became frequent guests in kiev initiating negotiations between parties. with. the results of the negotiations however were often reached only. on paper thus you shan't go never told the supporters to stop blocking government buildings in central kiev. therefore these nonviolent and very orange protests lasted for a month during which time the previous election results were no marred by massive corruption and new elections were announced an important nuance just three months before viktor yuschenko became a victim to a mysterious and still unsolved poisoning but it didn't prevent him from winning in the new election. though as we shall soon see there was much more than just the people's will that led to this victory this peaceful revolution and its leader world warmly welcomed by the international community but the euphoria didn't last long yuschenko as government completely failed with reforms and lost its chance to establish democracy instead descending into infighting viktor yuschenko was not reelected for a second term but at the end of his presidency he had

full clancy's in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no. hard to tell what you are charged with. now on the brink of a civil war at least seventy dead so far and the death toll rising. to. a new. poll we saw here today was a revolution. and said to. have invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in knees and articles. nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries. focus has to be on not allowing buy into hot wall between ukraine and russia. in the city would poke when the new buildings to be truthful. the the the low the to. elude . police are looking for. illegal . ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to con

this led to the pro russian demonstrations rejecting the new government in kiev. on february twenty seventh the government buildings in the capital of crimea were seized by pro russian protesters. the current crimean government was dismissed and the new leader surrogate acciona of was assigned as the leader of the crimean autonomy republic when you lead the below. but i share list. still with you has this should. on march sixteenth the crimean referendum morse held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody who looks at the seriously and looks at the poll numbers and some of the poll numbers done by the u.s. government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media it's all been presented as the russians invaded they then station sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow they big the ballot boxes to get ninety six percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea

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the world seemed too busy welcoming this new democracy in kiev. to notice what was being done as it spread its wings over the country. many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. i and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january two thousand and fourteen the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation unfolding there with growing alarm. more and more of odessa as people were joining the anti my don movement at the same time as events in eastern ukraine were heating up. the new ukrainian government didn't have the power to wage war on too many fronts if odessa were to join the growing uprising in the eastern regions it would seriously complicate the situation. this rebellion had to. be extinguish

an explosion at a county fair russia is blaming ukraine for alexander's a hunch and cause death as kiev tonight responsibility. plus the queen of soul that related to rest and the band and management a sour minerals of this pays tribute to music legend aretha franklin you know hometown of detroit. i am. i'm having a home free glad you could join me the u.s. has announced it's stopping its decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the state department said it would no longer shoulder the burden of cost for the united nations relief and works agency whose operate sions a cold irredeemably flow which the u.n. agencies are. it provides services to about five million palestinian refugees in jordan lebanon syria the west bank and gaza the u.s. has been the agency's largest donor and a spokesperson for the palestine president called the move an assault against his people germany has pledged to increase funding in response. well for more on this let's bring in our correspondent tanya kramer who is in jerusalem tania what impact can we expect this cost of funding t

in an explosion at a cafe russia is blaming ukraine for alexandre's a hunch and cause of death this kiev denies responsibility. and the islands that is dividing a german city we talked to residents in ten minutes were told to stop in allegedly committed by migrants to spot bullets hauling refuse. to the queen of soul mates arrest. service pays tribute to music legend aretha franklin enough time to cut. cost. me. time at home for a cat you could join me the u.s. has announced it's stopping its decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugee the stay. department said it would no longer shoulder the burden of cost for the united nations relief and works agency whose operations it called irredeemably flawed u.n. agency says it provides services to about five million palestinian refugees in jordan lebanon syria the west bank and gaza the us has been the agency's largest donor a spokesman for palestine's president called the move an assault against his people germany has pledged to increase funding in response. well for more on this let's bring in our correspondent tany

you go back to kiev the next day after the meeting with merkel. and protests are up but can you take me through that period. by the minute the worst with the mute in the uk see. more snow. yet at the mobil have. to go to. but if you want me a. little. up just in the coming few months what you see is little bizarre i don't like the interest of the least a little to shift my ground. robert parry is a long time investigative journalist based in washington d.c. best known for his major disclosures about the iran contra scandal in the one nine hundred eighty s. he is the founder of consortium news where he has reported extensively on the crisis in ukraine and the forces behind the unrest and in geo is a non-governmental organization how many n.g.o.s are quite legitimate they represent good causes that maybe they help people in a country feed or deal with water problems or deal with various kinds of social problems but there are some n.g.o.s that have become funded by government entities and serve more the purpose of that government rather than trying t

