last march russia annexed crimea. since then russia has thrown its support behind separatist rebels fighting in eastern ukraine, and that triggered a sanctions war between the west and russia, polarizing trade and threatening security in europe. new front lines between east and west have hardened into a new iron curtain of sorts of the this one runs through russian controlled territories in ukraine, moldova and georgia, where russia announced a treaty with the secessionists that controlled south ossetia. all the nations in blue responded with more defense deployment. increasing tension that russia has with the n.a.t.o. alliance. europeans were hoping to celebrate the end of the last war. symbolized by the fall of the wall a quarter of a century ago. europe opened up to a cold war, one dividing the continent between east and west. the refusal by russia and the west to acknowledge the interests of the other means the conflict is here to stay for the foreseeable future. ukraine's crisis was the catalysters it was russia'

crimea is an integral part of the russian state. we are the same russia as moscow and other parts and regions. we are part of big, great country. >> reporter: but for the crimea issue being resolved someone will have to change their tune. ♪ either russia has to hand it back or ukraine and the west must swallow objections and recognize it as russian and neither of these seem particularly likely now rory in crimea. >>> russian president vladimir putin signed a treaty to bring the city under full russian control and broke way from georgia in 2008 after russia and georgia fought a five-day war and now it will be easier for them to become russian citizens. the white house has criticized benjamin netanyahu for using language during election campaign and a spokesman for barack obama says israel prime minister used rhetoric and we have more details from washington d.c. >> reporter: further proof some comments leading to israeli election have strained relationship with president barack obama and his administration. netanyahu comments that

russia goes into crimea and takes over crimea. now, they are in western europe. i believe that when they successfully take over eastern ukraine they will keep moving maybe to the baltics. last year when you are here, in may to be exact, asked to the purpose of u.s. sanctions. and the question -- i have the transcript here if you want to see it, is the purpose of our sanctions to stop the russians or is the purpose of our sanctions to make the russians leave crimea? and you answered that the purpose of our sanctions were to make the russians we crimea -- leave crimea. is that still the purpose of sanctions against russia regarding crimea? to make them leave? crocs yes, sir. we want crimea restoreth ukraine. we have designated sanctions vis-a-vis his crimea. we are denying u.s. companies the ability to invest in crimea. our european partners have done the same. we talked a little bit earlier in the hearing about the impact that has had in crimea. and we will continue to keep those in place. >> so are the russians leaving crimea ? >> the have not resulted in the rus

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not changing their tune, russia reinforces its control of crimea. as people celebrate the anniversary of it's annexation. it's the stuff of science fix but robots not home and the workplace could soon leave people out of a job. >> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america ♪ ♪ >>> you are watching al jazerra. reminder of our top stories tunisia's president has vowed to fight a war against terrorism in his country. he made the comments after deadly attack on one of the capital's most popular tourist sites. nighttime individual ills were held for the 19 people killed. >>> the retrial of two al jazerra journalists is let setoguchi to resume in cairo. bahar mohamed and mohamed fahmy are accused of aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazerra decide. >>> brazil a president dilma rousseff vows to crack down on corruption. thousands took part of nationwide rallies demanding her impeachment because of c

in the meantime, russia goes into crimea and take over crimea. now they are in western europe. when they successfully take over eastern ukraine, they will keep moving, maybe to the baltics. last year, when you are here, in may, to be exact, i asked you the purpose of u.s. sanctions. and the question -- i have the con -- the transcript here if you want to see it -- is the purpose of our sanctions to stop the russians or is the purpose of our sanctions to make the russians leave crimea? and you answered that the purpose of our sanctions were to make the russians leave crimea. is that still the purpose of sanctions against russia regarding crimea? to make them leave? ambassador nuland: yes sir, we want crimea restored to ukraine. we have designated sanctions vis-a-vis crimea. we talked a little bit earlier in the hearing about the impact that that has had in crimea. and we will continue to keep those in place. mr. poe: so the russians leaving crimea? ambassador nuland: they have not resulted in the russians leaving crimea but it has raise the price to russian coffers. mr. poe: it

