's take a look at what's at stake if the e.u. is to impose sanctions on russia any potential visa bans would certainly harm the terrorists the tourist rather industry take spain for example where travelers from russia spend over two billion euros again trade restrictions would also injure the rupee and economy france would have to pass up a one billion euro deal to supply russia with two mistral helicopter carriers and as well germany forty percent of its oil and gas consumes comes from russia and russian gas count for about a third of europe's consumption in general now moscow had several economic fallout with the west in the past two years including to gas conflicts that's why russia is looking east for economic partners now trade between russia and china has been growing in leaps and bounds since twenty ten when it surged by over forty percent in just a record trad

>> we're expecting the e.u. position, all 28 states hopefu hopefully coordinating one final statement presented quite soon, probably in the next hour o or . this is the second emergency summit in two weeks. what we'll certainly see is a strongly worded condemnation of russian actions in crimea. we'll of course see an e.u. continuing future support for the new government in kiev. we may even see some references to the promise of financial aid as this new ukrainian government so desperately needs. we understand that the primary message from this statement is going to be the need for dialogue, the need of fact finding mission. but strong rhetoric condemning russian action, rhetoric used on his way into the meeting used by the swede irprime minister carl bildt. >> our condemnation of russia's occupation of crimea. of course, we also seek a political solution, but that would have to be based on the withdraw of russian forces, and taking back the threat of invasion of ukraine as a whole that was issued by the federati

but we did hear from the e.u. and foreign policy katherine cash toncatherineashton,. >> we'll look at the results of the so-called referendum. i don't have to remind any of you that it's illegal under the constitution of ukraine and under international law. i call upon russia yet again to meet with ukrainian leaders and to start dialogue with them, and to try to move to deescalation as quickly as possible. we see no evidence of that. >> so, you know, they still want to talk things out. but this--these developments today, these sanctions, as i said, del, are they going to hurt? well, they are going to hurt and this is a pretty serious develop. >> what are they saying in ukraine. we're outside of the vote of crimea to secede, so what is being said in parliament today. >> reporter: the ukrainian parliament all along said they would not recognize it. they said this is illegal and crimean parliament does not have the authority to make an unilateral decision on secession. coming back to sanctions it will be interesting

the e.u. further calls upon the chinese authorities to ensure that all human rights of all minorities are respected germany continues to be worried about human rights violations in china the world will be looking at china to a greater extent than it has in past years and people who also believe and how china presents itself in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of the press now though they're happy to let the business of doing business take center stage. real politic as a very short memory. the fall of a proxy. china's central trucks prospered because as expected to become the world's biggest economy in less than five years its growth rate is slowing a little but it remains well ahead of everyone else's the host of venture capital to pilgrim explains to us why china is a key player the chinese economy has come a long way since being one of the poorest countries in the world back in nineteen seventy eight and now fast forward more than three decades and china is the second biggest economy i

and e.u. leaders the only problem according to them is russia's role in crimea the steps russia has taken. by lation ukraine's sovereignty and russia's change in slavery a breach of international law we strongly condemn unprovoked fire your mission if you cranium so far into the you just don't invade another country on phony pretext there's some very strong words from u.s. secretary of state john kerry there and former u.s. presidential candidate ron paul thinks that washington has no right to make these types of claims because of america's own lengthy history of creating conflict abroad for us to lecture anybody about violating sovereignty what about the sovereignty of iraq and afghanistan and yemen and north africa and we're constantly being involved pakistan in the use of drugs own missiles we have eight hundred bases around the world we're in one hundred thirty countries where always involved it seems in somebody else's alexion and we preach democracy we finally got democracy theoretically

the e.u. further calls upon the chinese authorities to ensure that all human rights of all minorities are respected germany continues to be worried about human rights violations in china the world will be looking at china to a greater extent than it has in past years and people who also believe and how china presents itself in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of the press now though they're happy to let the business of doing business take center stage europe's real politic as a very short memory. the trial of a proxy. but if the e.u. does go along with more sanctions on the kremlin over ukraine this may in the end only benefit china. skin are breaking down the global chess game for us. in the last several weeks the word sanctions has dominated all russian related news remember as imposed sanctions sanctions sanctions on should. we make sure that an exceptional actions will be very serious consequences so far the sanctions of the e.u. and the u.s. have been personal frozen assets of certa

