and the ukrainian government's failed and see corruption campaign even customs officials and cheating the system. and be invisible and let's do business you u.s. sanctions against iran go into effect on tuesday other measures don't directly affects german businesses many are concerned in twenty seven companies export of goods were three billion euros to iran that was an increase of sixteen percent on the year but the level of german exports to iraq was down four percent between january and may of this year according to the german chamber of commerce many german companies a considering leaving their businesses in iran for now to avoid problems with washington and financing business ventures in iran will become more difficult for them the u.s. is threatening banks to do business with tehran with similar measures. as the middle east director of german packaging machines maker multivac amir so today often works weekends to. he's based in the united arab emirates and serves customers in afghanistan pakistan and the gulf states. today a customer from tehran has come to look at a machine for

now to the case of jade ukrainian filmmaker and kremlin critic sense of he's been on a hunger strike for almost three months in a russian prison french president a man in mccrone will discuss his feet would russia's vladimir putin later today a russian has released photos of sense of suggesting he's fine social media. family and lawyer for the filmmaker saying the end is near a sense of course the charges against him and dozens of other ukrainian prisoners political in twenty fifteen russian court sentenced him to twenty years in a siberian penal colony on charges he planned terrorist attacks on the primary and . for more on on accent and his imprisonment in russia joining me now from the ukrainian capital kiev is correspondent david stern and from moscow. welcome to both if you are let me start with you what can you tell us about sense of health you're getting conflicting reports with some reports even saying you're not live that long. as our colleagues from the w.'s russian service spoke to all the insults lawyer dmitri didn't say who met since off the last time three days ago mr d

this is due to be a news live from berlin will president mccrone of france be able to help a dime ukrainian film maker all its sense off is a fierce kremlin critic he's on a hunger strike right now in a russian jail and is said to be close to death the french president discusses his fate today with russian president vladimir putin also coming up. at least twenty nine children dead after their school bus was hit by an air strike in yemen there are strong condemnation of the saudi led coalition says it was targeting rebels. last we visit southern spain to look at the desperate living conditions for the growing number of african migrants there was the route to get away now shut down spain is the main destination for thousands of myron seeking a better life in europe. and europe's largest budget airline hit by its biggest ever strike more than seventy thousand passengers are affected as the summer holiday season goes into high gear. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us we begin with the case of the jailed ukrainian filmmaker and kremlin critic all that sends off now he's been on a

ukraine is killed in a bomb blast russia condemns his assassination as a terrorist attack by the ukrainian government here denies the challenge. welcome to the program every franklin is being laid to rest in detroit and the queen of soul is receiving a fittingly musical sendoff the lineup as a funeral includes big names from the music world on the american civil rights movement and includes a clean included a eulogy from former u.s. president bill clinton the invitation only so this has been underway for caps off a week of events that included tribute concerts on the opportunity for fans to view the soul legends of the casket. show a while ago we spoke with entertainment journalist a k j matthews in los angeles she emphasized aretha franklin's religious roots. frankly came up in the church before she was seen before she did jazz before she did a little bit of classical music she was born and raised in a church her father was a pastor so you have to remember that that is her soul right here at the church so it's natural and fitting to have the ending of her life there in charge so you have

ukrainian state with a jewish construction. no, that might seem to contradict very, but it doesn't matter because the way that our cyberworld works, these people in these people never contact one another. probably not in the real world either. by spreading stories, which are both wrong and mutually contradictory, you make it very hard in your reasonable discussion about what is actually going on. the russia could invade ukraine and delay discussion of the actual invasion for about nine months, just by charismatically denying the truth. and also, by putting out messages which got people riled up and disagreed with one another rather than addressing facts on the ground, which is of course what happened to the united states in 2016. the messages that hit american voters were tailored and revealed susceptibility. if you're afraid of muslims who had messages about muslims. if you are afraid of oligarchy, you got messages about oligarchy. it didn't matter if those were different people. two vile people, prevent a conversation about i

