behind the new silk road that leads to kazakhstan's economic capital. behind the trains that run through the steps china is pursuing a strategy. the opening of a new export route to absorb any excess industrial production but the main goal is to intensify china's economic and political influence all across central asia a region that historically has looked towards russia. in a new forward till you can have made the logic of the generals roads them. the railway lines. for us for all the new transport options are an advantage to those located on this line in kazakhstan and elsewhere in central asia in this case. to leave a note central nevertheless it's largely a chinese project that's aiming to solve china's problems as the caretaker yes the very thing for china's constantly trying to find new space for its population. here . to tell us their years of course russia has a lot of empty land but russia is still strong central asia is weak and it's the weakest link in the chain that. has so often china's population figures are a cause for concern the fear of

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had to say russia bolivia china kazakhstan sent an opposite equally clear message instead of demanding accountability from iran they decided to shelter ron from responsibility instead of insisting that iran live up to its international obligations they have invited iran to continue promoting chaos in the middle east their actions will not be forgotten and we will not stop until toronto is stopped and peace is once more possible for the people of the middle east for some context the crisis in yemen started in twenty fifteen when saudi arabia led a military campaign against the two things and since then the campaign has led to the deaths of thousands and reduced its infrastructure to almost nothing the conflict has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis as saudi arabia has imposed a blockade preventing any humanitarian assistance or food from coming into the country. i think it. looks of it yeah yeah. that's. how the health of course is that's taking place in the province of soda is unprecedented keeping in mind that it was already bad even before the aggression the offe

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this prize among them a short trip to kazakhstan and away from afghanistan at least for a week. so yet is from the northern afghan city of mazar e sharif where the taliban recently committed a terrible atrocity the disastrous security situation is one of the many problems raps about. i still don't want to leave afghanistan forever my friends are here and this is where my purpose lies i want to capture the pain of the afghan people in my lyrics that was a record i'm just there. on channel five and he doesn't mince his words i'm angry because the government doesn't do anything for ordinary people instead of looking after the poor they're fighting for power at the top the person who has the most becomes a minister that while the country is going down the pan yet is happy about his victory even though he thinks should have won but it is you can. be sure she has such an. lovely personality and she comes from such a dangerous region not at all about she's got the courage alone and should have earned her the victory. even so never before had a woman made it this far in this show to lie

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kazakhstan has won a bronze medal so far in these games in freestyle skiing. our coverage continues at nbcbayarea.com. our live stream has been very popular for everyone on the go. if you're away from your tv, just log on and watch the games on your laptop or phone. >>> well, san francisco is following the lead of other cities across california renaming columbus day as indigenous people day. italian americans say the city should still honor their heritage too. a coalition of italian american organizations gathered in washington square park today. they're launching a campaign asking supervisors to reverse their decision. a number of other cities have made the switch to honor native americans who were here before christopher columbus and are condemning acts committed against them by the explorer. italian americans are not opposed to a name change per se. >> i think what we would like to see done is propose a very rational change, which should have been done in the first place, which is to rename the day to italian american heritage day, which recognizes the trem

the plane was heading to or ski city close to the russian border with kazakhstan it took off from the airport in the russian capital four minutes later the plane disappeared from radar investigators say the crew did not report any irregularities to air traffic control before tragedy struck and this is a bird's eye view of the crash site which is spread over a large area around six hundred people are involved in the search effort record snowfall over the past week has made their task especially difficult question of what i've got reports of. rescue is here working in shifts there are dozens and dozens of not hundreds of them but one part of one group works at the crash sites another group breasts and then they switch. rescuers are also making use of sumo beals ferrying supplies to and from the crash site itself because there's a lot of snow at the crash site the jet crashed into a field more trucks and equipment to arrive really every hour heaviest stuff the conditions of the crash site are first the physical because of this though because of the way we are obviously they want to get t

had to say russia bolivia china kazakhstan sent an opposite equally clear message instead of demanding accountability from iran they decided to shelter ron from responsibility instead of insisting that iran live up to its international obligations they have invited iran to continue promoting chaos in the middle east their actions will not be forgotten and we will not stop until toran is stopped and peace is once more possible for the people of the middle east for some context the crisis in yemen started in twenty fifteen when saudi arabia led a military campaign against the who things and since then the campaign has led to the deaths of thousands and reduced its infrastructure to almost nothing the conflict has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis as saudi arabia has imposed a blockade preventing any humanitarian assistance or food from coming into the country. i think the regime was looking for them. but. with. the help of course is this taking place in the province of solder is unprecedented keeping in mind that it was already bad even before the aggression the off

