poland will never stand alone. but not just poland. estonia will never stand alone. latvia will never stand alone. lithuania will never stand alone. romania will never stand alone. these are not just words. they are an unbreakable commitment. back by the strongest alliance in the world and the armed forces of the united states of america, the most powerful military in history. you see our commitment today. new aircraft in the skies of the baltics -- nato aircraft in the skies of the baltics, allied ships patrolling the black sea. in the stepped-up exercises where our forces moved together, presenceour increased here on polish soil. we do these things not to threaten any nation but to defend the security and ourselves and our friends. yesterday i announced a new initiative to bolster the security of our nato allies and increase america's military presence in europe, and this will mean more equipment to respond quickly in a crisis and more exercises and training to keep our forces ready. in thenal u.s. forces air and the sea and on land, including here in poland. it wi

poland will never stand alone. but not just poland. estonia will never stand alone. latvia will never stand alone. lithuania will never stand alone, romania will never stand alone. these are not just words. they're unbreakable commitments. backed by the strongest alliance in the world and the armed forces of the united states of america, the most powerful military in history. and you see our commitment today. in nato aircraft in the skies of the baltics, in allied ships patrolling the black sea, in the stepped up exercises where our forces train together, and in our increased and enduring american presence here on polish soil. we do these things not to threaten any nation, but to defend the security and territory of ourselves and our friends. and yesterday, i announced a new initiative to bolster the security of ournate oh allies and increase america's military presence in europe, and with the support of congress, this will mean more prepositioned equipment to respond quickly in a crisis and more exercises and training to keep our forces ready, additional u.s. forces

we feel the taste of poland again." she was right. it was the beginning of the end of communism -- not just in this country, but across europe. the images of that year are seared in our memory. citizens filling the streets of budapest and bucharest. hungarians and austrians cutting the barbed wire border. protestors joining hands across the baltics. czechs and slovaks in their velvet revolution. east berliners climbing atop that wall. and we have seen the extraordinary progress since that time. a united germany. nations in central and eastern europe standing tall as proud democracies. a europe that is more integrated, more prosperous and more secure. we must never forget that the spark for so much of this revolutionary change, this blossoming of hope, was lit by you, the people of poland. [applause] history was made here. the victory of 1989 was not inevitable. it was the culmination of centuries of polish struggle, at times in this very square. the generations of poles who rose up and finally won independence. the soldiers who resist

forces in poland. we continuously rotate additional personnel and aircraft in poland and baltics.mend poland for contributions to nato air patrols over the baltics. today i'm announcing a new initiative to bolster the security of allies in europe under this effort and with support of congress. united states will preposition more equipment in europe. we will be expanding exercise with alleys to increase readiness of our forces. i know this is a champion of the effort to modernize the polish military. we welcome the announcement he made about the greater commitment. we'll increases the number of american personnel army and air force units rotating through central and eastern europe. we'll step up partnerships with ukraine, georgia as they provide for their own defense. i'm calling on congress to approve up to $1 billion to support this effort which will be powerful demonstration of america's unshakable commitment to nato allies. poland to its credit is a leader in the alliance when it comes to collecting in our defense. we've seen that today. poland's resolve and initiative i'm prop

then poland lost its independence.olish people dissipated in war operations from the first to the last day. they would be fighting on nearly all fronts. were not granted the joy of freedom after the victory of allied forces over the nazis. deprived by the arrangements made in yalta. the victorious powers decided to delineate influence in europe. found itself in the realm dominated by the soviet union, in a world governed by stalin for a few long dark decades. the iron curtain prevailed in europe. our dreams and aspirations survived. our pursuit of freedom survived. we regained our independence in 1918. the source of this power was the mainstay of the nation's life. we derived our power from the clear signalch, a of our belonging to the western world. certain enclaves of normal the form ofailed in small trade, small enterprises. changing, andwere the forms of fighting for our freedom were changing. after the drama of the postwar followed other dramas. like the worker rebellion in june 1966 and december 1917 -- 1970, the

