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the most notorious and outrageous massacre took place september 29th and 30th 1941 in kiev. of the city of kiev and its vicinity must appear on monday september 29th by 8 o'clock in the morning. bring documents money and valuables and also warm clothing linen cetera. they need not follow this order and are found elsewhere will be shot. 33771 jews were killed in this 2 day operation of the nazis and ukrainian militia. another outrageous massacre was carried out by the ukrainian insurgent army and the bond faction of the organization of ukrainian nationalists in german occupied polish. and eastern between 19431944 this genocide of poles was led by. 35260000 people in vali nya and 25240000 eastern. fell victim to this massive ethnic cleansing operation. sensing the inevitable loss of the german troops the organization of ukrainian nationalists who gave up on their former ally and began fighting equally against the germans and the soviet forces. in january 943 u.s.s.r. troops started pushing the nazis back liberating one part of ukraine after another . western ukraine was the la

barbara was aiming for st petersburg moscow and kiev ukraine 3 destinations of major significance. ukraine with its rich lands and resources was an important industrial and economic source for the u.s.s.r. to cut it off from the soviet union would strike a big blow indeed. for most of the soviet union the 2nd world war was about fighting the invaders of the land. but it wasn't quite so simple for ukraine the truth is ukraine has never been a united country. when world war 2 broke out a large part of western ukraine's population welcomed the german soldiers as liberators from the recently forced upon them soviet rule and openly collaborated with the germans. the real scale of collaboration was not announced for many years after the war but we now know that whole divisions and battalions were formed by ukrainian collaborators such as s.s. c. and not to go and roll into battalions. just in the beginning of the war more than $80000.00 people from college cina region voluntarily enrolled into division s.s. galad seen in a month and a half notorious for their extreme cruelty towards the

present and ministration here in the heart of kiev. going to that town of recently trying to convince soldiers and also volunteers there that this is the right thing to do my colleagues within the last few weeks speaking to the people on the ground and heard very diametrically opposed opinions on the ground about what people think about this move. looking the enemy in the eye just a few 100 meters separate these ukrainian army positions from pro russian separatists for years now the front line has not shifted it divides the town of the lot into. in kiev the talk is of demilitarized zone and pulling back troops from these frontline positions but in the east freshly dug trenches tell a different story. these troops it seems don't expect to go anywhere you know harry . i'm against withdrawing from here it would mean leaving this village unprotected things would just go back to how they were before the ukrainian army arrived here you have to make him. look at that. this isn't the kind of situation where the people up there know best it's o

connelly explaining it to us from kiev tonight nic as always thank you. in syria the cease fire which was brokered by turkey and russia officially ended today russia's foreign minister saying kurdish forces have withdrawn from the border area in fact and said they've with withdrew earlier than planned turkey says it will verify the withdrawal with joint patrols with russian troops kurdish militias agreed to retreat from the area under the deal which was struck last week syrian forces have clashed with turkish backed rebels in the region since for the 1st time since on korea launched its offensive against the kurds earlier this month. are for more now i'm joined by our correspondent dorian jones he's on the story for us tonight is stamboul in turkey good evening to you door you know moscow says that the kurdish forces have left the syrian border area with turkey but we're not hearing much from anyone else from the kurds or from turkey for example why not do we know. well a senior turkish diplomat speaking anonymously is quoted as saying well we have to tak

celebrations broke out across kiev. but vladimir putin wasn't going to stand by and let a popular uprising go unchallenged in his own backyard. >> while putin was extremely upset, i think he thought this was a fateful moment where he was about to lose ukraine to the west. >> michael mcfaul was the u.s. ambassador to russia at the time. >> that's why he invaded. that's why he went in. >> just days after the closing ceremony in sochi, the russian president launched a stealth operation to occupy ukraine's strategically important crimean peninsula. it was a bold and new type of invasion. soldiers with unmarked uniforms, known only as little green men, blocked roads, took over army bases, occupied strategic posts, quietly, unofficially, and all without violence. russia denied any involvement. only later would putin proudly acknowledge the invasion was carried out by russian commandos. i watched as pro-russian supporters tightened their grip on power and gave the people a vote, but no real choice. these men and their russian

