share at this year's gathering expresso to organize a trilateral summit before the end of the year the three countries agreed on the importance of the trilateral summit but fail to come up with the specific timeframe the leaders of the three countries have get to meet together this year due to diplomatic tensions between beijing tokyo and between seoul and tokyo. it was a big bad day for a high school seniors and others trying to get to college here in korea students at forty nine hours to take a test that could decide the fate of their entire lives week in june found students and parents who went through the whole ordeal the long games and has come to an end. ms walk out the test site some ideas on six others had relieved that the test was finally over made ten speakers and experts say one of its huge budget versions of this year's test along with its math section and he got the more difficult than a mock test that was released

should be no trilateral format.the times of limited sornity are hoafer in europe. >> in kiev, yunokovich supporters shot their support for his position, to retain ties to russia. >> there are reasons why the document wasn't signed. we don't want to be brought to our niece, we are a proud people. >> we need to finish our old reforms first and only then can we great into urine and match their standards. >> this is the proyanakovich reporters, they are all $ear $1a day expenses. only a few hundred pleerts away from the presidential rally, the protest erst were pledging to, president y yanokovich has on hand. >> it depends on being whafns wt happens next. in. >> the pro-european rallies are excepted through the weekend. the students say they well continue their protests next week. >> the decision, is drawing criticism. five former u.s. envoys is a down grade in u.s. vatican ties, state department says it will be completed ahead of schedule. >>> part 2 of our album from mitch, two top team led the team to victory. determ

he said they will revisit this in the spring, although he requires a trilateral meeting with russia to again no garish nations -- to begin negotiations, which the eu says is a no starter. >> turmoil in thailand continues with thousands of people taking to the streets of bangkok daily in antigovernment demonstrations, the largest the country has seen in years. protesters say they president -- the prime minister is the puppet of her brother, who used to be prime minister. >> nowhere, it seems, is safe. this is the headquarters of thailand's armed forces. supposedly, the country's strongest institution. but they just poured in. longer this goes on, the greater the threat to the government. its tactic until now has been to avoid confrontation at all costs , but for how much longer? the protesters have been able to move around the city with such ease that the government has had two wall itself in behind these concrete barricades. masshere over behind that of razor wire, the prime minister is struggling to reassert her authority. it was inside that fortress that i met her after the toughest

now other members other delegations may have dropped in and added to a trilateral, or even more, but it is primarily those two who have been working out things. we do know the united states delegation, for example, did not hold a by lateral today. we don't know whose hands it is at any one time, but we are told it is being fine tuned. he does support a deal now on the table to allow american soldiers to remain in his country. today urging leaders to approve the agreement. coming up on al jazeera, a big night for gamers microsoft rolling out the x box one. consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? food one of them was layed to rest. a funeral procession was held for 54-year-old woman wh

. >> i am going meet representatives from russia and united states, our partners in the trilateral format - we have been working together for quite some time now. i think probably in the afternoon or the second day representatives of the rest of the p5 will join us and maybe other countries. there are some very, very serious efforts being developed everywhere to try and make this conference possible. but, you know, we will say it's happened only when it happens. >> that was lakhdar brahimi speaking a few moments ago in damascus. let's get some comment from our correspondent hoda who is in lebanon. >> as lakhdar brahimi tries to get all parties to sign up to the geneva ii conference, he says the syrian people continue to suffer. as many as a third of them are directly caught up in the conflict. >> he said the solution was more urgents now than never because of the continuing situation. he puts the blame on both sides, saying both had to make efforts to make sure the syrian people don't suffer further. the geneva ii - there was a momentum, there was a realisation that all parties need to he

for a bilateral agreement between dupion union and crane there should be no trilateral format the times of limited sovereignty are over in europe so patrick what do you make of that. well i think it's an absolutely remarkable statement i mean mr barroso is telling us that the times of limited sovereignty are apparently coming to an end in europe and presumably that's meant to be some sort of a slight against russia yet mr barroso is a president who barely was elected by a couple of dozen people out of the european union population of just over five hundred million this thinking her pocket see of the european union of these issues is quite unreal of course what we have is a petulant president barroso who is extremely upset because the eastern word expansion of the european union has for the first time in twenty years been checked and it's been checked because when you korean read the small print of the deal they realize that actually they couldn't possibly manage to make the thing work is going to render short term huge economic difficulties for ukraine and this is a country for whom act