a polish prosecutor says the driver of a ukrainian bus that crashed overnight in eastern poland will be charged three people were killed and thirty eight others injured when the bus heading from the ukrainian city of live to vienna crashed through a guardrail and plunged down a slope about forty kilometers from the polish ukrainian border. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has raised wages in the country for the fifth time this year is part of a monetary overhaul that aims to curb inflation and new software and believe are in rooms from monday to the five zero zero walked off the nation's currency. the mexican military has uncovered a huge underground drug lab in remote mountains in the country's west troops say they destroyed fifty tons of methamphetamine on site mexico is a major supplier of meth and heroin to be united states which is seen a surge in opioid addiction. well turning now to some other news and the former united nations chief and nobel peace laureate kofi annan has died anon was the first black african to be the world's top diplomat he served two terms from one tho

and we're staying in russia now to look at the case of the jailed ukrainian filmmaker increment critic or like sense of he's been on a hunger strike for three months now and in a russian prison and is said to be gravely ill french president emmanuel mccall is set to discuss his case today with russian president vladimir putin in two thousand and fifteen cents off was sentenced to twenty years in a siberian penal colony on charges he planned terrorist attacks on the crimean peninsula russia you would call the next card the end two thousand and fourteen cents of calls the charges against him and dozens of other ukrainian prisoners political social media posed by sons also family and lawyer quote the film mayor as saying quote the end is near. let's get more now about all expense off and his imprisonment in russia from ukraine's capital kiev i'm joined by correspondent david stern and from moscow by your shadow good morning to both of you yuri if we could start with you what about sense of health there are conflicting reports that he could be close to death. well the last time or likes in

american trade war is impacting africa we talk to the president of the african development bank and the ukrainian government's failed anti corruption campaign even customs officials that she's in the system. and been fizzling let's do business iran is threatening to shut down the strait of homeless in response to u.s. sanctions a strategic waterway links the indian ocean with the gulf a crucial route for energy supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas around nineteen million barrels of petroleum products are transported every day from the arab gulf states to the rest of the world a third of all oil traded at sea passes through the strait any disruption could trigger a major supply issues and unsettle markets i asked that wall street correspondent if a crisis is coming our way. well i would say that depends on how serious iran is on blocking the strait of hormuz they have threatened to close it and that's done that previously and the strait of hormuz is the crucial conduit for global energy supplies and the narrow passage in the persian gulf to senator ted the movement of some thirty to thirty fi

of polish prosecutors says the driver of a ukrainian bus that crashed overnight in southeastern poland will be charged three people were killed and thirty eight others were injured when the bus heading from the ukrainian city of live to vienna crashed through a guardrail it plunged down a slope about forty kilometers from the polish ukrainian border. at least one police officer was injured in berlin when around five hundred far right activists clashed with an equal number of counter demonstrators the far right group was marking the thirty first anniversary of the suicide of not the convict who does have. twenty three hundred police officers were deployed to prevent violence. now the former united nations chief and nobel peace laureate kofi anon has died and nona was the first black african to be the world's top diplomat he served two terms from nine hundred ninety seven to two thousand and six anon died after a short illness at the age of eighty. kofi annan for almost ten years the face of the un for many of he still is he managed to be more than just the u.n. secretary general he was

ukrainian firm makeup sense of imprisoned in russia on terrorism charges has now been on hunger strike for one hundred days the forty two year old is serving a twenty year sentence after being convicted three years ago of arson attacks in his native crimea sense of was a fierce critic of moscow's occupation of the finances in two thousand and fourteen and missed international courts and sobs case a show trial and destinations have campaigned for his release since office lawyers said that since starting the hunger strike at me his condition has rapidly deteriorated. for more on the story let's bring in pulling up a cover levi's she's eurasia programs director at america well complete now you are currently in russia what can you tell us about the health of your leg sense of well the last thing we heard about this house was from. her and she said that's just false is very. it's i mean it's only she's very weak also recently another human rights defender. is always a bit of a visit here middle in love it now that she is always very low and he gets tired very quickly which is which is under

vienna crashed through a guardrail it plunged down a slope about forty kilometers from the polish ukrainian border. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has raged wages in the country for the fifth time this year as part of a monetary overhaul bet aims to curb inflation the new sovereign both leaves are in use for monday we'll see five zero zero walked off the nation's currency. the mexican military has uncovered a huge under. around drugs lab in remote mountains in the country's west troops say they destroyed fifty tons of methamphetamine on site mexico is a major supplier of meth and heroin to the united states which has seen a surge and opioid addiction. the former united nations chief and nobel peace laureate kofi annan has died and non was the first black african to be the world's top diplomat he served two terms from one thousand nine hundred seven to two thousand and six anon died after a short illness at the age of eighty. kofi annan for almost ten years the face of the u.n. for many years he still is he managed to be more than just the u.n. secretary general he was a moral authorit

