when the ussr fell, estonia regained its freedom, and in 2004, it joined the european union.tallinn has modernized at an astounding rate since the fall of the soviet union. its business district shines with the same glass and steel gleam you'll find in any modern city. yet nearby are the rugged and fully intact medieval walls, and the town within these ramparts has a beautifully preserved old-world ambiance. among medieval cities in the north of europe, none are as well preserved as tallinn. the town hall square was a marketplace through the centuries. its fine old buildings are a reminder that tallinn was once an important medieval trading center. today it's a touristy scene, full of people just having fun. through the season, each midday, cruise-ship groups congest the center as they blitz the town in the care of local guides. like many tourist zones, tallinn's is a commercial gauntlet. here there's a hokey torture museum, strolling russian dolls, medieval theme restaurants complete with touts, and enthusiastic hawkers of ye olde taste treats. woman: [ laughs ] steves: but

but estonia said that he was abducted at gunpoint at a border crossing. the eurean union said that the detention is illegal. >>> russian authorities have been accused of covering up the scale of an oil spill in siberia in june. environmentalists say that the government is vastly has under reported how much oil leaked as the oil companies have accused

estonia claims he was abducted by russian forces and his failing is illegal. >> reporter: this is the talking with his lawyer in a courtroom in russia. now he is facing 15 years in prison after being convicted of spying. his lawyer says he will serve his sentence in a russian hard labor camp and be fined $1,500. >> we condemn the judgment and demand his release and free return back home. our position hasn't changed. onduction on the 5th of september last year, was a violation of international law, violation of human rights. >> reporter: he was arrested near a border check point last september and charges with criming including smuggling arms. russia says he was found carrying more than $5,000 in cash, and a handgun, and documents proving he was on an intelligence mission. but estonia and the european union have also insisted that he was abducted by unknown gunmen and taken over the boarder. >> his abduction and illegal restriction in russia demonstrate a clear violation of international law. he has been deprived of the right to a free trial. the estonian counsel was not allowed to be

spain and estonia are all part of the deal.his comes a day ahead of the 3.2 billion euro greek payment to the ecb. the german bundestag is debating the deal as we speak. the german finance minister -- the central bank of vietnam has devalued its currency for the first time this year. it weakened the reference rate by 1%, citing the devaluation of the yuan and concern about the impact of possible u.s. rate hikes as reasons behind the move. carlsberg says it anticipates profits to continue falling as western europe and russia weigh on sales. it is the biggest brewing company in russia in the stock is down by 7% today. glencore's first-half profit tumbled the 56% compared to a year earlier as the commodity price that it. saying it currently is the worst performer this year -- let's bring in jesse respray. you have been speaking to the company's chief executive -- what did mr. glasenberg have to say today? jesse: as usual, a fascinating conversation -- it was most interesting when he talked about china and the impact of their deman

estonia urged its fellow nato members to take a tough stance. ...atest sentence will do little to ease those tensions. nadim baba, al jazeera. >> any attempt of separatistis t rebels, coincides with what the u.s. describes as the biggest allied airborne drills since the cold war. the training exercise is called swift response 15 and runs until september the 15th. in today's off the radar segment russian oil spills, among oil producing nations, russia has the worst record for oil spills and leaks. rory challands reports. >> reporter: as any detective will tell you, the work is far from glamorous. she's on the hunt for evidence and she's finding it. the coverup she's investigating hasn't been particularly thorough. >> fresh sand and soil and discover the entire oil spill under the layer of fresh soil. >> unamounundocumented amount sd out over the flood plane. >> they announced they spilled only 450 kilos of oil. but we can see all over the trace of the oil all over. and 450 would not pollute such a big area. >> ... black water gushing from theirs taps

