ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the east. in world war one. and world war two. and every time the ukrainian people ended up paying the highest price for these grand games of power. history doesn't repeat but it surely rhymes said mark twain. if one looks closely at the history of ukraine one will notice many rhymes. being surrounded by stronger powers ukraine has needed a lot of cunning to survive and the art they truly mastered with time is the art of changing sides. in the middle of the seventeenth century ukrainian leader dunhill netsky broke a truce agreement made with poland siding more powerful russia. just over fifty years later as the russian swedish war was raging another ukrainian leader ivan mazeppa broke the union with russia when he switch

but it wasn't quite so simple for ukraine the truth is ukraine has never been a united country. when world war two broke out a large part of western ukraine's population welcomed the german soldiers as liberators from the. certainly forced upon them soviet rule and openly collaborated with the germans. the real scale of collaboration was not announced for many years after the war but we now know that whole divisions and battalions were formed by ukrainian collaborators such as s.s. galaxian not to go and roll into battalions. just in the beginning of the war more than eighty thousand people from college cina region voluntarily enrolled into division s.s. galad seen in a month and a half notorious for their extreme cruelty towards the polish jewish and russian people on the territory of ukraine. members of these military groups came mostly from the organization of ukrainian nationalists b.-o. un founded in one nine hundred twenty nine this organization had an ultimate goal of creating an ethnically pure independent ukraine and considered terror an acceptable tool for achieving th

well clearly she's in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no you shall like to go with your heart caricature anybody. now on the brink of a civil war at least seventy dead so far and the death toll rising it you can allude you. a new. one when you know. what we saw here today was a revolution. but it's going to have invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals. will go to. nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries. focus has to be on not allowing ice into hot wall between ukraine and russia. that the. city would just look when the new. oh the the low such. ill . or low. elite cut. ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has

many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. i and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january two thousand and fourteen the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation unfolding there with growing alarm. more and more of odessa as people were joining the anti my don movement at the same time as events in eastern ukraine were heating up. the new ukrainian government didn't have the power to wage war on too many fronts if odessa were to join the growing uprising in the eastern regions it would seriously complicate the situation. this rebellion had to. be extinguished immediately and at any cost and that cost was high. on may second two thousand and fourteen soccer fans flocked to the center of odessa cit

and russia but before it will be quite painful time for ukraine and ukraine russian relations in case of georgia is things that in georgia necessary to change the government and to brings the people in to say this is obviously not something that russia should or should no no no of course not i mean in no case i mean georgian people should change the government about how how should the poster of the russians they change in order to allow both you know geography and destiny to be pursued so to say because obviously many in ukraine and many in georgia do feel that russia's presence is too overbearing and perhaps that they that they perhaps lack some space to develop their own country you know if you know if you are come to change a good joke a few you can change the name but you should not try to change anybody even if your children you should try just to explain what is important what is right what is not in reality and in the political. live if georgia will decide to change russia and russian policy i'm not sure that it will be successful in that but if we will have a good dialogue wit

and prosperous and democratic ukraine. mccarthy writes in a city you know well it will slowly new democracy just go to. the with. some of them but obviously the funds had to keep coming and the conflict had to keep going. and more bloody and deadly was awarded so nice. as parties from both sides were using more sophisticated and lethal weapons. as well. well. delia you know. the world seemed too busy welcoming this new democracy in kiev. to notice what was being done as it spread its wings over the country. many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january two thousand and fourteen the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation

russia has accused ukraine of assassinating prominent separatist leader alexander and co in eastern ukraine the russian backed leader rebels in don the ex was killed in a blast of the cafe in the city center rory chalons reports from moscow. this is the aftermath of the blast that killed alexander as a car chink or a blackened body can be seen lying on a structure outside the cafe donetsk went into lockdown after the killing with moscow and the russian backed breakaway republic itself calling this an act of international terrorism the last pictures of her alive were from thursday laying flowers for the donbass born singer years of cubs one who died earlier in the day so hard have been the prime minister of done yet since november two thousand and fourteen he was shuffled into the position at a time when attempts were being made to make the war in ukraine's east look less like a foreign operation run from moscow more like a homegrown independence movement as a disney esque native and rebel military commander to fit the bill. i was present both peace summits in minsk a negotiator of the first