rule yeah yeah no one ever said that kiev the government of kiev could have been behind this or the s.b.u. could have been behind this. are i think i understand the law if you look at history you know the current deal pretty jim crace us its origin back to the organization of ukrainian nationalists from the nineteen so just one thousand photos hitless ates so that organization was decapitated don't start in all those kind of our lives they remain leader was assessing the eight that in europe in one thousand nine hundred six after that there will still be able infighting inside the organization of ukrainian nationalists banderas people killed many people and it became the what the capable to fight that could be expected before the german invasion in one thousand nine hundred one so i think it keeps people being bundled rights by their ideology they kind of. terms for this kind of cycle what you're on their anus they expect a real fight in donetsk. who is an undisputed leader is assess and they want a conflict. it's basically what mark is saying decapitating the leadership. the oligarchy or

killed in an explosion at a cafe russia is blaming ukraine up for alexander's out of checkers death as kiev denies responsibility. plus the queen of soul played to rest. i am. i am. i'm a tower funeral service pays tribute to music legend aretha franklin in her hometown of detroit. i am being. i'm having a home free glad you could join me the u.s. has announced it's stopping its decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the state department said it would no longer shoulder the burden of costs for the united nations where leaks and works agency whose operations it called irredeemably flow to the u.n. agencies as it provides. services to about five million palestinian refugees in jordan lebanon syria the west bank and gaza the u.s. has been the agency's largest donor and a spokesman for the palestinian president called the move an assault against his people germany has pledged to increase its funding in response. and a spokesman for the un agency facing those funding cuts has also commented on the decision calling it deeply regrettable he rejected u.s. criticism

in ukraine russia accusing the crane of assassinating him to escalate a conflict in the region but kiev is denying involvement. this is the aftermath of a blast that killed alexander the leader of the self-proclaimed donetsk people's republic the russian backed separatists say they know who is responsible for the explosion. investigation is still ongoing and security measures in the republic have been tightened all borders remain closed a few people have already been detained they've already given evidence confirming that this was ukrainian act of sabotage. seen here have been the president of the so called the nets people's republic since two thousand and fourteen the year the conflict started. in recent years donetsk has seen several assassinations of prominent separatist leaders a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said there was every reason to believe kiev was behind the murder. but ukraine security service blamed the fatal bombing on infighting between separatists or a special operation by russian forces as tensions rise in ukraine's frozen conflict fears remain that zach a chin

thousand and fourteen eastern ukraine was also buzzing with protests against the new authorities in kiev this region with the population close to russia geographically and culturally feared that the ultra right leanings of the newly formed government would bring meal nationalism to their lands. and they have their reasons. the status of the russian language in ukraine has been a stumbling block for many years implementing russian as a second state language was one of the main campaign promises of president three and a focus in two thousand and twelve the government passed a law making it the second official language in the southern and eastern parts of ukraine the areas where the russian speaking. makes up a majority ukrainian nationalist groups initiated massive protests opposing the law and observing viewer might see some familiar faces there on a five month. one of our last. on february twenty third two thousand and fourteen the very next day after the regime change the new government voted for an a no meant of the official status of the russian language and even though later this dec

more clashes in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no doubt hard to tell what you are trying to. do. now on the brink of a civil war at least seventy dead so far and the death toll rising it is. a new. war we saw here today was a revolution. and said to. have invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals. nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries. focus has to be.

two thousand and fifteen has not really made much headway and we've got basically deadlock between kiev and moscow now moscow has been saying the the assassination the killing. basically threatens the whole minsk peace process itself now these are comments that have come today from a lover of the russian foreign minister the same he says that this is an open provocation aimed at hindering implementation of the minsk agreements that have not been implemented according to moscow by the kiev authorities he says under current circumstances it is of course impossible to speak about upcoming meetings in the normandy format as many european partners wanted this is a serious situation which must be analyzed so the russians certainly are saying that minsk as a way of settling this this crisis is ongoing conflict is in trouble. and what's been happening in eastern ukraine is as been off to the international headlines for the most part. the last few months what is the feeling in russia about it at the moment and the support for continuing to support russian separatists there. it's a it's a murky i

around about the ten marcus talking fourteen for moscow were up to about sixty and also in twenty in kiev has a rise again in twenty four in vienna in fact central and particular western europe is relatively warm for a day or so but that northerly wind will show itself in london down to sixteen on friday northerly winds are going to be cold after all and paris joins you with eighteen on saturday now this trade of green here is showers significant shells maybe rain more likely in kiev and a drop in temperature here but if we drop down to what's happening in the mediterranean that cold air has had a bit of a boosting effect of what is basically a clump of thunderstorms off the coast of libya and we get something of a circulation here a psycho you might want to call medicaid it's got gale force winds forecast for sudden it's silly for greece for example and think will wander around the only and see towards the igi and towards the end of the weekend so significantly high seas i think quite possibly landslides from heavy rain and strong winds the consequence. we're. i have dedicated almost my