the e.u. plans to meet thursday about the possibility of sanctions but so far the group has treaded lightly. >> crisis diplomacy is not a weakness but it is more important than ever for us not to fall into the abyss of a military escalation not to blunder into this abyss. >> summited osummitvladimir puts unfazed. the u.s. really has little economic leverage. for example, russia and germany have strong economic ties. germany is the biggest importer of russian gas and oil. some of it comes through pop lines across the ukraine. russian supplies account for 36% of all german gas consumption. german leader angela merkel has taken on a quiet diplomatic approach through phone conversation in moscow. in washington president obama's options are limited by congress. speaker of the house of representatives republican john boehner spoke with the u.s. stand off against russia against. >> the majority working with our committee chairs on a bailout package also working with them on possible dealing with sanc

let's go to brussels where the e.u. meeting has been taking place. what is the e.u.ctually going to do? >> reporter: well, we know just in the last few minutes, adrian, the e.u. official have been briefinbriefing journalists, ane know a little bit more about the first step in this potential tit for tat sanctions war. the european union will announce later on monday that they will target 21 individuals, crimean ukrainians and some russians with a list of targeted sanctions. they will all face travel bans. they won't be able to transit through europe, and they will all suffer asset freeze if they're fortunate to own bank accounts and properties in europe, they'll no longer have access to those assets. they will be frozen. we expect catherine ashton to deliver a press conference and final communique in the last hour or so. it will be up to the russians. diplomats will be watching president putin very carefully. if there is further escalation on the ground, that list of 21 could be expanded and lengthened. they're working on the total list of 120 to 130 people, thi s is

the e.u. has no leverage whatsoever with russia europe is buying gas from russia and europe is paying for that in euro's those euros come back to europe via russia to buy goods and services in europe so germany is a great beneficiary of this so in terms of any sanctions from the e.u. there's no chance whatsoever it's all bark and no bite you know as far as washington goes if they're if they do impose sanctions there's huge ramifications here for for progress that's made been made globally in the last century and that's the restart of the start treaty in two thousand and ten that's certainly in jeopardy it's regressive it's got no benefits really for today's society the world's moved ahead and it seems washington is very keen to drag it back into the past and trouble is going to end with public dissent and a potential breakup of its territory that's looming bankruptcy to consider as well ukraine is desperately walking to secure a massive loans but is on his meeting a culture of explains the clo

e.u.'s heads of states and governments have been called to an emergency session to discuss the possibility of imposing sanctions on russia. on monday the european foreign ministers tabled the idea of sanctions unless russia deescalates the situation in ukraine. this is thursday. had they deescalated - probably not. heads of states and government will start to get tough. that's the question we don't know the answer to. as you saw earlier, also faith here, the interim ukrainium prime minister. there'll be a press conference, and n.a.t.o. downscaled their relations with russia. it will be interesting to hear the support n.a.t.o. might offer the ukrainian government later. a busy day. the key question is will e.u. leaders deliver on sanctions. >> it's interesting you mentioning that the ukraine prime minister is there, and he's been faith as the new leader. the e.u. is standing behind ukraine, it's provided an aid package. do they see him as the legitimate leader? >> i think that's the message

in that case, russia is also dependent on the e.u. without the hard currency earnings, russia's economy would collapse. it is a two-way street for russia. i think what we might see coming incident is hole the e.u. will move that much faster to lessen their dependence on russian energy, and that's not something russia really wants. host: coal exports were 20%, 15% passing through ukraine. take a look at this, much of which goes to three of europe's large e economies. %, and the%, italy 404 u.k. 12%. norma? caller: i will try to be brief. russia, morning, ukraine being brought out, you mentioned britain and there was something about 40% of the money in the -- in other words, he can't say where he's come from. they also mention mr. kerry who as going to investigate. did mr. kerry investigate and find out it is in the virgin islands, i hope he not only gets the money back to the russian people but shows to the world who the people are who have actually accepted the money and used it. host: all right, norma. guest: capital flight is a huge

here is where the e.u. can help over the longer term. in that sense the e.u.ssociation agreement is what viktor yanukovych rejected, leading to his ousting. should the e.u. get the association agreement signed and offer membership? >> well, yes. i think the association agreement should be signed in a short period of time. some e.u. officials talk about the prospects of membership. some member states need to be convinced of that. they need to be careful that the agreement doesn't become a source of tension and gegs. they need to use it to glue the state together. >> richard young, consider associate. the european center joining us. thank you so much. >> police in china are looking for some of the attackers who killed 29 people at a southern train station. a group ram paged through the station with knives. beside the dead 130 were injured. horrified bystanders and train riders tried to flee the rampage. >> translation: i saw many killed and a group carrying knives. then they ran away. >> stayed media says the attackers are ethnic muslim separatists from the coun

