e.u. membership here this is something that threatens russia's national security how do you intend to solve this conflict of interests. if you don't not with them our position concerning need to remains the same we have confirmed it to more than once and i will confirm and once again georgia is spars to become a nato member state. as for your question how we can match and harmonize those interests it's a tough question unfortunately we have failed so forth to achieve tangible improvements in relations with russia. and that as you know for years one of the main claims of the russian government has been the inability to copulate with the previous government and the government. really if you remember the previous government sarratt story which was absolutely unacceptable and full of hate speech which we changed this rhetoric you know we started to reset and improve our relations with russia. we have spoken about this issue many times that you may know that we publicly expressed our willingness and we do conduct direct dialogue with within this format by a letter a little meetings are held betw

e.u. membership london says scotland could forget about it the trident nuclear program david cameron claims getting rid of it is a bad idea in case of a north korean nuclear attack and there might even be roaming charges on mobile phones if the split happens and the list goes on it's a project fear by the yes camp and they accuse the government of scare mongering scots into voting no and they'd sist the white paper will prove that independence would bring about a jobs boom and a thriving economy concerns that resonate with voters this white paper answers some six hundred fifty questions and the details here really are two main categories here one those that will be negotiated during the transition period and another of those will be made if an independent scottish government is formed they promise indeed a lot of breaking down of all the policies they want to pursue but let's listen to a bit of what they said we would call a halt to damaging. many people into poverty abolish the bedroom tax and ensure that the incomes of the. peace with the course of living the main crux of the matter here

e.u. and nato because let's remember you and nato membership go hand in hand and russia and why it's a game of chess being played out between the two it's been instigated by the west ever since the collapse of the soviet union ukraine is being viewed by western policymakers in particular in washington and in brussels as an as a very important country to get influence in it has a population of a fourteen million has a large industrial sector a large i could go to a sector and of course it is placed in the under in the soft underbelly of russia and so that's what this whole dispute is a balance it's a game of chess which has been instigated by the west. and it's completely natural it's what we're hearing at the moment for example in the british media that russia is perceived as an alien country to ukraine that's absolutely nonsense the western most regions of ukraine for example delay syria that's where you will find situations russia that's where you'll find and see russian sentiment regions where you work so be austria-hungary one empire and poland but that assigns the ukrainians and the ru

membership in the long term. unfortunately i think not the history of e.u. expansion has not been one which is well served altogether the people who have been in the former soviet bloc or in the former soviet union itself. i have some sympathies with the protesters and i understand their desire to have better government have better standards of living of their dinner there and i think it will certainly fail but if we take a look at east we're expansion of the e.u. we can see that it has in the past produced really aid dnd us realisation in the east. labor migration from the east to the west and so we've also seen western european consumer products don't in the east so europe's ambition here ben obviously wants to take on one of the largest countries in europe and yet it's effectively bankrupt isn't it what's he going to gain from that membership apart from you said maybe cheaper labor coming in from the east to the west. i think we need to take a look at the situation in the west europe in the late one nine hundred eighty s. at that time there was a great de

e.u. membership tests. should scotland be an independent country it's a six word question that requires a simple yes or no but breaking a three hundred year old unit could hardly be simple in the scots are not taking it lightly as it stands only about thirty percent of scots say they will vote for independence a figure those of the yes camp hope to increase by presenting that much anticipated white paper which a scottish national party says has the answers to all the questions about it dependents the prime minister david cameron and goes the ball into the no cab and says that in the car this is laden with risks and problems with warnings on just about everything scotland wants to keep the sterling pounded a currency union with the u.k. an idea dismissed by westminster taxes and debt the no suggests deeper and higher taxes e.u. membership london says scotland could forget about it the trident nuclear program david cameron claims getting rid of it is a bad idea in case of a north korean nuclear attack and the

