all the western european nations, in fact all the nations have some connection, whether energy, natural gas, to the russian economy and russia to their economy. but this is a two-way street. there are consequences both ways on this, too, and i think president putin has a pretty clear understanding of that. but secretary gates' question is very legitimate. it's something i talk about when i meet with my nato colleagues, it's something that my predecessors, panetta, rumsfeld all talked about, the western european nations will have to do more in their own defense, that means collective security in nato. some are. but what's happened here, back to my point, the russian's actions in ukraine has been in churchill's immortal words the jarring gong of an awakening here that is starting to at least focus these european nations a bit more on continuing to cut their budgets in defense. i know we've got that issue, too. but this is a reality that they're going to have to deal with, and it's just not new. gates and others have been talking about it a long time. >> charlie: let me take you to syria a

eight european nations along with morocco turkey, tunisia and the u.s. are meeting in brussels to come up with a strategy to stop the growing ranks of western youth growing jihadist groups in syria. we have more. >> at website has been set up by the interior ministry to answer questions about how to combat -- prevent a minor from leaving the country without parental authorization. 24 cases of radicalization have been reported to the police. on that day, the french interior minister will meet with his european counterpart to discuss the issue. tunisia and turkey and the u.s. will also attend the meeting. an estimated 15,000 foreign combatants are believed to have joined the syrian rebels in their fight against the shower aside -- bashar assad. about 100 are believed to have come from the united states. with a history of jihadist threats going back to the civil war -- interior civil war, -- syrian civil war -- they lag behind britain in preventing radicalization in recent years and france has been relying on high school staff and employment advisors to rea

all of those larger western european nations have some connection whether it is energy, natural gas, some connection to the russian economy. remember that this is a two-way street. there are consequences both ways and i think president putin has a pretty clear understanding about. secretary gates question is very legitimate. it is something i talk about when i meet with my nato colleagues. it is something that my predecessors, panetta, gates, rumsfeld, all talked about. western european nations will have to do more and commitment to their own defense which means collective security in nato. yes thomas what happened here back to my point, charlie on the russian actions in ukraine has been in churchill's immortal charring gong of an awakening that i think is froming to release focus these european nations a bit more on continuing to cut their budgets and defense. i know we have that issue, too. this is a reality they need to deal with. it is not new. gates and others have talked about it for a long time. >> area as well? -- syria? is there something the united states can do they have n

moldova, some of the nations that are still connected on that western european edge. everybody's very nervous on what is in his mind. i think we need to be resolute and firm. the west needs to be together on this clearly whether it is the eu, nato. >> i'm asking this also because there are some and former secretary gates, your predecessor, said to me that he was concerned about the west. this was some time ago when ukraine began to emerge with a focus that we now have that the western nations in europe who have an economic relationship with russia would have the same commitment that we would. >> this goes back to my point about the cold war and the interconnects. all of those larger western european nations have some connection whether it is energy, natural gas, some connection to the russian economy. remember that this is a two-way street. there are consequences both ways and i think president putin has a pretty clear understanding about. secretary gates question is very legitimate. it is something i talk about when i meet with my nato colleagues. it is something tha

they should also be speaking differently, because most governments, even the most alo-european nation k government already plays a cynical game with europe. they participate in decisions made in brussels with other governments, and then blame brussels as if it were a for thet thing sometimes unpopular consequences of those decisions at home. >> what i want to know, mr. monti, is they should be listening more and paying more attention, should they therefore be lobbying to change their fiscal policy? this viselike grip that we have in terms of ?tepping back from spending is her case to me made for adjusting of fiscal policy? >> there was a case already. reinforced, but i think one needs a balancing act, many countries in the south have made progress toward achieving budgetary discipline. italy is of course a country that came out of the crisis without any financial assistance from anybody. excessivew out of any deficit procedure by the eu. in recognition of the good progress made, or being made by unionies, the european should go to a policy framework that is more expansionary in , both