and e.u. about making europe less dependent on russian gas mr obama continue to warn that the isolation will deepen sanctions will increase that was his was this out discuss this threat with constantine same with alpha gen doretta the national energy security. what damage could energy sector sanctions have on russia. the most difficult program for us he's financing the old. adage of projects yes in this case if united states. will try to press on investment banks and ask them not to give money and not to invest money is to be good the russian energy projects yes say it's possible. to have some difficulties but the russia has a very simple ability of to go to china and to ask one is in china and china is ready to pay for russian the infrastructure projects we can remember for example is poor project to the pipeline from eastern c.b.s. to pasifika ocean china gave a huge. payment before they begin the for oil supply to china so that is why china is the religion and the second problem can be tech

in the e.u. an independent scotland would be better and worse are in i think they should be mainly a political question but it is important for think there's no seeds to express their water use and i read degree that. business you should have their views here to swallow but when you look websites like that are together they are sort of comedy. things actually actually and so the war of words continues project as it's being dubbed by the s.n.p. and it will only intensify as september's referendum draws near. more news now from around the world this hour. greek riot police have used tear gas and batons on anti austerity protesters who took to the streets of athens despite a partial ban on demonstrations clashes broke out when one group tried to break through a cordon and reach the finance ministry greece has been receiving rescue loans to plug its budgets but unemployment continues to soar the economy has shrunk by about a quarter since two thousand and nine. in portugal off duty police officers ha

a few months ago the e.u. the e.u. had decided to be more maybe more open minded and will flexible or find a publisher with russia that together they would. decide you know to help this country or sustain that probably that would be you're in such situations today so you think it could have been avoided most probably ok i think ukraine is between europe and russia joe graphically culturally and even though in a number of the regards we believe that it's the solution is found it has to be found jointly so to say just for common sense for historical reasons and for financial reasons as well so there is no way or it wouldn't make any sense in this way but russia should be kept on the side and on the other hand it's europe which has other issues it's not forget about the greek crisis cost europe about more than three hundred billion euros just not peanuts so you know. from. the other can italy spain have their own issues this old things are getting back to the president of the european central bank on sunday you know thing

is the e.u. prepared for the financial impact of being associated with kiev. >> i think this will be on both sides. i think kiev hasn't pope interns of its financial demands towards moscow. there are many assets in ukraine, the russian assets that will have liabilities to moscow also. i think that will be balanced out. in terms of any aid coming in, these will be loans which ukrainians will pay back over the years. this is the new government in place, a pro reform government, a government that will focus very much on an anti corruption platform. the next two years will be difficult for ukrainians, as many countries have gone through reform. they understand that this will be difficult, gas prices will go up, generally, yes, but in the mid to long term, this is a massive step forward. >> great getting your insight. thank you so much, director of the ukrainian institute speaking to us from london. >> what if one of italy's most famous cities were no longer part of italy? venice used to be an indepen

and the e.u. eventually may do a trade deal and they'll be able to say this will never happen again will be able to override and get in get into these markets there's a lot behind us banana stuff now chiquita five now at our door taking about twenty nine percent of the global market share of bananas and the wall street journal reports that exports of bananas increased by seven point three percent in two thousand and twelve to an all time high of sixteen point five million tonnes such a key to five so will be in a very very good position to meet this demand to say the least now where do you see the banana market going in the future i think we're going to go is probably consolidation you know there are only. three you know three or four big guys in here got dole to quito five and one other and the interesting bit is for instance dole is actually in the cayman islands that's where for tax reasons even though it says it's a u.s. company. you have to keep it and fives which have huge presences in latin

in the e.u. at all right now dmitri orloff of course you came to prominence with your essays collapse gap in the follow up to that essay talking about how basically the arms race between america and soviet union has bankrupted both countries with the soviet union going bust first and the us is kind of going through a slow motion collapse over the past twenty years what can we glean from this current you can crisis that would relate to the collapse gap theory how do you fit it into your paradigm well on the one hand this is an ongoing set of rolling collapses basically to keep the core that western economic core from collapsing it's important to continue destroying countries so if we destroyed iraq we destroyed libya or destroyed syria and now are destroying ukraine and that thing is that basically whenever we destroy a country the result is massive wealth destruction that occurs somewhere other than in the economic heartland allowing the economic heartland to continue to exist at some point we wi

