added: "everybody was saying g stuff that they didn't knowow a wild bear scared residents in eastern russia when it broke into a shoppping mall. this is surveillance video showing the bear outside, then inside the mall. police said they were called by frightened mall employees about the bear. the bear eventually broke through a glass door and was cornered by police at a children's playground where it was killed. a police spokeswoman said the bear had become too aggressive and had to be shot. . the federal trade commission hasas sided with soda giants coca cola and pepsi on the use of the word "diet." a consvmer rights group called the word "deceptive, false and misleading" and urgethe f-t-c to ban it. the group cited several studies that support its claim diet drinks can lead to weight gain. u-s right to know's co- director called the f- t-c's action regrettable. and said he believes - quote - "'diet' sodadaill go down in n s history as one of the greatest consumer frauds ever." looks like it's going to be a cooler night here in siouxland. ron's full forecast is coming up president obama an

eastern asia, we are looking at another system pulling in northern, north eastern china and south eastern russia and that is bringing heavy snowfall. the heavy bulk will be in north eastern china up to about 15 to 20 centimeters of snow. this cold front is bringing frequent lightning to south korea and heavy showers. by tonight, it's going to be engulfing the whole of japan. by tonight, tokyo will see showers. it's going to be concentrated in western japan as well as hokkaido. the temperatures will be dropping coming after that storm system pulling that cold air, dropping from 22 just to 16 in busan on your wednesday. pyongyang will see 10 degrees. much of these areas only in the single digits for your high on thursday. that is a significant drop. elsewhere, we are looking at 35 in bangkok. heating up with thunderstorms in the forecast. minus 1 for your high. i did want to mention pakistan where you've been feeling that big earthquake and aftershocks. usually you don't get a lot of rainfall. october is one of the driest months of the season. you only get about 30 millimeters. yesterday alone 154

it's out here just north of hokkaido extending toward far eastern russia.re seeing right now is a pretty fierce storm. take a look at this, you have winds continuing to wrap around here. and actually some areas of northern hokkaido reporting winds upwards of 130, 140 kilometers per hour, winds 80 to 85 kilometers per hour. this is still a potent storm system. let's go to video coming out of northern hokkaido where you can just see that blinding rains, waves continuing to crash onshore, some areas over 200 millimeters of rain has been reported. jma is advising people to stay away from water, as many rivers are exceeding dangerous levels. you can see it. one of the water gates going into the city where this image is coming out of was closed yesterday that ended up stopping some of the flow of water from escaping worsening the situation. on top of that very large waves. what we have is three fishermen missing out here because of these high waves. so this is still a very dangerous and ongoing situation. also the storm, it's still deepening. we have a jet stream

prosecutors say the company illegally imported hard wood from china and eastern russia that came frommaining syberian tiring and help hard. government said the compa should have known the wood was ill legally sourceed. virginia base company pleaded guilty to 4 misdemeanor and one felony and paid 13.two million dollars to end a federal investigation. >>> health news. antibiotics use in children could lead to wet begin. doctor at john hopkins school of public health found children pre-described antibiotics 7 or more times during childhood weighed 3 pound more at age 15 than the pier who had not taken medication. exact cause is unclear, study found some antibiotics can alter to break down differently. it was studied in the international journey of obesity. >> new concerns tonight about drivers using hands free devices. researchers say how many sibingtdz take for your mind to completely focus back on the road. doesn't happen the moment you hangup. here's clayton. >> near chicago. investigators say the driver of this car ended up crushed under a big rigless night kill a passenger may have

lumber liquidators will pay ten million dollars after the company admitted to importing wood from eastern russiae habitat of siberian tigers and they will plead guilty to five violations of environmental law and the settlement is not related to a 60 minutes report that allege that lumber liquidators have a cancer causing agent. >>> the fda found listeria into cheese. look for plu039526 on the label. all sell by dates are included. if you have this in your home, return it to whole foods for a full return, this cheese. >>> black friday deals, disappointment, a new survey find only 10 percent bleak those black savings live up to the hype and 50% of us are looking through the year and 80% think the retailers will start those holiday promotions before black friday. >> but why are people banging down the doors at bomb and target to get in? >> i guess it is the feeling of wanting to be there amongst the crowd. >> the excitement. >> tonight, a local educator is excited. recognized for her exceptional work with students. >>> jessica cunningham is this year's educator award winner she fought back tears wh

