without a new ukraine there won't be a future for the region or for our town. everything is being decided now. a lot of it in odessa itself. >> as president of georgia until until 2013 he scored his country away from the moscow's sphere of influence towards closer ties with europe. in 2008 they fought a war of control over of the breakaway region. saturday's surprise appointment assume ukrainian citizenship while he faces criminal charges in his native georgia. the russians are stirring up tensions. the military exercises taking place on ukraine's borders that have kiev and the west fearful that russia will initiate another round of fighting in eastern ukraine. sporadic clashes continue. this hospital in donetsk was hit by shell fire on friday. the minsk agreement, which was meant to end the fighting and separate forces, still has not been fully implemented. the ukrainians accuse the russians of continue to go send weapons and troops into rebel-held areas into the country. simon mcgregor wood, al jazeera. >> farmers in southern peru refusing to give up their fi

we must all work together under this new ukrainian president to build a new ukraine without a new ukraine there will be no future either for the region or for our town. everything is being decide now. a lot in odessa itself. >> as president of georgia until until 2013, he steered his country away from moscow's sphere of influence towards closer ties with europe. in 2008 they fought a war over control of a breakaway region. saturday's surprise appointment assume his ukrainian citizenship as he faces criminal charge in his native georgia. the russians are also stirring up tensions. these are military exercises taking place on ukraine's borders, which have kiev and the west fearful that russia will initiate another round of fighting in eastern ukraine. sporadic clashes continue. this hospital in donetsk was hit by shell firing on friday. the minsk agreement was meant to end the fighting and separate forces still hasn't been fully implemented. the ukrainians accuse the russians of continue to go send weapons and troops into rebel-held areas of the country. the appointment will do nothing to i

. >> we must work together under the new ukranian president to build a new ukraine. without a new ukraine there'll be no future for our region or town. >> sack as veily steered his country towards closer ties with europe. in 2008 they fought a war over the control of the breakaway region of south ossetia. saturday saw it assumed that the citizenship facing charges in georgia. the russians are stirring up tensions. these are the exercises on the borders. it is feared there may be another round of fighting. sporadic clashes continue. the minsk agreement was meant to end the fighting and hasn't been implemented. ukrainians accused russians of putting troops into rebel held areas. the appointment will do nothing to improve the atmosphere >>> china has reacted angrily to u.s. criticism of construction on reclaimed land in the south china sea, and is dominating a meeting in singapore. the u.s. defense secretary says they are opposed to demilitarization of the disputed area. china says it was to improve conditions for personnel on the islands in. >>> china's air defense zon

without a new ukraine there is no future for the region nor for our town.verything is decided now. >> as president of georgia until 2013, he steered his country away from moscow's sphere of influence towards closer ties with europe. in 2008 they fought a war over the control of the se. the russians are stirring up tensions. military exercises taking place on ukraine's borders which have both kiev and the west fearful that russia will soon initiate another round of fighting in eastern ukraine. sporadic crashes continue. this hospital in donetsk was hit by shell fire on friday. the minsk agreement, which was meant to end the fighting and separate forces still has not been fully implemented. ukrainians accuse the russians of continuing to send weapons and regular troops into rebel-held areas of the country. the appointment will do nothing to improve the atmosphere. simon mcgregor wood. age. >> farmers in southern peru are refusing to give up their fight against a proposed copper mine. four people have been killed cross the country. the farmers say that the min

without a new ukraine, there'll be no future for the region or our town. everything is being decided now, a lot in odessa itself. >> as president of georgia, he steered his country away from moscow's sphere of influence towards closer ties with europe. in swathe they fought a war over the region of ossetia. >> the appointment sees him assume citizenship while facing charges in gormia. >> the rush -- georgia. >> the russians are also stirring up tensions. these an exercises on the west. having many fearing that russia will initiate another round of fighting. this hospital in donetsk was hit by shell fire. the minsk agreement has not been fully implemented. ukrainians accuse the russians of sending weapons and regular troops into rebel held areas of the country. the appointed of sack ash veily will do nothing to improve the atmosphere >>> still ahead on the newshour - a new treatment that could double the life expectancy of some cancer sufferers. plus fighting the power through page. guatemalans find a creative way to rally against government corruption >>>

