against ukraine. to mislead the world community, russian leadership ordered to take off the insignia's of its military servicemen and identification markers of its military equipment. they abandoned their soldiers captured on the battlefield and cynically used mobile -- [indiscernible] -- to eliminate traces of his crime on ukrainian soil. an hour like to stress -- and i would like to stress it is neither a civil war nor in internal conflict. -- occupied by russia in the crimea constitute approximately 44,000 square kilometers. millions of ukrainians have found themselves under the occupation. the goal of this war is to force ukraine -- ukrainian people to and up its sovereign choice -- in building free, democratic, and european states. all this is against the backdrop of -- [indiscernible] ,- about brotherly people related language, and common future. in fact, we are dealing here with a desire to return to the imperial times with a desperate attempt to attain information at others'expense. over the 2

ambassador to ukraine as well. so as arms control declined, he has focused a lot of attention on the croyss of central europe and now working on his next book which is on ukraine. like many of you, i am more worried about this than i might be and more worried that we have to think about shoring up the current for that and other problems with russia. today's event focuses on the starting point of the notion of what is inherit to the psyche of the russians and what extent can we define paradimes e plain them and try to root them in russian history and politics and try to discern which way the russian state may be headed and to the degree we have influence on that how we might exercise that influence. we looked at the notion of this and it came trying to think it ten years out of the road. as you are aware, hecht stay another decade in power. and there is every possibility he might try. there is a separate question of what extend the russian population is really with him. and what extent the political syst system coul

, france, and journey on eastern ukraine. there was some sign of progress, including an agreement on pulling heavy weapons back from the front and recommitment to minsk these accords. another summit is scheduled one-month from now, a sign of progress in and of itself. >> the welcome for russian president vladimir putin was friendly, if not warm, although many fear that the recent developments in syria would overshadow the meeting, the leaders appeared to focus on ukraine. there were signs of progress in an atmosphere that has improved largely because the cease-fire in eastern ukraine is holding. however, president francois hollande said that much time has been wasted. >> it is probable, if not certain, that given that three months required to organize efforts, we shall go beyond the date regarding the minsk agreement, that is saying the 31st of december this year. >> german chancellor angela merkel expressed optimism about the talks. speaking about the various laws that need to be passed by the ukrainian parliament, she added

putin's objectives in ukraine? crimea in the immediate of jan a code which leaving kiev was a target of opportunity. it seems to me you do not have a russian interest in that territory. concept of about the a southern ukraine breaking away. they saw there was no public support for it in ukraine. the russians have been using it as a way to distract the government and making it harder for the government to succeed. can you get the russians to change that decision? seenr ago, one could have the basis for a win-win solution. powerind of evolution of and talking about status to russian language. he was not prepared to say no nato ever. they were prepared to have a dialogue. it doesn't have a negative impact on the relations. there was no interest shown by the kremlin in picking up on that. therussians, destabilization. i do not know that when you have seen a change today. since september, there has been a real cease-fire. maybe in the next couple of still a lot of parts of the agreement from february that have not been

ukraine wants to be democrat ex. ukraine wants to look toward the rest. ukraine doesn't want to be dom nayed by russia. we should give them all the support they deserve. that's what the united states does. that's what the united states is all about. and that's what this resolution does. so i urge my colleagues to support this measure and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: it's my pleasure to yield three minutes to the gentleman who is the author of the resolution, mr. cicilline of rhode island. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and rise to support house resolution 348, supporting free elections in ukraine. i want to thank chairman royce and ranking member engel for their strong support and co-sponsorship of this legislation which i

usaid ukraine. you have presented three rational, value free models of what might happen in russia, but it is something you have only barely alluded to. fact that russia is a major clip talker see. economy, theo the drive of many of those in power, it would seem would be to enrich themselves. unlike free to comment on where that could be part of the picture. as far as the club talker seek -- to the extent corruption reduces the amount of defenses in the russian industry to build up power, i can live with that. on where russia is going in latin america, i tend to put it isn the category of mischiefmaking. it is designed to tweak us. 1991 until about 2006, the russian navy was not going to cuba or venezuela. that was basically because they did not have the money to go that far. 2006, you had greater flows that and devoted to their military, you could see the resumption of flights going down into latin america. was new if you are looking back to 1991. i would look at it as mischiefmaking and part of it

