union but you don't want to change your relationship with the european union? >> that is correct, totally correct. if the european union wants free movement of persons between estonia and portugal, between england and ireland, that is their things, between new york and los angeles i understand that but they have to understand switzerland is an independent country and if we are overrun, if we have a migration much, much higher than any other country in the world then we have a right to say we have to have in a certain way a break and stop and discuss what kind of new system do we have. >> okay, luzi stamm, thank you very much, a member of the are parliament joining us from berne. >>> thousands of people have arrived in bo bos botion ne bosf the worst unrest the balkan country has seen since the end of the bosnian war. >>> french president many francois hollande begins a trip to the united states. jackie roland reports from the french capital, paris. >> a familiar landmark in an unfamiliar location. it's often forgotten that the statute of liberty is one of a pai

bomb dismissing the european union's role in ukraine so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. the state department has shifted into damage control refusing to confirm the authenticity of the audio while admitting that victoria nuland has apologized to her european allies for the profanity she's apologized for a comment to she's not admitting she made which is itself a confirmation that the comment wasn't indeed made but will she hasn't apologized for the plans to midwifery new government in ukraine you know the words she's she's apologizing for cussing out to you but she's not apologizing for trying to overthrow a government in kiev and calling it popular democracy diplomatic scandal hit as nuland arrived in ukraine for her second visit in less than two months back in december she was seen walking around kiev's independence square handing out snacks to protesters this time around the assistant secretary of state promised to feed the country with financial support if necessary political reforms are implemented at a pres

but they are bound by eu rules o mike smithson and that is not the european union men. but pressure is growing within the eu and the lonsdale belt and expelled small eu citizens than ever before the name the round and they had. these are images from happier times for sushi at quetta near the italian musician and actress was performing the dinner table he said expresses his zest for life. not too long ago things were going well. linda had a full time job that was partly funded by the department of social services. as is often the case for artists in belgium. it's only that became a problem. at the end of last year bill james hardie's informed quetta cheese to be extradited back to the lethal unjustly drawing social benefits. this facility. that's got to know whom to move the nineteen nineties came out to the team i have no idea that can happen and has just one monster react. i can do something like these can happen. i don t have been able to come up with a better response. i'm moving. where they came to belgium three years ago to participate in an art project and decided

commission has made this report on corruption in the european union but it didn't make. from within its own institutions and didn't have any specific information about corruption with you funded projects. aka branches or threats toward the pentagon and sounds the alarm over iranian warships approaching us maritime borders had to have called for the full story. and in the tourism to immigration go home or face arrest campaign bank find its mastermind details on what force the u.k. immigration minister to resign is just a click away. and established life interrupted by a subpoena and a british couple are fighting extradition to the u.s. on fraud charge or is. no one to see the family says their lives have been turned upside down by then or one morning fourteen months ago a life changing knock on the door with two policeman from scotland yard and they said were i was sorry mr dunham would come to arrest you and your husband since then they've been out on bail and are fighting extradition to the united states to await trial after claims from the dunham's former company in th

skeptics are constantly saying about the european union and it also may serve to discourage people from the scene in the election in any european election at all oh well they think if i if i don't really know enough of someone telling me i don't know enough then maybe i won't bother to vote but we'll have to see how that pans out come may earlier i discussed readings comments and i read to them in british society with stephen ward from the u.k. independence party and peter wilding founder director of the british influence a pro group take a listen. today vivian redding should hang her head in shame and be completely embarrassed and barest on two fronts first calling the people of britain too ignorant to be able to understand the issues to vote and also she said that brits are too lazy compared to e.u. migrants i believe that she should apologize to the people of this country for the statement she's made today well that comes from a guy whose party leader nigel farage started the year off by saying thirty million remaining in a bulgarian immigrants are knocking on the door of the u.k. fi

union and it'll save a step to discourage people from facing an election in any european exit oh oh well they think if i if i didn't really know enough of someone's head and i don't know enough of the building of the two banks will have to see how that pans out. come may i discussed reading state means any attitudes to women in british society with steven wolf from uk independence party and peter wilding founder of the pro eu british influence. today to begin reading to hang her head in shame and be completely embarrass embarrassed on two fronts the scolding people of britain too ignorant to be able to understand the issues to vote and also that she said the brits are too lazy compared to eu migrants. i believe that she should apologize to the people of this country for the statements he's made today. what comes from a guy who's party leader nigel far rock stars of the year off by saying thirty million remaining in a bulgarian immigrants are knocking on the door of the uk festival said unity was completely full figure. secondly they have come to the point really a halt to this story

and one that can now expect all of its treaties with the european union to now be reviewed there's a calf an offer points. voted to shut the door to european union workers setting up a showdown with brussels as well as a potential exit from the single european market now the so-called stop mass immigration initiative was the brainchild of the right wing swiss people's party which wants strict quotas on foreigners for switzerland to essentially abandon its free movement of people treaty with the e.u. and supporters the we've talked to say that they're worried immigration is driving up rents that is undercutting local workers and that is burdening public services no opponents had argued that immigration caps would in fact cripple economic growth and experts do say that this was in column e. is. not despite for labor especially when it comes to folks who have skills to work in fields like health care and i tell you where there's a big need for skilled workers but despite the very real economic concerns despite the fact that on the one we care is just three percent many voters will ultim

