petro poroshenko said moscow has send hundreds of troops and tanks into the region.oroshenko is speaking at the world economic forum. >> we have more than 9,000 troops of russian fedration on my territory, including more than 500 tanks and heavy artillery and armed personnel carrier. if this is not an aggression what is the aggression? >> in moscow russia's foreign minister disputed poroshenko's claims. >> concerning the flow of troops and weapons, we've heard this many times. i always say, but if you are saying things with such certainty then show us the facts. either no one is able to provide us with the facts or does not want to provide them. i don't know. >> last september ukrainian and russian officials agreed to halt the fighting. but violence has intensified this month between government forces and pro-russian separatists. a fierce battle has been raging near the airport in donetsk. >>> two weeks after a series of deadly terror attacks french officials are taking action they have announced sweeping new counterterrorism measures at a cost of hundreds of million

poroshenko met the imf had seen the guard on the sidelines of the almost -- of davos and issued the needfor a broader rescue package. >> some sports now, and the first ever chinese investment in a top-le happened on wednesday when china's second wealthiest man bought a 20% stake in spain's atletico madrid. he inked a deal with the club's president at a signing ceremony in beijing. >> this investment will cost the real estate tie: -- tycoon 40 billion euros. atletico madrid are not the -- they are the reigning champion but they have debts of about 80 million euros. the deal includes investing in a youth training center that would also be used by talented chinese players in the hope that some of them could eventually be signed up by top european clubs. of islamist violence. the prime minister said the government will create more than 2500 jobs to help track potential terrorists and keep the public safe. his plan comes two weeks after 17 people were killed in attacks here in paris. >> nearly 3000 people to be put under surveillance. they are all linked to terrorist networks and are creeping

poroshenko is asking for additional funds from the imf.hristine laguard said she would support that. >>> fighting between pro russian rebels and government forces has intensified. she willing near donetsk has killed at least five people and wounded dozens in the past 24 hours. >> translator: i went to sleep in that room. my bedroom next to the wall there. i was laying there and fell asleep. suddenly i woke up and something boomed. then it was fog and nothing was visible. it was all dust. and you can see my head is still white. >> so joining us now to talk about this from donetsk is christopher miller a columnist. christopher, diplomats from russia and ukraine have agreed on this dividing line whereby both sides should withdraw weapons. how likely is that to let up any fighting or any shelling? i understand where you are, you can even hear some of the bombardments. >> yes. the shellings continued throughout the night. it's actually been heavy in the last few hours. but regarding the demarcation line that would divide the rebel held territor

poroshenko asked for additional funds from the imf.lar, christine lagarde, said she will support that. economic reforms would be required. >>> to another story we're watching closely. six more bodies from airasia flight 8501 were found thursday. that means 59 victims have now been recovered it all. airasia's ceo, tony fernandez, tweeted there is nothing more person than finding all of the flight's guests and crew. >>> airasia crash investigators reportedly say warning alarms were activated for some time before flight 8501 went down. investigators told the "wall street journal" and the afp that a store signal could be heard going off on the cockpit voice recorder and that pilots were desperately trying to stabilize the plane before it plunged into the java sea. >>> the moment, severe storms soaking australia's coast in queensland. in melbourne, the australian open will be baking. we have more on the wild weather down under. >> always a big problem, pedram right in the midst of a drought. too much rain? >> yeah certainly is a problem for

petro poroshenko was at the world economic forum in dabo swinney are today and said he wanted russian troops out of ukraine immediately -- petro poroshenko was at the world economic forum in dov -- davos earlier today. >> close the border and withdraw troops from my territory. we have more than 9000 troops of russian federation on my territory. including more than 500 tanks and heavy artillery and armed personal carriers. if this is not aggression, what is aggression? >> moscow has rejected those accusations. lavrov said there's no evidence to suggest any russian troops are inside ukraine at the moment. let's get a reminder of our headlines this hour. france is cracking down on jihad is him. hundreds of police and investigators are being hired to monitor suspects as schoolteachers are being told to put the focus firmly on republican values. signs of a deal to end a violent standoff in yemen. local news is reporting the president has reached a deal with the rebels who have kept him imprisoned in the presidential palace for the last two days. and hopes running high in havana tonight. a

poroshenko says more than 9,000 russian troops are now in ukraine, backing separatist rebels. russia's defense ministry calls that claim complete rubbish. ukraine is poised to ask for more sanctions against russia if this fighting does not stop. >> our richard quest caught up with him in davos. >> the purpose of sanctions is not to hurt russia. the purpose of sanctions is just to keep russia responsible and at the negotiating table and to implement what we agreed. if russia for four months after the agreement, don't undertake every single step we should make additional steps. if aggression and escalation will continue we will ask our partners to increase the sanctions. >> russia's foreign minister down played the accusation that russian troops were in ukraine. he asked for proof. without commenting on troops the u.s. says russia is supplying heavy equipment to the separatists. >> we can confirm, as we've been talking about a bit, that russia continues to move tanks, armored vehicles artillery pieces and other military equipment to deployment sites near the russia-ukraine borde

