the american backed president in ukraine . is shutting down independent media and the american state department is cheering that's democracy promotion. well the latest news from ukraine are really alarming because at least 10 people were killed in the last few weeks on the line dividing the cell declare republics in the east and the ukrainian army the russian representative in the control commission is saying that the ukrainian side basically exits and their peace agreements from 2000 to 15 there is the new you know the new chairman of their ukrainian delegation and that is the former communist chief of ukraine you know now and craft york who suddenly became a also fold and who now says that ukraine doesn't need means can dream it's you know when to win anyway we're going to restart the show its integrity so that situation is very very dangerous at the same time selenski has shadow 3 big that it isn't channels in ukraine just remember what a scandal it was when in russia the n.t.v. channel in the beginning of the 2000. for pur

ok and that well what that's assuming that russia did invade ukraine that invasion of ukraine you know what did that have ok what did what was the cattle there gentlemen or one thing we know for sure that the democratically elected government in kiev was toppled illegally we have victoria nuland voice we have the american ambassador to ukraine talking about how that was all done so i don't know if there was an invasion of ukraine but there certainly was an illegal overthrow of a democratically elected government georgia you're in dismay george go ahead. well exactly i mean when we start talking about in legal invasions and then we look at the record of the west and compare that with russia i mean it's a joke i mean where we're talking about iraq i mean it's laughable even to start talking about the invasion of iraq of being possibly illegal i mean you know the former u.n. secretary general kofi annan himself said no it is not legal there was no way that you can justify it according to international law the only way can become legal would have been a resolution from the united nations s

well they say that it basically damages ukraine and so they want to strengthen the ukraine a we know about the biden ties to ukraine and it's not all been obvious what has happened there in the 2014 and so they are basically pressing to us because as is seal way is the u.s. in total with the sanctions against russia this is the us cause i mean those sanctions are highly symmetric and once again i mean you have to look for your own country 1st and only if you have secured your country you can help other countries but the greens aren't intent on destroying germany as a sovereign nation and they've come a long way what's the general feeling about the greens then is that message they're sending 'd going down well with people or not well germany is in a strange state and we're in post factual politics in a while in a way i mean many people are just judging emotionally and those shield political questions are not really at the forefront in germany because of world war 2 i mean we have that guilt still that guilt complex and indeed germany did not really learn to deal with geopolitics at so

in ukraine in the baltic states now have such talents or a flash lack any place she places lassie for example ok where more american shit i don't know why they need to see that i've been dismissed abide by you know i mean what in what american national interest does the blacks the present i completely mystified by look let me go to and i think i mean you know. john and jeff brought up really good ideas is that you know i call it ideological possession they're possessed with their ideology and then it happens inability to look at a situation room a different angle all of us remember the cold war very very well and that's how we got through the cold war by saying well i won it getting inside the other guy's shoes that may seem us ok we survived the cold war because of not being on both sides ok but then there's the inability of continue that norma side of the european union i want to point out that you know when clinton 1st came to power he talked about you know is sick in new security arrangements from lisbon to lot of all star and they stayed with that for a while and then had to say

ns to ukraine they will wait if. the trump administration by the way was already supplying some lethal weapons but if in black spots have been stepped up then actually is you know an extremely unfriendly act what i find so incredible about this is that the european union as you say firstly they should be saying this is our neighborhood france and germany have presented themselves as mediators in the ukraine conflict and yet america seems to be taking the front seat and stirring the pot as usual but european leaders as well protected the germans have also said very strongly that they are against u.s. extraterritorial sanctions against european companies working on not stream 2 so how does that work if american extra tauriel sanctions are wrong for europe for europe why are european exeter extraterritorial sanctions ok when they're applied by europe against russia it just doesn't add up and i think the most sinister aspect of this this was the way that the european union followed slavish lead follows the american admin

spoke to one of the most prominent figures of the time the sky and i she served in ukraine's prosecutor's office before reunification but was fired for supporting the referendum on sky went on to become prosecutor general of the region and is known for her leading role in a number of anti corruption cases. 7 years have passed do you regret anything. like that in the referendum you know definitely you know i'm sure crime means feel things are better in reality different things but the crimean referendum here's the date of the anniversary of the crimean referendum we're all happy because we defined as something of all ours we had one goal we were move into words this noble goal talk to me is media swaptions for you how did the mood change in general i remember the joy with which crimea joined but what 7 years later do they now thinking crimea about this obviously some new understanding is come. no pride in the referendum but a desire 5 to establish a dialogue with ukraine on the rights of the crimean people effected no question but of course they are affected because crimea got some kind of