has spearheaded that effort poland has spearheaded the destabilization in ukraine remember that poland has very close ties to a lot of those individuals who are significant in the euro my don protest in particular some of the n.g.o.s and so it's the relationship on the broadest level between the two countries is not going to change but i think what is significant is what it reveals about the nature of the intimate relationship between these two countries and between the ruling establishment in each country especially when the foreign minister is saying it had representative or his comments. why i think they're quite representative but they're not necessarily representative of the political posture of poland they're more representative of the scorned feeling that many of the ruling elites in poland have towards the united states when you make yourself into a an extension of u.s. nato military power projection you expect that there will be some kind of return benefits from that and the polish people rather the leadership in poland feel that they're not getting those benefits they're not

thank you, poland. thank you for your courage, thank you for reminding the world that no matter how brutal the crackdown no matter how long the knife, the yerning for liberty and digget does not fade away. it will never go away. thank you poland for your iron will and for showing that yes ordinary citizens can grab the reins of history and freedom will prevail because in the end tanks and troops are no match for the force of our ideas. thank you, poland, for your triumph not of arms but of the human spirit. the truth that carries us forward. there is no change without risk and no progress without sacrifice adodom without solidarity. god bless poland. god bless america. god bless our unbreakable alliance. thank you very much. >> after the president's visit to poland he traveled to brusselses. at the conclusion of the meeting heing he scheduled to h joint press conference with british prime minister david cameron. we'll bring that to you live beginning around 10:00 a.m. eastern. at dawn on the morning of

embarrassment in poland poland's foreign ministers been secretly taped comparing his country's relationship with the us to a sexual act and it's washington that's come out on top of his word important as been following the embarrassing be frank diplomatic conversation. the polish government has indirectly confirm the authenticity of the leak conversations which you're talking about where we hear the foreign minister calling his country's alliance with america worthless and during the conversation foreign minister rattus love sir course he gets quite vulgar describing warsaw's relationship to washington in one which poland is the partner who's always performing sexual favors and receiving nothing in return the private conversation was first reported by. a polish magazine according to w. sikorsky goes on to say that the polish american alliance is harmful because it creates a false sense of national security he calls his government suckers for thinking that if his nation gets into a conflict with russians in germans things are going to be ok because poland performed a sexual favor on america

people now think that poland, is a a nato member, an e.u. member, which is pretty prosperous european democracy would ever be attacked by russia again, but the pols after seeing what happened in ukraine are not so sure. poland is increasing its military spending, and it wants other countries to do the same and as much u.s. help as it can get. >> thank you for your analysis of the situation. well, obama is to meet with poland's prime minister on monday. obama promises financial support to kiev through the winter months as it continues to negotiate its gas bill with russia. the supplier has offered a six-day extension on debt collection, avoiding an immediate cut-off of supplies. the two sides dispute the price that should be paid. the broker said they are closing the gap between them. >> polling stations in syria will stay open until midnight tonight local time. after the electoral committee extended the voting by five hours, a move it said was necessary due to the high voter turn out, but a move that would only affect the areas participating

its a very can partner now on monday poland's prime minister. confirm the authenticity of the lead conversation saying it would not force him to make any cabinet changes now this of course isn't the first time we've heard language used by. the u.s. and its european allies in february our viewers may remember that is this to secretary of state the toria nuland dropped the f. bomb when dismissing the european union's involvement in the ukraine crisis. so that would be great i think to glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. . now clearly every family friendship has its problems but when it comes to relations between the u.s. and europe critics say that the alliance may not be as strong as it appears to be on the surface you know as you're saying smiles from the house producing to know what goes on behind the scenes what not literally of course what important correspondent in washington in new york city they got credit limits cell thank you . ok no political scientists were to spit score skied told us that the polish pu

poland was also attacked by the red army. poland lost its independence.ons from the first day to the last date. -- we were not granted the joy of freedom after the victory of valid forces over the not these -- nazis. we were deprived of this opportunity by the arrangement ta. all the -- in yal the victorious powers divided spheres of influence. poland, like many really -- other countries, found itself dominated by the soviet union and governed by stalin. the iron curtain prevailed. aspirationsam and survived. our pursuit of freedom survived. the source of our strength flowed from our national traditions, embracing the lively memory of regaining independence in 1918. achieving victory over the bolsheviks in 1920. the source of this power was also the polish family, one of of last enclaves independence and the mainstay of the nation's lives. we also derive power from the catholic church. the curious signal of our belonging to the western world. -- the clearest signal of our belonging to the western world. the normal economy prevailed in the form of small tr