a pro russian separatist leader dies in a bomb blast in ukraine moscow and kiev blame each other for the killing. and the final farewell for the franklin a star studded in the u.s. for the queen of soul. a flagrant assault on the palestinian people that's how palestinian president mahmoud abbas is describing the u.s. decision to hold all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees known as annorah it follows last week's announcement that the trumpet ministration is causing more than two hundred million dollars in aid to the agency it will in effect and decades of financial support on health education and food security well the u.s. state department's spokeswoman heather not said that when we made a u.s. contribution of sixty billion dollars in january we made it clear that the united states was no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden of costs that we had assumed for many years of serious rob reynolds reports from washington d.c. . the u.s. contributes about thirty percent of the budget so this drastic cut could have significant effec

more clashes in ukraine's capital kiev. absolutely no. hard to tell what you are targeting lisa would then. do. now on the brink of a civil war at least seventy dead so far and the death toll rising it if you can allude you. a new. war we saw here today was a revolution. and said to. have invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals with. nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries.

a pro russian separatists leader dies in a bomb blast in ukraine moscow and kiev blame each other for the killing. and a final farewell for aretha franklin a star studded funeral in the u.s. the queen of song. we begin with breaking news out of brazil where former president luisa nasser lula da silva has been barred from running in october's election a majority of judges on the electoral court banned his candidacy he's serving a twelve year jail term for corruption under brazilian law can't run for the highest office because he is convicted of a crime but his party register him as its presidential candidate anyway. now a flagrant assault on the palestinian people that's how palestinian president mahmoud abbas is describing the u.s. decision to hold all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees known as follows last week's announcement that the trumpet ministration is cutting more than two hundred million dollars in aid to the agency it will in effect and decades of financial support on health education and food security the u.n. is urging will countries to step up and

or were numbered moscow and kiev are both accusing each other of having a culture because death is the most significant yet of the many murky deaths that have been ongoing feature in this murky war rory chalons zero mosque are staying with russia where one person has died after a passenger plane crashed at sochi airport the aircraft ran off the runway during landing catching fire in a riverbed an airport worker died of a heart attack during the rescue operation eighteen of the one hundred seventy people on board were injured the cause of the crash as yet unknown. uganda's opposition politician bobby wine is seeking medical treatment in the united states he boarded a flight on friday night after the government allowed him to leave the country wine says he was injured while in detention his lawyer accuses security forces of torture remember one charged with treason for his alleged role in an incident with stones were thrown at the president's mostly case scientists in south africa are on a desperate search to stop stop trees from dying because of a tiny beetle johannesburg is home to one

and twenty degrees compared with a couple of weeks ago so we're going to by day a high of twelve in kiev sixteen in bucharest and thirteen in ankara to us all came through as a very active things stormy weather particularly in the balkans but now of course it's quiet gentle northerly breeze through kiev the clouds of course sees warmer weather and you can see for sudden scandinavia and the baltic states this is a mild ish and wet further west with a breeze coming in from the south here to twenty in london twenty in zurich twenty eight in madrid and it's warming up third the still says big contrast west to east in europe a few showers in the western med actually represent what we're quite active storms in tunisia but now the generation of wet weather is in benghazi. the weather sponsored by qatar he's. a city with a drug. trafficking. drugs. and oak. street and its. street. view finder latin america. and i guess what there has remind you of our top stories this hour contrasting speeches reveals deep divisions between european leaders and the u.s. on the donald trump at the u.n. general as

were numbered moscow and kiev are both accusing each other. of having a hand in such a cause death the most significant yet of the many deaths that have been an ongoing feature in this market war rory challenges how to zero mosque or. i might have on al-jazeera hoping for a new start in peru venezuelans aren't being welcomed with open arms that is just to have. a look at a welcome back to international weather forecasts we're here across europe we all watch the clouds making their way down here towards italy so unfortunately through the weekend we're going to be seeing quite a bit of rain with this system as it becomes fairly stationary so the rain's going to continue saturday as well as into sunday it's going to get a little bit better as we go towards sunday but still heavy rain could be some even localized flooding as that water starts to really start to come up there across the area up towards berlin a nice day for you at twenty five degrees in london is looking quite nice as well we expect to see partly cloudy conditions with a temperatur