. >>> still it come, crimea was annexed by russia. we talk with citizens being part of a new country. >> i'm andrew thomas on the island of tanna that bore the bunt of the cyclone that hit vanuatu. four days after the storm help is finally arriving here. will it? >> an america tonight special report: "mining sacred lands". tomorrow, 10:00 eastern. >> weeknights on al jazeera america. >> join me as we bring you an in-depth look at the most important issues of the day. breaking it down. getting you the facts. it's the only place you'll find... the inside story. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". weeknights, 11:30 eastern. on al jazeera america. >> hello, welcome back. here are the top stories here on al jazeera. 24 people have been killed in a siege in tunisia. the gunmen are mung the dead among the dead, and the tunisiaen president is speaking right now. >> waiting for translation. i thought i heard it come in. let's try and listen again. >> no, clearly having a few problems getting the translation of the president right now. we'll go

. >>> it's been a year since russia an ex-s the ukrainian territory of crimea. the region's ethnic community was caught up in the ensuing political crisis and claimed that they have suffered human rights abuses. rory challands we want to the city to see if life has changed for creme vinnie tatars. >> reporter: he has slept in his bed since last september. his bag hangs where he left it. his cloth where they were hung on the day men in black uniforms abducted the 18-year-old and his cousin. now his father is left happen roping and dreaming and wondering if he is in any way to blame. >> during one the interrogations of at abduction, the investigating committee said they studied all possible versions and were considered one connected with me and my my activity. i asked what he meant. he said you need to be careful of my behavior. i asked does that mean my children are alive. he smiled and shrugged his shoulders. >> reporter: he was deputy chairman of the tatars' informal pardon me lament before it was should down by crimea's new administration. tata tar mediatar me

but crimea is likely to be a geopolitical store. western governments view what happened as an illegal land grab given a veneer of legitimacy by a quick and dirty referendum. they refused to recognise it as russian. it was doomed to join other reasons like kashmir and others. crimea believes it will not share the same fate as the economically stumped territories. >> translation: crimea is an integral part of the russian state. we are part of a big great country. >> for the crimean issue to be resolved. someone will have to change their tune. russia has to hand it back or ukraine and the west must swallow their objections and recognise it as russian. neither of these seems likely right now. russia's president vladimir putin signed a treaty to bring soth ossetia under control. it broke away from georgia after a 5-day war. it will be easier for them to become russian citizens. >> two australians convicted of drug trafficking in indonesia will not be executed this month. a court postponed the appeal hearing for myuran sukamaran and andre

in an exclusive interview, he said that crimea was now russian and there was no going back. >> crimea will never be part of ukraine. the decision is being made once and for all. >> the whole of the outside world regards this as completely illegal, for one country to look at the territory of another country and say, i like that i'm going to take it. >> i can tell you that no one took anything. that was the choice of the crimea crimeans. nothing could happen without the support of the local population. which is why this was not an active aggression but a real democratic act. >> reporter: it's generally calm here. no soldiers on the street. but crimea's illegal status causes problems. there are some noticeably empty shelves in the supermarket. international credit cards and foreign phones don't work. those who aren't happy with the changeover can face problems. this tv station broadcasting to the crimean tartar minority has often been raided and the staff here are worried it will be closed down. but they keep on reporting opposition news, even so. [ speaking foreign language ] the case o

ukraine provided 85% of crimeas water down this pipe now the canal it fet is dry. the ukraineians shut the water off last april. for other businesses, the problems have been financial. elana's company sells roadside advertising space. >> they banks took the money in our account. for us it was considerable. we needed it for taxes, salaries, our business. the mon is irretrievable now. >> reporter: with crimea off limits, the peninsula has become predominantly cash only. getting cash out can be difficult. shortly after crimea rejoined russia, visa and mastercard pulled services in the region. >> here is my visa card. the only thing i can do is cancel. now, this has been annoying for businesses and individuals. there is no sign when the services will come bang. >> near the airport, children's murals proclaim the russianness of crimea but keeping crimea afloat has cost russia sol $2,000,000,000 so far, promising 10 billion by 20s 20s. it's been a challenging transition, and it's not over yet. people like paval and elana might express cautious optimism but it would be un