and treats the ukranian citizens with respect and dignity. >> the chp training will be used for new ukraine recruits who begin patrols in june. >>> coming up, at least 6 people are dead and dozens injured after a passenger train runs off the tracks in philadelphia. >> and i'm kiet do. we are live near gilroy. a driver survives a single vehicle crash but >>> good morning, it's wednesday, may 13. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 5:00. and we begin with a pair of accidents under investigation this morning. four people are dead after a car went hurtling into a creek east of girl roy and across the cub -- gilroy and across the country investigators are sorting through the wreckage of an amtrak derailment. kiet do joins us live from gilroy with the latest. >>> reporter: a tow truck just went down there hooked up the tow line to the axle of this vehicle pulled it about 50 feet up the embankment. they loaded it on a trailer and it's removed from the scene. they have opened up leavesley road. we are live here just past a new road

bbc news in eastern ukraine.ty: for more on tuesday's talks, set to take place in sochi between american and russian officials, matthew ridge and ski -- rojanski. i want to talk about the optics of this visit. the state department is concerned secretary kerry is going to sochi and planning to meet secretary -- meet with putin. how is that going to go? matthew: if there was not something substantive on the agenda, president putin would not be showing up. kerry has, until now, only seen lavrov. they have seen each other frequently and the meetings have not been very productive. he is going to sit down with proven. the signaling his they must have something they want to get done. the message from the russian and american side is very different. from the russian side, it is the americans have finally come around and realized they need to stabilize things. we shall gain -- deign to speak to kerr from they americans, we are going to remind the russians to be. a civilized country, remind them of the minsk framework on u

. >> new indications that ukraine's debt negotiations are going very poorly. e's a new statement out from the ukraine finance ministry, criticizing the country's creditors for the approach they've been taking to the negotiations saying they haven't been transparent, responsive and criticizing the country's creditors for choosing to communicate unconstructively through the media. we've been so focused on greece's negotiations, but this is another important negotiation going on in the world. ukraine is waiting for a massive international bailout of $40 billion. one of the conditions imposed by the imf is they've got to get the debt that they owe to private-sector creditors reduced in dramatic fashion. that negotiation is ongoing if they don't get it done, their whole bailout comes into question. on the other side of the table includes organizations like the russian government and also frank--templeton which owns $7 million in face value in ukraine. this statement shows that things are going poorly on this debt negotiation, back to you. >> that's yield right there

. >> moving next door to the ukraine it's been one year since the entrepreneur petroshenko was elected president. >> the west gave him strong backing as a new face on ukraine's political scene. voters hoped he could end the fighting against pro russian separatists and boost the country's disastrous economy. but those hopes have faded. ukraine remains mired in recession. despite the shaky cease fire, the conflict in the east continues. >> we've been talking to our correspondent in kiev. what chance we asked him does the president have of turning things around? >> well, there are many people in the ukraine who are disillusioned about his capability to help the ukrainian common man to recover at the moment. he himself is a business man and has promised a lot at the beginning. this comes together with talks about the ukrainian debts. last week only the local parliament -- if the private investors are not going to move further toward a hair cut and that shows a lot about his capabilities his capabilities to deal with the economy in the western world. this is what many people are criticizing here. >> reporting from kiev. earlier in the day frank

is profoundly in our self interest, and i would argue the self-interest of the world, that this new ukraine emerges a prosperous, democratic independent reform oriented country that cannot be bribed, coerced, or intimidated. that is what the ukrainian people are devoting their lives to. giving their lives for. and one day, it will serve as an example for russians across the border who will see what is possible when a country embarks on real reform. the conflict over ukraine, i think, is a test for the west. a test for the eu. a test for nato. a test for us. president putin is wagering that he has greater staying power than all the parties i just mentioned have. and ukraine, he is betting that he can outlast the current reformist pro-european government and undermine it economically. president putin is also trying to scare allies and partners with the threat of new and aggressive russia. terms we haven't heard in a long time. in terms relating to nuclear power, nuclear arms. as it tries to rattle the cage, the kremlin is working hard to buy off and corrupt european political forces, funding