present and ministration here in the heart of kiev. going to that town of recently trying to convince soldiers and volunteers that this is the right thing to do my colleagues within the last few weeks speaking to people on the ground and heard very diametrically opposed opinions on the ground about what people think about this move. looking the enemy in the eye just a few 100 meters separate these ukrainian army positions from pro russian separatists for years now the front line has not shifted it divides the town of the lot into. in kiev the talk is of demilitarized zone and pulling back troops from these front line positions but in the east freshly dug trenches tell a different story these troops it seems don't expect to go anywhere in a hurry. i'm against withdrawing from here it would mean leaving this village unprotected things would just go back to how they were before the ukrainian army arrived here you have the mayhem. this isn't the kind of situation where the people up there know best it's only down here that you really get i

only explaining it to us from kiev tonight nic as always thank you. in syria the cease fire which was brokered by turkey and russia officially ended today russia's foreign minister saying kurdish forces have withdrawn from the border area in fact instead they've with withdrew earlier that plan turkey says it will verify that withdrawal with joint patrols with russian troops kurdish militias agreed to retreat from the area under the deal which was struck last week syrian forces have clashed with turkish backed rebels in the region since or for the 1st time since on korea launched its offensive against the kurds earlier this month. are for more now i'm joined by our correspondent dorian jones he's on the story for us tonight in stamboul in turkey good evening to you door you know moscow says that the kurdish forces have left the syrian border area with turkey but we're not hearing much from anyone else from the kurds or from turkey for example why not do we know. well a senior turkish diplomat speaking anonymously is quoted as saying well we have to tak

if it doesn't it brings trump up against it so they're all here in kiev doing their best to keep their heads down and hope that the heat moves on and that u.s. politics moves on to other countries and other battles an economy in kiev on the story for us nick thank you very much the day is almost down the conversation continues online matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. the most people cool it's nice enough to cool most. saturday to nairobi hriday is kenya's most confusing. i mean you should if brings concerned cause he's on board and cleans up. the river runs previously ineffective canisius. global 3000 next on d w. o world unto itself. with its own gravitational power. the finest musical compositions. with some mysteries to reveal. the until neither through was done don't tell me that that's you never know. and the joint should come off in the morning playing. revealed the symphonies of ya's problems. how did the romantic master come up with such pieces of. the secrets of symphonic magic. brahms code starts october 11th w jobs

the world seemed too busy welcoming this new democracy in kiev. to notice what was being done as it spread its wings over the country. many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january 2014 the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation unfolding there with growing alarm. more and more of odessa as people were joining the anti my don movement at the same time as events in eastern ukraine were heating up. the new ukrainian government didn't have the power to wage war on too many fronts if odessa were to join the growing uprising in the eastern regions it would seriously complicate the situation. this rebellion had to be extinguished immediately and at an

the world seemed too busy welcoming this new democracy in kiev. to notice what was being done as it spread its wings over the country. many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. i and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january 2014 the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation unfolding there with growing along arm. more and more of odessa as people were joining the anti my don movement at the same time as events in eastern ukraine were heating up . the new ukrainian government didn't have the power to wage war on too many fronts if odessa were to join the growing uprising in the eastern regions it would seriously complicate the situation. this rebellion had to be extinguished immediately an

as erupted in the ukrainian capital kiev fast malls and 100000 people protested against a government decision to delay an association deal with the e.u. . the telly you are a minister of interior affairs for the ukraine during this period when you were chief of police essentially of the country can you tell me your version of what happened from november protests through february protests and. law. and putting it. right but decide. to be as consumers are semi leader of the opposition party fatherland book leader of the opposition nationalist far right political parties vitali klitschko leader of the opposition party. both e.u. and ukrainian officials said on thursday the suspension of talks on closer ties could be revived after the 2 day meeting but officials said the deal was off the table for. war. pro e.u. protests on the streets of kiev and to their 2nd day the crowd of iran a 1000 protesters were joined by the leader of the opposition or any well boxing champion vitaly klitschko he called on the demonstrators to maintain pressure on the government after it decided not to sign a m

