protests in the streets of kiev after a dramatic escape police arrest former georgia leader mikhail saakashvili but of course to free him by angry supporters now saakashvili is demanding the president step down the hear more from the man himself in the explosive interview also coming up german foreign ministers ignore gabrial urges europe to be less dependent on the united states he says it's time for europe to become worse sort of in the world. and sarah harman welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. chaotic scenes unfolding on the streets of kiev today that's after police tried to arrest mikhail saakashvili he's the former georgian leader who's become an anti corruption campaigner in ukraine and a sorn in the sign of president petro poroshenko police detained psychist really but were forced to free him again when his supporters surrounded a van where he was being held our correspondent nic calmly was there will have an update from him in a moment but first here's what he saw. early morning hide and seek in the rooms above kiev's my town square except the man being detained by un ma

scuffles in kiev outside a court which is now ruled to free a physician leader mikhail saakashvili in custody. of their a warm welcome to the program and a solar revolution has helped greece hit its climate targets broken promises on. putting other homeowners off investing i do apologize i think we're on the wrong script there russian president vladimir putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of us troops from syria he made that announcement during a surprise visit to syria where he held talks with president bush. now it was part of a whistle stop tour of russia's middle east allies first stop was the un shuttle visit to the cayman airbase in syria's latakia province it then flew to cairo for plan talks with egyptian president fox i'll see see before doubling back and heading north for a meeting with ridge it. well we'll have more on that in just a woman but prefer him to this report. at a military base in western syria a visit by vladimir putin it's the first time the russian president goes to syria since the start of the war nearly seven years ago he was greeted by senior officers an

high drama outside of court house opposition leader mikhail saakashvili is set free . and rays of hope in greece how a recession led to a revolution in the use of solar energy. from the neon lights of asia. to the c.c. never sleeps. hello there we're seeing some very cool weather across many parts of china at the moment and that cooler weather is also extending a bit further south towards us in shanghai so our temperature here is expected to hold heard around ten degrees as we head through the next couple of days for many of us though along this eastern coast it should stay dry you can see the clouds gathering though out towards the west and here for the sichuan province we're likely to see a few outbreaks of rain that will gradually be sweeping its way eastwards over the next day or so i mean for the towards the south and we've got the usual rash of showers here for most of us but those showers just to the north of java are looking rather lively and i think this is a region we'll have to watch over the next few days because it does look like the showers here are going

still to come on al-jazeera supporters of ukrainian politician mikhail saakashvili clashed with police as he appears in court accused of trying to topple the government on the deal to repatriate the hinge of refugees aren't by their. own why some rights groups say it's simply. welcome back across the southern and eastern parts of china the weather's fairly quiet at the moment temperatures in a bit on the low side for this time of year hong kong you normally see temperatures about twenty degrees but otherwise it's looking dry as we head on into weapons state not a great deal of change expected but shanghai and that is struggling to even reach double figures is fine across vietnam we've lost the showers here isolated showers across lows but otherwise through meum our weather conditions are looking fine so if you have across into south asia generally it looks fine on the satellite imagery just see little shower a cloud there across parts of bangladesh and want to those showers of yielded some large rainfall totals still risk of some heavy showers across some of the eastern states of india

hundreds of supporters of ukrainian opposition politician mikhail saakashvili have trashed with place in kiev as a herring was held into whether he should be held in custody the former georgian president is accused of conspiring to topple ukraine's leader at your part. following large demonstrations on sunday supporters of opposition figure in ukraine mikhail saakashvili confronted police outside a courthouse in the capital kiev. inside a plastic defendant's box the former president of georgia saakashvili responded to allegations that he conspired to topple ukraine's president the chocolate billionaire petro poroshenko there for very simple. there. we raced over words for a. profit out of the event of a new breath once an ally of poroshenko saakashvili accuses him of failing to fulfill the anticorruption promise that was central to mass street protests in two thousand and fourteen against the then russian backed government. a prominent backer of the street uprising saakashvili had been rewarded with ukrainian citizenship and the governorship of the western odessa region now he and his