scenario i think has been offered i mean it is very interesting is that the western embassadors in ukraine having an oversized influence on ukrainian politics told the ukrainian government you can't take the russian vaccine this is the kind of ridiculousness that you get to your big turn here but that the problem the way i look at it is that nation states and i know that's an archaic idea for the european union i guess but nation states have interests you know why did it was talking about values ok why do you have to come and talk about what's wrong with your civil society what's wrong with your democracy you know it why do you what do they need to go around lecturing people they've got their own problems and russia up until recently. continued to extend the hand and now they're saying i can't say it on t.v. but you know what i'm thinking go ahead john well i think as i say that's because they need to maintain their internal narrative. and. somebody mentioned the vaccines were found alive and said 10 days ago that europe had to buy vaccines together as a block because otherwise european un

thing for the understanding is speaking to the locals in the year 2014 ukraine was engulfed in violent protests led by ukrainian nationalists which ended up in a coup in kiev and as a result of this the peninsula which is mostly populated by ethnic russians decided that it doesn't want to be a part of ukraine any wonga which explains the result of the referendum that took place in march more than 96 percent voting in favor of rejoining russia so ever since then march the 18th is being celebrated as the university of the reunification and like i said it's a very special day for crimea and the whole of russia indeed to the head of the anniversary artie's anton crossover spoke to natalee apoc law and sky she served in ukraine's prosecutor's office but was fired for supporting the referendum oakland's guy went on to become prosecutor general of the region and is known for her leading role in a number of anti corruption cases we should be 7 years have passed do you regret anything. not going to end the referendum no definition you know that ukrainians feel things are better in reality diffe

no pride in the referendum but a desire 5 to establish a dialogue with ukraine but how are the rightsof the crimean people affected no question of course they're affected because crimea is can't get some kind of fees or to go somewhere crimea are special people with a special status quo limited and dries the tie available to any other person live in either in mainland russia or in ukraine it means for the choice for they political views crimean still bear such restrictions. do people regret it. of course people are worried as people are waiting to begin to leave normally like everyone else because of the most but it's how can this happen and not get in the probably on no one it's not just moscow in kiev being listen to the results and need to ask crimean stem cells like what happened here they say you have been annexed and we would say to the international community dear colleagues fellow citizens friends we're not and next we're stupid live band an intern to 14 those people who seized power in kiev forced us into holden and referendum we defended our lives and turned to a large amoun

it really paralyzed ukraine. people could not pay for gas the gas stations they could not get many out of atms, it caused their postal service the railways to be paralyzed. but it also hit any business that even had a single employee working from ukraine. so visor was hurt tasmanian chocolate factory in tasmania was sick, it was famously hit that year that attack decimated its vaccine production line. it actually had to tap into the cdc's emergency stockpile of vaccines that year. but because all kinds of destruction partly with stolen exploits. and when i went to the ukraine, i don't tear yourself to the attack credit would've gone sooner but i just had a baby. i got to ukraine it was two years later. things are still not back up to where they were. they're still figuring out how to eradicate some of this ransom rare from their railway systems the post service just lost all of the records of where to ship what. i even went out and met with a man who worked it chernobyl the old nuclear site for the attack and tak

they asked to be accepted into the soviet greater ukraine.rade celebrates the incorporation of eastern poland into the ussr and is in honor of nikita khrushchev. now the new secretary of the central committee of the commonest party of ukraine. khrushchev falsely declares our political positions are well-known. we have held and hold to the position of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other countries. the example of finland, november 30th, 1939, violating their nonaggression pact. russian planes bomb helsinki. some 400,000 displaced finns move their possession in every possible means of transportation. the 8 million finns are heroic in their efforts against the nazis. the examples of lafayette, also in 1939, soviet borders are forced open. on promise of friendship, moscow get bases. on june 16th, 1940, the soviets issue an ultimatum. submit to occupation or be attacked. on june 17th, the red army in violation of previous treaties moves into complete the occupation of latvia. from russia, comes a puppet government. russian technicians