in a leaked recording poland's foreign ministry equates his own country to a submissive sex partner on a more solid alliance with the u.s. . on home. with the big stories from the past seven days and right up to the minute developments as well you're watching the weekly here on r t international i mean o'neill. a true sprawled relative calm to crane this week has both the army and government fighting in the east agreed to hold fire until monday sporadic attacks whoever is still breaking out the cease fire plan involved a lot of diplomatic effort and was supported by key countries including russia just to remind you the week long truce was declared in the east last friday now that was followed by talks between the self-proclaimed republics for the first time since the conflict started their public five to recognize the ceasefire in the presence of international monitors on whedon stay meanwhile the president of ukraine and russia as well as the french and german leaders discuss the peace process over the phone the same day. the legal permission for the use of russia's military force in

president obama arrived in poland as he tries to rally regional leaders to turn up the heat on russia. >>> tiananmen square. 25 years ago today, a chinese government crackdown on a democracy movement that shook the world. >>> it is tuesday, june 3rd. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm dara brown. more questions are being raised following the release of army sergeant bowe bergdahl as part of a prison of war exchange. he's now recovering at a hospital in germany after being held for five years in captivity by the taliban. moments ago, the president spoke about the controversy surrounding the prisoner exchange while at a news conference in poland. here's what he had to say. >> we saw an opportunity. we were concerned about sergeant bergdahl's health. we had the cooperation of the qataris to execute an exchange. and we seized that opportunity. and the process was truncated because we wanted to make sure we did not miss that window. >> nbc's ayman mohyeldin is in landstuhl germany, with more. good morning, ayman. what is the latest. >> reporter: sergeant bowe bergdahl co

the minister in which is obvious far for everyone here in poland for most of the analysts as does voiced the opinion which is shared by most of the population here i would like also to add to that. what he's talking about because for a long time has been the fear in poland and american hatred of influence so i hope that the progress of talent in russia in france in germany and i will at least now that the polish politicians understand the real natural relations between us and poland or russia said he believes the polish minister's comments were grounded in political realism and the form the comments took was most likely a response to earlier statements by a u.s. official so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know. putting the terror of human trafficking on the big screen later in the program we need the rights activist behind a movie that exposes the wave of refugees kidnappings in sinai. also going against the trend is fierce persist in the u.k. over an influx every maybe in a bulgarian migrants some brits are upping sticks and hea

that poland would never stand alone and he went on to read off a list of countries not just poland buta, the baltics, romania. that's what they wanted to hear in this country. the other thing he stressed was that it's not just about military security. it's also about the prosperity of free nations, of the example that poland had set 25 years ago when the impossible was achieved he said, an election took place. and the prosperity, an economic miracle he said that poland has achieved in the 25 years since the collapse of communism could be something that could be emulated in ukraine if the west, if nate toe stands by its allies in kiev and if russia determines to actually have a dialogue with the authorities in kiev. and to use its influence to prevent further violence in by separatists in south and east ukraine. >> adam in warsaw, thank you very much. poland, of course, a stellar economy when you look at the rest of europe. let's look more closely at the changes in both poland and ukraine its neighbor 25 years ago, the breakdown of the soviet bloc offered up opportunities for both count

president barack obama arrives in poland and spain's cabinet paves the way for the king to advocate what monarch has regarding a future. ♪ voting is underway forcier yeah's war-time election which is expected to extend president bashar assad rule for seven years and broadcast pictures of assad and wife casting votes at a polling station in damascus and votes can be cast in government-controlled areas and opposition and western leaders and rebels in syria dismissed the election as a sham. but it is the first time in more than half a century syrians have been offered a voice of candidates and bashar assad is running against to unknown challengers and apparelment dominated by supporters, he is a former communist party member and supports the military campaign against opposition forces and the other candidate is someone who served in government's before and wants reconciliation and to rebuild the infrastructure and supports the fight against rebels. let's go live now to the border crossing in the beka valley and the border of course between lebanon and syria and we can see behind you ruler t