protest we'll get the latest from jerusalem and police in here arrest former georgian leader mikhail saakashvili but they're forced to free him by angry supporters we'll have an exclusive interview with the man who escaped the police. i'm bring golf it's good to have you with us the international olympic committee has banned russia from competing in the two thousand. eighteen winter olympics some clean athletes however will be able to compete as neutrals but under strict conditions with just ten weeks before the games begin in south korea i.o.c. president thomas bach and the executive board found the evidence of systematic doping presented to them today was enough to stop athletes from competing under the russian flag at the games and this is the second time in a row that russian athletes will miss out on an olympics because of doping after also missing out on the two thousand and sixteen summer games in rio the i.o.c. president held a press conference in luzon a little while ago this is part of what thomas bach and just say to the russian olympic committee is suspended with immediate effect ind

following large demonstrations on sunday supporters of opposition figure in ukraine mikhail saakashvili confronted police outside a courthouse in the capital kiev. inside a plastic defendant's box the former president of georgia saakashvili responded to allegations that he conspired to topple ukraine's president the chocolate billionaire petro poroshenko there are three or four very simple. there. we own word for it. are fed up with other event are you ready once an ally. saakashvili accuses him of failing to fulfill the anti corruption promise that was central to mass street protests in two thousand and fourteen against the then russian backed government a prominent backer of the street uprising saakashvili had been rewarded with ukrainian citizenship and the governorship of the western odessa region now he and his supporters many of them soldiers return from the front lines in the country's east are demanding impeachment. i think we have forty enough we don't want any more wars or bloodshed but if it does not do what he is obliged to do and uses force against us then we will respond a

joining us chaotic scenes on the streets of kiev today that is after police tried to arrest mikhail saakashvili he's a former georgian leader who has become an anti-corruption campaigner in ukraine and a thorn on the side of president petro poroshenko now police they detained saakashvili but were forced to free him again when his supporters surrounded the van that was holding him our correspondent nick connelly was there we'll have an update from him in just a moment but first here is what he saw. early morning hide and seek in the rooms above kiev's my town square except the man being detained by on mock special forces is a former president and one of ukrainian president petro poroshenko is most vocal opponents. as news of the rate spread on facebook within minutes a crowd had gathered on the streets below but still there was no word from the police as to why he was being detained. his arms tied behind his back second really had one last chance to address his supporters calling for president bush and co to face impeachment. but it was one second he was bundled into a car that the confrontation

our top stories this hour police in kiev had bungled the arrest of anti corruption campaigner mikhail saakashvili after detaining saakashvili police were forced to release him by an angry supporters. and germany's foreign minister is ignore gabrielle as urged europe to chart a new foreign policy course he wants the e.u. to be assertive and less reliant only u.s. . more news coming for you at the top of the hour and don't forget you can always find the latest on our web site that address for you is d.w. dot com i'm sara harmon from the whole team here in berlin thanks for watching we'll see you soon. to go. beyond just legal highlights. join the live acoustic tour swindlers streak continue. and hoffenheim questions among six more new with the gold from rome where you where . the women wait till nightfall to cross the border into israel. they're syrian mothers bringing their wounded children into enemy territory clandestine. doctors there will treat the little ones who are often seriously injured it's a gesture of humanity in an inhumane conflict three thousand in sixty minutes on d w on freedom an

struggle over corruption all power off the anti corruption campaign that mikhail saakashvili back in police custody for the second time in a week the former president of georgia says his rearrest is politically motivated is it this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam he's a than he was the president of georgia than a governor in ukraine and now he's in jail on hunger strike the arrest and rearrest of mikhail saakashvili in kiev has stirred protests which evoked memories of the ukrainian revolution three years ago very supporters say his detention is based on lies they want to go they already freedom once earlier this week from a police van tuesday's dramatic scene started with police chasing saakashvili on a roof they arrested him for allegedly conspiring with russia against the ukrainian state saakashvili then escaped custody before police tracked him down again on friday former georgian leader says his arrest is politically motivated spin leading opposition rallies and accusing president petro poroshenko of corruption. so how did the former president of another count

them and i was you say they led by the former georgian president mikhail saakashvili also the former governor of ukraine's odessa region as well he was invited to that role by the ukraine president poroshenko before indeed they used to be friends but now it seems they're noir absolutely they started actually new together and now they've had a bit of a falling out because of. the firebrand personality and stinging criticism of the ukrainian president this actually what he had to say after being arrested one of those arrest incidents in recent days. this is a dirty lying operation completely it is designed only one that people prolong the life of. i mean i'll give you this one you can just see them for portion. now as we said because i guess fairly controversial figure both in georgia and ukraine is actually wanted on criminal charges in ukraine but what makes his position unusual is that he's actually officially state stateless he's rejected his yeah georgian citizenship he was given this ukrainian passport which has now been taken away he's one of the charges here there and everywher

