because the 2 presidents have many important tough matters to resolve in particular the crisis in east ukraine and they were frank that they were going to talk about it a lot busy what they want to do is discuss the revival of the so-called normandy format that's when the presidents of russia and ukraine get together with the leaders of germany and france to try and help resolve the cranium crisis which has escalated in the past couple of months the only while they deployed. with mr zelinsky mr putin and mccool will try to work with the normandy formats in a few weeks. there's no alternative to the normandy format and will obviously support it. now here's something else that's very important the french president emmanuel made it clear that for him it was very important to meet president putin face to face before the french leader heads to bad trades that is the venue of the upcoming g. 7 summit that's about to kick off in just a few days and this is a summit that russia has not been part of for more than 5 years straight after the events in ukraine and mr putin was asked by one of the journali

wants to encourage moscow to make steps towards it to finally try and resolve the conflict in east ukraine we don't know if that's the case for now the presidents have not spoken to the journalists just yet but definitely ukraine will be the main thing that they'll be talking about as you. they will talk about syria and iran is well ahead of the g. 7 we remember that russia was a part of this group before the crisis in ukraine when it was called the g 8 but then as a result of the crisis it was kicked out but definitely this is something important and this is. we'll be watching now for we know that the presidents are going to talk to the media that will be a quick one before they meet but hopefully we'll get to hear from the russian president as well when the talks are over so we're all in standby mode for that here on the southern coast of france thanks very much for the very idyllic there where you are speaking. correspondent are waiting for the 2 presidents make their way from this pictures here this is the marse a port just waiting for putin to go on the tarmac meets his french counter

we we have as if it was our guilds that there is a war in east ukraine was started by rough. federation is thought of a fool to. say this is the sort of depression the kremlin wants to have at the russia's indispensable that he's in his pencil that only if you're opposed to him. and his interests i'm get to his terms there will be peace because that let's be honest the tough talk the tough words between these 2 sides haven't worked until now so maybe this is the only way to get everyone back at the table. well visqueen france and fulton there the russian brother bear some tough lines on russian meddling in french domestic affairs on on ukraine. the tough lines that were all there stall the fighting to stop the war from being a war that was fault with tanks and i was basically sitting with the teary test containing the problem is that you can last in the only ended if you introduce a kind of he's making force that has an x x 2 from on that the russians are those who block for its new u.n. security council to get him on that for for next 60 missions so the the prologue and how

we all know about the differences in parts of the population in ukraine between east and west. think the differences are often exaggerated. he speaks russian. in fact, he's had to brush up on his ukraine what's became clear had a shot at becoming president.i'm told he's much better now than january. coming from the east he observed certain attitudes which have prompted some in moscow to think he might be a friendly voice in ukraine. i don't think he has the passion for a couple of issues which are somewhat controversial in ukraine of the passion that for example president shane co. have one of them being the language question and the other being the question of orthodox church. another important part of his biography, which we need to understand to figure out who he is and where he's going he's a young man. zelensky is what, 41? essentially the soviet experience is not something he truly felt. poroshenko went to college in soviet ukraine. not so much zelensky. that means some things which might have seen reasonable for poroshenko and not necessarily positive looking about turnin

we all know about the differences in parts of the population in ukraine between east and west. think those differences are often exaggerated and the differences are closing that they are nonetheless not irrelevant. and he's jewish dissent. ukrainian and he speaks russian. in fact, he has had to brush up ukrainian. once it became clear he had a shot at becoming president. but coming from the east he observed certain attitudes which have prompted some in moscow to think he might be a friendly voice in ukraine for them to deal with. and i don't think he has the passion for a couple of issues, which are somewhat controversial in ukraine, the passion that for example, president poroshenko had. one of those being the language question and the other being the question of the orthodox church. but another important part of his biography which we need to understand to figure out who he is and where he's going is he's a young man. and poroshenko isn't an old guy. poroshenko might be 50 but zelensky is what, 41? so essentially the soviet experience is not something he truly felt. whereas p