this was an item that president poroshenko put a lot of political capitol on defending. >> what does this mean about the geo graphical scope. >> it means the scope is expanding. it's a reach for the rebels to say that they will be able to project their power all the way to mariupol without substantial russian aid on the level we haven't seen thus far. the real tragedy is that the ukrainian government has not shown the ability to defeat the rebels as long as the russians are involved. at the same time, the rebels haven't shown the discipline or capability to really inject power or create stable governance that would allow a peace plan to exist unless the russians are going to step in in large scale. >> what about reports that the russians will be stepping up their troop presence? >> we'll see. at the same time that russia is increasing its influence over the separatists within russia, the war is not very popular in the sense that public opinion has shown that the russian people are not willing to sacrifice russian regular soldiers to fight in ukraine, at the same time that they back t

we just heard poroshenko speaking to frank dane -- ukrainian president poroshenko speaking to francine, new developments on the underinflated footballs. 11 of the 12 balls that the new england patriots used sunday were not properly inflated. in theory, they might be easier to throw and catch. the investigation is still underway. meanwhile, for the first time ever nbc will stream the show with parent company comcast. let's be honest, it's not a great line. you are either cheating or taking -- and taking the air out of the ball, or you are playing fair. >> two pounds per square inch. i just looked it up. how do they do that? do they do it in the huddle? do they do it with a pin? >> the principle behind it, very dishonest. >> yes. >> also about deflation, but obviously not on the field, but the european economy. >> we will have full coverage of the ecb meeting tomorrow from frankfurt germany. it's the pace and cadence of touching base with the proverbial visit. just in the -- just in mold -- jeff immelt has turned to what multinationals are doing in 2015. it is always fascinating. what is

poroshenko and mr. hollande and spoke of mr.rged him not to support to use his influence to bring that separatist of ukraine's area there's a foreign minister meeting here and what merkel is saying is foreign ministers meeting goals successful on ukraine, she may attend him it in caucus gone later in the -- in kazakhstan later in the week. >> thank you. hans nichols joining us from berlin. >> let's turn back to paris and social economic challenges facing president francois hollande. am joined by an economist at barclays. antonio, great to have you on the program. give us a sense of what it means for france as a hold. we saw a france united after the massacre and is already divided. will this actually be bring any changes to france? >> from the french government, a last chance, a reform. in the parliamentary committees which aims at improving productivity and long-term growth. it is important fiscal changes over the next three years and we're talking about the expenditure cuts of $21 billion. and those are 2 key changes. a time f

i know how much the government and president poroshenko is personally committed to find a solution to the conflict. that is first of all in the interest of the people of ukraine which is also the people in eastern ukraine. and how much of an effort we have to do not only on the political side but also on the humanitarian side to make sure that the humanitarian aid from kiev gets inside the territories, which is something that at the moment is not allowed. which is a shame, i think. but also -- so our role from the european union side, i think, and we think, is not that of defining the separatists. it's that of supporting you in kiev, to find a solution to the conflict in whatever way this can be more helpful and effective. thank you. >> i know i speak on behalf of everybody on this room and those who are watching on video in thanking you for spending the afternoon with us. it was really a treat to hear your view on how we can deepen the transatlantic cooperation on the whole range of challenges from climate to the ukraine. thank you for the time. i invite all of you to join any the th

. >> ukrainian president petro poroshenko spoke at the world economic forum at davos switzerland, where he made a plea for support against russia. he called for closer ties with western europe. this is one half hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, i'm delighted now to welcome petro poroshenko, the president of ukraine. of the new ukraine, if i may say so. it is not your first visit, mr. president. but it marks your first visit as president of ukraine. when you joined a/year, it was that a very critical moments, and you came as the member of ukrainian parliament, and is the leader of your position. you arrived here at a very crucial moments for your country. we all recall your heartfelt the with the people to stand with the people of ukraine. mr. president any 14 -- 2014 was the most difficult year certainly in the history of the recent history of your country. particularly we recognize all the challenges on many fronts you had to face. you held an unprecedented first round victory in the presidential race, and the recent parliamentary elections also have given you and your allies a strong pop

poroshenko reminded them that it is home to 9,000 russian troops.n likes to call them tourists. here's the apt visual. making its reliable debu as well cries of the hard about climate change from people who run companies breaking the environment. they are teaming up for a live earth environmental music event leading up to u.n. climate talks in paris later this year. over a 24-hour period it will span across six cities. my personal favorite a final played by a band of scientists by a research station in antarctica. perhaps the finest part of every davos, the irony. we thought this quote from jeff green, currently getting a lot of play online summed it up. quote, america's lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller better existence. in case you were wondering what a smallest existence with less things looks like he flew his wife and children and two nannies ton a private jet plane to davos. i think he's keeping up with the rothchilds. the parking lot at the airport holds 1700 planes at this mom