cast against russian obviously and president putin but the russian side said why can't we have a trilateral agreement on this or sit down to three parties here and you know because politics is the art of the possible and brussels turns around and says no we don't do it that way we do it our way i mean that seems to be a very stubborn view in a got nothing at least right now and it's left off three parties up in the air why can't the three parties sit down even if it is not part of their usual procedure if they could actually iron something out where everyone wins because ukraine is in a lose lose situation right now. i think this this question has been discussed quite in detail in media and the conclusion is that. the provisions for a customs union and free trade agreement with you of individual countries are in conflict. with these this is been the main argument now if we look at these two political issues john it's been suggesting then surely some of these disagreements could have been ironed out however i've read this feud the argument that this is this is been a geopolitical game for e.

not capable of fulfilling yet oh so where does this leave the situation ukraine's proposals for trilateral talks with russia were rejected by the e.u. or brussels finances may not allow them to increase the offer to kiev look at the european union massive run called employment throughout the course of the entire union they have a euro currency project which is a fiasco realistically the only thing the european union can try to do is keep blame storming anybody russia who cares because the european union is ultimately falling apart at the same so the e.u. depart vilnius contemplating what might have been despite courting president on a cove each they simply seemed unable to offer him a deal that was tempting enough scots altie vilnius lithuania. more on what the ukraine was right to pass on a deal with the e.u. let's not talk to chris we've seen a partner in the moscow based consulting firm advisory this to chris weaver welcome to r.c. it's great to talk to you now so actually it says that it was offered no incentives by this deal so probably the ukraine opposition as to why i should say th

not capable of fulfilling yellow so where does this leave the situation ukraine's proposals for trilateral talks with russia would jetted by the. old brussels finances may not allow them to increase the offer to kiev. you got some a technical glitches with that package right there apologize maybe i broke some of the equipment anyway as ukraine says no to the e.u. many within the bloc itself are saying no to its central policy a young nationalists from belgium have invited revolutionaries from all across the continent to talk about how to fight liberalism here at sea we spoke to one political activist who's taking part in the so-called we are the youth conference he says unemployment is the main driving force behind the rise of the liberals italy greece spain and portugal finding a job is not that easy these days so of course people go looking for especially young people go looking and searching for solutions and i think that there are some movements that can give these solutions to the problems of today that the capitalist liberal system has cost the governments over the european union tha

are the united states in the whole picture of course this should have been since the beginning a trilateral talks would have been the best way of doing things instead of going this way you know unilaterally and upsetting russia we are we would like to know exactly where united states are staying a bit behind this probably high in the mission actually so yes let's make things a bit clearer with a bit more hardesty and respects towards one another and each other's interests and strategic interests as well or i thank you we do have to leave it there thank you very much for giving us your thoughts. did the down be eight marine le pen the head of the front national thank you for. a three point six magnitude earthquake has struck an area in north texas it's the strongest tremor there in five years no damage or injuries have been reported but locals have been left emotionally shaken and not everyone is blaming mother nature some scientists say that the drilling in nearby fracking well it is actually setting off the quakes the areas been hit by more than a dozen tremors this month alone has seen mo

silly babies will meet again on tuesday for further discussions which will that be followed by a trilateral meeting between south korea and the us and japan. on sunday evening. meanwhile us vice president joe biden will visit seoul early next month for talks with president up inherent economic relations and security threats on the korean peninsula the white house says biden will also make stops in china and japan on its east asian tour reflecting washington's commitment to its policy pity towards the region. the trip comes just a few weeks after president barack obama was forced to cancel two asian summits due to the debt crisis and government shutdown. biden's talks in beijing are expected to focus on trade issues and cyber security. the vice president's trip to china is gaining special attention as biden had a good relationship with chinese president sheet in pain before he was elevated to state leader despite recent reports point to korea's ability to withstand shocks that may emanate from the essential tapering of the us fed's stimulus policy. what mean currency exchange rates will also