coming from the east he observed certain attitudes, he might be a friendly voice and ukraine. i don't think he has the passion for a couple issues which are somewhat controversial in ukraine, one of those being the language question and the other being the question of the orthodox church. an important part of his biography which we need to understand to figure out who he is and where he is going is a young man. volodymyr zelensky is 41. the soviet experience is not something he truly felt. he went to college, and some things might have sound reasonable, things that are not necessarily positive, looking at turning over reform in ukraine, not normal, not natural. part of growing up in the east may explain some talk as president-elect, and in moscow. volodymyr zelensky put more emphasis on it. that i think reflects his background and also -- it is not something he highlighted as a candidate but he talked about it and we have seen him as president take steps consistent with such statements. to talk about ukraine and foreign-policy more broadly, he put volodymyr zelensky in a conte

ukraine appeals to the russian president to end the years of conflict in the east. ♪ ♪ hello.t and windy weather across australia. clouds streaming in, bringing rain, but strong in the southern regions of victory appeared victorino.- cloudsne, rain, cooler, lining coastal areas, shower, but staying dry, a degree warmer on friday. meanwhile, warm and dry in townsvillele. cooler in sydney on friday with a high of 18. new zealand, be prepared, plenty of rain. more sporadic across the south. christchurch not a bad day on thursday, but friday, you will see some rain showers. plenty of rain in auckland. it is strong and time e gusty winds. japan, tropical storm now downgrgraded and will work its y through the sea of japan, bringing heavy rain. why friday, the end of the week -- by friday the end of the weweek, we could see some rain. 22 celsius there in san pablo. ♪ >> a reminder of the top stories , pakistan has expelled india's ambassador and cut-rate over the decision to strip autonomy from the part of cashmere it administers. it is in lockdown for the third straight day. the u.s

people have died in the violence between the ukrainian army and russian backed militias in the east of ukraine and zelinsky has made it his highest priority since he became the president to bring peace to that area he has also suggested to bring back the so-called normandy group which consists of russia and ukraine france and germany and that's something both leaders have also discussed during this phone conversation and both leaders also decided to speed up the process of releasing prisoners on both sides there are still $24.00 ukrainian sailors in the attention in russia since late last year and they were basically charged with illegally and russian watrous and despite international pressure to release 2 sailors they're still in detention here britain's food industry is warning a no deal breck's it could lead to nationwide shortages of food and drink federation says it would be disastrous for the industry if delays at ports caused fresh produce to rot the government's being urged to waive some competition rules to allow retailers out suppliers to work together if there is no deal. hello agai

a call for peace ukraine's new leader feels to the russian president to help and years of conflict in the east. and his sport can officially as are in pakistan as they consider a return to test cricket 10 years after the team bus was attacked by. the political crisis in pleasure rico has been reignited after the u.s. territory supremum called forced the new governor to step down as an appeal to easy has resigned just days after taking over from his predecessor was forced out by angry protests let's go live now to gabriel is on the in capital san juan so what happens now. well right now there's a protest as you can probably hear right behind me it's not very big but it's certainly very loud we're just outside the governor's mansion here right now the new governor is being sworn in right it's a speech for justice minister one vasquez and she's not very well liked by a lot of the people here on the island that's where you started see protests already it's small but it's loud. normally what would happen in a situation like this is it the next in line for the governorship would have been the secret

ukraine's new president says he's pressed russia to resume talks in that ending fighting in the east 4 ukrainian soldiers were killed in a rocket attack near the eastern port of mario paul on tuesday volodymyr zelinsky is calling on russia as well as france and germany to resume 4 way peace talks for the region ukrainian government forces and pro russian separatists have fought since russian troops are next crimea 5 years ago number 2. i just had a phone conversation with russian president vladimir putin i call to immediately i see that this doesn't bring us closer to peace i beg you to influence the other side to that they can stop the killing of our people the fasten has more from moscow. it was a long phone call between the ukrainian president and russian president and the 2nd time that selenski the new ukrainian president has called put in since his inauguration in may this year selenski told put in that the death of 4 ukrainian soldiers on in donbass on tuesday won't help to bring peace to this region zelinsky blames russian backed militias who are active in that area for the at