nato secretary has said russia eastern couragement to russia air space doesn't look like accident andd it was not a mistake and must not happen again. security forces demolished the home of two palestinian men accused in attack last year and followed days of tensions between israelis and palestinians with deaths on both sides. japan is urging china to join the newly signed partnership to increase security and growth in the asian pacific region and after long running negotiation the trade deal for to fifths of the world economy was agreed by 12 nations on monday and parliament needs to give approval but china is working on setting up a rival agreement. trans negotiation is in secret and we don't know much detail but there has been leaks and a summary has been released and the tpp will open up markets to foreign companies creating jobs and growth say its proponents and critics say local industries cannot compete with companies and intellectual property will be protected and will mean an end to generic drugs and there are state owned monopolies to talk about services and they will allow

security video caught the bear running through the empty shopping center in far eastern russia near these border. the animal found its way out the front door and barreled down the street. check it out. law enforcement pursued it, then shot it after it ran to a children's playground. the bear was probably 2 or 3 years old. the russian government is now looking into whether shootsing it was necessary. no injuries were reported. >>> all right. it is time for a last check on our weather this evening. meteorologist sandhya patel has a look at it. >> hi there. i want to show you what's going on. as you look at live doppler 7 hd. moisture moving from the tracy area. moving westward. if you take a closer look, showing you light returns, right around vein eesh i can't. we got a colorful sunset. this was sent to me via twitter by larry. photo bombing the sunset. thank you for sending it in. make sure you send your pictures with the #abc 7. we'd love to see them. high clouds turned into a few showers tonight. that same system will bring in more showers for southern california, los angeles, 81 tomo

prosecutors say much of the flooring was made from timber that was illegally logged in eastern russia. >>> key food has announced plans to buy 23 stores from the bankrupt amp grocery chain. the company says purchasing the stores in new york and new jersey will save nearly 2,000 jobs. the sale will be complete next month and grand opening celebrations are open for the spring. >>> new information about the wrong-way chase and crash on long island. tonight hear from the family of the innocent taxi driver killed, working to put his son through medical school. >> why a nurse placed in quarantine during an ebola scare in new jersey is suing governor christie. >> following the death of an nypd officer, we go along with okay. so everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? why fios? well fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100% out of all your devices. whatever speed you need, fios has it. so if you need more streaming for more devices, fios gives you options with the fastest internet and wi-fi available from 50 to 500 mpbs. and we're not just talking download

can see as we go on into saturday we will see a few showers across the far north of japan and eastern russiavery heavy rain and also got this area of rain making its way across the peninsula and 13 celsius and the rain setting in big and heavy downpours into much of japan as we go on through sunday. as you can see that line of cloud and rain, that stretches its way down into central parts of china and joins up with this massive cloud we have over toward the southwest and again we have seen some rather heavy rain coming here and over 100 meters of rain in the space of 24 hours and that rain is going to become a feature as we go on through the next day or so and temperatures struggling to get into double figures for saturday, the main making its way south on sunday with possibility of flooding with southern china >> thanks very much indeed, north korea preparing to celebrate the 70 anniversary of the founding of ruling party on saturday. the satellite images show hundreds of trucks and armored vehicles and troops and horses gathering for a massive military parade and workers party is expected

court to importing hardwood flooring manufactured in china from timber that was illegallied in eastern russiaompany will now pay $13 million in fines. that is the largest penalty ever under a federal act which bans trafficking of illegally sourced timber. >>> one of the world's largest retailers of dietary supplements is accused of selling products spiked with illegal drugs. the suit filed by oregon's attorney general alleges that gnc new as early as 2007 that it was sell thousands of supplements containing two illegal synthetic ingredients. those are picamilon and bmpea which are not approved in the u.s. and considered potentially dangerous. gnc says the claims are without merit. >>> airbnb is apologizing after an ad campaign fell flat with some san franciscan. look at this ad on market street. it says dear board of education use some of the $12 million in hotel taxes to keep music in schools. airbnb was trying to suggest how the city should use the money the company generates in hotel taxes, there were a few other ads focused on parks as well. people took their outrage to social media. >> i