it is an hope it will be a turning point for the divided eastern europe are in -- eastern european nation. >> is the key to winning back political and economic stability in ukraine. >> the cities are still under the control of pro-russian militias, who do not necessarily support the government. rinat akhmetov has encouraged his countrymen to turn out. few have heeded his call. the government is trying to project authority. >> we hope as many people as possible turnout to vote. we will definitely be guaranteeing security at some polling stations in congested cities. >> but more and more ukrainians are fleeing the east of the country, fearing criminality and renewed violence. >> one of the groups that might well play a major role in the politics of ukraine -- coal miners. our correspondent was at their anti-separatist rally today in donetsk. he joins us on the line. how much influence might miners have in these elections, and are they being directed by the man they work for, the billionaire oligarch rinat akhmetov? >> first, we have to understand this is a heavily industrial region. so, a l

we are six eastern european nations bordering way to the european union and the system partition colder. then do we compete in the local bourse could successfully. and we're expecting them to look to the nukes in the limbo last year. it is to come to small bow of georgia ukraine who beat in the form signature vocal trance inducing step into the poet uses to pennington will go on in georgia as well. because as i said dishes or clothes. and when we analyze the top of the acoustics were not sure that it will be extended to a georgian territory as well like an x next to an indictment that i know is that you will nine sealed tight european science if all the teams think of most qaeda's tactics. the speaker whew that is more than clear the dishes most ornate and bolts. costing between russia and ukraine. it is too small to pick the two russian and european union. in that moment eastern europe tuesday don't use it to tony critical for patients with him. then beat up kiki is probably the most cynical when it is molding pm. but the ghost walk by a government buildings prussian corps could ultima

to the burden this places upon jordan, and really point a finger at wealthy western nations, european nations, they really need to step up to the plate. >> thank you very much for the update. moving to some other news, the leaders of thailand's coup say they will detain prime minister yingluck shinawatra, and cabinet members for up to a week. it was the country's second coup in just eight years. >> these demonstrators in bangkok are demanding elections after a day of calm. the testers are back on the street -- protesters are back on the street. supporters of the ousted government are voicing their outrage over the military coup and the imposition of martial law. >> we are here to express ourselves, but the soldiers are trying to arrest us. they are trying to silence us. military has taken a series of tough measures, curbing civil liberties, restricting the media, and suspending the constitution. leadersleaders -- coup 150 detained more than politicians, including prime minister yingluck shinawatra, who has been taken to an unknown location. the army says it plans to hold them for up to a week

and if britain is anyone example to go by that may be the real consequence of the european election. changes in national politics that could wear away at the european project itself. al jazeera, london. >> greece was one of those countries where far left parties won the election. we're live in athens. john, we've seen the seismic shift across europe, mainly france to be honest. very little impact in germany. what happened in greece. 12,349 the political dialogue

. >> reporter: many european nations struggle with unemployment and debt, switzerland, which is not inhe e.u. is an island of prosperity. with unemployment at only 4%. the debate over the referendum exposed the reality that not everyone is enjoying the benefits. >> this is how most people get around on the tram. a single ticket costs about $5. there may be lower taxes, but the high cost of food, rent and insures make this one -- insurance make this one of the most expensive countries in the world to live. life can be difficult. many people who live here are migrant workers, paid less than the proposed minimum wage. although small businesses like this have to make cuts if it is introduced, most people agree it would be a fairer system. >> they hardly dan afford food or buy clothes. everything from year to year is more expensive. they need to get - everywhere needs a good salary. >> some politicians and business leaders say a yes vote leads to job cuts and companies employed abroad. switzerland's biggest trade union says it's square mongering. a minimum wage would benefit the country, no

and european nations maintained the referendums have no legal basis, and are not valid. a specialist in russian affairs with the tokyo foundation gives us his take on the referendum. >> one main objective is for this refinement is to show the concern about the -- this current government -- this most be conceivable scenario from the point of view of president putin because, you know, president putin really understand that the direction of the eastern government in ukraine. the only option is to make the situation in eastern part of ukraine managebly -- by doing this russian government also use the situation to try to deal with the government of ukraine. if ukraine continue to be unstable managebly unstable then russia also could influence the interim government possible direction to supporting the separatists of the eastern part of ukraine. so i believe this potential action will be hard anyway the situation and the crime will continue. >> soccer fans in japan finally know who is on the country's squad for next month's world cup. the japanese football association will be

