campaign the e.u. parliamentary vote reflected disenchantment with e.u. policies such as immigration austerity and over regulation across the member states here in the u.k. the prime minister has even had to promise and in out e.u. referendum by twenty seventeen if he's reelected so for the brand new brand e.u. turning the club's image around is a matter of survival if we don't come together as a people of europe and we start seeing this separatism in scotland for example. we could see a potential break up of europe it's an independent campaign which means brussels isn't funding it nor do they have any influence over it but according to the man in charge of the rebranding project the european union are grateful for the help. r.t. . the british monarchy has enjoyed wide public support for many decades but do commoners actually know how much the crown is costing them according to the latest annual report almost thirty six million pounds was spent last year to support the royal family but there are some hidden price tags that most of the public are completel

campaign the e.u. parliamentary vote reflected disenchantment with e.u. policies such as immigration austerity and over regulation across the member states here in the u.k. the prime minister has even had to promise and in out a new referendum by twenty seventeen if he's reelected so for the brand new brand e.u. turning the club's image around is a matter of survival if we don't come together as a people of europe and we start seeing this separatism in scotland for example. need to leave. could see a potential break up of europe it's an independent campaign which means brussels isn't funding it nor do they have any influence over it but according to the man in charge of degree branding project the european union are grateful for their help please r.t. . as quickly round up some of the stories for you from around the world starting in iraq where the government forces of retaking control of the buys she all refinery from only sis extremists and that's despite conflicting reports that militant forces are poised to take the whole passivity or productions rema

campaign the e.u. parliamentary vote reflected disenchantment with e.u. policies such as immigration austerity and over regulation across the member states here in the u.k. the prime minister has even had to promise and in out referendum by twenty seventeen if he's reelected so for the brand new brand e.u. turning the club's image around is a matter of survival if we don't come together as a people of europe and we start seeing this separatism in scotland for example. need to leave. could see a potential break up of europe it's an independent campaign which means brussels isn't funding it nor do they have any influence over it but according to the man in charge of the rebranding project the european union a grateful for the help. london. up next i'll take you to larry king discussing the violence in iraq with a full moon the rain in full that. the federal migration service of russia has recently received more than five thousand requests for political asylum from ukrainian citizens these requests come from refugees who are fleeing the conflict in the easte

ukraine has signed a landmark trade pact with the e.u. russia has warned the deal will have negative impact on the ukrainian population. u.s. president barack obama calls for $500 million to train and arm the syrian opposition as extremists continue their fight for a unified islamic state. algerian football fans have been going wild with joy after their team qualified for the first time ever for the last 16 of the world cup. it is time for a look at what is grabbing headlines in the world press. we are going to start with the french press. >> a lot of focus on new unemployment figures that came out yesterday. there were 24,800 new job seekers in may. that pushes unemployment to a record level in france of over 5 million job seekers. right-leaning paper that is alarmed today saying france is sinking into mass unemployment. in the editorial, it wonders how long the downward spiral is going to last. it has been going on for too long. the new labor minister is drawing a lot of criticism for his reaction to these new figures or lack of reactio

to stay in the e.u. why would they have to lead against a well that's it's not a plausible scenario and the new company and i don't think you can believe it themselves anymore. all three main westminister part is stated that they will block the scots plan to keep the pound as a formal currency what. in the turn of those events will you adopt a new currency or will you push to stay within the pano adeptly supposing. well what happens to scotland's currencies ultimately amounts of for the scottish government and b. is the campaign or not the government but that's another clear example of where the new campaign is playing politics they want to scare is many people in scotland as possible into voting no to reject independents and that's why they've come up with this position on the fact is the stunning is as much salt and currency as it is that's of the best the united kingdom and any other scenario would mean at large transaction costs for business is the best you caved on wasn't part of the puns and it wou