denounced the president of ukraine as an antique her option rally led by former georgian leader mikhail saakashvili. a very warm welcome you are watching the weekly here on r.t. international with mina herring good to have you with us this hour. and the west bank and gaza protesters have gathered to burn u.s. and israeli flags as well as effigies of the two countries' leaders this follows more than a week of deadly violence since donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. city. tensions east peace is right people are throwing tear gas bombs that are filling that place. was. we still have nothing else but free zone and tensions are in the. making. that is that throughout the week author has been haring reaction to the latest surge of unrest in the region people can open the bible and to count how many times jerusalem is a base and there they will find out told so that jerusalem is not mentioned even one time in the koran not even one time people will find out that jerusalem is the capital of israel since nine hundred forty eight the whole world is condemning this action beca

marched in ukraine's capital kiev to protest against the detention of georgia's former president mikhail saakashvili he became an opposition leader in ukraine and has been calling for the impeachment of president petro poroshenko saakashvili was rearrested on friday following a dramatic rooftop scuffle with security agents at a later escape from police custody last week. but as well as president nicolas maduro says that opposition parties which boycotted sunday's local elections will be barred from next year's presidential vote his ruling socialist party won at least ninety percent of the seats in the municipal poll have been more large protests in honduras against alleged electoral fraud the main opposition party says that it will hold nationwide protests of president panel and often and as is declared the winner of last month's presidential election is that of their candidate salvador. there's the headlines the news continues here on the syria after inside story next. iraq is totally liberated from i so the message from the country's prime minister after a three year fight against the armed groups

people have marched in ukraine's capital to protest against the detention of opposition figure mikhail saakashvili the former president of georgia was arrested on friday in kiev has been campaigning against corruption within the government of president petro poroshenko prosecutors accuse saakashvili of assisting a criminal organization he denies the charges and has begun a hunger strike in jail. in the u.s. three democratic senators are calling for president donald trump to step down over allegations of sexual harassment more than a dozen women accused trump of sexual misconduct. during the election campaign in the past few months allegations against met in powerful positions of forced a number of resignations the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley says that those who've accused the president should be heard. how do you think people should assess the accusers of the president. well i mean you know the same thing as women who accuse anyone should be heard they should be heard and they should be dealt with and i think we heard from them prior to the election and i think any woman who has felt v

of georgia has gone on hunger strike in a ukrainian detention center according to his lawyer mikhail saakashvili was rearrested in ukraine four days after his supporters freed him from a place he says the charges against him are politically motivated you to shell has more. it was rearrested late on friday following a police raid on an apartment block in kiev the former president of georgia had been hiding there since his escape from custody after being arrested on tuesday. had been fronting of his campaign to and preach ukrainian president petro poroshenko criticizing his failure to hold corruption. secretary's press secretary confirmed his arrest he was elizabeth. was detained and now judging from the number of police men he has kept there they don't let anyone in i don't know who managed to get in there i can't get in there at his press secretary i hope there are lawyers in there and more of our people. dozens of supporters gathered outside the detention center vowing to stay until his release. they are trying to set up a regime like that in russia and belarus here if people don't rise up agai

to ukrainian opposition leader mikhail saakashvili has been released from jail after a judge rejected prosecutor's requests to put him under house arrest the former georgian president was arrested on friday accused of conspiring to topple ukraine's leave the petro poroshenko he denies the allegations. president trump has reiterated his call for urgent immigration reform off to an attack on one of new york's busiest commuter hubs misfired the man was arrested with a pipe bomb strapped to him which went off in the subway nea times square the bangladeshi national who's been identified as a twenty seven year old was injured in the blogs which happened at the height of the morning rush hour three other people suffered minor injuries let's be clear as new yorkers our lives revolve around the subways when we hear of an attack on the subway is incredibly unsettling. and let's be also clear this was an attempted terrorist attack thank god the perpetrator did not achieve is all to make goals. thank god our first responders were there so quickly to address the situation to make sure people were