its influence in georgia in ukraine right now it's. really even right now existing time when russia was. not so strong so i think these this this is a problem which will create some problems in our country now. there is a clear asymmetry in political and geopolitical interest between russia and georgia and i know that you said once. when you were in government you were still able to balance those out and prevent an actual conflict from breaking out how did you do that what was your thinking at that time you know i was always absolutely sure. georgia. sure there was any kind of military confrontation with russia on not only georgia but any country should try to avoid any military confrontation with me specially when this neighbor is super power and i have enough influence in the governments that time to stop somehow. of their present self my previous government headed by mikhail saakashvili who was the surest rusher i will afraid he just threw in a wall in conflict in georgia russia will just take into account international reaction and

at this point of time ukraine does not have. a united religious organization that can claim that document for itself it's more a political necessity for the current elites what do you make of it and the reason i'm asking is because in most democratic liberal societies in that the separation between church and state is unquestionable and yet it's not the case for ukraine. in the ukraine there is one canonical ukrainian church it is the ukrainian orthodox church. which is recognized by all orthodox churches as canonical it twelve thousand parishes more than two hundred monasteries and millions of. and there are also two non-canonical groups which were called schismatic groups which are not recognized by any of the orthodox churches. it is this schismatic groups which are supposed to constitute the basis on which constantine ople wants to be able to build this out of service church and it is a political project because it is a project instigated by as a current ukrainian political authorities they want to create a united church or

mh seventeen the top secret documents now unclassified of course for the sequel to the accused to ukraine's forces. and other headlines and also international protests erupt in the libyan capital tripoli over the state of living conditions at some of the seven years of war following the foreign intervention in the country. also this hour as the battle for we speak to a syria based journalist about life just kilometers away from the front line. the village has been pummeled by. terrorists in the outskirts of a hard a just a few clangers away and it's been on a daily basis over the past many years. and a top u.s. universities. creating a safe space for white students to discuss race issues we hear from both sides of the debate shortly. in moscow watching all the international live with me daniel hawkins welcome to the program. russia's ministry of defense claims it so identified the missile which brought down malaysia airlines flight seventy four years ago. saracens registration numbers coupled with audio intercepts point to ukraine's apparent direct involvement for more on this let's speak t

for or sort of of the ukraine being united in acceptance of such and they'd see it on the twenty they would even care about being united i think for the time being they're fine with whatever followers they have. well i think this separation is very deep it exists it has existed for already a quarter of a century and those are is always a possibility to heal the schism. this needs a certain process last year in the semper of the so called key of filleted in the center actually appeals to the. gate for recognition and also there were some words which can be interpreted as repentance so it could be a starting point for reconciliation but on the following day after this appeal he had to denounce all that he said in his letter addressed to the preacher of moscow and i suppose it was the ukrainian state which simply forbit him to go in this direction and instead insisted that he should go in the direction of constantinople now so much of this dispute is about politics and legal matters who has the right to do what to home but i want to ask you specifically about religious values because the

ambassador to ukraine geoffrey pyatt. private chats between top u.s. diplomats was leaked. you know what he. i think. working for you. probably. so you had this remarkable phone call. of the u.s. government apparently talking about a coup or how they were playing to restructure the government of ukraine. exactly i'm not saying the whole u.s. government feels that way the there is there is division on this but the neo conservative element wants very much to change the strategic dynamic in eastern europe. very smart people and they've been at this for a long time they came in around the issue of propaganda they studied how to create hot buttons for the american people they had this experience when they were getting the american people to get excited about central america back in the one nine hundred eighty s. . and they've been applying those same strategies ever since they remain very dedicated to achieving their goals they still want to get rid of certain governments they want a regime change in syria for instance regime change in iran. very skilled at this and they have a

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. but it's done the most through it. that the new. crimean authorities sensing the mood of the populace fully supported victory on the 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 of its people based on the will of the crimean who elected us we declare that we will not give crimea to extremists a neo nazis seeking to seize power in ukraine at the cost of the blood of the country and its citizens after the regime change in kiev rumors began spreading in crimea that the new authorities would be merciless to those that oppose them so i'll tell you. this led to the pro russian demonstrations rejecting the new government in kiev. on february twenty seventh t

