. >> moscow takes a different view from william hague. we heard from sergei lavrov a few minutes ago actually quoting from a statement issued earlier today. a short statement issued by the kremlin basically saying the referendum in donetsk in eyes of moscow represented the will of the people there. moscow noted the high turnout in those votes and made it clear it would respect the votes. wi&=p. kremlin condemned what i described as attempts to sabotage the votes with the use of violence including the use of heavy weaponry against civilians. those are words of kremlin. there was also a call for dialogue between kiev and donetsk and luhansk for the results of referendum and the organization in europe could be part of a dialogue. >> is moscow going to be worried if there are more sanctions from the eu? >> i don't think moscow will like the idea of more sanctions. will it be worried, i don't think so. so far the kremlin hasn't shown it's concerned about the sanctions from the eu or united states. certainly not concerned enough to make it chan

after that, secretary of state john kerry and british foreign secretary william hague on syria. in a discussion about the career and legacy of former treasury secretary timothy geithner. during this week's question time, british prime minister david cameron told members that the u.k. will offer assistance to the nigerian search for hundreds of abducted schoolgirls. british troops will assist in surveillance and partner with the u.s. in the search. the prime minister dismissed claims that the nigerian government is not doing enough to help find the girls. embers also asked the prime minister about the proposed pfizer bid of u.k. pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca. this is about 35 minutes. >> order. questions for the prime minister. jonathan edwards. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others and in addition to my duties, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> u.k. has 104 billionaires. london has 72 billionaires, top city in the world. is the prime minister concerned? that most of our people are gettin

earlier, we saw william hague, the british fortune secretary addressing this meeting. we're going to keep our eyes and ears across this meeting and of course let you know of any significant developments. >> the war in syria itself has made life harder, not only for syrians themselves but also for the thousands of palestinians refugees who shelter in that country. many have had to flee to neighboring lebanon, but now lebanon is closing its borders to them leaving many palestinian families separated across two countries. >> this 12-year-old struggles to pass fee her 1-year-old sister. like thousands of palestinians refugees from syria, they fled the city and war to lebanon with his family more than a year ago. now not only does he to have cope with living in a tent and no job, he also has to take care of his children alone. his wife had to travel to syria and couldn't return when the lebanese government placed new measures restricting the entry of palestinian lebanese into lebanon. >> it's difficult especially at night when the little one wakes up and starts calling for

william hague, the british prime minister, has stated that these referendums have zero credibility in the eyes of the world. that they bring neither a single standard of objectivity or conduct of properly. that people organized did not intend to reach the standards. the head of the organization for security and cooperation in europe this year to represent his perspective on this crisis and looking for nonviolence. he said that this roadmap was practical and effective and that we don't really need to have long discussions as we disagree on the concrete details. a bit of dÉjÀ vu here in brussels, it is reflective of the meeting in march after the illegal annexation of crimea. >> thank you for that, reporting there from brussels on that meeting of foreign ministers there today. nigeria, where the islamic militant group has released a new video planning to show some of the missing schoolgirls kidnapped over a month ago. in the video the group's leader says the girls have converted to islam and that they will be released in exchange for prisoners. a very different message from the initial

next, secretary of state john kerry and british foreign secretary william hague on syria. >> telecommunication policy has not been reformed since 1934 so there was really a compelling need in 1995 to begin a process of massive telecommunication reform and at that time you basically had boxes, you had a box for broadcasters, a box for telephone companies, a box for long-distance, you know, cable, satellite, and our view was we had to come in and try to eliminate the lines of demarcation and promote competition, believing that with competition there would be innovation and more investment, more consumer choice, more innovation and fortunately i think the result has proven us correct. that is exactly what has happened. >> when the 1996 act was written we were largely focused on telephone service whether local or long-distance. to some distance we focused on cable tv service and wanted to take the stps to make that -- steps to make that market competitive. the primary focus was what we call plain old telephone service and today the landscape is different and the f.c.c. as managed as well as it can

some don't accept the results and william hague said the election has zero credibility. >> they are illegal by every standard. they don't meet a single standard of transparency, fairness being conducted and that even the people organizing did not even pretend to meet any of those standards. >> there were some violent exchanges during yesterday's vote. some ukrainian troops tried to prevent people from going to the polls. one person was killed after a national guards man open fired. those outside of the building station and several people were injured in those clashes. >>> the vote has been called illegal by the ukrainian government. we have reports from donetsk. >> reporter: this is the man who would be leader of a new republic in the east of ukraine. the donetsk people's republic. on his wall a crude hint of things to come. borders drawn in with marker pen. huge chunks of the south and east ukraine enveloped in russia. >> reporter: they were trying to tell us that russia is the occupiers, but we know it's not like that. the border should be open. they are already sufficiently open in the r