we do know one of his ukrainian clients was chief of staff to vict him. >> interesting. we want to definitely into it more we want to get a reaction on your take. what is your take on what you saw today. >> what's interesting, we're seeing mueller investigation and other parts of the justice department moving in on what they refer to as russian collusion. the manafort trial is about financial crimes. we hear a lot about obstruction of justice from the white house. here we have a close associate of manafort. he's lobbying, funneling payments to the president's committee on behalf of foreign governments who aren't interested in the pmsz we will being of the american voter. this is complicated. viewers and american people want to know why does this matter? why should we care about this? we want free and fair elections. we want to know who is contributing to political parties. what this tells us, the mueller team is on this. the other question is how much does this person know to potentially put pressure on manafort for other investigations he's aware of. >> you mentioned co

believe this is ukrainian secret services who killed zakharchenko. provocation for moscow. do stay with us because coming up we have all the latest sports news. stay tuned. and washington members of the us congress gave it to commemorate the late senatorjohn mccain. let's find out how all the sport is doing. hello. we're starting with cricket in the fourth test between england and india. it is going to be very the first two days. at stumps england were six for no wicket in the second innings trailing india by 21 runs after another good day for the bowlers. adam wild has been following the action of the rose bowl in southampton. so really extraordinary second day of play here in the fourth test between england and india. at southampton. i think even the most optimistic of england fans would not have expected to go as well for them as it has. 246 was their first innings score. pretty unimpressive performance would be bad. they do their bowlers had to do much better. the strength and the depth of india's batting line—up. stuart broad to the first couple

even though he was paid for by this ukrainian -- russian-backed ukrainian political party. he said he wasn't lobbying at all and it turns out that he was. more interestingly he's also pleaded guilty to funneling a $50,000 to trump's inaugural committee so his yukrainian client could attend the nomination. was that because he wanted to curry favor or just go to the parties. >> or was paul manafort trying to make good. he had his own debt issues with these various ukrainians. >> paul manafort when he was working for donald trump was basically broke and grasping for cash and in debt to some of these ukrainian oligarchs. >> tom winter, the thing that raised the eyebrows of a lot of us is the fact that mr. patten -- it's not just ties to paul manafort, it's not just ties to the inaugural committee, but cambridge analytica pops up in here. walk me through that. >> so my understanding, chuck, a little bit on patten's background is that he has -- he has some ties to cambridge analytica. of course the cambridge analytica thing depending on who we talk to, it's either the big piece o

some of the other stories making news around the world a polish prosecutor says the driver of a ukrainian bus that crashed overnight in southeastern poland will be charged three people were killed and thirty eight injured when the bus heading from the ukrainian city of live to vienna crashed through a guardrail it plunged down a slope about forty kilometers from the polish ukrainian border. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has raged wages in the country for the fifth time this year as part of a monetary overhaul that aims to curb inflation a new sovereign boliver are in use for monday we'll see five zero zero locked off the nation's currency. the mexican military has uncovered a huge underground drug lab in remote mountains in the country's west troops say they destroyed fifty tons of methamphetamine on site mexico is a major supplier of meth and heroin to the united states which has seen a surge in opioid addiction. well turning now to italy where thousands of mourners have attended a state funeral in the city of genoa want to commemorate those killed when a motorway bridge collapsed

gates says manafort directed him to go talk to one of these ukrainians about the fbi interview.went to france to do that. we also learned there was an e-mail from a suspected russian intelligence official. now, this e-mail is from 2014, where manafort was getting paid, money was being moved from this person. he's been indicted by the special counsel. he's suspected of being this russian intelligence official. he was moving some of the money, paying manafort. there's an e-mail where they are talking and gates is saying that manafort is concerned, that he needs money, he's not getting paid. he writes, this is to calm paul dourn down, meaning he's going to be sending money. certainly little details but significant here for the prosecution's case. >> shimon prokupecz, appreciate that. keep us posted. pretty soon they move to the cross-examination. that should be interesting. paul manafort, chairman of the trump campaign, rick gates, deputy chairman of the trump campaign. this trial has nothing to do with the trump campaign. this is conduct before then. it does get you into the conve