. >>> the european union holding an emergency session on ukraine. they are talking about sanctions against ukrainian officials believed to be responsible for promoting the violence inside kiev. in keefe those talks have just wrapped up. phil ittner has been covering it all from burst -- brussels, and strong words from russia today. >> reporter: that's right, del. basically the threat of sanctions is tantamount to blackmail. here in brussels the members of the european union, 28 of them all together are gathered talking about how they can respond to the escalation of violence on the ground. they say they are open to all alternatives and those responsibility should be held accountable, and for their part, katherine ashton, say they that they are very clear as to who is responsible. >> the responsibility for this violence lies squarely for those in power, and we urge them to stop it as quickly as possible. and i thought it important to bring all the leaders together to look at what action we're going to take. >> there are a number of sanction possibili

at the beginning of bats brussels that is the european union moscow washington and the so-called moderate leaders in kiev have lost control the situation as has president the uncle rich of ukraine so when you cut the article ridge says that he and these moderate leaders have reached a compromise i presume it means that he's agreed to hold back the police from restoring order by force in the streets of kiev and in return the moderate leaders will vacate the buildings and get these ultranationalist were thrown fire bombs and police to stop but what we've seen the last two weeks is that the so-called moderate increase the leaders cannot control the street so it's a compromise in tension meanwhile you have president obama apparently uninformed about what's going on he says he hopes these protesters won't become violent whereas the bad they've been violent for more than a week they've killed policemen they were occupying government buildings they've set buildings on fire in ukraine and then we get this incredible statement by the european union and washington that they're going to sanction peo

i don't see how european countries who are member of the european union can solve the problem without leaving the european union so it's obvious that countries like great britain or france you named friends especially with increasing poverty in my opinion they have a difficult they have a difficult time to solve these problems but i think at least they should rearrange the principle rules of free movement of persons and improve the system. this is the media so we lead the. motions your. party is the. issues that no one is asking with to get that you deserve answers from. politic. hello and thank you for joining me kate broadridge for the first of two days all t.v. sports specials all the news from a thrilling final day of the twenty second winter olympics in salt three plus all the rest of the week's top sports here are the headlines. good bye to sochi russia making the winter olympics close with a lavish ceremony as the host country celebrates finishing top of the medal table the record hall of thirty three. blasts capello's a swedish test rusher are set to pace of laps on abraham of

the european union has sort of taken a step back down. interestingly enough you saw, you suddenly had a rash of european politicians, american politicians go into kias and speaking to the thousands of demonstrators who wanted the ukraine to sign an agreement with the european union whereas you haven't seen russian officials going there in making speeches trade they'll quietly been talking to the ukrainians. early at this point russia has one. russia is going to bail out ukraine. russia is going to hope that in the 2015 election mr. yanukovych gets reelected. if he doesn't then it would be a question about what ukraine would do in the future. i think this underlines the fact that at least for the united states ukraine is a long way away. there's just so much that we can do to get involved in the post-soviet states and russia's neighbors but there's a limit to that. we have many other foreign-policy priorities and in the bush administration at one point the bush administration wanted nato membership for the ukraine more than ukraine did. uk

what's real and voted to shut the door to european union workers setting up a showdown with brussels as well as a potential exit from the single european market now the so-called stop mass immigration initiative was the brainchild of the right wing swiss people's party which wants quotas on foreigners for switzerland to essentially abandon its free movement of people treaty with the e.u. and supporters the we've talked to say that they're worried immigration is driving up rents that is undercutting local workers and that is burdening public services no opponents had argued that immigration caps would in fact cripple economic growth and experts do say that the swiss in column e. is. not despite foreign labor especially when it comes to folks skills to work in fields like health care and where there's a big need for skilled workers but despite the very real economic concerns despite the fact that on the one we care is just three percent many voters were ultimately swayed by the argument that switzerland simply cannot take in any more people now in order to understand why you really do