the stationary boundary does have a little bit of movement towards the east and the big problems today are going to be bellicose ukraine all the way down here into the balkan peninsula now we do expect especially out here towards the east that some of these thunderstorms could be very severe tornadoes large hail gusty winds and flooding rain could be a major problem here on wednesday so we're watching this very carefully then as we go towards thursday the front continues to make its way towards the east but really weaken as it makes its way into russia well here across northwestern part of europe it is going to be rainy on wednesday but we're going to be seeing a break in the rain in the showers across much of the u.k. the winds are still can be a problem here on thursday with a temperature for london of 21 degrees well across the central med it is very windy across many areas malta is going to see this very heavy winds today as well not a lot of priests of across much of this region the pre-service of towards italy but we are going to be seeing clear skies to 2 eyes for tunis really not looking too bad at $32.00 degre

russiansourse, the interfered with our elections, we have crossed with them in the ukraine, middle eastple are angry at russia. it is the third rail in american politics now. but that is a very profound mistake. ifbasically behave as discussions with a country that contains enough nuclear weapons to destroy america, that talking to them is a reward for good behavior. it is not a reward for good behavior. dialogue with the russians is imperative for american security. we seem to be forgetting that lesson. the russians, of course, are making their share of mistakes also in this regard. david: great to have you on, sam the russians, ofnunn, cochairmar threat initiative. shareholders are not so happy about it. we will look into the reasons why, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg. ♪ you're watching "balance of power" on bloomberg television. i'm david westin. time for the stock of the hour. elanco is heading for its worst day ever and is trading at a record low after the company agreed to by buyer's animal health unit. kailey leinz is here to tell is why shareholders are not happy. >> elan

the curse of his reign when he faced the colored revolutions in georgia in serbia in ukraine and then in the near east because putin and kremlin's elite really feel that they can also face the same fate as assad and of the retiree and leaders who will come to the 1st time i'm interested in what it was about putin that boris yeltsin saw because putin was was his 4th prime minister i think in less than 18 months so what was yeltsin looking for yes he was looking for a faceless technocrat bureaucrat who can protect him from a political demise and a political decline so what he needed in the time of crisis after the fine and crisis you should remember the finance crisis in 1998. needed someone who is loyal who is young but who is faceless and who is who was seen by it not to be a rival to him yes and what is i think very important that putin. as these years and these time for putin was very important because putin managed in a very short time to bring back his colleagues from the f.a.a. from the k.g.b. into the higher ranks of presidential presidential administrations we talked briefly about what's next t

the cricket loads in london 21 celsius the south to 18 celsius further east we got some cooler wetter weather just around ukraine that western side of russia but some heat between 26 celsius there in warsaw where so whether that windy weather will slide a little further south which in the east with as we go on into sunday still warm in warsaw could touch 29 by this stage still the cool side further east i'm not seep out over towards the west much drier blustery showers still a possibility across parts of the british isles having said that and then as we go on through sunday and on in say monday things starting to quiet down things looking a little more optimistic as we go on into the early part of next week the west whether that will push its way down. the good parts of france into that western side of germany ahead of that there's plenty of warmth around but for the best of the warmth the best of the sunshine but no further than the met. the weather sponsored by catherine. al-jazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how and why bill reese influenced the course of history the cells that he did

questions that the 2 presidents were getting there is a crisis in ukraine that is still unresolved and people are still dying in the south east of the country where the 2 breakaway republics of donetsk and lugansk are situated but there is a new reality in ukraine under the newly elected president full of dimmers a lens who party has just won a majority in parliament and everyone is expecting a breakthrough and possibly the revival of the so-called normandy format these are the kind of talks when the presidents of ukraine russia france and germany get together the leaders hinted at that and definitely this kind of format will be discussed today when mr putin talks to emanuel plus something else that's very important is the g. 7 summit that's also all got to take place here in france and a different location though and emmanuel macron specified that he really wants his talks with his russian counterpart to. happen before he goes there and talks to the other important western leaders mostly and that's why they are going to talk about the many differences that are happening not only between russia and friends but also other impo