. >> petro poroshenko there. s. >>> a gambler four years ago opened an unusual museum. andrew thomas went to ho bart to experience the wonderful exhibition for hymnself. >> it has a fat car acknowledge egyptian antiquities and machine that eats food and hours later defecates. the story is more incredible than what's in it. even this, a room of books without any words. >> we call it white library but it's actually called untitled, which is probably the right flame for 6,000 blank books. >> david walsh is a professional gambler who studied gambling markets for more than 30 years. big disciplined bets have won him tens of millions more than he ever lost. >> the principle is the same, if the orders of the event are more likely than payoff vinyl you'll win. >> he started an art museum. it's become a hit. the biggest paid for attraction in tasmania. it's been build into the hillside underground like a layer. >> i built that museum to teach myself about museums not to entertain anyone else. >> but entertain he has. >> it's amazing. >> they're overwhelming a lot to take in and

president poroshenko has called for the withdrawal. >> if russia fulfills point number four, close the border and withdraw all troops from our territory. because now now the data of our intelligence confirm that the independent sources we have 9,000 troops on the territory. including more than 500 tanks and heavy artillery and personal carriers. if this is not an aggression, what is the aggression. >> nato has reiterated it's call to withdraw from ukraine saying it has seen an increase of tanks and heavy military equipment used there. in donetsk the destruction of a railway. conflicts in ukraine has had a major impact on the economy there. which look at how donets is coping. >> deep in the ground, and deep in the psyche of the people here. the coal that these men will dig are thousands of meters down. now these miners just feel lucky to still have jobs. >> this mine is our home and our work. if there is no work, that would mean no money and no means to feed the family. >> last amen when they began to go into the perimeter of this mine it was simply too dangerous to operate. you can hea

petro poroshenko, the ukrainian president. chinese prime minister is also due to speak. >> thank you so much for that. it is time for the press review. ♪ we are talking through the papers today. let's start in france, or someone he papers are focusing on a new series of anti-terror measures today. >> and antiterrorist arsenal that the government is going to have. more phone tapping, internet surveillance, all sorts of measures to help fight terrorism in france. lots of papers are wondering, how much is all this going to cost and how is the government going to pay for it? if you increase the resources of the police, army, and intelligence services, this might risk increasing france's deficit which is being watched like a hawk from brussels. this could cost an extra 400 million euros. the government is actually counting on savings made by falling oil prices to finance all of this. >> many papers are focusing on one controversial anti-terror measure -- whether or not to bring back the punishment of national disgrace. >> this is a

. >> poroshenko appealed to the leaders to work together to implement eight peace plan in eastern ukraine. >> there is not existing the military solution of these problems. and we need to have a very strongly coordinated action. to bring the peace in the world. but the conflict has put ukraine's economy under intense pressure. >> before we go into the very very short rate, sums works now and the first ever chinese investment in a top-level european club happened on wednesday when the second wealthiest man bought a 20% stake in atletico madrid. they inked the deal at a signing ceremony in beijing. >> this will cost the real estate tycoon. they do have debts of about 80 million euros. the deal includes investing in a youth training session. it would be used by talented chinese players in the hope that some of them would eventually be signed up by popular european clubs. we are going to a short break. when we combat, looking at u.s. cuba relations high-level american delegation is in havana right now for talks that could open the way for a lot of business deals. >> we also have some business

the day after here, president poroshenko said he was not interested in truce talks rain moreany more, and it comes at a time after recent gains very recent gains by the rebels. we saw the withdraw of ukrainian forces from the airport in the last couple of days. we were in a village 30 kilometers north of donetsk yesterday. that out post had been taken by the rebels as well they had denied attacks. >> several people chanting down with the houthies taking part at the demonstration at the capitol. the demonstrations took place in a different part of the city as well. the editor in chief of the "yes "yemen post," to be clear about this the houthies have been in control for months now. why are people taking to the streets now? >> right now the houthis are trying to take the whole of the government. they have the ability to seize the president and prime minister minister and people felt there was no other option but this to protest. there are negotiations taking place right now among top officials, the ex-president ali abdul saleh with the houthi leaders and tried to reach a solution they n

