poroshenko and mr. putin a half on their schedule is for group meetings joined by ministers and other state.f one thing i will be watching is for schedule changes. if there is a tacked on meeting, a bilateral meeting, one-on-one meeting to initiate peace talks, to initiate some type of cease-fire conversation that would be noteworthy. right now, that is not on the agenda. all we have is recrimination's and escalating rhetoric on both sides. ukrainians are talking about columns of tanks coming from russia. russian tanks. clearly, there is intense fighting on the ground and no one on the diplomatic front, is trying to cool the rhetorical tensions. right now, it seems like we have a situation that this escalated and not to de-escalating. >> you are wondering why you cronies will want to back off on the ground. how is the fact we have snap elections called by poroshenko fit into the mix? it may give up our goal more legitimacy and may lead to -- poroshenko more legitimacy and may lead -- he is saying there

poroshenko will meet with prudent.s very important and we may see some news there. we have seen a little bit of a reprieve. dollar is taking a small pause. you are seeing the korean rise in the dollar fall. i think that this reflects a little bit of a pause for the dollar trade. >> i am mark barton and these of the top headlines. the russian-led customs union. nothing is expected between poroshenko and vladimir putin. the unitedcome as states accuses russia of sending a column of tanks. poroshenko dissolve parliament. a new team today. the move comes after yesterday. the dismissal exposes a wider risk. and, breaking bad captured the highest honor. the run last year. the show took on a massive viewership. the largest hotel operator. there are new business models putting pressure. we are joined now by the ceo of the company. the business week called it the rich man's airbnb. the cofounder and ceo joins us now. interesting times in business week. what do i get? it is the un-hotel experience. what is that experience? to be

poroshenko called for snap elections.er government in disarray, the french government -- and the french president hollande will members. which is\against a -- a wider rift which is against german led austerity. >> the government asking for 147 days. less than five months. clash between the different members of the socialist party a president hollande. the economy minister who was responsible for this cabinet -- affle said of france sad france needed to do more. france needed to do more. he said the austerity measures were going in the wrong direction. you may be surprised that president hollande. since the beginning of this year , tax cuts for companies and not so much for households. he is planning 50 billion euros by the end of this monday. view,ur point of andonsible for frigid gdp it has not grown at all for the past two quarters. he wanted to offer another alternative. responsibility as economy minister is to propose alternative solutions. yes, another path exists. i been past two years, fighting to convince a french

ukraine's president petro poroshenko calls all moscow for a joint patrol of the border just hours after accusing russia of invading ukraine says all reports of russian troops on ukrainian ground unfounded. well these are live pictures from new york this is where an emergency session on ukraine's crisis is underway at the u.n. security council that meeting was called for. hundreds of people trying to storm the general staff building in central kiev demanding the president be impeached as the army suffers major losses in the restive east. the us government is after some three hundred americans to be fighting with islamic state jihadists and iran and syria will be looking into why the group is enjoying such a wide ranging feel. welcome and i'm see a lot of you watching r.t. international now will start with details of an emergency session of the u.n. security council is now underway in new york it was called for by ukraine's president after he accused moscow of invading his country the russian envoy vitaly churkin is speaking right now let's listen it was only a step in for the situation b

wouldn't be important militarily. >> on tuesday poroshenko and putin will meet. nina it's always good to see you thanks. >> thank you. >>> at least 17 palestinians were killed by mass fighters friday after they were condemned to death by a so-called revolutionary resistance court for collaborating with israel. meanwhile israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said, hamas would pay a dear price, hamas rockets wounded five other israelis. israeli strikes on gaza killed at least four palestinians and wounded 40 more. for discussion on this i'm joined by robert grenier, robert good to see you. israel was able to target and kill at least three of hamas's top military leaders on thursday. given the kind of precautions these men usually take, would it have been possible for israel to get at them without inside help? >> forget they completely controlled the entire cell phone system in gaza so they can use that for geo-location for intercept of communication for communication themselves with potential agents, they have drones that just blanket the area. and as the campa