board were killed and a preliminary report shows the plane was shot out of the sky from the eastern ukraine. russia denies it and blames ukrainian forces for the shoot down. phil fuel interstate -- phil: interstate 95 reopened after a stretch of the highway was closed because of major flooding there. they spent more than a week repairing 13 bridges damaged by the powerful floods. all southbound lanes were reopened this morning and stretches of the northbound side will re-open tonight and tomorrow as well. jc: 10,000 runners in boston hit the road for a columbus day tradition. it is the 10k for women. molly captured her fourth title with a course record and the american 10k road record. it is one of the largest all women 10k events in the country. jc: spectacular. a little warm for those running, but this is a 10. >> i was out there running this morning and saw them on the course. it was great weather for you to be outside today. some changes are coming and one is a chance for rain. there is a few showers in the forecast for tomorrow, but once the cold front comes through, the temperatures really st

as we heard, it is clear that the missile was manufactured in russia, and fired from territory controlled by pro-eastern ukraine. russia and their manufacturers denied they were involved. do you have any doubts. >> the only thing we can be sure of is the dutch report is as accurate as we can be. the dutch investigative authorities are excellent. the report and all the detail that's in it will tell us what brought the airplane down. others will decide who is to blame. and where the missile came from, and that is the intelligence communities around the world. >> so if this was a russian missile system, a buk missile, this is is not some small webbingon, it's an extremely -- weapon, it's an extremely complex peace of weaponry. >> as i understand it has to be truck mounted. it's not something to put on your shoulder and takes a trained operator it hit an airplane at 30,000-odd feet going 550 miles per hour. so it's a very difficult shot. it requires a lot of expertise on the ground. and expertise in the equipment. we went through, we went through a lot of these stations, geyerations and stereos, about it be

saw the photos of the heavenly hundred, i stood and cried. >> she denounced russia's suspected backing of separatists in eastern ukraine as an occupation and a foreign invasion. russia's presidential spokesperson said alexievich does not possess the information to make a positive evaluation of what is happening in ukraine. >>> people in north korea are preparing for a celebration. they will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country's ruling workers party on saturday. an all-out effort is being made to ensure it's a memorable occasion. the festivities will include a military parade in pyongyang as well as a concert on a stage set up over a river. sign boards celebrating the anniversary have been hung throughout the city. citizens have been gathering in a square to practice marching in formation. observers say it will be the first major parade in more than two years and north korean leaders are hoping to use it to publicize the country's military strength. they believe the event is specifically aimed at the united states which has suspended dialogue with pyongyang. >> translator: south korea

and questions now also exist as to what extent russia's involvement in syria are likely to have on finding a lasting peace in eastern ukraine too. now that russia has turned its foreign policy gaze from one to the other, it raisings a whole new series of questions about exactly whether or not lasting peace will ever be attainable in eastern europe. >> neave, thanks for that, in paris there. staying with us. you're watching the al-jazeera news hour. still to come, israeli police investigate the scene where an israeli couple was shot dead near the west bank. plus, in sports, all the action from the rugby world cup. fire indiscriminate. >> we have confirmation that the shooter is deceased. he's a 20-year-old male. >> after being searched, students were put on buses and evacuated while police searched for possible booby traps. the leading national prosecutor in oregon said investigators have been looking into reports that the shooter had issued a race-related manifesto on social media before the crime. this was the 45th school shooting at an american school this year. since the 2012 massacre of 20 young children, and 6

. >> top story at 10:00 eastern. russia poking america yet again.y're not targeting, isis, no, they're going after anti-assad rebel groups which we happen to support. more trouble for hillary, another round of e-mails released. it's reported that 5% of them. one in 20 of the latest batch contain classified information. not supposed to do. and get this, the russians tried to hack her e-mail private server five different times. cheryl samburg at facebook say that women are less interested in claiming the corporate ladder. we're upgrading hurricane joaquin. 120 mile per hour winds, there's a chance it could hit the east coast, don't know where or if it will. we'll try to get a handle on it. "varney & company," hour two, starts right now. well, here is a positive, some pretty good news on auto sales. first off, general motors, their sales up 12% from a year ago. full sized pickup trucks and suv's are leading the way for general motors. ford motor company, their stock is up and the sales is-- i'm sorry, the stock is relatively flat, the sales are up 24%

there was a note from eastern europe, russia. >> would i love to see that report. i agree russia is our biggest -- right in front of you. all right. i'll send an e-mail to that person. >> we think there's more up side. >> there's so much negativity priced into four and a half times price to earnings. i don't have -- i think when you get that type of valuation, it starts to get -- >> it's over $50 by the time we finished having this conversation. it leads us back to china because there are many stockpiles of xodty resources. there's so much over supply that was predicate odd a still booming china. doesn't it still just keep the oversupply of moderateties across the board. not met by demand, and isn't that a problem for russia and the rest of the emerging markets? >> i think from a sector standpoint, we're actually underweight materials. you would agree with you, the question is is it in the price, right? i think em is trading at 10.5. i would say, yes. we're facing a slowing em. we're accustomed to a growing em. for that reason until we start to see signs on that, i