we will bring you that news conference as soon as they come to the podium. the fighting in ukraine also the topic of talks talks in kiev today. they promised to continue supporting the government, he also pledged more than $30 million in humanitarian assistance. >> that overemphasized canada's opposition to russian's aggression against ukraine. the agreement deserves our support, but russia has shown that it simply cannot be trusted to fulfill it's commitments. >> we expect that the summit will not just show a decision, but will take serious decisions to stop aggression against ukraine. >> a new front for u.s. oil exploration. conditional approval for the shell company to begin drilling in the arctic ocean. as john henry smith explained it is too dangerous of an idea. >> the approval of ocean energy management to allow shell oil do drill in alaska met with a cheer from the american petroleum institute. failure to develop these resources would put the leadership at risk, at a time when russia and other arctic nations are forging ahead. shell says it would like to begin drilling this

but ukraine's government insists pro-russian rebels are working alongside russian special forces to seize new territory. collectively, nato believes that russia is carving out certain ukrainian cities an villages and turning them into de facto russian territory. nato's military response reflects that fear. 300 elite u.s. paratroopers are now training ukrainian soldiers in western ukraine. is u.s. ambassador to ukrainian geoffrey pyatt. >> the most valuable assets of the u.s. army are the men and women in uniform. one of the most powerful tools that the u.s. military has developed over the years is the training, the doctrine, the skill set that our military enjoys. this program here at yavoriv and the series of training exercises that we're going to be involved in over the next few months is about helping to impart some of those lessons. >> ukraine is on thin ice. watch how the ukrainian press reacted to their president petro poroshenko, when he took a photo with u.s. army trainers. [speaking foreign language] >> question. defense secretary carter testified this week that russian separatists,

arthel: big development in the standoff over ukraine, the country is in a, quote, real war with russia and should prepare for a newffensive by vladimir putin. the ukraine government also says it is open to placing a missile defense system on its territory to counter any russian attack while russian defense minister officials saying they plan to deploy nuclear capable bombers to crimea. where does this standoff go from here? k t mcfarland is the national security analyst and former deputy assistant secretary of defense in the reagan administration, so good to talk to you, so much to talk about. do you think it was going to come to this? it will happen around summer, a real war with russia? >> vladimir putin got what he wanted out of ukraine. he wants to take more of it but his point is to make ukraine and desirable for anybody to invest in because ukraine ultimately is of financial story. the economy doesn't work they have massive corruption, a fix corruption, no foreign investor will come in so ukraine will become a bigger orphan. russia knows that, that is why they want to keep the instability and ukraine's easte

the white house is signaling new involvement in ukraine and china is warning the president against whatlls

news. katty: we don't hear much about his fighting in ukraine but for the people living there it is all around them every day. china says they have a new military strategy including expanding its powers beyond its border. beijing says its navy should place greater emphasis on the open sea, and announced that they will build new structures on an island. china has been building its naval power, to the alarm of other countries in the region. the volcanic corruption on the collapse of his islands have raised fears that the ecosystem that inspired charles darwin's. evolution right be under threat. the volcano on isabela island interrupted for the first time in 33 years. experts say the corruption poses no risk to the people living on the island. still to come, charged with espionage. a washington post reporter accused of being a spy goes on trial in iran. extreme weather is wreaking have ached in the form of deadly rain. 16 people have been killed by storms in oklahoma and texas. more than 1000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in texas. storms dumped a foot of rain on houston, stranding hundred

the white house is signaling new involvement in ukraine and china is warning the president against what it calls provocations and ins gagss regarded disputed territory. that's where we start tonight with jennifer griffin. >> with more evidence that china is building a military base in the middle of the south china sea on a chain of manmade islands 800 miles off its coast new reports from australia suggest that the chinese have moved weapons on to the contested islands. just a week ago, the chinese military issued a veiled threat to a u.s. navy p-8 poseidon surveillance plane that flew toward the spratly chain. >> please go away quickly. >> reporter: the u.s. defense secretary en route to a security conference in asia signaled a tougher u.s. stance. >> the united states will fly, sail and operate wrafr international law allows. as we do all around the world. >> reporter: a view echoed by the u.s. admiral who drew attention to china's construction of what he called the great wall of sand. >> there is no shortage of challenges that confront us. china's preposterous claims to and land recla