but ukraine still hasn't made the data from their radar. colleagues i'd like to know to you or that. ukraine still hasn't provided any information regarding the location of its book units on the day of the crash. it has not responded to questions regarding the increased activity of its coupal radar station as either nor has it bubblicious the records the records of conversations between traffic controllers. this clearly proves that ukraine is abusing its position as a member of the joint investigation team seeking to manipulate the investigation why the international of this to geisha team tolerates this is a separate issue. russia has repeatedly expressed its doubts as to whether the g.i. t. the j.i.t. . did the right thing by allowing ukraine to participate in the investigation and trusting it to be a valid partner in this process ladies and gentleman we are convinced that the information we shared with you today simply cannot be ignored as it provides critical evidence that the missile was used to shoot down flight m.h. seventeen belong

the parliament of ukraine consists of four hundred fifty deputies the constitution of ukraine requires at least a three fourths majority to vote in other words three hundred thirty eight votes in favor of the impeachment but only three hundred twenty eight deputies voted yes. the 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 and join russia to 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. but it. was through it. that the new. crimean authorities sensing the mood of the populace fully supported victory on a covert his decision to postpone the two thousand a

i set up a foundation in ukraine before ukraine became independent of russia. and the foundation this me i'm functioning ever since and an important part in events now. i like criticism but it must be my way. did you see any evidence of u.s. involvement if you feel the presence of the u.s. just to me i stammered really put a statement in there said you know english thought the me and live their lives just goes a little long but it is. not. just. them way done but deals roll up it's a solution given you know what i need to near order honey but i mean all this shit as we have with us some of it you see i'm with that we did it in the way that we. want to sell it. but members of congress were visiting ukraine during that period most famously congressman john mccain so some of the people who were challenging their government their elected government at that point were were being told by a senior u.s. official a person who ran for president in a top official in the u.s. congress that the u.s. was with them and senator john mccain and it's always a pleasure to be back

does not care about ukraine either but the e.u. did remain silent on this i least expected germany france at least to issue some sort of statement or condemnation the hypocrisy is terrible it's incredible what's going on marc. trump may not like the government in ukraine but in a further sign that trump has no control over his foreign military policy the day after the assassination and terrorist bombing the u.s. envoy to ukraine volcker announced that the u.s. was ready to send more military aid clearly sending a signal of approval for this assassination and that the ukrainian regime should continue in this you know manner of assassinating you know its own citizen its opponents our condolences to his wife his widowed wife and four sons that he leaves behind the people of don boss and all the people of ukraine because they have lost a truly competent and respect game and this is just created a greater divide if that could even be possible here kelly killing a very popular leader right gentlemen on this note here i have to jump in he

i set up a foundation in ukraine before ukraine became independent of russia. and the foundation that's me i'm functioning ever since and through that and the important. events now. i like criticism but it must be my way. did you see any evidence of us involvement did you feel the presence of the us just to me. but if so you said you knew english me and live. well must. have done the deals roll up it just so you have been you know what i need to near order honey but i mean yeah this shit is me out of this you know some of the gear. we did in the way that we. just saw that you've been working on yet one of the. machine guns. on the. other they shuffle stemming we're going down on the world and you know how to win a war and you know what. shall i d.h. so i guess i don't. you know world of big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time

this out of self or lee is proclaimed and is recognized now as the canonical orthodox church in the ukraine did not ask for such a tours and even if it is given such a document it will not accept it. the promise of how to say if will it can not be addressed to whom it may concern it is always addressed to a particular person who is in charge of a persecutor church so before a grand sings this terms of how to safely they need to find a person who will be considerate of the church there is no such person at the moment there are. groups each of which is headed by a pretty color person they are not in good relations with one another so even to unite as these two groups into one is already a problem so essentially we are talking about the granting of these other subtly to an idea of a ukrainian united to ukrainian church rather than the actual religious institution that is based on the ground well i'm not sure how as a preacher kate of constantinople is going to proceed because i do not see any possibility of the moment. for the of the ukraine being united in acceptance of such and they'd see it

the status of the russian language in ukraine has been a stumbling block for many years implementing russian as a second state language was one of the main campaign promises of president three and a focus in two thousand and twelve the government passed a law making it the second official language in the southern and eastern parts of ukraine the areas where the russian speaking. makes up a majority ukrainian nationalist groups initiated massive protests opposing the law and observing viewer might see some familiar faces there on a five month. one of our last. on february twenty third two thousand and fourteen the very next day after the regime change the new government voted for an a no meant of the official status of the russian language and even though later this decision was vetoed by the acting president alexander turchynov it still sent a message and a powerful one this alarm the russian speaking cities of eastern ukraine and people took to the streets to show their disagreement was in response. its conducted their own demonstrations when the two parties would meet it was always