the ukrainian people, a majority want to go with the european union. then putin and the russians stepped in and they put enormous pressure on the president saying you stay with russia. we don't want you to join the european union. it was a commercial relationship. we'll pressure you. we'll cut off your gas supplies, we'll on the good side, give you loans. it became a battle where putin is trying to keep control of the old soviet republics. ukraine is the big prize, the biggest, the most powerful. strong entrepreneurship in the ukraine. but the ukrainian people, the opposition, they want to decide where they want to go with the u.s., with europe. and they seem to have chosen europe but then within their leader yanukovych backs the russians and says we're going to stay with russia, that's what the conflict is all about. >> it sounds like an old cold war struggle. >> that's what it is, craig. you see putin in his last term, he wants to cement his legacy. he regrets soviet union losing all the soviet republics. but he wants to keep this one that i think is

the european union lots of think of itself as one of the brighter and fairer parts of the world the european commission report on corruption the first of its kind betrays a very different picture in every single member country there is corruption in some cases on a massive scale so what can the e.u. teach the world a corruption. we speak your language anybody will not advance. news programs and documentaries and spanish more matters to you breaking news a little turn it into angles keep the stories. you hear. then try to alter the spanish find out more visit eye to eye. teeth. caught up in the middle of an environmental disaster people in the u.s. state of arkansas are finding themselves bogged down in barrels of trouble almost a year after a pipeline rupture caused a massive oil spill people are still suffering from the long term effects caused by breathing toxins on a daily basis and if huge health risks weren't enough some are finding it hard to leave the contaminated area as artie's guyana chicha confound out. almost a year after two hundred thousand gallons of heavy crude spilled onto t

diplomat caught on camera insulting the european union. the white house is doing damage control suggesting russia leaked the recording. this embarrassing disclosure comes as washington is trying to broker a solution to the crisis in ukraine. >> the crisis has been going on for months and the administration struggled to find answers to ease the crisis. a rare and embarrassing glitz behind the scenes of memp diplomacy as they struggle to come to grips with what is happening in ukraine. >> u.s. secretary of state victoria knewland in ukraine, meeting with its embattled president, viktor yanukovych. >> sessions with senior leaders of the opposition, the united states intends to remain engaged, working in lock step with the european union. >> instead of lock step knew land locked horns with the e.u., a close american ally. knew land is said to be talking with u.s. ambassador jeffrey pye ot. and will dismiss the european union as te talk about plans to ease the crisis. >> he has siri and ban ki-moon to get them to come in: >> speaking for an emb

union secondly because the european union offered a derisory eight hundred million euros knowing the european union's financial situation has not changed we've got all manner of people the governing party in the u.k. all sorts of politicians across europe even mr to scrim neighboring poland is saying that effectively it's going to be impossible to manage to be very lavish with phones at the same time frankly the new ukrainian government is is effectively in la la la on that mean they're already asking for thirty five billion dollars that's up from the fifteen billion dollars that had been agreed to by the by the president mr young the cove it's just a few months ago with with russia and therefore it's really a mess the european union does not have the political capital to spend on rescuing ukraine from twenty years of economic mismanagement given the problems in the backyard of the euro zone. that was patrick young executive director at d.v. advisors. now to it uprising against police brutality here in the u.s. and the city of detroit new york residents are demanding justice after a

union secondly because the european union offered a derisory eight hundred million euros knowing the european union's financial situation has not changed we've got all manner of people the governing party in the u.k. all sorts of politicians across europe even mr terse from neighboring poland is saying that effectively it's going to be impossible to manage to be very lavish with phones at the same time frankly the new ukrainian government azi it is is effectively in la la land i mean they're already asking for thirty five billion dollars that's up from the fifteen billion dollars that had been agreed by the by the president mr young the cove it's just a few months ago with with russia instantaneously they need to pay off about six and a half billion dollars this year in government debt over the course of the next eighteen months they probably have to repay about fifteen billion dollars of government debt and therefore it's really a mess the european union does not have the political capital to spend on rescuing ukraine from twenty years of economic mismanagement given the problems in

bomb while dismissing the european union's role in ukraine so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. the state department has shifted into damage control refusing to confirm the authenticity of the audio while admitting that victoria nuland has apologized to her european allies for the profanity she's apologized for a comment to she's not admitting she made which is itself a confirmation that the comment wasn't indeed made but will she hasn't apologized for the plans to mid-wife incoming trade you know the which she's a she's apologizing for cussing out you but she's not apologizing for trying to overthrow a government in kiev and calling it popular democracy the diplomatic scandal here as nuland arrived in ukraine for her second visit in less than two months back in december she was walking around independence square handing out snacks to protesters this time around the assistant secretary of state promised to feed the country with financial support if necessary political reforms are implemented at a press conference nu