crimea is ours. no one can take it away. >> russia's interior ministry said more than 700,000 people have turned up at rallies across the country. it says roughly 110,000 people gathered in moscow. critics say putin's government is using the media to fuel nationalism over the annexation of crimea. >>> survivors of the atomic bombing in nagasaki japan, have sent a letter of protest to putin. they're upset over remarks that he made about possibly activating russia's nuclear arsenal during the crisis with crimea. putin made the comment in a tv documentary that aired on state-run tv. he said he was ready to put russia's nuclear weapons on stand by following the annexation of crimea. representatives of five survivors groups in nagasaki spoke about what they wrote. they said they urged putin to admit that his readiness to use nuclear arms showed poor judgment and his remarks were a slap in the face to atomic bomb survivors. >> translator: putin's remarks run counter to the world's moves to reduce and aboli

ukraine provided 85% of crimea's water down this pipe. now the canal is dry. ukraine shut the water off last april. for other kinds of businesses the problem has been substantial. >> taking all the money in our current account. for a small business like us, the sum was considerable. we needed the money for taxes salaries bills to suppliers the money is irretrievable now. >> for this area off many vees visa and mastercard pulled their service. the only thing i can do is cancel. this has been annoying for businesses and individuals. there is no sign whether the services will come back. near the airport children's murals project keeping crimea afloat has cost russia $2 billion, promising $10 billion by 2020. people like pavel and elena it would be unwise to toast a prosperous future just yet. rory challands, al jazeera crimea. >>> justice for islamic movement, he's linked to bombings and beheading and two suspected fighters wanted which the united states. >>> the daughter of malaysia's jailed leader, anwar ibrahim has been jailed for sedition. referred to her fat

what about the crimea? that's a -- have they pretty much written off the crimea? well, the answer is no. we gave them three options. crimea being part of the ukrainian state and getting it back should be a top priority. second position. don't accept the loss of crimea but getting it back is not a top priority. and third, ukraine should accept crimea becoming part of russia again. overall, you can see striking, only 18% endorse the idea of basically writing off the crimea. the only debate is about whether it should be a top priority or not to get it back right away. and the dominant view 51%, is that it should not be a top priority. but not writing it often. and interestingly in no area do you have a majority saying that the crimea should be written off, including the east, though that's the largest -- the area with the largest number, 41% ready to write it off. but 59%, even in the east, say that crimea should continue to be part of ukraine and that they should aspire to get it back. okay. so if you want to get more -- a more complete report, in the questionnaire,

the issue of crimea's tata is a deeply complex one and coming in large part for their deportation of asia in 1944 and later return and pulls in long-standing arguments over land rights and religious differences but crimea's tata are not the only people complaining of human rights abuses at the moment. abductions and prosecutions say rights workers are being used against those too critical of crimea return to russia. >> translator: another group is ukrainian activists who at any point in their lives express involvement in support in ukraine and it's surprising these people consider themselves ukrainians because it was the territory of ukraine. >> reporter: such accusations get short from crimea's new leaders though. >> translator: unfortunately the so called human rights defenders are ringing alarms where it's not happening and working for money paid by certain organizations in western countries and have certain targets, the main one is to discredit crime yeah joining russia and in general. >> reporter: they assured his son's disappearance is being properly investigated. >> translator

. >>> also crimea one year off. we report on claims russia is clamping down on anyone who doesn't support it. all that, plus. >> reporter: i am in the southern indian state. coming up i will be taking a look at why indians premier bike brand has become a thumping global successful ♪ ♪ >>> so, benjamin netanyahu will remain the prime minister of is restless. israel. in just the last few minutes he -- here is how it breaks down at the moment. 99% of the votes counted. they show the likud party has 29 seats giving it a narrow lead over the main rival. the center left zionist union party. that isize i go herzog and lippy together. it looks like they will have 24 seats compared to the 29. remember some of the key points here though, benjamin netanyahu has promised not to allow the creation of a palestinian state if he wins full time and that seems to be the case. zionist union itself back aid two-state solution and wanted to restore talks with the palestinians. we have to talk about this group as we feel the joint or