he also went on to make the charge that it was the west, including the e.u. and the u.s., who stirred up the disturbances in kiev, saying that it was in his words a crude intervention into the internal sovereignty of the ukraine. so in effect, russia there reversing the tables on the u.s. saying they are not violating ukraine's sovereignty but that in fact the west did that by getting involved in those demonstrations. we are joined now by our team of correspondents. we have elise labott at the state department, richard roth at the u.n. and christiane amanpour in london. christiane, tell me what you heard that was the most striking part of this. >> reporter: well, all sides staked out the positions that we've been hearing over the last 24 hours. there was nothing new in who they blamed and counter blame. i found it striking that the russians didn't go as heavily in a diatribe against the united states as the u.s. did against russia. the things that were slightly interesting were both the united states and russia named a couple of avenues out of this. russia su

and the e.u. have been very much in support of the protest movement the foreign minister of germany even went to my dance have pledged his support that's despite the fact that russia has repeatedly called on its western partners to reassess the situation to take a look at who it is they're supporting but right sector now it has become a major violent force in ukraine the arms that catherine ashton was talking about are allegedly stolen by right sector from weapons during the unrest they're linked to violence against anti my down activist to deaths in eastern ukraine and the group's leader well he's wanted in russia for instigating acts of terrorism and this is a man by the way that's running for presidency in ukraine so it's only now that the violence part of this coup is over that we get this admission from the e.u. foreign policy chief that things may not be as rosy as they initially would have you believe. well brussels had every reason to denounce the actions of radical groups in ukraine much

germany within the e.u. is not exactly on the russian side, but on the more moderate side, let's put it this way. again, there are limitations to what can be done. they will come under pressure domestically from civil society. a crucial indication of what the e.u. is going to do would be the helicopter carriers which france is scheduled to deliver to russia. that will be a litmus test for the determination of the e.u. to do something about ukraine and russia. >> the question about what would happen after the russian invasion in eastern ukraine and sanctions. they would probably need military protection from international forces. ukrainian territorial integrity. aggression is important in the crisis in crimea. the eastern ukraine indicates in current political international system which was created in 1945. symbolically, this order in 2015. the resolution of the way of development. it is one point of view. the question about occupation of eastern ukraine. the central government does not have capacity to keep

the e.u. and ukraine both of which have important trade relations with russia and depend on it for energy supplies now according to the world trade organization back in two thousand and thirteen just last year forty five percent of russia's five hundred twenty three billion dollars in exports went to the e.u. now two thirds of which was oil and natural gas last year russia imported three hundred forty four billion dollars worth of products from the e.u. with machinery and vehicles being among the biggest of imported items in two thousand and thirteen ukraine sold almost sixteen billion worth of products to russia is the largest market with iron steel and cereal being its principal exports the u.s. is trade with ukraine is negligible by comparison it accounted for just two point five billion in both directions last year now lobel markets rallied monday after briefly falling on sunday's news that citizens of crimea voted overwhelmingly to join the russian federation nearly ninety seven percent o

and the e.u. can agree upon.s mike said, there's a lot of natural gas that goes into eastern europe. or central europe. it's winter, and regardless of heating, germany and italy need industry. at what point do we worry that rush about retaliate in a way flows. >> it's the e.u., deciding to put in trade sanctions. russia will retaliate. they'll retaliate by pulling investments out of central europe, through cut-offs, and going after western firms inside of russia. this does not mean that the united states will not be hit by this as well. there are large firms inside of russia operating with tens of billions. firms like exxonmobile, general motors, boeing that has a business plan reliant on doing business inside of russia. >> lauren goodrich, agreed conversation, senior eurasia analyst at stratfor. >> crunch time for obamacare enrolment. sign up in the next two weeks or face a fine. we'll look at why a lot of americans have not enrolled and say they don't plan to. later, riding out a tough job market at home. young

how she referred to the the e.u. during a discussion with the with over the telephone there so that is the bottom line if this turns out to be the case the e.u. will have to have a serious rethink about how it deals with what's going on here in ukraine. has put all of our reporting from kiev well the story in foreign ministry is also urging for an independent investigation into the shootings on. my colleague marina just to discuss possible repercussions of the legal us foreign affairs expert marksman border and from the civil rights movement solidarity take a listen. i think it's not surprising these kind of relations because to be you have seen an incredible amount of. playing dollar the so-called protests on my don as seeing in ukraine it's nothing nothing else and. put supported by western polis which is primarily be politically motivated and especially directed against russia we also have in the studio with us who is international affairs and and let's now bring him and all of us together listen to another sound