e.u. membership london says scotland could forget about it the trident nuclear program david cameron claims getting rid of it is a bad idea in case of a north korean nuclear attack and there might even be roaming charges of mobile phones if the split happens and the list goes on it's dubbed a project fear by the yes camp and they accuse the government of scare mongering scots into voting no and they've sist the white paper will prove that independence would bring about a jobs boom and a thriving economy concerns that resonate with voters this white paper answers some six hundred fifty questions and the details here really are key there are two main categories here one those that will be negotiated during the transition period and another of those will be made if an independent scottish government is formed they promise indeed a lot of breaking down of all the policies they want to pursue let's listen to a bit of what they said we would call a halt to damaging westminster policies are pushing suman. people into poverty abolish the bedroom tax and ensure that the incomes of the lowest paid ke

e.u. membership here this is something that threatens russia's national security how do you intend to solvehis conflict of interests. if you don't not with them our position concerning need to remains the same goal we have confirmed in the more than once and i will confirm and once again georgia is spars to become a nato member state. as for your question how we can match and harmonize those interests it's a tough question unfortunately we have failed so forth to achieve tangible improvements in relations with russia. but as you know for years one of the main claims of the russian government has been the inability to copulate with the previous government and the governmental mihael sec us really if you remember the previous governments or rhetoric which was absolutely unacceptable and full of hate speech we think we changed this rhetoric you know we started to reset and improve our relations with russia. we have spoken about this issue many times that you may know that we publicly expressed our willingness and we do conduct direct dialogue with within this format by a lateral meetings are h

e.u. membership. takes up the story. should scotland be an independent country it's a six word question that requires a simple yes or no but breaking a three hundred year old doing it could hardly be simple and the scots are not taking it lightly as it stands only about thirty percent of scots say they will vote for independence a figure those in the yes camp hope to increase by presenting that much anticipated white paper which a scottish national party says has the answers to all the questions about independence of prime minister david cameron and those belonging to the no conferences but in the service is laden with risks and problems with warnings on just about everything scotland wants to keep the sterling pounded a currency union with the u.k. an idea dismissed by westminster taxes and debt the no suggests deeper a steady and higher taxes e.u. membership london says scotland could forget about it they tried a nuclear program david cameron claims getting rid of it is a bad idea in case of a north korean nuclear atta

e.u. membership here this is something that threatens russia's national security how do you intend to solvehis conflict of interests. if you don't know that then our position concerning need to remains the same goal we have confirmed it to more than once and i will confirm and once again georgia is spars to become a nato member state. as for your question how we can match and harmonize those interests it's a tough question unfortunately we have failed so forth to achieve tangible improvements in relations with russia. but as you know for years one of the main claims of the russian government has been the inability to copulate with the previous government and the government. really if you remember the previous government sarratt story which was absolutely unacceptable and full of hate speech which we changed this rhetoric you know we started to reset and improve our relations with russia. we have spoken about this issue many times that you may know that we publicly expressed our willingness and we do conduct direct dialogue with within this format by a lateral meetings are held between the p

e.u. membership what if they don't agree to what alex salmond has has been proposing but he said that he is confident that everything that's contained in six hundred seventy pages will be addressing every single question if anything of this why people is going to be a springboard for even more dates in the months to come. a series of deadly attacks this week brought into sharp focus just how unstable libya has become on sunday militias launched an assault on a base in benghazi using rocket launchers but nobody was wounded is the latest in a series of violent outbursts in the city that left five people dead this week and a blast at a military death left more than sortie people dead in southern lever as they try. munition people in the capital tripoli are open about how seriously the violence is affecting them. it's a message to libya's government we want to through it used to solve the problems that are making the people suffer. we want everybody who's illegally carrying weapons to disarm we want and then to the bloodshed the people who are rallying for security in libya for the army and pol