the main one is to discredit crimea, and the russian federation in general. >> crimea's prime minister has assured him that his son's disappearance is being properly investigated. >> translation: i'm not convinced 100%. i think he's alive. >> reporter: until proven right or wrong, all he can do is campaign and hope. >> the kremlin insists that essentially this is case closed. that crimea is russian now and will be forever more. crimea is likely to be a geopolitical sore for many years to come because the russian takeover of crimea is not recognise the by western governments, and it has formed the basis of most of the sanctions that they have levied against russia. if we are going to use history was an example the fortunes of other disputed territories in the world is not particularly good. but the russian counter to that is that of course crimea is no different from any russian reader. rory challands live - a year since the annexation >>> a plane that disappeared in the java sea has been called off. stormy weather was blamed for the accident. 162 were killed. we have more details from

but keeping crimea afloat has cost russia some $2 billion so far. it has been a challenging transition and it's not over year. people like these two might express cautious optimism but it would be unwise to toast a prosperous future just yet. >>> now to an american success story with a very unusual twist. a new york woman who went from selling funnel cake to working as a vice president of goldman sachs, but she was afraid to go to work every day. >> that's right, john. beneath her beautiful suit and that very healthy wall street paycheck she lived in fear that someone would discover she was in fact undocumented. she seemed to have it all, top grades in high school and college and even a high-paying job on wall street but she admits her entire career was built on a lie. >> that's in mexico. in that was a birthday party. >> reporter: she came from mexico illegally when she was 11 years old. her parents owned a funnel cake standing in texas, and filled her with dreams of one day going to college. >> they were really hardworking, and i admire them so mu

independent nation across 94% of its territory, crimea and eastern he ukraine -- eastern ukraine has suffered a reign of terror. crimea remains under eu legal annexation and human rights abuses are the norm, not the exception. this includes tartar's, ukrainians who will not give up passports, and lgbt citizens. russia and its separatist puppets have unleashed unspeakable violence and pillaged hundreds of heavy weapons and troops. a commercial airliner was shot down. the airport was obliterated. ukrainian pilot languishes in a moscow jail on date to of her hunger strike. as of the minsk cease-fire lines, cells of separatist six days after the cease-fire was signed. 1.7 million ukrainians have been

crimea was not surveyed. the biggest question we had is whether we think -- people think they should move toward the ukraine or russian. this is the core question that is dominant and has been for some years. we asked the question in a variety of ways. first, we ask, what is your preferred option? a more standard form of a poll question. and we said, would you prefer relations to be stronger with you than russia, stronger with russia then it you, or equally strong. the nation as a whole, less than half, 47% said stronger with the eu. the largest number but still not a majority. 40% said equally strong. 13% said stronger with russia. if you break these out by the regions you see quite a bit of difference. with the west and the north, we are generally aggregating because they are within a margin of error. when they are different we will call it out. in the west and the north, you have 58% saying they want to be closer to the european union. while in the south and the east, the most common position is the relati

there is talk about building a land bridge to crimea. my concern is building a land bridge smoldered over and taking all of ukraine's coastal territory and access to the black sea. a lot a lot of discussion of whether we should provide lethal weapons to ukraine. such lethal aid would have an effect on the battlefield but also a political effect. these these are not weapons they are getting their hands on from paraguay. these are weapons from the world's superpowers. we can give money, weapons. if they have money they could buy weapons. if the ukrainian government had sufficient money is there anything in the way looking at the defensive weapons being discussed that they could not buy from some source? can we have the battlefield the fact suggested by my colleagues but providing money? >> first of all, i did not mean comparison. >> i understand. >> with regard to your concern about the race along the southern rim of ukrainian territory not only a land bridge but onward we worry about that and is why we are paying such close attention to t

. >> claims of human rights abuses in crimea. we'll talk to a man who's son disappeared after the annext. >> coming up, i'll be taking a look at why india's prime minister bike run has become a thumping global success. it's an ancestral place. >> sacred lands threatened. >> were the apache consulted on this? >> no. >> a controversial deal. >> we would love to have a mine in the community. at the end of the day, it is an issue of fairness. >> america tonight gets an exclusive interview with a foreign mining company accused of taking native american land. >> people have been very critical of your company, saying that it'll leave a permanent scar on the landscape. will it? >> an america tonight special report: "mining sacred lands". tomorrow, 10:00 eastern. >> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america >> top stories for you on al jazeera, israels opposition leader isaac herzog called benjamin netanyahu and

