u.s. state department. and the syrian government. russia is certainly not if hearing to the cease fire they're not adhering to the cease fire because they continue to sponsor and back but. government violence in the rubble and terrorists held damascus suburb escalated earlier this month with both sides accusing each other of targeting civilians the u.n. security council unanimously adopted a month long resolution across the country additionally russia has also sponsored a five day lead truce to help civilians skate violence in eastern. however terrorists show the humanitarian corridor that's according to russia's defense ministry which had helped to set up the route before it was a time just minutes later not a single civilian was able to leave the enclave on tuesday the u.s. state department though accuses russia are paying too much attention to one of the last terrorist hotbeds in syria. i find it ironic when russia calls for a humanitarian road a humanitarian zone you know what humanitarian zone is it's the entirety of syria not j

u.s. state department accusations that moscow and the syrian government. russia is certainly not its hearing to this cease fire they're not adhering to the cease fire because they continue to sponsor and back to charlotte assad's government and the violence in the rebel held damascus suburb escalated earlier this month with both sides accusing each other of targeting civilians the u.n. security council has adopted a month long cease fire resolution all across the country or as russia sponsored a five hour daily truce to help civilians escape the fighting in eastern. however the terrorists show the humanitarian corridor that's according to russia's defense ministry which helped set up the route before it was a time just minutes later was meant to enable civilians to leave the area due to the militant shelling of a single civilian was able to leave the area on tuesday the u.s. state department again though has been highly critical of the russian humanitarian corridor. i find it ironic when russia calls for a humanitarian road a humanitarian zone you know wha

u.s. state department slams russia's humanitarian efforts in ceres eastern ghouta allegations echoing those made during the liberation of aleppo that is terrorist shelling prevents hundreds of civilians from leaving the enclave and also to come this hour the german chancellor angela merkel acknowledges for the very first time existence of so-called no go zones in the country the belgian government faces a backlash over plans to make it easier for the police to conduct raids on homes in migrants we speak to a woman whose home was raided after she took in seasonings teenager. welcome you're watching out international this wednesday afternoon which just gone two o'clock here in the russian capital now our top story that russia sponsored humanitarian pause in series east and peter is into its second day however civilians have been unable to exploit the pause to escape the war torn damascus suburb terrorists shelling a point that's been stressed by russia's foreign minister deal with the. export of the militants entrenched and due to continue to shell damascus preventing any deliveries and the e

u.s. state department claims russia isn't sticking to the un backed cease fire in syria in tuesday's press briefing they also blamed moscow for continuing to support syrian president bashar assad. russia is certainly not adhering to the cease fire they're not adhering to the cease fire because they continue to sponsor and back but shar all assad's government doherty's washington correspondents america on the sure that the syrian army is following the ceasefire but militants are not even though foreign minister lavrov has called upon armed opposition groups to comply with the ceasefire order in eastern good at tuesday morning to allow civilians to leave the district but moscow says that civilians can't leave the district because militants are shelling humanitarian corridors now are also spoke about this particular topic she thinks that all of syria should be a humanitarian so not just some corridors i find it ironic when russia calls for a humanitarian road a humanitarian zone you know what humanitarian zone is it's the entirety of syria not just one little area that russia cutely tries to

u.s. state department that is trying to blame russia or some other power when they really have lost their foothold in syria and ability to do anything even if it's a humanitarian reason or to protect people. in the u.s. state of a junior at least eleven people have been taken ill after a suspicious letter was opened at the maya military base in arlington the building where the letter was opened just being evacuated base officials are coordinating with local crews specializing in hazardous materials and the f.b.i. are investigating the case and reports. well joint meyer base henderson hall that's a military installation near the city of arlington virginia very close to washington d.c. and apparently a package containing a hazardous material now we don't know what hazardous material it is but a hazardous material was delivered on the scene it was delivered this package and now eleven people are ill because of what was in this package this substance now i understand the arlington fire department is on the scene and people in hazmat suits are also on the scene from what we understand now this

