>> well, what putin has done is expose--putin believes that the e.u. is a paper tiger, the e.u. is divided, and what he has done by goading, threatening the sanctions imposed on him has exposed spain, italy, greece, austria, ireland, netherlands,

secretary of state say the e.u. shares the blame for exacerbating the tensions inside ukraine late last year but even as he says that one has to ask what was the thinking when his staff was actively involved in kiev pushing forward that very deal which secretary kerry now calls too much of an east west topple for us state department officials had such a hands on approach in government changing key of that at times they even jumped they even seemed to jump ahead of the e.u. in trying to score on the cold midwife this thing as one u.s. official put it you know the conversation if you want to i don't think reach it go into the government i don't think it's necessary i don't think it's a good idea i think he is the guy who's got the economic experience the governing experience he sees the good you know what he needs his cleats into any book on the outside 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. . there was the assistant secretary of state trying to deci

the e.u. is china's primary trading partner, that is the e.u., not the u.s. that is why experts say attitudes need to change. >> there are more specialists, u.s.-china relations and i think it's necessary for more chinese to get deeper knowledge of the european union. the visit is the first time a chinese president has been to the e.u. since relations were established. if life begins at 40, there'll be more happy returns. >> a reminder that you can keep up to date with all the news all the time on the website. aljazeera.com. plentry of analysis and information on >> both its biggest fans and strongest opponents said that nafta was going to bring the america, mexican and canadian dismiss. now who was right about nafta? that's the "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez.

>> well, what putin has done is expose--putin believes that the e.u. is a paper tiger, the e.u. is divided, and what he has done by goading, threatening the sanctions imposed on him has exposed spain, italy, greece, austria, ireland, netherlands, finland oppose sanctions and putting money before coming down on ukraine. what it exposed in kiev is you have people in kiev who died waving the flag of the e.u. they were willing to risk their lives, and they expected more than lady ashton is gravely concerned. what he has done is make the very turn that the e.u. is gravely concerned about the abuse of the ukraine. >> we have promises of financial aid, but also e.u. u.s. and in a short term putin may have the cash to deal with crimea, but a lot of people who are asking questions the other day seem to be quite concerned about the idea of the price to pay in the long term. they may like the idea in ukraine but worry about the price that will come. >> what putin has done within russia is that the reason we had the short, successful war, the propaganda is that putin is a fantastic propagan

they are e.u. citizens and need pro-- protection also. madrid, buteat real it was not enough to make up for their first leg list. real went to 3-2 on aggregate. they will face munich in the semis. manchester united disposed of on wednesday. madrid will face off against chelsea. >> germany's government and opposition went head-to-head for their debate in parliament on wednesday. the purpose was to debate the governments in 2015. germany said it was on course to balance its budget for the first time since 1959. the crisis in ukraine also took center stage. chancellor angela merckel stated her support. >> the ukrainian people must decide their own future. we are going to help them do it. >> she also took a swipe at putin saying there was little evidence russia was helping de-escalate the situation. >> indonesia elected a new government on wednesday. >> most votes went to the indonesian democratic party. that gave the president a boost ahead of july's poll. the voters also punished corruption parties and gave support to a number of islamist g

some of the e.u. regulations could bring out the life of the city, which is basically centered around the mining industry. that is what they want at the moment. we asked them about the deadline. they said they weren't worried too much because negotiations are ongoing directly with the government. they wouldn't tell us who, but they have been talking. in about an hour or so, we should hear more from them and their latest tradition. i have to say if the government decides to move into the area forcibly, it will be very risky, because there are a lot of people around this area who are supporting them. on this side... ..cook k, people are sleeping. there are mothers and wives here to support those inside. certainly it would be a very risky operation for the authorities in kiev. >> hoda abdel-hamid there painting the picture in lieu. that is the situation? eastern ukraine. let's go to peter sharp in moscow and the reaction. vladimir putin said he was not interested in further incursions. what is the rehabi