police and supporters of the former georgian president it happened outside the courtroom where mikhail saakashvili appeared for a hearing on charges of colluding with businessmen to topple the president his arrest on friday led to huge protests in kiev saakashvili became an opposition leader in ukraine and once the impeachment of president petro poroshenko last week he climbed onto a roof to avoid arrest and has been freed from the police fanned by his supporters . their resume before very simple. we own words against corruption we do you know if you're very wrong because you know the very thing over and over is all the guards are no longer. decent people who are very evil people are fed up people are reading you right the thoughts now of david stern who's a correspondent for deutsch available in kiev told us earlier that saakashvili is case has become a rallying point for wider political discontent in ukraine reflected in those large demonstrations on sunday. these become a focal point one of many focal points but given the political environment right now in ukraine whatever opposition there is i

conaway the same linking net with former georgian president and ukrainian opposition leader mikhail saakashvili and it was a tense day for saakashvili he was arrested and freed by his supporters tell us what was it like meeting him well exactly sarah this pretty extraordinary day that began with michael exposing a man in need by ruth who turned out to be michelle successfully evading arrest there from the ukraine special forces and ended with us in his tent camp at the walls of the ukrainian parliament where we caught up with him for that interview want to one and i began by asking him why he thought he'd been arrested today. what a real reason is that for the last several months i've been heading the movement for change in terms of corruption in terms of getting rid of a corrupt practice of the president that he's immediate surroundings that brought ukraine to be a good situation of being the poorest country in terms of g.d.p. if europe and. they've been menacing me for some time they've they told me that they would arrest me it's what they've been sending me people they told me that they will

mikhail saakashvili the new president completely renovated the center of tbilisi. will decide life the city will soon move after the rez revolution foreign capital began to flow into the country it felt like a new era was coming people had a great visions that our country would become a new switzerland or singapore or that an economic miracle would happen. and a big boom really did start things that were worth a million dollars now cost one hundred million apartments in tbilisi were more expensive than in moscow we had an enormous growth in our client base and hired new staff who earned really good money. looking west away from putin's russia circus really brought in renowned architects from all over the world the striking new buildings were intended as a symbol of the new era. but soccer's really wasn't only interested in giving the city a facelift he also launched a crackdown on corruption in politics bureaucracy and the police thousands of corrupt politicians and state officials were arrested the entire traffic police force some sixteen thousand officers were sa

people have marched in ukraine's capital to protest against the detention of opposition figure mikhail saakashvili the former president of georgia was arrested on friday in kiev he'd been campaigning against corruption within the government of president petro poroshenko prosecutors accuse saakashvili of assisting a criminal organization he denies the charges and has begun a hunger strike in prison. the united nations has criticized the u.k. for not doing enough to support people with disabilities in its report the u.n. found that the government the government funding cuts are deprived a whole section of society of their rights but the barber reports. mary ellen has been registered disabled for twenty three years she used to work as a nurse now she relies on her full time carer and she's constantly worrying about the future. two years ago the government scrapped something called the independent living fun door i.l.f. and now her local council is cutting her care payments and since the i live so close to council has been raking is tied to supposedly can intervene as much money to put a can into tryi

european parliament talks have stalled over citizens' rights the former president of georgia mikhail saakashvili has been recaptured in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities have put him on a wanted list after supporters helped him break free from police custody early this week is accused of receiving financial support from a group allegedly linked to the former president viktor yushchenko bitch donald trump declared a national emergency in california and ordered additional aid to be sent to the region as six large wildfires continue to seep across the southern part of the state the fast spreading fires are forced more than two hundred thousand people to leave their homes over the past five days fear is the digital currency bitcoin is heading for a total price collapse could be unfounded the stock price tumbled by an average of twenty percent in ten hours earlier this week but stock prices surged by almost forty percent to a record high of seventeen thousand dollars on thursday before falling slightly to sixteen thousand on friday well those are the headlines the news continues here on . after

really and it ended with us at the walls of ukraine's parliament the roger in a tent camp where mikhail saakashvili was with his supporters and he gave us an interview i began by asking him why he thought he'd been detained today. the real reason is that for the last several months i've been heading the movement for change in terms of corruption in terms of getting rid of a corrupt practice of the president that he's immediate surroundings had brought ukraine to be a good situation of being the.