the tro poroshenko and vladimir putin agreed that petro poroshenko -- petro poroshenko and vladimir putin agreed to do all they can. >> handshakes all around as ukrainian president petro poroshenko and russian president vladimir putin held their first direct talks on the crisis in ukraine. the first closed-door meeting between poroshenko and putin lasted about two hours. there was no breakthrough in efforts to end the fighting, both leaders described it as -- >> it was supported by all the heads of state without exception. >> putin tempered his remarks by saying it was up to kiev to set out the terms of the cease-fire. >> with talked about the need to stop legit as soon as -- we have talked about the need to stop bloodshed as soon as possible. we believe it should be started as soon as possible. the two leaders reportedly agreed to hold further consultations between both countries' border guard agencies. ukraine and its western backers have repeatedly accused russia of arming and supporting the pro-separatist rebels, waging an uprising in the east. ahead of the talks, ukraine released vid

on tuesday, president petro poroshenko is meeting russian president vladimir putin for direct talks. the german government intends to show it is on ukraine's side. >> the chancellor wants to send a very strong signal, saying that we support ukraine's policy and that we are against the russian strategy of destabilization and frozen conflict. >> despite their differences, merkel apparently remains able to get through to president putin. he seems to respect her as a tough but trustworthy negotiator who believes in compromise. germany has long held a key role in the ukraine crisis as a mediator and as policy coordinator within the eu. >> the most important thing is for europe to have a united policy. eu unity was important during the imposition of economic sanctions as preventing any split within europe remains extremely important. that is where germany's leadership role comes in. >> merkel is backing poroshenko, but she is also pressing both him and pugin -- putin to find a political solution. germany wants to get diplomacy back in gear. there are high hopes for the meeting between the

poroshenko has a wake hand, putin has a strong hand with military activity, and poroshenko has nobodythe west backing him. lou: will there be a price as a result? a consequence for west? >> i think there will be, it will ebb courage putin to do the same thing in other parts of former soviet union, and eastern and central europe, he wants to russia rush to a central role in world stage, he is not getting push back, he will continue to advance until he is met with resistance. resistance. lou: i want to ask you, no development on a ceasefire, egypt continues to work hard to broker negotiate a deal. prime minister netanyahu said, not soon will he stop his initiatives against the hamas organization, that is launching more than a hundred rockets into israel each day. >> he is not even after pounds that hamas is taking it is still striking. lou: ambassador john bolton. >> thank you, lou. lou: a disengaged and scandal-ridden white house, dragging democrats down, ahead of november midterm elections, we take it up with michael goodwin, his analysis next, right here, stay with us. you do a lot o

ukraine's president petro poroshenko accuses russia all be invading ukraine moscow says all reports of russian troops on ukrainian ground power falls. hundreds of besiege of the presidential administration in central kiev for the second day in a row demanding the president impeached as the army suffers major losses in the rest of the east. the us government is after some three hundred american support should be fighting with islamic state jihad as in iraq and syria will be looking into why the group is enjoying such a wide ranging appeal. and it's only once negotiations over trade deal between the e.u. and us to be made public that's concerns grow the boss calls it potentially gives corporations. from moscow wellcome this is our team to the national you're with me. ukraine's president has said russia's invading east ukraine although the statement has already been rejected by moscow the strong rhetoric comes amid a powerful counter offensive by anti government forces in ukraine's restive eastern regions but militias have managed to gain more ground live now to our policy who is in the a

poroshenko has offered all of that, but he baent offered to do it in a way that looks enough to putin like a real victory. >> sreenivasan: all right steve sestanovich joining us from washington, d.c., thanks so much. >> sreenivasan: violence in gaza continued today as egypt called for palestinians and israelis to return to peace talks. the request from egypt's foreign ministry came after palestinian president mahmoud abbas met with the egyptian president in cairo. >> ( translated ): what matters to us now is to stop the flow of blood and to stop these acts that cause more sacrifices. and as soon as it stops, we must support the humanitarian effort and reconstruction of gaza. >> sreenivasan: the israeli government declined to comment. more than 2,000 palestinians and more than 60 israelis have been killed since the conflict in gaza began on july 8. egypt is requesting an open- ended cease fire. the ivory coast is the latest country in west africa to close its borders to prevent the spread of the most deadly ebola outbreak on record. the ivory coast is flanked by guinea and liberia, bot