rules on straight bananas and curvy cucumber has to e.u. scientists claiming water doesn't help when your d. hydrated but the prime minister has made it clear he still prefer a renegotiated relationship with europe rather than heading through the exit door over the coming weeks months and years i will not rest until this debate is one for the future of my country for the success of the european union and for the prosperity of our peoples for generations to come so little wonder that mr mansfield's winning arguments for leaving the e.u. set out in this paper may have been just too good for his employer's liking polly boyko artsy london. two online for you the cost of turning on the lights proves too much the japanese government it goes back to nuclear power despite huge concerns over the safety issues in the wake of katrina. sins of the fathers the us government targets younger americans to make them pay off the debts run up by their parents those details also online right now. right to see. first rate. and i would think that your. own army

the e.u. >> reporter: officials on all sides said they had low expectations going into the talks. then a surprise, russia, the united states, the u.k. and and ukraine crafted an agreement. >> all sides must refrain from the use of violence, intimidation and provocative actions. we strongly condemn and object to all expressions of racism and religious intolerance, including anti-semitism. >> reporter: it's the first time that russia's top leader spoke "s" witwith ukraine. >> we are calling for these steps to be made. all military formations have to be disarmed. all seized buildings have to be returned to legitimate owners. all occupied streets have to be freed, and amnesty has to be give to protesters except to those who committed grievous crimes. >> tasked to making the agreement terrific giving more autonomy to russian-speaking regions and working out a constitution before late may. what is not in the deal the removal of sanctions against russia. the e.u. and the united states have already im

e.u. and the us signed up to certain agreements which are aimed at disarming the go on to groups in ukraine freeing the occupied buildings and squares and he said none of that is happening in fact organizations like the weight sector are only putting their weapons down but are in fact being legalized just remind you the white sector is one of the most radical nationalist organizations in ukraine which was one of the key driving forces during the recent uprising which led to the ousting of president you know which you're also known for there and russian restaurant. where you are thank you so much for bringing us this update you were there now in the meantime the u.s. president has once again blamed russia for not abiding by the geneva agreement and barack obama is also stressed there could be more sanctions on the way of moscow continues this regarding the peace road map for kiev was some possibility that russia could take the wiser course after the meetings in geneva so far at least we hav

and e.u. wanted this reagan change so badly then let them pay for it let them get their checkbooks out and about all your great let's turn to the other big issue in ukraine at the moment that a journalist being banned from entering the country should we be hearing great a condemnation over the summer some groups of course have expressed a concern in europe and indeed the u.s. or this complete radio silence here is my bill from european and western leaders on this issue you know when the dominant narrative was that this was a crow democracy revolution it was freedom against tyranny when they were up against this evil dictator to get. the worst day they were back in february early february and just imagine this was happening in belarus let's just imagine it was happening in russia that there was a crisis there and british reporters were not being allowed into the country there be a huge outcry this would be at the kadish it should be censorship and yet this is happening in ukraine where russian

secretary of state john kerry, e.u. foreign policy chief, you are looking at sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister. katherine ashton and the ukrainian foreign minister. so we are going to go live to geneva, and speak to our correspondent nick spicer. and, nick, they are polls apart, besides all sides agreeing. russia is sponsoring and aiding and abetting the pro-russian forces destabilising eastern ukraine. >> it's really going to be about reconciling two different versions of reality with ukrainians, but the americans and europeans saying that moscow is directing the unrest in southeastern ukraine, providing logistical support, possibly sending in special forces troops who are not wearing military insignia, and trying to use the template that it used to take over crimea to possibly gain political influence over southeastern ukraine, send in troops with there being tens of thousands of troops along the south-eastern border of ukraine. the russians, how far, say that the ukrainian government, which it refuses to re

this ukrainian state close to follow a path that is more in lion with e.u. norms of the rule of law. meanwhile the kremlin wishes to generate a situation by way ukraine will become part of the eurasian unit, rivalling the e.u. >> if that is the case, how far do you think the kremlin is ready to go. we have seen it annexing crimea very quickly. do you think it's likely to want to take more they are the tri from ukraine. >> we need to point to areas similar to the crimean situation. we are seeing various pro-russian groups assisted by russian personnel - similar to crimea. i think the strategic objective may be different. >> russia does not need to incorporate ukraine's east. they are trying to gain leverage against ta ukraine state. it wants a federalized ukraine, one which would apportion various region's roles to conduct foreign policy, conducive to the eurasian area that vladimir putin wants and has invested capital in. this is the game atoo. foot -- afoot. we need to be aware of it. >> thank you tofor speaking to . >> security forces in the philippines sa