u.s. state department says that small michigan reports of the attack in duma which is the third suspected use of chemical weapons in a month it follows white has briefings that washington could use military force to deter the syrian government we are watching very carefully and the united states is an extremely concerned about yet another report of the use of chlorine gas by syria the syrian regime to terrorize innocent civilians in the east good of syria outside of damascus if confirmed the attack is the third reported instance in the past thirty days in east ghouta we take the allegations of chemical weapons use very seriously and are working with our partners on the ground to investigate the reports we will continue to seek accountability through all of ailill diplomatic mechanisms including the united nations security council and the organization for their prohibition of chemical weapons for the confirmed use of chemical weapons by any party we call in the. international community to hold the perpetrators of these attacks accountable and will speak with the united way's in condemnatio

u.s. state department spokeswoman and comments you already see the united states really getting out of the way the united states has more than two thousand troops in syria not one of them is lifting a finger to go anywhere near eastern good to and in addition to that the u.s. commander in the area general of child said today that the u.s. interest in syria is just to combat isis he made no mention of going against the government of bashar assad and he made no mention of helping the civilians and use are good to us so i think when you look at what the united states is actually doing on the ground militarily and what the military u.s. military commanders are saying and doing there they're basically standing aside for russia to work with the syrian government to retake this territory really good to get your thoughts on this hillary mann leverett thank you very much indeed. thank you very much the afghan government says it will set no preconditions for peace negotiations with the taliban and the announcement comes hours after the armed groups said it was willing to talk to the united states to

u.s. state department has expressed concern about the repercussions this legislation could have on poland's strategic interests and relationships including with the united states and israel. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was even more forceful. under no circumstances will we accept any attempt to rewrite history or limitation on truthful historical research to become law the bill must still be signed by poland's president meanwhile security has been increased at the israeli embassy in warsaw amid fears of protests by nationalist polish groups or earlier we spoke to rabbi marvin hier he's the founder of the simon visa and toll center a jewish human rights organization and we asked him for his reaction to the bill. because it's a bad piece of legislation because it gives them they have totally absolved happy people who walk around the streets saying see it was totally the germans it was doesn't think is polish and the seventy's polish and the seventy's are during the war even in the in the years preceding the war was and known fact. and it wasn't only in one city or one town t

u.s. state department says it deeply troubled by the knees. the man who drove his van into a crowd outside a london mosque last year has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder one person was killed nine others were injured when darin also rammed his van into worshippers in finn's ri park prosecutors say all school was motivated by a hatred of muslims for refugees have been shot in the french port city of cali after a fight broke out over a meal distribution the fight between eritrean and afghan refugees police moved in to break it up and it's not immediately clear how before was shot while the nine hundred fifty nine is in south africa remains stuck underground after a storm knocked out power sixty five miners have been rescued witness is next. given the number. of end there are plenty more to stop the montgomery how they come . about but it's up to my thumb or lack of a casus on that i'm glad. i'm glad i'm out. there though. in the coming along and in the back of the board. that would. go to l.a. they wouldn't happen at a come. on a

u.s. state department says north korea canceled a planned meeting with vice president mike pence at the last minute he was supposed to hold talks with government representatives during a limpid games in south korea young reportedly scrapped the idea after pens denounced the north's human rights abuses clashes between police and squatters on the outskirts of peru's capital lima have left at least one person dead officers fired tear gas canisters to clear the area the evicted residents say the land had been on used for years. brazil's senate has approved a decree that authorizes the army to take command of police forces in the state of rio de janeiro now this measure comes in a bid to curb violence driven by drug gangs brazil's president michel temora said they have quote virtually taken over urban rio. to the u.s. where last week's mass shooting at a florida high school has ignited a new push to end gun violence seventeen people were killed in the massacre now the surviving students are leading the movement for change pressuring state lawmakers to pass tighter gun control laws but on tuesday