you're talking about poroshenko from ukraine you see them coming together on the question of freedom. at least we have even in these cases we do have values of potential corporation and common understanding. also there are going to be issues but it's a way to progress, and other countries that are far from-- >> let's take the spirit in which it is intended, to show unity and solidarity with france france. >> remy, thank you very much, indeed for that. it was great to speak with you and we'll come back to you later on. so as we've been saying world leaders have joined the french president, franÇois hollande for the unity rally in paris. other rallies taking place around france. you see some of the world leaders there angela merkel there, and let's get the bird's-eye view of all this. overlooking the crowd gathered at the place de la rupublique. give us a feeling of what you're seeing from your vantage point. >> the crowd is start to go thin out nowstarting to thin out. >> they're due to make the walk from place de la republique to place de la nation. this was always to be a march rathe

russian spoeingzman says petro poroshenko has rejected the pizza plan vladimir peat insent him in a year. the military carried out what it called a mass operation to retake almost all of donetsk airport which it vertirtually lost to separatits. the airport is in ruins but it has taken on symbolic value. it was once a city of millions of people. thousands have left. paul brennan reports on the situation there. this footage, where 13 civilians were killed including a routine appealing girl. the prolonged battle for the airport appears to be reaching a deadly climax. the terminal buildings have been utterly destroyed. aerial footage shows deplete complete devastation of the whole area. ukraine's foreign minister will press his colleagues for support. panlo criminalkin says getting the border region is the most crucial of all. >> crossing across the border coming from russia from his part of the border. the border is key to any kind of stable and sustainable solution. >> the osce now has more than 360 staff trying to monitor the conflict zone but their movement is still limited and risky. th

poroshenko says more than 9,000 russian troops are in ukraine backing separatist rebels.sia's defense ministry though calls the claim complete rubbish. >>> ukraine is poised to ask for more sanctions against russia if the fighting doesn't stop. >> richard quest caught up with mr. poroshenko in dfs on -- in davos. >> the purpose of sanction is to keep russia responsible, to keep russia at the negotiation table and implement what we agreed. if russia starting for four millions after the agreement don't undertake every step, we should understand that we should make additional steps. if aggression and escalation will continue we will ask our partners to increase the sanction. >> russia's foreign minister sergei laugh rohr downplay -- laugh recover, downplayed the allegations. he asked for proof. . after months of delays the european central bank is expected to unveil a massive stimulus program. we don't know what will be in it. the key question will it be enough to cure what's ailing eurozone economies or pacify nervous marks? >> that's what people are asking. the moving move

frankly we haven't seen them, sergey lavrov, the foreign minister from russia, as well as petro poroshenko, the president of ukraine. again, yet not confirmed. i think the bottom line is that people are coming together for this time. the numbers, 3 million, that eric mentioned. perhaps that is a sum up of all the rallies and all the marches that have been lapping all across this country because in all the major cities there's been 50,000, 100,000. i think 3 million must mean the entire country. the high estimate we've seen here, so1.5 million. but as people noted, they're watching from one square to another square. people are still at the beginning square. they haven't even done the march and it was supposed to be done a long time ago. i think the bottom line here, guys, is what can be done with this emotion, what can be done with this feeling. i was here in 1998 when the french soccer team, the football team, won the world cup. that was a multi-cultural team. france was jubilant because they held this championship that was being held in france, that this would bring the country there. the

. >>> petro poroshenko says 2014 was the most difficult year since 1946 when world war ii ended.east soldiers rang in the new year on the battlefield. they have been fighting pro-russian separatists there since april. >>> meanwhile the people of lithuania have started spending their new currency. at the stroke of midnight they became the 19th country to join the euro zone. politicians hope the switch will boost trade, investment and the economy. it has been 24 years since they gained independence from the soviet union. >>> every year new innovations and technology are introduced into our lives. as the new year begins what gadgets can be look forward to in 2015. >> reporter: flexing its muscles for the first time. this fabric has fiber optic sensors woven into it. this opens up the possibility of it being used in many more areas, including fashion garments. >> fashion changes radically and quickly, but once it is integrated into fabric that can be replaced though fabric can be updated seasonally. >> reporter: also taking off is the use of drones. as prices have dropped, they have

i want to tell that goat poroshenko that if you want people to be living in basements, well, you've got it now. we're the victors. we've already won. >> in the hospital we find 13-year-old ata. just one of thousands of civilians injured or killed on both sides of this conflict. >> we ran into the basement and the shell hit the entrance of the building. pieces of shrapnel injured my hand. i was shouting for my mother. >> back at the base the men stop their tanks. they move out to fight and defend what they describe as a homeland and a political right. al jazeera eastern ukraine. >> at least 13 people have been killed in a fire in a plastics factory in the bangladesh capitol da dhka. many fear there may be more trapped. >>> three movies made for the sundance film festival were made in miami city. >> they're making more than just popcorn in miami these days. across the city, filmmakers are editing, writing and planning the next local festival to showcase their work. films like papa machete the story of a farmer and expert in fencing, has been asked to play at the sundance film festival. it

