e.u. do you understand where those people are coming from. well no i would quite frankly that this whole business in the ukraine quite frankly is is caused by the european union and particularly cathy ashton who's quote unquote fired for the job is as the european foreign minister whatever she's called this is the european union trying to do a bit of empire building extending into the ukraine and making offers which the cattle fulfill because the european union hasn't got money to rebuild the ukrainian economy they lead the ukrainians and so false sense of security which you know is absolute nonsense. when when the the berlin wall came down when russia changed from being a communist nation the general idea everybody understood where the demarcation was between the russian zulu influence and the european zone of influence the western sort of influence that's been respected here to for but you know this is not respect respecting russia's sovereign territory or indeed russia's zone or sphere of influence and i think going about interfering with that

e.u. countries well joining us in the now on the line is on the belly he's an associate professor at the university of tartu in as stony and thanks for being with us moscow says the e.u. just wants to punish russia and doesn't think about economic and political bonuses for its member states such as ball garia who benefit from bulgaria backing out of this project. well i don't know what risk you need to make sure it's really. an economic benefit or top it so green chile where you are in. the world really don't know where it got going on. declining in particular not speak and he way i want to portofino sure you are good or which are not true critical to remember but over. and over and going. from her. you could international energy companies or are you open to are you know don't try no. money thrown back project for anyone. who will be harmed most what other what is another option target sites interrupt you for the e.u. at the moment. we're going to need opinion in a country to a number of options including including growing up late writing including the upgrade plan and i were one of the i'm not goi

e.u. as well as countries across the greater middle east to try to find ways of helping to stabilize the situationide iraq. it's heavy lifting but it seems as if everyone is willing at this point at least, to discuss what might be the most efficient way of making a difference without undercutting iraqi sovereignty. >> and with so much pressure on nouri al-maliki himself, he seems rather isolated at the moment. and he seems convinced that he's the man to take iraq forward in to the next phase. i am just wondering whether you are aware whether mr. kerry agrees with that and whether he thinks that maliki is the than to do business with or not? >> reporter: well, if you put the question to the secretary of state or to any of these spokes people, they will say that it's not for the u.s. to pick who should be the leader of a rack, that is iraq,that is a matter fi voters and members of parliament that are going to be meet buying monday at the latest to try to start this process of forming a new government. that said, there is a lot of frustration with nouri al-maliki. there is a widespread belief here in

e.u. must be realistic as well in the. we need the ukrainian government to engage in negotiation with the separatists in eastern ukraine extend a hand to them and start discussing some practical issues such as language status culture and so on. as far as i know such policies on the part of the government would stand a chance next question please. but if you're not i'm not a. radio station i also have a question with employees who work for both president mr president. you said that. you decision and you massively awarded the world of sanctions. 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 not

well the transatlantic deal does look good on paper the partnership with a lot of the removal of trade barriers and the regulatory differences hindering growth of the u.s. or the e.u.'s economy well they'd just be washed away plus america on europe's collective g.d.p. could be boosted by around two hundred and fifty billion dollars but critics believe some pieces of the puzzle well they just don't fit their worry corporations would end up ruling governments on tax payers they're for footing the bill for anything that could go wrong and it would be almost impossible to hold any corporation to account because of the sheer size of the search on a lack of transparency michael shank of the u.s. friends committee on national legislation believes all that is an opportunity for washington the e.u. to flex their muscles while it's good for investors it's bad for health it's bad for the environment it's bad for labor and it's bad for regulations that countries and states have worked for decades to institute so those are some of the biggest concerns and what it says to russia what it says to china with the t p p is that we don't want you a part of this conversation and in th

e.u. association agreement. well moscow has warned that some points in pershing because plan could actually lead to greater bloodshed rather than actually solving the crisis and we reported more on that online. this is the f. thirty five stealth fighter jet it's america's most advanced and most expensive war play and it's just been given yet another boost in a new defense spending bill bust despite the pentagon having already shelled out nearly four hundred billion dollars on its development and to cover the costs the plane is now being touted to foreign buyers saudis reimport no explains. the f. thirty five stealth fighter jet is the crandell a crime of military planes. and the pentagon's most expensive conventional weapons program it's a game changer the world's only fifth generation fighter jet is manufactured by lockheed martin combining state of the art technology with highly advanced avionics and maneuverability the pentagon plans to buy nearly twenty five hundred f. thirty five but delays and cost increases ha