the two leaders are also expected to discuss other forms of trilateral cooperation including the construction of a gas pipeline running through brush and north korea south korea as well as to say the project entailed a three way power line the discussions come at a time insolvency to moscow's help in priceline its northern neighbor to give up its nuclear ambitions. and while some remain hopeful about president reagan promised in his full support and it turned presents as a light station project. at this and staff will say that the russian leader will not turn his bag and its longtime ally north korea. on sunny weekends. president but they returned home on saturdays from an eight day tour of europe the ticker to france britain and belgium her aaa foundation for a stronger partnership with european countries not only in the sectors of the creative economy and finance but also on the colt will find the presidential office correspondent on shinjuku trouble with the president to this now for more on what was achieved during her last overseas trip of this year seemed to welcome and thanks to jay kn

sovereignty out over in europe yet oh so where does this leave the situation ukraine's proposals for trilateral talks with russia were rejected by the e.u. or brussels finances may not allow them to increase the offer to kiev causing stalemate so a you depart to vilnius contemplating what might have been despite courting president they simply seemed unable to offer him a deal that was tempting enough pull scott's altie vilnius lithuania the president of the european commission once again blame moscow for sinking the deal but one financial analyst we spoke to believes europe is just trying to divert attention from its own weaknesses. if the european union's leaders whether individually or collectively started melting to their shortcomings there'd be no end of problems wouldn't there i mean look at the european union massive run can employment throughout the course of the union we've got things like fifty percent plus of youth on employment in several mediterranean countries they have a euro currency project which is a fiasco built on sand by the sort of deluded technocrats who believe that they

not capable of fulfilling yet oh so where does this leave the situation ukraine's proposals for trilateral talks with russia were rejected by the e.u. or brussels finances may not allow them to increase the offer to kiev look at the european union massive run column employment throughout the course of the union they have a euro currency project which is a fiasco realistically the only thing the european union can try to do is keep blame storming anybody russia who cares because the european union is ultimately falling apart at the same so the e.u. departs vilnius contemplating what might have been despite courting president they simply seemed unable to offer him a deal that was tempting enough pull scots r.t. vilnius lithuania. and as ukraine says no to the e.u. many within the bloc itself are saying no to its central policy or young nationalists from belgium have invited revolutionaries from all over the continent to talk about how to fight liberalism we spoke to one political activist who's taking part in the we are the youth conference he says unemployment is ultimately the main driving

capable of fulfilling yet knowing so where does this leave the situation ukraine's proposals for trilateral talks with russia were rejected by the e.u. or brussels finances may not allow them to increase the offer to kiev look at the european union massive ron paul employment throughout the course of the entire union they have a euro currency project which is a fiasco realistically the only thing the european union can try to do is keep blame storming anybody russia who cares because the european union is ultimately falling apart at the same. a you depart vilnius contemplating what might have been despite coaching president on the coach they simply seemed unable to offer him a deal that was tempting enough scots vilnius lithuania. not just ukraine's government that wasn't sold on prospects for the e.u. more young people within the bloc are joining far right movements which are often seen as offering an alternative to brussels policies on saturday many of them take part took part in a quote we are the youth conference in the capital activist ruben rossi a participated in a gathering in the s

there should be no trilateral for. the times of limited sovereignty are over in europe one financial analyst told r.t. that europe is just trying to divert attention from its weaknesses if the european union's leaders whether individually or collectively started admitting to their shortcomings there'd be no end of problems wouldn't there i mean look at the european union massive run down employment throughout the course of the entire union we've got things like fifty percent plus of youth on employment in several mediterranean countries they have a euro currency project which is a thing built on sand by their sort of deluded technocrats who believe that they know the best thing for all people and therefore realistically the only thing the european union can try to do is keep blame storming anybody russia who cares because ultimately the european union that started and has rendered wonderful supranational tred project is ultimately falling apart at the same because it has become itself a crumbling soviet style empire wh

not capable of fulfilling yet oh so where does this leave the situation ukraine's proposals for trilateral talks with russia were rejected by the e.u. or brussels finances may not allow them to increase the offer to kiev look at the european union massive run column employment throughout the course of the entire union they have a euro currency project which is a fiasco realistically the only thing the european union can try to do is keep blame storming anybody russia who cares because the european union is ultimately falling apart at the seams so the e.u. departs vilnius contemplating what might have been despite courting president they simply seemed unable to offer him a deal that was tempting enough scots r.t. vilnius lithuania e.u. officials have condemned the police crackdown on protesters there in kiev political commentator an exam going across have told me earlier that he believes such statements are highly hypocritical. it's very weird for to hear that the european union leaders and especially the people in brussels are condemning the ukrainian government for using the police to the