poroshenko was here just a few weeks ago. is it seen as an honest broker in this conflict?> the format of these talks with france and germany and russia and ukraine, it's such attic keeps the international players out of this. germany has been seen -- it keeps international players out of this. germany has been seen as more sympathetic to the russians. france is relying on the european union. they're looking for the backing of the eu. >> as those talks get ready to kick off, we will see what happens. u.n. secretary general get -- ban ki-moon is calling for restoring of stability. >> this happens after a top military commander warned that a coup was underway. >> but the rebels said they had no intention of attacking the president or his residence. first, this report. >> the presidential palace has been sealed off. shia hootie rebels have stormed the building and storm the president's resident, a separate building. they say it is not a coup. a books and said they just wanted to pressure the sunni dominated government ahead of a revision of the constitution. the un security co

claims that pro-russian separatists were responsible for the incident and ukraine president petro poroshenko has vowed to take action. but russian president vladimir putin says kia -- kiev was to blame. he says the ukrainian government ignored his cease-fire proposal and therefore has fueled the violence. >> sadly we did not receive any clear response to our proposal. on the contrary, the ukrainian military have strengthened their operations on all fronts. the result has been dozens killed and wounded. >> the united nations high commissioner for human rights says the civilian population in eastern ukraine is paying a heavy price in the conflict. the agency puts the overall death toll in ukraine above 5000 with more than 260 killed since mid-january. >> the european central bank's massive bond purchasing program is still driving the markets as is the upcoming greek snap election on sunday. we have more from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> a day after this historical ecb meeting, traders were still hungry for more and were still in the mood to buy shares. the german dax going through the roof

. >> to ukraine now, where president petro poroshenko ordered a day of mourning for the victims in the bus attack in the east of the country. >> 12 civilians were killed on tuesday when a bus was hit by a shell near a government checkpoint southwest of donetsk. separatists and pro-russian separatists both blame each other for the attack. there is little sign of a meaningful peace agreement. >> the sound of shelling ranges from the airport to the center of donetsk, the bastion of pro-russian rebels. they face the ukrainian army along the city limits, in some of the fiercest fighting in months. the deputy head of the osce monitoring mission in ukraine has arrived to assess the situation. most of his men are stationed here. >> for now, we are still able to operate. the security situation is severely limiting our ability to move around, but we are able to carry out our mandate. >> but the deteriorating situation prompted some of the 57 osce member states to consider removing their observers from the danger. >> for many years, the role of the osce was in danger. some member states were aski

. >>> the ukrainian president petro poroshenko has arrived for the world economic forum he says he hopest affecting his country will be on the summit's agenda. >> what is the main topic? of course the deescalation of the conflict, when is it possible if the foreign troops continue to penetrate on the territory of ukraine. and as far as today our intelligence report that two ba till january tactical groups total number up to 2,000 troops entered my territory. and not entered but participated in the combat situation. i think that this type of approach will never ever reach the dehe dehe is ca solution and iescalation, and this is the topic for tomorrow. and got summit if it happens. >> alongside poroshenko 39 heads of state and 1500 of the world's business elites have arrived in the swiss resort for the world economic forum. this year's meeting is set against a backdrop drop of secured at this issues, falling oil prizes and fears that global growings is facing a long-term decline. al jazerra's adrian finnegan is there for us. >> reporter: devos switzerland. a lot of headlines will be gener

president petro poroshenko is marshaling more firepower on the battlefield with a plan to arm and deploy 100 thousand reserve soldiers to the front. that has created an exit us of young ukrainian men out of the country. to stem the flow kiev is making it more difficult to leave. >> let's bring in frank kaufman who is standing by for us. peace talks have stalled. everyone is blaming each other. it seems like there is no interest in ending this fighting. >> i think what we can see here at the moment is how military developments on the ground, in the field are influencing diplomacy. obviously, rebels feel very strong at the moment. there's heavy fighting around the city which lies between donetsk and luhansk, held by the ukrainian army, and they obviously feel they can set the agenda. they have since negotiated to minsk which was not exceptional for the ukrainian side. they say ukrainians are saying it must be a person that has signed also the minsk agreement of last september, and that was a strong man of donetsk. the chief negotiator here is insisting that he wants to talk only with the p

president petro poroshenko attended the rally. >> fighting intensified in the east he were region of donetsk. we have the latest from there. >> the battle for donetsk airport has been going on since early saturday. as you can probably hear from the sound of explosions and mortar from around the city here it's an ongoing struggle. what hears to have happened is that the separatist forces and ukrainian army launched a counter offensive to protect the number of soldiers still holed up in the building, trying to restore the battle lines that what they were like before, restore the status quo. the ukrainian army states that doesn't put them in violation of the ceasefire plan. the separatist side isn't giving up. more tank and fire you can hear there. the situation here, after 10 days of intense fighting is actually intense filing if anything. >> the bosnian war was one of the bloodiest conflicts in history. twenty years on, many still suffer severe trauma, taking their on lives suffering the long term effects of war saying they are not getting the care they need. >> the war in bosnia stil