a terrorist attack by the ukrainian government. charges denied. activity standing -- stabbing after immigrant protest. senior government minister visits the scene of the original crime. xenophobia he says, parents the country -- threatens the country. ♪ >> welcome to the program. the franklin is being laid to rest in detroit and the queen of soul is receiving a joyous sendofoff. the service has already featured big names from the american civil rights movement including, bill clinton. the service has been underway for hours. including a tribute concert. ♪ >> journalist joins us from detroit.t. welcome to dw. a joyful girl rather than a sad occasion -- figural rathther thn a sad occasion. >> it is a joyous occasion. aretha has given the gift of music and h her voice t to us. what better way to share that with people who have been there. i went to the chile concert yesterday -- tribute concert yesterday. so many different artists at the funeral. all of these people who i grew up listening to. it has been a wonderful of cash occasion -- occasion. it

ukraine was killed in the bomb blast russia condemns his assassination as a terrorist attack on ukrainian government kiev denies the charge. and incidentally stopping the chicken days of violence and to indifferent protests in the german city of cabinets today a senior government minister visited the scene of the original crime promising to fight xenophobia which he says threatens the country. welcome to the program aretha franklin is being laid to rest in detroit's queen of soul is receiving a fittingly joyous and musical sendoff the funeral service has already featured big names from the music world of the american civil rights movement and included a eulogy from former u.s. president bill clinton gave the station only service has been underway for hours and closes a week of events that included jet tribute concerts and the opportunity for fans to view the soul luncheons opened casket. what. reisa as janice to hash out and case and joins us from detroit welcome to day w a joyful funeral rather than a sad occasion talk us through who is that what's happened so far. well the funeral i mea

appeared there in january but he also said that he essentially helped a couple of oligarchs from ukrainian and russian oligarchs attend the inauguration of donald trump by essentially buying tickets for them to hide the fact that they were foreigners. which is illegal for them to be able to donate to the president's inaugural. so he had this scheme essentially where he had someone else buy the tickets in order to -- for them to be able to attend. keep in mind, donald trump's inaugural raised $107 million, twice as much as any of the previous presidents have raised for their inauguration. it's something we know that the special counsel has been investigating in particular their connections with oligarchs asked about this. >> these are pro russian oligarchs. >> pro russian. >> ukrainian. this is potentially consequential. first of all, pleading guilty to not registering as a foreign agent. that's a felony. could go to jail abhalf a million dollar fine for that. but illegally funneling money to the inauguration that's sfift. >> this is the first proof we have of a missing piece of the you sea

got so many ukrainians taking to the streets over the government of victoriana coverts more than four years ago free elections followed promises of a better life but a report by the german newspapers or tortured sight all reveals how widespread graft still is even corrupt customs officials cost the state billions of euros every year. the report says the black sea port of a desert is a hub of corruption many of the containers customs declarations are falsified zippers become shoelaces because shoelaces only pay a fraction in customs tariffs the charges are laid bare in documents made available to german dailies that doj sites on. papers are routinely forged many people are involved freight companies customs officers police and even the intelligence service s b u that even though the port was supposed to become a flagship anti corruption project after the my town revolution twenty six year old civil rights activist you. played a key role in the protest in the capital kiev. afterward she was put in charge of customs in a desert and was supposed to drain the harbor of corruption she sent

not the case of ukrainian filmmaker and kremlin critic sense all he's been. in on a hunger strike for almost three months in a russian prison and they are now concerned he may be yet his death french president in london mccraw discussed his feet with russia's vladimir putin on the phone today putin is said to have promised to respond to proposals by mcchrystal to find a humanitarian solution to the situation earlier russia released photos of cents all suggesting he was fine social media posts by send sounds family and lawyer quotes the filmmaker as saying the end is now since all of this is the charges against him up on the ticket in two thousand and fifteen a russian court sentenced him to twenty years for planting terrorist attacks on the crimean peninsula. for more on accent and his imprisonment in russia joining me now from the ukrainian capital kiev is correspondent david stern and promotes go by the. welcome to both of you your litany start with you what can you tell us about sense of health we're getting conflicting reports with some reports even sayin

