again eastern ukraine ease peaceful eastern ukraine east but this is a thing in the u. creating an economic and political development but 3 percent of ukrainian territory occupied and under the russian russian control the sequence yet about minsky greetings look problem is that actually we may talk a lot about minsky chremes but the provision number one in minsk chremes east zip should be ceasefire it kept to come into force in september 2 solves and 14 and there is no cease fun for very simple reason to think is not interested you know putin would like to create saloons in zimbabwe or you create what you would like to exhaust you created why because ukraine is the walkers and because of said that you know was a demonstration example of ukraine's that we can elect our own president and parliament we'll let the president's 11th you who was quite naive to believe since he may start a really good she can start. negotiations with president selenski said it's very simple. just stop killing just stop shooting and it's not stocked yet so 0 more whale nations of cease fire and

is concerned about the population is ukraine in eastern ukraine is a public opinion situation that the russian government has never gated itself into because it was a never too from the russian government and from muska that has been advanced are the ukraine conflict that eastern ukraine the population of east and put it quaint needs protection so if this is not backfiring and this constrains the room for maneuver for the kremlin this is a situation that moscow itself has created when it comes to public opinion there was not not a big concern in general before 2014 about the population in eastern ukraine in russia and other ethnic that is problematic is obviously the handing out of russian passports to citizens of eastern ukraine which makes it more difficult to to find an agreement and to come back to your question about negotiations i don't think it's necessary to find a new agreement or to negotiate a new agreement the problem will it is about implementing the old women so there has been a formula that is called the steinway or formula advanced by the pharma or by the from a foreign

we know that ukraine russia agreed a comprehensive cease fire last year has not been achieved. our international peacekeepers at this point needed to make a lasting cease fire happen. while you are absolutely right unfortunately all cease fires failed because of the violations coming from the other side and we have to respond to the fire to defend the lives of our soldiers and civilians we still have peacekeepers as an option but let me put it this way it's in the pocket now we are ready to take it out if we see the all remedies are exhausted i'd like to ask you about the state of your alliances right now you're here in germany meeting with the german foreign minister you've also mentioned that one of your key ally and says has been with the united states which has been quite instrumental in supporting you and that's this conflict there's been controversy in the past year over the freezing of aid to ukraine from the united states how concerned are you about that alliance especially with all of the on rest in the united states right now. well the issue was the military aid has b

ukraine is for ukraine. ukraine is for the united states. definitely this is not in the russian interest. >> you spoke with vice president biden many, many times over the course of the period when you were president, he was vice president. he pressed you on many issues. did he ever bring up the topic of burisma, the company that employed his son as one of his -- one of its board of directors? >> so, my absolutely clear answer. no, never. but i also cannot accept that neither president obama, no vice president biden, no president trump, no vice president pence, never pressed me. >> let me ask you about what is going on in ukraine right now. you have actually just lost your father, but you are also in the middle of a struggle in which you are being investigated for corruption charges. can you explain it to us? >> fareed, this is completely not true. that i am investigation for anything like that. first of all, thank you for sympathy with the loss of my father. but the investigating of that is my action as a president of ukraine for protecting

boy ensuring off down with her parents far away off to weeks of separation the surrogate baby is in ukraine finally meets her family but many others still face a long wish. plus thailand's elephants at risk of starvation a sharp drop in tourism means hundreds so at this have no income and no way to feed their animals it had to hit the road to find food. and i'm christine will welcome to the program the mayor of the holds most of the most since he has been charged with criminal negligence of a massive oil spill in siberia last month tens of thousands of tons of diesel fuel leaked into a local water. always around the city often orders investigators say the mayor failed to react quickly enough. environmentalist are calling it the worst disaster in the region in living memory. more than 20 tons of fuel have leaked into rivers and waterways in russia's arctic north turning large expanses of water red. the pollution is already damaging ecosystems and wildlife. it's foolish to say or think that nothing will perish and that what happened will go away without a trace all workers or dead donkey of t