taylor arrived back at the kiev embassy on june 17th. he says within ten days of his arrival amid efforts to set up a meeting between zelensky and trump, he tells congress today that he got a call from one of the people operating this, quote, informal, irregular channel. quote, on june 27th, ten days after he's arrived at the embassy, ambassador sondland told me in a phone conversation that president zelensky needed to make the clear to president trump that he, president zelensky, was not standing in the way of investigations. taylor says i sensed something odd when the ambassador told me on june 28th that he did not wish to include most of the regular interagency participants in a call planned with president zelensky for later that day. ambassador sondland said he wanted to make sure that no one was transcribing or monitoring the call as they added president zelensky to the line. before president zelensky joined the call, ambassador volker separately told the u.s. participants in the call that he, ambassador volcker, planned to be expli

if it doesn't it brings trump up against it so they're all here in kiev doing their best to keep their heads down and hope that the heat moves on and that u.s. politics moves on to other countries and other battles an economy in kiev on the story for us nick thank you very much the day is almost down the conversation continues online matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. and. the most people cool it's nice of the cool most. saturday to nairobi hriday is kenya's most busa. you should just brings concerned cause he's on board and cleans up. the river runs previously ineffective policies. global free throws. 10 minutes on d. w. . welcome to the put is the game here for d.l. . plates to talk about. the cell phone coverage. 3 more for. us a we have. let's have a look at some of the other matches around the league still shaking in their proof the green a sigh of relief so you don't want to miss. this week g.w. . not all think. well i guess sometimes i am but i stand up in that respect i haven't thinks deep into the german culture of lo

connelly explaining it to us from kiev tonight nic as always thank you. in syria the cease fire which was brokered by turkey and russia officially ended today russia's foreign minister saying kurdish forces have withdrawn from the border area in fact he said they've with withdrew earlier than planned turkey says it will verify the withdrawal with joint patrols with russian troops kurdish militias agreed to retreat from the area under the deal which was struck last week syrian forces have clashed with turkish backed rebels in the region since for the 1st time since on korea launched its offensive against the kurds earlier this month. are for more now i'm joined by our correspondent dorian jones he's on the story for us tonight is stamboul in turkey good evening to you door you know moscow says that the kurdish forces have left the syrian border area with turkey but we're not hearing much from anyone else from the kurds or from turkey for example why not do we know. well a senior turkish diplomat speaking anonymously is quoted as saying well we have to take

you go back to kiev the next day after the meeting with merkel. and protests are up but can you take me through that period. by the minute the worst with the mute in the uk see. more snow. yet at the mobil have. to go to. me of. course we took appropriate for the will move. up just in the coming few months what you see is the whole business i don't like the interest of the at least a little to shift my ground. robert parry is a long time investigative journalist based in washington d.c. best known for his major disclosures about the iran contra scandal in the 1980 s. he is the founder of consortium news where he has reported extensively on the crisis in ukraine and the forces behind the unrest and in geo is a non-governmental organization how many n.g.o.s are quite legitimate they represent good causes that maybe they help people in a country feed or deal with water problems or deal with various kinds of social problems but there are some n.g.o.s that have become funded by government entities and serve more the purpose of that government rather th

the world seemed too busy welcoming this new democracy in kiev. to notice what was being done as it spread its wings over the country. many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january 2014 the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation unfolding there with growing along arm. more and more of odessa as people were joining the anti my don movement at the same time as events in eastern ukraine were heating up . the. new ukrainian government didn't have the power to wage war on to many fronts if odessa were to join the growing uprising in the eastern regions it would seriously complicate the situation. this rebellion had to be extinguished immediately and