market expectations policymakers are also concerned about russia's stand up with the us and european nations over ukraine and has been a turbulent factor in the financial markets. here the latest market figures the eye. it is would you do. its readership see nine months of peace talks with the palestinians and in disarray and they find themselves in an economic squeeze more and more europeans have been demanding that the israelis and their occupation of palestinian territories. and they're refusing to buy israeli products. nhk world call it sushi reports from jerusalem i know it the boycott movement is gathering steam these are cases in its origin. going to buy his body you see across the uk. my front teeth. saving one one ec and continue generating global publicity for their cause. i can just call it depends on getting these should be quashed. for these friendly company. this is after storm of trees. she resigned as goodwill ambassador for the national energy ol' box for each position she held for eight years. sorry for the company is in the crosshairs. because its production base is in the

. >> because european nations get so much oil and gas from russian, broader sanctions could hurt them, as well. meantime, both sides confirm that two ukrainian helicopters were shot down by pro-russian insurgents and dozens were killed in a fire and battle that broke out on the streets of odessa in ukraine. >>> now, several cbs journalists were caught up in the crisis overnight when insurgents detained them. burning tires blocked road in a city where pro-russian forces detained clarissa ward and her crew. they had just snapped these pictures. >> we were then blindfolded and put on a vehicle and taken to another location when we stopped at this other location, there was a woman who was shouting at us telling us to shut up, not to speak. we had to stand up and put our hands against a wall while they took all of our possessions. >> cbs news producer erin lyall was among the group detained. she told us on kpix 5 this morning that the battle isn't just between two sides but involves insurgents with no loyalties. >> there are not taking orders from russia or ukraine. these are local guys wi

while feasting european nations to the alliance. but despite this loss would still have cooperated with nato won a number of issues of global importance like to afghanistan drop kicking nonproliferation. in april nato suspended all practical to do in a note for cooperation with russia although russia has maintained his diplomatic mission to nato. alexander gazebo went on to say that they don't officially the deployment of substantial numbers of combat what it is either permanently or on a rotational basis of a nato officials are spending more white objects. local member states this would mean more poetry spending. we remember the words president calling europeans. to chip in and to spend more on nato and us could also mean more tension is because with the military buildup may come of the buildup of here. i was kind to the former pentagon official michael indeed he believes an exam by his comments. that's how he was nice to finally be easy its relations with russia. as an unfortunate statement because it is basically no draws a pictu

and she also very forcefully indicated that most of the european nations understand at they would be hurt if the energy sector is in the next tranch of serious economic sanctions. because many of the european countries get a majority if not almost all of their oil and gas -- >> it would hit average citizens. >> it would affect the global economy. and president obama has not been secretive about that. he has also indicated that. his body language with chancellor merkel was very conciliatory to this concept. and he actually did volunteer today in the discussion that it would be unrealistic to imagine turning off the tap was the phrase he used. that that had not even happened during the cold war. so he was signaling that each country may want to go in its own direction. but that the purpose of the united states and germany standing together was as gwen has already indicated to show some level of unity that there will be a walking forward together even if each country goes maybe a slightly different direction on sanctions. >> he does seem to be putting the highest priority on maintaining

that is why they are launching these european nations.ly look for markets where they can find people to pay as opposed to where markets have piracy is a issue. they may not be spending as much as netflix, but there have been some estimates that the hbo contract might be in the neighborhood of millions of dollars per year. they want to get people to buy more stuff through amazon here. >> what do you think of a company like netflix? 48 million subscribers now. they take up 34% of internet traffic at the peak time. >> it is an amazing service. we're large shareholders of that company. the view we came to is that we are moving to a world where these physical pipes are largely valueless and they are getting replaced by people building companies like netflix where you're putting together the experience that we want. on-demand and interesting content and original, great programming at a cheap price point that is available everywhere. that is what we want. i don't want to pay $150 a month for comcast. >> and comcast and at&t. where does that leav