poland will never stand alone. -- ours. poland will never stand alone.stonia will never stand alone. latvia will never stand alone. wlill never stand alone. these are not just words, these are commitments. >> in addition to that show of support, president obama's speech was really an ode to poland and its democracy. >> absolutely. barack obama came to join poland and celebrating with the mayor of warsaw said was the regaining of independence, with elections and solidarity of the opposition movement that was one in 1979 -- won in 1979 and solidarity it was the key to all of the speeches, solidarity among the members of nato and barack obama said article five of the treaty, a establishing nato, an attack on one is an attack on all. there was a lot of talk about the need for solidarity in the ukraine. barack obama compared ukrainians and their fight to bring down theyanukovich regime to movement to bring down communism and calls for solidarity among any people, that is what freedom -- the ukraine is not a member of nato and has no intention of joining nato

the law in poland is like a spider's web.l get through but a small one will get stuck. i came to a conclusion that you have to find strength within yourself. >> and jacek would soon show us that strength was one thing he didn't lack. >> we were able to come back about a half an hour, 45 minutes later. and they opened up the security door and he is in there in sunglasses, a full like workout suit. he's got his water bottles all together. and the guy is -- is ripped. i mean, he is big. he's a big guy. and he makes it out, well, this is just a cell workout. this is nothing. this is all i can do right here. >> i was a little shocked by his workout outfit. again, i'm used to seeing guys in the little prison issued shorts. and he was decked out in this professional looking fitness gear. so i kind of made a joke with him. and i said you're going to get a lot of letters from female american television viewers. "lockup" viewers. which just delighted him. >> but jacek was clear about the one american woman who interested him the most.

poland's foreign minister allegedly gets caught out by a leaked foul mouth conversation suggesting his nation panders to america. and artie's office in the west bank salvage is what's left after an israeli military raid but still not adequately explained why we were searched nor why it confiscated materials have not yet been returned. because for being a mosque it watching our to international when we were in a josh now his revelation shook some of the fundamental bonds between citizens and the state but instead of a nobel prize his efforts earned him a top place on america's most wanted list it's a year to the day since forman the same player we had snowden landed in russia is asylum man's next month and it's still not clear what's next for him while his whereabouts remain secret we're piskun off looks at how snowden managed to slip through washington's fingers even though the world was watching. c.n.n. now has the word that edward snowden has left hong kong there are many questions about why snowden is able to stay one step ahead of american authorities snowden is reported to be on a

on behalf of the nato alliance to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to poland's security.icle 5 is clear an attack on one is an attack a on all. as allies we had a solemn duty a binding treaty to defend your territorial area. and we will. we stand now and forever for your freedom is ours. poland will never stand-alone. >> reporter: before his speech here in castle square, president obama met with the ukrainian president elect, he promised to cooperate on economic aid, on energy aid that's something vital ukraine and most countries in this part of the world. he also had $5 million, a nominal amount for nonlethal aid things like night vision goggles, body armor, communications equipment. president obama leaves warsaw and goes to the g7. is the g8 minus russia. pressing allies as he has done for two months to keep the sanctions pressure on russia, european allies, of course, have been relick to want their economies integrated with russia's a lot of people and economies in this part of the world would suffer if the stricter sanctions went in to place. later in the week he goes

poland's foreign minister has been secretly taped comparing his country's relations with the us to a sexual act according to a lead to buy a polish online magazine. sikorsky believes his country is essentially pleasing america was little in return which according to him makes warsaw a subservient popping up in fact he says it gets worse not only is alliance with america worthless but it has alienated poland's biggest neighbors russia and germany moscow was somewhat sympathetic to his comments though saying the cross language was most likely a response to similar hurtful comments made by the u.s. deputy secretary of state so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. . but it's not just so the us the polish foreign minister is less than satisfied with sokolsky pulled no punches when talking about the u.k. prime minister's dealings with the us skeptics a suggestion david cameron bowed to pressure and went soft when he should have stayed strong as of that wasn't enough sokolowski went on to remember other times he believes ca

poland is now part of nato.f the spring have been a wake-up call and nato has responded with the show of its own kind of solidarity. beefing up he demoment and exercises. joints training with polish forces and a new shipment of f-16 fighter to the region patrolling the russian border. still many pols are uneasy, doubtful of western resolve if it comes to a fight with russia. >> the message from the united states all spring and in to this upcoming trip by president obama has been we are there for you, the alliance means something. >> reporter: now poland wants an everybody bigger commitment. permanent nato base on his polish soil. a move sure to anger russia. many analysts are wary. >> the purpose here is to show resolve and to support the defense of nato. what we have to be very cautious of as we are doing that, is that the acts are not seen to be provoking to moscow. >> reporter: after leaving poland with his mother, a scientist, martin carried the fight to america. >> that's me demonstrating in front of the po