if you do want to be in the e.u. should you worry about being engaged in its political decision making i'm not talking i. am not talking about decision making i mean i'm talking about european diplomacy as a whole that makes difference on a global scale but there isn't but there isn't any european diplomacy as a whole and when that soul supposed to be concentrated in the under the strange figure. who's never been elected to anything in a life come speak french and you know it was a kind of joke when she first got the job as a kind of compensation to britain because they wouldn't give it to. i mean i did say well i mean europe doesn't really have much influence in the world we have no defense budgets we have no the british army and forces have been nothing the french of a few troops with come do very much when they went to when we wanted to be didn't libya britain and france to be utterly dependent on the americans but did you. feel like to feel like they hear a piano leaders are in you in general is utterly depending

without the e.u. and italy for that matter which also assists the centers in putting pressure on the authorities to end these terrible uses and that's why we've called on the authorities to agree to an independent mechanism to be manned by the un the un refugee agency u.n.h.c.r. on the un mission in libya and smil to independently verify and to these abuses and that only if that happens age should continue secondly even if the abuses and there should be a road map there should be in agreement on how your funds from the e.u. are committed to help raise the standards in the centers to meet minimum international norms and we've said that if by the end of this year those standards of not being met you should suspend aid to also. well year ago e.u. border assistance mission was established in libya and how much is it helping to improve the conditions of migrants and asylum seekers the e.u. border assistance mission is not engaged in the centers themselves they help libya so they say to secure their externa

ukraine has signed a trade agreement with the e.u. the failure to sign the same deal back in november though is what triggered protests and bloody conflict in the country that president poroshenko says this is the only the first step towards even closer ties with europe. we see that. ukraine as a european country under the forty nine article will have an opportunity. for the membership perspective this is a very important character for ukrainians to work up. whether financially challenge to europe still doesn't appear to be quite ready for ukraine he use commissioner for a large winter said the kid still needs to prove its european credentials the blocks energy commissioner has warned the bailout for greece is pain it's compared to the billions that brussels would have to cough up to save kiev's ailing economy. the president of the european commission says that the e.u. is not ready to integrate a country like ukraine at this stage and that is a sentiment the source so echoed by the foreign minister of europe's powerhouse germany whic

wireline ing with the e.u. appears so attractive for kiev and where exactly the catch could lie while the deal will remove tariffs on almost all goods traded between ukraine and europe and give kiev access to five hundred million consumers that if it could meet e.u. standards which he doesn't at the moment and it will have to spend about one hundred billion dollars in order to do so winning a place at the european table ukraine will no longer be russia's preferential partner and will lose five hundred billion dollars in trade and global financial markets expert patrick young believes the association deal with the e.u. is a grave mistake. ukraine which last year was in a catastrophic position how that signed a free trade association this year is going to associate with the european union out the point when it's on the brink already of economic disaster this is a how does draw for it move for the ukrainian economy the only winners either this or a few sadly deluded egos whether they're in brussels whether they're

for member states in the e.u. parliament the people have voted for it are less people to be criticized as well no i think the people vote for me it is a protest vote be interested in the european parliament. be in dozens of you keep m.e.p. since going back to nine hundred ninety nine they didn't do anything constructive the just go to take the money the expenses pensions. the leader. just claim these taken over two million pounds in expenses although we hardly have a dozen key meetings he avoids key debates as did most of the others to piece have been put in jail for fraud. really very sad reflection of protest politics the the not very bright people vote them in breach of. the european union and its institutions are so you're saying it's a purchase vote but what about about that i mean all it comes down to is that people want change now. but the don't articulate any politics any policies. behave in the hollywood i mean they don't make a case for british. exit you would really just a bunch of not very bright peopl

and e.u. slapped financial sanctions on russian officials and companies and are expecting further sanctions. they held off for now, but warn that new sanctions are ready to go and can be implemented without delay if russia doesn't back off in ukraine. now, for ukraine, the e.u. accord gives it a chance to integrate with the e.u.'s common market. that is 500 million people. russia teamed up with two other soviet republics to create a eurasian union. moscow was trying to pick ukraine to pick its e.u. over the one in the west. ukraine made its choice today, damn the consequences. in reality unfettered access to europe will boost opportunity in the west by opening up traditional markets next door in poland and hungary, but antagonising moscow is a problem for the industrial east which supplies. those local concerns explain why civil war threatens eastern ukraine. for more on the e.u. accords and the situation on the ground in report. >> reporter: it came down to a flourish of a pen, a signature on