it's important to differentiate we are critical of european union real change in european union but we love europe we want to be part of europe and about won't change we renegotiate a new deal with the e.u. that won't change. i think is right but i think the conservative party is in a strong position because we're the only party to offer a referendum a real public choice between and basically choices either you stay in the european union with a renegotiated package or you leave and you negotiate a deal and i put forward and it's just a light device between norway and switzerland but kind of deal but that's outside the european union but i think i well said when it works for norway and sweden and so many people say why can't we have that relationship the same as no one in sweden it works very well. well i mean i personally speaking do believe in that kind of arrangements i think that could be negotiated i mean whether you talk of renegotiation from within the you or negotiation from without i mean it's the same sort of thing you're basically traders at the heart of this are having a goo

for european union because they don't want to have. the baby the crops regime they don't have to hunt the scene of an ocean this is what happened in russia and some other post soviet countries the basis that the in your pms and its european release not for just for you kim classes is something very concrete in their minds. and david that's why they are pursuing the east extremists is this is only us when we asked them for the european union was something in all negotiations that mr yanukovich was keeping alive with european union for four years. they were talking and the negotiations were progressing to a promising that means they will sign him up with the needed association and that's why the least. restless night when they saw its peak was not going to agree it was not the case and the end of the light at the end of the tunnel was was switched off. that's michael he's on his protest erupted there in this this and how much is that what is it that hard to get a protest his words we should never forget what the people came on. this piec

bomb while dismissing the european union's withdrawal in ukraine so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. the state department has shifted into damage control refusing to confirm the authenticity of the audio while admitting that victoria nuland has apologized to her european allies for the profanity she's apologized for a comment to she's not admitting she made which is itself a confirmation that the comment wasn't indeed made but will she hasn't apologized for the plans to midwife a new government in ukraine you know the words she's she's apologizing for you but she's not apologizing for trying to overthrow a government in kiev and calling it popular democracy diplomatic scandal here as nuland arrived in ukraine for her second visit in less than two months back in december she was seen walking around kiev's independence square handing out snacks to protesters this time around the assistant secretary of state promised to feed the country with financial support if necessary political reforms are implemented at a press co

with a strong voice inside the european union. if we had then. we will be able to make the necessary changes for the benefit of all. it lasted the granting of medical physics a meeting with a cleaner. the british government rolled out the greatest of copics for the gem and counselor. they'd gone the next thing is hopeful. and now we have a meeting with our political correspondent peter craven who has been falling home and did all of the developments far as to appear on the law for anything to people in the uk who won a different relationship with europe was interesting that as being the whole of the house we call center in the uk has been a lot of talk about rewriting of treaties or all the tents for the bridge is getting a special deal on on the eu treaties in areas like that justice and policing knoll business and finance or even agriculture fisheries but no such promises hopeful promise is whether offered up by the german chancellor today instead what she did talk about team and tell their own vision for the european union which is that which

and because it was skewed in favor of the european union secondly because the european union offered to ronnie's or eps hundred million euros on the european union's financial situation has not changed. we've got all manner of people the us governing party in the uk all sorts of politicians across europe. mr tusk from neighboring poland is saying that effectively the scum of the impossible the monies to be very lavish with almost the same time. frankly the new ukrainian government athlete is it's objectively and i were on the plane and already asking for thirty five billion dollars laptop from the fifty million dollars to the degree that idea why the president has begun the cove it's just a few months ago with with russia. therefore it's really an immense. the european union goals in all top political capital to stand on rescuing ukrainian from twenty years of economic mismanagement. given the problems in the backyard all the eurozone. that was how strictly on the executive director and tv advisors. now onto an uprising against police brutality here in the last and the city of troy n

was overwhelming with the european union. and he said wait, there were hundreds of thousands of people in paris demonstrating against same-sex marriage. ... >> it is a tendency on the part of the russian government to question the consistency of what the u.s. does and the sincerity of it and to point out that, you know, what russia does is different from what the u.s. does. that is a general framework. we get into these arguments and that is why there's part there is part of this relationship. one of the analogies that they like to sometimes use, i don't know

if one wants britain to remain in the european union which is what i want, one wants a competitive union that generates growth, one can find common solutions. >> she's speaking without a microphone, which means i don't hear her. >> a letter to commit all candidates for european candidates of the conservative party to not drawing a group in the european parliament that will have the deutch land as a member. conservative members of the european parliament are not in the same group as for example groups for deutch land, that they are not in the same group. >> the conservative parties very successful group, i'm very proud of the creation of the group and they'll remain members of that group. in terms of the parties that are going to join that, we have a sister party in germany and not looking for a new sister party, so i don't anticipate that situation arising at all. i said if angela wants to join our group, she's always welcome. [ laughter ] >> my candidates will all be members of the e.c.h. -- e.c.r., we're not looking for new german sister parties in that group. i think it's a pretty cle