u.s. state department says north korea canceled a planned meeting with vice president mike pence apple last minute he was supposed to hold talks with government representatives during the olympic games in south korea pyongyang reportedly scrapped that idea after pens denounce the north's human rights abuses. time to check in with the berlin film festival now and yesterday saw a screening of gus van sant latest film don't worry he won't go far on foot it's based on the true story of a cartoonist battling disability and alcoholism it was a highly anticipated film at the berlin allah but the excitement wasn't universal. what came phoenix and press conference is apparently not a good mix his media performance wasn't quite up to his acting performance when it came to promoting his new film. doesn't like press conferences at all but was a director like good will hunting is gus van sant he could be forgiven for thinking the film itself. it tells the story of controversial american cartoonist john callahan exploring his life as a quadriplegic and his long battle with alcoholism. john tells. a story

u.s. state department says north korea canceled a planned meeting with vice president mike pence at the last minute he was supposed to hold talks with government representatives during the olympic games and south korea. reportedly scrapped the idea after pence denounced the north's human rights abuses. clashes between police and squatters on the outskirts of peru's capital lima have left at least one person dead officers fired tear gas canisters to clear the area the evicted residents say the land had been unused for years. and at least five thousand people have been cut off by landslides and hundreds of tourists are stranded after a powerful storm battered new zealand's south highlands the storm was the tail end of cycle which tore through several pacific nations last week. to the u.s. now were last week's mass shooting at a florida high school has ignited a new push to end gun violence seventeen people were killed in that massacre now the surviving students are leading the movement for change pressuring state lawmakers to pass tighter gun control laws but on tuesday they suffered a setback

u.s. state department sees it. russia is certainly not hearing to the cease fire they're not adhering to the cease fire because they continue to sponsor and back bashar al assad's government that is tragic as a result of that we are seeing innocent civilians and you've all seen the video many of you are parents you have seen the children who are suffering and dying you've seen the innocent people doing that paid groups are still waiting to deliver desperately needed supplies so imagine. if you have aid being able to be there that we can't imagine it's really getting got first big for the people inside the residents of eastern are going to use a brief lull in the fighting to clear the rubble and hope the next pause brings real relief. let's bring in diana seaman here she's a syria researcher from amnesty international and joins us now from beirut how does the temporary cease fire brought any relief to the people of eastern go to. not yet i mean people who've interviewed her and side of history would have told us tha

u.s. state department sees it. russia is certainly not hearing to the cease fire they're not adhering to the cease fire because they continue to sponsor him back but shar all assad's government that is tragic as a result of that we are seeing innocent civilians and you've all seen the video many of you are parents you have seen the children who are suffering and dying you've seen the innocent people doing that aid groups are still waiting to deliver desperately needed supplies so imagine. that you have aid being able to be there so that we can imagine it's really getting across the big for the people inside the residence of eastern are going to use a brief lull in the fighting to clear the rubble and hope the next pause brings real relief. now to some other stories making headlines around the world today at least ten people have been killed in sectarian violence in northern nigeria local. reportedly fled a conflict between christian farmers and muslim herders the army says its soldiers killed ten herdsmen who were

u.s. state department sees it. russia is certainly not hearing to the cease fire they're not adhering to the cease fire because they continue to sponsor him back to shar all assad's government that is tragic as a result of that we are seeing innocent civilians and you've all seen the video many of you are parents you have seen the children who are suffering and dying you've seen the innocent people doing that aid groups are still waiting to deliver desperately needed supplies so imagine. that if you have aid being able to be there that we can imagine it's really getting got most of it for the people inside the residence of eastern are going to use a brief lull in the fighting to clear the rubble and hope the next pause brings real relief. me down draw indeed obvious correspondent out into to in moscow oh welcome our not quite clearly this is a five hour. did he choose is not working in easton and now that even reports that militia backed by the syrian government have ended who tell and this fighting going on if thi

u.s. state department, again, an organization, an agency to whom he had previously provided intelligence from his private research work. the state department told him "this is the kind of thing that needs to go to the fbi, not us." thereafter, he spoke with a justice department official, an official he had worked with on the soccer case, justice department official bruce ohr. then after that, while he was ringing alarm bells wherever he could about what he saw as the seriousness of what he was finding out, that's when he ended up meeting with those fbi agents in rome. that's where he reportedly gathered that the bureau had independently developed information that appeared to match some of his reports. soon thereafter we had the election, trump won, after the election steele "quickly provided a full review of his findings for a senior british official, a step he had told the fbi in rome he would take in the case of a trump victory. " then in december a former british diplomat arranged to meet with republican senator john mccain on the sidelines of a security conference in canada, again to try