, and russia one of its strongest supporters find itself directly involved carrying out airstrikes in syria. this is not the only russian accusations. it's accused of backing separatist in eastern ukraine. with russia using it's seven times in the last five years the situation around this table is supposed to have the final say on international peace and security it's about to get even more complicated. after an election, it's running unopposed in its next regional block ukraine will next year join the council. acting u.s. ambassador she was president of the council in jail of 2013. >> i don't think it's a new cold war. i think it is a bumpy relationship that we have with russia now between the west and russia. it's a bit chilly i do think that the issues are issues that could not be resolved with russia up to this point. ukraine, syria, we've had this disagreement over u.s. and nato intervention in libya, as you know. i think unfortunately these disagreements are spilling over to other issues, and that's most unfortunate. >> ukraine and russia will be sitting around this top available of international diplomacy. the other factor is the arab seat. president sis has been making

eastern region. the conflict between government forces and russia-back separatists which began in april of last year has claimed the lives of 8000 people and displaced 2 million others. our international editor has the latest. today's summit between the leaders of france, germany, ukraine, and russia was supposed to be about shoring up the minsk agreement signed in february. looking forward -- for ways to establish a lasting peace in ukraine. it came a day after russia launched its go it alone airstrikes in syria and it was syria that perhaps was destined to overshadow if not eclipse the summit. in their post summit press conference, angela merkel and francois hollande conceded that syria was a big issue in the talks they each held one-on-one separately with vladimir putin. did they make any headway? we do not have clear answers to that. we do know that as these talks were going on, russia was stepping up its airstrikes in syria. we know that there are outstanding questions and differing versions between the west and russia on whether or not civilians have been hit in some of the strikes. there are

after annexing crimea from ukraine, russia is backing separatists in eastern ukraine. all this has soured things at the security council table with russia using their veto some seven times in the last five years. now the situation around this table is supposed to have the final say on international peace and security and it's about to get even more complicated. after an election under formalities, ukraine next year will join the council. one person who understands the mandates of the security council is rose marie di carlo. she was president of the council in july 2013. >> i don't think it's a cold war. i think it is a bumpily relationship that we have with russia now between the west and russia. it's a bit chilly i do think, however, that some of the issues are serious issues that we cannot resolve with the russians and have not been able to this point. ukraine, syria have certainly had intervention. this is spilling into other issues, that's what is unfortunate. >> two players in the conflict ukraine and russia, will be sitting around this top table of international d

that they were pledged to guard, and this is a particular problem in the poor countries of eastern europe and russia. >> my understanding is that there are fewer than ten types of radioactive material that are suitable for a dirty bomb but many of them that are suitable have medical and industrial uses and more than 20,000 organizations are licensed to use them here in the united states. i have heard some estimates that some of the material is lost abandoned or stolen every day in the united states. >> yes. >> how significant is that danger here? >> that's true. a lot of that is just missing material or poor disposal of material and it doesn't usually involve very large quantities. here's the problem. it doesn't take much of this material to make a dirty bomb. a dirty bomb is not a nuclear explosive device, it's not hiroshima or nagasaki. it has a couple of grams of cesium. doesn't sound like a lot but if a bomb would explode in downtown washington, it would shut down the government, spreading fear and panic. the answer to this is to try secure these materials. there are thousands of sites around th

syria, the south china sea and, of course, eastern europe and russia. we take it all up with former director of national intelligence john negroponte here next. >>> and this biker obviously pushing his luck pulling high-speed stunts on a highway. we show you what happens when he left his luck behin . lou: joining us tonight to discuss russia, u.s. special operations forces in syria and the south china sea, of course, former director of national intelligence, five-time u.s. ambassador john negroponte. ambassador, good to have you with us. let's begin with this announcement, and it has been precisely that. the administration making much of the insertion of just about 50 special operations forces into syria. your reaction? >> well, first i think it's a significant move even though the numbers are small. we haven't had forces in syria before, at least not those that we've acknowledged. i think it's a signal we want to be of greater assistance to the non-sectarian forces in that country, and i think we're positioning ourselves as are the other major players,