. >> new fighting in ukraine despite a supposed ceasefire. you're looking at newly released footage from radio free europe of a battle between rebels and ukrainian forces in a village near maicial mariupol. ten day visit ash carter spoke about beijing's expansion in the south china sea. >> china is out of step with norms, and the regional consensus in favor of a noncoercive approach to this and other long standing disputes. and their increasing demand for american engagement in the asia pacific and we're going to meet it. we will remain the principal security power in the asia pacific for decades to come. >> carter also made clear that the u.s. believes in finding a peaceful solution to all disputes. >> in a league of their own and playing by their own rules. >> coming up a look inside the multibillion dollar business of fifa. >> and the vatican weighs in on ireland's historic same sex referendum. >> top story with some look at european headlines trance's liberation compares the organization with the mafia with the headline fifa nostra and th

what they claim were the repatriation of dead soldiers from ukraine and back to russia and reported on that and beaten up and intimated and the new regarding what russia is doing and the claims and actively using military inside ukraine. >> charles, what can you tell us about the reports we are hearing about troop build up? >> well, interestingly there was a report that the reuters news agency released a few days ago with respect to the law and according to the journalists it was reported that hundreds of military equipment, military vehicles were seen heading down towards the ukraine border being set up at a makeshift camp around 50 kilometers from the ukraine border. it was described, the equipment included tanks, rocket launchers and artillery. now, the defense ministry have refused to give comment at this stage over that reported build up. again prescott talking about an invasion said the question was completely inappropriate regarding this and get daily violations of the ceasefire and interesting today the news agency task reported that according to a member of the administration of the self proclaimed donetsk republic the s

we have breaking news from ukraine and moscow. moscow spent more than 53 billion roubles supplying a separatist movement in ukraine. this is according to a report by a russian opposition group. that report came out today. >> moving on a week after report blamed members of the new england patriots and tom brady for their role in trying to gain an advantage in the afc championship game the nfl is coming down hard on the team and it's biggest star. let's get to landon with more on that story. >> the nfl took three months to issue a report on the deflate gate in which the new england patriots were accused of deliberately deflating footballs before the afc championship game in january. it took five days to handout punishment. they're fining the team and suspending tom brady. the report determined brady was generally aware they deflated the balls making them easier to throw. the pats beat the colts in that game 45-7 and went on to win the super bowl. the patriots are being fined $1 million and will lose a first round draft pick next yea

these children of war in eastern ukraine plan to give their new soccer shoes a real workout.amien: terrible that those who are suffering the most from war are those who are least to blame for starting it. and of course this month here in europe we are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the 2nd world war, so elderly people here can still remember what it is like to suffer as children themselves from war. if you have thoughts about that, or any of our stories on today's show, do get in touch with me on twitter, or on email via the programme's website, or you can contact me through focus on europe's facebook page. another consequence of the ukraine conflict has not only been a growing rift between russia and the european union, but also divided loyalties for some european countries that want to stay close to both moscow and brussels, such as serbia, traditionally a close ally of russia. but also a country which is keen to join the eu, and it's proving a tricky balancing act. reporter: it's sunday morning at 9:00 in belgrade's upscale vracar district. religious serv

news, and also ahead fear and panic in nepal as the aftershock kills dozens of people. >>> they're talking again, the u.s. says that, sanctions on russia, could be lifted, if the ukraine peace deal is honored. >>> a new survey shows that chris they annaty is on the decline in the united states. >>> intelligence services say that, he has been executed and the chief of north korea armed forces was killed by the firing squad, it's the latest of those that have been executed. now, more from the south korea capital. >>> they say that it happened on april 30th and it was done publicly and brutal hi,. >>> anti aircraft used to kill, him, in front of hundreds of people. his offense was treason, and that treason cona tooting disobeying instructions, and not carrying them out and showing dissatisfaction, with his leadership, and, the fact that he was pictured, falling asleep, next to him towards the end of april. this was a very senior figure, second in command and just last month, he was sent as a envoy to moscow as they prepare for the first foreign trip, a visit which was due to have happened at the beginning of this month and did not. >>> that was because he had to attend t