confrontation with russia this is not going to stop we're going to keep seeing figures like mikhail saakashvili like like. be the neo nazi speaker of the rada in the ukraine. but it's interesting you know i mean i notice that you know bloomberg you know not the most friendly towards russia they don't openly questioning the. the the idea of continuing to back something like saakashvili i mean it's the wrong guy to back meaning there could have been someone else there. you know so long the darling of the neocon saakashvili is not being groomed to be the president of ukraine he no he is he actually the u.s. never considered him somebody who could become president of ukraine he is not ukrainian his psychological. stance sort of outlook is somewhat different than the ukraine is what they expect so he is being used as a pressure level tool as leverage against the current government of ukraine which is also controlled by the u.s. to make them do certain things that washington wants to resist this is kind of the u.s. soccer and they're getting pressure on pushing this is the way the united states gover

other stories making news around the world in key of supporters of ukrainian opposition figure mikhail saakashvili have clashed with police officers used fire extinguishers to prevent the crowd breaking into a building and setting up a protest center there they were among thousands who turned out to support the crush really his demanding the impeachment of ukrainian president petro poroshenko . in chile people are casting their votes in a runoff presidential election the ball will determine whether the country turns to the right with conservative billionaire and former president sebastian pinera or stays on its center left course banana's appointment rather opponent is supported by the current president michel. in the philippines tropical storm tack has triggered landslides and floods that have killed more than thirty people and left several others missing the slow moving storm passed over the eastern philippines are saturday and officials reported heavy damage to power lines roads and bridges. who will succeed south african president jacob zuma as head of his ruling african national congress part

police in kiev have again arrested mikhail saakashvili he's the former georgia leader who's become an end to corruption gambino in ukraine and a song on the side of president bush as we arrest comes days after in this town adequately busted out of the. well in sports news match day fifteen in the bundesliga is well underway and friday's kickoff labor cruisin managed a big win at stuttgart to move up to fourth in the standings twenty year old jamaican player leon bailey was again the hero for labor the assistant on both ends are goals this corner kick set up and boras bender ten minutes left to seal the two when bailey has played a major war with his club's hanging streak. and there's a special match up in the bundesliga this weekend the boats hang darby when i host byron munich kevin prince and jerome boyer time go head to head for the first time in almost three years. kevin prince on track to frankfurt midfielder. jerome defender at byron munich the bewitching zur two brothers as different as they are like kevin prince is a bit of an extrovert he's never afraid to put on a show somew

poison kiev have again arrested mikhail saakashvili he's the front one to morgan leader who's become an anti corruption campaigner in ukraine and a thorn in the side of president petro poroshenko as rearrest comes days after he was dramatically busted out of a police van by a mob of his supporters. a whole village here in germany is going up for auction today with a starting bid of one hundred twenty five thousand euros vina is a small community with just six rundown hells us its south of berlin in the former east germany of ina fell into disarray following german reunification twenty seven years ago. some sports news for you now match day fifteen the bundesliga is underway and friday's kickoff leverkusen managed a bit when it struck are moving them up in the standings to force twenty year old jamaican player leon bailey was the hero of the match for labor and the assistant on both their roles in this corner kick set up a loris bender better ten minutes left to seal the two know when bailey has played a major wall in his club's ten game unbeaten streak. and there is a special match u

other stories now that are making headlines around the world the former georgian president mikhail saakashvili has been freed from detention in ukraine a judge turned down prosecutors request to keep him under house arrest he's charged with the system a criminal organization saakashvili has become a major opposition figure in ukraine and in recent years security was tight it is stamboul as the trial began of dozens of suspects in a deadly nightclub bombing thirty five people died in the attack last new year's eve so-called islamic state claimed responsibility prosecutors are seeking multiple life sentences so do you arabia is to end its thirty five year ban on cinemas the first one will open early next year the move is part of changes being introduced in the conservative country by mohamed bin the powerful crown prince. were despite new violence between palestinians and israeli soldiers israel's prime minister has urged european governments to follow the united states in recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel benjamin netanyahu says that the move is simply a recognition of reality and

protests on the streets of kiev after a dramatic escape police or rouse former georgian leader mikhail saakashvili but was forced to free him by angry supporters now he's more action to parliament to demand the resignation of a president he says is soft on corruption get the latest from our correspondent also coming up the fight to preserve historical landscapes in utah conservationists and native tribes joined forces to fight in order from president on the trump slushing national monument areas by up to ninety percent. and germany signal gaboriau urges europe to be less dependent on the united states he says it's time for europe to become more certain more. i'm sarah harman welcome to the show it's good to have you with us chaotic scenes today on the streets of kiev that's after police trying to arrest me fail saakashvili is the former georgian leader who's become an anti corruption campaigner in ukraine and a full morning in the side of president petro poroshenko police detained saakashvili but were forced to free him again when his supporters surrounded the van that was holding him our correspo