taylor arrived back at the kiev embassy on june 17th. he says within ten days of his arrival amid efforts to set up a meeting between the new ukrainian president and president trump taylor tells congress today that he got a call from one of the people who was operating this" informal irregular channel." quote, on june 27th, ten days after he's arrived at the embassy, "ambassador sondland told me in a phone conversation that president zelensky needed to make the clear to president trump that he, president zelensky, was not standing in the way of investigations." taylor says, "i sensed something odd when ambassador sondland told me the following day june 28th that he did not wish to include most of the regular interagency participants in a call planned with president zelensky for later that day. ambassador sondland said he wanted to make sure no one was transcribing or monitoring the call as they added president zelensky to the line. before president zelensky joined the call, ambassador volker separately told the u.s. participants in the c

you go back to kiev the next day after the meeting with merkel. and protests are up but can you take me through that period. by the minute the worst with the mutiny see. more snow. at the move will have. to go to. me of. course we took a. little. up just in the company. what you see is the whole business. will release the will to shift my ground. robert perry is a long time investigative journalist based in washington d.c. best known for his major disclosures about the iran contra scandal in the 1980 s. he is the founder of consortium news where he has reported extensively on the crisis in ukraine and the forces behind the unrest and in geo is a non-governmental organization how many n.g.o.s are quite legitimate they represent good causes that maybe they help people in a country feed or deal with water problems or deal with various kinds of social problems but there are some n.g.o.s that have become funded by government entities and serve more the purpose of that government rather than trying to serve the people that they are sensibly working for

this led to the pro russian demonstrations rejecting the new government in kiev. on february 27th the government buildings in the capital of crimea were seized by pro russian protesters. the current crimean government was dismissed and the new leader surrogate acciona of was assigned as the leader of the crimean. autonomy's republic when you. go to war so you has this should be. on march 16th the crimean referendum or so held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody who looks at the seriously and looks at the poll numbers and some of the poll numbers done by the u.s. government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media it's all been presented as the russians invaded they then station sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow the big the ballot boxes to get 96 percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea is just quite simply unconstitutional but it doe

you go back to kiev the next day after the meeting with merkel. and the protests erupted can you take me through that period. by the minute the worst with the mutiny see. more snow. yet at the mobil have. to go to. if you want me of. course we took appropriate for the will move. up just in the coming few months what you see is the whole bizarre i don't like the interest will release the will to shift my ground. robert perry is a long time investigative journalist based in washington d.c. best known for his major disclosures about the iran contra scandal in the 1980 s. he is the founder of consortium news where he has reported extensively on the crisis in ukraine and the forces behind the unrest and in geo is a non-governmental organization and many n.g.o.s are quite legitimate they represent good causes that maybe they help people in a country feed or deal with water problems or deal with various kinds of social problems but there are some n.g.o.s that have become funded by government entities and serve more of the purpose of that government rathe

the world seemed too busy welcoming this new democracy in kiev. to notice what was being done as it spread its wings over the country. many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january 2014 the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation unfolding there with growing along arm. more and more of odessa as people were joining the anti my don movement at the same time as events in eastern ukraine were heating up . the new ukrainian government didn't have the power to wage war on too many fronts if odessa were to join the growing uprising in the eastern regions it would seriously complicate the situation. this rebellion had to be extinguished immediately and

you go back to kiev the next day after the meeting with merkel. and protests are up can you take me through that period. by name on the of the wish to put the mute in the uk see. more snow in. the uk at the mobil have. to go to. but if you want me a. closer we took appropriate what you will move. up just in the coming few months what you see is the bizarre i don't like the interest of the least a little to shift my ground. robert parry is a long time investigative journalist based in washington d.c. best known for his major disclosures about the iran contra scandal in the 1980 s. he is the founder of consortium news where he has reported extensively on the crisis in ukraine and the forces behind the unrest and in geo is a non-governmental organization how many n.g.o.s are quite legitimate they represent good causes that maybe they help people in a country feed or deal with water problems or deal with various kinds of social problems but there are some n.g.o.s that have become funded by government entities and serve more the purpose of that governm