we have more now from work economic forum with wednesday's address by ukrainian president petro poroshenko. reaffirming that ukraine is a more unified and stronger country despite recent russian a tactic he added last election showed a country that is ready for european immigration and urge the international committed to invest and support ukraine. >> ladies and gentlemen, i'm delighted now to welcome petro poroshenko the president of ukraine. of the new ukraine, if i may say so. it's not your first visit mr. president, but it marks her first visit as president of ukraine. when you joined us last year it was at a very critical moment and check came as a member of the ukrainian parliament and as a leader of the opposition. you arrived here at a very crucial moment for your country and we all recall your heartfelt plea with people to stand with the people of ukraine. mr. president, 2014 was the most difficult year suddenly in the history, in the recent history of your country particularly we recognize all the challenges on many fronts you had to face. you held an unprecedented first round vi

theo poroshenko said the people have nothing to be afraid of but there was a great sense of fear andertainty. he vowed to take control from the ukrainian military. we are hearing intelligence reports from the soldiers here that say that they are expecting ground attacks later today. they tell us the rebels are just over a kilometer in that direction. >> he had quarter lungo has been sworn in as zambia's president. opposition leaders say hisly was neither free nor fair. harrah mutasa looks at the main challenges facing the new president. >> it wasn't easy. he became the acting president of zambia when the incumbent died in office last year. scott managed to keep the country relatively stable. now, he hands over power to edgar lungu, zambia's 6th president despite complaints by the opposition that the vote was manipulated. after months of uncertain t many are relieved it's been a relatively peaceful transition of power. >> general. >> they have a history and, you know, this trend of being a peaceful nation. you can tell. look. in politics there are few misunderstandings but not to the

and the minsk agreement was reached thanks to the work that president poroshenko did together with president putin. through the four months that was facilitated also by the european union, by the belarush and the euc. another format normty for mat. two foreministers and the heads of state and government although their respective level. that is another format. that implies also european union in terms of framework. we have discussed that at length yesterday. and there's going to be a new meeting at foreign minister's level tomorrow night in berlin. this is also another way in which the european union can push for a solution, support the efforts of president poroshenko the efforts to find concrete steps to employment the minsk agreement. the other thing we could work on more, and i know there is a reflection here in washington in these days, is our dialogue with russia on a set of regional or global issues on which cooperation or at least dialogue is needed on the other set of crisis we have being it middle east being it the iranian talks, being it all those things that go through the u.n. sec

. >>> ukraine's president petro poroshenko says he's going to meet his military teams to talk about howond to the unrest in the east. economy decemberred what had happened. >> translator: the entire world was shocked today by the awful tragedy when happened in mariupol. the terrorist attack which took 10s of ukrainian lives and wounded more than 100 innocent victims needs immediate reaction reaction. today i can declare the whole world is with ukraine. the evil must be 100 percent punished. we will i in initiate negotiations in the geneva format with participation of the united states and the european, union russia and ukraine. >>> still to come here on al jazerra. those who overcame the barrier of fear to overthrow a president four years on. we look at egypt's revolution. al jazeera america brings you controversial... >> we have to change those things in order to make our own lives better. >> entertaining... >> there was a lot of laughter. >> thought provoking... >> it doesn't change the world but it does influence the way people think. >> surprising... >> no edits! >> exclusive one on

poroshenko was apprised of that in davos. there were talks between him and the i.m.f.> he sat down with christine lagarde after that. she came out and said she is going to call an meeting of the i.m.f. board and she will voice her support for more financial assistance. have a listen. >> at this time, i would like to say that it really is a demonstration over the determination of the ukrainian authorities to conduct serious long-term structural reforms in addition to also adjusting the fiscal policy in order to make is that your the ukrainian economy is in a position to recover. >> ukraine already has gotten $17 billion from the i.m.f. $15 billion more is what the e.u. says they need. lagarde will be on fran seen's panel. >> in 33 minutes. stay with us. "countdown" continues after the break. ♪ >> you're watching "countdown." time for your foreign exchange check today. thought we would look at the euro. this is a one-year chart. in the last year, you can see very clearly here the euro is down almost 15% against the dollar. the low on tuesday, which was 1.1550, we're near

you will not want to miss another bloomberg for us with ukrainian president petro poroshenko. ruhle is an davos and moderated a davos debate with a very distinguished panel. as we head here's a picture of what is going on in the market. we were rising for four days. we seem to have hit a pause in the particular momentum. the upside has halted. we have paris down by .4%. london is the only market rising and it is up by 3%. the booze boys are up by 2%. follow the whole thing on twitter. join me anytime of the day. ♪ >> the price of oil. opec's secretary-general joins bloomberg for his first interview in davos. >> the btv ceo weighs in. >> we've got our partners, our friends. that is why we come here. >> the most talked about man in europe is set to arrive. swiss national bank president thomas jordan faces the fourm after last --