and poland's foreign minister oh allegedly he gets caught out by a leaked foul mouth conversation suggesting his nation pandarus to america. it is expanding in the russian capital you're watching on t.v. national with me maria joshie syria has reached a significant milestone on the road to destroying its chemical weapons it has now handed over all of the toxic material it declared to the origin. for the prohibition of chemical weapons are just a read english go is following the story and joins me live now getting to this point arena hasn't been easy for damascus tell us more absolutely however for all intents and purposes the syrian government according to the o.p.c. w they're going to zation that has been overseeing the removal of syria's entire chemical stockpile from the country according to them the syrian government has gone over their heads trying to cooperate with the organization and making sure that it does at least try to keep up with the deadlines obviously considering the fact that there is a civil war going on in the country it wasn't easy there have been some deadlines that hav

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but in contrast to poland albanian's transition has not been smooth. albania wants to join the european union but the eu insists the government has to tackle its problems first and step up the fight against corruption and organized crime. albania's also lagging far behind when it comes to equal rights for women. in many region, the set of traditional laws still applies dating back to the middle ages. >> a few months ago, he came home from work later than usual. her husband accused her of cheating. she didn't believe that she had been to church and he pulled a knife. her eldest son was sent to prison for abetting his father in the assault. he's just been released. now, an organization called today for the future is coming to the aid of women like her. this is one of the driving forces of the albanian women's movement. her organization offers support to victims of domestic violence and helps them cope with its effects. she only survived the attack because her younger son called the police. the results of the attack are still clear for all to see. >> my h

bestowed in warsaw by the president of poland.s he hears of events unfolding in ukraine, he thinks become poland. >> it's not government that's being nationalistic, there's a popular reason for that resurgence, russian domination in the region. >> reporter: mike viqueria, traveling with the president. >>> the deal reunites the west bank and gaza strip. benjamin netanyahu has condemned the deal. >>> after 40 years ton throne, king of spain will step down. in a surprise announcement the 76-year-old says he will abdicate and be succeeded by his son. four knowledge spaniards, ttys whole monarchy that should be be running back abolished. be nasaneen reports. >> nonmainstream parties in the reents european elections. now they see the abdication of king juan carlos as a chance to be become a republic and they wand a referendum. >> we are fighting for our real democracy. we wants to decide the future of our country. >> it is a fall from grace that king juan carlos to help smooth spain's transition to democracy after years of dictatorship

touchdown in poland.sident obama arrives in warsaw for day one of his european tour. he's due to meet with the new president of the ukraine. >>> jobs picture in italy worsens. youth unemployment hits a new high. the spanish jobless rate is down in may. that's the fourth month of declines. 4.5 million people are still without the job. >>> british house prices jump again in may. george osborne has been told to reign in his scheme by the european commission. >>> and the french government weighs into the bnp paribas probe. a potential $10 billion u.s. fine would be unreasonable, some say. >>> we have data out of the uk, construction activity cooling a little bit in may. this is the pmi number, down to a seven-month low of 60. it was 60.8 in april. it is worth pointing out, though, 60 is still a very strong expansionary number. you can't keep expanding in an ever faster rate. yes, it has cooled. 60 is still a fairly strong number. sterling against the dollar at 1.760, slightly weak. we peaked just as that numb

before the vote secretly recorded comments were released this week in which poland's foreign minister can bend his country's subservience to washington and he did so in vogue a sexual language according to a leak by a polish online magazine writers love sikorsky described poland's alliance with america as worthless although he resorted to somewhat simpler sexual metaphors to explain exactly how he felt about relations between the two but it's not just the u.s. he's not satisfied with he pulled absolutely no punches when talking about the u.k. prime minister's dealing with the euro skeptics sikorsky suggested that david cameron should have used stronger tactics and if that wasn't enough of course he went on to remember other times he believes cameron messed up saying the prime minister isn't likely to change and itis discourse of the european center of geo political analysis says it's not just sikorsky who feels that way. let me start which is obvious far for everyone here in poland for most of the analysts as does voiced the opinion which is shared by most of the population here i wou