of ukrainians gathered in central kiev for an anti corruption rally led by opposition figure mikhail saakashvili the former president of georgia has been calling for the removal of oligarchy from the government and the impeachment of ukrainian president petro poroshenko. polls have opened in chile a runoff presidential election the vote will determine if the country turns to the right with conservative billionaire and former president sebastian bin yet or stays on its center left course candidate and ahead there are errors supported by the current president michel. in the philippines tropical storm tack has triggered landslides and floods that have killed more than thirty people and left several others missing the slow moving storm passed over the eastern philippines on saturday officials report heavy damage to power lines roads and bridges. police in australia have a arrested a man for allegedly acting as an economic agent for north korea he's accused of attempting to broker sales of missile technology in cold to third parties in indonesia and vietnam and naturalized australian citizen of korea

kiev nick connelly talked to the former georgian president and the ukrainian opposition leader mikhail saakashvili we have this exclusive interview now with him nic started by asking why he thinks he was detained today. for the real reason is that for the last several months i've been heading the movement for change in terms of corruption in terms of getting rid of a corrupt practice of the president and his immediate surroundings had brought ukraine to be group situation of being the poorest country in terms of g.d.p. if europe and. they've been menacing me for some time they've told me that they were there asked me it's what they've been sending me people they told me that they will that if they don't find something on me they will invent something on me that was depression cause right hand man mr gross kid that told. me your thoughts today published more times which apparently show you told me to stick with ching i don't know i don't know i don't know who these guys well i don't know them i don't know how he looks i don't know how he sounds and why would i i mean this is this is absolutely fake

people have marched in ukraine's capital to protest against the detention of opposition figure mikhail saakashvili the former president of georgia was arrested for on friday in care kiev he'd been campaigning against corruption within the government of president petro poroshenko. come on santa maria will be here in a little over twenty five minutes here on al-jazeera with a news hour that's right after witness which is next. they live in a country plagued by poverty but for india's billionaires life is all about glamour luxury and pristine. wonder when east meets the new maharajah at this time on al-jazeera. she did at least four wait but scuse me you do not the piece the shock sure. the ski school no song. wait only clip to back the pocono have a ness on this one the pope or the moki bless you feel so bad. that you don't get the i almost can't i do for the buzz of all of the guests more costly than the popcorn way and the brunch diskette i defer to fell into a bad place all six people been yesterday middle defense weak but the focus of the moment is so neatly bodily movements to lessen the forty

european parliament talks have stalled of a citizens' rights and the former president of georgia mikhail saakashvili has been recaptured in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities had put him on a wanted list after supporters helped him break free from police custody earlier this week. u.s. president donald trump has declared an emergency in california and ordered additional aid to be sent to the region six wildfires continue to sweep across the southern part of the state. forced more than two hundred thousand people from their homes over the past five days about five hundred buildings have been destroyed and ten thousand hectares of land burnt the flames are being strong dry winds which have started to die down well those are the headlines the news continues. after one to one statement that's watching. on towns in the coast the gulf cooperation council although there's not much cooperation these days look at all the regions being affected by a pause in economic relations also the shocking numbers on the plastic economy o.-m. g. twenty five years since the world's first texts and counting the cost at

the former georgian president turned ukrainian opposition figure mikhail saakashvili has gone on hunger strike it follows his arrest in kiev on friday during a rally demanding the impeachment of ukraine's president petro poroshenko after. rest his supporters gathered outside that tension center where he's being held setting light to tires and sustenance his lawyer read a letter to the crowd calling for another rally against president saakashvili was first detained on tuesday on suspicion of assisting a criminal organization on that occasion he tried to evade arrest by climbing onto the roof of his apartment block he was seized by police but a crowd of supporters pulled him from their van really later claimed that his detention had been purely political in nature. this is a dirty lying operation completely freak it's only being done to disorientate people and to prolong the life of. keep these armed cults i'll save them for poroshenko. earlier this year really was stripped of his ukrainian citizenship while abroad in september the supporters formed a protective crowd around him and march

following large demonstrations on sunday supporters of opposition figure in ukraine mikhail saakashvili confronted police outside a courthouse in the capital of inside a plastic defendant's box the former president of georgia saakashvili responded to allegations that he conspired to topple ukraine's president the chocolate billionaire petro poroshenko. for various people over. there. we raced over water to grow. the profit out of the you were once an ally of poroshenko saakashvili accuses him of failing to fulfill the anti corruption promise that was central to mass street protests in two thousand and fourteen against the then russian backed government. a prominent backer of the street uprising saakashvili had been rewarded with ukrainian citizenship and the governorship of the western region now he and his supporters many of them soldiers return from the front lines in the country's east are demanding impeachment when you get your way. we have forty enough we don't want any more wars or bloodshed but if poroshenko does not do what he is obliged to do and uses force against us then we w