ukraine is a gas importing country. russia has to export, ukraine has to import. so this deal was always going to be done at one point or another. >> thanks. a court in iran reached a verdict in the case of the jailed u.s. reporter. it's unclear what it is or whether he's been sentenced. he's been held for more than 400 days on accusations of spying. the paper's editor called the announcement vague and puzzling. it disputed the allegation that he was a spy. >> increasingly clear that the final decision about how jason's case will be handled made by political authorities, not by judicial ones. we have already heard from the president that iran is willing to move his case towards conclusion if the united states does something in return. the court process that's been going on for months and months and months in some ways is just the first act. the final decision needs to be made by iran's highest authorities. >> more on the details of the case and the campaign to free him. >> for months his name flashed outside the headquarters of the washington post reminding passer

. >> former usaid, ukraine. you have presented three very rational value free models of what might happen in russia, but it's something that you are only barely eluding two. the fact that russia is the major plutocracy, a huge drain on resources they enrich themselves. i would like you to comment on where that fits into your picture. >> do you want to start this round? >> in general i oppose corruption. to the extent that corruption reduces the amount of research, i can live with that. on where russia is going and latin america, i tend to put that in the category of its mischiefmaking.mischiefmakin g. it is designed to because. and for a long period from 1991 until1991 until 2005, 2006 the russian navy was not going to cuba or venezuela. and that. that was basically because they did not have the money to go that far. greater flows from the russian government and they begin to look more to the military and begin to be able to buy the fuel. and you saw the presumption that was something that was knew. but if you w

there are grounds to fear that ukraine at least at this moment, eastern ukraine could be headed for a frozen conflict. and russia can maintain control while also claiming progress in the minsk' talks. from thee just heard ukrainian president petro poroshenko saying that he feels optimistic following this toxin we heard from the kremlin, a spokesperson saying the talks usinesslike and all sides have her nude there -- have word.d their " minsk a court has had some issues. do you share the view that there are signs of progress in the peace process? >> there is progress for sure. we are seeing the escalation of tension for the past month and on september 1, that seems to be holding out. on the political process i think there is numerous challenges and the big one is obviously the separatist election. said the hollande elections would probably be postponed. this is due to give the five more sides more time to resolve the issues. anchor: what sort of concessions can you assume were made during those talks? moreu think for example autonomy for eastern regions or amnesty for separatists are t

-- sanctions houck in ukraine -- in ukraine. given that russia is the elephant in the syrian room, how does nato keep pressure on russia in ukraine or does ukraine become a bargaining chip. >> first of all, we will never acceptpt that ukraine becomes a bargaining chip, especially not related to any of the events taking place in syria or the middle east. the important thing is that nato support for the territorial integrity, for the sovereignty , is unwavering. we continue to support ukraine and we support new crane politically. but also, , we provide -- suppot ukraine politically. also, we provide practical support. we went to expand and move forward on the cooperation between nato and ukraine, and we will continue to support them. i would like to add that it is encouraging that t cease-fire now is holding, and that is the first time since the cease-fire , and sincelast fall the first of september, the cease-fire has mainly been respected. agreedtion, the parties trilateral workingroup today to remove all heavy weapons with less

charlie: ukraine, you and i have talked about ukraine before. many believe that as a result of what happened in ukraine and crimea, the united states imposed sanctions and those sanctions have hurt russia and that you believe by reemerging and trying to be a positive force around the world and in syria, that it might somehow lessen the focus on ukraine. pres. putin: do you mean that will help distract the attention from the ukrainian crisis? charlie: yes. >> our actions in syria are meant in distracting? is that what you mean? no, ukraine is a separate issue force. syria is a different issue. i told you why. we do not want the disintegration of syria. ofdo not want the return terrorists and those who engage in warfare coming back to russia. there is a whole complexity of problems. when it comes to ukraine, that is a separate issue. it is our closest neighbor. we have always said it is our brother country. slavs,t only the our languages are very similar. we have common history, common culture, common religion. we have many things in common. what