to the e.u. because we believed they would take the erky as a member but now we do not. >> charlie: will you continue to push for it? >> there are a number of developments in the world and those may have a bearing on what we decide to do with respect to this relationship. >> charlie: but things in the world might have a bearing? >> if these delay tactics continue to be the case, as far as e.u., then we might have to look for other formations. there are a number of different organizations, and we may consider them. >> charlie: let me talk about syria, because you have a border with syria, you have refugees, and that's an issue for you. >> there is no place we can talk about. this we talk about them at the u.n., but at the u.n. steps, unfortunately, that should have been taken have not. >> charlie: because russia has the veto. yes? s>> so far, we have nearly 700,000 refugees in our country. about 200,000 of them live in tents and 500,000 of them live in the cities and we have so far spent $3.5 bill

e.u. citizens companies embassies and even the presidency have their communications intercepted this incidence on the acceptable and remain an acceptable so far the keys to the global net are largely held by organizations are provided by washington i can decide who gets most domain names and this and the fact that the bulk of it are natural afaik from your emails to web searches goes via merica allows washington to get across practically and online data now though manning governments including us partners in europe want this to change the director of the institute of technology and society in rio de janeiro believes that brazil's innovative new law will be crucial course there are plans for order countries to be inspired by the to be off this be off law firms principles very important such as net neutrality free speech privacy and of course in the lights off this by programs in the spy revelations it end up getting much more attention and much more momentum to be passed on to governments c

e.u. is banned from talking to the media by his own government. live from a studio in moscow this is r.t. international with twenty four hours a day. some eighty people could have been injured in clashes in rome according to media reports violence has broken out during an anti stare at the protest in the italian capital with demonstrators engaged in running street battles with police now as you can see in the most recent pictures here demonstrators opposing security forces with rocks and bottles and any heavy objects they can get their hands on police responded with pepper spray and tear gas eyewitnesses say one of the protesters was seriously injured by his own far cry which exploded in his hands thousands of people converge on rome street angry at soaring levels of unemployment and deep budget cuts they passed through the center of the city and also attacked the minister of economy with eggs and bottles of prepared for the worst with a heavy security presence and subway stations closed a

the e.u. and the interim government in kiev have still managed to map out a solution to ukraine's crisis seniors that currently voters are in the foot of all illegal armed groups in ukraine need to leave and their arms all illegal occupied buildings must be returned to their legitimate owners and all or keep by streets and squares must be vacated the government of ukraine itself preferred and again today that it will grant amnesty to protesters and to those who have left buildings and other public places and surrender weapons with the exception of those people who are found guilty of capital offenses. a special mission of international observers will be sent to help implement the outlined steps let's use the show us russia the u.s. and the e.u. already participate in the monitoring mission and that mission will be expanded as decided earlier by the sea and we will be supporting the work of thought mission as well but even with all the diplomatic groundwork that's being done to ease tensions in

walls on straight bananas and curvy cute cumbers to e.u. scientists claiming water doesn't help when you are d. hydrated but the prime minister's made it clear he still prefer a renegotiated relationship with europe rather than heading through the exit door i want the european union to be a success and i want a relationship between britain and the european union that keeps us in it so little wonder that mr mansfield's winning arguments for leaving the e.u. set out in this paper may have been just too good for his employers liking polly boyko r.t. london. there are some interesting discoveries for your dot com including a four wall shattering internet bug two years u.s. security agencies reportedly fed into the net to pry on secret communications. and this woman in the heart of has gone out on the limb she's climbed a tree and says she's not coming down to get to the root of why she's up there at. the ukraine crisis is also on doing one of the greatest partnerships of our time that of nasa's cooperation with russia is costing a shadow over t