well the e.u. and u.s. leaders went out of their way on wednesday to present a united front with warm words handshakes and hugs this rhetoric comes in shell contrast with the scandals that have been more in their relations for months now lottie's marina portnoy reports. a political summit celebrating the bond of friendship. a bond of friendship tested by history and deadbolt is shockproof europe is america's closest partner we are more secure and we are more prosperous the world is safer and more just when europe and america stand as one except when one uses the f. bomb while referencing the other so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. . as was the case a few months ago when u.s. assistant secretary of state of victoria nuland spoke of america's closest friend in this leaked phone conversation about ukraine. the longtime military allies are currently taking their relationship to the next level through a trance pacific free trade partnershi

e.u. heads of government are holding an emergency summit to try to agree on a common approach to the crisis in ukraine including sanctions against russia. we have the story. >> the leaders of the european union have gathered in search of a convincing and unified reapproach of russia for its actions in crimea. this is not a body famed for its common approach to problems, and differences were clear from the start. can we hold talks, for example a contact group. we're working on this. i'm favor of it. we have to say that we can't just go back to normal especially if there are no diplomatic talks at all, which means you have to deal with different diplomatic sanctions. whether or not they will be implemented we'll have to decide which depends on however the diplomatic talks progress. >> trade relationships with russia, like germany prefer type lopez and dialogue over immediate tough sanctions, while others more vulnerable, some on russia's borders want moscow to know that its actions have cons

the e.u. has more economic skin in the game. the e.u. has more leverage here. the e.u. has more fence on the energy that flows through ukraine, and when the final deal was made between the yanukovych government and the opposition even though that only lasted a few hours before yanukovych fled, it was the e.u. that negotiated that deal. so the e.u. has got to be part of this. you know, the obama administration has the most tools, the most power, but the e.u. has the most to lose. and i think that's the second thing. and the third thing here is that, you know, we're talking about, you know, how outraged everyone is and as is said, oh, russia must stop, right? this is what obama said in the briefing room on friday. he must -- there will be costs, right? so the number one question in washington and in brussels for that matter is what are those consequences, what are those costs, and what are the enforcement mechanisms that we have to hold russia accountable for the international laws it's clearly breaking, right? and the conventional wisdom here is that we have few levers o

and e.u. will be on the table when you're around if you think it's a much for bringing us the update from washington d.c. honestly if you're going to live there. well despite hawkish rather rick from politicians european businesses are taking a more cautious approach warning that the e.u. itself has plenty to lose from sanctions russia is the european union's third largest trade partner nearly half of the cars made in the e.u. and up and russia as does eighteen percent of chemical production plus european consumers get one third of the are natural gas supplies from gas brum and then there's a huge profits from food x. sports to moscow wants that's only half the story russia's contribution to the global economy is also not to be underestimated take madeline's for instance twenty percent of the world's titanium comes from russia and metal used in industries from aviation to jewelry nearly half the world's belayed e.-m. which makes your car greener is mined in russia as well down there is russia'

on the e.u., as you know, there's an e.u. summit that's extraordinary summit going on right now, and we've been, the president, secretary kerry, have been in close touch with the e.u. leaders over the course of days, and e.u. has taken steps, both broad as what the president's taken on the executive order? >> taken some steps against ukrainian individual which are consistent with the order and consistent as we meet here, a range of other steps. i think that the e.u. leaders understand whases at stake here. >> executive order goes beyond just ukrainians. >> yes, sir. >> but as i said, i believe the e.u. is considering seriously a range of other steps it can take and i agree with you. i think acting as a broad international coalition on issues like this, likely to have more significant effect on russian behavior, and so we're going to continue to do everything we can working with our partners and e.u. to make clear the cost, not only of what russia has already done, but the increasingly significant cost of any further escalatio

however not everyone seems to be on board with the e.u. sanctions plan britain is about to start importing russian gas directly regardless of the current tensions in this r.t.s. or smith explains many measures taken by the e.u. could backfire. that the rhetoric that if russia doesn't back down on ukraine the e.u. and u.s. will apply broader sanctions on economic sectors including finance and energy a crucial russian exports but the reality is very different here in the real world plans are full steam ahead to start importing gas to the u.k. directly from russia for the first time russian gas has heated british homes before but it's come from storage facilities in mainland europe despite the threats of sanctions the deal between central current gazprom signed in two thousand and twelve is still due to start delivering this. richard wellings from the institute of economic affairs says the u.k. restricting russia's energy sector would be cutting off its nose to spite its face well clearly there could be an impact on energy prices and that's g