to my knowledge so the e.u. is not playing with an honest deck of cards the e.u. is making very sly objects on this but the politics are not being dictated in brussels or in berlin it's being dictated out of washington and that's the alarming thing about all of this that said europe is still set to suffer isn't it as a result of no negotiation being achieved between russia and ukraine. yes yes well this is this is not a simple energy business negotiation this is war and through economic means and other means i know people don't quite get it this is this is really serious credited to world war three that certain factions in the west very very powerful very rich people say we need to go back to the cold war or even a good old or two out of situation where we really have are we're losing it everywhere so we have to take drastic means and i mean that's what's going on that they are very vocal statements to make you think russia is to blame and to within this in particular this this gas deal no no russia is bent over backwards i'm astonished at the degree of willingnes

this contempt of the brussels bureaucracy has broken through as e.u. voters swept euro skeptic parties into the parliament but do they have what it takes to take on the system you're crespi bracing for change or is this just a passing storm. but in a band leader of france's front that's so not welcome to the program it's great to have you here at home and then know that so many of the bend the last time was spoke you predicted in that you election should become the number one party in france and here we are you're number one so what's the very first thing you're going to did. the first thing to toggle do is constitute a group in the european parliament to be able to prevent any new advances towards european federalism which i consider to be profoundly antidemocratic i believe that it goes against the sovereignty of the people and the economic social and international interest of france. so long without allies will not be able to provide a new voice different from the one which dominates and the european union form and more. it is. a little bit more abo

more than welcoming since the beginning of this year they've been able to travel and work all over the e.u. some british deputies worried immigrants could start flooding in even suggested running a scare campaign to put them off coming to the u.k. there are many and press saw the letter side of the situation and started campaigning for british citizens to move here and work instead since romania's accession to the e.u. in two thousand and seven brits no longer have to register when they move here so it's hard to say the exact number of them living here but according to the british embassy it's somewhere between three and four thousand and some have even made a business out of helping other newcomers to get started in this country like jean edgar another british ex-pat who left the u.k. eight years ago after his eighty company went bankrupt he makes a living here by helping other ex-pats register firms find staff buy property and offers other help with foreign businessmen may need when setting up shop rumania has a long long way to go before it could be perceived as let's say a western euro

joining the e.u. that it would be a tactical mistake isn't that actually a betrayal of those very people those people who died on my dime dreaming about the blue flag the stars because clearly they had in mind not just european values but european living style. there you know first of all let me just make a comment you dick described both of us especially that i can be personally you know spain is about passion but honestly nothing compared with the passion that you are demonstrating and that you know with me it's ok i value passion i think that in life you have to be passionate but i will try not to get passionate at the level of you are because if if not we can be here until tomorrow now all on on on the utopian first of all ukraine is europe i mean let's be clear you are in kiev and you are in a city that is absolutely utopian this is one reality what i said in this article is that some and and by the way not mr poroshenko with whom i had a long conversation together with secretary of state madelei

come back to the program now ukraine finally signed a trade agreement with the e.u. this week but the failure of the country's previous leader to do so is what sparked the ukrainian crisis leading to the current civil conflict but the new leader insists this is just the first step of closer ties with europe we see that. ukraine as a european country under the forty nine article will have an opportunity to us for the membership perspective this is a very important cabinet for ukraine and to work up. well financially challenged europe still doesn't appear to be quite ready for ukraine the use commissioner for an enlargement a state kiev still needs to prove its european credentials on reforms the blocks energy commissioner has warned that be alive for greece is peanuts compared to the billions brussels will have to find to save kiev's going economy the president of the european commission says the e.u. is not ready to integrate a country like ukraine up this stage and that sentiment is also echoed by the foreign minister all of europe's power highest germany which come