embassy, lithuania and estonia unveiled investigative terrorism training to counter russian messaging in the baltics. it's a programme for young profferingsals working on the rushing professionals working on the russian perifphereriphery. similar media programs contesting russian media narratives have been launched in e.u. countries, poland announcing plans for content factory, a tv or newsagency aimed at exposing ms information coming out of russia >>> crowd funding is popular as revenues dry up. wiki leeks is trying to raise funding for deals. the trans-atlantic trade and investment partnership is an agreement negotiated between the e.u., and the u.s. the aim of the agreement, is, negotiators tell you wills, to create jobs and growth on both sides of the atlantic by removing trade barriers. some videos and documents have been released, it has not disclosed details information on what agreements are discussed, and the impact they'll have on the public. julian assange said the secrecy of the ditail casts a shadow on european democracy. on this cover, special interests are running wild

we are talking about countries, you know, estonia, poland, hungary. these are packet. i was in the presidential counsel. i remember russia was against nato expansion because this was the part of the deal. unification of germany, no even inch, you know, extension of nato the. then, they deceived gorbachev, respecting. >> i don't want to get bogged into empty promises and whether promises were made or not to gorbachev or not. a lot could be apochraphyl. >> we have evidence. we have politicians who cut the deal. and members of that deal. >> these words in black and white and not in the text of any of these deals. let's look at the contemporary right now. look at crain for the moment. 4,500, 15,000 wounded. 1.2 million displaced. effect? >> absolutely. t in kiev people organize a coup and they overthrow villages to the elected president who could, by the way, guarantee foreign ministers who were there at that time. german, french, and foreign ministers guaranteed the transition. legitimate president yanukovych promised elections, everything, transitional period. but he was

spain, austria and estonia all past the bailout yesterday. three votes are left, including the netherlands. hans: the difficult thing about the netherlands is not just the seatnment -- it has a one majority. they have got 76 and a parliament of 150. the issue is what happened after. netherlands share of this bailout will be 5 billion euro s. mr. rutter campaigned on not another bailout. e opposition leader plans to introduce a vote of no-confidence. that is what analysts are saying in the hague. but it gives you the sense of the political instability and to what extent this deal still needs to be able up and -- to be implemented step-by-step in athens. there have been numerous hint of the past three weeks there will be actions in september. the governing party will not last. it will collapse. and we have to see what government takes its place in athens. francine: think you so much. alberto, we were talking about -- you expect these votes to pass. you were talking about greek gdp, and it will be quite hard because of the way the money comes in

it is a difference if they are countries like lot via or estonia.y have a 30% or 40% population not -- peter: does ethnicity factor in? countries there are that can afford to take in more people, like germany, a growing economy. it's easier than a country with a sputtering economy like greece. we should be flexible. there has to be much more pressure for a european solution. my point from the beginning -- it shouldn't be a big government approach. we should try to find out, where did those people come from? do they have relatives in the eu? you should send them there. private people can do the integration work more than the government. you can count these people who internationalnto quotas. those who have no relatives or no point where to go, you can send them to other places. use the private willingness to help and integrate people. it's not the government's responsibility. peter: you've been observing closely the good germans and the bad germans at work in both cases. gwen has a point been reached possibly -- the berlin mayor talked about it -- a

heard how an elderly estonian lady had fond memories of one of the nazi soldiers who had occupied estonia in world war ii. he had very kindly given her a red ribbon to tie in her hair, instead of the shoelace she was using. that story really showed me how the experience of ordinary people in occupied countries was much more complicated than the black-and-white narrative we often get in britain or the u.s. sometimes romantic relationships even developed between german soldiers and local women. nd in millions of cases across europe, children were born. which is exactly what happened in finland. since the war, it's been a taboo subject. but now some of those children, who are today elderly, are breaking the silence. >> pertti hartikainen would never raise any flag other than the finnish one in front of his house in rovaniemi in the heart of lapland. in fact, no finn would -- although 70-year-old hartikainen is also a german. in mid-july, he acquired german citizenship as the first finnish child of a german wehrmacht soldier. he and his wife elsa are quite proud of the fact, because it was a

heard how an elderly estonian lady had fond memories of one of the nazi soldiers who had occupied estonia in world war ii. he had very kindly given her a red ribbon to tie in her hair, instead of the shoelace she was