politics moves on to other countries and other battles in the economy in kiev on the story for us nick thank you very much the day is almost on the conversation continues online matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. close. to. the most cyclical cool it's nice off the kudos from. today to nairobi hriday is kenya's most people using. the new shift brings concerned he's on board and cleans up. the river runs previously ineffective canisius. giving 3000 next d.w. . for a guy with his mental addition on an classic ecosystems did you know that was until fives only you might want to. read the family comedy next generation this is not the result. speak out to me from the base of government call on all climate change has just for censored its record on the condition of all streams will see what it said. in 60 minutes on d w. a world unto itself. the finest musical compositions. don't tell me that he was into them don't tell me that he never wrote. and the joint should come up in the morning. reveal the symphonies of your heart this bombs.

if it doesn't it brings trump up against it so they're all here in kiev doing their best to keep their heads down and hope that the heat moves on and that u.s. politics moves on to other countries and other battles an economy in kiev on the story for us nick thank you very much the day is almost up the conversation continues online matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. in. fact. german industries are dependent on subsidies each year the german state pumps billions of euros into the private sector. but too much some experts say to. get others believe that subsidies are necessary. what's the situation like elsewhere in europe. made in germany next to. the hot money. he fought against violence his whole life. only to die for his conviction. in waiting for the modern money in this. one of 2 please that is bonded like gandhi and he sought to wind down. dying for freedom mahatma gandhi in 45 minutes on t.w. . to put your views and. do it yourself network. for your own next you tube channel subscribe don't miss out on what's the connect

roxana saberi reports from kiev, where president trump's growing dilemma has put ukraine's president in the spotlight. >> reporter: ukraine's media-savvy president is used to cameras, but these days, he tries to avoid them when it comes to questions about president trump. were you told that you had to launch an investigation into the bidens, or promise an investigation, just to visit the white house? mr. zelensky has said mr. trump didn't pressure him to investigate the bidens, but text messages appear to show u.s. diplomats promised he could visit the oval office if he announced an investigationed into ukranian natural gas company burisma, where hunter biden was on the board. and on friday, ukraine's new prosecutor general said he'll review several past investigations, some involving the ownerf burisma, though, he said no one had pressured him to do so. >> i never met rudy giuliani, never. >> reporter: before mr. zelensky had to deal with this international drama as president, he was a comedian who played a president on ukranian tv. the show made him so popular, mr. zelensky launche

this led to the pro russian demonstrations rejecting the new government in kiev. on february 27th the government buildings in the capital of crimea were seized by pro russian protesters. the current crimean government was dismissed and the new leader surrogate acciona of was assigned as the leader of the crimean autonomy republic when you lead deals the below. but i share lists. still with you has this should. on march 16th the crimean referendum orse held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody looks at the seriously and looks at the poll numbers and some of the poll numbers done by the u.s. government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media it's all been presented as the russians invaded they then station sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow they big the ballot boxes to get 96 percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea is just quite simply

this led to the pro russian demonstrations rejecting the new government in kiev. on february 27th the government buildings in the capital of crimea were seized by pro russian protesters. the current crimean government was dismissed and the new leader surrogate acciona of was assigned as the leader of the crimean. thomas republic when you. go to war. you has this shit you. on march 16th the crimean referendum morsi held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody who looks at the seriously and looks at the poll numbers and some of the poll numbers done by the u.s. government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media it's all been presented as the russians invaded they then station sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow the big the ballot boxes to get 96 percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea is just quite simply unconstitutional but it does raise

this led to the pro russian demonstrations rejecting the new government in kiev. on february 27th the government buildings in the capital of crimea were seized by pro russian protesters. the current crimean government was dismissed and the new leader surrogate acciona of was assigned as the leader of the crimean. autonomy's republic when you. go to war so you has this shit you. on march 16th the crimean referendum or so held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody looks at this seriously and looks at the poll numbers and some of the poll numbers done by the u.s. government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media it's all been presented as the russians invaded they then station sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow the big the ballot boxes to get 96 percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea is just quite simply unconstitutional but it does ra