welcome back ukraine finally signed a trade agreement with the e.u. this week the failure of the countries previously to do so as a lot spaulding ukrainian crisis leading to the current civil conflict of the new leader is says this is just the first step krosa ties with europe we see that. ukraine as a european country under the forty nine article will have an opportunity to ask for the membership perspective this is a very important matter for ukraine and to work up. well financially challenged still doesn't appear to be quite ready for ukraine the e.u. commissioner for enlargement has said here but still needs to prove its european credentials and enact reforms the blocks energy commission has warned the bailout for greece is peanuts compared to what will be needed to save here of the economy the president of the european commission says the e.u. is simply not ready to welcome ukraine right now and that sentiment is also echoed by the foreign minister of europe's powerhouse germany comes as no surprise to financial experts tricky. ukraine which last

ukraine in the e.u. signed a deal in brussels to bring them closer together but it's the same agreement that ignited be ongoing armed conflict in the east of the country but the story coming up for you later in the hour. next secretly recorded comments were released this week in which poland's foreign minister condemned his country subservience to washington and did so in vulgar sexual language according to a leaked by a polish online magazine rather sly of sikorsky described poland's alliance with america as worthless or though he resorted to some more simpler sexual metaphors to explain exactly how he felt about relations between the two and it's not just the u.s. he's not satisfied with people drops a little or no punches when talking about the u.k. prime minister's dealing with the euro skeptics sikorsky suggested that david cameron should have used stronger tactics and as if that wasn't enough sikorsky went on to remember other times he believes cameron messed up saying the prime minister isn't like

yes from the very beginning of the onset of this when the e.u. association agreement was presented sensually as an ultimatum non-negotiable to the ukrainian government the democratically elected legitimate government at that time they said that the ukraine had to make a civilizational choice and putting this and these manichean terms trying to draw a dividing line in an ethnically and culturally divided country with no common sense of national identity such as the ukraine was an absolute recipe for disaster that has thus unfolded as russia warned at the time both the ukrainian government at the time and russia recreated repeatedly requested trilateral in the goshi ations on an economic settlement that would. help what is then and is even more so now a completely failed ukrainian economy this was rejected ukraine europe rejected any negotiations with russia they were bent on bringing and they are still bent on bringing ukraine into the european union's the west's geo politically orbit not because they care so much about the ukraine or certainly no

coming up this hour ukraine and the e.u. signed a deal in brussels to bring them closer together it is the same agreement that ignited the ongoing armed conflict in the east of the country we've thought story a little later in the program. secretly recorded comments were released this week in which poland's foreign minister condemned his country's subservience to washington in vulgar sexual language according to a leaked by a polish online magazine sikorsky described poland's alliance with america as worthless although he resorted to somewhat simpler sexual metaphors to explain exactly how he felt about relations between the two but it's not just the us he's less than satisfied with sikorsky pulling no punches when talking about the u.k. prime minister's dealing with euro skeptics suggesting david cameron should have you stronger tactics as i thought was an off the course you're going to want to remember other times he believes cameron mess stop saying the prime minister is not likely to change the course of the european cen

so nineteen of the twenty eight countries of the e.u. joined the e.u. within seventeen years of becoming democracies ideas also a mechanism by which member state governments are able to deliver things which they couldn't be by which could be voted for by their internal political structures so they have free trade and liberalization and lots of the things i do think by the e.u. that can be done and that's what the e.u. that could be i don't know that i'm going to get into the notion of free trade to so so i generally don't have russian at the time we don't see much on anything if you think discussion many thanks to my guests in london and in paris and thanks to our viewers for watching us here in our teeth so you next time remember crosstalk. the greatest nations emphasize with palestinians put millions into health provision . and gaging for a bright future of freedom of. the whole. book too bad the promise is one any knowledge. of. the do good on culture. who. came from. a pleasure to have you with us here on our. i marinate join me on. that impartial a