ukraine. later in the news conference urged all sides in the ukraine conflict to hold the cease-fire reached earlierhis year. david. david: with all the foreign policy failures of this administration should we expect anything from secretary john kerry's faceoff with putin? >> we have "wall street journal" veronica daguerre and hilary kramer. ladies thank you very much. hillary, you go through the list of foreign policy failures of this administration it is extraordinary. start with russia, the failure to get them from stop taking over crime. they pulled out of iraq too fast, led to the spread of isis. yemen bragged how he had a great government in power. it was overthrown by iranian rebels. syria, benghazi, saudi summit snub. who knows what will happen with the iran nuclear deal. >> that is absolutely right. david: how will he better putin? >> it is interesting, what obama keeps doing is jumping from one foreign policy mishap to the next because he just doesn't have the fire power to really negotiate and no one takes him seriously. now i think the saudi ann situation is -- saudi arabian situation is

still to come this news hour prisoner abuse in ukraine, amnesty international accuses both sides of widespreadeatment. one year on from thailand's coup why the country is still as divided as ever. and a year ago they scored champion league's first and madrid could be looking for a new coach. details in sport. ♪ >> guardianship imposed by the state >> they lose more rights than someone who goes to prison... >> what's being done to protect liberties in texas? >> i'm just a citizen trying to get some justice for an old man... >> an america tonight investigation only on al jazeera america ♪ hello again and welcome back and reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. a suicide bomber has blown himself up at a shia mosque in eastern saudi arabia killing about 21 people. i.s.i.l. has claimed responsibility for the attack which happened in the village in the province. shia malitia gather east of ramadi for a counter offensive against i.s.i.l. and iraq asked for more international help to fight the group. and the u.n. says it is seeing up to 400 new cholera cases among the thousands of burundi refu

ukraine. stephanie decker reports. >> members of the european union have called a new russian travel ban against 89 europeans arbitrary and harmful to negotiations over ukraine. the german foreign minister said russia should have warned the affected people. >> at the very least those concerns should have been informed about the reservations against them, or at least those lists should be made public. at a time we are trying to diffuse a dangerous conflict, this does not contribute towards that. >> among the europeaned banned from travel to russia are the secretary general of the european council in brussels, due to take over as foreign affairs advisor to germans angela merkel. there are 18 poles on the list and nine brittons, including former deputy prime minister and head of domestic security agency mi5 and the head of the swedish tax authority. >> we have asked for explanation from the russian side and asked the russian ambassador to give the motivation. we understand that it is some kind of response to the e.u.'s list but that one is transparent and above all gives the reason why certain names are on the list. >> t

ukraine crisis. >> for some reaction to this new law, she is from amnesty international and moscow. thank you for joining us. how will this new law affects the work that you are doing then amnesty international is doing and moscow. >> the rights organizations and lawyers, different activists all this can be quite tough. we don't exactly know how it will be implemented. there was immediately different organizations to be targeted or -- [indiscernible] we expect to see an impact on russian society. we have seen the past regarding the law. it has just been implemented. >> the lawmakers that pass this law have been arguing that there is a double standard of play. at the west is opposing sanctions so it has every right to ban organizations like cures which are, in fact, representing western interest. that is the argument from the lawmakers from the kremlin. how would you respond to that? >> there is no understanding for the perception. [indiscernible] it is quite strange quest. >> where does that fear come from? why do they believe that a foreign non-governmental organization is a threat