violent protests which were backed by nato powers with leaders of the european union turning up in kiev openly supporting those protests. and who was the assistant secretary of state of the united states for european affairs turning out and handing out cookies to the protesters protests which it should be stressed were extremely violent and indeed in the overthrow of the violent overthrow of the democratically elected constitutional government of ukraine with the president fleeing the country and escaping to russia that route to an entirely new government even more further at least commit it to integrating ukraine with nato and with the european union the violent way that gov government gained power and sought to impose its wishes on the ukrainian people that precipitated a very strong and actually we could end that that part of the story with new ones words yet says the guy she picked the prime minister who became prime minister david pick it up from there then we have crimea and then we have the crisis in the don vasco absolutely well i mean i just they're telling shower of western vi

this lead to the pro russian demonstrations rejecting the new government in kiev. on february 27th the government buildings in the capital of crimea were seized by. pro russian protesters. the current crimean government was dismissed and the new leader surrogate acciona of was assigned as the leader of the crimean autonomy republic when you. deal with the below. surely it's. still with you has this should be. on march 16th the crimean referendum morsi held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody who looks at the seriously and looks at the poll numbers and some of the poll numbers done by the u.s. government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media it's all been presented as the russians invaded they then station sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow they big the ballot boxes to get 96 percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea is just quite sim

rudy giuliani's shadow diplomacy and other events leading to her being pulled back from her post in kiev in may, including months of pressure from giuliani and the white house on ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son hunter. joining me now, nbc's geoff bennett, on capitol hill, we just saw him getting the nonanswers but asking the right questions. carol lee and michael crowley. geoff, first to you, any break in the proceedings so far? >> reporter: eleanor holmes norton, d.c. congresswoman, came out and told reporters that so far u.s. ambassador marie yovanovitch is credible and says that no one tried to limit her testimony. i think that's important here because when we saw marie yovanovitch making her way here to the house side earlier this morning, she was flanked by members of her outside legal team. she was patient enough with me when i tried to pepper her with questions, she chose not to answer but she did not say whether or not she was appearing here with the express support of the state department, of the trump administration. it's not clear if there's a state department att

here's what he has to say. >> i'm desperately concerned about the backsliding on the part of kiev in terms of corruption. they made -- i'll give you one concrete example. i was -- not i, but it just happened to be that was the assignment i got. i get all the good ones, and so i got ukraine, and i remember going over convincing our team, others to convince that we should be providing for loan guarantees. now over i guess the 12th, 13th time to kiev, and i was supposed to announce that there's another billion dollar loan guarantee, and i had gotten a commitment from poroshenko and from yacht sin yook that they would take action against the state prosecutor, and they didn't, so they said they were walking out of the press conference, i said we're not going to give you the billion dollars. they said, you have no authority. you're not the president. the president said, i said call him. i said i'm telling you, you're not getting a billion dollars. i said you're not getting a billion. i am going to be leaving here, i said i'm leaving in six hours. if the prosecutor's not fired, you're not g

are causing a huge panic amongst the people there that spokesman had this to say that sat down at the kiev and sit out in a jar turkey's trying through these attacks to open new lands for the mercenaries of the state and is trying to lengthen the life of these groups we do not agree with any attacks by turkey or by the people supporting it and the world knows the reason behind the attack on northeastern syria therefore we call on human rights organizations and all democratic countries the european union and united nations to take a stance against the turkish attack anyone that is not moving against a turkish attack is considered a supporter of it. yet the lot of us are the result of that and of course turkey is a member of the nato defense alliance and that secretary general has responded to this military action against elton burke said at a news conference and it's a day that nato has been informed by to. about the ongoing operation in northern syria he said that while turkey had legitimate security concerns its military operations a must be restrained it is important to avoid actions tha