help glue it and you know the e.u. . but it's not just the u. was the polish foreign minister is less than satisfied with the coast pulled no punches when talking about the u.k. prime minister's dealings with the euro skeptics are suggesting david cameron bowed to pressure and when soft when he should have stayed strong as if that wasn't enough sikorsky went on to remember the times he believes cameron misfired politically saying he's off likely to change need to save the embarrassingly frank diplomatic conversation has caused quite a stir here's what some of the commentators we talked to say let me start which is obvious far for everyone here in poland for most of the analysts has just voiced the opinion which is shared by most of the population here actually it raises other troubling questions about the judgment of a man who is after all his country's chief diplomatic representative who aspires to be the chief diplomatic representative of the entire european union and the governments he has been so scathing about the governments of britain and

ukraine's president signs a trade deal with the e.u. along with the leaders of georgia and moldova it's the very same agreement which ignited the favoring revolution an armed conflict in ukraine's the findings. just won't fly by a long delay in opening a calamitous five billion dollar a port in blamed on the fake engineer given a key role in the project. from a new center here in moscow twenty four hours a day you're watching r t international i'm going to know neil. rebels engaged in war with the syrian president are in line for a half billion dollar windfall from the u.s. president obama has asked congress to approve the money the aid also wanes to counter the radical islamist group isis which is also fighting assad and terrorizing cities in neighboring iraq are. the possible dangers of washington's multi-tasking. the obama administration is requesting for lawmakers to approve five hundred million dollars in spending for the purpose of arming the syrian opposition the white house claims that only appropriate vetted elements of the mod

ukraine's president signs up for closer ties with the e.u. but it was his predecessors failure to join the club which ignited the deadly february revolution in the ongoing armed conflict in ukraine. just hours before it's set to expire ukraine's president extends a cease fire in the east for another three days but it's a true. national guard fighters killed in the latest confrontation. syria's embattled rebels are now in line for a five hundred million dollar military aid package from the u.s. but there are fears the weapons could end up on the wrong side of the.

compared to what we needed to save the kids economy the president of the european commission says the e.u. is simply not ready to welcome ukraine right now and that sentiment is also echoed by the foreign minister of europe germany which comes as no surprise to financial expert patrick. ukraine which last year was in a catastrophic position how it's signed a free trade association this year is going to associate with the european union out the point when it's on the brink already of economic disaster this is a catastrophic move for the ukrainian economy the only winners either this or a few sadly deluded egos whether they're in brussels whether they're in washington who believe some horror of that they've achieved a great geopolitical victory for the people of ukraine there are no jobs to be hard here there's only going to be job losses. early on said washington has been blaming russia for fanning the conflict in ukraine and threatening sanctions unless it stops but america's plans are facing staunch opposition from western businesses sent here's why russia being an emerging market with a

well financially challenge to europe still doesn't appear to be quite ready for ukraine the e.u. commissioner for a large amount to said that kiev still needs to prove its european credentials the blocks energy commissioner has warned the bailout for greece is peanuts compared to the billions that brussels would have to cough up to say here is ailing economy the president of the european commission says the isn't ready to integrate a country like ukraine at this stage and that sentiment is also echoed by the foreign minister of europe's powerhouse germany which comes as no surprise to financial experts patrick. ukraine which last year was in a catastrophic position how that signed a free trade association this year is going to associate with the european union out the point when it's on the brink already of economic disaster this is a catastrophic move for the ukrainian economy the only winners either this or a few sadly deluded egos whether they're in brussels whether they're in washington who believe somehow or other they've achieved a great deal political victory for the peopl

while america wants to feed the world with genetically modified foods the e.u. has got its reservations its environment council has just approved giving member states the right to limit or completely ban maybe the production of g.m. crops that move will now need to be given final approval by the european parliament opinions about bio farming differ among e.u. members close close border members as well if you look at for instance britain pro g.m.o. welcomes initiative so you will enable countries that want to grow such crops to get on with it without having to wait for brussels consent justo the english channel into france they're very anti gere. also have put a back here this decision making power that it's likely to get france though for its part again just over the border from germany to do so with all from france that's on the fence a lot of different views in europe but as artie's peter all of the reports the public is unanimous in saying no to g.m.o. . countries like here in germany we've seen a massive outcry against genetically modified foods people prefe