and what happened in ukraine you have all the same players there instead of the right sector you have the ante for you have a lot of the n.g.o.s that you had in ukraine also mobilize in the united states and you have small pockets of protesters who are easily controlled looting and destroying things going after cops you had a lot of the same elements at the might don that you're seeing in various cities in the united states specifically in minneapolis in new york and other in atlanta and other cities around the u.s. so what you're really seeing is a regime change i think there's no doubt about it while there are you could have 2 truths a day at the same time he could have protesters ok and you could have you just heard someone who just nailed it there you can have 2 choices you can have multiple shows that are right through at the same time that's what i think this is so maybe you look at it you know. it's been a minute i think alex is right i mean it at least on a treasury level i mean this is about from its own is about from a so that you know unfortunately that affects our politics

how widely is surrogacy practiced in ukraine nick. well this is the question the ukrainian government didn't even really have clear figures on this until daughter bella got in touch and asked for clarification they came up with some figures for us in the past few weeks which seems just about $1500.00 births in 2019 alone industry experts have told us they believe the true figure is several times higher than that some of this is just. agencies not wanting to pay tax and stay off the radar for that reason in other situations travel to western european countries to give birth there to make it easier for families to then get the necessary paperwork to bring their kids home i think the really interesting thing about this is that it's a truly global phenomenon this isn't just a question of european families coming to ukraine you have families from argentina to saudi arabia to china because ukraine is one of the few countries where surrogacy is legal and easily realizable lots of other countries like india and thailand that had offered inter

supremacists in ukraine peter in ukraine they support it real not fake not imaginary real neo nazi neo nazi white supremacist real the real deal not this fake stuff that they're pushing in the us media these guys were the real deal they were violent they were damn violence and who supported them who supported them oh brock obama didn't show biden joe biden was running the country pretty much by supporting them so i mean there's no you know there's no virtue in any of this and they did they want to do it it's ok but i was going to say but this isn't about ideology it's always about power because they've waited with the way they are of framing this ideology it's just a vehicle for power it has nothing to do with balance been a chef. well i knew you wanted to show me a lot and back palosi want power back yet i think x. is exactly right my feel is the one white supremacist i'm barking the green and not this and i just wanted to explain it to all of europe or the ukrainian nationalists it's boggled their rates just now if you want discourse is that russians are not slavs russian side descen

dollars in ukraine it's more like $30000.00 often much more. the coronavirus pandemic led to ukraine closing its borders in march denying entry to many foreign visitors including couples eager to collect their baby. although no minutes and her colleagues have their hands full these days. but i am certain we look after each baby as well as possible. they are caring for about 100 newborn babies stuck in this hotel in kiev. they were carried to term by ukrainian surrogate mothers for their biological parents in other countries. but then ukraine imposed a ban on foreign visitors because of the coronavirus crisis. could believe us yes it began in march we suddenly have children but no parents after the borders were closed and the parents couldn't come and pick them up but we look after the babies day and night we try to be like parents to them that is a minute even though that's impossible and them was live or. in the bushes that i missed. when video of the babies was released recently it drew the world's attention to the scale of commercial surroga

born during lockdown with her parents far away after weeks of separation the surrogate baby in the ukraine finally meets her family but many others still face a long wait. i'm sumi so much kind of thanks for joining us at a dramatic congressional hearing the brother of george floyd has called on lawmakers to make sure he did not die in vain floyd's killing in police custody ignited protests across america and around the globe the play by felonious floyd comes as the man. to reform policing and stop african-americans dying from excessive force by white police officers. the day after his brother george was laid to rest in houston texas. alone as floyd was in washington d.c. in an emotional testimony he called on lawmakers to ensure that his brother did not die in vain when you watch your big brother who you looked up to your whole entire life da da big a boy's mom i'm tired i'm tired of pain pain you feel when you watch something like that people of all backgrounds genders and races have come together to demand change on it him on to george and make the necessary changes then make the law en

born it during lockdown with her parents far away after weeks of separation the surrogate baby and ukraine finally meets her family but many others still face a long wait. plus the pandemic puts thailand's al offense at risk of starvation a sharp drop in tourism means hundreds of handlers have no income and no way to feed their herds they've had to hit the road to find so. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us russian investigators have charged a city mayor with criminal negligence over the arctic's largest ever or oil spill they suspect the mayor of norilsk didn't do enough to contain the discharge of more than $20000.00 tons of fuel into waterways near the world's northernmost city last month investigators say that local cleanup efforts were too limited and too slow experts are now predicting. the disaster could take years to contain and cost at least $150000000.00. let's bring in our correspondent in moscow emily showing is standing by for us hi emily good to see you how serious are these charges well they're criminal charges of course the mayor himself has not actually bee