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or russia's invasion of eastern ukraine. we are getting into a very complex idea here.he idea that for one section of the population, the idea of europe changing and being open, and these people, and another section feel that this is a threat. german chancellor angela merkel sees this as an opportunity. others see it as a threat. >> does she see it as an opportunity or necessity? she has told the leaders who met last sunday that effective measures not taken, the end of europe. those are strong words from a chancellor putin -- chancellor not normally given to hype. janosch: if we can't manage as europe to managed this crisis. she is forced by the popular wing of her own coalition government and by public opinion to close germany's borders, and the rest of europe is putting up --ders, hungry has done so hungry has done so, britain is -- ilping, france is in don't know what would happen if they had to take numbers like this, pollens elected right-wing government, so that if this happens, yes, europe could fall apart. i think it is important to we can do it. we will manage.

as to whether or not the two conflicts are now in any way linked and separatists and eastern ukraine eying russia'svement with great curiosity and wondering whether or not russia will continue to play a role in helping and supplying the separatists in their aim of establishing an independent region. but as russia's air strikes continue and are expected to continue now for several months the question really is now what will russia's next move be in terms of both syria and ukraine? >> lee barker in paris thank you very much. still ahead on the al jazeera news hour why some panel groups in sri lanka are angry with the u.n. council and rugby world cup and if canada will be a serious challenge. ♪ first to the u.s. where nine people have been killed in the state of oregon after a gunman walked into a community college and opened fire, president barack obama has made a plea to the american public to help stop gun violence. ♪ amazing grace candlelight vigil held for the victims outside umpqua community college in roseburg and at least seven people were injured and the gunman who has not been identified was

contained in the dutch report and a narrative that by implication shifts the blame away from russia and away from the easternnian rebels that russia has supported. what especially they did was a number of experiments, a number of tests, they even blew up a plane to look at splatter patterns, of different shrapnel configurations and what it boils down to are key two assertions, one is that the launch site of the missile was not where many people in the west believe the missile was launched from and also an area that was controlled by the rebels. now they say that it was a different place that was probably not controlled by the rebels, probably controlled by the ukrainian military, that is contested by other people but that is what he says. the other assertion they make is that the missile that brought the plane down was not the most modern version of it, the one that russia supposedly uses but an older version that the russians say has been decommissioned by the russian military. >> how credible this is report, rory? >> well, that is difficult to say. it's a lot of grass, it's a lot of photos and holes and di

syria, the south china sea and, of course, eastern europe and russia. we take it all up with former director of national intelligence john negroponte here next. >>> and this biker obviously pushing his luck pulling high-speed stunts on a highway. we show you what happens when we show you what happens when he left his luck behind.bp you're down with crestor. yes! when diet and exercise aren't enough, adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol up to 55%. crestor is not for people with liver disease, or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. tell your doctor all medicines you take. call your doctor if you have muscle pain or weakness, feel unusually tired, have loss of appetite, upper belly pain, dark urine, or yellowing of skin or eyes. these could be signs of serious side effects. i'm down with crestor! make your move. ask your doctor about crestor. . lou: joining us tonight to discuss russia, u.s. special operations forces in syria and the south china sea, of course, former director of national intelligence, five-time u.s. ambassador john n

there are some serious questions currently being asked in eastern ukraine, now that russia has turned its foreign policy gaze from one conflict to the other, what will that mean for peace in eastern europe. >> neave thank you for that. neave barker in paris there. >>> nine people have been killed in the u.s. state of oregon after a gunman walked into a community college and opened fire. president obama has made a please to the american public to help stop gun violence. ♪ amazing graze >> a candlelight vigil was held for the victims outside umpqua community college in roseburg. at least 7 people were killed. let's go to our correspondent allen schauffler who is in roseburg for us. allen are getting any more details about the shooter or the investigation? >> reporter: yeah, we're finding out more about that man. he was 26 years old. he was not a student at the school. the sheriff of douglas county described him to us as having several weapons that have been recovered. they searched both at the school where the shooting took place, and at his apartment, so they are saying a number of wea