skies and it's looking good got a bit more cloud over towards sea black sea towards ukraine is just making its way further east with some lively storms on this one and up through the northwest of here well concerns here was ease series of weather systems that make their way in from the atlantic weather front said bringing some outbreaks of for a potential for some very heavy rate push cross northern parts of england where you do course have concerns with that dam which is very close to staying so keeping a close eye on that one ferry wet weather rattling in here as we go through sunday and on into monday that what's the weather will make its way a little further east was trying to celsius there in london for monday but it will monday in paris at 28 degrees 28 also for bucharest the showers here will make their way further east was 13 celsius in most cases still on the cool side but it will warm up i promise you as we go on through this week the warm weather that continues across southern parts into the thirty's right across the med and warm sunshine here across northern parts of africa a little bit a fair weat

comforting ukraine began in twenty fourteen the russian backed separatists fighting against ukrainian forces in the east and donbass region that's here from the two leaders. the that was one of wiwith any store we are of. course going to talk about generational conflicts. in the southeast of ukraine. and we're going to talk about the dumbass. well informed president matt cronin about my most recent discussions with the new ukrainian president. there is a lolot to talk about and many reasons for optimism for the questt of nasasty meann only nie twelve it depends i have discussed my designs reopened a four way summit between us president sentenced in chancellor merkel which i'd like to see happen in the weeks to come since the man. it strikes the analysis on association christina joins us lecturing geopolitics the seals phone spepecialist on european and russian relations thank you so much for being with us so we heard vitamins that talk about optimism do we have any reason to believe that my american. will make the purpose he wants to make towards peace in ukraine. many on micron is it using this opportu

east rather murky to. way across into west and central ukraine kiev we've got cloudy skies with meszaros and then the next system really is waiting in the wings across northern sections of the u.k. this is well as he's in pretty strong winds and also the chance of more rain but not just that what we have got between these systems is some very warm as a look at these how much is 32 celsius in paris on saturday 28 in london 30 celsius in berlin these how much is are actually as much as 8 degrees above the average for this time of year so it's like the last boost of summer meanwhile this across the south is fine and dry 33 in rome and in my stay with sunshine across in athens with a high those well of 33. what is resistance. in akra people are grabbing social and political issues by they'll form. and thomas in creativity. and protest to challenge a change idea is. gonna controversial a witness documentary on al-jazeera. trust is fundamental to all our relationships we trust banks without money talk to us without really personal thought what happens to trust you know quoted by alan. as more want to citizens o

east. to enslave colonize and exploit the territory of the ukraine, russia and get rid of the intervention sleds. and he decides what i'm going to do is i can't quite defeat britain right now which originally heat that would convince the soviet union to make it easy to dominate the soviet union and that he turns to the soviet union and he says i will just downplay it britain for a moment. attack the soviet union. .. .. but the visit napoleons a tomb in paris after conquered paris and the knew -- and then his armies got stuck in the russian winter and famously were destroyed by that. he felt his army was much more modern, would do better, but just in case, we'll attack in may. then he is distracted in may by a coup in belgrade of a puppet government and he attacked russian the exact day napoleon did. he comes roaring in, i his armies come in because this is the period where i think you get the remark that event thomas made but the back about someone is interesting the stupidest years. almost you had a competition between hitler and stalin, who could be the most student dictator, hitler woul