the european union says these are cultural and historically europeans. and they tried to establish a very strong trade agreement with you yan. now what the russians say is what the european union was trying to do was to divide people internally and force them to make a decision whether to lean west or east. and they say that in effect is what has caused this crisis. the russians say this is a european mistake. of course this also lies to the argument of where does ukraine lie, west or east? >> phil ittner thank you very much. >>> step forward in negotiations to scale back iran's nuclear program following three days of talks in vienna. all sides saying that things are going well. the west is concerned about iran getting a nuclear weapon. iran insists it has a right to produce nuclear energy. >> reporter: three days of talks lead by the foreign minister and the chief official were, we are told, positive and constructive. for now negotiations on a permanent deal are on track. their next meeting will be held in about a month's time. the eu and iran came to r

what's real and voted to shut the door to european union workers setting up a showdown with brussels as well as a potential exit from the single european market now the so-called stop mass immigration initiative was the brainchild of the right wing swiss peoples party which wants strict quotas on foreigners for switzerland to essentially abandon its free movement of people treaty with the e.u. and supporters the we've talked to say that they're worried immigration is driving up rents that is undercutting local workers and that is burdening public services no opponents had argued that immigration caps were in fact cripple economic growth and experts do say that this was in column e. is. not despite for labor especially when it comes to folks who have skills to work in fields like health care and i tell you where there's a big need for skilled workers but despite the very real economic concerns despite the fact that on the one we fear is just three percent many voters will ultimately swayed by the argument that switzerland simply cannot take in any more people now in order to understan

a very hypocritical approach to politics it's especially by the european union and by the european states they say they fight against extremism inside the european union . they fund extremists and support extremists and also i think. despite what is widely seen as a victory over the regime the might done remains intact with that right sector standing firm some of its members may leave independence square soon though possibly landing a job soon the revamp into real ministry one parliament forms a duty to government on thursday looks you were shifty on the fortune from kiev in ukraine. meanwhile the rise of the radical right has become one of the main sources of protests in ukraine southward crowds are rallying against the new leadership of the demonstrators are insisting it's legit illegitimate and condemn the power change as a coup to tell several hundred gathered outside council headquarters calling on the local governments to disobey the interim authorities and people there are concerned over russian being dropped as a regional language as well as plans to ban russian t.v. and a former

union secondly because the european union offered a derisory eight hundred million euros knowing the european union's financial situation has not changed we've got all manner of people the governing party in the u.k. all sorts of politicians across europe even mr to scrim neighboring poland is saying that effectively it's going to be impossible to manage to be very loud which with phones at the same time frankly the new ukrainian government is is effectively in la la la i mean they're already asking for thirty five billion dollars that's up from the fifteen billion dollars that had been agreed to by the by the president mr young the cove it's just a few months ago with with russia and therefore it's really a mess the european union does not have the political capital to spend on rescuing ukraine from twenty years of economic mismanagement given the problems in the backyard of the euro zone. that was patrick executive director at devious advisers. now to an uprising against police brutality here and the u.s. and the city of detroit new york residents are demanding justice after a clas

the european union imposed new sanctions on european officials. nick schifrin is live in kiev tonight. tell us what you are seeing right now. >> reporter: john, what we saw this morning was chaos and carnage, and right now that has been replaced bier calm. it is 3:00 am behind me, and still these protesters are going strong. they were singing the national anthem just a few moments ago. now they are trying to rally their troops to maintain their excitement. you see people licking their wounds, people really digging in. i saw scenes of people feeding each other, lining up for barbecues, sleeping, of course really getting a sense they are digging in, grateful for at least a few hours of peace. a few blocks from here we saw protesters surround a busful of police. we are told that they have let those police go. the protesters allowing a tunnel of police to walk out of that area. but john, there is a real sense that today was so bloody that bridg bridges have now been crossed. >> and nick european officials have decided on sanctions and they have been m

more important of them is the vision europeans and customs union the russian president of the demure putin has promised. the president's family also benefits from the status quo. since twenty ten munich over to some monies under as being one of the wealthiest people in the country. his father was toppled trees and as fortune would be endangered the article which is reactions to the car and anti government protests the range of expressions of understanding to threats of tougher action. that suggests divisions within the article beach camp. most recently the hardline as among his advisers have been getting the upper hand. it's what's likely to be his reaction if the eu imposed sanctions on his government would be enough to sway chemical mix the two and a us shopping mall forms for another time courting a hit in its relations with russia has been funneling the situation in ukraine closely. i mean sanctions have to target at that. these are the persons who are responsible for the escalation of violence this is the family offering a new coach this is the minister of domestic affairs these