poroshenko had a private meeting with vladimir putin on tuesday. he said work on a cease-fire would begin as soon as possible. but the distance between the two leaders seems great. president putin wants no direct role. he says it's up to kiev to conduct its own negotiations with the rebels. >> translator: we in russia cannot talk about any conditions for the cease-fire or agreements between kiev, donetsk, and luhansk. this is ukraine's business. we can only help to create an atmosphere of trust in this important and necessary process. >> well, ukraine's president said he's hopeful a peaceful solution can be achieved, but he hinted it'll only happen after the separatists have been disarmed. >> translator: i can say that the idea of the peace plan was finally supported by all heads of state without exception. we firmly insisted that first of all an agreement has to be reached to secure peace and freedom for ukraine's citizens who are illegally kept by illegal armed formations. >> petro poroshenko there. but there is no sign of an immediate end to the

could be the cornerstone of the talks between russia's president putin and ukraine's president poroshenko ok that's ridiculous reporting from the rest thank you so you stay with this subject and get some analysis on it now by speaking to legal expert alexander macoris who joins me now alexander welcome president poroshenko to put this very lightly you some very strong words to describe this meeting do you think that the fate of the whole world like he seems to do is really being decided in minutes. no idea and actually i think this is an exploratory meeting between the ukrainians and the russians which has happened after a great deal of international pressure and is probably to be explained to some extent by the deteriorating situation in the ukraine itself the economy there is going very badly wrong the military situation is not good and this is having broader reports repercussions for europe so there is a push from various people to try and come to some sort of the new arrangement but i think to talk about this being the solution to a great crisis that is in danger in the whole of europ

and during the meeting poroshenko the fate of europe is in stake. what is at stake if putin succeeds? >> well i think what putin ultimately wants a government in kiev that is ulterly compliant with moscow's wishes. in effect a satellite. they don't want ukraine toe join nato. and whatever economic connections ukraine may develop with the european union russia nonetheless would want them subordinate to its dominate economic position and i think he's using military force in the negotiations with poroshenko. but these things have a way of spinning out of control. the german foreign minister today effectively warned of that possibility. and poroshenko himself today said that ukraine and russia were right on the edge of all out war. this is extraordinarily serious. and i know the president is trying to find a strategy to deal with isis in syria. but the world's a complex place. and it requires american leadership to prevent these kinds of hostilities that we are seeing now spreading into something much worse. it is not just ukraine. i think all the count

poroshenko and mr. putin are also set to meet. this diplomacy is intensifying that on the ground, there are still some very violent situations. you have to weigh one against the other and see what's going to happen over the next coming days. talked me about the latest in kiev. we may get poroshenko talking about early elections. >> they may dissolve parliament on the 24th, just in a couple of days. an important anniversary in ukraine the independence from russia. there does seem to be quite a bit of political turmoil inside and the economy minister yesterday resigned because he said he had a deputy installed without his consent. youhave early elections and just had elections. you have a new parliament that could potentially be formed with a new government in place. it seems there's a fair amount of turmoil that would not necessarily strengthen his position as he seeks to potentially sue for peace. withns nichols in berlin the latest from kiev. hovering in jackson hole. philip shaw joins us ahead of the monetary policy symposium to

the following in addition -- initial meeting with poroshenko, the e.u. president said sanctions are not an end to themselves --in themselves. >> seldom has a summit seemed as pressing as this one. it was supposed to be about finding replacements for the top jobs. have givenin ukraine the crisis there greater urgency. the ukrainian president was welcomed by the european commission president to what many see as a meeting about war and peace. later, he announced an aid package to help stabilize the ukrainian economy and help rebuild war-torn eastern ukraine. but his warning to russia could not have been clearer. ,> we are in a very serious dramatic situation. we may see a situation where we reach a point of no return. if the escalation of the conflict continues, this point of no return can come. lateieve it is not yet too to find a political solution. >> with reports of uniformed russian troops joining russian-backed rebels in the east, ukrainian leader emphasized the situation was far more than a regional conflict. >> we are talking about the fate of ukrai