violent protests which were backed by nato powers with leaders of the european union turning up in kiev openly supporting those protests. and who was the assistant secretary of state of the united states for european affairs turning out and handing out cookies to the protesters protests which it should be stressed were extremely violent and indeed in the overthrow of the violent overthrow of the democratically elected constitutional government of ukraine with the president fleeing the country and escaping to russia that route to an entirely new government even more further at least committee it to integrating ukraine with nato and with the european union and the violent way that gov the government gained power and sought to impose its wishes on the ukrainian people that precipitated a very strong and actually we could end that that part of the story with new ones words yet says the guy she picked the prime minister who became prime minister diem from there then we have crimea and then we have the crisis in the don vasco absolutely well i mean i just telling shower of western viewers wha

violent protests which were backed by nato powers with leaders of the european union turning up in kiev openly supporting those protests. and who was the assistant secretary of state of the united states for european affairs turning out and handing out cookies to the protesters protests which it should be stressed were extremely violent and indeed in the overthrow of the violent overthrow of the democratically elected constitutional government of ukraine with the president fleeing the country and escaping to russia that route to an entirely new government even more further at least committee it to integrating ukraine with nato and with the european union the violent way that the government gained power and sought to impose its wishes on the ukrainian people that precipitated a very strong and actually we could end that that part of the story with new ones words yet says the guy she picked the prime minister who became prime minister. from there then we have crimea and then we have the crisis in the don vasco absolutely well i mean i just telling shower of western viewers what would they

clancy's a new phrase capital kiev. there is absolutely no doubt hard to go work. hard caricature anybody who would then you . at the.

politics moves on to other countries and other battles in the economy in kiev on the story for us nick thank you very much the day is almost up the conversation continues online matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. german industries are dependent on subsidies each year the german state pumps billions of euros into the private sector. too much some experts say. others believe that subsidies are necessary. what's the situation like elsewhere in europe. made in germany next on t.w. . mahatma gandhi. he fought against violence his whole life. only to die for his convictions. and maybe for the modern mind in this. one of 2 please the kids bonded. and he saw team going down. dying for freedom mahatma gandhi in 45 minutes. staying up to date don't miss our highlights. program online w dot com highlights. what's the connection between bread. and the european union dinos guild not to do w correspondent alan baker can stretch this vacuum line with the rules set by the team. being recipes for success strategy that make a difference. baking

you can see there with doesn't do this is a visit before we go any further let's actually go live to kiev where this official ceremony is to mark and jim reunification are taking place and this is soaking the atmosphere because we will be looking forward to hearing what chairman and lamech u.s.l. grew up in eastern germany has to stay later but let's listen to south i mean is it coming right there now from the ceremonies official ceremonies in kiev. i. think. it. was. i think i. want to thank chance coming to you from ceremonies officially marking the day of german reunification they're coming to you from the northern german city of kenya. you just heard music and a sand sculpture marking in chilling unification. the german chances are to make a note of the dress that's mr president the fondest talk of. the constitutional court and ladies and gentlemen premiers your colleagues from the men cabinet from the. mayor people who are citizens too much money thomas manners look as i turned from loose back described to the germans and made tonight 245 just a few weeks after the end of the patrol

violent protests which were backed by nato powers with leaders of the european union turning up in kiev openly supporting those protests. who was the assistant secretary of state of the united states for european affairs turning out and handing out cookies to the protesters protests which it should be stressed were extremely violent and it ended in the overthrow of the violent overthrow of the democratically elected. it's usual government of ukraine with the president fleeing the country and escaping to russia that route to an entirely new government even more thoroughly committed to integrating ukraine with nato and with the european union the violent way that the government gained power and sought to impose its wishes on the ukrainian people and precipitated a very strong and actually we could end that that part of the story with new ones words yet says the guy she picked the prime minister who became prime minister david pick it up from there then we have crimea and then we have the crisis in the don vasco absolutely well i mean i just chill in charge of western u.s. what would the c