cast against russian obvious and president putin but the russian side said why can't we have a trilateralagreement on this or sit down to three parties here and you know because politics is the art of the possible and brussels turns around and says no we don't do it that way we do it our way i mean that seems to be a very stubborn view in a got nothing at least right now and it's left all three parties up in the air why can't the three parties sit down even if it is not part of their usual procedure if they could actually iron something out where everyone wins because ukraine is in a lose lose situation right now. but i think this this question has been discussed quite in detail in media and the conclusion is that. the provisions for a customs union and free trade agreement with you of individual countries are in conflict. this is been the main argument now if we look at these two political issues john it's been suggesting then surely some of these disagreements could have been ironed out however i've read this feud the argument that this is this is been a geopolitical game for an e.u. si

there should be no trilateral for. the times of limited sovereignty over in europe one financial analyst told r.t. that europe is just trying to divert attention from its own weaknesses. if the european union's leaders whether individually or collectively started to sing to their shortcomings there'd be no end of problems wouldn't there i mean look at the european union massive runcorn employment throughout the course of the entire union we've got things like fifty percent plus youth on employment in several mediterranean countries they have a year of currency project which is a fiasco of course what we have is a petulant president barroso who's extremely upset because the eastern word expansion of the european union house for the first time in twenty years been checked and it's been checked because when you korean read the small print of the deal they realize that actually they couldn't possibly manage to make the thing work it was going to render short term economic difficulties for ukraine and this is a country for

cast against russia an obvious and president putin but the russian side said why can't we have a trilateral agreement on this or sit down for three parties here and you know because politics is the art of the possible and brussels turns around and says no we don't do it that way we do it our way i mean that seems to be a very stubborn view in a got nothing at least right now and it's left all three parties up in the air why can't the three parties sit down even if it is not part of their usual procedure if they could actually iron something out where everyone wins because ukraine is in a lose lose situation right now. well i think this this question has been discussed quite in detail the media and the conclusion is that. the provisions for a customs union and free trade agreement with you of individual countries are in conflict. with these this is been the main argument now if we look at these two political issues john it's been suggesting then surely some of these disagreements could have been ironed out however i've read this the arguments of that this is this has been a geopolitical game

korean foreign minister you don't says that wednesday at the mall trilateral talks are a good foundation for which the war also stressed that enhancing bilateral efforts should be taken into consideration as well. diplomatic sources in boston on tuesday said that north korea would have to freeze its nuclear program and ballistic missile capabilities before the talks which include the two koreas the us china japan and russia can resume. talks are and that the new pricing can get in return for the removal of sanctions and a national support. the sources say it on as the turtle coming out would compromise proposal after the resumption of talks and not necessarily on the preconditions this comes as yes they run korean central news agency reported on tuesday. the north korean foreign ministry spokesman accusing us of demanding of certain preconditions. as i watched it had no intention of coming back to danville shading table. another sticking point is that the us and its allies say they need more information about communist or a new member of the pro ranks capabilities very few details are av

we know that last night there was a trilateral meeting between e.u.resentative catherine ashton, the iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif, and the secretary of state john kerry. he has cancelled a trip to stay here and continue more meetings, and since the talks have begun, there's an air of cautious optimism and there remains that air. as british foreign secretary william hague says - there's no guarantee there'll be a deal. >> there are important issues to resolve. clearly they are not over quote. we'll have to give time and attention to the issues during the course of today. there is no fixed time for us to reach a conclusion. . >> so, there you have it. a lot of this is happening behind closed doors. we don't know what is on the tail. with the russian foreign minister having arrived today and news that a chinese high level dig natry is on his way it appears that the heavy hitters are coming to down or are already here, and some are taking that as a sip that we may -- sign that we may see a breakthrough. >> phil itner, live from geneva. th