poroshenko said that they have been operating in the east. that's all been confirmed by this man, alexander, he is the -- you will see that he is the leader of the donetsk independent republic. up to 4,000 russian citizens have been fighting alongside of the russians in eastern ukraine and many of those fighters are from the russian military. [ speaking russian ] >> interpreter: with more volunteers from russia, there have always been many for the military servicemen. they fight for us, saying that this is their duty. and i will be more frank with you. the soldiers prefer to spend their vacation, not on beaches but with us, among brothers fighting for freedom. >> the ukrainian prime minister said that it's not only russian troops on the ground there. >> russia has sent a number of armored personal vehicles, and troops tanks and troops. we can confirm that russian military boots are on ukrainian ground. ukrainian forces are capable to go with the russian-led guerillas, but this is difficult for us to fight with russia and it's army. >> so mean

he needs to meeting with poroshenko of ukraine. it's probably going to take placeoroshenko was first to arr in kiev. the result of details of talks have not been disclosed. we knew the meeting should have taken place. strangely late last night russian sources say the meeting is possible. it's less possible than it was last week. we still don't know. what is certain that the events of past few days are not adding anything to solutions. actually just a compromise. no one expects break through, anything grand to happen here. the best we could hope for is just laying down the terms. who says what and whether sides agree. for the past few months the line has been the same. ukraine saying to russia stop the flow of weapons and fighter across the border. russia says talk to your own people, people in lieu happens. these are people insta gaited from russia. it's probably going to continue. the best hope is just starting the compromise working. >> thanks very much. let's go to kiev where have we can speak to ukrainian politician who support

now it is obvious that poroshenko should regard its -- his offers to -- to them according to the genevaeement, that was reached in presence of foreign minister of the united states, and of course polish foreign minister -- >> and that plan you talk about, of course, is that 15-point peace plan that was put forward in june, but let me ask you about russia, because the ukraine is saying that ten russian soldiers -- they captured ten russian soldiers in his territory, and they were in fact on a special mission. so there is the argument that in fact vladimir putin is trying to escalate the conflict. >> russian side minister of defense in russian federation denied its special mission because they considered it as 10 -- 10 people patrolling borders, borders undisturbed. you know, maybe that from ukrainian side there are quite a lot of times we watch when -- as a car -- military car entered russian territory, some people from mill -- from army of ukraine came to russian territory. it's occurred all the time. and even mines are falling on russian villages and cities. they even killed one old wo

elevate this against separatist and poroshenko say they end shipments to rebels.ts out today that indicate president obama has given the go ahead for surveillance flights over syria and also word the pentagon will use manned and unmanned flights to collect the surveillance and there is a fiery warning from president obama for the murder of james foley and he will do what is necessary to capture those who harm americans. the president speaking today at the american legion in charlotte, north carolina and talked about improved care for military vets. there have been more than 60 after shocks in northern california. they follow the area 6.0 magnitude earthquake over the weekend and officials say they will continue for several days and melissa has more. >> reporter: traces of the earthquake even in the city's worst hit section will soon disappear, the faster downtown opens for business the faster tourist will return and they need customers badly. the owner of this antique shop says it probably has $25,000 in damage. >> it's kind of sad because a lot of it you cannot r

poroshenko.y may meet each other in -- the political leaders have different goals and different agendas. business leaders have common goals and agendas. we want to use our influence on the politics. , the ceo ofpa concorde capital. we will take a short break here on "the pulse." back in two minutes. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse" live from bloomberg's european headquarters in london. i am anna edwards. inaine announce an increase military spending before preliminary peace talks with president vladimir putin tomorrow. unveilednian president an increase in defense spending. putin will meet with his ukrainian counterpart during trade talks in the belarus capital of minsk. an alliance of islamic militias says it has gained of tripoli's international airport. weeks of fighting with a rival force triggered an exodus of foreigners. libby is defunct parliament says it will temper every resume -- temporarily resume sessions. and french prime minister manuel valls and his government have resigned. presid

>> in the first place, this is one of the key electoral policies of poroshenko. the government has over 200 members from the former president. this was one of the problems in the functioning of the parliament. it is not going to set a large operation of the executive. and it is going to have very little impact on the military operations. >> but the new parliament, we think, is going to be pro eu? >> indeed. it is going to be a very segmented parliament, but it is going to be the most progressive parliament that ukraine has ever had. the polls suggest over 75% of the parliament should be from the parties that have declared their ambitions to join the eu. >> how much support do you think there is for the russian argument? the russian argument out of ukraine. is the pro russian side potentially underestimated? >> i think this should be a little more qualified. ukrainian population is usually divided among those that have more -- and those that have more pro russian views. but it doesn't mean that it's the same share of the population that will be separated of our cu