in the ukrainian capital kiev this tuesday was supporters of the former georgian president mikhail saakashvili. my ship free him from a police van being to take. submission of. organize. he had as she supports is to my. here. agent of the president it's reporter schenker. city was maybe ukrainian citizens twenty dane and since then he's become ps opponents of abortion come accusing him of failing for groups house corruption. they have an agreement with vladimir putin to put me in a georgian president under his supervision and to get rid of me here in ukraine. they accused me of having connections with people settled in russia. in a whole post soviet well there is no bigger and you put in the meat caliphate have. i commanded an army against and i both of our independence saipov georgia office. or sacrificing the lives in ukraine against russia. how could they can think of it in is such a thing? spain's supreme court has withdrawn international. warrant for catalonia's ousted leader because puigdemont it comes on the first official day of campaigning ahead of the regions snap elections the court

the demonstration was organized by former georgian president turned ukraine opposition leader mikhail saakashvili protesters stormed a concert hall in the center of kiev where it's believed saakashvili had hoped to set up a command center to continue the rally. i was. i was. i r t's dotting the hawkins told me what triggered the demonstration in kiev estimated thousands attending this particular protest they're calling for the impeachment of president poroshenko and the standing down of the country's prosecutor general. as part of the wider protests against corruption and against as we heard there excessive government privilege in the government structures so very much i don't go in situation really in the capital of ukraine well there's probably a pretty wide spectrum of people here many of them may have protested in the twenty thirteen fourteen modern protest but for example the black flags you can see just the pinpoint one image they are actually carried usually by the followers of ukrainian nationalist parties right wing parties as well they may make up some element of the protesters as they

and georgia's former president mikhail saakashvili has been rearrested in ukraine four days after his supporters freed him from police custody he suspected of assisting a criminal organization such as billy says the accusations are politically motivated saudi arabia is being warned it risks losing u.s. support unless more aid is allowed in to stop the humanitarian crisis in yemen the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is calling for the blockade on yemen to be lifted saudi that coalition sealed all of yemen's and seaports last month after who the rebels fired a missile towards riyadh aid agencies warn that eight million yemenis are on the brink of famine as well as suffering the walls wast outbreak of cholera which listen cold on riyadh to temper its actions in the region i think with respect to saudi arabia's engagement with qatar how they're handling the yemen a war that they're in gauge down the lebanon situation i think we would encourage them to be a bit more measured and a bit more thoughtful in those actions to i think fully consider the consequences i think we've been clear

strong leader mikhail saakashvili the third pro president of georgia and former ally of. persia is challenging the ukrainian president and demand in his impeachment so for poroshenko it was very important and this was kind of a breakthrough for him in domestic politics and even he's main opponent mikhail saakashvili praised him for doing that and one final question and briefly if you don't mind we are slightly up against time here you mention of course that there are still many prisoners who have not yet to be released once all the politics goes away we get past the election in russia we get past the political situation that's current in ukraine does that mean that we're less likely to see any of these swaps happening in the future it is very hard to say because for most of all something already happened and it gives hope that there are mechanisms that might help to conduct the second step the exchange of all prisoners however you're right after the presidential elections in russia and. the may go away and those dozens of prisoners that are left on both sides both sides c

to ukraine now where a judge has freed opposition politician mikhail saakashvili from detention the former georgian president is accused of conspiring to topple ukraine's leader petro poroshenko earlier his supporters clashed with police outside the courts where his custody arrangements were being decided as more following large demonstrations on sunday supporters of opposition figure in ukraine mikhail saakashvili confronted police outside a courthouse in the capital kiev inside of a plastic defendant's box the former president of georgia saakashvili responded to allegations that he conspired to topple ukraine's president the chocolate billionaire petro poroshenko there is room for various people over. there. we place own words are good for us. are fed up with our event are you ready once an ally of poroshenko saakashvili accuses him of failing to fulfill the anti corruption promise that was central to mass street protests in two thousand and fourteen against the then russian backed government. a prominent backer of the street uprising saakashvili had been rewarded with ukrainian citizens

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