union secondly because the european union offered a derisory hundred million euros knowing the european union's financial situation has not changed we've got all manner of people the governing party in the u.k. all sorts of politicians across europe even mr to scrim neighboring poland is saying that effectively it's going to be impossible to manage to be very lavish with phones at the same time frankly the new ukrainian government azi it is is effectively in la la la and that mean they're already asking for thirty five billion dollars that's up from the fifteen billion dollars that had been agreed to by the by the president mr young the cove it's just a few months ago with with russia and therefore it's really a mess the european union does not have the political capital to spend on rescuing ukraine from twenty years of economic mismanagement given the problems in the backyard of the euro zone. that was patrick young executive director at devi advisers. now to an uprising against police brutality here in the u.s. in the city of detroit new york residents are demanding justice after a cl

bomb dismissing the european union's role in ukraine so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. the state department has shifted into damage control refusing to confirm the authenticity of the audio while admitting that victoria nuland has apologized to her european allies for the profanity she's apologized for a comment to she's not admitting she made which is itself a confirmation that the comment wasn't indeed made but will she hasn't apologized for the plans to midwifery new government in ukraine you know the words she's she's apologizing for you but she's not apologizing for trying to overthrow a government in kiev calling it popular democracy the diplomatic scandal hit as nuland arrived in ukraine for her second visit in less than two months back in december she was walking around independence square handing out snacks to protesters this time around the assistant secretary of state promised to feed the country with financial support if necessary political reforms are implemented at a press conference nuland refused

ukrainian opposition leaders signed an eu mediated peace deal with european union on friday to end the violent stand off that left some 80 dead and scores injured. ukrainian president victor yanukovych promised elections and to bring opposition members into the ukrainian government. here the short background. ukraine is a strategic cross roads between east and west has been caught in a diplomatic tug of war between russia in the east and europe in the west. sent former soviet republic attained independence in 1991, the u.s. and the eu have tried to woo ukraine westward. while eastward russia under a success of presidents has tried to reincorporate ukraine into its sphere of influence. for much of the country's history western ukraine was a part of poland and is thoroughly european in outlook. while eastern ukrainedom dominated by russian speakers -- at stake in the current stand off is whether the country leans east, west, or splits down the middle. but as things stand now, president obama's admonition wednesday appears to have been heard. >> the united states consndem in the strongest

the european union has taken a step that now. interestingly enough he suddenly had a rash of european politicians, american politicians going to key have been speaking to the thousands and thousands of demonstrators who want the ukraine to sign an agreement with the european union whereas you haven't seen russian officials go in there and making speeches. they have quietly been talking to the ukrainians. at this point russia has one. russia is going to bail out ukraine. russia is going to hope in the 2015 election mr. yanikovich gets reelected. if he doesn't then there would be a question about what ukraine would do in the future. i think this underlines the fact that at least for the united states ukraine is a long way away. there's just so much we can do to get involved in the post-soviet state of that there is a limit to that and other foreign-policy priorities. the bush administration at one point ,-com,-com ma the bush administration would it nato membership for the ukraine within the ukraine did that ukraine is an intereste

i think it's in the interest of russia to develop closer canonic toys with the european union and that i think blossoming of the russian economy a true blossoming of the ukrainian economy would be the national interest of the united states while it's touching to see the american former american ambassador to be still concerns with the prospering of the russian economy but let me ask you the final question which is political and again if some of those things that i've already mentioned ukraine becoming a member of nato reach it has been encouraged by some of the western part partners in the past. to join nato if russia was indeed to lose that naval base in sevastopol i think that's would sooner or later provoke a very strong reaction from russia and probably that's reaction would also be negative it in i understand that having ukraine under the western umbrella is very valuable for many western countries it's a strategic gain but i wonder if it really worth spoiling completely spoiling relations with russia i don't think it would spoil relations with russia because russia needs to have

i think it's in the interest of russia to develop close second altoids with the european union and that i think a true blossoming of the russian economy a true blossoming of the ukrainian economy would be the national interest of the united states while it's touching to see the american former american ambassador to be still concerns of the prospering of the russian economy but let me ask you the final question which is political and again if some of those things that i've already mentioned ukraine becoming a member of may that reach it has been encouraged by some of the western part partners in the past it was indeed to join nato if russia was indeed to lose that naval base in sevastopol i think that's would sooner or later provoke a very strong reaction from russia and probably that's reaction would also be negative it in i understand that having ukraine under the west an umbrella is very valuable for many western countries it's a strategic gain but i wonder if it really worth spoiling completely spoiling relations with russia i don't think it would spoil relations with russia of cour