this will cause national governments and parties to rethink their approach to the european union, butay the immediate collapse of government some people were expecting these elections to precipitate did not happen. theire have in italy, government actually strengthened. he comes in at 41%. the five-star movement had only 21%. italy is seeing strong. yes, the far left artie made great advances in greece. doesn't look like a collapse of the government is imminent. far right parties made advances in france the socialist party of francois hollande came in just 14%. yes a strong finish for right-wing parties and anti-eu in italy the government seems to be more established and more entrenched. the answer on who seems to be parliament, that comes down to horsetrading and jean-claude juenker. will he be installed? ?hat will his challenges be that is the issue. it doesn't look like it will cause an immediate collapse in government. >> lets the who takes up -- let's see who takes up residency win the vote is called. we are joined by an exclusive interview from the former italian prime minister

it's not that companies are leaving to go to china, they are leaving to go to western european nations>> they want to move over their whole -- >> it was not president obama who said he didn't know anything about the economy. it was actually john mccain. it was a quote of us during the election -- >> i infer heard him say he does know something about the economy. >> let me just say for all the kind of mournful feeling we have about our economic condition, i would rather in the united states. if you want to live in china, come on, i want my children educated in this country. their schools can't compete with our schools. i believe in democratic principles and we get hung up -- you find a university in china to compete with our universities. people come all over the world. >> people are doing pretty well -- >> you want simple thing they can do from any administration, whether it's obama or any administration, what simple tweak to the tax system that would put us on top for life, let every corporation repatriot their profits back to the united states. that would make us number one for life.

sovereignty so yes we would like to leave the european union and be stronger as a national country so are you saying that european union has exhausted itself in its current form because from what i remember netherlands was actually a pretty poor country like twenty thirty years ago and community has helped it become very stable and very rich. you know listen when europe started european union started in the fifty's you know nine hundred fifty seven it started in a good way and i wish it should have stayed like that because it started with economical corporation and i believe in economical cooperation i believe in three traits everybody every country can benefit from trading with one another but then after the fifty's in the sixty's the seventy's the eighty's and later it became a political project instead of economical cooperation of free trade it changed into a kind of european superstate where politicians try to make foreign policy you will see you see what happened in the ukraine what a mess they made about it they try with one point one currency with the eurozone they t

. >> while many european nations are struggling with unemployment and debt, switzerland, which is not in the e.u. remains an island of prosperity with unemployment at only 4%. the debate over the referendum is exposed, the reality that not everyone is enjoying the benefits. this is how most people get around on the tram. but a single ticket costs $5. and there may be lower taxes but the high cost of food, rent and insurance makes this one of the most expensive countries in the world to win. in zurich's poorest suburbs life can be difficult. many people who live here are migrant workers who are paid less than the proposed minimum wage. although small businesses like this would have to make cuts if it's introduced most people agree it would be a fairer system. >> to be able to buy food or buy clothes because everything is getting, from year to year, more expensive. everyone needs to get a good salary. >> reporter: some politicians and business leaders say a yes vote would lead to job cuts and companies employing abroad. but others say that is scaremongering. it would benefit the country

that is why they are increasing pricing and launching in these european nations.hey really look for markets where they can consistently find people who will pay as opposed to markets where piracy is an issue. on the amazon site, you have the content costs rising. spending as much as netflix every year and now, but there have been some estimates that there hbo contract might be in the neighborhood of $300 million a year with an endgame being a little bit different than netflix in that they want to get people to buy more stuff from amazon. >> what do you think of a company like netflix? 48 million subscribers now yet running up against potential net neutrality issues. they take up 34% of internet traffic at peak time. >> it's an amazing service. we are large holders of that company in our hedge fund. where moving to a world the physical pipes are commoditized and valueless. and companies like netflix or for together the expense we want. on-demand, interesting content, original great programming at a really cheap price point available everywhere. that is what we want