u.s. state department has expressed concern about the repercussions this legislation could have on poland strategic interests and relationships including with the united states and israel. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was even more forceful. no circumstances will we accept any attempt to rewrite history or limitation on truthful historical research to become law the bill must still be signed by poland's president meanwhile security has been increased at the israeli embassy in warsaw amid fears of protests by nationalist polish groups. they were happy to be joined now by susanna from the absalom school for heritage memory and material culture she's been doing research on contemporary european memories is also a polish citizen good morning to you thanks for being with us today israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying this legislation is trying to change history and deny the holocaust is that right now it's not right it's not denying the holocaust but in fact it's denying a very important part of its reality. they were researching the whole golden harvest young girl

u.s. justice department fifteen people were mentioning in the u.s. that should think against the billions on the budgets of the intelligence agencies against the intelligence counted ten digits against the state of the art technology so upset yes but this is america's move to and it's cool reality by the way why i think he apparently wants the only number with bob this is she a sions announce that only her at this point we also have a response from the president of the united states donald trump who earlier was briefed by the department of justice prior to their releasing of this indictment now donald trump stated on twitter he said russia started their anti us campaign in two thousand and fourteen long before i announce that i would run for president the results of the election were not impacted and the trump campaign did nothing wrong and he repeated the phrase often used throughout the process he repeated the phrase ending his tweet with no collusion furthermore we have a statement from the white house press secretary on behalf of the white house in which they urged americans to unite against what they call the bad actors saying that americans must unite to protect the integrity of democra

u.s. state department has expressed concern about the repercussions this legislation could have on poland'sategic interest and relationships including with the united states and israel. >> and israeli prime minister into minette yahoo! was even more forceful -- benjamin netanyahu was even more forceful. >> under no circumstances will we accept any effort to rewrite history. to become law, the bill must be signed by poland's president. security has been increased in warsaw amid protests by national polish groups. brent: earlier we spoke to a rabbi, founder of the simon beeson told center. we asked him for his reaction to the bill. >> it is a bad piece of legislation because it gives them, they are totally absolved. people can walk around the streets saying, see, it was totally the germans, there is no such thing as polish anti-semitism. polish anti-semitism during the war, even in the years preceding the war, was a known factor. and it was only in one city or one town. that should be acknowledged by today's polish government. we very much welcome the fact that the polish government today is

u.s. state department saying it could be the chemical attack in certain days where we know. yes well according to the local council in duma that is eastern route of course they say that it is confirmed that this is the third one on the thirteenth one of the twenty second and one yesterday they also say doctors there say that the patients who came into the hospital showed the symptoms of what would equate with inhalation of korean gas you have some bodies who sort of trying to verify the facts on the ground in syria because of course it is very much a propaganda war looking at the canisters used and saying that they all have the same serial number seemingly from the same batch and you mentioned earlier now we've had the u.s. reacting expressing concern chlorine gas of course was not under that agreement in two thousand and thirteen when damascus agreed to give up its chemical weapons program and the weapons that it had because in two thousand and thirteen agencies briefly in the same area of eastern that horrific chemical gas attack which killed over a thousand three hundred

u.s. appears to be attempting to try and tone down the rhetoric we have not heard from president trump in the course of the day we have only heard as i stated from state department and from the pentagon but there does appear to be the desire to keep the rhetoric toned down not to allow the situation to flush out of control the u.s. very clearly trying to stay out of it apart from expressing its full support for israel which is not a surprise but at the same time it appears to be making very clear that it will be taking no active role in whatever happens out of this. brief signs of combat in that particular region but once again as i said there will be concern in the pentagon as to the wider ramifications particularly in those ongoing activities within syria all right mike hanna live for us in washington d.c. mike thank you. the u.s. made f. sixteen is the western world's most prolific fighter aircraft in the past forty years it is small it is light it is agile and relatively cheaper than other jets and issues by at least twenty six countries the area flown by the israeli military has specific technology wicket which can be used to defeat anti-aircraft missiles b