to the conflict in eastern ukraine while they step up action in syria?e may be peaks and valleys and ebb and flow to the amount of activity in ukraine and syria. the emphasis is going to be what is happening in syria, but that doesn't mean the conflict is over in ukraine. we have conflictual moments coming up over local elections in eastern ukraine. and that may trigger another round of violence. >> when you say frozen conflict, what would be acceptable to russia, some sort of autonomy for the region, elections that allow them to have control over their own destiny. >> russia has always wanted a more federal system, especially in the east, because that gives more opportunity for kiev and the opportunity to cozy up closer to moscow and russia. >> can kiev accept that? >> kiev is trying to work out a format for elections in the eastern part of ukraine that will keep those regions under kiev's control, but allow them limited amounts of autonomy and independence. >> well, thanks very much. it was good to get your analysis on this story, of course, as those t

you could say this isn't working out as badly for ukraine. but pretty much all of the cash that's going through russia's state coffers, mostly all of that money is coming from international financial institution necessary the form of bailouts to ceaive. the politicakiev. gas as a means to pressurize and control its customers and neighbors in europe and other parts of the world, now what's going on in eastern ukraine at the moment, there does seem to be a notable tamping down of the conflict there. it seems as though the two sides, kiev and pro-russian separatists are starting to talk to one another, finding more room for agreements. there are people that predictthis, as russ increased its commitments to syria it could decrease its interruption into eastern ukraine. >> police have announced they will no longer stand guard outside the ec dor ecuadorian e. >> to face charges of sexual offenses, the wikileaks founder took refuge in a small room behind that flag and has been there ever since. he's afraid if he did emerge he would be arrested and p

this time in ukraine. despite the fact that until now russia refused to officially admit its direct military invasion, today there is no doubt this is an aggressive war against my country, against ukraine. to mislead the world community, russian leadership orders to take military servicemen and identification mark of its military equipment, to abandon its soldiers captured on the battlefield to eliminate traces of its crime on ukrainian soil. i would like to stress it is neither a civil war, not an internal conflict. ukrainian territories occupied by russia constitute approximately 44,000 square kilometers. millions of ukrainians have found themselves under the occupation. the goal of this war is to force ukrainian people to give up its sovereign choice and build free democratic prosperous european states. all this takes place against the backdrop of the rhetoric about brotherly people, common history, related language, and predestined common future. in fact, we are dealing here with a desire to return to

ukraine isies who signed the disagreement.g the best that they can and i hope that think succeed -- they will succeed and reach owl of these points mentioned in this agreement. with russia and we see that the key problem will year.up65 movements forward. it's -- it means in thehns end !hvúiqumo two persons of gdp for defense but anyway, in latvia and lithuania also is very strongly committed to reach two persons by 2018 and we will have -- at the same time we are looking for more nato partners' presence in the region because we saw from different military games that are organized by very prominent institutions here in the u.s. that we really need the strengths and the presence of nato forces in the region. not only by number of soldiers on our land but also by increasing prepositioning of the different equipment ux ammunition in the region because in our case if we speak about possible aggression the most important issue is time of response. and if we want to shorten this time, we really need prior presence of nato forces in t

nobody speaks about ukraine. i think it's quite a clever step from russia's side, but i hope that all nato and also e.u. countries, u.s., will not forget about ukraine and we will keep ukraine issues still as a hot topic on our agenda despite russian activities in syria. but anyway, our russia involvement in syria conflict, it's of course, is additional forces for fighting with sisal is good, but in the same time, any involvement must be really coordinated with already existing coalition against isil. and here i see a problem that this coordination doesn't happen. it means it will probably cause a lot of problems in the near future on communication, on planning military activities, bombings and so on and can arise, really, very un -- difficult situation in syria and, of course, a question about the role of assad and all countries said that we will not work together with assad's regime, and they must go away from his position. and here we see, again, this conflict between opinion of russia and coalition. >> a ques