european elections. matteo renzi, the prime minister of italy never faced a national vote. party takes 41% of the vote to the european elections. it strengthens his mandate. down by and yields huge 14 basis points. we are flirting with that three percent level once again, heading towards record lows. elsewhere, of course we're looking at euro-dollar. one euro buys me 1.3635. inflation, low inflation expectations may require quantitative easing. if he wanted to take some of the heat out of next week's meeting, he certainly didn't do that. >> all right, mario draghi making waves at the first ecb forum in italy. and interim prime minister council alleged to be named today. poroshenko is elected as president. he received more than half the votes in sunday's election. the biggest antiestablishment victories came in france, greece and the u.k.. the u.k. independents party that wants to pull britain out of the eu -- -- out of the >> thanks for joining us this morning. a huge victory for nationalist parties, for antiestablishment parties, for anti-austerity parties, how big of a blo

front french national leader struggled to gain support for a parliamentary coalition in the european parliament. this despite unprecedented victory of gains by the far right in last week's european election. they had secured initial backing from representatives of right wing parties. they're still lacking support from two countries, but remains confident she will find other allies. surrounded by kindred spirits, smiling for the cameras , she said she is not far from founding a new anti-eu group .ithin the european parliament >> we just come out of a meeting together, and i can say that we have no worries about upcoming creation of our group. >> on the back of a historic win in european elections, her national front has won support from parties and for other countries. among them, the italian northern league, austrian freedom party, belgium flemish interest, and the dutch party for freedom. >> it is a group of parties that fight for sovereignty, for the nationstates, for national sovereignty, and against the parties of the euro. >> she still eats to find two more allies. the leader of

i'm afraid i don't have very good news about gas prices, the european national average is $3 puff 90.ty much flat from where we were at this time a year ago. down a couple cents from last month, but of course you have to consider that traders are saying they consider these crude prices very high. gasoline futures as well. in fact the highest they have been in the last month or so. we are likely to see more futures price hikes in the near season. of course, the peak demand for summer driving season is the fourth of july. from now until then, traders are saying expect the gas prices to slowly creep up. take a look at crude oil. and says gasoline futures, they have really risen in the last few months or so since february. couple all these factors together, and this is what the gas price is really based on. higher gas prices, of course, they do impact the economy, as consumers are paying more, they will be spending less on other things, even if it's unconscious. that's what analysts what analysts are saying so consider these things very closely and a lot of people are saying higher gas pr

finally if you're a struggling european nation trying to reduce your debt ratio to comply with european union rules. you recount your economy in your gdp. italy has announced it's counting drugs, prostitution, and goo 'ol fashioned smuggling in the country's overall gdp to order its debt ratio. it's not like italy's only known for its pasta. but the country is going to do one better than that. it's going to retroactively include it in the gdp for the past years as well. the country will comply with the e.u.'s rules on how indebted it can be. i wish it could have been on the high ranking brain storms that led to this idea. a bunk of italian men sitting around a conference table saying what else are we good with the? what else do we make money on? it sounds like a joke. italy is dead serious on this. if the e.u. accept it's it math, if they do no doesn't other countries will follow suit. the black market account accounts for 20% of the country's gdp, and that is not churcchump change. thank you for joining us and have a great holiday weekend. the voice" >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera am

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>> well, she is clearly the spokesperson and the leader of the european nations, and in the best positionsvladimir putin. i highly respect her and her leadership, but we need to speak with one voice, the u.s., and the european naxs in getting russia's attention, and we talked about the lack of ability to have the current sanctions to move the ball. >> and does she acknowledge that the sanctions are not working? >> yes, it is clear that we have not changed putin's calculations in terms of what he might do. in fact, i think that we have been weak to the point that it might encourage him to do more without retribution. >> does she belief that? is she ready to do more? and she not ready for the sectorial sanctions and you have her hanging out with him at birthday party and not really looking at a german economy ready to punish russia. >> well, i know that there is a cozy relationship with russia, but angela merkel has no love loss for the way they handled east germany at the time, and so she can be tough. she is looking at europe with more than 20 nations all subject to the economic and the en