but estonia and the european union have always insisted that he was abducted and taken over the bordernesday e.u. called on russia to free him immediately. >> the inlegal detention is considered a clear violation of international law, moreover he has been deprived of the right to a fair trial. t thes and tonian council was not allowed to be present at the hearing. >> reporter: they say he was stopped while investigating smuggling operations related to russian officials. but the relationship has badly deteriorated since the conflict in ukraine. they have urged his neighbors to take a tough stance over the war. the latest sentence will do nothing to ease those tensions. nadine barber, al jazeera. >>> the largest annual arts festival in the world is taking place. performers from 39 different countries have converged on the scottish capitol with more than 3,000 shows scheduled to take place. the french festival is completely open access. anyone can turn up and perform. charlie angela is at the heart. >> reporter: they are engulfed with performers who are using every nook and cranny and stu

estonia says the officer was kidnapped at gunpoint by russian security forces while he was working or the border. moscow has made a number of spying planes as tensions with the eu rise over the ukraine crisis. emergency kits have been distributed to people living close to ecuador's of volcano. it has been spewing smoke -- for several days, leading officials to close the surrounding national park. the volcano last erupted 75 years ago. south africa's justice ministry has overruled the decision to release oscar pistorius 10 months into his five year prison sentence for killing his girlfriend. the paralympic champion had been due to leave prison on friday after parole board official agreed to house arrest. he was convicted last year of the culpable homicide of a woman after shooting her to death. prosecutors are still seeking how the culpable homicide verdict overturned in favor of murder. you're watching "dw news." still to come, the little pink pill, the drug being called the female viagra is approved in the u.s. major breakthrough? the pros and cons after the break. don't go away. rep

estonia says the officer was kidnapped at gunpoint by russian security forces while he was working or the border. moscow has made a number of spying planes as tensions with the eu rise over the ukraine crisis. emergency kits have been distributed to people living close to ecuador's of volcano. it has been spewing smoke -- for several days, leading officials to close the surrounding national park. the volcano last erupted 75 years ago. south africa's justice ministry has overruled the decision to release oscar pistorius 10 months into his five year prison sentence for killing his girlfriend. the paralympic champion had been due to leave prison on friday after parole board official agreed to house arrest. he was convicted last year of the culpable homicide of a woman after shooting her to death. prosecutors are still seeking how the culpable homicide verdict overturned in favor of murder. you're watching "dw news." still to come, the little pink pill, the drug being called the female viagra is approved in the u.s. major breakthrough? the pros and cons after the break. don't go away. rep

spain, austria, and estonia all past a deal yesterday.n group begins their debate this morning. in: japan's growth grew july. shipment values were up from an earlier year. it slowed in june. caroline: police in thailand to say they are confident of finding a man suspected of planting the bangkok long -- bomb. he arrived with a backpack, but left without it. thailand'smay hit last remaining growth sector, to risen -- tourism. guy: the human costs of the devastating explosion in tianjin more.ached fed expects most of that cost to affect shipments. importers are seeking alternative facilities. caroline: let's check in with the market. flowsis coming off of it -- was. guy: the market was down 5%. you can see the bounceback here. dow is down 2.5%. if you look at it q literally -- cumulatively you can see the extent of the drop. at one point we were down 10% over two days. kirilenko yesterday we saw this margin -- >> are we back in the dark days of july when we see that selloff? we are breaking below that 200 day. the technical indicator means

i just recently came back from a trip to russia and the ukraine, and also we stopped off in estonia. appalled at the difference in what is going on there and what we hear in our country. poroshenko, the president of the ukraine now, has appointed a former president of georgia, were he to go home he would be put in prison for his misdeeds, and i'm -- also, went to estonia, and i met a young man who worked in norway but his family lives in estonia, and they are of russian background, although they lived there about 40 years. in the stores, they do not have any of the signs or anything in russian. even though in this particular town there are 40 percent of the people there that are russian. this young man i guess became an activist because he started having signs put up saying, we want russian, and estonia cut a train track that allowed people to go to st. petersburg to visit their family and friends. i'm so disappointed in our country, getting involved in things that we have no business being involved in. >> host: all right, laura, thank you. medea, ukraine. >>> well, you see that some