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ukraine. the meeting was called by president hollande, who last month said that following recent cease-fires and ukraine, he hopes to see an end of sanctions against russia. the issue could be overshadowed by russia's airstrikes in syria this week. the country's first use of military force outs wide the former soviet union in decades. portuguese voters will cast a ballot this weekend in what could be the country's austerity program. while turnout is expected to be low, opinion polls show voters are willing to stick with the government. based on economic output compiled. a little bit of breaking news -- progress on the volkswagen story. the company is about to communicate with us all in terms of the recall and fix, but it looks like the swiss have taken action. they are about to suspended new car registries for some vw models and registries. the ban would take effect on october 5. this was federal road office commented in an e-mailed statement. coming.ions are just up next, amazon cracks down o

for instance in ukraine when they ukraine conflict started in 2014 you saw chechen forces fighting on both sides of the ukrainian conflict. there were chechen forces who supported the pro-russian separatist. on the other side there were chechen forces fighting against the russians and there are several of the counterterrorist groups there are that have declared that they have been fighting against russia because that is what they have been doing for a long time so you might have seen the presence of the battalion. those are the chechen contentions fighting on the anti-separatist side in ukraine and of course the big question today is what are some of the north caucasus individuals doing in syria? what is the threat to russia and why is russia getting involved in serious? some people are concerned is russia supporting bashar assad in syria or is russia trying to prove to the rest of the world that it is this a big power that foreign country still have to consider while implementing differing decisions. russia has real concerns about terrorism and ice is coming back to russia. a number

this hasn't been a bad deal for ukraine but ukraine really doesn't have the money to pay for this. pretty much all the cash going into its coffers, pretty much all of that money is coming from international financial institutions in the form of bailouts to kiev. now political implications of this are, well, obviously russia has a reputation, is fairly notorious for using energy exports, for using gas as a means to pressurize and control its customers, its neighbors in europe and other parts of the world. now, what's going on in ukraine at the moment? there does seem to be a notable stamping down of the conflict there. it seems as if the two sides, kiev and the pro-russian separatists are starting to talk to each other, fining more room for agreements. there are people who predicted this, people who said that as russia increased its commitments in syria would it start decreasing the conflicts in eastern ukraine. so you can look at the gas deal possibly as a feature of that geopolitical landscape. >> police in the u.k. have announced they will no longer stand guard outside the ecuado

putin doing now in eastern ukraine.what i almost always answer is if someone walks up to you and said they know what mr. putin is thinking, you should discount what they say. i have learned that you very few people know what mr. putin is thinking. so what we do in a military sense is we look at the capabilities and the capacities that mr. putin is creating in eastern ukraine and then derive from that what they could do, rather than try to guess what is on their mind. so here's what concerns me about what's going on in syria. we see some very sophisticated air defenses going in. we see very snis indicated air to air aircraft going into these air force. i have not seen isil flying any airplanes that require sa-15s or 22s. i have not seen isil flying any airplanes that require snis indicated air to air capabilities. so what i'm doing is what i have always done. i look at the capabilities and the capacities that are being created and i determine from that what might be their intent. these very sophisticated air defense capa

they said ukraine should have closed this air space and it failed to do so. >> and also that pushbackrussia releasing its own findings into the crash of mh-17, what did we learn about that? >> reporter: right, the missile manufacturing held its own news conference today and released some fairly dramatic video of a test it did of firing a buk missile at what was the cockpit area of an aircraft. they said based on their own testing and assessment that it would not have be that type of missile. the dutch strongly disagree. >> lisa stark for us as we see those images from the russian showing them blowing up the plane. lisa thank you very much. >>> meanwhile the russian arms maker that makes the buk missile that downed the jet liner is contradicting those dutch findings. rory challands is in moscow with more on their pre-emptive strike. >> reporter: what we heard were two arguments from this arms manufacturer. the first was that the missile that was launched, and they admitted, pretty much that it was a buk, came from an area that was not in control of the rebels in eastern ukraine at the