u.s. justice department fifteen people were mentioning in the u.s. election against the billion dollar budgets of the intelligence agencies against the intelligence counted teligent against the state of the art technologies upset yes this is america's model and its core reality by the way why thirty apparently that's the only number with bad associations announce that only hope the parties in question are said to formulate the plans to bolster donald trump and disparage hillary clinton using methods ranging from organizing political rallies to posing as grassroots groups but some of the tactics listed are questionable and one instance russians are said to have fun the construction of a cage aboard a flatbed truck and then to have paid someone to wear a costume portraying clinton in a prison uniform to sit in it defense also allegedly purchased advertisements on facebook to promote a rally. titled support hillary save american muslims not sure how that fits in with the pro trump anti hillary agenda and let's not forget efforts claim to have been made on social media where the russians are meant to abuse fake identities to push divisive hashtags and topics according to the document

u.s. state department security agents assigned to protect more than 200 u.s.letes and the 60,000 american spectators expected here. >> we always have contingency plans, ranging from everything small, a fire in a venue could be one thing all the way up to the more extreme scenarios. >> reporter: the american flag is now flying over the olympic village. and like the athletes, these elite units have trained for years for this moment. saying tonight they are ready for anything and everything. officials say there is no threat here at the park, but security teams are dealing with another possible problem. a potential outbreak of norovirus has sidelined 1200 men and women who work these checkpoints behind me. the military is now stepping in. folks are trying to keep the athletes and public safe as the games get set to begin. >> miguel alma geguer, thank you. >>> and now to an exclusive, one of the most popular events, figure skating, and one that's most plagued with scandal. at the center is a judging system that is said to contain nationalistic bias. stephanie gosk

today as secure as any country in the world there are five areas listed as no go areas by the state department u.s. state department no but i mean when i said this because i compared with two thousand fifteen when we had the first terrorist attack attack and then on the night two thousand sixteen today i think that our forces are better trained well equipped but not as secure as any country in the world as most of the country's elite yes when you read what the state department has to say give you an example western mountains and chandon national park terrorist groups continue to operate in the mountains of western tunisia job are ok for. kasserine the algerian border terrorist groups continue to operate in these areas city busied in central tunisia terrorist groups continue to operate in this area that doesn't sound very safe frankly these are the first days apartment there's no was talking about let me tell you these are the fringes i mean on the border of tunisia these are you have talking about mountains and these mountains of course we've never said that talk about territory in tunisia yet but

u.s. state department saying that the united states is in syria purely for two reasons one to destroy these lambing state and two to stabilize the situation in the country i'd like to point out that earlier in just a few months ago. this was there was only one reason for u.s. troops to be present in the sovereign nation of syria namely to fight the islamic state now a few months later. they have really two reasons that instead of one that you can essentially. rasika we have a lot of questions about what the americans are doing in syria quite often they operate with the invitation of the official syrian government without any us. sanction of the un security council but it was their idea. in order to fight it seriously and russia has agreed to cooperate with the u.s. military since. they've always said that the only purpose of being a series is to defeat high since they say this is their sole purpose of being there and now that these let me state the military and political component has been destroyed. the americans came up with another reason for being there they say they have to stay in syr

u.s. justice department fifteen people were mentioning in the u.s. election against the billion dollar budgets of the intelligence agencies against the intelligence counted against the state of the art technologies upset yes but this is america's most political reality by the way why thirty apparently that's the only number with bad associations announce that. the parties in question are said to formulate a plans to bolster donald trump and disparage hillary clinton using methods ranging from organizing political rallies to posing as grassroots groups but some of the tactics listed are questionable and one instance russians are said to have fun of the construction of a cage aboard a flatbed truck and then to have paid someone to wear a costume portraying clinton in a prison uniform to sit in it defense also allegedly purchased advertisements on facebook to promote a rally titled support hillary save american muslims not sure how that fits in with the pro trump anti hillary agenda and let's not forget efforts claim to have been made on social media where the russians are meant to have use fake identities to push divisive hashtags and topics according to the document the fa