so that is some of the reasons why ukraine has become such center for the. for us thank you nick. 2 footballs german cup semifinals and buy a new nick have secured a chance for a 2nd strace double this season that's the possibility of winning both the cup and the bundesliga by a defeated i'm trapped frankfurt to reach the final even paris old 14 minutes in but by a needed robyn nevin. to win its 21. by and will pay for the german cup title next month. and finally to ray a video of what's still to be the walls of the largest green turtle colony of tens of thousands of tensions have been filmed. on an island near the great barrier reef now for the 1st time researchers are using drones to count the green turtles on grain island that's the world's biggest economy off endangered species and they've discovered they've been underestimating them because by more than 50 percent. and a reminder of our top story russia has opened a criminal case against the man off the optics. is handing off a major fuel spill response team say it will take you to another. you're watch

they estimate that most agencies here in ukraine have been advising their families to stay quiet notto reach out to the government they're worried about too much government intervention there have been calls from certain lawmakers here to ban international surrogacy so there was a real worry about coming out as it were and making clear quite how big a phenomenon this is and i think the pictures that went around the world of those babies in a hotel ballroom they really are representative that was essentially a p.r. stunt by a very savvy clinic director who wants to get international attention to resolve this problem most babies including all those babies babies spent that 1st month last month or 2 in a private apartment with a camera so the picture the reality a bit more banal than those pictures but this seriously is an industry that. sees families from across the world coming to ukraine this is not just a european phenomenon you have families miss far as argentina saudi arabia china some of those chinese families it's estimated have been up to 3 or 4 months late picking up their bab

ukraine is one of the few countries in the vault where sarah c. is affordable and easy to arrange but the global health emergency has prevented dozens of parents from joining their new born children the wrong way it has been painful for couples but potentially disastrous for children's development now some families have finally managed to be united as our correspondent nick conley met one such happy. one month and 3 days late but at least they're together. and traveled more than 10000 kilometers by car through continent in lockdown to finally meet their daughter. she still has to get used to us she doesn't know who we are. their daughter spent her 1st month with a carer in an apartment her parents only able to see her on a screen. you know the so sad we were crying just seeing her pictures and unable to do anything for her you just feel so helpless all you can do is wait . as their daughter's birth came and went and with no end to lock down in sight or pull out and your elders could do was scour the ukrainian press with the help of a translation a

italy once again open to tourists ukraine surrogate mothers babies are waiting for their parents but we begin in india since lockdown restrictions have been eased the number of. actions has risen sharply hospitals are strained beyond capacity while temporary morgues are reaching their limits and the situation is bound to worsen apart from pockets of containment centers the deed to the lives of people in india seem to be returning to normal as logged on restrictions east but these sites hardly reflect the real situation india is fighting a tough battle with. and for the capital city delhi which has a big surge in the number of covered 1000 cases the fight just caught up. with a number of infections spiralling there's great concern about the health care systems capacity to pull. things family is one of many who lost a loved one in the pandemic. his father in law singh who was asked a magic death to positive for the buyers after hours of waiting in line the hospital where the test was done became unresponsive to their cause and the family struggled for days to get proper guidance. it ev

and born during lockdown with her parents far away after weeks of separation this surrogate baby in ukraine finally meets her family but many others still face a long wait. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us russian investigators have charged a city mayor with criminal negligence over the arctic's largest ever oil spill they suspect the mayor of didn't do enough to contain the discharge of more than $20000.00 tons of fuel into water waterways through the world's northernmost city last month investigators say that local cleanup efforts were too limited and too slow experts are now predicting the disaster could take years to contain and cost at least $150000000.00. let's bring in was emily sherwin in moscow for more on this story hi emily how serious are these charges. well these charges certainly are serious criminal negligence is quite an accusation and of course this case is very high profile putin himself got involved when the news broke he went on t.v. publicly chiding the head of the plant. or the person the company that runs the plant norilsk nickel so the fact that the