countries like ukraine, of course that some people are saying ukraine should of course closed off its space, but we gather too that several other aircrafts were flying over the war zone at the time. was this surely an overnight on behalf of some of the airlines involved. this report, however, does not answer the question who is responsible? a later investigation is expected to give its findings towards the end of the year or early next year. we know where the plane came down, we now know the technical reasons why, but we still don't know who is responsible. later in the year, we may see dutch detectives push forward criminal charges of murder and war crimes. >> let's get some reaction from kuala lumpur. what are we hearing there from malaysian airlines? >> reporter: in the last few hours we have heard statements from malaysian air lines, the transport ministry, and from the prime minister, and all are saying to paraphrase that they will continue to work with investigators both in ukraine and the netherlands and in terms of the prime minister's statement, he reiterates from the transpo

as it passed over eastern ukraine, it was hit by the missile. there were no survivors. investigators say the plane should never have been flying over the war zone, but that almost all other airlines were doing the same. about 160 other commercial flights flew through the area that day, only later the airspace was closed. the report says ukraine should have acted earlier to recognize the danger and to tell plants not to fly there. sarah: that's the results of the initial investigation. there's a separate criminal investigation ongoing into who may have shot down the malaysian plane. we just heard the dutch prime minister calling on russia to cooperate. instead, russia was quick to discredit the investigation and lay the blame squarely on ukraine. quick where the dutch investigators held back, russian and ukrainian sources were quick to identify those responsible are the crash of mh 17, and more precisely, to blame each other. the dutch don't say who is responsible, nor did they name name, but this is the important information. it was a russian missile from territory occu

sin eastern ukraine.ou can look at the gas deal as a feature of that geopolitical landscape. >> no longer standing guard outside the ecuadorn embassy where julian assange is held up. famed tfailed to surrender to c. says that 24 hour presence is no longer proportionate. >>> a decision to bring in a single history textbook for south korea's schoolchildren is attracting controversy. critics say it's trying to portray the current being leader's father in a better light. but the subject is being taught with factual errors. from seoul, harry fawcett reports. >> a monday afternoon history class in a seoul secondary school, foreign powers in the 19th century. on the desks are councilmembers of eight authorized textbooks that schools are permitted to choose from. the government announced it will be bringing in its own single text could be called the correct history textbook. >> translator: it is an inevitable decision on the part of the government to correct errors over historical facts and put afternoon end to s

since the conflict in eastern ukraine began last april 8,000 soldiers and civilians have been killedowns and villages have been laid by endiscrimite shelling and neither want to continue fighting is a first step and reconciliation may be harder to reach. well, here in paris with both ukraine and syria high on the list of things to be discussed by the normady four countries it does raise some big questions as to whether or not the two conflicts are now in any way linked and separatists and eastern ukraine eying russia's involvement with great curiosity and wondering whether or not russia will continue to play a role in helping and supplying the separatists in their aim of establishing an independent region. but as russia's air strikes continue and are expected to continue now for several months the question really is now what will russia's next move be in terms of both syria and ukraine? >> lee barker in paris thank you very much. still ahead on the al jazeera news hour why some panel groups in sri lanka are angry with the u.n. council and rugby world cup and if canada will be a serio

after annexing crimea from ukraine, russia is backing separatists in eastern ukraine. all this has soured things at the security council table with russia using their veto some seven times in the last five years. now the situation around this table is supposed to have the final say on international peace and security and it's about to get even more complicated. after an election under formalities, ukraine next year will join the council. one person who understands the mandates of the security council is rose marie di carlo. she was president of the council in july 2013. >> i don't think it's a cold war. i think it is a bumpily relationship that we have with russia now between the west and russia. it's a bit chilly i do think, however, that some of the issues are serious issues that we cannot resolve with the russians and have not been able to this point. ukraine, syria have certainly had intervention. this is spilling into other issues, that's what is unfortunate. >> two players in the conflict ukraine and russia, will be sitting around this top table of international