gave up her job frustrated in her resignation letter she said the ukrainian government had sabotaged her anti corruption drive. so corruption still flourishes on the black sea visit deutsche site and report estimates the losses to the ukrainian treasury topped four billion euros a year in tariffs alone. the small town of nothing used to be a prosperous coal mining community but the old shafts in the former industrial region have long been shuttered now there's very little work in the county of west yorkshire a lot of the young have moved away only the local social club of as a little distraction run by former rail worker paul green like green many here feel left behind and forgotten they don't see any benefits in european union membership . you think. that your. so if you're look at me only through. your. next door a few women are playing bingo a popular game here almost everyone here voted leave to leave the european union so it can't happen fast or hard enough. to go away. and. sell our. white cat with those because. why do we have good players well. interesting questions indeed ot

ukrainian wheat crops have been affected by this weather. it is a band that goes from france to poland. there has been rain in recent weeks and days that may make the crop a little better, but they have a shortfall at this time. the final look is at china. when you look at chinese crops, they are getting more rain in recent days and weeks. that is helping corn and soybeans over there. that is key for the trade situation. for once now, we are talking about how the weather is driving markets. of course, the size of a crop affects trade. that means china may have more ability to whether some of its weather some of its own trade issues as it does not have an expensive supply from brazil and the united states in the weeks and months to come. alix: thank you. the crop impacts of the heat wave we are seeing.

well the case of a jailed ukrainian film director all legs in solve will be part of the talks on friday between french president and russian leader vladimir putin and that's from a source in mr office the crimea born since all has been on a hunger strike in a russian prison since may and he is said to be gravely ill since op was sentenced in twenty fifteen by a russian court to twenty years in a penal colony for planning terrorist attacks on the crimean peninsula russia annexed crimea in two thousand and fourteen cents off calls the charges against him and sixty four other ukrainian prisoners political social media posed by since all this family and lawyer quote the filmmaker is saying the end is near. some huge football transfer from your league club to chelsea have signed goalkeeper . atlantico bilbao for eighteen million euros makes the twenty three year old the most expensive goalkeeper in the history of the sport made fifty three appearances in spain's the league for bilbao and have signed a seven year contract with chelsea. in terms of the price is just the price. i'm going to be

now ukrainian filmmaker all exam solved imprisoned in russia on terrorism charges has now been on hunger strike for one hundred days the forty two year old is serving a twenty year sentence after being convicted three years ago of arson attacks in his native crimea sense of was a fierce critic of moscow's occupation of the brain in syria and two thousand and fourteen amnesty international called sense of scale a short trial and western nations have campaigned for his release sense of lawyer says that since starting the hunger strike in may his condition has rapidly deteriorated. for more on this story let's bring in police cover levis she's eurasia programs director at penn america welcome police now you are currently in russia what can you tell us about the health of orlik sense of. well the last thing we heard about his house was from a lawyer and he said that she spouses very slowly. i mean it's only his very week also recently another human rights defender. is always there to visit human in love it now and she says that. his voice is very low ends he gets tired very quickly which is

i honestly do not think that the money being a ukrainian oligarch -- >> harris: or whatever. the judge does not like the word. >> the ultimate outcome is whether he has convicted or acquitted will be dependent upon the jury believing gates. if he has to believe -- to have been believed it will be credible. >> harris: is he credible or not in your opinion? >> the government does this all the time, cuts a deal with people, and cuts it with one. some say this is a bribe, pleading guilty to a very little crime, giving us a testimony that we want and the convicted will, jurors often believe that. >> harris: criminals writing on criminals? >> yes, they believe that all of the confessions he made yesterday including robbing his own partner, believable. >> harris: i have to break news now with you on the mezzanine, former trump attorney michael cohen under investigation for tax fraud. >> "the wall street journal" has just reported and it has been a head-scratcher as to what to the federal government is after michael cohen four. the areas. >> harris: "wall street journal" reporting as

factions in the ukrainian leadership and strengthen hardliners? —— ukrainian. -- iranian.f discourse about what should they do economically to ride out the storm? you see some agreement between the moderate and hardline camps on how to manage the immediate concerns in the near term. the immediate economic and says they have is managing the currency value, managing the currency value, managing their currency from even further plummeting levels, it has reached new lows and they will try to keep that from plummeting further. there will also try and protect price hikes. there will protect price hikes. there will protect against further price hikes of basic goods, you think some cohesion across the political establishment. 0ver cohesion across the political establishment. over time, beyond economic question in terms of how to position iran in a security way against the united states, to position its defence and security activities, over time the hardliners will game an advantage throughout this period of tougher economic sanctions. there was some talk of the eu and other signat