e.u. deal the opposition insists that a move toward europe is the right one but the government doesn't see it that way because brussels isn't offering the membership or other privileges that most europeans get plus yannick over its indicated that the e.u. didn't offer enough cash to help combat the country's economic woes still many are saying there are major financial advantages to working with europe e.u. leaders for instance claim ukraine's economy would be boosted by more than six percent in that businesses would save money on import duties ukraine's leadership though thinks the deal could actually cause an economic downturn and we have heard some e.u. officials say that kiev was pressured by moscow not to sign the foreign ministers of sweden and poland among the latest to do so ukraine already has a free trade agreement with russia that gives it increased exports and other advantages to the east associate professor of political economy jeffrey summers says why he thinks the ukrainian economy could be hurt by the strengthening trade relations with the e.u. . if we take a look at eastward expansion of the e.u. we can see that it has in the past

e.u. membership. for just so. you see. the soup was. sleazy through the sleaze those. who opposed the move she. will. give my speech to forgive me for benefits but bush was made here next to. me as dr a good while should have been inspirational to somebody pulls up with dust and you'll be getting enjoy the good it was made of which you would then rather be a prick doesn't it is easier to reach who through but you're going to the shit out of the air. through life or because it was good c.s. carefully you. will feel studies are good overseas consists of who buys his troubles with the. he'll was a suitable job but who doesn't look at least that was negotiate lest you should be young but i'm glad i didn't. who will do you know the rest of those you will see if you live so that it will look into this with your brother. in law who. lives here or should. go to work. or if you prefer you can still go to schools partly because of the overseas says. knows a lot that was is his own and yeah as you got off easy is it ok if. a few more is necessary but it needs their needs there. i

e.u. membership is important for croatia, and its image as one of the - sorry, as the youngest member of the european union. the other side, which is supporting this same-sex marriage ban in croatia is saying that croatia will not be the only country inside the e.u. with that law. there's poll -- poland and hungary. they have the same banning of same-sex marriage. it's difficult to say which way it will affect croatia will this referendum result, whether this will affect the relations with boroug brussels or not. the croatian government would like to see this ban not take effect. >> we watch the results with interest. many thanks. more to come on al jazeera america, including how living with h.i.v. is changing in the u.s. >> i used to call it hell in a vial, now i call it heaven. >> our latest on the h.i.v. aids series. >> i'm on the border of dominican republic and haiti. tensions escalating. >> in sport - the flying dutchman helps the german champions extend their run. details soon. [ ♪ music ] >> the top stories on al jazeera: police in bangkok fire tear gas and water canons at anti-gover

e.u. membership will offer in the long term. i think there's a bruiser group is pro european we're proud democracy we are in favor of the nation state and against the european union which is anti democratic european union values are ones where the ball of the elite takes precedence over those of democratically elected officials the european union is about institutionalized corruption based in brussels and excessive regulation if the ukraine signs of partnership agreement with the e.u. it will have to enforce e.u. regulations with very little input into those laws that will be very damaging for the ukrainian economy it will mean job losses the people who are protesting at the moment should realize that and the association agreement with the european union could well mean. that they will be out of a job they should recognise that really let me talk about i'm really. far more to say let's thank you robert will know about membership balgair of course is an e.u. member how's it been working for your country tell us the benefits. yes.

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e.u. membership london says scotland could forget about it the trident nuclear program david cameron claims getting rid of it is a bad idea in case of a north korean nuclear attack and there might even be roaming charges on mobile phones if the split happens at the list goes on it's dubbed project fear by the yes camp and they accuse the government of scare mongering scots into voting no and they'd says the white paper would prove that independence would bring about a jobs bill and a thriving economy since the president with voters cameron argued that an independent scotland will have to negotiate in the future for the things that house right now along with the signalling that it won't be making it easy for the crux of the matter goes back to economics a recent poll found out. independence made the five hundred pounds richer more than hot spots were growth. reporting from london i'm tess are cilia. to libya we go now where more than forty people were killed on thursday in a blast at a military depot a group of locals were trying to steal ammunition but they all died in the explosion and mil