sanctions are not being racheted up is because -- one, because of germany, and, two, the wariness of european nationsoing -- slapping russia so hard that russia turns off the gas because they get lots of their energy from russia. >> well, yeah. it's a double-edged sword. there's no doubt that sanctions are going to affect germany. after all, it does 4% to 5% of its trade with russia, and there's no doubt it's been a huge lobbying efrlt by german companies against angela merkel not to impose more sanctions, and for from our perspective, it's also quite certain that the only -- that the only dog that we have in this game is not necessarily ukraine. we also have to deal with russia with respect to iran and with other issues. the president shouldn't be subjected to a lot of partisan flack here. it's a terribly challenging difficult situation. i'm really encouraging the administration to try to do more sanctions rather than wait for the germans that are not going to do much more than what they've already said. >> well, as you are pointing out, i mean, obviously the politics of energy are looming large in

there's also a lot of -- by the national elite and the media. there is no european media in europe. our people are informed only through the prism of national media and it's difficult to form european public opinion. so all this together explains largely what happened yesterday. >> but if you say france, u.k., greece, and the list goes on, is it a common thread? is that the way to think of it? and because it is far left, there are some cases left, some cases right. >> i think there is a common thread, and that is this sense of loss of control. as antoine was saying, dwis comfort about whether the future is going to be better than the past, but one that i think is important is these various people who have just been elected to the old european parliament node to form groups to exercise voice, to get funding to get the right to speak in the parliament, and given that they're divided, some are anti-immigrant, some are anti-e.u., some are anti-free trade, they aren't necessarily going to come together in a way that lets them push back in a powerful way. >> let me ask you about greece in

. >> we want to create in the european parliament a common front to defend the people and the nationsinst european technocracy. >> they received one quarter of the french vote. it was a huge lead over previous elections. the conservatives came in second. that was followed by the socialists at a distant third. newspaper headlines like earthquake and the big bank have she cannot -- shook enough people in france. >> they are using it to their benefit. i read their program. i could not find any substance economic or political. >> people say they feel misunderstood. protests are continuing on despite common sense. >> the french economy is stagnating. unemployment remains high. many people blame francois hollande. he held crisis talks with his cabinet on monday. later, speaking with french media, the prime minister and knowledge that many voters are concerned about their countries lays in the you. -- country cost lays in the eu. >> europe can be reoriented to support growth. it has not done that for years. >> a recent survey shows that only one third of the french now believe their country

over five years and even shale gas fracking won't help it is a story playing out in several european nations. boyko reports. according to the global sustainability institute you can set your watch to it in just five years time person will have run out of oil coal and gas a new report shows that if it consumes energy at the rate it did in two thousand and ten well the u.k. has five point two years of oil four and a half years of coal and just three years of gas left and that's if scotland doesn't vote to leave the union later this year taking its north sea oil with it italy has just over one year of oil and less than a year of gas and coal reserves while france which relies predominantly on energy has less than the years reserves of oil gas and coal elsewhere in the world kuwait has a stash of over seven hundred years of gold while over a millennium norway has almost five hundred years and russia has just over a century's worth of natural gas one of the report's conclusions is that europe needs to develop renewable energy such as wind and solar power well the energy maps come less than a mont

out a company walter who wants to solve the underlying problem um and and this copy of the european court nation and i think that that that sounds great if it is to oust him and and and as a member of one and think along those lines. but if there's clearly a reason why allison shareholders and the effigies shareholders prefer working together as opposed to the men's they know their business better. um and deanne at the base of the known better than the french government on and we'll be fair there's a lot more overlap between the businesses even banned the business of about them so even if they do offer of three years of of no job cuts eventually there will have to be job cuts. if the situation was reversed by the way. again i'm not championing my national champion is the situation was reversed i would say i'll solution to it with the mensa this is not about. again it's not about national's and it's about. would make sense with rational but let's just get a reaction to her from going nuts again. the socialist party french politicians on the right divide that many pro european centrists pushing th