next secretly recorded comments were released this week in which poland's foreign minister condemned his country subservience to washington and did so in vulgar sexual language according to a leaked by a polish online magazine rather sly of sikorsky described poland's alliance with america as worthless or though he resorted to some more simpler sexual metaphors to explain exactly how he felt about relations between the two and it's not just the u.s. he's not satisfied with people drops a little or no punches when talking about the u.k. prime minister's dealing with the euro skeptics sikorsky suggested that david cameron should have used stronger tactics and as if that wasn't enough sikorsky went on to remember other times he believes cameron messed up saying the prime minister isn't likely to change much as piskorski of the european central geo political analysis says it's not just sikorsky who feels this way. the minister insists which is obvious far for everyone here in poland for most of the analysts has just voiced the opinion which is shared by most of the population here i woul

poland's foreign minister is left red faced after he is caught on tape using vulgar language to describe his country's relations with the us. anti-government forces in eastern ukraine say civilians have been caught in renewed army shelling as agreed to cease fire fails to take hold meanwhile local officials raise the alarm over a severe water shortage. thousands of women have been illegally sterilized and for prisons in california a new report reveals saying even more cases could have gone unnoticed. is to be animosity or watching r t international i'm marina joshie poland's foreign minister has been left red faced after a league conversation allegedly heard him use vulgar language to describe his country's relations with the u.s. and it's not the first time leaked tapes of officials have revealed the dark side of brussels love washington. has more. anding love affair america and its atlanta partners consistently proclaim their rock solid loyalty and mutual admiration as friends and allies we stand united together. warsaw has reciprocated the affinity always leaving the door open for a u

its a very good partner now on monday poland's prime minister. confirm the authenticity of the lead conversation saying it would not force him to make any cabinet changes now this of course isn't the first time we've heard colorful language used by. the u.s. and its european allies back in february our viewers may remember that as system secretary of state victoria nuland dropped the f. bomb when dismissing the european union's involvement in the ukraine crisis so that would be great i think to glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. now clearly every fan friendship has its problems but when it comes to relations between the u.s. and europe critics say that the alliance may not be as strong as it appears to be on the surface colorful language indeed that was our correspondent marina. and it's a health subject that in recent years has gone much support and a lot of speculation but still leaves so much to be researched autism is a major concern for would be moms and new moms celebrities like jenny mccarthy whose young s

in the recording poland's foreign ministry equates his own country to a submissive sex partner and alliance with the u.s. as worthless and harmful. to the world you're watching the weekly here on r t international i mean i don't mean welcome. a true sprott relative calm to ukraine this week as both the army and government fighters in the east to greet to hold fire until monday sporadic attacks however are still breaking out the cease fire plan involved a lot of diplomatic effort was supported by key countries including russia just a reminder the week long truce was declared in the east on friday that was followed by talks between kiev and the self-proclaimed republics for the first time since the conflict started the republics voted to recognize the ceasefire in the presence of russian un international monitors then on whedon state a presidents of ukraine and russia as well as the french and german leaders discuss the peace process over the phone the same day the legal permission for the use of russia's military force in ukraine if needed was cancelled of lobby or putin's request this frida

is freedom day in poland. the 21st anniversary of the first free elections as the soviet union and the soviet bloc fell apart. the primenk about it minister telling me we are moving toward a cold war. beingeel like they are reconstituted as the soviet union. and the u.s. is becoming an enemy. all of europe is now a new ground for competition between these different models. russia is not the soviet union anymore but it is an autocratic model. this is what you're seeing here. you could not get any more symbolic than obama showing up on the eve of this anniversary. i think that is part of the message. onwhat is the state of play the ground? rex we had that attack yesterday morning. hundreds of rebels involved in this attack that went on throughout the morning. and then about midday we had a massive explosion in the administrative building in the city of luhansk. out that it looks like it was in antiaircraft missile that the rebels were using against ukrainian aircraft that went astray. 12 people killed in the fig