poroshenko, itt is a day of symbolism and the prelude to ukraine's independence day celebrations. our correspondent has been covering the visit of the chancellor. we asked her if president poroshenko is happy with the level of support he is getting from germany. >> i think he can be satisfied with what chancellor merkel said today. she used this visit to strengthen his position. she seems to know very well that the ukrainian president is in the hot seat because not everyone here welcomes his , the fact thate he is ready to tell president to change he wants the constitution in order to win more regional autonomy. so, he wanted to send a clear signal by praising the russian course, by promising financial germanylear signal that supports poroshenko. merkel did not say much about russia, she just said it was not the right moment to talk about new sanctions, although they cannot be ruled out. many people i talked to in kiev germany was being too soft with russia. >> the truck's germany -- the truck's russia sent to ukraine without her mission have been returned. what are they saying ab

are coming out of kiev are mixed indeed the latest comments from the ukrainian president petro poroshenko is an offer of cooperation that ukrainian and russian troops jointly patrol the ukrainian russian border so that no kind of military hardware can cross through that border now this comes hot on the heels of an earlier statement in which he directly accused russia of invading ukraine or is it. just today because of the escalation of the situation in the donetsk region and because of the french rule invasion of ukrainian territory by the russian army i have decided to cancel my visit to turkey new york or any other. now russia has repeatedly denied that it's giving any kind of military assistance or troops to the government finds has a spokesperson for the united nations secretary general has said that there is no verification that indeed russian troops are inside ukraine now spokesperson for the anti-government fighters has said that there are some russian volunteers fighting within their ranks. there were three to four thousand of them among us many of them have already left home even

brussels,rrived in poroshenko made it clear to journalists what he had come for. do you want more sanctions? [indiscernible] eu to imposehe restrictions on russia. he says they should be aimed at weakening the russian economy and eroding support for vladimir putin at home. he told supporters eu leaders were ready to impose fresh sanctions. people in eastern ukraine have been cleaning up after the latest violence. during the night, the railway station and martin were bombarded in the separatist stronghold of donetsk. it is not known who was responsible. also unclear is how many russian soldiers are now fighting on the side of the rebels. russia continues to deny ever taking part in military action ukraine. of foreignthousands troops and hundreds of foreign tanks in his country. he warned that the conflict threatened to escalate into a war with russia. i think we are very close to the point of no return. the point of no return is full-scale war. happened in the territory controlled -- controlled by separatists. >> poroshenko said he hoped the talks on monday would l

poroshenko and putin met to try to come to an agreement, but they have agreed to keep talking. they have been tracking the fighting. more than 2000 people have been killed since april. diplomats from other nations have been pushing the leaders to organize a cease fire. poroshenko and putin are believed to have discussed what to do with aid that the russian officials want sent in. they have spoken to representatives of the european union. poroshenko said that strengthening border controls to prevent the inflow of weapons would ease tensions. putin said discussed ways to stop the bloodshed, but he kept the options open. >> translator: if our concerns are not considered in the negotiations, then we will have no choice but to protect our economic interests. >> put sin scheduled to visit japan over the next few months, for talks with prime minister abe. they have taken different positions on the crisis in the ukraine and want to talk about situations that go back further. >> reporter: japan and russia need to resolve issues that were lingering for decades. the two countries have sti

during her recent meeting with poroshenko with president poroshenko chancellor merkel singularly pressed him for trying to achieve a peace deal with russia i'm not sure if that is the right learning to follow and maybe it should have been should start talking to the rebels the militias in east ukraine to the sulphur claimed republics of two hundred and donetsk that has not happened likely it's not going to happen anytime soon however that is the line that to me sounds the only promising one and again in addition to what merkel said her vice chancellor also said the only hope for key to achieve some sort of settlement is to talk directly now on the other hand persian co is under pressure from his more radical wing i suppose the sort of the. community if i may describe it in such. in order to. promote the military operation to step it up to achieve a military victory and that's i think what was on the cards for ukraine's independence day on some very of the twenty fourth of august that has not happened chances are it won't anytime anytime soon because i what we have here is a stalemate ale