u.s. state department security agents assigned to protect more than 200 u.s.thletes and the 60,000 american spectators expected here. >> we always have contingency plans, ranging from small things, a fire in a venue to the more extreme scenarios. >> reporter: the american flag is now flying over the olympic village and like the athletes, these elite units have trained for years for this moment. saying they are ready for anything and everything. >> our thanks for that report. >> and bill is back with us, more on this winter storm we are facing, bill. >> good morning again, we will show you the timing of the storm. we went through the amounts. 7:00 a.m., snowing hard is the blue. and moving in to eastern pennsylvania the green and the yellow is the rain. in between, there's a coating of ice in southern ohio. and pennsylvania will deal with icy conditions. new york city, noon, going to rain and if you will phil ra-- and d.c. rain. could be a little bit of a problem. as we go through wednesday afternoon, the heavier snows will shift. requesting his own all-out mil

u.s. state department blames iran for the escalation of violence. roxana saberi has the latest from our london bureau. >> reporter: the israeli f-16 crashed in northern israel after coming under fire from syria. both pilots ejected. israel says the jet was one of several it scrambled on saturday after it intercepted an iranian drone that entered israeli air space. israel later carried out more strikes in syria. syria has turned into an international blatle field. a week ago, syrian rebels shot down a russian jet. video released on social media claims to show the pilot parachuting from the plane before he reportedly killed thoims avoid being captured. and over the past few weeks, turkey has launched an offensive against u.s.-backed kurdish fighters in northern syria, claiming they are terrorists. at a hospital in the northern city of afrin, this doctor says every day his team is treating numbers of the civilians injured in the attacks. the death toll is soaring across syria. the u.n. says it's received reports of nearly 300 civilians killed just in t

u.s. justice department fifteen people were mentioning in the u.s. election against the billions on the budgets of the intelligence agencies against the intelligence counted teligent against the state of the art technology so upset yes but this is america's modern political reality by the way why thirty apparently that's the only number with bad associations and that's that only hope. the justice department actually. meddled well it starts actually back in two thousand and fourteen and goes up to the run up to the election and is specifically talking about the interference that it was so do have been conducted in reference to the presidential election where it says that they formulated plans to bolster donald trump and disparage hillary clinton and the methods range from organizing political rallies and posing as grassroots groups to posting online but some of the test tactics that are listed in this document are a bit questionable in one instance russians are said to have paid an unidentified person to build a cage aboard a flat flatbed truck but for what reasons it's not entirely clear in another instance apparently someone was paid to wear a clinton hillary clinton costume in a

u.s. state department spokesperson has a new it also commented on the situation in syria and lambasted russia over it she had some harsh words for r.t. as well. b. shout to the russian government to implore them to stop enabling the syrian regime to do what is stealing to its own people is russia listening i'm not sure that they are but i would encourage each of you to ask russia take these questions to vladimir take these questions to r.t. to sputnik asking them those very questions what are they doing to stop the devastation the deaths and the murders that are taking place in syria i think what she tried to say is that any kind of civilian deaths that take place in the course of the syrian government offensive are the responsible of the russian government because the russians are supporting the syrians so therefore anything they say the syrians are guilty of russia is guilty of to that same principle could be applied for example when the iraqi forces recovered mosul from diane or one of the kurdish led forces the s.d.f. recovered rocka from di actually in both cases with strong american air

u.s. state department scholarship and he worked for a new york law firm which represented the organization commodity a group that appeared earlier when we learned about the color revolutions and we're dealing with a democratic bloodless revolution this is the revolution of roses and this is mikail saakashvili with camara busy overthrowing the legitimately elected president eduard shevardnadze. but. that's because. soon after the rose revolution blossom fully george announced its intentions to join nato and plant fresh nato military bases in the fertile soil right on russia's border never ever will give our freedom and independence never ever will give any piece of our territory saakashvili is mission was accomplished at least with his friends and nato the georgian populace wasn't quite as happy though in two thousand and seven they took to the streets to voice discontent and mr saakashvili responded with force. the people's discontent. saakashvili party lost parliamentary elections and the opposition took control he said this means that the parliamentary majority and new government as the