e.u. membership london says scotland could forget about it the try to nuclear program david cameron claims getting rid of it is a bad idea in case of a north korean nuclear attack and there might even be roaming charges on mobile phones if the split happens at the list goes on it's dubbed project fear by the yes camp and they accuse the government of scare mongering scots into voting no and they'd says the white paper would prove that independence would bring about a jobs and a thriving economy cern's that resonate with voters cameron argued that an independent scotland will have to negotiate in the future for the things that it has right now along with the signalling that it won't be making it easy for the crux of the matter goes back to economics a recent poll found out that it's in the. and it's made the five hundred pounds richer more than half the spots were growth rate reporting from london i'm tess are still you are to libya now where more than forty people were killed on thursday in a blast at a military depo a gang had been trying to steal ammunition but they all died in the explo

e.u. membership any case what would eventually give the if you look at the situation by garrett where you have riots at the moment the situation with the remaining economy and you can argue we're getting very little and what the e.u. doing at the moment is some have very mixed messages you get stephanie fuel saying that the deal is off and you call builds saying it's on and it's always on you really go to europe and be you kind of messing i'm going to pilates and stirring the situation was it wouldn't give ukraine is what ukraine needs at the moment which is hard cash which is twenty to twenty five billion short term ukraine is deeply invested in russia with those debt settlement to out if you create word to go over to john you look at a very unfavorable rate of interest in the e.u. is effectively offering kristie but it isn't offering hard cash and furthermore i would say to the protesters in my dan are you really there for the future of ukraine to make your country better or are you there because you believe in a visa free system it will be easy if you to leave ukraine. russia plays har

e.u. membership for the ukraine nothing less than an act of betrayal. >> i want the countries to cop race with russia, i don't want the european union. >> translation: they'll be told what to do. ukrainians are not strangers, they are a part of our people and our hearts blad -- bleed for them. >> an e.u. wedding with viktor yanukovych will not be possible without the participation of the best man, vladimir putin. for brussels it may be one guest too many at this particular union. >> rory, that was a perspective from russia. there's been confusion over the e.u.'s policy towards ukraine. what is going on there? >> remember the statement from the e.u.'s commissioner for enlargement yesterday, who tweeted, basically, that all talks with the ukraine had been put on hold. he accused the u.k. of prevary occasions and the door was pretty much closed. there has been a readjustment of the message from other members within the e.u. we heard from the swedish foreign minister and from the dutch foreign minister. both of which said that actually let's not be hasty about this. perhaps the best message f

e.u. membership. the toxic situation here was further enflamed by the heavy and brutal hand of the police. the riot police used teargas, baton charges and stun grenades. the protesters responded with rocks. the result: dozens of injured on both sides and a foretaste of things to come in a crisis with no elegant or obvious solution. >> woodruff: for more on the protests and what it all means, i'm joined by former u.s. ambassador to the ukraine steven pifer, now a director and senior fellow at the brookings institution. welcome to the newshour, so tell us more about why these protests have been happening. they started what, a week ago sunday. >> ten days ago presidentian you can-- yannock very much said it would sus pen an agreement that would have brought to closer to the european union. we saw it a week ago yesterday, sunday, 100,000 people on the streets protesting that. the turnout yesterday was bolstered by the fact that there is huge outrage in the ukraine over the use of force on saturday morning

e.u. membership, closer to russia and they are leaning towards russia for future economic and political cooperationhe story continues. adam: what the ukrainians and russians, if you look at history would have thought the natural place for ukraine to go would be towards the european union, not russians. let's go to charles. lori: let's get back to making money with charles payne, to breakdown the markets. you can call this indecisive. charles: indecisive, someone to dull, giving a lot of gains from last friday, the big jump on the jobs market but not a panicy market. these are the markets with individual names set up for a major move to the downside particularly going into earnings. people have to be careful. in the last couple weeks i had a few that got hammered pretty good on guidance that missed the street by a penny. this is a good example. their guidance for fiscal year 14 is a lot worse, wall street looking at $7.54, they have a lot of things, unit demand, increasing the number of americans with high insurance deductibles, uncertainty over the health-care law but look how punishing, that is th