william hague, the british foreign minister has promised military advices. the u.s., canada and israel now have counter terrorism experts on the ground, specifically trying to help to resolve the abduction of those school girls. >> the security meeting comes as 3,000 french troops are being sent to south africa to fight al-qaeda. we met up with the troops in training. >> lush, french countryside is about as far from the sahara as you can get, but these french troops are gearing up for their new mission. blackhawks helicopters simulate dropping small teams in remote locations. this is a frenchar tilly regiment, so they will be taking these mortars, as well. also on display, the tiger helicopter, french made and packed with the latest weaponry. just as they did in marlee last year, french took place will be seeking out an illusive enemy across thousands of kilometers of remote desert. according to the french, the threat is growing. >> terrorism in africa is a global threat. we intervened in marlee to security not just regional security, but also our own securi

william hague called for them to set out a time period for elections.ecretary of state john kerry th: >> the u.s. says that it's reviewing military ties and aid to thailand following the coup. rosalind jordan is in washington d.c. with more on that. >> reporter: the obama administration wasted no time condemning the thai's military decision to stage a coup and is calling on the thai military to step aside and restore democratic rule. the u.s., as required by law, is reviewing the amount of foreign aid and military assistance to the thai government. most of the humanitarian aid does not go to the thai government, but the military to military relationship is very close, and does include a considerable amount of money as well as personnel exchanges. so the obama administration administration says that while this is not a comparable situation, for example, to whether or not has happened in egypt. it does say that it is concerned about the corurse of democracy n thailand and it is trying to make its displeasure known as broadly and loudly as possible. >> chi

. >> william hague is those in harris and said the u.k. is willing to help fight boko haram. >> nigerian security forces have not been well-structured for this kind of thing shown by the problem getting worse with boko haram. so we can help with that. >> is why we are offering to imbed military advisors with the nigerian headquarters. we work with nigeria in many other ways on counterterrorism. >> reporter: we have correspondents standing buy in paris where that conference is being held and in nigeria's capitol. let's go to tim friend in the french capitol. tim, a lot of talk about the threat of boko haram, but have we seen anything like an action plan to combat it? >> reporter: well, i think one is slowly but very slowly emerging. they've got a huge and very difficult task ahead of them, and i think underlying all of this talk of unity that we are hearing on the platform that the president olan shared with the african leaders after their summit here, behind that was all of the concerns about how much they were prepared to kuwait. for inst

and earlier today, in london, british foreign secretary william hague discussed the upcome electionsd the situation in ukraine. his is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i want to begin by expressing my deep condolences to the people of turkey over the terrible mining disaster. foreign minister davatola has been with us today. and i've said to him the u.k. stands ready to assist our friends in turkey in any way that we can. and the ministers gathered for the friends of syria core group meeting and observed a minute of silence in memory of the lives lost in turkey. i've hosted a series of meetings this morning, starting with a meeting of the foreign ministers of france, italy, germany and the united states and the u.k. to discuss the crisis in ukraine. we unanimously welcomed the ukrainian government's efforts to promote constitutional reform including the first meeting of the national dialogue that was held yesterday. this is clearly a successful first meeting and we strongly welcome that. and we welcome the fact that preparations for the presidential elections on m

first of all, let me just think foreign secretary william hague for his terrific posting today, convening all of us together to be able to talk about a number of challenging issues we are facing together. after today, we have an even better sense of direction. we gathered here, i think it is safe to say, frankly more united than we have been in some time. all of us remain committed to changing the dynamics on the ground in syria. since we last met, the opposition has itself taken some significant steps forward to expand their leadership, to expand their reach into syria, to become more effective. we know, as you know, we just hosted the president and his delegation in washington for a number of days with a series of meetings, including meetings with the state department, the white house, and the president. the truth is, we all know that the grave humanitarian crisis is growing more dire. the bloodshed and the suffering in one unified voice, we need it clear that we remain committed even more so to taking steps that could in fact make a difference. most importantly, we start in one unified

william hague a few moments ago told you that it is in the attitude and behavior that you make this judgment about what is being done. i'm not going to start laying out a whole series of definitions, except to say to you that it is clear what proxies mean. if russia or its proxies disrupt the elections, stand in the way of the ukrainian people being able to exercise their vote, that is when and if there would be additional sanctions, but our hope is that russia will join in to encourage the vote, that russia will encourage pro-russian separatists to say that they should work through the process that has now been opened up, that russia has helped insist on, that that process now be given a chance to work through the osce and otherwise. that is our preference. that is what we want to have happen. our hope is that there can be a concerted effort to try to put the confrontation behind us and put the effort to build ukraine in front of us and to try to do it together. that makes a lot more sense. that would be our hope for a direction. thank you all. i appreciate it. [captions copyright national