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that went out to kazakhstan to witness the elimination of the last of these missiles covered under thenf treaty. the missiles were laid out for display and measurement and verification and the entourage would go to a safe location and they were destroyed. and the soviet military had actually reserved some of the debris from previous elimination activity and contacted a local businessman to create these fantastic sculptures. and the soviets gave the sculptures to their american counterparts as a celebration of the last, the destruction of these missiles. you can see the soviet flag, the u.s. flag, and this very interesting, and quite beautiful, i think. it is evocative of turning your swords into plowshares. what was once a weapon is now a beautiful piece of art. alison: and a reminder. katie: exactly. this is all happening between the u.s. and russia as far as arms control systems, but berlin, germany is still a divided city. alison: very much so. katie: and people are quite angry about that. alison: indeed they were. in 1961, almost overnight, a physical wall divided berlin. so this p

and the horizons mission will take off from the by canoe a space launch facility in southern kazakhstan vets summer. two cultures one cooperation. german any iranian architects are building bridges across political and religious borders. minuets a mission center in tehran is an. sample of a successful synergy. published . european stars deliver rousing performances. so full of music straight from the. mouth with salman khan or. one germany's most successful singers . with its w. w true diversity. where the world of science is at home in many languages. but a lot of programming go on there it will be. telecast our innovations magazine for in asia the us from every week and look into the future on t w dot com for science and research for any show. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you our german soccer it back to the top. in our web special. dot com. football made in germany. hello and welcome to arts twenty one coming up on the show. painter georg basil it's turns everything on its head with great success. it was god if that's what all those who have

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heading for the city of some fifteen hundred kilometers to the southeast near russia's border with kazakhstan most of the passengers are thought to have lived in the region people living near the crash site spoke of a massive impact the explosion was so powerful they almost broke the windows but when you deal with them in fact we called the local power station when we saw it maybe it had exploded but then we got a call back saying that it was a plane crash. that will some. an investigation into the cause of the crash is underway. in the was built in the old new deal please look at the moscow regional transport authority has opened a criminal case into the violation of safety both resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence but mr smith. as the salvage operation continues russian president vladimir putin has postponed travel plans to monitor the investigation. to some of the other stories making news around the world eight people have been killed in an explosion at a carnival for it in bolivia police say a street vendors gas canister exploded during carnival celebrations in the

kilometers southeast of moscow and the plane was heading to or city close to the russian border with kazakhstan it took off from airport in the russian capital four minutes later the plane disappeared from radar investigators say that the crew did not report any irregularities to air traffic control before tragedy struck.

canadian, while yulia galysheva was third — winning only the second ever winter games medal for kazakhstanast event of the day, david gleerscher surprised everyone to win the men's luge for austria. germany's felix loch had been the big favourite and had led all the way until the final run. and the weather has once again disrupted the skiing events, with the women's giant slalom postponed on day three because of strong winds. the event was originally scheduled for 01:15 gmt at the yongpyong alpine centre, but will now take place at a later date. now to football. in the english premier league, manchester united are now 16 points behind leaders and rivals, manchester city, after a 1—0 defeat at newcastle on sunday. matt richie's first goal of the season in the second half gave rafael benitez‘s team the win, and a first at home since october which also lifted them out of the bottom three and up to 13th in the table. united bossjose mourinho has still never won at st james's park. my verdict is that we could be here ten hours and we would not score a goal, but i also want to say because i thin

the horizons mission will take off from the baikonur space launch facility in southern kazakhstan vase some. live from berlin we're going back to space there we're going to leave you with some more images of a moon that transfixed no it's enjoy. org . have you. been. moving. from. the to. the from the. from the. constant little bit. it's known. how wonderful and not only fifty years. before it would happen if there were learned more snow on. the climate would go haywire. a horace scenario a world without snow to morrow to do in thirty minutes on d w. those values of germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and if something hinders us we must overcome it in the. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters p.w. made for mines. and i am a flower. yes i'm beautiful i've heard it before and it never grows old. i'm worshiped from my looks and my scent my looks but here's the thing. life starts with me. you see i feed. every fruit comes from me. everybody taito me every kernel of corn me every grain of rice me me me me i know but it's true. and som

for the plane was on route to or city close to the russian border with kazakhstan took off from dublin getting in the russian capital about four minutes later the plane came down near a village about sixty kilometers southeast of moscow. on the morals of being set up across the orenburg region where sixty of the passengers came from some of the victims' relatives and friends learned of the tragedy while waiting for their loved ones to arrive but in a culture of a report. the aircraft that crashed just outside moscow departed from this very airport the why did the way it's one of the three major air transport hubs in the capital and after the tragedy it remains fully operational but over in the small city of course the airport there tells a very different story the shock has paralyzed it most of the sixty five passengers on board of that plane were from that region dozens of family and friends were waiting for them there are scenes of absolute grief this people come to terms with what has happened emergency crews are present at the airport and psychologists are ready to help those tryin