-russia relations hit a new low over the crises in you ukraine and syria. kerry is trying to convince putin to try to help remove president assad from power. >>> a big announcement this morning about the next presidential library. official confirmation that the barack obama presidential center will be built in chicago. it will be located on the city's south side where the president launched his career in politics. expected to cost more than $500 million. >>> still ahead, all-new crash tests for suvs. the results are not looking good for most models. >>> also, emergency landing. a plane touching down with just half of its landing gear. we got new video of this dramatic moment. >>> plus, racing to the rescue. good samaritans pulling a man to safety after a cement truck falls on his car. did you know that people born from 1945 through 1965 have the highest rates of hepatitis c but most don't know they're infected? people can live for decades without symptoms but over time hepatitis c can cause serious health problems. if you were born during these years the cd

in the future when ukraine is stable as part of new russia then the west will trade with us anyway because they have to have our energy. >> he must be thinking of 2008 when they went into georgia and the west didn't react all that strenuously. he might be betding on the fact had the u.s. and europe are not going to come together, not going to impose the sanctions like banking sanction he that are imposed on iran that really did hurt. should we be fully exhausting that avenue first? >> i think you have to do a variety of things. but i think that in this case, sanctions applied early will have more effect than sanction he provided sprovided later. because the whole value of sanctions is not just in the sanction itself but it's in the demonstration of the political will to apply the sanction knowing that it hurts you as well. >> right. >> so if you're that concerned about it as onation, if you are willing to hurt yourself to hurt him, be careful, those sanctions could stay and they could be followed by something even more arduous. that's important to bring the allies on board with this. so wh

conference secretary kerry will be holding a joint news conference with the russian foreign minister i assume ukraine will be high on the agenda. syria, iran when it comes to iran and the nuclear program, both of these countries seem to be relatively correct me if i'm wrong, on the same page right? >> superficially so. i think there's something else going on here. it was interesting, samantha power the u.s. ambassador to the united nations gave an interview with charlie rose last week and said look we hope that if we get a nuclear deal with iran that iran will help us get rid of bashar al assad in syria. first time ever a senior official in the obama administration, i agree with this you can't address the problem of isis without getting rid of assad. we're led to believe that iran would be a sort of integral partner in foe meanting what you might call regime decapitation or transition. russia would have to work to see that forward too. what's happening in syria is interesting. the regime is losing losing badly and so is iran by the way, in northern syria, islib provis has fallen out of the regime's c

ukraine. the state department released the news in an e-mail statement.e ministers are looking for some sign of progress from greece today. the government is running out of cash. aboutow, it has to pay $840 million to the imf. the saudi king is skipping camp david -- a number of issues will prevent the king from attending. the saudi's and other gulf countries have been concerned the united states is being too accommodating toward iran.

a period filled with tension over ukraine. guy: a new record for any artwork sold at auction. going under their hammett -- the hammer for $179.4 million. francine: now, that of course brings us to our today's twitter question. is there a better way to spend $179 million? you can tweet us. we've had some pretty funny responses. i heard a lot about buying or shorting bunds. guy: there are more imaginative things to do than that. francine: more fun definitely. guy: at 9:30 we are going to hear from bill gross about his philanthropic efforts. find out how much of the source and he has given away. francine: at 9:40, we are joined by the athens chamber of commerce ceo. guy: and we look at easyjet earnings. shares slide sharply. francine: has greece dodged a bullet in brussels? we will be speaking to many guests from greece and also from brussels. ♪ guy: >> come here with a clear mandate to improve the relationship with the rest of the eu and reform the eu so that it increases living standards. we will hold that referendum on british members of of the european union. having conducted

ukraine crisis. >> for some reaction to this new law, let's go to our guest from amnesty international in moscow. think for joining us. how will this new law affect the work that you are doing, that amnesty international is doing in moscow? >> we are working a lot with russian society and human rights organizations. there are different activists public actions. all of this can be quite -- we expect that this will be changed since the implementation of the law. we don't exactly know how it will be implemented. if it is immediately but if different organizations will be targeted. we expect that the general impact on civil society in general russian civil society will be quite big. we have seen in the past regarding the lock, it has -- the law it has been implement it. it has had an effect already on society. >> the russian lawmakers are arguing there is a double standard at play here. that the west is imposing sanctions so it has every right to ban organizations like yours which are in fact, representing western interests. that is the argument from the lawmakers from the kremlin. how would you resp