william hague and my stinky you to express his support of building be independent and democratic ukraine. he asks the government to implement reforms and fight corruption william k also mentioned ukraine's progress in the implementation of any agreements. the us the new humanist his face is. so many challenges so many different kinds of of the last couple of months. there is much closer to them discuss particulars. the staff that ukraine has taken the bus the only trying to implement the agreement was made to be in the absence of profit taking any steps. also the economic and huge security challenges alone warren's that they would not recognize the results of the indigo referendum in eastern ukraine on the eleventh. meanwhile the ukrainian nation is discussed in me to. because of the situation on the russian born to me the strength and its military presence in eastern europe isaac russell knows the details. eighteen i just tasted nice to this awesome friends that continue to come behind you. this was declared by the white house spokeswoman jennifer technique is called the future voting p

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neither kerry or william hague offered many specifics. here's more with what sect kerr -- secretary kerry said at the news conference with william hague. >> ask yourself, how do you have a legitimate election when half the people in your country are displaced and not able to vote? how do you have a legitimate election when another several million people are in refugee camps, unable to vote? how do you have it when hundreds of thousands of people-literally, almost a million perhaps, are scattered in various countries in the region, seeking safety from assad. it's just impossible to believe that under those circumstances, where people are hunkered down in homes, intimidated and afraid to be able to come out, afraid of being forced to do one vote or another, just have no climate, no framework within which you can talk about legitimacy. >> you can watch that entire news conference at c-span.org. house overnight committee chairman derryl issa issued a new subpoena for secretary of state kerry to testify on the panel on benghazi. chairman issa

. >> the british foreign minister william hague there speaking. we are joined now.e we look at what happened in the north in the hunt for the 200 girls, what information is called parents to come into the school to take their children. that's the information we have for this attack this morning. remember this is the place within the city where there were two bomb attacks that killed about a hundred people. >> there must be great nervousness among parents and children many in nigeria's schools. looking at what happened on the border, is there any suggestion this offer of help by america and britain will be able to locate where these groups are traveling around? we're talking about potentially 250-260 people aren't we? >> i think given maybe the equipment brought by the united states and the united kingdom in this escape, i think they'll be able to get something at least information on the whereabouts of the girls. the nigerian government has used aircraft and helicopters without success. i think this help coming from international community is good news for nigeria.

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the british foreign secretary william hague said he hopes the talks would after achieve some progressind a diplomatic way forward that reduces tensions we must always try to do so. that would require stronger russian commitment. last time three weeks ago they came to geneva and then did nothing to implement the agreements that had been made. so if there is a further diplomatic effort of deescalation, this time everybody must be committed to doing what they say they're going to do including russia. >> lavrov is also at the meeting. this is the scene at the news conference in vienna we are expecting to begin in the next few minutes. stay with us. we'll be going across to vienna as soon as that starts. >>> reports from china is say there's been another attack on travelers at a main line station a. local media are reporting six have been wounded by attacks. >> this was the second attack at a railway station within a week. according to one account, two men were sitting on the ground for two hours. this came from a shopkeeper. around 11:00 local time, they stood up, said something out loud,

. >> reporter: in brussels at an uu foreign ministers meeting to discuss the crisis, william hague no will accept the votes. >> they have zero credibility. they are illegal by anybody's standards. they don't meet any standard of objectivity, fairness or being properly conducted. and indeed the people organizing them didn't pretend to meet any of those standards. >> reporter: kiev says this is at an tempt by russia to create division in the lead up to the election. the ofce is offering a road map to resolve the crisis in ukraine, and said the work in the east could make the work more difficult. >> translator: it's a provocation for some. it's what increases the gap between the different actors for others, but the elections are essential for stabilization. we have to do something possible to have as positive of environment as possible. >> reporter: russia's action is being closely monitored by the european union. those in kiev where support for the government is high, say russia shouldn't get involved. >> translator: why should we listen to russia? it's madness. pure madness. >> transla