e.u. the majority goes through ukraine's territory well despite assurances from moscow that supplies to europe would not suffer gazprom says that here has threatened that it will take as much transit gas as it needs for free which it has done before and ukraine's prime minister has said me yet the new guy has ordered a review of the transit fees for russia's gas supplies to europe right now we're going to go live to london's political experts alexander crossover who joins us now thank you very much mr norcross of now gazprom says ukraine has threatened to siphon the transit gas let's take a listen to guess from steve miller on that. the position of the ukrainian side can be described as open blackmail the ukrainian government the prime minister wanted just from to allow ukraine to pay an ultra low price for gas it also said it would take our gas without any payment and in volumes it needs of course such demands are unacceptable for the russian side. mr miller said it sounds like an open blackmail could we be looking at a repeat of what happened in two thousand and nine with power shortages in

well what we've been hearing from the e.u. energy commission. is this well get ready for potentially a cold winter ahead now this comes after ukraine had it gas cut off by russia after it failed to pay billions if u.s. dollars an outstanding bills ukraine is the main point of transit at the moment the getting gas into europe in many european nations rely on russian gas as either their main or in some cases their only source of energy if those supplies are siphoned off well it can have an effect as it has in the past when ukraine's being cut off and they start to take that gas they did it in two thousand and six last time was in two thousand and nine seventeen countries here in europe reported shortages ates were completely without any gas amongst those the most worst affected countries like bulgaria and slovakia we saw real problems there when it came to keating to industry that was pretty much shut down so it is a big deal if ukraine starts to take this gas that is destined for europe since it's being cut off for the failure to pay its bills to

so as energy giant has cut the pipelines to ukraine how does that affect europe well what we've been hearing from the e.u. energy commission. is this well get ready for potentially a cold winter ahead this comes. it had its gas cut off by russia after it failed to pay billions in u.s. dollars an outstanding bills ukraine is the main point of transit at the moment the getting gas into europe in many european nations rely on russian gas as either their main or in some cases their only source of energy now alexey miller the head of gazprom the russian gas giant is been talking to russian prime minister dmitry medvedev and said they should expect ukraine will try and siphon off some of this gas now they do have form when it comes to the grain they did it in two thousand and six they did it in two thousand and nine and two thousand and nine we saw particularly a harsh time a harsh winter for countries like bald garia and slovakia now. also many other nations across europe seventeen countries in two thousand and nine reported that they had extreme shortages and eight went completely bone dry so if you create d

e.u. countries. well, the firm's arrangements with ireland, the netherlands, and luxenbourg is essential. a u.s. senate investigation accused ireland of giving special treatment to apple and has released a statement in response saying that apple is proud to have been doing business in ireland since 1980. we've grown to more than 4,000 employees who serve our customers through manufacturing, export, and other critical functions. we'll have more on that, of course, in business lute the rest of the day. back to you. >> a big story. thanks very much for that. >>> now, a militant group based in the province of north waziristan. the islamic movement of uzbekistan posted pictures of ten men wearing black turbines and holding rifles who they say were the ones that stormed the airport. >>> let's talk to amber from the bbc who joins me on set now. amber, tell us a little bit more about what you know about this uzbek group, the islamic movement of uzbekistan. in particular, how they fit into the pakistani taliban. >

now indeed the civil war in syria has had an impact far beyond the country's borders and the e.u. well it's no exception recent reports claim almost twenty percent of foreign recruits currently fighting are from western europe but what happens when the return home surf earth reports from britain. is this was a front this is a pool where massive lives at least until he became the first person to be convicted on terror those traveling to fight in syria that his conviction raises some crucial questions what exactly has being criminalized and one of the implications of his conviction not just here in the u.k. he might be thinking of traveling to syria the hundreds of places this is it already thought to be out there fighting. mattia to chow terry was convicted of preparing acts of terrorism in large part due to evidence based on his say show media it was argued he aimed to join al qaeda inspired rebels fighting the assad regime. they have since been team all convictions under similar charges but despite the recent prosecutions and a met police scheme aimed at preventing young people going

well the e.u. still relies on russia for about a third of its natural gas consumption and did a bit to lessen that share it appears as though brussels is being forced to take a step back and turn to an old school source of energy namely coal amid rising fuel prices that use coal consumption has been steadily rising compared to the use of natural gas and that is despite massive environmental campaigns to reduce carbon emissions and cut back on highly polluting fuels even germany known for its commitment to alternative energy has been no exception as peter oliver explains. the black heart of the center of the green dream in germany coal is back in vogue we see a renaissance of coal combustion and naturally this is a desire to the credibility of germany's as regards climate mitigation it's an issue that runs deep in america's government they hope to be able to generate a massive eighty percent of energy from renewables like solar and wind by twenty fifty while getting rid of nuclear. and the only othe