planes arriving from russia, european unions and united nations.oding outside the capital. >> even bigger outside this area. for example, half the area is not in danger. those people suffered from huge earthquake three years ago and now suffering from a flood. first earthquake then now flood. if i had no children, i would probably give up. a man said his wife was crying three meters from him looking at furniture probably being given away of more days in the future. >> how high -- can you explain -- we have got pictures. water looks pretty high. how high are waters? what are people doing just leaving completely going elsewhere, trying to rescue belongings? >> it's a huge mess right now in this area. they're going back to their homes and trying to save what is possible to be saved. most of those people eventually are trying to take any belongings from their5>p homes. it's mostly damage to -- >> how much help are you getting from the government? >> well, it's a huge disaster. it's obviously there's a lack at the moment. they never complain. they say

radical changes, otherwise the economic situation will force us and other european countries to abandon the euro and go back to our nationalrencies. the european central bank is supposed to fight inflation. and it needs to become a central bank like the federal reserve. like the bank of england or the bank of japan. what does it need to do? firstly, it needs to guarantee the debts of the euro countries. secondly, to print money when needed for those countries that cannot pay their debts. >> do you have a particular problem with angela merkel? is it true you called her an [ bleep ]? >> translator: no. i have never had any problems with angela merkel. in 20 years of politics, i have never insulted anyone. and this has been made up by someone who wanted to turn angela against me. i was not an easy person to deal with. and i was quite tough. i had the courage to oppose some of the proposals made by merkel and sarkozy. >> it's unfortunate, isn't it, that as far as so much of the rest of the world is concerned, the reputation you have is all about your private life. it's about corruption and unpaid taxes and bunga bunga parties.

. >> there is a move underway by a small european nation that could impact red bull and monster energy drinks. lawmakers in lithuania voted to ban selling those drinks to minors. some say other countries could follow sued. the drinks have been criticized for marketing to children. effort to ban sales in the states have not gain traction. >> schools are trying to include whole grains, fruits and vegetables in lunches. los angeles unified seem to be losing the battle along with lots of money. we have the story. >> from trays to trash. >> usually it's really gross. >> at hundreds of schools across los angeles, this is what's thrown away, up to $80,000 of food. >> kids throw away most of the healthy food, like bananas. >> calculated over one school year, that's $14.4 million. >> this is not ok. >> david says he can do little to stop it. that's because new federal requirements for the national school lunch program require students to take at least three food items, including one fruit or vegetable. otherwise, districts won't get reimburse ford meals. students are forced to take food, even i

twelve european nations to the alliance but despite.cooperated with nato on a number of soap global importance like ghana stand up trafficking nonproliferation in a pro nato suspended all practical civilian and military cooperation with russia although russia has maintained its diplomatic mission nato alexander went on to say that nato is considering the deployment of substantial numbers of combat. either permanently or on patient bases other nato officials talked about sending more fighter jets full member states this will mean more military spending we remember the u.s. president call on europeans to chip in and to spend more on nato and this could also mean more tensions because with the military buildup may come of the buildup of fear well that of these come and so according to a former pentagon official that of michael maloof believes the coleman so should not be regarded as nato official starts. it was an unfortunate statement because it basically draws a picture of russia. and europe has been adversaries when there's a tremendous

full results are due on sunday after all 28 nations in the european elections. the key step towards resolving the country's crisis. the protest went on to result in the ouster of the former president. smashing a ballot boxes earlier on. vladimir putin says that moscow he can.k with whoever >> will respect the choice of the ukrainian people. we will work today with those that control the country. we will work with the newly elected structure. >> the defense ministry in kiev issued a statement earlier on today. they come under attack from hundreds of insurgents with 20 other rebels killed. >> [indiscernible] attack and a big northwest of here, there was another ambush. >> foreign editor rob parsons from the east of ukraine. other stories from france 24, the sense of the international criminal court, the warlord handed a 12 year jail term for his part in an ethnically motivated attack leading back to 2003. a village in the northeastern congo where some 200 people were hacked to death with machetes. it is only the second ever conviction by the icc. and a water sprin