three astronauts have touched down safely in kazakhstan after almost six months aboard the international space station two americans and one russian were among the crew whose mission included research and equipment maintenance work a crew to replace the three men is due to lift off on march twenty first. for afghan president has offered peace talks to the taliban during a conference aimed at bringing stability to the region as part of his attempts to end an insurgency the began after the u.s. led ouster of the taliban in two thousand and one though the taliban are not taking part in today's conference ghani offer of the militant group the possibility of political recognition if it accepted his peace offer and the afghan constitution president also reached out to neighboring pakistan which has been accused of providing a safe haven for taliban militants. well this move comes amid reports that pakistani officials are preparing the forced return of millions of afghans who fought to sought refuge there some have lived in pakistan all their lives correspondent nosheen abbas sent us this exclu

and three astronauts have touched down safely in kazakhstan after almost six months aboard the international space station two americans and one russian were among the crew whose mission included research and equipment maintenance work a crew to replace the three men is due to lift off on march twenty first. well across europe temperatures have dropped to record lows over the last few days the extreme weather is causing problems here in germany for the thousands of homeless people forced to live outside humanitarian groups are doing their best to help. the cooled front hit fast and hard setting records thirty point five degrees below zero on germany's tallest mountain that soup. but low lying areas are also chilly in munich that coldest night of this winter with minus ten degrees. outreach organizations have been on the lookout for homeless people at risk of freezing president about intimate to at these temperatures under these conditions it's crazy. there are around fifty thousand homeless people in germany and temperatures like these can kill four people have already died in the cold these

it was heading towards russia's border with kazakhstan, only fragments of the plane have been recoveredstill unclear what caused the crash. >>> the president tells democrats to go back to the drawing board with the rebuttal memo of the russia investigation, tweeting democrats need to redo their rebuttal memo and send back in proper form. while the dems on the house intelligence committee work on a revised memo with the department of justice, the republicans are hammering home points from their memo. >> my expectation is it that the american people will win through the employment of a second special counsel but that will require jeff sessions to do his job. the fbi and department of justice did not investigate themselves and the evidence we've uncovered wrong doing at the highest levels of those agencies. >> does sessions have the authority since he recused himself from russia matters to appoint a second independent counsel? >> of course he does. there was no legal obligation for that recusal. >> is congressman gates correct? good sunday morning to you my friend. can jeff sessions appoin

the horizons mission will take off from the by canoe a space launch facility in southern kazakhstan vase summer. we have some football now and honestly the club bursar dortmund have sold star striker pierre america bomb young to the english premier league side arsenal is on his way there that cost a reported sixty four million euros the ban international netted twenty one goals and twenty four games this season will be looking to replicate that form at arsenal . no wonder he looks happy if my judgment strike at p.m.s. take obama got his wish at last he's now in austin ok out there be some familiar faces at his new club he real nightmare this former don't mean teammate henrik mckee totty on who also just became a gonna. be happy to be here and of course i can. i can join me in this team so i'm really happy to be to be here and it is great to take up on international was a powerful force in the bundesliga he scored one hundred forty one goals in over two hundred games and was crucial to do what it meant winning the german cup in twenty seventeen but over my young is ambitious. i have. such

. >> the altay mountains -- this is where russia borders mongolia, kazakhstan, and china.estination for generations of pilgrims who come from miles around seeking spiritual guidance. legend has it that this is a place to embark on a path of inner change. >> the locals always say that if you think out loud then your thoughts come true. it is important to remind yourself of that in spiritual places like these. >> those who come here call themselves modern pilgrims. they're interested in yoga, healing rituals, and self-discovery. yelena gomayun acts as their spiritual guide. she regularly leads groups of stressed city dwellers to the altay mountains. >> i was here a year ago, and all my wishes were fulfilled. i came to relax, but also to find miracles. >> gomayun directs the visitors to the healing icons of the village monastery. and the confluence of the two rivers is the place to wish for a spouse. >> i think we russians in particular were always on a quest for meaning. that's the way we are. i remember being a small child in the soviet union, and one of my relatives went t

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americans and one russian landed in a soyuz capsule this morning in below freezing temperatures in kazakhstanoard the space station for 5 1/2 months. >>> and now to a heart warming story from a mother who turned researchers trying to shed light on her son's rare medical condition. kenneth craig has that story. >> reporter: sandra sermoni is a mother on a mission determined to long-term everything she can about her 10-year-old son's disease. >> reporter: tony was born with atnp syndrome. a disorder so rare that only four years ago only ten other cases have been diagnosed and there was only one publication on the disorder. >> i read it about ten teams and said i need to find these ten parents. >> reporter: she created her own database, website, and patient registry that's now identified 150 other children with the same syndrome. recently some of those families met face-to-face. >> very emotional. you know, a lot of the times you feel you're alone as a parent. >> to be in this room with all these children and parents who are living what we've been through is heartwarming and amazing. >> reporter

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