european union should from a very beginning and involve russia in the stocks i think that is use a trilateral agreement between the russian of the european union crame on all kinds of talks starting from zero three to more of an. energy will be key for the over the next couple of weeks and months. for more on why he got cold feet over the deal to go to r.t. dot com and there we point to all the financial hurdle standing in the way of the cream in town and at the top of that list is the price of natural gas. may just find a way around that though by drilling fish tail gas the she trains signed cooperation deals with oil giant shell and chevron which could help the country slash domestic fuel costs but the benefits of this technology balanced. explore that a little later in the private ground. zero site coming up encouraging figures from the u.k. raise hopes of an economic turnaround that diet is say falling living standards and widening inequality is more trouble than the stories are coming up after a quick break. terrorists are simply a bad groups of people located throughout the world no dif

european union should from the very beginning and involve russia in the stocks i think that this is a trilateral agreement between russia the european union crame all kinds of talks starting from zero three to more of an. energy will be key for that over the next couple of weeks and months. and to discover more on why kiev chose to freeze the deal to go to r.t. dot com and there we've got a list of all the financial hurdle standing in the way of the green mint. head for you in the program encouraging figures from the u.k. raise hopes of an economic turnaround but diet is safe falling living standards and wiping inequality mean there's more trouble down the road than a former afghan m.p. explains to the math he is running keeping president karzai strong through his final months in office these stories are coming up after a quick break. this is the place that has been consecrated to god for almost a thousand years people came here twenty years ago to reestablish last a life on this island. and people feel the love of christ working. people so you can. come to something happens on this island that

european union should but from the very beginning involved russia and the stalks i think that this trilateral agreement between. russia the european union the crane on all kinds of talks starting from trade to more than valueless until of course energy will be key for the for the next couple of weeks and months end of the day though why does it have to be one or the other why can't you create have close ties with russia and the e.u. or is that never going to work. well i two months ago at the valdai club dinner was put in. mr prodi who was head of the european commission for many years that can see this happening crane will be both a member of the eurasian union and member of the european union or at least associated member of the european union as associated member of the race i think the commission's enormous political scientists well the technical staff to be done should work on this kind of model and i think the chief and after all the view was i think that russia and ukraine they both want to be european countries the problem is that the european union has norms and standards which still

. -- to do diversify the network, we are strengthening trilateral cooperation.e are urging them to cooperate more closely amongst hemselves. when it comes to china, we seek to operationalize a new model of major power relations. that means managing inevitable competition while forging deeper cooperation on issues where our interests converge. in asia and beyond, we both seek the denuclearization to the nuclear crisis, a stable and secure afghanistan, and an end to conflict in sudan. here are opportunities to take concerted action in places like sub-saharan africa where sustainable growth would deliver lasting benefit to the peoples of africa, as well as to both of our countries. where are improving the quality of our hairy -- of our military relationship with china. we work on issues like counter piracy and maritime security. good military engagement and transparency -- greater military engagement and transparency can help with the stress and competition while augmenting high-level communication that has been a hallmark of this administration's approach to china

are driving ttp and ttip on some of these negotiations with wto but across asia their bilateral trilateral regional negotiations going on but by other countries and the question isn't whether we are going to open these markets are not. we either going to open them on our terms or they will be open on on other people's terms on other people's terms and we will have to take their standards and have their disciplines as the status quo. it's infinitely better for us to be the one that helped to set the standards and leveling the playing field. >> on that note when we take a couple of questions from the audience for ambassador froman. while you are thinking i have one for you. the ttp in some regard has been described as the anti-china trade agreement and it's going to see to address some of the problems that the united states has had with china's obligations under an failure to adhere to the wto. can you tell us what ttp is going to do that wto didn't do regarding china because almost everybody in this room has a business in china and almost everybody in this room has dealt with these problems

to diversify the network of security relationships in the region, we are strengthening trilateral cooperation with our allies and security partners and encouraging them to cooperate more closely among themselves. when it comes to china, we seek to operationalize a new model of major power relations. that means managing inevitable competition while forging deeper cooperation on issues where our interests converge. in asia and beyond. we both seek the denuclearization of the korean peninsula, a peaceful resolution to the iranian nuclear crisis, a stable and secure afghanistan and in end to conflict in the sudan. there are opportunities for us to take concerted action to bolster peace and development in places like sub-saharan africa where sustainable growth will deliver everlasting benefit to the people of africa as well as both of our countries. we are improving the quality of our military-to-military relationship with china as we enhance our strategic security dialogs and cooperate on issues like countering piracy and maritime security. greater military engagement and transparency can help us