and a pro russian separatist leader dies in a bomb blast in ukraine moscow in kiev blame each other for the killing. of nations as expressed surprise and regret at the u.s. decision to cut all funding to one of its agencies that helps palestinian refugees the trumpet ministration is cutting more than two hundred million dollars in aid to it will in effect and decades of financial support health education and food security the un's urging other countries to step up and fill the funding gap well the u.s. state department spokeswoman had the new it said when we made a u.s. contribution of sixty million dollars in january we made it clear that the united states was no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden of un was costs that we had assumed for many years reynolds has more from washington d.c. . the u.s. contributes about thirty percent of his budget so this drastic cut could have significant effects on already dire living conditions in places like elsewhere where palestinian refugees live under a says there are five million palestinian red. g.'s these are

regulations are to blame by the regulations concerning hygiene fertilizers and pesticides farmer michael kiev has been trying to export his mangoes to europe for a long time but the e.u. standards make it hard no matter how much pesticides he uses the majority of the harvest won't meet european standards. when we watch. european market and we really. need all of that is the ad says or about to market by the op and the hurdles for kenyan farmers who want to export to the e.u. are extremely high according to has seen much from the fresh produce exporters association it's a bit expensive because you need more money to get. additional to sites you need more money to get the tops you need you need more money to building a specific smaller pharmacy farming is an important sector for kenya the kenyan government offers farmers special training on how to get their produce ready for sale in the e.u. they can learn about the requirements like those concerning pesticides it's not just about which pesticide to use it's also about using the proper amount. then kenyan authorities check before export whether

a pro russian separatist leader dies in a bomb blast in ukraine moscow and kiev blame each other for the killing. and the final farewells for aretha franklin a star studded funeral in the u.s. for the queen of soul. a flagrant assault on the palestinian people that's how palestinian president mahmoud abbas is describing the u.s. is decision to hold all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees known as annorah it follows last week's announcement that the trumpet ministration is causing more than two hundred billion dollars in aid to the agency it will in effect and decades of financial support on health education and food security the u.n. is all countries to step up and fill the funding gap well the u.s. state department spokeswoman heather not released a statement saying when we made a u.s. contribution of sixty billion dollars in january we made it clear that the united states was no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden of costs that we'd assumed to many is not a serious paul chodas g.m. reports. palestinian president mahmoud ab

russia blames ukraine for his assassination kiev blames rebel infighting what's sure is that his death highlights the lingering explosiveness of the war in eastern ukraine. turning now to grow one where voting has begun in parliament three elections which are being held over the next three days more than seven million voters eligible to vote in the east african country are a wonder is still scarred by the genocide of nine hundred ninety four when hutu extremists targeted the minority community this is the first poll fence then in which independent candidates are being allowed to stand many young canned candidates from smaller parties are also vying for a seat but the governing rwanda patriotic front is still expected to consolidate its absolute majority in parliament. there was a party atmosphere in london capital kigali on the last day of campaigning before the three day parliamentary poll. the supporters of the governing party. front are confident of victory once again. we're feeling very confident we've been on the campaign trail masses of people turned out for us. they are happy wi

russia blames ukraine for his assassination kiev blames rebel infighting what's sure is that his death highlights the lingering explosiveness of the war in eastern ukraine. turning to russia now where thousands of people have been out on the streets of moscow protesting against the government's plans to increase the pension age many russians are afraid they'll have to work well into their old age just to earn enough to survive so after widespread criticism of those plans president vladimir putin announced concessions on wednesday many russians however are still angry. some ten thousand people gathered in central moscow for a protest organized by the communist party. they opposed the government's plan to raise the pension age critics here say the changes won't just have a negative impact on the old younger generations will likely have a harder time finding jobs as older employees keep working longer. look at the reforms put forward will take away normal pensions for women and future jobs for young people. one for youths is unemployed and one in three can't find work that suits their qua

alexander is a college chant co died in a bomb blast at the cafe and on the at scone friday moscow blames kiev for his death and as the headlines these continues here on his ear off the inside story thanks. a show strength by germany is angry protests after the killing of a young the man. accused of his death is anti migrant sentiment growing in germany and how much of a threat does it pose this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the city of candidates in the east german state of saxony has seen a series of violent and to buy growing protests they began last sunday after the fatal stabbing of a thirty five year old german man and the arrest of two suspects asylum seekers from iraq and syria the streets were briefly owned by a far right protesters who chant to germany for germans reportedly gave hitler salutes and chased anyone who looked foreign police struggle to keep control and fights continue the following day between far white and left wing demonstrators the violence has raised concerns about in the city's neo nazi strongholds exposing divisions in german society about imm