and the e.u. which pact kiev authorities on the back while letting the dogs out on russia together they teamed up on sanctions this week collectively. and the europeans the europeans and the united states have been consistent in. calibrating sanctions calibrated effort joining me live in the now is dr alexander noyes german former o.s.c. thanks so much for being with us are the u.s. and europe really on the same page because john kerry has reportedly said that some in your opinion folks who are pushing for a kid of association agreement with the e.u. made mistakes it's now an east west tug of war which is simply wrong. i think it's not sure whether you can rely on the open countries because some differences between and say us we've got canonical interests so you can unit has much more to loose because of the extent of twenty two elations with. how do you assess europe's actions towards ukraine i understand they have a lot to lose they're still relatively close with the u.s. in condemning russia i

the problem is if the e.u. put its full diplomatic and economic weight not just a moral weight on a diplomatic solution formed from between ukraine and russia. the russian prime minister of iraq recently said that the diplomatic solution is still quite possible but but it has to be done you know that in an atmosphere of negotiation confrontation you have a government that is composed of of new york nazis the right party probably sector. and the ukrainian national assembly these are these go back to the . nazi support party in ukraine going back to the third reich and his murder and second world war so it's a very very dicey and rashi government that that the u.s. state department has has pushed into power and i think that. both obama as president of united states and the nobel peace prize president he wants a legacy and the european union ought to really redouble efforts not to make good victims of a lot of the bad guy a russian bad guy but to find a way out of this because otherwise we're staring in the pit of

i think the e.u. has made a wrong move by giving this money to ukraine there are many countries that desperately need help deserve this money because they belong to the e.u. and pay taxes here. but i think that it would be better if you had given this money to support groups then maybe we would have a chance to escape the crisis also presented but there is no one in greece who hasn't been affected by the crazies who would show up in sick you do cut off from the local source. so as you can have resentment being felt in the cuts and i doubt going to be popular with the ukraine as well ok you're not a pretty picture for ukraine thanks so much for just taking us through all the facts and figures katie philbin. ok now next for you here on r.t. washington has prepared a one billion dollars aid package of its own for ukraine but former us presidential candidate ron paul told us both american and ukrainian citizens will be the ones who pay for it now it's wasted money and it's not the rich in this country tha

and e.u.s this crisis continues to worsen. >> we need an honest and coherent reaction from the west without any double standards and without shifting blame to moscow. they didn't listen to the people in southern and eastern ukraine, now they're using military force to put down the protests. i think it's very dangerous and those people planning to do so should be punished. >> well, lavrov, it's been a busy day for him. and basically asking paris to use whatever influence it can on kiev to try and avoid the kiev government taking military action in the east of ukraine. basically they're trying to get this four-party talks off the ground. they're due to meet the u.s. the e.u. the ukraine and russia meeting in geneva on thursday. it's the only show in town, and they really want to get it on the road. the trouble is, really, russia is dead set against the interim government saying that will have to really be dismantled almost, before any sort of talks continue, and then we'll see what happens in th

the u.s., russia, ukraine and the e.u. meet for peace talks on thursday. the talks to end the political unrest in venezuela have been held in caracas and broadcast live on television. nicolas maduro hosted the leaders, but not the student groups that organised the protest. >> syrian opposition fighters moved the fight to new districts controlled by government forces. they attacked the western district of zaharie ahmed shah. >> fighting between rival factions of the taliban killed 12 people in south waziristan. the group's leaders are meeting in north waziristan, deciding whether to extend the ceasefire. the last expired on thursday. our correspondent is in islamabad, and sent us this update. >> even though the deadline runs out on a ceasefire agreement between the government of pakistan and the taliban, there was an anticipation that they would meet close to the border. and not waziristan, to decide on the next move. it was expected that there would be a ceasefire, but it would be a piecemeal deal. and within the ranks of the taliban pakistan, there is ser

and the e.u. russia has provided billions to ukraine in subsidies on direct loans over the past few years that's have a detail that for you here on oxy international gas discounts and energy aid have saved ukraine more than thirty five billion dollars in the last four years alone protests paralyzed the capital and drained state coffers late last year rusher agreed to loan kiev fifteen billion three of which it got some of the money was supposed to cover the standing debt for gas but that never happened the editor in chief of business new europe tells us that russia is being blamed unfairly for the crisis. russia's been sending gas to europe for for decades i mean even in the cold war when we really were enemies russia would continue to be a key supplier of energy to europe what's changed is that ukraine is in the way and the ukraine is causing all these problems because they're simply not paying their bills and so russia is building alternative pipelines to the north and the other ones coming to t

