the practice is just as brutal as it was then, says izumi. he singles out this photo as an illustration of the sheer suffering. he points to a tear in the dolphin's eye. this one had had its throat cut. here, ishi's friends are gathered around a dead baby dolphin. >> the dolphin hunt in taiji has become too lucrative to go away. the fishers used to get a flat daily wage. these days, the fishers get a share of the profits. the more dolphins they catch, the more they earn. the only way of stopping the hunt is for the government to give the fishers compensation. but instead of offering compensation, the government is an arch defender of the hunt. there are also strategic interests to consider. if tokyo were to ban the practice, it would face similar pressure to end whaling. next up would be the countrys huge tuna industry. >> dolphin fishing is a part of japanese heritage. it is practiced in an appropriate manner and does not contravene any laws, domestic or international. we are therefore free to define how many dolphins we catch. >> the dolphi

crackdown is said in ukraine's east so far however the military remains on high alert in the town of izumi the location strategically on the border of the harkov and then ask regions where protests have been the strongest markers papadopoulos from the british political magazine politics first explains why the geneva agreements haven't borne so much fruit. as very little surprise but it's the people in the east of the country who have taken up arms in defense of their regions against the extremists which occupying k.f. have said they're not going to lay down their arms while a baker insulate down their arms because the illegitimates for its ease in kiev have been aged on the agreement at geneva last week and the agreement geneva last week which was signed by the us russia and the e.u. and the illegitimate authorities in kiev clearly stipulated that all and i emphasize all armed groups in ukraine wherever they are kiev and the eastern regions are to lay down better weapons now not long after the agreement was signed last week kiev went and said it does not view the groups the ultranationalis

in a bid to curb anti-government rallies across the southeast military units have been gathering in izumican see it there on the map a town on the border between the howard government donetsk regions the hotbeds of the rest from there the move down to the city of kramatorsk activists say the city airport was fired up by military jets that's where the injuries are reported also unconfirmed reports of up to eleven fatalities as well another hot spot of them our peers talking about that all weekend a city where one hundred thousand people locals say armored vehicles now have completely cut off all entrances to that city where financial reports from the region's capital donetsk. early key of announced the beginning of a large scale military anti-terrorist operation on antigovernment protesters here in these part of the country those taking state buildings in different cities and towns protesting against his will which is in kiev and asking for referendum to be held here to get more independence from the center we've heard earlier from this horses in kiev also that all kinds of troops and tuni