russia claims the type of missile used only exists this ukraine's arsenal.so say the weapon was fired from ukrainian-held territory. for the families of those killed, it has been a desperate search for answers, including why the plane was allowed to fly over a war zone. the report calls on airline companies to take more precautions when flying over conflict areas, and suggests ukraine should have closed its air space. we know why it crashed, but we don't know who is to blame, the results of a criminal investigation are expected next year, evidence that could lead to charges of war crimes and murder. >> neave joins us live now from the where the findings were made. there have been different narratives as to who was responsible for this event. but tell us more about the finding about the air space being opened. because we have all known for a long time that there were tennings over eastern ukraine, and i guess a lot of people wouldn't have known that there was the option to fly over ukraine. >> reporter: that's right. as well as the key finding of what brought

everything was brought from eastern ukraine.estigators released show how theday to missile sword to over 80,000 feet and exploded next to the cockpit. instantly. crew died missile fragments were found in their bodies. the blast was caught on the voice recorder. >> it probably crushed before the center section. section, which contains the engines, hit the ground upside down and caught fire. the breakup resulted in a wreckage area of 50 square kilometers. inside, most passengers probably survive the initial blast. 80 were children. up close, you can see with the warhead due to the front of the commercial airline. the force of the blast caused the cockpit to shear off. it made ripples in the side of the aircraft. the question the families want to know, is what were those inside aware of. with a conscious? did they suffer? it cannot be ruled out that some of the passengers remained conscious for the 92nd it took for the plane to come down. >> we'll have to go away and think, yes, liam died instantly. along with 87 other people. othe

so you could say this hasn't worked out too badly for ukraine.aine still does not have really the money to pay for this. so pretty much all of the cash that is going into russia's state coffers, gazprom is a state controlled company, pretty much all of that money is coming from international institutions in the form of bailouts to kiev. the political implications are obviously russia is fairly notorious for using gas as a means to pressurize and control its -- its customers, its neighbors in europe and other parts of the world. now what is going on in eastern ukraine at the moment, there does seem to be a notable camping down of the conflict there. it seems has if the two sides kiev and the pro-russian separatists are starting to talk to each other, finding more room for agreement. there are people who said that as russia increased its commitment in syria, its would start decreasing the conflict in eastern ukraine. so you can look at the gas deal possibly as a feature of that geopolitical landscape. >>> russia's counter terrorism force saying it

you said, what is the connection to ukraine? i could talk to the ukraine on a long time. putwhatever reason, putin ukraine on hold. i don't think it's forever. i think he's going to return. there's something else now. he's like that man on the bicycle. when you put all your eggs in this patriotic mobilization, you've got to give people fresh meat. you are riding the tiger, which is great, but the tiger requires fresh meat and bloody meat every now and then. ukraine is on hold, but syria is in the headlines. >> does anybody else want to take a crack at that? prof. katz: in addition to what dr. aron had to say about the domestic political aspect of this, i think there is also an important aspect in terms of relations with the west. the sanctions the west has ofosed on russia as a result russian actions in ukraine are hurting pretty badly. for putin in particular, by making this issue of, we can work together in syria against isis, this is a way to restore relations with the west. to some extent, we've seen it start to work. president francois hollande came out and said, may

responsibility or was ukraine's responsibility to close its air space? >> well, actually, according to the way things work in the international airline community, it was not kiev's responsibility to close its air space. it still wouldn't be today. the responsibility for whether you fly in a conflict zone was then and still is today the responsibility of the airline. now, what has changed since that time is that the international civil aviation organization, which is a u.n. agency has taken it upon itself to gather intelligence, as well as they possibly can about risks in specific conflict zones, and to pass that on to airlines. i think from now on, of course, because this has happened, airlines are going to be very much much more circumspect, but it stale remains the airline's decision whether or not to go into a conflict zone. >> that responsible then falls very heavily on malaysia airlines, when it was a dreadful year for malaysia airlines back in 2014. it's trying to recover now. do you think it can? >> yes. well, one of the things that you have to re