what about crimea? have they pretty much written off crimea? the answer is no. we gave them three options. crimea being part of the ukrainian state and getting it back should be a top priority. getting it back is not a top priority and third ukraine should accept crimea becoming part of russia again and overall you can see only 18% endorsed the idea of basically writing off. the only debate is about whether it should be a top priority or not to get it back right away and the dominant view of the 51% is that it should not be a top priority but interestingly in no area do you have a majority saying that it should be written off including in the east, the area with the largest number of 41% are ready to write it off. but 59% in the east sea that crimea should continue to be part of ukraine and that they should aspire to get it back. if you want to get a more complete report in the questionnaire you can go to our website publicconsultation.org and we look forward to the discussion. thank you for your attention. [applause] >> before we go to the panel, i would like t

history, to remind people he is the russian president who returned crimea to russia. that is a big deal and a big legacy. president putin says i brought this territory back to russia and that has been a big deal for him. i don't think he has the same goal in eastern ukraine -- the goal in eastern ukraine is to keep the conflict going in order to prevent the government in kiev from being successful. >> he thinks significant amounts of weapons in the hands of pro-russian rebels are actually starting to be withdrawn from the frontline and that is presumably a good sign. >> that is a good sign and we have a long way to go. the white house was complaining today about how monitors have not and allowed in to verify what is going on. president obama was meeting with the european council president today in order to talk about next steps and confronting russia over ukraine. some of it may be putin's strategy to dampen down any talks of further sanctions or military assistance to ukraine. i think it is a good sign, but we have a long way to go. >> a quick look at other news arou

the issue of crimea is a deeply complex one. coming in large part from their deportation to central asia in 1944, and then their later return. in long standing arguments over land rights and religious differences, but crimea's tartars reasonable the only people complaining of human rights abuses. >> abductions and prosecutions say right workers are being used against those too critical of the return to russia. >> another group is the ukrainian activists who at any point in their lives expressed involvement in organizations supporting ukraine. it is surprise, these people consider themselves ukrainians because it would be territory of ukraine. >> such accusations get short from crimea's new leaders. >> unfortunately, the so called human rights defenders are bringing alarms where alarming cases are not happening. they are just working for money pay by certain organizations in western countries. they have certain targets. the main one is to discredit crimea joining russia. >> mia's prime minister has assured of his sons disappearan

. >> crimea is not an autonomous region. it is an integral part of the russian state. we're the same russia as moscow, and other parts. we are part of a big country. >> but for issues to be resolved someone will have to change their tune. [music] either russia has to hand it back or you ukraine and west must basketball their objections and recognize it as russia. neither of these seem particularly likely right now. al jazeera crimea. >> 50 years on, russia is commemorating the world's first spacewalk which saw the country take the lead in the space race against the united states. >> he is a hero in space exploration because of a remarkable feat 50 years ago. the space race was heating up between the united states and soviet union. have a century later he remembers the political pressure as well as the technical challenges that he faced. >> what i remember is unusual silence. i heard my heart beating. i heard myself breathing which never happened before, and at that moment someone calls me and says alexei, how are you? we the

today is the first anniversary of the crimea annexation. greece is set to make the next repayment to the international monetary fund. it will further deplete cash reserves and risk of manukau this month unless a deal is reached. -- a deplete cash reserves and risk running out this month unless a deal is received. brazil's government to present a package of anticorruption measures after one million people are calling for the impeachment of president rousseff. they took to these stories yesterday. rousseff is in group -- is embroiled in a scandal with petro. brazil's currency tumbles on friday. falling prices for london homes. prices demanded of sellers phil 1.4%. -- of sellers fell 1.4%. the average price just over live hundred 80,000 panels. you can find more on that story at bloomberg.com. -- the average price of fill over 580,000 pounds. manus: we could've tweeted out the moments. [laughter] anna: you are watching "countdown." investors takes on the latest on greece. ♪ >> i am fully confident a solution will be found for -- will be foun

rory challands are al jazeera crimea. >> sham referendum in crimea, the united states reiterates its condemnation of a vote that wasn't voluntary transparent or democratic. we do not nor will we recognize russia's attempted annexation, calling for putin to recall his annexation of crimea. >> today was the russian president's first public meeting since march 5th. are he foiled rumors that he was in switzerland with his girlfriend for the birth of their child. he said things would be boring without gossip. >> death of russian politician boris nemtsov one suspect lawyer says the man had an alibi on the night nemtsov was killed. the charges have been changed the accusation of ever murder, based on political or ideologic hatred. nemtsov was gunned down late last month near the kremlin. >> coming up devastation in the island nation of vanuatu. >> the category 5 storm leaves hundreds dead. we still don't know the extent of the damage. >> the billion dollar art fair. in hong kong, also artful for those with smaller wallets. >> today in our off the radar segment we focus on hunger in south su