russia is blaming ukraine for alexander's a hunch and cause death as kiev tonight responsibility. plus the queen of soul that related to rest and the band and management a sour minerals of this pays tribute to music legend aretha franklin you know hometown of detroit. i am. i'm having a home free glad you could join me the u.s. has announced it's stopping its decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the state department said it would no longer shoulder the burden of cost for the united nations relief and works agency whose operate sions a cold irredeemably flow which the u.n. agencies are. it provides services to about five million palestinian refugees in jordan lebanon syria the west bank and gaza the u.s. has been the agency's largest donor and a spokesperson for the palestine president called the move an assault against his people germany has pledged to increase funding in response. well for more on this let's bring in our correspondent tanya kramer who is in jerusalem tania what impact can we expect this cost of funding to have on the palestinia

it was also welcoming those who came to power at their cost ukraine's parliament has voted for the new speaker of the assembly to become president oleksandr turchynov called on lawmakers to form an interim government by tuesday these latest developments out follow the dismissal of president viktor again across that's on saturday and they removed being a co bitch not following the constitutional procedures for impeachment. led there were those who would but only because it's all is so if the whole is sold the other one is the yellow so much for the lime into those fish to deport up to the parliament of ukraine consists of four hundred fifty deputies the constitution of ukraine requires at least a three fourths majority to vote in other words three hundred thirty eight votes in favor of the impeachment but only three hundred twenty eight deputies voted yes three sure to take. the 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 in. trying to find some way to revive the for going twenty first agreem

is blaming ukraine for alexandre's a hunch and cause of death this kiev denies responsibility. and the islands that is dividing a german city we talked to residents in ten minutes were told to stop in allegedly committed by migrants to spot bullets hauling refuse. to the queen of soul mates arrest. service pays tribute to music legend aretha franklin enough time to cut. cost. me. time at home for a cat you could join me the u.s. has announced it's stopping its decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugee the stay. department said it would no longer shoulder the burden of cost for the united nations relief and works agency whose operations it called irredeemably flawed u.n. agency says it provides services to about five million palestinian refugees in jordan lebanon syria the west bank and gaza the us has been the agency's largest donor a spokesman for palestine's president called the move an assault against his people germany has pledged to increase funding in response. well for more on this let's bring in our correspondent tanya kramer who is in jeru

is blaming ukraine up for alexander's out of checkers death as kiev denies responsibility. plus the queen of soul played to rest. i am. i am. i'm a tower funeral service pays tribute to music legend aretha franklin in her hometown of detroit. i am being. i'm having a home free glad you could join me the u.s. has announced it's stopping its decades long funding for the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees the state department said it would no longer shoulder the burden of costs for the united nations where leaks and works agency whose operations it called irredeemably flow to the u.n. agencies as it provides. services to about five million palestinian refugees in jordan lebanon syria the west bank and gaza the u.s. has been the agency's largest donor and a spokesman for the palestinian president called the move an assault against his people germany has pledged to increase its funding in response. and a spokesman for the un agency facing those funding cuts has also commented on the decision calling it deeply regrettable he rejected u.s. criticism that the agency was in

>> this is on the shore of ukraine.ortant thing, we would be looking very much to buy the defense system. also we have a danger about the massive attack of russia and with that situation, putin and russia should understand they will pay much higher price if they make a decision to cross another headline and attack my territory. we do not ask that the soldiers protect ukraine, but ask to build up the effective global security cooperation where the united states is a leader. this is our efforts to protect global freedom and democracy. i want to thank the american people no matter if they are republican, democrat, or independent to support ukrainian sovereignty. >> and a columnist for "the washington post" said the strange effect of putin's campaign is to unite ukraine and create a new ukrainian identity. do you think that's true? >> i can only confirm this phrase. i give you few figures. in the year 2013, the number of ukrainian who supported the transatlantic integration was 16%. 1-6. now it is more than 54%. who do that