russia claimants the type of missile used only exists in ukraine's arsenal.hey also say that the weapon was fired from ukrainian held territory. for the families of those killed it's been a desperate search for answers. including why the plane was allowed to fly over a war zone. the report called on airline companies to take more precautions when flying oh conflict areas and suggests ukraine should be closed the air space. we still don't know who is to blame, ruts of a criminal investigation are expected next year, and evidence that could lead to charges of war crimes and murder. >> what they presented here this position cow, was a narrative to the findings of the dutch safety board, and a count ever narrative that by implication, exonerates both the rebels in eastern ukraine, and the russian government itself. now it was very heavy in technical detail. we saw videos. we saw graphs. and animations and such. such like but it comes. it boiled down to central arguments. the first of these was that the missile could not have been launched from an area of eastern

svetlana alexievich was born in ukraine and later moved with her family to belarus. her books portray the harshness of life under the former communist regime in the soviet union. at a news conference, alexievich referred to last year's violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces in ukraine following the collapse of the pro-moscow government. the more than 100 people who were killed are being honored in the country as the heavenly hundred. >> translator: i love ukraine very much. when i visited the maiden square and saw the photos of the heavenly hundred, i stood and cried. >> she denounced russia's suspected backing of separatists in eastern ukraine as an occupation and a foreign invasion. russia's presidential spokesperson said alexievich does not possess the information to make a positive evaluation of what is happening in ukraine. >>> people in north korea are preparing for a celebration. they will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country's ruling workers party on saturday. an all-out effort is being made to ensure it's a memor

in ukraine, moore has not been achieved in this area. extremists continue to plot attacks in the united states and russia. it seems plain to me that if we work together we will be better able to protect our people, stop attacks, and kill violent terrorists, something i am personally in favor of. as a matter of policy. please let me note, our discussion today about russia and the question of finding possible areas of cooperation in no way down plays or overlooks the disappointing situation in ukraine. as a result, our government has imposed sanctions on russian officials and institutions. even with that millstone around our next, our two governments still managed to achieve -- our necks, our two governments still managed to achieve cooperation in other areas, such as the international space station. perhaps we might also make a joint effort to stop the spread of islamic extremism and the terrorism that flows from it. without objection, all members will have five legislative days to submit written questions or extraneous materials for the

joining is ukraine's president. thank you for joining me. >> thank you for the invitation. >> do you believe that ukraine should have shut down its air space given the knowledge you had, the violence that already afoot? >> of course. ukraine is strictly all for the recommendation. the time we close the air space seems to me 9,725 meters. we don't have any information that give us the necessity to close there despite above these echolon. with not imagine russia will transfer highly sophisticate and ready technological hands of the terrorists and don't have any background, any basis for making this decision. >> one of the things people are trying to figure out in the west is vladmir putin searching for a negotiated settlement in ukraine? is he searching for way to deescalate the situation, to stabilize the situation because he faces shrinking economy, sanctions, collapse of oil prices and now he has this intervention in syria? do you believe that putin is looking for some kind of settlement? do you see any signs of th

putin has decided to go easy over ukraine. he has got other concerns. inused to seeing america british cockpit videos. this one is from a russian jet. the target? amateur video filmed on the ground is said to show the russians had not been concentrating on islamic state, as attacking much groups trained and armed by the americans. mr. putin has his own agenda. he wants to protect the syrian president bashar al-assad. unverifiedres also are said to show the aftermath by one attack by mr. assad's forces on the outskirts of damascus. the russians have been accused in a joint western statement today of bombing civilians rather than concentrating on islamic state. president obama: regardless of what mr. putin said, he does not distinguish between isil and a moderate sunni opposition that wants to see assad go. from their perspective, they are all terrorists, and that is a recipe for disaster. john: david cameron seemed a lot more guarded. david cameron: the u.s. are saying this is indiscriminate striking. we need to examine. we need to examine very carefully