poland a foreign minister is left red faced after he's caught on tape using vulgar language to describe his country's relations with the u.s. . dozens of women have been illegally sterilized and for prisons in california a new report reveals say even more cases could have gone unnoticed. watching our senior national coming to you live from moscow i'm maria. president putin has asked russian lawmakers to cancel permission for military intervention in ukraine it came into force in march ahead of the referendum in crimea and was aimed at providing security for the russian population in the region let's get now more from . britain to tell us how soon could the permission be withdrawn well the russian parliament is expected to look at this provision and at the suggestion beginning on wednesday's session so it could be just within literally a matter of one day that we could see that provision revoked and now this is happening this decision by the president is coming a head to all of the three party talks which are due to begin concerning the situation in south east of ukraine if if if the tal

so the northern location of poland are seeing the very severe conditions. that is making it a battle zone. the highest risk for your wednesday will be from france stretching into germany. there's going to be more risk of hail, gusts, as well as thunderstorms. thunderstorms also erupting across western locations of russia as well as ukraine. finally clearing out on your wednesday in paris. grace of sunshine there at 25 degrees. let's head over to the americas. this could be a sign of a very active tropical season in the pacific. it is likely to become a hurricane. it is now a tropical storm. this is christina. likely to move away from land masses. so that's great news, but not directly hitting the land masses. however, indrekdly, it will be helping to create rain clouds, scattered heavy rains of about 60 millimeters in an hour could target these areas. previous tropical storm has caused flooding and people are still evacuated and left homeless. so it's not going to be alleviating the situation soon. high waves and rip currents are a concern as well. we have

earlier this week he spoke in poland.e president is wrapping up day two here in poland before he heads off to br brussels for the big g-7 meeting. he gave a speech to mark poland's first set of free elections as they found their way into freedom in the 90s. what was interesting about the speech was the president gave a very muscular defense of the nato treaty, the nato alliance. he talked in a very hawkish way, ways you don't usually hear from the president. >> i came to talk to the nato alliance to reaffirm our security, an attack on one is an attack on all and we have a solemn duty, a binding obligation to defend your territory and we will. we stand together now and forever for your freedom is ours. poland will never stand alone. >> frankly, i haven't heard this sort of muscular pro-military, pro-defense speech from this president since his nobel peace prize speech when he laid out why wars matter and why sometimes you have to fight wars. listening to the president talk about article 5, name check key eastern european c

free elections in poland.he focus of the trip is the on going situation between you a crane and russia. >> we've begun rotating additional ground troops and f16 aircraft into poland. this is going to help our forces train together. >> president obama travels to brussels tomorrow for the g7 summit. >> british prime minister david cameron is set ho told talks with russian penalty vladimir putin on the ukraine crisis in france this morning with other world leaders marking the affairs of d-day. he urges putin to open dialogue with ukraine's new government. prince charles compared putin to adolf hitler. ukraine's president is expected to be in france. >> a nationwide hunt for a man wanted for possession of explosives has ended. authorities in san francisco took ryan kelly chamberlain into custody, ending a three day manhunt that reached far beyond the bay area. police say materials were found in his san francisco apartment, his friends say they were shocked by the investigation. >> i was really hurt when it further

and alleged risky statement off poland being a servant all the u.s. might be about to leave the country's foreign minister red faced a polish news magazines as it's obtained a leaked recording of the diplomat calling poland's aligns with the u.s. worthless a transcript of the leaks suggest he also used much stronger language to describe how he feels about his country's relationship with america now there has been no official response to the article but charles mcgrath the founder of the wide awake news believes poland's leaders have good reason to think that way. the best example i could say there is you know it creates this false sense of security because you have the united states around you look at iraq look at iraq right now after a decade of prosecuting a war on terror and leaving allegedly with the with this stable government of the by for the iraqi people it's a complete and utter mess again we hope be stabilized with our taxpayer dollars elected government of ukraine and europe past to now sit and be concerned about their energy future because

poland supported the united states when during the attack on iraq george w. bush called the new europe but yet they've gotten nothing out of it the polish people are suffering under extreme measures of austerity and now there are u.s. troops piling in their country using it as a place to threaten russia and i think that this phone call that was leaked to kind of reveal revealed that i think that some of the anger was is widespread it's also interesting to point out that you know that in light of this in the recent victoria nuland tapes that in a lot of instances you know the public officials you know while they may speak to the public in very clear and articulate words behind closed doors in their personal interactions they can be quite obscene in and it's a very different personality than what we see as the public america's also made another european allies blood boil this time frustrating the french it's trying to find france is biggest bank a record amount of president along the calls the punishment unfair later we'll look at what's gone in washington all