any other free country in the world followed by explicit threats to kiev if the movement and membership in the e.u. does not achieve that cause it's going to have very serious effects here in ukraine and in u.s. craned lation he accused russia of interfering but many question why he was there in the first place it's not the first time john mccain has been seen playing a visit to those the united states is currently lending its support to he had a photo op with some syrian rebel kidnappers now it's a world boxing champion turned politician and mccain is not the only american politician in ukraine his appearance that gives independent square was preceded by u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland handing out cakes to the protesters the reason they are there is bluntly because i think these people want to detach the ukraine from russia as they see it and they think that by supporting the protesters in. here they might actually achieve that the problem with that strategy is that it's simply not working the balance between the ukraine and russia economically and culturally and sneaky and simp

membership of the e.u.he catalyst that would have caused real disruption to also realize that an agreement with the customs union would have had the same effect. he tries to block the middle ground hoping people would be satisfied with that. i don't think they will. membership of the e.u. as part of a technical manner but what that message was the line minutes with europe was an outcry against the corruption against the entire country president yanukovych and lives in a holmes estimated to be $100 billion in estimated his son was a dentist know a billionaire. i knowed dentistry is lucrative. [laughter] and of course, the corruption that permeates the country is something and they looked at their lives and standard of living europe purses russia. these conversations were demonstrations were not to join the e.u. but the direction the path is on of the country that is the only way to get people in some of the freezing weather to demonstrate the way that they have. i don't know exactly what will happen next in

institutionalized corruption based in brussels and excessive regulation will know about membership balgair of course is an e.u. member how's it been working for your country tell us the benefits the area has. seven successful in the european union so we have good results economic in education social spheres so in the. unemployment of course to solve the problem in one month from a maze that bulgarian plea to she can talking about the european union when bulgaria was a basket case importing tomatoes from thirty. eight used to supply all of eastern and central europe with vegetables only twenty years ago that would create all sky but that's exactly what the politicians were saying to the protesters in kiev central square over the last few days politicians from not just ukraine but elsewhere to have politicians. arriving in my down square from poland. particularly from poland but we also the german foreign minister festival and the dutch foreign minister to was was also on my down and to have these people trooped the color as it were and to to support these protests i find quite extraordinary we were having a bi

e.u. won't let you grain profit from europe's economy as european union officials and has a few rypien states try to explain the advantages of european membership to ukrainian police. they couldn't name even a few ukrainian products that would be able to penetrate the european market and there is only one explanation for that is that there would be none indeed the european market is a very protected market and it is actually the ukrainian market that europe needs particularly in this time of in economic crisis so it is ukraine is viewed as an extension of the european market. and let's now take a look at how the ukrainian procedures have unfolded in the past couple of weeks so they started on november the twenty first soon after the government said it was suspending a major trade deal with the new rallies on the capital's independence square last night and not the week with several thousand demonstrators and police occasionally engaging in scuffles on friday night however security forces ran out of patients and raided the camp using sheer force to disperse the crowd authorities were quick to buy any protest in central kiev but this has only ser

e.u. won't let you crane profit from europe's economy. as european union officials and has a few rypien states try to explain the advantage yourself european membership to. the police from the cold and even a few ukrainian products there would be able to penetrate the european market and there is only one explanation for that is that there would be none indeed the european market is it's a very protected market and it is actually the ukrainian market that europe needs particularly in this time of in economic crisis so it is ukraine is viewed as an extension of the european market and of course we're keeping an eye on the situation in kiev on r.c. dot com where you can find updates as well as the latest these ears and photos and also got a detail timeline of events there in case you missed anything. weary of what they see as the broken promises of britain's ruling functions x. rays so laying the foundation of a new term that's left us a party it's a ways to revive the working class ideals to the labor party which they say now only caters to big business to us our senior finds out whether the time is right for change there. so this area right here in f