ukraine will join the council. one person that understands the dynamics of the security council is rosemary di carlo, acting u.s. ambassador. she was president of the council in july 2013. >> i don't think it's a new cold war. it is a bumpy relationship between the west and russia, it's a bit chilly. i think, however, some of the issues are serious that we cannot resolve with the russians, or have not been able to. ukraine, syria, we had disagreements over u.s. and other interventions. unfortunately the disagreements are spilling over to other issues. that is unfortunate. >> reporter: not only is ukraine due to join the council - meaning two players in the conflict - ukraine and russia will be sitting around the top table of international diplomacy, an interesting factor is the arab seat on the council. the u.s.'s strong ally, jordan, will finish its term, and is due to be replaced by egypt. yes, it's a u.s. ally, but recently abdul fatah al-sisi has been making overtureses to moscow too. things are likely to get m

the fresh new recruits restoring trust in ukraine's police force. the controversial debate over britain's house of lords. and why you have to climb the alps to live the european dream. for people in ukraine, stumbling across a police officer used to spell bad news: shaking off the attentions of the ill-tempered "militsya" usually involved slipping them a bundle of banknotes. but times are changing on the streets of the capital, kiev. instead of the soviet-era "militsya," you're now more likely to meet the "politsya". 2000 freshly-recruited police officers, 500 of them women -- young, smart and carefully trained. as part of ukraine's headlong rush towards modernization, their mission is to re-establish trust in the police force. in a country still plagued by widespread corruption and violence. >> oiga kot earned a degree in business administration -- but her new job involves a different kind of management. in the spring she joined , ukraine's newly reformed police force -- a further departure from the country's soviet-era legacy. although some people

the cease-fire in eastern ukraine is holding. it came into force on september 1st. that's essentially given some breathing room for the politicians here to be able to work out how to push ahead with finding a permanent peace, but it's not going to be easy. they now have to work out exactly how to implement aspects of the minsk two agreement, signed earlier in the year, but largely fell by the wayside as fighting erupted once again. now it's a second chance. within the minsk protocol are 13 different points that range from withdrawing heavy weaponry to having elections in separatist parts of the country. we're a long way from any kind of reconciliation, but the hope is that it will provide a new life, a new degree of stability for people living in eastern ukraine. how it's likely to pan out in the region. here's an early report. >> the latest cease-fire in eastern ukraine has opened up vital space for diplomacy. when the normandy four meet here in paris, they're looking for lasting peace. when the leaders of russia, france, germany and ukraine, met in minsk in februa

, and also elections in parts of eastern ukraine under separatists control. conciliation, though, is still very much a long way down the road. >>> the french president also addressed the war in syria, saying that russia must focus its military action on isil targets. >> translator: we must work with russia, with the u.s., with iran, turkey, and gulf countries, all countries, and find a political solution in syria. regarding russia's air strikes, not all countries are involved. but what i reminded putin of is russia must focus solely on targeti targeting is. >>> high level talks have failed to come up with a peace plan for libya. the two rival governments haven't agreed to a peace deal that was drown up by the u.n., u.s., and other member states. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says he hoped agreement could be reached soon. >> there is no time to waste. we all know the threats that further hesitation will bring. libya has already suffered economically, socially and politically, and its people have been hurt terribly. they deserve better and the path is

, there are several thousand forces in ukraine currently. and they're not being airlifted to syria. but however, the other long-term strategy is seeing the other resources for this eight conflict that he's involved in, and the key thing there is, putin has been supplying a lot of armaments for eastern ukraine, but they have been supplying the heavy narcotics in ukraine that has been supplying -- and that's why they involve getting open access to the areas, and that has not yet come. >> andre speaking to us from new york city, and the ukrainian world congress. sir, thank you. >>> police in the eastern european country of muldova said that they have stopped gangs from selling nuclear materials to armed groups in the middle east. and the criminal organizations are driving the black market. we have more. >> he was no ordinary target, an armed muldova police are taking no chances. as they move in to apprehend a man in the network, and this is what they have been looking for. a sample of radioactive in a dirty bomb. the seller said one of the susp