syria, the south china sea and, of course, eastern europe and russia. we take it all up with former director of national intelligence john negroponte here next. >>> and this biker obviously pushing his luck pulling high-speed stunts on a highway. we show you what happens when he left his luck behind. that story and much more straight ahead. stay with us. the promise of the cloud is that every organization has unlimited access to information, no matter where they are. the microsoft cloud gives our team the power to instantly deliver critical information to people, whenever they need it. here at accuweather, we get up to 10 billion data requests every day. the cloud allows us to scale up so we can handle that volume. we can help keep people safe; and to us that feels really good. . lou: joining us tonight to discuss russia, u.s. special operations forces in syria and the south china sea, of course, former director of national intelligence, five-time u.s. ambassador john negroponte. ambassador, good to have you with us. let's begin with this announcement,

first, russia's continued aggressive actions and malign influence remain a top concern at high priority. although the cease-fire and eastern ukraine is holding i'm still concerned about russia's lack of effort to end its occupations and honor its commitment in ukraine. in syria, russia's intervention continues to make more questions than answers. russia's actions prolong the conditions creating massive scale emigration of refugees that is further worrying our southern allies. and the eastern allies continue to be concerned about russian and mansion. -- russian expansion. these concerns are a strategic challenge for all of europe. as i stated five months ago we cannot fully be certain of what russia will do next. we still cannot fully discern mr. putin's intent. but i can observe the capabilities and capacities that russia is creating across our area. i continue believe that we must strengthen our deterrence and that our nato allies must continue to adapt by improving readiness and responsiveness. one example of how we continue is theove our readiness exercise triton to ensure going on today. exercise inbiggest more than a

brookings institution hosts foreign policy experts on russia's national security strategy and where it could lead in the future at 10:00 a.m. eastern. at 11:30 a.m. the wilson center hears from a national defense university associate professor on russia's recent approach to world events and its military strategy in the fight against global terrorism. watch both today on c-span. >> today health care officials in charge of state-level insurance exchanges talk about health care availability and cost projections. the alliance for health reform hosts a live event at 12:15 eastern an c-span 2. >> live tonight on c-span landmark cases series explores the human stories and constitutional dramas behind some of the supreme court's most significant decisions. our series premiere focuses on marbury versus madison, which established the basis for judicial review, giving the supreme court the power to invalidate acts of other branches of government when they violate the constitution. that's live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> the house energy and commerce committee heard from state health insurance marketplace . this is two hours. >>> goo

eastern. on al jazeera america. he >> russia's military campaign in syria, tops the agenda. >>> from al jazeera's headquarters in doha, ahead, can zuma calm concerns in south africa? >>> after a soldier is kille

annexation of crimea and support of pro russian separatists in eastern ukraine have pommeled russia's economy. when experts have more than halved. the double below has driven the ruble down 40%. and it's harder for russian firms to pay debt. and squeezed ordinary russiansing struggling to cope with inflation. they suggest only 24% of russia's listed improved quality of life as russian president vladimir putin's main achievement. down from 43% in 2009. but a face saving exit from sanctions has proven elusive to the kremlin. >> the russians feel that the west is not giving them any off-ramps. they want them to surrender. >> russia's double down in syria is not without risks, but with the u.s. refusing to cooperate militarily in syria with the kremlin, a rollback on sanctions could be not many chess moves away. >> in washington, the fight this week among house republicans is raising deep fears within the party. and there are questions on whether the gop can solve this leadership problem. david schuster as the report. >> on capitol hill friday, house conservatives accused john boehner of

after annexing crimea from ukraine, russia stands accused of backing separatists in eastern ukraine. all this has soured things around the security council table. >> those against... >> with russia using the veto some seven times in the last five years. now the situation around this table supposed to have the final say on international peace and security, is about to get more complicated. after an election by the u.n. general assembly, running unopposed. ukraine will join the council. one person that understands the dynamics of the security council is rosemary di carlo, acting u.s. ambassador. she was president of the council in july 2013. >> i don't think it's a new cold war. it is a bumpy relationship between the west and russia, it's a bit chilly. i think, however, some of the issues are serious that we cannot resolve with the russians, or have not been able to. ukraine, syria, we had disagreements over u.s. and other interventions. unfortunately the disagreements are spilling over to other issues. that is unfortunate. >> reporter: not only is ukraine due to join the council - mean