as a result of e.u. border controls being lifted he became a celebrity an embodiment of how badly many u.k. politicians and newspapers had miscalculated the so-called influx of e.u. migrants to britain i don't expect. i don't like the fable because they. think it is the perfect his new life in london also isn't quite what he expected. to work from eight o'clock from oracle and. from six o'clock. which is why remain as most famous export is now lending his support to britain's new political party the europeans party may be missing an apostrophe but it's registered and ready for the electoral roll they move the part of the to make a stand. before. migration and. to make. my get more involved. because this is very important i. have a voice here just about to keep the party's president is keen to point out that it's not just for remaining games ever since the rise of anti immigration party you can't europeans from across the continent haven't been feeling as welcome as they once were in the u.k. who was rece

the other two parties to the four way talks is e.u.'s katherine ash tonne, the foreign policy chief, and the russians. how far apart are the four different parties to today's talks. >> their talking positions are as far apart as their version of reality on the ground in ukraine. we heard the ukrainian foreign minister accusing russia of foamenting problems, sending in the green men, which is to say russian special forces not to where insignia, stirring up trouble, using the template that moscow used to take over the pence of crimea, which was part of crimea. the european union and the united states largely agree with the ukrainian position, and see russia's hand in the east and safety. they say the ukrainian government was rite to send in the army, because moscow, according to washington, had been complaining of a lack of order and piece, and it was time to establish respect nor law and order: the ukrainian government said it would do so. moscow said it would come up with a blew print for federalizition, which is more autonomy to the re

but it doesn't get i think the e.u. has made a wrong move by giving this money to ukraine there are many countries that desperately need e.u. deserve this money because they belong to the e.u. . that it would be better if you had given this money to support groups then maybe we would have a chance to escape the crisis also person about there is no one in greece who hasn't been affected by the craziness still who would show up with an insecure and a lack of salt. more international news in brief now several palestinians have been injured during clashes with israeli troops when a rally turned violent itself to israel's counsel the agreed release of the fourth and final batch of prisoners because palestinian president mahmoud abbas signed a request to join u.n. international conventions. and activists calling for the independence of venice from rome of taken to the streets in the italian town of trivia the rally comes just a day after police arrested twenty four people suspected of plotting to take over venice is iconic st

and the e.u. although their approaches and we differ a lot is pretty or all of it has more details from body well we are expecting later on monday that further sanctions will be implemented from here in europe brussels is is wanting to. place further punishments if you will russia there is disagreement between the united states and the e.u. over exactly what form these sanctions should take place what form the sanctions should be in the european union wants to see more. personal sanctions against those it claims are in the in the circle of the russian leadership where is the united states want to see more wider ranging economic sanctions against russia now the reason for this difference is well fairly simple it all comes down to money the paean union has closer ties with russia in terms of trade as well as in terms of energy a vast amount of the energy used in europe comes from rushes gas supplies so it doesn't want to to upset the applecart too much now the reason that they're wanting to impose t

so the e.u. looks for diversification but one has to be realistic and to go with the populist everybody who claims there is enough in the short is falls in the fall short and i would say definitely until two thousand and thirty we need russian gas and. the energy relationship with russia is just too important to industry and ultimately economy to risk damaging. european union sanctions. toothless the trial of a building. story is always going up on our website right now including this one from syria chemical propagation syrian officials warning that rebels are preparing a shoe attack that they plan to blame on president assad's forces that's on line if you're right now this story from bolivia anger over a new mining will pushing bolivia and workers go block their streets and fight with police in other videos as well in motion section avanti dot com. right to see. first street. and i think that you're. on a reporter's twitter. instagram. are not far off from the update for now but the first time i