poroshenko and mr. will wimeet face to face. >> it's exacerbated by the activity on the ground. there are several very important developments i think. one is the attack by rebels. ukrainians say supported by the russian forces on the coast of the place which is half way to mariupol. that was the area which the ukrainian government sorted. it was under control. now there's an attack will there. there are other attacks reported elsewhere inside. the latest comes from the national security council of ukraine is an accusation of russian gun ships firing at ukrainian border guards and killing four today. this whole activity on the ground doesn't really bode well for the success of talks should they happen and rhetoric on both sides. particularly yesterday russian foreign minister lavrov is strong accusing each other of really perpetrating grave crimes. i think against that a background, progress where the two presidents should meet looks problematic. >> all eyes on this. many thanks. >>> now, there's of cour

they, too, are echoing president poroshenko's call for an urgent meeting of the u.n. security counsel. saying lithuania condemns the obvious invasion. this is a direct quote of ukrainian territory by the armed forces of the russian federation. the reason why it's crist cal is because if this is an invasion, do we now move to an official declaration of war between ukraine and russia? now, are russian troops actually here? russia continues to deny that. we have also heard from the self-proclaimed prime minister of the donetsk's peoples republic, the separatist organization today. he seemed to admit that there were, indeed, russian regular soldiers fighting amongst the separatist ranks. >> among volunteers from russia, there have always been many former military servicemen. they fight for us understanding that this is their duty. i will be even more frank with you. there are soldiers serving among us who prefer to spend their vacation not on sea beaches but among brothers fighting for their freedom. >> hearing in kiev protesters have started to gather outside of the mini

easing tensions in ukraine president putin and poroshenko meet as the humanitarian crisis continues in the war torn country but is this meeting providing any chance for peace. in an unarmed teenager killed by police in ferguson misery is laid to rest but what does that mean for the community going forward while i have a report from ferguson later in the show. it's tuesday august twenty sixth five pm in washington d.c. i'm an electron you're watching r t america. surveilling syrian skies the u.s. says latest response to the threat of islamic militants wreaking havoc along the iraqi syrian border has many wondering if one time foes the u.s. and syria could become friends today obama administration officials announced that it would begin aerial surveillance of isis controlled territories within the syrian border an unnamed official tells the a.p. that while these aerial surveillance drones are necessary for reconnaissance purposes against the isis militants the white house confirms that they are not acting in cooperation with the assad regime so could this mean the u.s. is gearing up for

petro poroshenko and vladimir putin met to try to end the conflict in eastern ukraine. they were not able to reach a deal but it's they agreed to keep talking. poroshenko and putin have been trading criticisms over the fight between ukrainian forces and prorussian separatists. more than 2,000 people have been killed since april. they sat down together in minsk, belarus, behind closed doors. earlier they took part in discussions with the leaders of belarus and kazakhstan and the eu foreign policy chief. eu leaders have been pushing for a cease-fire. putin said they discussed ways to stop the bloodshed but he kept his options open. >> translator: if our concerns are not considered in the negotiations, then we will have no choice but to protect our economic interests. >> poroshenko said in a statement that he is demanding decisive actions that will bring peace to his nation. >>> a u.n. helicopter crashed in south sudan. three crew members were killed another seriously injured. some reports say the helicopter was shot down. u.n. officials are investigating. >> we received a

president poroshenko is addressing the crowds as you can see from these live pictures.ro russian rebels are planning a counterevent. many people miss the by g gstsoviet times. give us what we should expect from the independence day parade. >> the parade itself has been controversial. a lot of people felt it's not proper to have a parade with the military equipment and the troops in the center in the heart of kiev when there is military action at the same time in the east. they say it supports the theory of fighting. the opinions are split but what the president is saying he's trying to unite the country with this parade, as well. the first in five years in the center of kiev. >> president poroshenko said to the heros, those fighting in ukraine. i know you said many were split on the show of strength saying it is inappropriate. do you think many people there will say the support, the show of strength is needed for the country right now? >> well, not only the support is needed for the country, the military, the equipment will go for use of the ukrainian army right after t