ukraine's president signs up for closer ties with the e.u. but it was his previous s's failure to join the club which ignited the deadly february revolution and the ongoing armed conflict in ukraine's defined east. just hours before with set to expire ukraine's president and anti-government fighters in the east extend the ceasefire for another three days but it's a truce that's already seen very civilians and national guard fighters killed in the latest confrontation. syria's embattled rebels are now in line for a five hundred million dollar military aid package from the u.s. but there are fears the weapons could end up on the wrong side of the barricades. also in the latest setback to bleiberg is already notorious new airport it's revealed a fake engineer was hired to design the fire safety system causing the opening to be delayed yet again. things such as an already international when live from moscow with the latest international news and a last ukraine's president has a trade agreement deal with the failure to sign the deal is what trigge

so the e.u. is similar taney asleep the democrats club so virtually all of the countries of the e.u. so nineteen of the twenty eight countries of the e.u. joins the e.u. within seventeen years of becoming democracies ideas also a mechanism by which member state governments are able to deliver things which they couldn't be votes which could be voted for by their internal political structures so they have free trade and liberalization a lot of the things are going to be via the e.u. that have been done and that's where the e.u.'s could be i don't know that i'm going to give in to the notion of free trade so sorry gentlemen i have run out of the time we disagree on anything let me think discussion many thanks to my guests in london and in paris and thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time remember. this is. i was born in the ukraine i grew up in a family of alcoholics as did many of my foster sons dead kids who had slept rough on the street since they were four years old s

so nineteen of the twenty eight countries of the e.u. joined the e.u. within seventeen years of becoming democracies are these also a mechanism by which member state governments are able to deliver things which they couldn't be votes which could be voted for by their internal political structures so they have free trade and liberalization and lots of the things are going to be via the e.u. that can be done and that's what the iraqi leader was going to the notion of free trade is so sorry gentlemen i have run out of time we disagree on anything let me think discussion many thanks to my guests in london and in paris and thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time remember. this is. the greatest nations emphasize with palestinians put millions into helping the provisional. engaging for a bright future of freedom of. the problem of all it's going to bond on the bottle to bend their promises once but any bread in all. of. the do goods on how to. live under a bushel common law should be making news all the face of his life you know abo

countries pay for russian gas and he has all the gas pipelines go from russia to the e.u. the majority goes through ukraine's territory despite assurances from moscow that supplies to europe one suffer gas problem says that kiev has threatened that it will take as much on the gas as it needs for free which it has done before and ukraine's prime minister to say me yet yes a new car has ordered a review of the transit fees for russia's gets a pricey euro and the editor in chief of business news europe says this is all leaving brussels warned russia has always been a reliable supplier of gas to europe even in the cold war when we were enemies with then the soviet union. the soviet union continued to deliver gas the problem here with you know the insecurity in russian gas supplies is not russia it's the fact that it has to go through ukraine and ukraine is more or less bankrupt has been unable to pay for its gas and so when it needs gas it simply siphons of gas that was headed to the west now russia will do if they do stop supplying ukraine gas they will continue to supply wha

is largely to for the benefit of the conscience of e.u. parliamentarian's who don't want to be wringing their hands that they're signing a agreement with a government that is busy murdering its own would be people in the week running up to this however this entire week while the operations have continued we have also seen it being used as a pretext in a cover for moving in a tremendous amount of heavy military gear of new and even deadlier capabilities into the donny outs and lugansk regions the most recent word on the ground is that they are moving right now as we speak to cut off lugansk completely. from any outside. to reach the city or for refugees to leave it so once this assignment agreement is signed i'm sure we will see some kind of excuse or perhaps a provocation some false flag event from the regime in kiev and by the end of this weekend the mass repression and state terror campaign that the kiev regime is conducting against the people of ukraine will be resumed at full scale to a new. far deadlier and more severe scope and this