i think that some e.u.ember states such as the baltics do feel very threatened by what's going on in ukraine because they, too, are former soviet states, and they have called for the e.u. and nato to increase deployments within their borders. canada has already -- canada and the united states have already sent additional jets to help poland and the soviet -- and the baltic states. and i think that -- i don't think that e.u. -- the e.u. will regret it per se. i think that they are slowly coming to the realization that stronger sanctions are what is needed and slowly coming to deploy additional troops. >> linda, you have written some about how this crisis is affecting u.s. and russian cooperation on counterterrorism, the two countries have a shared interest in combatting islamic extremism, including dagestan where the tsarnaev brothers came from. we're one year out from the boston booming. what are you finding out about how the tension is affecting our ability to cooperate in that area? >> it's a lot of what

prepare new e.u. sanctions against russia over tensions in ukraine as pro-russian militants are holding a team of international observers hostage for a third day. president is sworn in for a fourth term. he makes his inaugural address from a wheelchair following a campaign he was too sick to participate in. it is time to take a look at what newspapers have been saying around the world. one of our big stories is the bids from different companies to take over the french engineering firm. let's start with what the papers have had to say about that. >> we will look at the financial paper. the headline says the sale symbolizes the decline of french manufacturing. it ends upher way, in foreign hands. some people in france say the company should have been nationalized in the same way the american government took over general motors. but there is no chance of that happening anytime soon. >> the french government has been active in the talks. >> last week, the economy minister moved to protect france's interes

a british diplomat is promoting his ideas on how they can leave the e.u. despite snatching a big price for his. afternoon here in the russian capital international. welcome to the program the west has labeled events in ukraine a triumph of democracy but freedom of the press is one idea certainly struggling to hold russian journalists are being denied entry to the country on a daily basis the number of those prevented from doing their job since the coup in kiev is now more than twenty. have also banned some t.v. russian channels from broadcasting in the country. reports. this stamp in passport means access denied to ukraine and especially to its eastern regions this is far as journalist maxime doesn't have got while trying to cover story daniel once he presented his russian passport maxime documents were taken and he was forced to endure a lengthy lockdown of course images of a couple of i spent nearly seven hours in the room they called either a hotel or a lounge it was a small stuff you very hot room with nothing but a bed on the table there there are no

from talking to the media after winning a prize for the best e.u. egg.

they're waiting for the imf, the e.u. and the u.s.to start trickling into ukraine because then they know those loans would be trickling into russia. >> this is complicated. we mentioned stock markets took a big hit. visa is one of those companies. half the dow's loss was because of visa. and they're talking about setting up a payment system in russia that would exclude visa, mastercard and companies like that. is that type of thinking possible? could russia start building it's own isolationist infrastructure that would hurt american companies? >> well, russia has dissed this for years about having its own domestic processing facility like visa, like mastercard. currently they make up 90% of processing payment inside russia. it would be incredibly expensive and complex, and we have not seen russia pull off such a move yet. it doesn't mean that the economy ministry isn't determined to do it. they've been meeting on this all week. it's going to happen at any time, it's going to happen now. >> lauren, always a pleasure. you know so much a

and the e.u. though their approach is to defer to peter all of an hour joining us live from berlin with more details on more possible sanctions here good to see it good morning peter what exactly should moscow be bracing itself for in terms of new sanctions well we are expecting later on monday that further sanctions will be implemented from here in europe brussels is is wanting to. place further punishments if you will russia it does seem though that they are there is a difference between the way that. there is a difference in what the e.u. will put forward and what perhaps the united states would like to see put forward not all comes down to the fact that the the e.u. has far more to lose than the united states the e.u. is of course very very linked with russia it does a lot of its business with russia a lot of its energy comes from russia. so there is some disagreement between the e.u. and the united states over what form these these sanctions should take now the reason that they say they're go

and europe and the e.u. have a real interest in the ukraine versus is russia and so it is a very very media driven although i would say it's coming out of washington it's the same over and over again in all of these situations you know it's got i very rarely i don't think in my entire professional life of every quoted henry kissinger because i don't particularly care much for him but he said you know. what i mean putin is into foreign policy how do you reflect upon that. well it certainly isn't a foreign policy it's the status quo unfortunately with the media and it's not just coming out of the u.s. it's coming out of all over europe as well you know out of sweden and the out of poland out of germany also out of the u.k. and france you know these people are in for quite some time with the americans and this is you know the build up of this rhetoric around the occupation of of ukraine you know if there's been articles written where you know they're saying that the russians will need half a million troops to i