long live russia. >> reporter: the kremlin says crimea is russia now. western governments view what happened a year ago is an illegal land grab, given only a veneer of legitimacy. they refuse to recognize crimea as russian and refuses to join the ranks of other disputed areas, like kashmir. but they say they won't face the same state as other economically stunted areas. >> crimea is an integral part of the russian state. we are the same russia as moscow. we part of a big brave country. >> but for crimean issue to be resolved someone will have to change their tune. either russia has to hand it back or ukraine and the west must swallow their objection he and recognize as russian. neither of these seems particularly likely now. rory challands, al jazeera simferopol crimea. >> the organization for security and cooperation in europe is monitoring ceasefire earlier i spoke to osce secretary-general. to see if the ceasefire is holding. >> the contact line that is 400 kilometers long is generally holding with two exceptions, the donetsk area and the mariupol ar

shatterly after crimea re--shortly after crimea rejoined russia, visa and mastercard withdrew from the region. >> anything i can do--canceled. this is annoying for businesses and individuals with no sign of when services will come back. >> children murals proclaim the russianist of crimea, but keeping crimea aplot afloat takes $2 million a month. errorly challands. >> police have arrested six people in connection with kickbacks and political payoffs at petrobaras. it comes a day after a nearly a million people protests around the country. it's all putting extra pressure on president dilma roussef. >> to chile where a teenager's request for the right to die has split the nation. >> my name is valentina i'm 14 years old, and i suffer from cystic fibrosis. i ask to speak to the president urgently. i'm tired of living with this illness. >> her plea for assisted suicide has gone viral in chile and beyond. her brother michael died from the same incurable disease that attacks the lungs, liver and pancreas when he was six years old. and valentina said she does not want to die suffering as he d

or are the russians building military installations in crimea crimea? >> as you know the russians have had bases in crimea. >> are they building more? >> or significant information to indicate they're putting more improvements into the spaces and equipment. >> said the sanctions the building of installations in crimea arnie at this installations nuclear installations? >> me think we would like to speak to you about dual-use capability in a different setting. >> anyway they are building up their military presence in crimea. >> yes sir. >> that would seem to me like they are there to stay. what do you think? >> i think we have to maintain the pressure and we have to maintain the cost and keep faith with ukraine so that it can continue to try to get its territory back. >> when i talked to the president of ukraine last year and asked him what we could do he replied and i'm paraphrasing that they would prefer that we send something other than canned food to them mres which was what we were doing. are we still talking about helping them fight for their own fr

eve: ruling out any talk of handing crimea back to ukraine more drilling on the peninsula. it's been a years as it was annexed, following a referendum by locals there. -- a year since it was annexed following a referendum by locals there. the liver crane brings us to the border where he finds out how it has changed their lives bringing fear and increasing the cost of living. gulliver: every year, drivers gathered to meet at what was the train then a lover passes into crimea. passengers must continue by road. the transport business is suddenly thriving in this cb town, but there are still always more drivers and passengers. many of them the charters, who make up one third -- the tartar's, who make up one third of the population here. this man says he faced jail on trumped up charges in crimea due to his pro-ukrainian position. collect there are lots of people in my position. the other ones do not stop here. they go further into ukraine to find work. but i'm old. i'm helping with the renovation of the mosque. gulliver: they know that russia could try to take these lands to ha

putin calls crimea russia's historical territory. he said he decided to take control of it soon after the ouster of the ukrainian president in february last year. this contradicts his previous statement on the incident. he had said that he decided on the annexation only after the referendum. putin said he ordered the deployment of intelligence forces and marines to disarm ukrainian troops in crimea. >> translator: the footage will reveal exactly who ordered the capture of ukrainian territory in crimea. >> ukrainian prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk said it shows a violation of international law. the prime minister added that it's evidence that russia's invasion of crimea was premeditated. >>> nearly 1 million people across brazil have taken to the streets to demand political change. they're calling for president dilma rousseff to resign. and they're showing their frustration over the corruption the sluggish economy, and rising prices. protesters are angry about a massive bribery and kickback scandal at the state-controlled oil firm pe