the presidents of russia and germany saying that a cease-fire should be richard and poroshenko saying that a cease-fire should be reached as well. the minsk memorandum is the defining document that everybody refers back to but they have basically said that the minsk memorandum is a failure, and they no longer stand by it. they've taken a significant amount of territory since that cease-fire was signed in september. and basically they're now recognize the shift that's been the front lines that happened since september. so we are a he in a situation where nobody wants to discuss the realities on the ground, and they're still harking back to the cease-fire agreement that is months out of date, and has failed comprehensively. >> it seems awfully gloomy. rory challands, thank you for helping us understand what is going on in minsk. >>> thousands of supporters of the spanish far-defendant party podemos has been rallying in madrid. the party is hoping to repeat the success of the tsapras party that won in greece last weekend. they also want to end austerity measures imposed by international

i want to tell that goat poroshenko. if you want people living in basements, you've won. >> just one of thousands of civilians injured or killed on both sides of the conflict. >> you pieces of shrapnel injured my hand. i was shouting for my mother. >> back at the base the men stop their tanks a move out to fight and defend what they describe as a homeland and a political right. charles trait ford, al jazeera, eastern ukraine. >> now it is possible that this meeting in minsk will result in some sort of cease-fire but that has happened before when there was a sees fire that didn't amount to much. otherwise the leaders would not be meeting in minsk again. there is only going to be resolution once the sides involved that's ukraine the separatists and of course russia as well, have decide they've gotten as much out of the fighting and don't want to go on any more. it's not clear if we've gotten to that stage yet. >> rory, thank you very much. our correspondent reporting live from moscow. >>> now to spain where thousands of su

terms of there's a lot of finger pointing and a blame game we are hearing moscow is saying that poroshenko did not respond to a letter asking for the violence to be de-escalated. what is your position? >> reporter: i think it's difficult for the ukrainian side. constant shelling throughout the cease-fire. they have failed to agree to stop arming and providing with support. what they have done is launch an offensive to regain the ground they are beginning to lose in response to that. the offset of that is now the conflict sat on the conflict lines in towns. i was just speaking with victoria here and rockets landing around the apartment building. she had to take the children and run to the nearest bomb shelter. everywhere is devastation. it's a sad time in ukraine. >> thank you very much for sharing your experiencing maxim tucker a journalist from the kiev post. thank you very much. >>> now, all day today, we are looking at democracy and the issue of whether it's working in 2015. let me show you this report by mike aldridge. >> reporter: berlin celebrating a quarter of a century since the fa

president petro poroshenko about the demonstration. >> translator: demonstrating courage and heroism.ll not give an inch of our land. >> five ukrainian soldiers were killed in the fighting in the airport and 43 wounded. officials are investigating a shooting outside the home of joe biden in delaware. shots were fired from a passing car, outside the perimeter around the residence. biden and his wife were not home at the time. so far there's no indication that the biden home was being targeted. >>> still ahead. a jet spots a dangerous situation on the runway. a bit later in the week ahead. focusing on the major issues that probably will not make it into tuesday's state of the union speech. speech. >> a near collision at new york's kennedy airport is being investigated. a jetblue plane was forced to abort takeoff after another plane vird ventured into its path. the plane was traveling at full speed when it was ordered to stop. >> abort takeoff. >> it was crazy, all of a sudden the plane came to a screeching stop. it slid a little bit and everybody panicked. >> my goodness. more things li

president poroshenko called for moscow to withdraw. >> i promise you we'll have clear stable situationin ukraine if russia will close the border and withdraw all foreign troops from my territory. because now the data of our intelligence confirm independence sources. we have 9,000 troops in the territory including tanks and heavy artillery and personal carrier. if this is not an aggression, what is an aggression? >> michael: well nato has also reiterated it's call for russia to withdraw from eastern ukraine saying it has seen an increase in tanks and military equipment used by russian troops there. heavy shelling has continued in and around the eastern ukrainian city. two civilians were killed during fighting between pro-russian separatist and ukrainian forces. violence comes as germany continues talks on the conflict. russia france and germany are currently meeting in berlin. >>> and the united nations is currently holding a special meeting on the ukrainian crisis. we can see there we're live at the security council that is the ukrainian ambassador. he's just started speaking there. ou