you been ukrainian filmmaker oleg cents off imprisoned in russia on terrorism charges has now been on hunger strike for exactly one hundred days the forty two year old is serving a two decade long sentence after being convicted three years ago of arson attacks in his native crimea since off was a fierce critic of moscow's occupation of the peninsula back in two thousand and fourteen amnesty international called sense offs case a show trial and western nations have campaigned for his release sense office lawyer says that since starting the hunger strike back in may his condition as rapidly deteriorated all right let's get some more details now from polina cover from your asia programs she is the director at penn america polina a very warm welcome to d.w. news you are currently in russia there are different accounts of the state of the health of aleck's sense off what do you know. yes last news that we got from his lawyer is that he's also very slow as forty bits and minutes and he is very weak also another. human rights defenders who is a bit of a visit here in love with. recently and

afghan forces hit back with a ferocious aerial response. 842-year-old ukrainian filmmakers hunger strike nters its 100th day. despite pressure from the west, his release seemm far from likely. microsoft fortes attempts to hack right wing think tax -- states.anks in the united moscow says its hands are clean. it is time for focus. today we bring you a report from venezuela, a country whose ecooomy remainn in free fall despite having the largest oil reserves in the warm -- in the world. the presiient says economic war has been led by foreign powers but his opponents argue he has mismaaaggd the economy. our reporters went to a% neighborhood in caracas, which was a stronghold of hugo chavez. residents watch with confusion as their daily lives ave become a constant struggle. -- santiago dreams of playing for the new york yankees. old anddplaysrs for a club ii the january 23 neighborhood in caracas. the late president hugo chavez did not grow up here but it was his home ground. it has been five years since he died of canner, butthhs face and his eyes are hard to miss. a huge baseball fan, he w

tell us more about this american lobbyist who pleaded guilty today to cooperating with russian and ukrainian elements illegally. >> reporter: sure. so this is samuel patten. he was right here in washington, d.c. he was a lobbyist, and he pleaded guilty essentially to acting as an unregistered foreign lobbyist. he also lied to the senate intelligence committee. one of the other things that he admitted to was that he used a third party to essentially funnel money from a ukrainian oligarch and use that money to buy tickets to donald trump's presidential inauguration. now, foreigners are not supposed to be allowed to use money and pour that into inaugural committees, but this man, samuel patten, helped this ukrainian oligarch do so as part of his work. and it is interesting because as part of, you know, his statement of defense and part of this plea agreement he signed, he agreed to cooperate including with special counsel mueller's team. mueller team did not strike this deal. it was other prosecutors. but as you pointed out, all these prosecutors do tend to work together. rudy giuliani was aske

regime but that is something we've not seen the myanmar government yet address russia has denied a ukrainian prisoner on hunger strike for one hundred days isn't critical condition filmmaker oleg sense of a serving a twenty year prison sentence for conspiracy to commit terrorism he strongly opposed the russian annexation of his native crimea since all the family are now seriously worried about his health or a challenge has more from moscow. alex and so if began his hunger strike back in may he said he would refuse food until all ukrainian nationals were released from russian jails now he's only accepting a nutritional supplements to keep his organs functioning so far campaigning from human rights groups influential russians and international leaders like the french president macron have not achieved his release and speaking to us from kiev his cousin says she fears that vladimir putin is trying to make a point. the resist theory if that suited one select to die to teach a lesson to other political prisoners so they see what kind of consequences as a palin can have and sit quietly this is the

to be something that was orchestrated by kiev therefore it was it was the ukrainians strettle services the did this and inside the dome you have a republic we're being told that already ukrainians have been arrested that's where a trial is there in moscow for us thank you. russia's foreign minister says the syrian government has every right to chase what he called terrorists out of the last rebel have on clay buffett led some three million people live there including more than ten thousand rebel fighters the un has warned against a major government offensive saying that it would lead to the mass displacement of people by addressing all these issues and we're making progress on some of them some are more difficult we can talk about that and there is also another point that i would like to add to those that i have mentioned it is important also that u.n.h.c.r. as the united nations refugee agency plays a role and has a presence is specially in the areas of return now this is sometimes spot simple sometimes more difficult it is linked often to the security situation but he's clear to ever