latvia, estonia, lit huania. thereafter, throughout the war, careful to were conduct operations in areas of special interest. those areas where first the baltic region and second the balkans. byt became abundantly clear early 1944 when they attended a full-scale offensive in the balkans, only to see it fall for. -- falter. late summer, 1944, again they return to the balkans and i'll take region this time successfully -- and the baltic region, this time successfully. i maintain now and this will be , that in all likelihood the decision by stalin to halt his forces at the 13th or 14th of february, halt them east of erlang and send them to vienna instead probably a reflection of that policy to make significant gains in the baltics. the planningigate , and you operations watch the evolution of force structure, you will see these same considerations in place. had everer than i anticipated, and to a greater degree than i had ever anticipated. these new revelations continue right up to the final few points of my slide.

you need estonia.many voting as well and then latvia, lithuania and some committees have already approved it. france has given the green light and we have a whole host of countries that can rubberstamp this. it looks like the biggest holdup is going to be germany and it looks like this is going to pass. so from the parliamentary angle this is going to get through. but one note on how difficult the politics are, 86 million is the headline number we have been using and there is a report out that says already greece will need another 6 billion euros. guy: bigger and bigger. country it has a lot of money. carolyn girl and a lot of debt. let's check in on how the market is performing. some phenomenal news coming from asia. the biggest selloff since july 27. guy: what you're looking at here is a three-day chart. this is the session today down here at the bottom. as he can see the shanghai, has been falling for the last couple of days. we are seeing a little bit of bounceback but nevertheless we are seeing th

they don't have to bring it to parliaments -- spain, the netherlands, and estonia.eally those for you need to watch. -- those four you need to watch. hans, good to see you -- hans nichols in berlin. here's what to watch for the rest of the day. -- estimatedn data to remain at zero for another month. new, we will get the right decision from the turkish central bank. the lira hits all-time lows against the dollar. we await u.s. housing stats. those figures will give us the first hard figures on how the -- on housing activity in july. equity markets, stocks are falling. they fell last week on china's devaluation concerns. you can always follow me on twitter -- this is where you will find me, @markbartontv. what is on your mind today? tweet me. you never know what i will say back. ♪ plunge the most in three weeks on the concern of a strengthening property market. ands: the bart weekends tylan stock market falls -- thailand's market falls after the attack. francine: we get the figures in half an hour. welcome to "the pulse." i'm francine lacqua. manus:

one of the best goals you're likely to see have come at football tournaments in estonia. they have been playing for france. and definitely were caught unaware. >>> professional golfer in denmark has had an event likely to remember for the rest of his life. a birdie on the 16th hole at the european event. he celebrated by drawing out his girlfriend from the crowd, getting down on one knee and asking her hand in marriage. and she said yes. that's it for me. >> thank you very much. now, italy's civil aviation authority has suspended the license of a helicopter pilot who dropped roses o on the funeral of a mafia boss. the funeral featured the music from "the godfather," and a gilded horse-drawn carriage carrying his casket. you can find more on everything we're covering on our website. the address for that is www.aljazeera.com. that's it for me for now, but i'll be back after a very short break. >> could normalization change cuba forever? >> i'm afraid for cuba. >> we ask cubans about their hopes and fears. >> i would love to see my business grow into a transnational company.

and estonia cut a train track that allowed people to go to st.to visit their family and friends. i'm so disappointed in our country getting involved in things that we have no business being involved in. >> host: all right laura, thank you. medea benjamin, ukraine. >> guest: you see that somebody who gets a chance to go to the region comes back with a very, very different view. when i traveled to europe, and i've met with people who have been involved in peace issues, they say that nato is so aggressive that in the deal that was made with gorbachev mate to promised it wouldn't move its forces closer to the border with the former soviet union and it has done that in poland, in the former czech republic, and moving closer and that is seen as very aggressive by russia. so it goes back to the whole idea of we have to see things from other people's points of view and when you see how russians in that region have been oppressed. how there are neonazis who have been involved in this movement, and fortunately we have had congress recently pass a legislati