he also said he dispatched troops to disarm ukrainian bases in crimea. leaders in ukraine and also in western nations have condemned russia's actions. they say the annexation contravenes international law. >>> people in japan are preparing to commemorate the most deadly attack in the country since world war ii. on march 20th, 1995 members of a cult called aum shinrikyo released sarin gas at several locations on the subway system in central tokyo. the nerve gas killed 13 people and affected about 6,300 others. 20 years later, many survivors are struggling to resume a normal life. nhk world's ayumi chikarashi reports on the fate of one victim and her family. >> reporter: on the morning of the attack, sachiko asakawa was traveling on the tokyo subway's marinochi line. she suffered a serious brain disorder and is now completely paralyzed. she was 31 years old at the time. her nephew was preparing to enter elementary school. >> translator: she took great care of me when i was little. we could have done so many things together if this hadn't happened. >> repor

in the meantime, russia goes into crimea and take over crimea. now they are in western europe. when they successfully take over eastern ukraine, they will keep moving, maybe to the baltics. last year, when you are here, in may, to be exact, i asked you the purpose of u.s. sanctions. and the question -- is the purpose of our sanctions to stop the russians or is the purpose of our sanctions to make the russians leave crimea? and you answered that the purpose of our sanctions were to make the russians leave crimea. is that still the purpose of sanctions against russia regarding crimea? to make them leave? ambassador nuland: yes, sir, we want crimea restored to ukraine. we have designated sanctions vis-a-vis crimea. we talked a little bit earlier in the hearing about the impact that that has had in crimea. and we will continue to keep those in place. mr. poe: so the russians leaving crimea? ambassador nuland: they have not resulted in the russians leaving crimea but it has raise the price to russian coffers. mr. poe: it may be the sanctions and it may be also the world price and oi

putin admitted he planned to re reclaim crimea last year. cnn's matthew chance live in moscow can more for you. hi matthew. >> reporter: previously the kremlin's position had always been they annexed crimea in march of last year after a referendum had been held in that area of what was then ukraine which returned 97% support for it joining russia. up until now, it hasn't been clear that was part of a preplanned operation to get crimea back into the russian fold as it were. there is a new documentary put out to mark the anniversary since the annexation of crimea called the path to the motherland. a nationalistic title. in it vladimir putin sets out that he made the decision to get crimea back some weeks before the referendum was held. take a listen to what he had to say. >> translator: i called the leaders of special services and ministry of defense to the kremlin and i laid the task out before them to save the life of the president of ukraine. otherwise they would have just destroyed him. there were heavy machine guns there. in order not to

the main to discredit crimea and the russian federation in general. >> crimea's prime minister assured his son's disappearance is being properly investigated. >> i'm not convinced 100% but it thing loose -- i think he's alike. >> until proven right or wrong, all he can do is campaign >>> the red cross launched a $3 million appeal to help vanuatu. the pacific island has been left killed. food and water is being delivered to the islands. andrew thomas is one of the first foreign reporters to reach the southern island. >> the vast majority of buildings i have seen have been all but destroyed. many pretty much flattened. >> thankfully poem got out in time. relatively few killed. if aid cunt come in quantities, there's a lack of food drinking water and shelter. it's a real priority. this is a picture repeated across the islands of vanuatu. the charity u.n.i.c.e.f. says 70,000 children are not going to school because they have been destroyed. we saw one like that up the road. 60,000 in need of health care. a low rate. they are concerned the children will get sick. aid flights are starting to

wants a strategy to take over the crimea -- launched a strategy to take over the crimea. it is somebody who was operating in terms of perception and power. >> there is debate about whether this was his grand strategy all along or whether it was opportunistic. >> what do you think? >> i think it is the combination of the two. it was opportunistic after the ukrainian president left. he saw an opportunity to take back the crimea which he did. it was not all that hard since he already had about 18,000 military people there in the first place. >>and then of course capitalized on the separatist movement in the eastern offices of the ukraine -- parts of the ukraine. there is an opportunity presented himself -- that presented itself to him like georgia. he former soviet space where he could exert leverage. >> what you think his intent is now? >> the intent is to -- he would like to end the fighting. >> between the government and separatists. >> the damage being done to that area. that is potentially another huge financial drain on russia, just like crimea is. from both humanitari