shouldn't we know that russia is not going to continue to be aggressive in the ukraine, in syria, in the middle eastwe get something back with regards to the nuclear threat that russia constitutes today? i don't know what the president is saying in the sense that he is basically saying he is inviting russia to be a part of the g-8 and is getting nothing in return as far as i can see. >> yeah, especially since russia was kicked because of the annexation of crimea. we see how that's going right now. thank you so much for your time, secretary. >> good to be with you. >> thank you. >>> outfront next one woman cuts ties, one republican cuts ties with an organization after it backed president trump saying she won be able to look her kids in the eye. she is my guest. plus if the economy is slows will trump voters stick by the president? >> would you vote differently? >> not necessarily, because i think the economy is always up and down. that's why there's ocuvite. screen light... sunlight... longer hours... eyes today are stressed! but ocuvite has vital nutrients... ...that help protect them. ocuvite. eye

tensions between moscow and the west but ukraine is the most depressing for 5 years the ukrainian government has been battling russian backed separatists in the country's east africa to send his signal to fresh support for the 4 nation talks aimed at bringing peace to the region. and mother says goodbye dad found. he's one of 4 ukrainian soldiers killed in the east of the country in the 1st week of august. it was the single biggest death toll in the ongoing conflict with pro russian separatists in almost a year the response of ukrainian president brought him as alinsky was immediate he called russian president vladimir putin and begged him to use his influence to stop more ukrainians from being killed but he went to step further and called for a new round of international peace talks. that i would also like to talk to anglo-american in the nearest future even today if there's time and to agree on an emergency meeting we should stop telling each other that the normandy format meeting should take place at some time this year how many more people will die this year over in the. corner of ukraine's leader supported by emmanuel france is pushing to revive the ta

happen, as you h know, with a very big d importantve area in the middle east where the red line was sand. the other was in ukraine having to do with a certain section where it was sort of taken away from president obama. not president trump. president obama. it was embarrassing to him. right? he wanted russia to be out of what was called the g8. that was his determination. he was out smarted by putin. president putin outsmarted president obama. >> where do you keep repeating the misleading statement that putin outsmarted president obama when it is known to be overthe annexation of crimea. >> it was an exed during his term. president obama was pure and simply outsmarted. they took crimea during his term. that was not a good thing. it could have been stopped with the right whatever. it could have been stopped but president obama was unable to stops it. >> joe biden has lost his lead in thet 2020 democratic race according to a new monmouth university poll. the new poll shows a three-way tie. the former vice president losing his 13-point lead. both sanders and warren have seen a five-point increase since the beginnin

along the line of the alps and that rain and just pushing further tools east rather murky day across into west and central ukraine kiev we've got. and then the next system really is waiting in the wings across northern sections of the u.k. this is where as he's in pretty strong winds and also the chance of more rain but not just that what we have got between the systems is some very warm as a look at these how much is 32 celsius in paris 28 in london 30 in these how much is are actually as much as 8 degrees above the average for this time of year so it's like the law of summer. is fine and dry 33 in rome and a nice day with sunshine across athens with a high those well of 33. millions of people across india missed out on medical but a hospital train is delivering doctors and hope to those most in need what i want to east towards india is a lot fun explained on the al-jazeera. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to al-jazeera. primetime to take a look at the top stories here

but along the line of the alps and that rain in just pushing this was east rather a murky day across into west and central ukraine kiev we've got cloudy skies with meszaros and then the next system really is waiting in the wings across northern sections of the u.k. this is where was he is in pretty strong winds and also the chance of more rain but not just that what we have got between these systems is some very warm as a look at these how much is 32 celsius in paris 28 in london 30 celsius in berlin these how much is actually as much as 8 degrees above the average for this time of year so it's like the last boost of summer me was that is fine and dry $33.00 in rome and a nice day with sunshine across athens with a high those well of 33. 67 . pound promise. to the establishment of the jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians. the story of the british declaration that change the middle east. seems of to school on al-jazeera. reminder the top stories here on jazeera presented in federal prosecutors have begun an investigation into the recent spike in fires burning across vast areas of the amazon rain fore