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 preferring to shop it organic stores like the one behind me now the reasons they've given for they saw several most notably health reasons people who are against g.m.o. foods are saying that there's not enough research on the fact the research hasn't even been done walk at the end of june we're going to see the negotiations on the new transatlantic trade and investment policy

e.u. exactly? >> well, only positive signs coming from brussels. there the e.u. leaders, all 28 met with the presidents of mole dove have a, georgia and ukraine to sign this new association agreement opening up the european markets to those states. from the ukrainian point of view, it's the result of deep sacrifice not just in financial materials but also here in the terms of lives. we've had hundreds of people killed as a result of the split that was caused when the previous president refused to sign the association agreement. in the last sort of hour, what we're hearing is that a ceasefire agreement which had been in place for the last week will be extended by the ukrainian president in order to try to give a boost to hopes that find a peaceful solution to the violent conflict we've heard. he hasn't said it publicly yet. we're hearing it from sources reported on agencies so i put that caveat on the report at the moment. it's a positive sign, a glimmer of hope that we may be avoiding a all out conflict in the east. >> we haven't seen a complete ceasefire. what i

which is among the most strategically important projects on the continent well despite some countries wavering washington and the e.u. trying to delay construction the signing of the agreement in vienna into the south stream is one step closer to becoming reality post got to be an ostrich. well if the deal is sealed south stream could start operating in two thousand and fifteen and would be able to pump a sixty billion cubic meters of natural gas every year by two thousand and twenty it could be up to eighty billion cubic meters and in ten years time deliveries of russian gas to europe could surpass one hundred forty billion cubic meters but austria's deputy prime minister of transport and technology says vienna is very interested with close cooperation with moscow. i think. times which are. perhaps political a little bit difficult it's very important to build creatures and not to ground so . always so the information should. be cultural so. sick of science and technology and also that come on make relations and so we're all powerful tools should be. to. try to improve his success stories. for us courses released al

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 external borders that includes assistance technical assistance and some training to the coast guard the libyan coast guard is intercepting and rescuing. the vessels carrying thousands of migrants of asylum seekers towards the you and those that are intercepted and rescued if they're not allowed to bribe their way out of custody on the docks are taken to the centers where they're abused and so it's something the e.u. has to think about very carefully the fact is that the libyan coast guard is helping bring people from the eye and from the libyan territorial waters into these abusive detention centers all the more reason why the e.u. should do what it can to make sure these abuses and jerry simpson author of human rights watch report on

buying american very expensive american gas as well that's all part of the business well any rift between russia and the e.u. is really good for america because it is desperate to start telling its own gas if you look at this map right there you can see that europe gets thirty percent of its gas from russian federation and to you and ukraine is actually a major hub on that transport route from russia to europe and what america is desperate to do is to start selling its own gas but the problem is gas prices in europe right now are too low and i'm going to read if you took all this out of the equation all the transit through ukraine. how's that going to affect the price of gas it would go up wouldn't it sure not so lonely in that is exactly what would make shipping all that gas for america to europe actually profitable and at the same time it would hit russia's economy to boot so america stands everything to gain and very little to lose. also from us deal or no deal e bay uses played over the old gas bottle russian gas being offered over the site of plucking recently ridiculous bids ongoing for a while it wou

e.u. . and the united states but this time around is really very serious marina port ny r.t. washington well despite the tough language the polish foreign minister has actually said what many in poland thinking at least that is according to a political analyst. with kind of obscene and somewhat racist words it was articulated what i think a great deal of the polish people probably feel poland supported the united states when during the attack on iraq the george w. bush called the new europe but yet they've gotten nothing out of it the polish people are suffering under extreme measures of austerity and now there are u.s. troops piling in their country using it as a place to threaten russia and i think that this. kind of reveal revealed that i think that some of the anger was is widespread it's also interesting to point out that you know that in light of this in the recent victoria nuland tapes that in a lot of instances you know the public officials you know while they may speak to the public in very clear and articulate words behind closed doors in their personal interactions they can be qui