new york. >>> the observer mission to ukraine says both sides in the conflict have violated the ceasefire severalthe organization for security and cooperation in europe has also warned about the spread of violence in eastern ukraine. the head says both russia and ukraine have failed to withdraw their heavy weapons from the region. nato is considering a request by the three baltic states who want thousands of troops to be deployed to protect against a possible russian invasion. the move would break a nato pact with russia. but countries like lithuania are worried. russia military jets routinely fly over the baltic sea and that has already lead to increased tension with nato. lawrence lee reports from lithuania. >> reporter: it's a drill, but the intention is real enough. the pilots have 15 minutes from the alarms sounding to take to the skies. they will scramble for real 150 times last year to shadow russian aircraft over the baltic. the current lead nation in this mission is norway backed up in lithuania by the italians. this is all about reassuring the tiny baltic states that they won't let the

he'll sit down with russian president putin for the first time since relations hit a new low over the crises in ukraineia. kerry will try to enlist putin's help in forcing assad to leave power. syria and russia are long time allies. >>> former president jimmy carter has been seen in public for the first time since cutting a trip to south america short. the 90-year-old carter told the crowd at the carter center in atlanta that he came down with a cold but that he is feeling better now. >> a major victory for big petroleum companies. the government says shell oil can start drilling this summer off the coast of alaska. scientists believe the region could hold up to 15 billion barrels of oil. environmentalists argued against this saying an oil spill in the pristine waters could do far more damage than the bp spill in the gulf of mexico. in california, water restrictions are a good thing, well, at least for one car wash. ecogreen auto clean is doing some booming business these days washing cars using a nontoxic chemical spray. it takes them about one cup of water per car. they say for basic cleaning it gets

new earthquake hits in nepal. dozens of people have been killed. >> no refuge, indonesia will send back every bolt carrying migrants. >> john kerry visits russia for the first time since the falling out over ukraine and syria. >> hello so the new u.n. envoy to yemen arrived in the capitol sanna. iran said it backs a truce call for an immediate resumption of attacks between pro government forces and houthi rebels. >> any ceasefire and any halt on the military operations is supported by iran to help the victims of this war which are innocent children and women. this ceasefire must turn into a permanent ceasefire and talks to form an inclusive government should immediately resume. >> an iranian ship is on its way packed with aid and journalists part of a humanitarian mission carried out by the red crescent society as well as iran. we are joined from iran. tell us what you are hearingerring about the ceasefire that is meant to take effect in a couple of hour's time. >> the situation on the ground is escalating, the saudi-led coalition intensified airstrikes over the last 48 hours targeting top houthi military commanders and deposed president ali abdullah saleh. the houthis have been saying that the a

breaking news in the last 15 minutes or so. ukraine'sthe to be offering the country an easing of repayment conditions. ryan chilcote, what do we know, and is it going to be enough? ryan: it won't be enough, but here's what we know. the creditor group says they are prepared to offer coupon cuts and an extension of maturity to the tune of 10 years. that would give ukraine about $16 billion worth of savings over the next four years. is this a game changer? not really. what it doesn't offer is the opportunity for the haircut. the ukrainian government has always maintained that there's going to have to be a haircut. they've already responded to this offer in the last 60 seconds saying, there is haircut, we won't agree to it. it is interesting because we have more detail about what this creditor group is offering but clearly it has now been rejected by the government and the two sides still have a little time. they have until the middle of june to sort it out. that is the imf deadline for the next tranche payment. in addition to that, on june

putin is serious about peace in ukraine or content on continuing muscle flexing in ukraine and throughout europe. cnn, new now to discuss john kerry meeting with lavrov in sochi, william, thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> on the one hand, the u.s. want to the isolate russia, but at the same time, the u.s. is clearly to work with russia over issues. >> it is a contradiction. the issue with this meeting in sochi that's going to take place tomorrow, is that it's unclear how the united states wanted to cooperate with russia and to what extent russia wants to cooperate with the united states. there really is no clear agenda that's been announced so far and it's very your honor certain what sort of reception john kerry's going to get when he aroois in russia. >> we know that syria, yemen, ukraine and iran are going to be discussed. and speaking of syria, how much influence does russia have when it comes to getting al assad to negotiate. as we all know, he's extremely stubborn when it comes to doing what the united states wants. >> it's very stubborn in terms of doing what russia wants. russia