we are not going to react that same way if they reclaim estonia.r they were part of russia from the time of peter the great. vladimir putin thinks they are part of russia today. he doesn't respect their being part of nato. people are dramatically underestimating the chance of tanks rolling through this part of the world. >> that includes a lot of people in this part of the world. i happened to be with polish immigrants this weekend. when they talk to friends in ukraine they ask about conditions and they shrug and say, we are not too worried. are they being too complacent, as well? >> absolutely. i think your friends might be outliers there. i think the people in the ukraine are worried about russian tanks rolling. henry kissinger says since the days of peter the great, russia has expanded at the rate of one belgian per year. russia is always getting bigger. that is what russia is. they have never respected the independence of ukraine, estonia, latvia. vladimir putin believes the disintegration of the ussr is the greatest catastrophe of the century.

that has forced them to restrain their spending along the way also baltic nations like lithuania and estonia with the recession hit they did a lot of cutbacks in terms of government spending. they made that a recession worse in the short term and was much deeper but now they are coming out of it that europe went more of the al shape but they have not come out. but britain is beginning to come out of there is fairly strongly with reelecting david cameron because they did some austerity over there with some cutbacks. >> host: you are not a big fan of stimulus what should we did do or not do? >> stimulus spending does not generate long-term growth. what it did is makes that trough deep but keeps us from bouncing back from where we were. when we talk about the stimulus spending it is the bag of money theory i have this bag of money but the reality is it comes from someplace else. in the book i talk about the french economist and the example he gave was supposed to resume french farmer planning to irrigate his field and before he can do that the french government takes the money to tax that they

but estonia said that he was abducted at gunpoint at a border crossing. the eurean union said that the detention is illegal. >>> russian authorities have been accused of covering up the scale of an oil spill in siberia in june. environmentalists say that the government is vastly has under reported how much oil leaked as the oil companies have accused him of exaggerating. rorychallands investigates. >> as any detective will tell you, the work is far from glamorous. an environmental activist for greenpeace. still she's on the hunt for evidence, and she's finding it. the cover up investigating has not been particularly thorough. >> the company brings the fresh sand and soil and just covers the entire oil spill and the layer of the fresh soil. >> on june 23rd an unknown amount of crud oil burst into the flooded river in western siberia, and a slick spread out across the flood plan plain. >> they announced only 450 kilometer450 kilos spilled. but 450 kilos cannot pollute such a great landscape. >> people found blackwater gushing from their taps and animals coa

could russia use the same tact irs against the lat have iy, estonia. a defense pact with them. i asked him is he concerned about russia using the same tactics there? here's what he had to say. do you have any evidence that the strategy in the administration policy deterring russia is working? >> we have a long way to go. i think we have to continue toing in our ability to move quickly there. if people are worried, there will be some level of response. i think we have to continue to improve what level of response that is, so we can deter. >> in his words, he said it greatly concerns him that russia may use the same tactics. he says the u.s. and nato are taking steps, triple the size of a rapid reaction force, but in his words, he says the u.s. deterrent is not up to speed. >> very conr concerning. jim scuitto, thank you so much. >>> boil anger hat toxins turn a arrive in the u.s. bright orange. the possible long-term damage with us the waters clear, as the communities demand someone pay for the disaster. >>> plus a series of powerful explosions in china

about russia as the primary threat, how concerned are you that russia will try the same strategy in estonia and latvia? gen. odierno: russia is assessing the action of 80 through any of their actions and based on -- what i worry about is his calculation, that they perceive that nato might not be as concerned and make a mistake and miscalculate and do something that would violate article five. that is something that greatly concerns me. is we have too do continue to refocus nato and our interoperability with our nato partners to build capability. we are on her way to do that and we have a long way to go. we have to continue to increase our ability to move quickly there and i think we can do that equipment, bying helping to increase interoperability between nato forces and understand what capabilities are available. i think we have to keep working at that because a true deterrent is one where people worry if , there will be some level of response. we have to look at that so we can deter any further actions. that deterrent is not there at this point. gen. odierno: i think we have deterrent the