a change of the e.u. foreign policy chief condemns ukraine's radical right sector group the key driving force behind the op evolving here for she has enjoyed support from brussels all along. a very warm welcome to you if you just well just joined us here on our team to national pardon me i'm to one would say let's take a look at the news. the turkish government does read faceoffs legal revealed and alleged daring to justify invading neighboring syria an anonymous source posted already of a secret meeting between top turkish officials discussing a false flag operation that what appear as a syrian attack the leak on you to syria prime minister added one who rushed to block the site here's an extract from the tape. yeah. prime minister said that in current conjuncture and this attack must be seen as an opportunity for us. i'll send four men from syria it's what it takes i'll make up a cause for war by ordering a missile attack on turkey. now the discussion surrounds a possible attack on the tomb of cement in

yet if the e.u. agreement is not signs then according to article one one one of the criminal code the president will get ten to fifteen years behind it. however later i've seen yet some newcastle backtrack on this my pleasure to pick up with because we've postponed signing the economic section of this document due to concerns over the possible negative effects that entering the free trade area might have if the industrial regions. easier said than done apparently once you have to actually analyze all the pros and cons looks like everyone is at odds and what's being called the new governments in ukraine with contradictions of rain then supreme. court heard promises from kiev to join nato and get as many weapons from member countries asked possible a draft law on the resumption of the process of integration of ukraine internet zero has been filed and recorded provide the maximum possible material and technical assistance in the form of modern military hardware and armaments once again something he had

the e.u., and the white house condemned the vote. we have a team on the ground. jennifer glasse talks to people for and against the election in sevastopol. but first the south of the nation where nick schifrin joins us live. what is the next step for crimea now? >> everyone here is not looking west, but east. you get a lot of criticism for international and domestic monitors critical of the referendum. they have a long list of irreg u latteries, and they say it was conducted do hastily. they have a voter role that was not accurate. they have militia allies, guns on the street and it boils down two questions - join russia now or later. for the majority, none of that mattered. tonight was the first chance they had to decide their own destiny. >> for the majority of crime jans, march 16th will be known as independence day. the day they voted to separate from a ukraine they never wanted to be a part of. the day they voted to join a russia they still call the mother land. >> i'm happy to be in russ

in the e.u. an independent scotland would be better and more share in i think they should be mainly a political question but i. think there's no use to express their bodies and i read degree that. business you should have here that when you look websites like becker together they are sort of comedy. which stupid. things actually actually and so the war of words continues project as it's been dubbed by the s.n.p. and it will only intensify as september's referendum draws near. a line for you right now at the olympics mutual help as met with applause but some are forced to pay a high price for aiding a rival once the games are over head to our data call for the details on how a german bobsled pilot's good intentions are being punished. also they're going to mysterious creator is allegedly on mass for more details of the elusive person who might have invented the digital currency log on to our website. right from the scene. of. the first street view and i think the true. on our reporters twitter. an

so, you know, e.u. communications are weak. the e.u.'s efforts to build its image and to have a global image that reflects its actual importance, weight and achievement -- and we've just been talking about this, is there a european narrative. americans know what they celebrate on july 4th. what do europeans celebrate? how can we revive this remarkable but amorphous thing? and i think those are issues going forward. just finally on the -- and by the way, macedonia, you know, what i said about leaving the door open, certainly, that applies to macedonia. there was a question about the vietnam war. well, nations and relations do repair themselves over time, and we've certainly seen that with vietnam. we also know that the cost of that war and the tens of thousands of american dead and the imprint of it on the more than consciousness -- on the american consciousness is indelible and, i believe, in perhaps a little more of a minor key the experience of the iraq and afghan wars on the american psyche and consciousness will also be indelible. so

the e.u. and russia right now and again the economic impact of these particular sanctions will be next to nothing unless it however that's trying to be said is that we can impose these kinds of restrictions far more people who are in government so it's it's seen as a measure to bring the russians to the table from the perspective of the united states in respect of brussels. now as ukraine accuses moscow of a troop build up its borders american and german inspectors take to the skies over russia and better race to see what's going on the operation is taking place on the international treaty about open skies and is aimed at verifying the true positions of russian troops so that full story for you is a dot com also online it looks like the world wide web has made news the story is at least that's what we're courses without borders still the main play did america and the u.k. on its annual and the means of the internet. quite often countries rich in natural resources are the poorest ever does a co