crimea, we need to fight for crimea. not in that many words. the red line was not as red. it was kind of pinkish and then suddenly crimea now has new passports and people forget about any standoff. >> as you predicted would happen. >> and what they said when the latest armistice was signed a couple months ago and the russians broke it the next day and took over the town that the ukrainians were holding and have now declared it essentially semiindependent. that's sort of a continuation of that. but, the western allies and the u.s. said if you do that, there will be consequences which of course he knows is untrue. and unless we show him a consequence, he will continue to march. >> if he is looking carefully at what the u.s. government is saying today and i assure you that he is he saw john brennan at a forum last friday take a question and turn the question into what the united states and russia have in common at the moment. we have a common foe in isil. we worked together on olympics. we not a word about are russia as a threat. >> not only that he sees secretary of state jo

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we have reports from crimea. there are a few regrets. >> crimea celebrations may be staged managed but they're genuinely felt by the region's majority of ethnic russians. inthe mood is jubilance. >> despite all difficulties we had in this transitional year we have patriotic sentiments towards russia. >> i lived here for 25 years. and during the ukrainian period we didn't see anything good. now with russia life is easier. you feel free. i can realize my plans. russia is a big state with a big future and powerful people to stand up for its people. >> in a recent documentary, it said that he handled the take over of crimea. >> we will go forward. we will strengthen our statehood, strengthen our country. we will overcome all difficulties of course, we'll overcome the problems and difficulties that they throw at us from outside. it is our useless attempt towards russia. thank you for your support. long live russia. >> the kremlin said that crimea is russian now. but crimea is likely to be a geopolitical sore for many

near the airport children's murals proclaim the russianness of crimea. it is promising $20 billion by 2020. it has been a challenging transition and it's not over yet. like these two might express cautious optimism but it would be unwise to out to a prosecutor future just yet. >>> hundreds of pakistani christians took to the streets to call for more security at churches. police used tear gas and batons to clear protesters who blocked a major highway yesterday. at least 14 people were killed in attacks outside two churches yesterday. and the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility. >>> brazil's president says her government must talk to the people. she spoke out after more than a million people took part in protests protesting a growing corruption scandal. >> reporter: the day after some of the largest protests in brazil in a generation everyone is taking stock of what the impact of those protests may be. you have people who support the president, hoping that it builds momentum to have her step down or make drastic changes in her government. meanwhil

russia is saying it has a right to deploy nuclear weapons in crimea. talk us through that, fred. >> on one level, of course, they're simply reiterating their message that crimea is now an integral part of russia and therefore, russia can do anything it likes on that territory, including stationing nuclear weapons. it should be noted that there is a major russian naval base there, sevastopol which has been through the years of ukrainian sovereignty, the headquarters of the black sea fleet and they probably did have nuclear weapons aboard the ships on that flight. on one level it's not that momentous, but on the other level, they are saying this annexation is permanent unchallengeable, and we will use crimea as the front line of russia's defense. if it was just out of context it might not be such a big deal, but russia today pulled out of the conventional arms treaty in europe which means they didn't pull out of the treaty itself, but they pulled out of all the apparatus that monitors that treaty with that that was one of the way that the two sides nato

we're learning new details about his stand-off with ukraine over crimea. ahead of the anniversary, russian state tv aired a documentary on sunday in which putin says he was ready to put nuclear force on alert over that crisis. joining us from moscow matthew chance. good morning, matthew. >> good morning, christine. that's right, that documentary airing those remarks by vladimir putin, potentially very -- i was going to say explosive, but you know what i mean. certainly the remarks underlining just how important crimea is to russia. vladimir putin saying that he even considered putting the country's nuclear forces on alert if the situation had unfolded the west for instance or other countries had tried to retake crimea from russia. so it's very important to russia for them to keep crimea and that's being reflected today. there are celebrations in various locations, the main one in moscow near red square. thousands of people expected to attend a pop concert, a gala concert with russian popstars and various celebrities, to celebrate what is for many russians,