union secondly because the european union offered a derisory eight hundred million euros knowing the european union's financial situation has not changed we've got all manner of people the governing party in the u.k. all sorts of politicians across europe even mr to scrim neighboring poland is saying that effectively it's going to be impossible to manage to be very loud with phones at the same time frankly the new ukrainian government is is effectively in la la la and that mean they're already asking for thirty five billion dollars that's up from the fifteen billion dollars that had been agreed to by the by the president mr young the cove it's just a few months ago with with russia and therefore it's really a mess the european union does not have the political capital to spend on rescuing ukraine from twenty years of economic mismanagement given the problems in the backyard of the euro zone stay with us as we bring you updates and expert analysis on the uprising in ukraine. nato defense ministers will be meeting wednesday to discuss their military presence in afghanistan as the white

but they are bound by eu rules on mike smithson and that is not the european union them. but pressure is growing with in the eu and the lonsdale belt and expelled small eu citizens than ever before name the round and nine these are images from happier times for sushi at quetta. here the italian musician and actress was performing to entertain a piece that expresses her zest for life. not too long ago things were going well. linda had a full time job that was partly funded by the department of social services. as is often the case for artists in belgium. it's only that became a problem. at the end of last year belgian authorities informed quetta cheese to be extradited back to the lethal unjustly drawing social benefits. this facility. man does she know whom to move the nineteen nineties came out to the team i have no idea that could happen and has just one monster react. i can do something like these can happen. i don t have been able to come out with a better response. i'm moving with a cane to build june three years ago to participate in art project and decided to stay.

and very hypocritical approach to politics especially by the european union european states facing the fight against extremists and the european union is a font extremists who didn't support extremist cult i feel new again. despite what is widely seen as a victory over the receiver to my garden remains intact with that white sector standing firm some of its members leave independence square still go possibility that you'll see in the revamped interior ministry when parliament forms a duty to government on thursday. you're just don't see imported from kyiv ukraine. promises of european financial aid might be welcome in ukraine but within the block the landing program is facing growing criticism in a few years that it's malfunctioning. as the european parliament admits the lighthouse international anderson needs fixing and we find out how the views of the system to watch our full report here later this hour. for the uk government struggling to contain the rise of islamophobia home some britons are not making the job any easier. a group of activists has started patrolling the streets of e

union that is negotiating and the executive branch of the european union, european commissioners is doing this negotiation, they're performing these negotiations on the basis of a mandate that we get from the council of ministers. we did not invite candidate countries to the negotiating table. we couldn't do that. there is a possible impact, of course this is countries become members of the european union and there's also possibility of countries with, whom we have, for example, customs union. for example, we have at least a partial customs that can impact them so yes, we keep them informed. and as soon as the end of next week i'm going to istanbul to discuss these with the government. >> margery with the u.s. chamber of commerce. commissioner, thank you fo for being you. a very simple question. how do you perceive the engagement of european business community in the course of the negotiations currently? >> i would like to see them more engaged, you know. right now i hear voices about ttip in europe. they tend to be the negative ones. i think it's not only business. the agreement is

union for many years a closer relationship both politically and economically i mean the european union does not go around looking for countries to save. welcome back you're watching our to international live from moscow despite being a relatively small country israel is the world's sixth largest arms export are the industry is one of television's biggest sources of income but it's come under scrutiny recently with the report revealing that it's using the palestinian territory as a testing ground for new weapons party's policy player has the details. i think there is a very big elephant in the room in israel very big fact in a reality which is seldom spoken about and that's as far as most people go on israel's arms industry but how has a country the size of the american state of new jersey become the world's sixth largest exporter people don't really ask why is it why the hell this small country became such a superpower of weapons your time feldman is a journalist and filmmaker he recently released his award winning documentary the lab in which he argues that israel's occupation of pale

they say they fight against extremism inside the european union. they fund extremists and support extremists and outside the european union. despite what is widely seen as a victory over the regime the might done remains intact with that right sector standing firm some of its members may leave independence square soon though possibly landing jobs in the revamped interior ministry one parliament forms a unity government on thursday alexey worships the auntie gotten from kiev in ukraine. and the prospect of ultra nationalists gaining some of the top jobs is something that should be concerned about and that's what we've been hearing from glen ford a former member of the european parliament. clearly we have to look very carefully this government of national unity we should be trying to bring people together some hard and difficult decisions have to be made to incorporate people from all parts of ukraine in the new government if it's a sectarian government of a very in quotation marks one the recent conflict and this is just a recipe for further problem

union secondly because the european union offered a derisory eight hundred million euros knowing the european union's financial situation has not changed we've got all manner of people the governing party in the u.k. all sorts of politicians across europe even mr to neighboring poland is saying that effectively it's going to be impossible to manage to be very loud which with phones at the same time frankly the new ukrainian government is is effectively in la la la and that mean they're already asking for thirty five billion dollars that's up from the fifteen billion dollars that had been agreed to by the by the president mr young the cove it's just a few months ago with with russia and therefore it's really a mess the european union does not have the political capital to spend on rescuing ukraine from twenty years of economic mismanagement given the problems in the backyard of the euro zone stay with us as we bring you updates and analysis on the ukraine uprising. nato defense ministers meeting wednesday to discuss the military presence in afghanistan as the white house weighs whethe