poroshenko and putin have been trading criticisms over the fighting. they've seen more than 2,000 people killed in fighting since april. sat down together in belarus behind closed doors. they also took part in discussions with the leaders of belarus and kazakhstan and the european union's foreign policy chief. eu leaders have been pushing for a cease-fire. putin said they discussed ways to stop the bloodshed. but he said the ukrainian government should negotiate a cease-fire with the separatists. >> translator: violence in ukraine is the country's internal matter. we can't discuss conditions for a cease-fire. >> poroshenko said the separatists need to disarm before ukrainian officials hold any talks with them. putin has been explaining why some russian paratroopers were found in ukrainian territory. he said they may have crossed the border accidentally. putin says he was told the ten soldiers were patrolling the border and may have strayed across. he said in the past ukrainian servicemen have entered russian territory in armored vehicle without inciden

if poroshenko gives up, he loses. he falls. if putin gives up, he is severely damaged in the eyes of the russian public. it doesn't look like there is going to be a very -- it doesn't look like there is much of a way out right now for russia or ukraine in this increasingly escalating war in the lands between them. >> sounds like a bit of a stalemate that each country has trapped itself, ben judah, come back. we will be watching what happens with these troops in ukraine. the fragile empire, how russia fell in and out of love with vladmir putin. thank you, sir. >>> now, to this. the terrorist army, isis, is once again flaunting its uncompromising brutality, a group that beheaded american, james foley, and took it upon themselves to release the gristly images of his final moments. now, they claim they have executed 250 syrians. so what you are looking at here is the gruesome death march of syrian soldiers purport edly taken, this film, just yesterday at a military base, whose capture by ice sis was another worrisome victory for th

vladimir putin called talks with president poroshenko hopeful. he warned his counterpart not to escalate violence and threaten economic sanctions against kiev. he called cease-fire negotiations an internal matter. >> translator: we can't talk about any possible agreements. it's not a matter for us, it's ukraine's internal matter. we can contribute to the atmosphere of trust which i believe is very necessary. we talked about that. >> translator: we demonstrated that the main goal that would come to minsk with is peace. ukraine needs peace today. the citizens of luhansk, need peace. the cities which are under occupation today and where people are tired of living in a state of war in the 20th century. that's why they demanded decisive action to bring peace to the ukraine soil. >> ukraine made a video of ten soldiers captured in eastern ukraine. we're joined live from sloviansk. let's talk about the meeting between the russian president and the ukrainian. he went on to talk about trade completely avoiding the war in ukraine. how is this meeting being

that was the statement from president putin as he sat down with his ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko for the very first time. blazer one of the done yes grecians largest chemical plants while ukraine's army continues to shower the resistance up with shells. and british authorities have been left shocked by the growing number of people being radicalized into jihads they now want to take away passports of those going to war zones on encouraging citizens to spy on potential terrorists. welcome my name is the harvey and you're watching international. russia will do its best to help set up a peace process in ukraine those words coming from putin this handshake you can see kicked off the first sit down meeting of the russian and ukrainian presidents at an international summit in minsk. has more. ms clinton is the first ever here between the current president of russia and ukraine and just your onlookers hoped it would herald some kind of breakthrough but didn't put in said talks went well but insisted the most pressing issue finding a solution to the conflict in ukraine was something needs

are political analysts us it is difficult to believe they won't be easy for putin and poroshenko to find common ground because of the outside factors shaping ukraine's politics neither photo showing cork has a great deal of leeway in the proceedings because all three for a military solution in the east and he cannot backtrack on that one with ultra losing credibility with his base particularly in the west of the country but the elephant missing from the room if you will is john kerry and victoria nuland because it is the brother family that will be beautiful in the tendons from brussels. the agenda for here is being grown up in washington d.c. it is not in the interest of moscow to prolong this conflict but at the same time the hard line from q you have supported unfortunately by some of the worst elements in the country such as the right circuit. and the suborder party do not bode well for a political solution if there is the readiness in the west to prompt gear in the direction of a political solution we indeed could have it in me. to my journalists who were detained in ukraine have be

there was a statement from president putin as he said done with his ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko put the very first time. a blaze iraq said one of the regions along just chemical plants while ukraine's army continues to shell the resistance with shells. british authorities have been love shocked by the growing number of people getting radicalized into jihad they now want to take away passports of those going to war zones while encouraging citizens to spy on potential terrorists. and as the popularity of civilian drones grows in the u.s. or the small aircraft buzzing through the skies are turning into a serious threat for air traffic. for me it wherever you're watching us around the world welcome to moscow into our to international you with me tom long with day russia will do its best to help said peace process in ukraine those words coming from vladimir putin this handshake to picked off law the first sit down meeting of the russian and ukrainian president at an international summit in minsk artie's really going to school has more. witness the first ever hear between the current