ukraine. the state department released the news in an e-mail statement. european finance ministers are looking for some sign of progress from greece today. the government is running out of cash. aboutow, it has to pay $840 million to the imf. the saudi king is skipping camp david -- a number of issues will prevent the king from attending. the saudi's and other gulf countries have been concerned the united states is being too accommodating toward iran. betty: good afternoon. i'm betty liu here with mark crumpton. mark: let's start with a look at what is moving the markets right now in currencies. let's start with the stocks -- the s&p 500 and dow jones industrial average both declined today, the dow industrials down a little more than .25%. the s&p 500 down .35% and the nasdaq composite is up fractionally. let's take a quick check of currencies and see how the dollar is stacking up against its major rivals. -- 1.11.ar the pound, on the rise. yields are coming up in treasuries but not by a lot. there's some selling going on in the bond market. in the oil ma

. >> daredevils are going do new heights, a couple from russia and ukraine posted their attempt to climb a 2,200' tall skyscraper in china on youtube. they snuck in when the workers were gone and spent the night picked a few locks and scrambled up the construction crane at the very top of 115-story building. >> the c.h.p. to the rescue. again. santa rosa officer rescued an injured owl yesterday on 101. >> he captured the owl with a blanket and took it to an emergency animal hospital. last month another c.h.p. officer helped save a baby owl near napa. >> this is my favorite. moms got mother's day surprise of a lifetime. >> stehpanie? >> this is president obama. your president. >> i know how tough it is to raise kids. and you of right by them. and do right by them. would not be here. >> three mothers from minnesota arizona and florida all wrote the president letters telling them "they are doing the most important work there is," and you bet there are, come on, get out of here. >> you got to figure that. >> we have another full 90 minutes of news including good news for computers who take c

new offensive. the kremlin has repeatedly denied that russian forces fighting in ukraine, saying any russians fighting> the u.k.'s controversial referendum on whether it will remain in the e.u. is a top subject this week. cameron is under pressure to cut immigration from the e.u. and stop migrants claiming welfare payments. cameron has promised to hold the referendum by the end of 2017. >> we will be talking about european reform the need to focus on growth and jobs the need to make sure we compete as a single market the need to make sure that as you put it where necessary, but [ inaudible ]. >>> 22 personnel have been given precautionary treatment for anthrax after a u.s. army test facility accidentally sent live samples to labs. nine laboratories in the u.s. also sent the samples. it is confirmed at least one was live. >>> animal welfare lob beests are fighting back against a possible koala cull in australia. an overcrowded colony is being assessed for ill health this week. there are concerns many are under nourished as the population outgrows it supply of food. they are a protected species in austr

chapter of the crash that has just wrapped up when abc 7 news kellye: an emotional milestone today into the investigation of the crash over eastern ukraine. a final flight carrying seven caskets arrive saturday meeting all the human remains found are back home. the passenger plane was shot down in july of 2014 with the loss of all 298 people on board. a group of women and girls freed from boko haram are at a refugee camp in nigeria. the army released these photos of survivors. they are receiving medical care and food after traveling for three days in a military convoy. the survivors are among 700 women and children. nigeria's says it rescued this week. kellye: the wait is over. prince william and his wife welcomed a princess into the world this morning. it is an announcement that has people talking all around the world. sam sweeney has been following the story today and says the people he spoke to are thrilled with the news. of course they are, sam. sam: so many people smiling about this story. we went around the city and talked to people. finally, a positive story making headlines. the princess did not meet deadlines for the morning nei

and revisited this part of the joint commission with a firm understanding of what ukraine military needs and the good news is it matches fairly closely to what it's asking the west to help it with and it is broad categories of capability. i don't think it's useful to talk about any single one or two types of weapons. >> you outlined the threat posed by russia and president putin and what you call the broad range of responses that you've had, but i think it's fair to say that there's a sense of frustration among some people in the senate arms services committee today that the united states and its nato partners are not able to take action to bring about resolve consistent with u.s. national security policy goals, and that they find the description of what's going on now to be somewhat unsatisfactory. what is your response that when you sense that frustration, that the united states is not able to do more to bring about a result more favor m -- favorable, what's your response to that? >> i have a role to play, combat and command of the area, bring my best military advice to the region and military and that'