alex and so it began his hunger strike back in may he said he would refuse food until all ukrainian nationals were released from russian jails now he's only accepting a nutritional supplements to keep his organs functioning so far campaigning from human rights groups influential russians and international leaders like the french president macron have not achieved his release and speaking to us from kiev his cousin says she fears that vladimir putin is trying to make a point. to resist theory if that suited one select to die to teach a lesson to other political prisoners so they see what kind of consequences as a bell and can have and sit quietly this is the most recent photo of a leg he's been certainly but it's difficult to tell quite how thin because of his prison overalls supporters though say that he's lost thirty kilos he has anemia and a slow heartbeat he's certainly much changed from these pictures filmed when he and alexander culture unco were convicted back in two thousand and fifteen on terrorism charges the trial linked to the russian and exhaustion of crimea has been condemned by

so, as we stood there, the president gave senator mccain a machine gun, a ukrainian-made machine gun. they are proud of their armaments there. mccain was holding it and then he gave it to senator graham and gave him a pistol, and i was standing there, and mccain says, i wonder what you are getting. it's a flat box and i opened the box and it had two daggers. and senator mccain said i was deserving of a pistol and arranged to have one brought to me and the navy confiscated every weapon, and a year later senator mccain said, i wonder what happened to my machine gun. that trip was about him standing with us with these are leaders to send that incredibly important message, his own words from back a few years before in 2013 when he spoke to that pro-democracy crowd of protesters in ukraine telling them that america is with you and they said thank you back at him. as he said, the united states has a special responsibility to champion human rights in all places for all peoples and at all times. so he would send this message to our allies. he would look for those hotspots, he would look for t

that was linked to paul manafort, in fact, founded by paul manafort, these russian-backed ukrainianng, some meetings with congressional staff for them in the united states and he had not registered to do. so and that's a felony, and he has admitted that. he also admitted was not charged with but admitted funneling $50,000 to a straw donor to donald trump's inauguration so that a ukrainian, his ukrainian client paid this $50,000 illegally so he and another person, a russian, could attend trump's inauguration. what's interesting about this case, it is was brought brought by the district columbia, not by mueller's office. when it first emerged we were trying to figure out what connection to the mueller investigation. but now it's clear that patten has agreed to cooperate with robert mueller. and that clearly comes out of the manafort investigation of illegal foreign lobbying. and this straw donation to the inauguration. he is very interesting. >> and joyce vance, can i get you to weigh in on this? why -- why would you -- what would be your motive for organizing illegal donation like th

eastern ukrainian separatist leader alexander who is killed in a blast and on net russia says it's an act of international terrorism kids says rubble and fighting is to blame. a little common debate and you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. targeted at reports of a dozen yemeni fisherman dead in an airstrike. on. a musical farewell to the queen of soul pop stars and world leaders alike attend the funeral of our either franklin in detroit. and sprint legend the same bolts makes his debut for a pro football team and australia. russia says the killing of an eastern ukrainian separatist leader alexander amounts to an act of international terrorism a moscow back to either of rebels in donetsk was killed in a blast at a cafe in the center of the city that russia has accused ukraine of assassinating to try to unleash a renewed war in eastern ukraine but kiev says it had nothing to do with the blast instead of blaming separatists and fighting russia's state investigative committee has opened an investigation into the killing or each islands has the latest from moscow. do

charges against him and 64 ukrainian prisoners.ocial media posts by his family quote the filmmaker as saying, the end is near. business news, germany is making it more difficult for foreign investors to step up domestic companies. >> one target is there in particular in the target is china appeared on its quest to become an even stronger economic powerhouse, aging for years, has been fighting foreign companies. as market leaders intend different she industry sectors like robotics and pharmaceuticals. germany and the united states, see an industrial advantage at risk. >> it is a move china will not like. germany's government wants broad feet of leaders when investors from outside europe by into local companies. starting at 15% stakes instead of the current 25. the new regulations comes after effefectively blocked a chinese company from buying a 20% share. chinese trade representatives claim they are being singled out. however, the surge of chinese purchases is stricken. the volume of chinese transactions in germany is comparatively