lessons from poroshenko, the president of ukraine. his nation is literally on the front lines of russian aggression, and how to handle immigration from across the global. i'll talk with mexico's president, switzerland's president and new zealand's prime minister on their views about one of the most divisive issues today. >>> but first, here is my take. president trump's speech on tuesday at the u.n. was an intelligent, at times eloquent presentation of his america first world view. he laid out an approach of pursuing narrow self-interest overbroader global ones and privilege ledges unilateral action over multilateral cooperation. he might not realize as he withdraws america from these global arenas, the rest of the world is moving on without washington. donald trump seems to be hastening the arrival of a post american world. take one of his first major actions, pulling out of the transpacific partnership. this sweeping trade deal was and a attempt to open long-closed markets like japan, but to create a grouping that could stand up to

does not care about ukraine either but the e.u. did remain silent on this i least expected germany france at least to issue some sort of statement of condemnation the hypocrisy is terrible it's incredible what's going on mark. trump may not like the government in ukraine but in a further sign that trump has no control over his foreign military policy the day after the assassination and terrorist bombing the u.s. envoy to ukraine volker announced that the u.s. was ready to send more military aid clearly sending a signal of approval for this assassination and that the ukrainian regime should continue in this you know manner of assassinating you know its own citizen its opponents our condolences to his wife his widowed wife and four sons that he leaves behind the people of don boss and all the people of ukraine because they have lost a truly competent and respected game if this is just created a greater divide if that could even be possible here kili killing a very popular leader right gentlemen on this note here i have to jump in her

but ukraine security service blamed the. infighting between separatists or a special operation by russian forces as tensions rise in ukraine's frozen conflict fears remain. could be followed by further violence. the wimbledon champion germany. has been knocked out of the us open in the third round three sets seed dominica. broke her opponent three times in the first set but did the same to her in the second and the german style is them broken again twice in the final set of this year's grand slam champion left in the women's competition with five of the top ten seeds already out . turning to football germany's women are on the brink of qualifying for the twenty one thousand world cup in france they beat iceland to nil a crucial when after they surprisingly lost at home to the same side last year were the highlights of that victory for you germany's interim coach boss rupesh knew only a win in iceland would put world cup qualification back in their own hands just before the break melanie leupold strike a look from distance. n

russia and ukraine are accusing each other of killing a separatist rebel leader in eastern ukraine alexander zarko chang koch died in a blast of a cafe in don't yet russia says that ukraine is trying to destabilize the region. breaking news for you now syria brazil's former president luis ignacio lula da silva has been barred from running in october his election majority of judges on the electoral court barred his candidacy he's currently serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption lula's lawyers though have said they will appeal any decision that prevents him from running to the supreme court was. rebels in syria's province of blown up two bridges in an attempt to hinder any government assault on the area people protested against moves to retake the rebels' last stronghold but russia's foreign minister says the syrian government has every right to chase what he called terrorists out of it three million people live there including around ten thousand rebel fighters where some zarko is a teacher and it live he says it will be hard to escape. i guess many will now but if we ever we ar

the "new york times" revealed a ledger found in ukraine.s in cash payments to manafort. between 2007 and 2012. >> manafort denies it. says he's never accepted off the books funds from the ukrainen political party. >> it got to a point where the scrutiny was so great that trump essentially had to let him go. although i believe technically manafort resigned. but it was really a push out. >> coming up. he was off the campaign. but pall manafort's problems were just beginning. >> win months after that, he's in serious legal trouble. when bob barnett made the first commercial wireless phone call in 1983. yes, this is bob barnett in chicago. (john) we were both working on that first network that would eventually become verizon's. back then, the idea of a nationwide wireless network was completely unreasonable. but think about how important that first call was to our lives. it opened the door to the billions of mobile calls that we've all made in the last 34 years. sometimes being first means being unreasonable. i'm proud i was part of that first

a blast of a cafe in donetsk russia says ukraine is trying to destabilize the region. account of his call of action as the united arab emirates accused of using israeli spy technology and the york times obtained leaked e-mails from lawsuits against an israeli spy with they reveal attempts to listen to the phone calls of lebanon's prime minister and the saudi prince well those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after what i want to stage and that's often. when the u.s. says all collapsed this university professor became a millionaire and a criminal on the last. fifteen years old his daughter embarks on an extraordinary journey to find him. my six million dollars father a witness documentary on his iraq. in the philippines biggest maternity hospital a baby is born every few minutes and often the new mothers are just children themselves. with the legal age of consent just twelve teen pregnancy is on the rise here. many to turn to a shadowy underworld for help i'm steve on this episode one on one east investigates the impact of church and state on a nation