connelly he joins me tonight from kiev in ukraine good evening to you nic let's talk about kurt volker he he had an important job as special envoy to ukraine for the united states until he resigned last week last year i interviewed him here and he was adamant in his defense of trump's commitment to ukraine take a listen to what he said. i can imagine your job is very difficult if there was one thing that you. could get from the troop administration that you don't have right now what would it be i think i do have what i need from the trumpet ministration i think we have very strong support all the way through about putting pressure on russia to get their attention to create a negotiation support for ukraine partnership with our european allies and a negotiating proposition on the table that we would be prepared to the silicate a un peacekeeping mission to go into eastern ukraine create security create the conditions where there can be elections and the minsk agreements can be implemented and then see the territory restored so i think everything is in place but we need is not from the tr

violent protests which were backed by nato powers with leaders of the european union turning up in kiev openly supporting those protests. and who is the assistant secretary of state of the united states for european affairs turning out and handing out cookies to the protestors protests which it should be stressed were extremely violent and indeed in the overthrow of the violent overthrow of the democratically elected constitutional government of ukraine with the president fleeing the country and escaping to russia that route to power an entirely new government even more further at least committee it to integrating ukraine with nato and with the european union and the violent way that gov the government gained power and sought to impose its wishes on the ukrainian people that precipitated a very strong and actually we could end that that part of the story with new ones words yet says the guy she picked the prime minister who became prime minister demon pick it up from there then we have crimea and then we have the crisis in the don vasco absolutely well i mean i just they're telling show

told mr trump had made the release of military aid to ukraine contingent on a public declaration from kiev that it would investigate one of mr trump's rivals for the presidency, former democratic vice—president, joe biden. mr taylor said he found the demand politically troubling. mr trump has denied he did anything wrong. the hearing was behind closed doors, but the details were leaked. 0ur north america correspondent david willis gave me more details. william taylor is of course a career diplomat, he is somebody who has served both republican and democrat administrations since 1985. he came out of retirement to become america's top diplomat in the ukraine. he justified for more than nine hours on capitol hill today, and very damning evidence saying that very shortly after arriving in kiev to take up that position he became aware there were two channels, if you like, of us policy—making. the official channel of which he was a part, and the other, an unofficial channel made up of disparate characters such as the personal lawyer to president trump, rudy giuliani, and others he said the o

official the white house chief of staff admits that donald trump we've held i see ukraine to pressure kiev to investigate his democratic rivals. and negotiate is in brussels reach a new brakes in agreement with the u.k. e.u. leaders a given day of placing the deal still needs to get through the british parliament prime minister boris johnson's allies in northern ireland say they will not support it. i'm great thanks for joining me the united states and turkey have agreed to what the u.s. calls a ceasefire in northern syria under the agreement ankara is to pause its offensive for 5 days in exchange for a retreat by kurdish wife page a militia turkey launched its assault on the kurds last week after donald trump announced that we draw. all of u.s. troops from northern syria the u.s. had threatened with economic sanctions if it didn't hold the incursion by surprise of the united states mike pence after talks with turkey's leader the us vice president confirmed what up until that moment has been a rumor today the united states and turkey have agreed to a cease fire in syria. turkish side will

that mr trump had made the release of military aid to ukraine contingent on a public declaration from kiev that it would investigate one of mr trump's rivals for the presidency, former democratic vice—president, joe biden. mr taylor said he found the demand politically troubling. mr trump has denied he did anything wrong. for more on this, let's talk to our north america correspondent david willis. this was evidence behind closed doors, but it has been leaked?m has. william taylor is of course a career diplomat, he is somebody who has served both republican and democrat administrations since 1985. he came out of retirement to become america's top diplomat in the ukraine. hejustified america's top diplomat in the ukraine. he justified for more than nine hours on capitol hill today, and very damning evidence saying that very shortly after arriving in kiev to take up that position he became aware there were two channels, if you like, of us policy—making. the official channel of which he was a part, and the other, an unofficial channel made up of disparate characters such as the personal l

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