plus as well a resulting no to g.m.o. 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

good well we'll talk about what there is good or not for ukraine and for the broader e.u. in a minute but why apparently is ukraine being so intransigent here where you know we have washington puppet regime in ukraine and washington's intent is to you know stop the good understanding in europe between the e.u. and russia and a good vehicle to do that is this kind of you know gas trouble created in effect with washington's backing and so we need not wait for any you know good approach of the interim regime but politics aside people in the west in western europe are bob worried about the gas supplies were cooking etc etc etc why isn't brussels putting more pressure on ukraine right now to at least try a major the middle with the russian side. you see that is the big big problem of the e.u. people have with their governments because they conduct a kind of high treason policy in effect by and not you know heeding the true interests of the european people but following washington in a very stupid and uses useless way and for that reason i think the e.u. is by its strange govern

e.u. the majority goes through ukraine territory well despite assurances from moscow of a surprise you want to suffer gazprom says that kiev has threatened that it will take as much transit guess as it needs for free which it has done before and ukraine's prime minister samy if the nuke has ordered a review of the transit fees for russia's get supplies to europe the editor in chief of business news europe says all this is leaving brussels war eat russia has always been a reliable supplier of gas to europe even in the cold war when we really 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 off gas that was headed to the west now or us will do if they do stop supplying ukraine gas they will continue to supply what their contractural we obliged to send to western europe the question here is whether ukraine will simply

e.u. might have his own vested interests as well. this is what it could look like swansea to become fourteen eliminating bureaucracy and supposedly saving france fifteen billion euros this is francois lawn's regional shake up plan for two thousand and fifteen or a copy of the decentralized regional model germany porting to moving the part if this reform gets the green light in the region of what we are now. the problem is. considered relatively rich its neighbor is a mining and steel region in the pipeline and people here don't want to end up paying for it. about hypothetical advantages it's a booby trap the real goal of those who pull the strings is in this integration of nation states. deal directly with the regions. were facing a dictatorship to impose a model which were grounds would be to integrate a regionalized europe with the your atlantic blog and a food hole which the world governance. appear large claims these documents dated back to nine hundred ninety seven by the association of european border regions as well as the two

now if this happened somewhere in say bangladesh on a bad day i might say well that is their business but all the liberals in the e.u. just constantly cry from their ivory. tower to the whole world about how we all need to be tolerant and be taxed to death to help people but as a guy who grew up in a bad neighborhood i can tell you that liberals never want to live near the people they claim to want to help you know henry ford was one of those guys who said that you should never give anybody any handouts so what he did was give the disabled and the poor are decent paying jobs at his factory so listen up you liberal loony bin if you want to get those yucky critical people off the streets just put them to work it will renew your city of its homeless problem a lot faster than spikes will but that's just my opinion. today and it's signs of progress in secret police.

e.u. market one day be losing out as well well it would have been the of course the fourth and final misconception in this case because it would have been true until the very recent deal that russia has struck with china and because of that deal we could be looking at the fact that the world gets through about three trillion cubic meters of gas a year china however is projected to start consuming two trillion so there's certainly no shortage of appetite for russian gas especially now that we finally got a gas deal in place with china. breaking down of those misconceptions then here say well we'll be looking closely to this of course the unfolding story as it unravels . but as well as locking homes over gas with russia killed still waging a military campaign in ukraine's east near the city of slovyansk one of those hardest hit by the militia operation journalists have come under fire across one of the large he's up you video agency was among them this is what he told us about what happened. although we were walking through a field when we heard a machine gun we don't joan i kept on filming the self

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 people getting as much money and expenses as the as they could possibly get. their representative. of the el

e.u. this week the failure of the country's previous leader to do so as well spot the ukrainian crisis leading to the current civil conflict over the new leader and says 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 cost for the membership perspective this is a very important character for ukraine to wake up. well a financially challenged europe is still doesn't appear to be quite ready for ukraine these commissioner for enlargement has said here first still needs to prove its european credentials and reforms the blocks energy commission has wanted the bailout for greece is peanuts compared to what will be needed to safety of the economy the president of the european commission says the e.u. is simply not ready to welcome you queen right now 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 it's signed a free trade association this year is g