thousand and fourteen eastern ukraine was also buzzing with protests against the new authorities in kiev this region with the population close to russia geographically and culturally feared that the ultra right leanings of the newly formed government would bring meal nationalism to their lands. and they have their reasons. the status of the russian language in ukraine has been a stumbling block for many years implementing russian as a second state language was one of the main campaign promises of president recruited into focus in two thousand and twelve the government desa in early january two thousand and fourteen the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation unfolding there with growing along arm. more and more of odessa as people were joining the anti my don movement at the same time

colonel has been identified as one of the offices who is taking in taking part in what the in what kiev authorities are calling the anti-terrorist operation in the east of ukraine now all of that is according to the russian defense ministry of course now so right now all of this again has been passed on to the official investigation and the russian defense ministry are saying that they are ready to take any further quest for example air traffic control records but where it's just been produced through secret information it basically comes down to intelligence services say now of course that can also be corroborated if you like by voice print analysis and so on if the person who is allegedly identified in this can come forward or at least have some voice sample analyze but i think in this today's disclosures the far more important evidence i suspect for the g o t will be especially the serial number concern because people are myself in a very outset have been keen to point out ukraine and russia have the book missile as well other countries so therefore in that field operations it could

. >>> a villager in ukraine is walking fear a forest near kiev.reak out most people. a series of shallow graves. >> shallow graves? >> yeah, not just shallow graves but an entire collection of coffins. 12 of lice. and t police started an investigation. that led them to this video from 2015. which shows it. it involves andrea, a psychologist, what she does, as part of theory with patients -- >> like full-on buries them. >> breathing tubes are attached to those holes and, yes, dirt is then piled on top of those coffins. and the people are let there buried alive for two hours. >> what are we teaching these patients? >> to go to the sensory deprivation place down the street. >> this guy came up with it for people to help you feel alive. the mystery is like -- buried, i mean -- what! >> there are a lot of things but this is not one of them. >> if i want to feel alive, i'll jump out of a plane or whatever. i guess to each their own. >> he just left this stuff laying around and people stumbled uponot f out. >> like forest. he left it there. instead of br

there were groups that were being shipped into kiev where they would provide the muscle in effect for the demonstrations so the demonstrations went from being relatively peaceful political protests to be increasingly violent the first step in a new detective work is to establish. it is now said that sergei love is held in high esteem by his powerful u.s. friends. outraged by what was reported in the news the ukrainian people came out in force on the next day to vent their anger with the police actions. the violence started to take off when. naturalised was. with institute they're not so old. t.v. what you're going to do when you put in your new will not. be to. read that i mean that i mean now you. know. i need to. be just in is the study of these thoughts that this is. what is the deal. spilling you know to me. as a veiled unmasked as the color revolutions can be an attentive viewer can see subtle patterns and similarities revealing their true nature. to make crowds act as one of beauty and group they have to be united at the unconscious. the masterminds of color revolutions know thi

you it's good to have you my would be start with you despite all that we heard from both forward in kiev and all today it probably won't make a difference when the senate begins voting to confirm. as early as tomorrow would you agree. well this was definitely i would say it was a circus but this was definitely a show and part of this was a show for an audience of one that is to say the president who we know is watching both testimonies very closely today this really comes down to the votes of three republican senators those are the center from arizona jeff flake the senator from maine susan collins and senator from alaska lisa murkowski if you are a republican or a democrat who had already made up your mind you can very easily look at the testimonies of these two people today and see exactly what you want to see but now we have to look at the three setting the. i absolutely agree with professor foreman said is it's hard to ascribe an ulterior motive to her which is actually what this special prosecutor who the republicans brought in was trying to do rachel mitchell her line of questionin

now both russia and ukraine trace their history from kiev on the loose reaches i thing an interesting title because it merges together the concepts of geography and identity and for most good younger fi has always been trans indian secondary but not so much for constantin opal and key of for consumption opal for example its whole supremacy claim is based on the fact that the orthodox christianity was born in geographic locale and i think the ukrainians advancing a similar argument that. christians christians were there before moscow was even found it and why should it has it have any demeaning and over us what's your response to that. i should underline that there is ness in the bed in the fully itself the russian orthodox church at some point was a part of the gate of constantinople then. it became an outer surface church and they didn't ask for their consent and opal permission i didn't ask for the permission of constantinople because at that time the preacher called constance you know paul was in the union was wrong which according to the russian church was a here is it so the prea