we need to strengthen eastern border, suffer from economic sanctions from russia and so on. it means that only when we are solid and can make united decisions we will be strong. and in latvia we also had very hot discussions two weeks ago on migration. issue, but we decided that we will patient in solving this problem in europe and we are ready to take 776 persons to our country. in the same time why we held some negative opinion. first of all, we haven't real experience with refugees because during a little bit more than 20 years, we had only about 45, i think, if i clearly remember, 45 refugees. it means we haven't real experience how to deal with high number of refugees in one time. secondly, due to our inexperience, we can't answer to many important questions how we will deal, wa we will propose for refugees, jobs, residential facilities, what kind of social guarantees and so on because our system is not established for receiving migrants. it means that we need to introduce many new things, and if society don't receive answers, they start speculations what we will do wit

there are people who said that as russia increased its commitment in syria, its would start decreasing the conflict in eastern. so you can look at the gas deal possibly as a feature of that geopolitical landscape. >>> russia's counter terrorism force saying it has arrested a group of people it says were e preparing an attack on moscow. no details have been released. >>> the former head of china's biggest energy group has been sentenced to 16 years in prison on corruption charges. he served as chairman of the state-owned china nation at petroleum corporation between 2011 and 2013. >>> votes are being counted in guinea, the first democratically elected president is tipped to win a second term. victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: this only guinea's second election since independence. but as people waited to cast their ballots they were mindful of the violence that marred the election campaign. >> translator: let peace be assured in guinea. and that guineians shake hands. we're all brothers. there is no racism. everybody should know this and everyone should come out to vote. that's all that i ask of guin guine

russia. in eastern europe and in the arctic, and a rising china that continues to -- mr. president, i'd ask unanimous consent for two more minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: in addition to instability in the middle east, an aggressive russia in eastern europe and in the arctic and a rising china that's trying to expand its own territory at the expense of our allies and friends in the pacific. and i'm plaid to seat united states navy -- and i'm glad to see the united states navy challenge the phony claims of china in the south china sea and jeopardize those important sea lanes that are so critical to security and to our commerce. so this deal, as flawed as it is, finally provides the military and our military families with the resources they need in order to do the incredibly important job that we ask them to do. and if you think about all the areas that the federal government is involved in, this is the number-one priority. there's no yellow pages, where you can look to outsource national security. it is the federal government's responsibility,

russia released graphics avoiding south-eastern turkey. the president was briefed on the strike. >> translation: this morning we engaged the flotilla ships, four vessels launched cruise missiles on 11 targets. all were destroyed. >> the missile strike was totally unexpected. and it begs the question why russia would target i.s.i.l. possessions 1200 bombers away where there's a large force carrying out strikes against i.s.i.l. it would go to remind the rest of russia's reach at the end of the conflict. >> formerly ruled out cooperation with russia. >> russia has the wrong strategy. they hit targets that are not i.s.i.l. we believe this is a fundamental mistake. despite what the russians say, we have not great to cooperate. so long as they pursue mistaken strategy. a disappointment for vladimir putin, who hoped to persuade the u.s. against i.s.i.l. >> peter sharp, al jazeera. >> europe's staggering refugee crisis is due to be discussed. they'll consider plans to deport hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers from europe. more than 600,000 re

after annexing crimea from ukraine, russia stands accused of backing separatists in eastern ukraine. soured things around the security council table. >> those against. >> reporter: with russia using its veto some seven times in the last five years. now the situation around this table is supposed to have the final say on international peace and security, is about to get even more complicated. after an election by the u.n. general assembly of formality it's running unopposed in its regional block, ukraine will next year join the council. one person who understands the dynamics of the security council is ambassador rosemary decarlo as actioning u.s. ambassador, she was president of the counsel in july 2013. >> i don't think it's a new cold war. i think it is a bumpy relationship we have with russia now, between the west and russia. it's a bit chilly. i do think, however, that some of the issues, the very serious issue that his we cannot resolve with the russians or have not been able to until this point, ukraine, syria, we certainly had disagreements over u.s. and nato intervention in l

but as russia shifts its foreign policy gaze to syria, eastern ukraine faces an uncertain road ahead. >> high level talks at the u.n. in new york have failed to come up with a peace plan for libya. the two governments have not agreed to a deal that was drawn up by the u.n., the u.s. and other member states. we have been following developments. >> reporter: with deadline after deadline come and gone, the united nations hoped this would finally be the moment representatives of libya's two rival governments to come together as one. the u.s. secretary of state came to push the case. >> each party has to live up to the responsibility of this critical moment. that means reaching agreement on the names of new leaders, not tomorrow, not next week, but now. even while libyan delegates are here in new york. this can happen. and we hope that the process can be completed in a very small number of days. >> john kerry said the time to negotiate was over. but members of the general national congress tell al jazeera they are not yet happy with the deal on the table. >> this is for libya only to s say