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he said having the biden name at the ukraine company, that was an f-u to russian president vladmir putin. we'll break this all down tonight. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. elizabeth: thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with president biden wrapping up his day in pittsburgh. announcing a new $2.25 trillion infrastructure spending bill. with me now, former trump official mark short. you're forming a new conservative group to fight biden tax hikes. good to see you, marc. what is your battle plan to fight this. >> thanks for having me on tonight, liz. the reality is the biden plan even though they say it is a tax for the rich will tax every american. this is the first phase. there is second phase, what "the washington post" reported total spending $4 trillion, $3 trillion will be tax increases. best estimates if you raise the corporate tax from 21 to 28%, maybe at best case creates 700 billion-dollar in revenue. of you do the math. 2.2 trillion more tax increases on every american and it will kill jobs. the reality we'll put together a coalition of busin

is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in executive order 136-60 with respect to ukraine. signed, joseph r. biden jr., the white house, march 2, 2021. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, section 202-d of the national emergency act, 50 u.s.c. 1622-d provides for the automatic termination unless within 90 days within the anniversary of its declaration the president publishes in the national register and transmit a letter to the congress stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. in accordance with this provision, i have sent to the federal register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in executive order 1392 of march 8, 2015, with respect to the situation in venezuela is to continue in effect beyond march 8, 2021. the situation in venezuela continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the unite

millions across europe face new restrictions as france poland and ukraine reintroduced locked out cup a spike in corona virus infections. hello everyone forgive this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up another day of violence and beyond boss antics 2 protesters continue to defy the military. they will attack. a call from president biden to end hate crime against asian american. south korea is bringing distinctive voices back to the big stage. parts of france poland and ukraine a backup on lockdown on saturday as they struggle with rising numbers of coronavirus cases parisians rushed to leave the french capital before the lockdown came into force packing intercity trains and jamming roads the government says the restrictions would be as harsh as those imposed last year schools will stay open about or exercise will be allowed let's go live at a parasol just. so people in several parts of the country the capital back in lockdown today tell us more. yes people in paris and 15 regions in the country back in lockdown a 3rd lockdown in just 12 months and what that means is that peopl

of course also sees this as a geo political tool sees it as a threat to ukraine to poland to other places where russia flows dass through other pipelines member north from 2 there is a nordstrom one there's also many other overland pipelines that send natural gas from russia to germany so the u.s. sees this as a as an energy threat it's also becoming increasingly a climate threat and you have more and more voices here in germany as well and especially the green party which we should talk about that about the the election this year in germany and the influence of the greens have pushing this climate aspect it's not just your political instead of there's also climate that it violates germany's promises on climate that natural gas is not at all the sort of climate friendly or more carbon neutral energy that it's often marketed as and that all of these aspects need to kind of come together to figure out what to do with north stream to pipeline which we should note is more than 90 percent 95 percent finished and obviously you know state secretary blinken as he like and yes they singled out ger

-- crimea from ukraine and the low boil war. it is the united states not recognizing crimea but as ukraine. in 2015 a quick and effective mobilization into syria changing facts on the ground in working with iran. 2016 u.s. presidential election interference as well as interference with the brexit referendum lace. 2017 giving $27 million for marie le pen as she prepares for the french presidency. buzz -lg of warships, continuing up until now by russian plains. in 2018, 2019 the promotion of populism in eastern european beyond. and 2020 the solar winds software hack, where russian hackers working for the russian government appeared to plants code into the software of this very popularly software company and fortune 500 companies. we don't know if it is still there and what they gained exactly yet from that. clearly very disruptive. a few quick faction on russia. 146.7million people. if we don't count crimea it has about 144.5 million people. long-term grabbing countries is not the best strategy for increasing population. until rec