and the e.u. well russia has provided billions to ukraine in subsidies and direct loans over the past few years let's have a detailed look here now gas discounts in energy aid have saved ukraine more than thirty five billion dollars in the last four years alone placers protests paralyzed the capital and drained the state coffers late last year russia agreed to lend care fifteen billion dollars it received three some of that money was supposed to cover the gas debt but that never happened. little piers that to president putin's letter and the problem of gas transit through europe has hit home while on a visit to greece german chancellor angela merkel called for a thorough discussion of the issue she said that monday's meeting of e.u. foreign ministers will be an ideal time to deliver a joint response to the situation. meanwhile in athens hundreds of people have ignored a government ban on protests taking to the streets despite an overwhelming police presence there showing their anger at the visit o

and the e.u. as this crisis worsened. >> we need a honest reaction from the west without double standards and without shifting blame to moscow. they didn't listen to the people in southern and eastern ukraine, now they're using military force to put down the protests. i think it's very dangerous and people who are planning to do so should be punished. >> in the last few minutes members of the foreign ministry office in moscow had been in touch with their counterparts in paris, and they're looking for france to use whatever means it can and exert whatever influence it can on kiev to avoid kiev using force in eastern ukraine. and russia is making it pretty clear, really, that you can really say goo goodbye to these four-party talks on thursday if this military intervention took place. >> peter sharp, we thank you very much for that, indeed. reporting live from eastern ukraine. >> the syrian government has moved 45%. however, the head of organization said that the next step if syria doesn't speed up

was asleep when the e.u. was pushing to sign -- >> but after the protests started, you bet -- >> sure, sure. but, in fact, because what the people for the most part represented in mydon reflect our interests. we don't want ukraine to join the west and orient itself to the west to the exclusion of good relations with russia. geography alone dictates that ukraine has to have good relations with russia. about f ukrainians were led to believe by their democratically elected president, by the way, who is not permanently endowed with legitimacy through an election in 2010, he forfeited it for many reasons. we can get into that. but what the people and protesters are representing reflected u.s. interests, and so we did wake up belatedly and supported what they called for. they were lied and manipulated, and then yanukovych ordered the use of force against them on november 30, december 1. that's when we should have hit yanukovych with tough, hard-hitting sanctions, which i think would have brought his regime down lik

since then it has received tens of million of dollars from the e.u. people who could have lived independently have now been sent to institutions. they told al jazeera what they have experienced. >> they would hit people one after another just for fun. >> they are bad because they screamed at us and injected us. >> injections? >> presented with al jazeera's findings thfindings those in chf those with disabilities said they were outraged. >> we'll get complaints from all over, the 200 institutions in romania, and find out what's going on. >> yes. >> you're going to do that tod today. >> yes. i was given the idea today. >> but some in the charity sector remain skeptical. >> this abuse will continue. this is our prospective at the institution. >> reporter: meanwhile the european union will look at institutions that receive the e.u. funding. but how quickly things will change for residents is another matter. >> and you can watch the full "people in power" documentary, europe's hidden shame at 2230 gmt on al jazeera. >>> an alleged mafia boss has appeared i

these women earn just $10 a day. >> our bosses want us to join the e.u.ut they make us work for pennies. the prices here are as high as in the west but the salaries are moldovan. europe is not for us. >> reporter: this 93-year-old woman begging by the side of the road. she didn't want our money. she wanted food. she couldn't reach the village shop. her daughter had left her alone. despair and poverty on the door step of the european union. al jazeera, moldova. >> more people have been deported from the united states under president obama than any other president. some of those who left the country insist they are u.s. citizens, and america is the only home they have ever known. from tucson, arizona, our correspondent has this exclusive report on one man's fight to stay. >> i don't have nobody. >> reporter: he is caught in an endless cycle. he gets deported, crosses back and lands in jail. he insists he's an u.s. city. once small smuggl smuggleers br. >> get out of here, she said, i'll kill you. >> reporter: the u.s. government could not prove that he is n