is heard across the e.u. where member states could soon get the right to decide for themselves whether or not to allow biotech farming despite u.s. pressure on brussels to ramp up global trade. and this is r.t. international from moscow first in this hour ukraine's interim prime minister's deliberately scuppered gas talks with russia that's according to the head of gazprom moscow says kiev's on compromising insistence on massive gas discounts effectively killed off the negotiations with the e.u. declaring support for russia's position. has been watching the deadlock. get a better idea of where these talks are going or rather not going to listen to a rather critical comment from the c.e.o. of gazprom alexei miller on the ukrainian actions in these talks he's who can insist on the strategy of the ukrainian side is outright blackmail them when they choose from the stock they took new constructive steps made new compromises and apparently want to be maximally aggravates gas relationship so judging by that it seem

serious difficulties for the other member states of the e.u. businesses which operate in scotland and citizens who live here and that would jeopardize the rights of those businesses in substance while as that vote nears many famous names are choosing sides among the more thorough of the harry potter series j.k. rowling who's received abuse online after the dating a million pounds to british unity scotland's sole hero and paid told r.t. sophie shevardnadze that his fellow scot should be misled by what the separatist politicians are claiming we have had the three hundred year old alliance talking has a three hundred year old lines with england which is benefit both countries and enable both of us to punch above our weight on the world stage mr samad is not offering independence and away mr salman who is the leader of the scottish national party of us present scotland he is offering a rule from brussels because he want to remain part of the european union it wants to offer rule from brussels and financial rule from frankfurt that's not independenc

or lose from joining the e.u. sanctions against russia that's my question and mr putin said today i think you feel it effectively but i will wash your b.g. in your voice directed your or. your request to the council federation. requesting it to know your decision to authorize the use of military forces. but look right now there is fighting inside a helicopter has been shot down and nine people are. ukraine. now being represented by the president and. moderating this discussion is notable picture it is framed as some kind of separatist leader so we're looking into the result of that but predetermined you said that russia is in favor of substantive negotiations what do you mean by that and how long can it take because it's. take much more than seven days or even a month or five months for that matter. i can tell you the following i'm convinced. that no one can benefit from sanctions. to think. are not a means of. scoring any advantage nobody. thinks distinction there are people who believe they. are indispensable wh

scots scratching their heads one thing that scotland currently enjoys under westminster rule is the e.u. membership but the president of the european commission jos a manual barroso has said that it would be extremely difficult if not impossible for an independent scotland to join his club many leaders of the european union have made it very clear that not only would it not be able to they will she wouldn't look favorably upon scotland applying to become a member of the european union down the line but those in the yes camp say that the e.u. can't just kick out all the scots that are already members five minutes to does make a choice for the country's independence i know from diplomats and politicians across the union who will accept that nato is another elite members club that the yes campaign insists it would be able to stay in the big part of nuclear armaments resting in scotland and the yes campaign of the s.n.p. have a strict no nuclear policy no nuclear weapons policy and whether they will stick to that or whether they will decide that actually they want to be more flexible in ord

business at the e.u. summit today, the signing of the trade and economic deal, association agreements as they are called with ukraine, moldova, and georgia. underent poroshenko was strain when he spoke about what he feels this deal means for his country. >> what a great day. maybe most important day for my country after independence day. moment of historical interest. it shows how dramatically things can change in a short time if the will of the people is strong enough. >> moscow's warnings about the e.u. doing business with ukraine supported by a decidedly personal attack on mr. poroshenko in abb she -- a bbc interview. is the government largest region of ukraine. >> are you saying president poroshenko is a nazi? >> of course. he supported nazis. he supported the rights sector and so forth. >> after the signing in brussels, people gathered to celebrate the event. it was so different here last winter when the very deal signed today was the trigger for deadly protests. the pro-russian leader of ukraine at