ukraine. in ronnie's case it was a very bloody crime scene the murder weapon was never found but there was a purse that had a bloody fingerprint in it and there was a drawer in the bedroom with a bloody fingerprint on it they d.n.a. tested some things but not those and the only d.n.a. found at the crime scene was the victim's. phone and. you know. the i think out of 41 pieces of evidence they tested 7. for d.n.a. and so you know they're in trouble right at trial because you can't get convicted on your own confession alone so they go and they try to round up jailhouse snitches but only one worked. so it was her confession and a jailhouse snitch which is so common in false confession cases and you have the confession and then the extra evidence because there's no physical evidence the corroboration to the confession is snitch. i know by if you mean i don't have no particular ok to. call. you. ok. do you mind if i sit down. is all. good that's ok you know already. i don't have a stream for you fo

officials, and ukraine. a network of ukraine linked individuals including russian influence agent konstantin kilimnik who were also connected to russian intelligence services took steps throughout the election cycle to damage u.s. ties to ukraine, to denigrate president biden and his candidacy, and to benefit former president trump's prospects for reelection. we assess this network also sought to discredit the obama administration by emphasizing accusations of corruption by u.s. officials and to falsely blame ukraine for interfering in the 2016 u.s. presidential election instead of russia. andriy derkach, konstantin kilimnik in this case and their associates sought to use prominent u.s. persons and media conduits. these russian proxies met with and provided materials to trump administration linked u.s. persons to advocate for formal investigations. they hired a u.s. firm to petition u.s. officials. they attempted to make contact with several senior u.s. officials. they also made contact with established u.s.

unesco world heritage status ukraine insists it created the suit like this and move is an attempt to resolve a wider disputes with poland and russia who also claim it's as their own a typical borscht contains carrots beets peppers alongside a mix of oil fat garlic and breads but the definition of borscht is hard to find because each region of ukraine has its own unique recipe that actually that's what i was a thought a reason to apply to unesco is really for ukrainians to make them love ukrainian cuisine to revive it and to let the world know about the great meal that borscht is maybe they know minestrone heard about hobo or even try to con a carny but i want everybody in the world to know borscht to taste it and to know that borscht is a ukrainian meal. there were take bring you live pictures now from the city of in iraq where pope francis is attending an interfaith meeting once the pope speaks we will of course bring you that speech live so far we've been hearing prayers from different religious groups are represented at this meeting. we've also been hearing testimony from some chi

the question is does this help us to get russia to do what we want in a ukraine or in georgia or thedle east. does it get mr. navalny out of prison sooner? does it get it yet another nuclear arms agreement that would perhaps capture a greater set of weapons? i'm not so sure. again, it is a question of tactics. and i'm simply raising the question that i'm unpersuaded this is the way to go. it reminds me about woodrow wilsons about covenants at the time of world war i and afterwards. it didn't work so well. the diplomacy is done in a smoke filled room and then when you have the compromise and the agreements then you bring it into the public view. >> stay with us. while the white house is celebrating america's vaccine rollout, europes han been rather poorly executed. it is also created an opportunity for the far right and for populism there. we'll dig into exactly what is going on. still a father. but now a friend. still an electric car. just more electrifying. still a night out. but everything fits in. still hard work. just a little easier. still a legend. just more legendary. chevrole

ally ukraine, if finished, not only boosts russia's gas sales to europe, but scores a strategic victory for putin. >> it is definitely going to be perceived not just as successful completion of a commercial project, but also as a political victory for the russian federation. >> ukraine is really the prize, both for the europeans and the russians. and so the gas issue would undoubtedly shift that balance back towards moscow. >> president joe biden's stake is part commercial. the u.s. would like to sell its shale gas to europe, but mostly it's strategic. >> president biden has made it clear that it's a bad deal because it divides europe, it exposes ukraine to russia manipulation. >> more than that, it could block a key biden foreign policy plan, a strong transatlantic alliance. >> it is become ago litmus test as to whether the biden administration can rebuild an effective transatlantic relationship. >> german chancellor angela merkel, who is key to the success of strong relations opposes the sanctions and wants the pipeline completed. >> they're trying to sxexplore deal that would allow t

has provided ukraine with $125000000.00 in military aid to help it combat what the pentagon is calling russian aggression the package will include training and equipment it's aimed at helping ukraine's forces to secure the border and improve their ability to perform operations to nato standards. zimbabwe's vice president kemba hadi has resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct 2 weeks ago local media reported that mahadeo had relationships with a number of married women he has denied the accusations. so those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness statement that sought by fidel. warning. to. be. this color of the sky. printed on them clues to form an issue for not. going anywhere in our 30 minutes and how my son and i see him i'm on a diet. found him banal into german and funny about the country not. dissimilar to flying over. not going to. be nice to see videos of these clubs for. blocks around the area when they don't have the from the officials and they're flying. first time because it's the. first time and you know. this is my dream. don't