he warned during lockdown for parents far away after weeks of separation this surrogate baby in ukraine finally meets her family that many others still face a long wait. i'm sumi so it's got to thank you for joining us the mayor of the world's northernmost city has been charged with criminal negligence over a massive oil spill in siberia last month tens of thousands of tons of diesel fuel have leaked into local waterways around the city of norilsk investigators say the mayor failed to react quickly enough. environmentalist's of calling it the worst disaster in the region in living memory. when 20 tons of fuel have leaked into rivers and waterways in russia's arctic north turning large expanses of water red. the pollution is already damaging ecosystems and wildlife. it's foolish to say or think that nothing will perish and that what's happened will go away without a trace our work is so dead donkey today i myself saw a dead muskrat it's a bird lands on fuel or it's a muskrat swims in fuel it is definitely condemned to death which is. this bill took place after a fuel tank belonging to a

internees josé perez and flavia levering no managed to get into ukraine 71 days.after the 2 men when was he tried for baby for take a. look several c.r. so much emotion and we're talking and with thrilled we have a hard time keeping ourselves grounded. but who knew going into today need only seem so far in videos of men loud look i said better you know what was lost is lost we are going forward we've now got a lot of time to spend. now they make the long journey back to argentina as a family leaving behind the woman who gave birth to him and his 1st 2 months of life. and she's here. this is al jazeera days at the top stories the brother of george floyd has testified at a congressional hearing looking at the racial inequality under police violence in the u.s. for this flight called his brother's death a lynching and urged politicians to do more. i'm here to ax you to make it stop stop the pain stop us be anti our join us call for help and he was ignored please listen to the couch i'm making to you now to the cause of our family and the cause ringing out the streets

jonathan's debut novel everything is illuminated was inspired by his journey in ukraine to find a family that hid esther's father . the success of the novel awakened worldwide interest that led to new roads for esther, armed with a map esther made the trip to ukraine herself and found more than she ever hoped she would. we are honored to have both esther and jonathan with us today for what is to be their first public dialogue about the book, a very exciting occasion indeed so before we begin a few quick things to note. tonight's conversation will follow withan audience q&a and you can submit your questions into the chat box and we will do our best to get to as many as we can but bear with us because we have hundreds of viewers tonight and very many questions to get through . this program is being recorded live and will be available on youtube and that viewing will go out to all tonight's registrars in the coming days so make sure to look out for it . finally if you enjoy tonight's program consider making a donation to the museum of jewish heritage for joining us as a member. we are dedic

returning home to madrid with the only option without their baby week later they were back at the ukraine from tear after 7000 kilometer round trip to madrid and back this time with the right documents and they were finally allowed into the country other parents have been less fortunate separated from their children but even greater distances and still unable to enter ukraine how many babies are still without their parents no one can say with any confidence. you know that we've lost months of our daughter's life that's super important. results later months and 3 days to leave the felt like a year spanish must sound strange to her she doesn't want to sleep she just wants to listen to us. and now she's i know easily. well. this journey to becoming a family like any other is not yet over to register their daughter's birth in spain they'll probably still have to go to court in spain as in many other european countries surrogacy is really a gray zone not a legal illegal coronavirus lock down which is the 1st of many obstacles on that path. to football's german cup semifinals now and by in muni

internees josé perez and flavia levering no managed to get into ukraine 71 day. after.they had tried for a baby for decades. the rich ever see on so much emotion we're talking and with thrilled we have a hard time keeping ourselves grounded. in to today not only seem so phone videos of men well look i said better we'll what was lost is lost we are going forward we've now got a lot of time to spend. now they make the long journey back to argentina as a family leaving behind the woman who gave birth to him and his 1st 2 months of life perilous and she's here. in brazil is now reporting more daily 1000 deaths in any country in the world as infections continue to rise this fight this sharp serve reopening in sao paulo and rio de janeiro nationwide 1274 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours rain the total to more than $39000.00 by environmentalists in brazil are warning that criminals are taking advantage of the pandemic to clear large parts of the amazon rain forest despite a heightened military presence satellite images suggest the amount of forest lost his already hig