he and petro poroshenko have agreed on the terms of a peaceful end to the crisis raging in east ukraine in an interview with a russian t.v. channel he stressed he also stressed that the primary reason for the current conflict is the coup in kiev in february and a way out of the crisis he said depends on the political will and power of the new leadership will have more on what president putin had to say later in the day. the human rights watch has again called in kiev for information on the russian photo journalist andre stanton went missing in ukraine at the start of his month and it gave says it has no information about that veteran photo journalist the watchdogs deputy director for europe and central asia said the riots of media workers are being violated in ukraine both by militia groups and the army and she also said the authorities have a track record of detaining a russian journalist. in other news now the west is scrambling to form a coalition against the islamic state as the jihadist make further gains in syria and iraq washington's urging the world community to unite in efforts

president putin was talking just days after he met ukrainian president poroshenko in means can he has said that they agreed on more humanitarian aid from russia to be sent to eastern ukraine pointing out that this is a very important step forward because winter is coming and it will become harder for people there to survive through the cold. or for his part meantime earlier this week ukraine's president petro poroshenko said russia had invaded his country international media outlets mediately around that story went with it going to if you can look at some of the coverage. panic alert in western media after key if tweeted that russia invaded ukraine when reports started coming in that fighting broke out between the rebels and ukrainian forces in the port town of. many were quick to claim that it's russia's doing what seems to be happening on the ground however is that russian troops of pushing in from russia photos of tanks emerged in social media with nothing to suggest that they were operated by russian soldiers kill you put out this video claiming it's a russian. but while journalis

ukraine's president petro poroshenko accuses russia of invading ukraine moscow says all reports of russian troops on ukrainian grounds are false. hundreds storm the general staff building in central kiev demanding the president through teach the army suffers major losses in the restive east. with islamic state jihad a safe drug and syria will be looking into why the group is enjoying such a wide ranging appeal. and it's only once negotiations a boss trade deal between the e.u. and us to be made public that's as concerns grow as the vase calls it potentially gives corporations. a very warm welcome to you if you're just joining us here on our to international live from moscow here with me on what say. ukraine's president has said russia's invading east ukraine although the statement has already been rejected by moscow the strong rhetoric comes amid a powerful counter offensive by anti-government forces in ukraine's restive eastern regions the militias have managed to gain war ground however the city of donetsk is still suffering from the shelling policia reports. in the last few minutes as w

war of words between russia and the west over events in ukraine our presidents of lot of petro poroshenko will meet later on tuesday. with more on that. we haven't seen each other since june and even then very briefly on the sidelines of the d.-day celebrations in france that meeting was the first and only since president poroshenko his inauguration at the beginning of this year ended war little fruit still expectations hold for today speaking ahead of the summit russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that moscow is ready for negotiations in any format as long as there is a result what could be on the table are the discussions concerning the fate of the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing from donetsk and lugansk into russia as well as moscow's humanitarian aid to the suffering civilians in those regions also in the burger courts say that most go and give could renew their stoled gas talks and that would explain why there is the new energy chief in attendance on the guest list what is expected from this meeting is a possible ease of tensions between russia and ukraine at least

poroshenko was absolutely aware that that was the case.o i think in terms of the domestic responsibility that he had, we have to take that into account. and in terms of if poroshenko misjudged the questions because now they are pushing back, i think we have no guarantee that had the ukrainian resistance been less successful, the russians would have quietly gone home. i think ukraine and the rest of the world would be in a much more dangerous position. we saw what happened in crimea, and what happened was an annexation of that territory into russia. had the ukrainians not resisted these russian-backed insurgents, i think you would have a whole swath of eastern and southern ukraine in much more uproar. >> where does this end? >> well, i think we don't know yet, because a lot depends on the behavior of three different actors. a lot depends on what happens in russia, what the ukrainians do, and what the west does. i think what is very clear right now is that putin is absolutely -- has absolutely hostile intentions towards ukraine; that his goa