the g7 without concessions, it's a death blow for ukraine, teetering for years now and signal to the russians with the state of play there now with the easts acceptable and for the united states to give up one of our few points of leverage in getting them to withdraw from those parts of ukraine would be absolutely disastrous. again, it is -- we kicked them out of the g8 in order to have leverage to try to get them to change their behavior. and so it stands to reason that we should be willing to talk to russia about coming back in as long as they take steps to guarantee the long-term political sovereignty of the country of ukraine. >> and not just getting it for free for nothing. yeah. art of the deal. senator chris murphy, thank you for making time to talk to us tonight, sir. it's good to have you here. >> thanks. >> thanks. more ahead. day with us. hanks. >> thanks. more ahead day with us. your buick doesn't have a roof rack! this is my buick. how are we gonna fit in your mom's buick? easy. i like that new buick. -me too. i was actually talking about that buick. i knew that. -did you? buick's fresh new lineup is full of surprises. curren

east, and indeed trade. europe says that it is quite simple. russia invaded ukraine, annexed crimea. not ready to come back. even russia said today or over the weekend that it took -- it would take more than one country to allow it back in. a lot of the countries would say if russia was to be even given observer status at the next g7, that would be fundamentally wrong, legitimizing a land grab, and that would set a dangerous precedent. we know, however, that france and germany will host talks between the russian president and ukrainian president within weeks. there could be an opening there by much russia somehow in a year could come back, and of course theoretically president trump could invite russia to next year's g7 in an observer status. but i think there will have to be a lot more agreement with the allies for that to happen. >> and one of the things we have been talking about overshadowed the g7, the trade war with china. the interesting thing is the president feels bolstered by what is happening inside china that china wants to make a deal. let me play what he said about chin

ukraine has been better on this for five years. now president putin has suggested supportrt. >> mother says goodbye to her dead son. he is one of four ukrainian soldiers killed in the east of the country. itit is this a guest -- single biggest death toll. the response of ukrainian president was immediate. he called vladimir putin and begged him to use his influenene to stop more ukrainians from bebeing killed. he called for a new round of international peace talks. >> i would also like to talk to angela merkel in the nearest future and to agree on an emergency meeting. we should stop telling each other that the normative forormt meeting should take some time this year. how many more will die this year? >> ukraine's leader is pushing to revive the talks as a way of ending the simmering conflict. these came about in 2014 when the leaders of france, germany, ukraine and russia met on the sidelines of the d-day landings in normandy, france. the discussions helped to seal an agreement between the warring parties in 2015. this reduced the fighting but small scale clashes have continued. the result is that since the start of hostilities, 13,000 people have been estimated to ha

ukraine has been teatering on the balance for years now, and to signal to the russians that the state of play that exists there now with russian occupation with the eastmea is acceptable. and for the united states to give up one of our few points of leverage in getting them to withdraw from those parts of ukraine would be absolutely disastrous. again, we kicked them out of the g8 in order to have leverage to try to get them to change their behavior. and so it stands to reason that we should be willing to talk to russia about coming back in as long as they take steps to guarantee the political sovereignty of the country of ukraine. >> and not getting it for free for nothing. art of the deal. senator chris murphy, thank you for making time to talk to us tonight, sir. good to have you here. >> thanks. >> more ahead. stay with us. e. (woman) banjo! sorry, it won't happen again. come on, let's go home. after 10 years, we've covered a lot of miles. good thing i got a subaru. (avo) love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. (avo) get 0% during the subaru a lot to love event. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you ne

and a cool piece ukraine's new leader feels to the russian president to help years of conflicts in the east. have a very unsettled picture across much of europe we've still got some months this rain some very strong thunderstorms out times a huge amounts of cash coming in as you can see and in particular has seen some very heavy rain across the line of the alps but also into northern italy and in just the last few hours reports of a landslide with flooding to the northern region. this morning the 4 calls as we head through thursday should be clearing into going to warm day 27 but you'll notice there is another system here just waiting in the wings out of the atlantic already beginning to keep those northern coastal areas of portugal heading across a venture across into spain but at the moment but of reprieve for london and paris and then we've got more of this very unsettled weather and very heavy at times across eastern europe at this pushing all the way on into western areas of russia and look at the time which is again into moscow 24 celsius by friday back down to 18 degrees cloudy with