and the european union has sort of taken a step back now. interestingly enough, you suddenly had a rash of european politicians, american politicians going to give and speaking to the thousands and thousands of demonstrators who want to ukraine to sign an agreement with european union support in this square were as you haven't seen russian officials going there and making speeches. have quietly been talking to the ukrainians. clarity at this point russia has one. russia is going to bail out ukraine. russia's going to hope that in the 2015 election, mr. yanukovych gets reelected. if he doesn't then it would be a question about what ukraine would do in the future. i think this underlines the fact that lisa for the united states, ukraine is a long way away. there is just so much we can do to get involved in the post-soviet state and russia's neighbors but there's a limit to that because many other foreign policy priorities and in the bush administration at one point, the bush administration wanted nato membership for

skeptics are constantly saying about the european union and it also may serve to discourage people from the scene in the election in any european election at all oh well they think if i if i don't really know enough of someone telling me i don't know enough then maybe i won't bother to vote but we'll have to see how that pans out come may i discussed reading the statements and the attitudes to them in british society with stephen walt from the u.k. independence party in peter wilding founder of the pro british influence group. today vivian redding should hang her head in shame and be completely embarrassed and barrister on two fronts first calling the people of britain too ignorant to be able to understand the issues to vote and also she said that brits are too lazy compared to e.u. migrants i believe that she should apologize to the people of this country for the statement she's made today well that comes from a guy whose party leader nigel farage started the year off by saying thirty million remaining in a bulgarian immigrants are knocking on the door of the u.k. first of all thirty m

skeptics are constantly saying about the european union and it also may serve to discourage people from the scene in the election in any european election at all oh well they think if i if i don't really know enough of someone telling me i don't know enough then maybe i won't bother to vote but we'll have to see how that pans out come may. and while writing off internal splits to ignorance the seeks to expand its trade links its time with an upcoming pact with the u.s. but some critics say it's at the mercy of corporations that could high government hands and expand their interests that still to come after the short break. trends in the report you'll best way to the heart of moscow. sky. twelve minutes past the hour the south african opposition is reportedly been struggling to make their voices heard in protest against corruption rising crime and widespread poverty there unrest seating in the post mandela country is the nation seems to be edging toward a security crisis party's policy reports. we were about to enter one of the most dangerous townships in one of the most dangerous cities

union there's a demand or here it's the it's the ukraine that is demanded from the european union for many years a closer relationship both politically and economically i mean the european union does not go around looking for countries to save the request came from ukrainian political elites from civil society from france from society as a whole they want to have this engagement with the e.u. and they want to have the relationship but what we have seen and i've learned from president a new crate and his government now one of them and one of the big problems here is that it is a divided country it's a divided country our xandra can you address that here because again you know we we have these differences in eastern west and that's what's happening in kiev right now is giving plenty of people good reason to say hey you want kiev you want my dog you can have it because a lot of people are dissatisfied with the kind of political slogans and ideology that is spewing out from care of right now and they don't want to have anything to do with it. well exactly because of course from the peep t

union secondly because the european union offered a derisory eight hundred million euros knowing the european union's financial situation has not changed we've got all manner of people the governing party in the u.k. all sorts of politicians across europe even mr to screw neighboring poland is saying that effectively it's going to be impossible to manage to be very loud which with phones at the same time frankly the new ukrainian government is is effectively in la la la and that mean they're already asking for thirty five billion dollars that's up from the fifteen billion dollars that had been agreed to by the by the president mr yana cove it's just a few months ago with with russia and therefore it's really a mess the european union does not have the political capital to spend on rescuing ukraine from twenty years of economic mismanagement given the problems in the backyard of the euro zone stay with us are to international for more updates and analysis on the situation in ukraine. they don't want to. see good lumber. to build a. mission to teach me. why you should. only. thirteen m

union or even between the european union and the united states for the very reasons that you say that one group of people says we've got to do something we've got to do something superior we've got to do it now and the only thing we can we can think about doing is to impose sanctions by which they're talking to travel to confiscation of assets abroad that sort of thing which actually are quite limited rather personalized sanctions but then again you've got a lot of people and it's unclear in the european union whether they're in the majority or not you say well so actions just no use of the situation not just because you're going to alienate people and make any sort of resolution later more difficult but because they'll simply be ineffective and of course also many opinions here on the program that the west overwhelming support for the protests is actually emboldening them to violence what's your opinion. well i think that's a very very difficult question because the origins of this you know if we go back to november the origins of the of the divisions in ukraine and the start of dist