also this hour to poland's foreign minister allegedly gets called out by a leaked foul mouthed conversation suggesting his nation paths to world merica. live from moscow eight pm says r t international with me kevin zero in on our top story his revelation shook some of the fundamental bonds between citizens of the state but instead of a nobel prize is efforts earned him a top place of america's most wanted list yes it is now a year since former n.s.a. employee edward snowden landed here in russia his asylum ends next month and still not clear what's next for him then while his whereabouts remain secret to your press cut off next looks at how snowden managed to slip through washington's fingers even though the world was watching. c.n.n. now has the word that edward snowden has left hong kong there are many questions about why snowden is able to stay one step ahead of american authorities snowden is reported to be on a flight to moscow in the arrivals hall of moscow's airport sector a terminal on june twenty third two thousand and thirteen this is where that flight from hong kong with edward

plus poland's foreign minister apparently gets caught up in a snowballing leaks case as an alleged conversation saying the nation's been pandering to america is published by a magazine and the office was raided by israeli defense forces as part of a crackdown on the palestinian terror. i welcome you with r.t. international now here's a man who's changed the vision of the world and he's among america's most wanted this day a year ago former n.s.a. employee edward snowden landed in russia his asylum ends next month and it's still not clear what is next for him but for now his whereabouts shrouded in mystery as he's worried that the white house won't let him go so easily r.t. as your piece kind of looks at how he managed to slip through washington sphinx. c.n.n. now has the word that edward snowden has left hong kong there are many questions about why snowden is able to stay one step ahead of american authorities snowden is reported to be on a flight to moscow in the arrivals hall of moscow's airport sector a terminal on june twenty third two thousand and thirteen this is where that flight from ho

poland's foreign minister is caught on tape using vulgar language to describe his country's alliance with washington we'll look at how such leaks are causing cracks in transatlantic ties. getting gas to europe was out of the trouble some detours austria and russia strike a deal on a new branch of the south stream pipeline despite pressure from brussels to freeze the project. and british hardest are reportedly faking deaths to return to the u.k. undetected as fears grow of potential new terror attacks at home. in moscow you're watching artier national with. president putin has asked russian lawmakers to withdraw permission to use the military in ukraine and it was granted unanimously march of the referendum in crimea to provide security for russian citizens and the fleet stationed in the region but it sparked outrage in the west which suspected russia of planning and intervention. joins me live for more or read on how soon could this permission be was drawn down while it's expected to be discussed at the next step of the session which is to take place on wednesday so we literally coul

he gave the speech in poland and poland has been one of the united states' big nato allies and the worryom the people in poland as they were seeing the ukrainian crisis play out that you ended up having a situation in which they thought that could russia end up getting closer to poland with the united states, and would they allow something like that to happen? and president obama is very clear with his tough remarks and iron clad that poland is a nato ally, and that the pretext of nato is that an attack on one is an attack on all, and that if russia moved that close, the united states would act. >> all right. thank you very much, and we love to have you on, and obviously, we will continue to follow the president's tour there. >>> and the best suggestion out to d today is the best way to alert the americans about the dangers of sugary drinks is to tax them. a professor said with a tax of $12 cents per ounce could lead americans to kconsume 1,500 fewr calories a year, and that is one of the national soda summits kicking off today, and the doctors are leading the e researchers and individua

. >> reporter: president obama can't say it enough in his trip to warsaw, poland. to poles and eastern europeans, the united states and n.a.t.o. are there for poland and the rest of the eastern european in the face of russian aggression in ukraine. people are very anxious, nervous, there is long and bloody history as pointed out yesterday by the polish president himself standing next to president obama. he came here to warsaw castle square to deliver the message in person to the polish company. >> i've come to warsaw today on behalf of the united states, on behalf of the n.a.t.o. alliance to reaffirm our unwearing commitment to poland's security. article five is clear. an attack on one is an attack on all. a solemn duty, a binding treaty obligation to defend your territorial integrity and we will. we stand together and forever. for your freedom is ours. poland will never stand alone. >> before his speech here in castle square president obama met with the ukrainian president-elect petro poroshenko. he promised to work on aid. the president leaves warsaw and leaves f