. >>> now, in eastern ukraine pro hiesh russia rebels and pro government forces started to withdraw small caliber weapons including tanks from the front line. it's after peace talks in paris. it was the latest attempt by leaders from russia and ukraine to end the conflict. the tank withdrawal is in line with the minsk agreement reached in february. he's the spokesman for the special monitoring commission in ukraine. it will take a lot of political will to end the conflict. >>> we're well-positioned to monitor the process. we have unmanned areas in india as well or drones looking down on the situation. i must say that we're now actually into week four of a relative calm that we haven't seen before. the worst we've seen in terms of ceasefire violations have been small arms fire mostly at so-called training ranges. that indeed is very, very good news and a conflict that lasted for so many months now. in the past two or three days our chief monitor ambassador has voiced his desire that all sides devote really their full commitment to this process. why? because with over 8,000 deaths according

eastern sectors. that would require russia to withdraw its forces and stop helping the rubble sectors.not sure putin is really willing to do that. so he may just calm things down and fire a few less rounds and tell his own forces, the separatist, not to attack a lot for the next few weeks, and not try to pay too much of a price himself. he is certainly cynical enough to do that and i would not rule that out. i'm looking at my bloomberg terminal on the price of crude oil, and he has gone the $90 price to a little above $65. do you think sanctions make a 10% difference or do you think it is more like a 1% reference as opposed to the price of oil? michael: i think you are right with the first number. i haven't done a calculation, yes,y intuitive sense says 10%-20% of the sanctions, and 80%-90% of the falling oil prices. the effect of essentially discouraging any new investments, so it is not just the amount of direct harm that they cause, russia has been put ice i the international community and those companies who wanted to do more business with russia have reportedly scaled back their a

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narrative, explanation of the downing of m.h.17 that tries to exonerate the rebels in eastern ukraine and also russia which has been backing those rebels for quite some time. it was a long presentation, very, very heavy on attackical detail. they shod us videos, they showed us animations, they've done an experiment looking at shrapnel patterns and things like that, even blown up a plane cockpit to try to replicate the scenario that took place in the skies over eastern ukraine with the downing of m.h.17. what it really boils down to is that they have two central claims to make. the first is that the launch sites of the missile that took mh17 out of the sky was not the village which is a village that we were investigators, leaders have pinned as the launch site. the group says it was actually a different place that was outside of the control of the rebels. they assert that it was in control, being controlled by the ukrainian army at the time of the launch. the other second assertion from the arms manufacturer is that the missile that was launched was an old version of the big missile that had actually

i have said more than once, i'm always asked what is russia doing and now in eastern ukraine or excuseme, been asked more than once what is mr. putin doing now in eastern ukraine. what i almost always answer is if someone walks up to you and said they know what mr. putin is thinking, you should discount what they say. i have learned that you very few people know what mr. putin is thinking. so what we do in a military sense is we look at the capabilities and the capacities that mr. putin is creating in eastern ukraine and then derive from that what they could do, rather than try to guess what is on their mind. so here's what concerns me about what's going on in syria. we see some very sophisticated air defenses going in. we see very snis indicated air to air aircraft going into these air force. i have not seen isil flying any airplanes that require sa-15s or 22s. i have not seen isil flying any airplanes that require snis indicated air to air capabilities. so what i'm doing is what i have always done. i look at the capabilities and the capacities that are being created and i determine f

russia. police raid on radioactive material. this dramatic rid video released today in the tiny eastern european country of maldova near russia wherers believe criminal games are getting their deadly good from hospital. uranium and cesium which would be used to make in dirty bomb. >> there could be few immediate tashties but lace the area with radioactive particles and could shut down an urban area and capital of the united states for years. >> fbi helped in undercover sting operations four of them in last five years. maldovan police say accused were looking for driers from extremists groups to target u.s. and spevblly islamic stat state. >> in these cases terror group were not involved and experts believe it's a matter of time before alleged something youlers reached ib staepded clients. >> there's thousands of sites and dozens ever countries that have big supplies of radioactive material. the country we're most worried about is russia. there alone there are hundreds of sites with this kind of material and it's corrupt dysfunctional government. >> because of tension with west russia pulled out of agreement to better secure nuclear