last september a joint session of congress listened as ukrainian president petro poroshenko pledged forup to vladimir putin's war machine. it was an amazing speech and one of the times i got to tell you it was awe inspiring for him to stand up and plead for america to stand up to vladimir putin's war machine. he called for america to quote be equal to its natural and manifest role. he called for america to be equal to its manifest and natural role. when you think about americans today, we don't hear ourselves talking in this way. yet here is a leader of a foreign country calling on america to be equal to its naturally and manifest role. can a commander in chief whose definition of engagement is leading from behind even begin to grasp that? the question is how did we get here? the obama administration simply does not realize what many in room realize that weakness is provocative provocative. on the one hand weakness discourage ours allies and forces them to search for more assertive and reliable partners. on the other hand weakness encourages adversaries to continue bad behavior both abr

talk about his views in particular on the g20 and we expect to hear from ukraine's president petro poroshenko talking about his country. another issue that is being discussed here, not one but two sessions today is something that's dominated the news headlines for at least the last six months, the ebola epidemic. earlier today i spoke with johnson and johnson and asked whether the fight against ebola was being won? >> the world is winning. we are not yet there. it went from a very significant number of cases today up to the hundreds to now only 10, even lower in certain country as day but until the last patient is cured or died, the ebola epidemic is not over, because this virus is so virulent and dangerous, that it can come back any moment if you don't get the total epidemic under control. we should not give up at this moment to go to the last possible patient identified, treated or died. >> you were recently in sierra leone. >> yeah, a few weeks ago, we are preparing for clinical trials for a vaccine. i went to learn with the local community, including the minister of health, the different

this was an item that president poroshenko put a lot of capitol on defending. >> mariupol was shelled today. what does this mean about the scope of the fighting? >> it certainly means that the scope of the fighting has expanded. it's a reach for the rebels to say that they will be able i think to project their power all the way to mariupol without substantial russian aid on a level we haven't seen thus far. the real tragedy of this conflicts that the ukrainian government has not shown the ability to defeat the rebels as long as the russians are involved. the rebel's haven't shown the discipline or capability to create stable government that would allow a peace plan to exist. >> venezuela's economic crisis is expected to have a huge impact on elections later this year bad news for the struggling nation's president. his approval rating has taken a dive. today, opposing parties hit the streets in a rare show of unity against the government. we have the story cram caracas. >> it was called the march of the pots and pans, a fitting way to protest the chronic shortages forcing millions to s

. >> the now president, petro poroshenko is promising to regain control over the eastern part of his country. here's more on the ukrainian army efforts to retake the area you haven'ting donetsk airport. >> in east ukraine grand rockets land with little warning and even less accuracy. this footage shows an attack hitting a commute every bus killing 13 civilians include ago teenaged girl. the prolonged battle for the donetsk airport is reaching a climax terminal buildings are destroyed. aerial footage shows completely devastation of the whole area. ukraine's foreign minister will press his e.u. colleagues for continued financial and humanitarian support. regaining control of the border region remains the most crucial issue of all. >> everything is coming from russia from this part of the border. the border is key to any kind of stable and sustainable solution. >> the esce has more than 360 staff monitoring the conflict zone but their movement is limited and risky and the head of the mission is gravely concerned. >> security is shaky. brokeout is unpredictable. we have to take care of t

. >> ukraine's president petro poroshenko has cared a meeting of the defense council to discuss the response to the latest fighting, sergey lavrov blames the fighting on ukrainian government forces. >> still to come, we'll have the latest from nigeria as the u.s. secretary of state's visit coincides with more boko haram attacks. >> a slow response to the ebola crisis is the word health organization spend doing much money on bureaucracy instead of the needy. >> semifinalists iraq gets ready to face south korea in the final four of the asian cup. details later in the program. borderland. six strangers. >> let's just send them back to mexico. >> experience illegal immigration up close and personal. >> it's overwhelming to see this many people that have perished. >> lost lives are relived. >> all of these people shouldn't be dead. >> will there differences bring them together or tear them apart? >> the only way to find out is to see it yourselves. >> which side of the fence are you on? borderland, tonight at 9 eastern, only on al jazeera america. >> beyond the verdict and on the streets >> there

. >>> well elsewhere in the region the ukrainian president poroshenko said it was the most difficult year since 19 4r5 whether world war ii ended. he praised ukrainians for standing up to defend the mother land. in the east they rang in the new year on the battlefield. they've been fighting there since april. >>> in brazil it's a new year and the start of a second term for the president, but she faces lingering problems with last year. economic growth has slowed to a virtual halt. we have more. >> reporter: a new year a new term for brazil's leftist president ruseff. 2015 could be just as challenging. under russ fe the second largest economy is floundering just baring climbing out after technical recession as the year ended. a huge fiscal deficit, rising inflation, poor infrastructure and crippling taxes are to blame. ordinary brazilians say the people of south america's largest and most populous nation want results this time round. >> translator: everything needs to be combrooued not just public health care. transportation education. we want a better country for everyone. that's wha