u.s. state department says t it is deepubled by reports of mass graves containing the bodies of hundreds of rohingya muslims in myanmar. the associated press says it uncovered evidence of a massacre in rakhine state last august by the military. myanmar's governme denied mass killings and says it will investigate. threof kenya'biggest television stations remain off rulingpite a court saying the shutdown should be lifted. they tried to broadcast opposition politician raila od inga swearing himself in as president. the kenyan government has de aribed the ceremony as an of treason. british prime minister theresa may has indicated she will a proposal to grant of residency rights to eu citizens during the transition period. the prime minister is facing tense pressure at home from within her own conservative party.ts her commave been criticized by senior eu officials. nuwell, as theresa may con her visit to china, the biggest -- british government has told the bbc it is concerned about treatment of muslims in the western chinese region. in the last few months, there rts been an increase of re of e

u.s. state department i mean almost immediately said this was a legitimate government and that was part of this effort to get regime change instead of trying to find some way to revive the for going twenty first agreement where maybe you could bring back in a titular way that became not a possibility anymore then you had eastern ukraine resisting crimea wanting to break away and things rapidly escalating. voters will decide sunday whether they'll leave ukraine enjoying russia the campaign with the slogan together with russia has the backing of moscow the crimea situation the referendum is also happening during this period very quickly. indeed. karim. you. know. but it's done that was through it. that then you. see that the. crimean authorities sensing the mood of the populace fully supported victory on a covert his decision to postpone the two thousand and thirteen european union association deal and side deeper ties to russia. as the events in kiev took their course crimean authorities issued a declaration putting into words the fears. it's people based on the will of the crimea who elect

u.s. state department official and worked in the white house during the reagan administration the division was along geographic lines traditionally russian eastern ukraine voted for you. while western ukraine chose use janko by the announced result viktor yuschenko lost to victory on a covert age but thousands of people didn't agree with it and they came to the central square of kiev on the twenty second of november. the situation received wide news coverage of the country's election commission ignored reports of fraud declaring kremlin backed victory the winner international politicians such as former general secretary of nato. became frequent guests in kiev initiating negotiations between parties in a full thirty odd it will. be able to come to. the results of the negotiations however were often reached only on paper thus you shan't go never told the supporters to stop blocking government buildings in central kiev. and therefore these nonviolent and very orange protests lasted for a month during which time the previous election results were no marred by massive corruption and new electio

u.s. state department described the latest incident as a calculated escalation started by iran now it started with israel intercepting what it claimed to be an iranian drone crossing israeli airspace israeli forces that reacted by bombing twelve targets in syria including so-called iranian facilities syria then shot down an israeli jet calling it a response to a violation of airspace but the perspectives in syria and israel on the situation differ in certain respects. confirming. syrian air defenses intercepted israeli fighter jets that were carrying out an airstrike on location in central part of the country and then later on some news agency the state news agency said that israel carried out subsequent strikes on locations west and south of the syrian capital damascus and also said that the fences from the tsunami have been intercepting piece attacks we all we can also confirm that the sites that are targeted in the earlier attack that took place on don't today is the t for everybody in central syria in the deserts of central syria near a problem iran my military sources are saying that the

u.s. state department has said that it still considers the y.p. ji as an ally in the fight against ice or doubt and this is my question i mean ok now you're saying there is verbal commitment from the u.s. that they will stop or they have stopped supplying weapons but in the end of the day the u.s. and turkey are meant to be nato allies in the end of the day the u.s. make use of turkish air base interlink air base why why have you not been more forceful in making the u.s. troops between its ally and between a group that you consider to be a seriously is moot double stand that particle that you know our fight against terrorism we see this double standard in the united states in the united states even. then secretary of defense carter and also the current chief of general stuff for at mit it there and still they still admit that there is no difference between kicky and white b.g. if there is no difference that they are you at mit it means that both of them are terrorist organization this is the double standard in europe also many political parties po