how concerned are you the russian will try the same strategy with nato allies bordering russia in estoniaand latvia? gen. odierno: russia's constantly assessing the reaction of nato to any of their actions. i worry about miscalculation. they perceive maybe the nato might not be as concerned, and they make a mistake or miscalculate and do something that would violate the nato agreements. that is in the greeley concerns me. i would say that what we have to nato continue to refocus and our interoperability within the military with our nato partners to build capabilities. we are on our way to doing that. we have a long way to go. we have to continue to increase our ability to move quickly there. byhink we can do that pre-positioning equipment, we can do that by helping to increase interoperability , have anato forces understanding of what native capabilities are available. we have to keep working at that. because a true deterrent is one where people worry that if they do conduct operations, there will be some level of response. and we have to continue to improve with that level of response mi

you also see countries, a lot of the baltic nations, for example latvia estonia which responded very differently when the recession hit. they did a lot of cutbacks in terms of spending, especially their governmental spending. they made the resession worse for them in the short term, they got much more of a v a much deeper recession but now they're coming out of it in a ways that lot of europe went in an l shape. they didn't cut as deeply, and they haven't come out the same way as well. one counterexample is britain which actually is beginning to come out of the recession now fairly strongly. helped reelect david cameron. it was because they did some austerity over there. they actually did some cutbacks in their spending. >> host: now, you talk in your book about stimulus. you're not a big fan of stimulus spending. talk about what you think we should or shouldn't do in our own economic downturn. >> guest: yeah. i think stimulus spending tends to not generate long-term growth. i tend to believe what it did was -- does is make that trough not as deep, but also keeps us from bouncing bac

ris russia engaged in attacks in estonia, in georgia they blind and deafened the physical tanks before moving in and did it in the ukraine as well. what we are dealing with from the chinese is they are trying to make the moral equivalent argument of i am shocked gambling is going on casino. we are not sharing that information with companies they are saying which is what is playing out in china. i think there is a difference between what is being collected and how and for what purpose. >> one more example about what is going on and then we will turn it over to talking about the insurance. but this finding about the focus of the foreign espionage attacks. those incidents focused on stealing data of individuals and companies. decision making by senior government officials, corporate executives, investors and others will be impaired if they cannot trust the information they are receiving. so now we have people trying to destroy, degrade, compromise, and we can talk about what they can to to help us. >> the privacy of the information, the integrity, and where the insurance falls in is acros

lithuania, latvia, and estonia. >> how concerned are you that russia will try the same strategy in natobordering russia? >> russia is assessing the reaction of nato to any of their actions. what i were radioaboorry about and violate article 5 of the nato agreement. i asked the general if they have the deterrent capability to deter russia. he said in his word, it has some, not a ringing endorsement of the ability of nato to deter russia from further military action. he says they're just beginning they have a lot of work to do. jim sciutto, thank you for your report. we are looking into reports that a top korean official has not been seen in public for months. cnn's brian todd has details on this. >> concern that kim jung-unmay be eliminating any one that mildly crosses him. from seoul to washington, officials are scrambling to find out what happened to a man who served kim and his father for many years. a top official in kim jong-un's government vanished from view, chon gon jong hasn't been seen in eight months according to the unification ministry which tells cnn it is watching closely

what would you do if russian president vladimir putin started a campaign to destabilize nato allies estonialithuania, mirroring the actions in ukraine? >> first, it is sad to think now but probably the russian and chinese government know more about hillary clinton's e-mail server than do the members of the united states congress. and that has put our national security at risk. if i'm president, he won't think about that. putin believed in the old adage, you probe with bayonets. when you find mush, you push. when you find steel you stop. under obama and clinton we found a lot of mush. we need to have a national security that puts steel in front of our enemies. i would send weapons to ukraine. i would work with nato to put forces on the eastern border of poland and the baltic nations. and i would put back in place the missile defense system that we had in poland and the czech republic. he would find steel. >> governor huckabee, the culture of the american military is definitely changing. women are moving into combat roles, don't ask don't tell has been dropped. now defense secretary ashton ca