and the e.u. and the us now if that was the case why didn't they move them to help end the unrest that kicked off last november we needed to be negotiating with ukraine for quite a while put every last week raise the prices for ukraine massively you know without justification cranes got it at the looks like an attempt. nevertheless i mean it's going to be able to pay the debt but if you can't you know you bill is that massive line you're in trouble that stands for all of us doesn't it sure you can certainly say we want to do repayment but what you shouldn't be doing is say we're going to raise prices two hundred percent arbitrarily i mean that its model is always really . no i mean that promise not you know and the market forces there's no justification for guthrum to do that if you ask once that is on prices i mean and also it's change of prices just for ukraine not for the countries well it's been bailing out ukraine for years now it's just recently given three billion in loans and it's already

if relations deteriorate, the e.u. and united states could issue more sanctions against russia, but that will hurt all sides if moscow retall yates. it could do that by what holding gas as europe's main supplier. all the while, thousands of russian troops are in ukraine's eastern border. let's go live to the talks in geneva. it's the first time these parties are meeting since the crisis began. what has come out of the talks so far and any optimism, hope that there could be a deescalation in this crisis? >> we are waiting for them to come out. no official comment yet. the mood here has not been very hopeful for solution. the statements made by officials on both sides in the run up to these first-ever talks to addressing the crisis have been pretty negative. i think it would be considered a success if they even agree to talk again, given that sanctions, renewed sanctions, toughened sanctions on the table. russia wants a federalization, ukraine has been saying it's not up for russia to determine the political life in that

and the e.u. stop trying to legitimize the interim government, which he climates is an il -- claims is an illegal government. there'll be no chance of any deescalation in this conflict, crisis. really, the hopes for success on the talks are not particularly high. >> peter sharp reporting live from moscow. >> in other world news, it was a major calculation casting doubt over a rescue operation off the southern coast of south korea. a ferry yairing hundreds of -- carrying hundreds of high school student capsized. most of the 450 people on board were found. this acknowledgment - the rescuers had it wrong. they miscounted and the amount of missing tripled. three people have been confirmed dead so far. we have the latest. >> it's a massive rescue operation to save hundreds of people. more than 450 people were on the overnight ferry, travelling from izyum to jeju island. >> 18 helicopters were used for the rescue, with a firefighting team, coast guard, navy and police. 34 vessels from the coast guard, 2

you could -- we could -- the nor wee johns, who are not part of the e.u., also adhere to e.u. sanctions. we have a broad international coalition that is focused on bringing russia back into compliance with international norms. >> let me ask you, do we have troops on the ground in ukraine right now? >> sir, we do not combat troops, i mean, it depends on how you define it. we have a defense attache, we have defense officials the pentagon that visit but the simple answer is no. >> mr. chairman, i yield back. thank you. >> the gentleman yields back. a couple more questions from the chair and then i'll give the ranking member time if he wishes. will the russians give crimea back, mr. hartley? >> sir, we're doing everything we can to encourage that. >> i know we're doing that, but are they going to give it back at the end they have day? will it be part of ukraine or russia? >> it's our policy that it remains to ukraine and should return to ukrainian control. >> so you done know. how about you? >> i agree with mr. hartley. >> you don't know. the kidnap watchers. who kidnapped them? >

it is not bound in a court to be alliance nato and the e.u. are two separate institutions and that's a factually incorrect james it is because of the lisbon treaty you have to look at the texts you have to look at the legal texts just like you have to look at the nine hundred ninety nine used to teach document there's no point confusing what you wish were the case with what is in fact the case on paper and in political reality james you want to wriggle out of that because the line. steady way james let me give james the last word go ahead james so this is you know i mean this is you know simply ockham's razor is the word simply is true it's true right if you and nato were synonymous that we wouldn't have two separate organizations period ok eric last last word one is a political organization that. are linked by any difficulties but he did it to them it has been made to pressure russia and it is a very foolish act because what they are doing is they are strengthening the most conservative sectors in russia and i am hearing and to western discou