. >>> british foreign secretary william hague is hosting a friends of syria meeting in london today. the talks startles than two hours from now. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is attending along with syrian opposition leader and other foreign ministers. they will be discussing how to increase the force of the opposition and how to control the humanitarian issues. >>> the city of homs is a hotly contested area in syria until a truce was reached last week. the rebels never seem to run short of western ammunition. we're there and find out how to do it on this exclusive look from inside homs. >> reporter: this is what the battle for homs looked like for a long time. government forces are shelling the area. there's an elaborate area of tunnels. the tunnels were very important for them, the soldier tells me. this is how they got weapons and ammunition in here. the syrian military has begun sweeping the area. soldiers tell us they were surprised at the amount of tunnels they found. this isn't one of the most sophisticated tunnels around here. not very high and well constructed but they

return to the constitutional order and for the fundamental rights and freedoms to be respected and william hagueurned the military to set out a quick, clear timetable for elections and u.s. secretary of state john kerry said there is no justification for this military coup, urging the restoration of, civilian government immediately. let's talk now to forsyth who is a specialist on southeast asia at the school of economics and joins us from london and thank you very much from talking to us and we heard from scott, our correspondent in bangkok that the general is already preparing to brief the diplomatic core in bangkok, an indication of how foreign relations really matter for thailand. >> yes, indeed, i think the military is holding back a long time and could have acted in my month before today and they have and they are in a damage limitation exercise making sure they do not lose credibility doing this. >> in the absence it would appear a roadmap or a plan or a schedule for a return to democratic life in thailand. it seems as though their credibility is going to seriously be in need of an up lif

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in brussels to discuss the crisis, british foreign secretary william hague said no country will accept the result. >> these have zero credibility in the eyes of the world. they are illegal by anybody's standards. they don't meet any standard, not a single standard of objectivity, transparency, fairness or being properly conducted in the public referendum and election and the people organizing them didn't really even pretend to meet any of those standards >> reporter: kiev and the west say it is an attempt by russia to create divisions within ukraine in the lead-up to the presidential election. >> election is set to take place in less than two weeks and is seen as crucial for the stability of the country. the ofce is offering a roadmap and sees the referendum in the east could make the work ahead more difficult. >> it's a provocation for some. it's what increases the gap between the different actors for others. the fact remains that the presidential elections are an essential element of stabilization. we have to take into account the latest developments but we have to do everything posi

. >> earlier today, british foreign secretary william hague dismissed the results of sunday's referendumin eastern ukraine. >> the votes, these attempts of referendum have zero credibility in the eyes of the world. they are illegal by anybody standard. they don't need any standard will stop not a single standard of objectivity, transparency. the people organizing them did not even pretend to meet the standards. the ukrainian elections go-ahead on the 25th of may. >> russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow respects the results of the referendum but he did not indicate any plans for russia to annex eastern ukraine like it annexed crimea following a similar referendum in march. >> we respect the will of the residence of the donetsk and luhansk region. dialogue between representatives of kiev, donetsk and luhansk. >> to talk more about ukraine was and is referendum will mean, we're joined by stpehen cohen from new york university and princeton university. his most recent book is, "soviet fates and lost alternatives: from stalinism to the new cold war." he recently cowrote an artic

next secretary of state john erry and british foreign hague on william syria. >> telecommunication policy has been reformed since 1934 so there was really a compelling to begin a process of massive telecommunication at that time you basically had boxes, you had a broadcasters, a box for telephone companies, a box for

are osa phobic you know they are not picking up those messages coming from for example you know william hague just a. simply said we are going to punish the russians we are going to. take sanctions against them that will hurt them will suffer ourselves but we will publish them i think it's something i've just spoken to many influential journalists and i said what do you think and there's a bluff they said because this is not going to work and people don't know it all people do not support this but there is there is this young generation that has been brainwashed and there is a bit of those idiots who watch those reality shows and believe anything they see on television well you get those people to say nasty things following what the politicians and some right wing commentators say you know georgie is it due to the lack of history and the need for an enemy because russia you know way it's portrayed in media i've lived in this country for seventeen years and i read a great deal of the western media and it doesn't resemble anything about where i live in the people i live among yeah and i agree.

them and over forty people were killed in a fire just imagine the reaction from john kerry for william hague from francois hollande cetera how about his weight in government on this both the ukrainian hunters dumbness and absolute silence which shows an incredible double standard and it's about his way to go but the response what we do about calls for as strikes for humanitarian intervention to protect the civilians of venezuela may because he's saying that my dear it was could his own people so the double standards are absolutely off the scale while talking of which focusing back on the east again the kim authorities really ramped up the opposition this week with the support from the west who at the same time a calling for peace. that is beyond a wedding isn't it i mean if the west generally wanted peace they will be writing in the telling them to hold their so-called antiterrorist operation in the east calling them to have dialogue calling them topical to select return code in the constitutional changes which were agreed at the geneva accords so i think that the west on the one hand is try