was behind say rudy giuliani in the president's way or investigating you know what 100 binded in ukraine which is clearly corrupt activity criticizing and there cotch their cockpit you know he's a member of the of the rot in ukraine he released tapes of conversations when biden was the vice president when it was clear that he was trying to influence the selection of an american as a prime is the as the prime minister of. a of ukraine it's ludicrous to be criticizing russia simply because they're critical of the united states i mean listen for yes i think he was right when president reagan called into the soviet union the evil empire so it's common that our country microsite russia and there's nothing wrong with russia produced such in us . well just one more question for you here bruce of course you heard then russia recalled its ambassador to the u.s. what do you think this this back and forth between the u.s. and russia is going to mean for the future of the relations between the 2 countries you know i think that's a signal i don't think it means a whole lot of the a master who i met h

7th anniversary of reunification with crimea after months of political turmoil and civil unrest in ukraine the southern region voted by more than 96 percent to break away and break away and rejoin the mainland russia artie's anton close of ski spoke to one of the most prominent figures of the time. 7 years have passed do you regret anything. like that in the referendum no definitely no into crimea feel things are better in reality different things the crimean referendum here's the date of the anniversary of the crimean referendum we're all happy because we defined as something of all ours we had one goal we were move into words this noble goal talk to me is me needed that and how did the change in general i remember the joy with which crimea joined but what 7 years later do they now thinking crimea about this obviously some new understanding has come. no pride in the referendum but a desire to establish a dialogue with ukraine how the rights of the crimean people effected no question of course they're affected because crimea is can't get some kind of visa to go somewhere crimea special peo

implications but also causes damage on the geo political level especially given the situation in ukraine and therefore it should be stopped but the greens stance puts them in lock step with the biden administration in washington secretary of state antony blinken has also just announced that the infrastructure project should be stopped and that businesses involved in the pipeline could face sanctions any entity involved in the north stream to pipeline risks u.s. sanctions and should immediately abandoned work on the pipeline costing just over $9000000000.00 euros nord stream 2 is already more than 95 percent complete it will allow russian gas to flow directly into germany under the baltic sea and could be used to bypass existing pipelines which take gas through ukraine which would cost kiev valuable transit fees the pipeline is seen by some politicians as the only way for germany to get the energy it needs while facilitating the move away from nuclear and coal. we are the only highly industrialized country which at the same time wants to get rid of nuclear energy in kovel those who use a

ari's infections as pushed several european countries to reintroduce the lockdowns fronts poland and ukraine all imposing tougher restrictions hoping to fend off a 3rd wave parisians are rushed to leave the french capital before the lockdown came into force packing trains and jamming roads germany's national disease control center is warning that quote a virus cases are rising at an exponential rate which means it could add new measures in the coming days but infections in the united kingdom dropping and the british government says it's on track to give every adult in the country at least one job by the end of july but i'm sure butler has more from paris on what the latest restrictions mean. every time people in these areas want to leave their house they have to fill out a permit they have to have a reason to go outside whether that's exercise going for a walk or going to work shops are now shots except for essential ones so they join the restaurants bars cultural and sports facilities that have been closed since october and a nighttime curfew will stay in place even though it will now start

original thinking and i'm afraid this is a prelude to possibly more aggressive operations in the ukraine for instance the way things are going in that country just in regard to the. gave up the interest to get your thoughts on this it didn't saying this was something that joe biden panned to say the pacing was a killer was pretty much fed to him body by the interview and it could lead to just being badly handled by joe biden. i mean should be reading read that much into. yes i agree with you i think it was i think joe biden's comment easy target from the media in that sense because he himself is. you know he's been accused of being in cognitive decline i don't think he right he doesn't write any of his speeches he's very uncomfortable with the press so yes i mean that's a legitimate excuse it doesn't bode well for the president the united states to be sort of taking being spoonfed talking points like that from the press and then just 100 running within this is the result that you get. to the whole new evolving drama as well which the white house is very much no one to always use as a kin