the more ukraine consolidates reform, the more ukraine demonstrates that it's not going to be dissuaded from its european choice, and the standards and values and institutions that come with that, the harder it is for the kremlin to try to defeat that militarily. reporter: pyatt points to fledgling economic reforms, such as the closures of insolvent banks and the ending of long time energy price cuts that weakened the state budget. by increasing energy supplies from europe, ukraine has dramatically reduced its dependence on russian natural gas. >> this is not a poor country this a country with an enormous endowment of natural resources, the best agricultural land in the world, tremendous human resources. what it has always suffered from is just atrocious governance. >> reporter: the new parliament has passed laws to enable institutional reforms to begin. a showpiece is the rebuilding of the country's police force, once a tool of state repression and violence. ten thousand recruits have been trained in cities all over ukraine. they come from all walks of life: >>( translated ): "pediatri

the ukraine? well, i think this is one of the major questions, because we talk about what has worsened in the past years. situation, and ukraine is one of those. tocourse, we will come back ukraine in detail in a short while, and i should not, and i do not want to forget one important note. you mentioned some important dates and events that are related to the history of theyal eastern europe, and are very much intertwined. the czech republic and czechoslovakia, in the past, and i believe it is of importance, and i also mentioned it in my speech, and that is the transatlantic cooperation and partnership between the two and the united states of america. i think it is important in the united states of america, and spite of their own legal challenges, priorities, and issues, they should not forget what is happening in europe, because what in the 20th century to place in central europe always had an impact on the global. whatever happened in 1914 and central europe and the balkans, it started a first w

in ukraine. when political changes happen in ukraine the people who demonstrated in magdon square, they waved many flags. ukraine is example of people with higher standard of living, lower corruption than what they experience in ukraine. that is why we saw those european flags there. the question whether the democratic government or democratic-elected government in ukraine will provide changes, economic and social and other to citizens of ukraine. if they are able to do that, russia will gain from it. they have been trying to destablize the region for a long time. as far as the out come or success of the sanctions what is important the sanctions are combined with the fulfillment of the minsk agreements. i'm very glad to see the minsk agreement is been started. this is only alternative to discontinue ages of the war in eastern ukraine because it was very important to stop people dying in eastern ukraine and we need to see this process through and unless the minsk agreement fulfilled by european un

exiting ukraine? mr. sobotka: well, i think this is one of the major questions, because all we talk about, in fact, is that worsened in the past years a security situation in the direct vicinity of the e.u. ukraine is one of those. of course, i will come back to ukraine in detail in a short while, but i should not, and i don't want to forget, one important note that i wanted to make. you mentioned some important dates and events that are related to the history of central and eastern europe, and often times they are very much intertwined with the history of the czech republic or czechoslovakia, if you will, in the past. i believe that it is of paramount importance, and i also mention it in my speech, and that is the significance of trans-atlantic cooperation, and partnership between the e.u. and the united states of america. i think it is important for the united states of america, in spite of their own interpolitical problems, challenges, priorities, and issues, should not forget about what is happening i

two years on russia still backs separatist rebels fighting the ukraine government. tonight i'm taking you on the front line with russia, poland, roromania, bulgaria, and competg for special natural resources with new urgency. let's again the journey now with a special report. it's 10 a.m. on an autumn morning in stra tran sylvania. it is a routine nato exercise in military readiness. >> one minute! >> but demonstrations of force like this have taken on a influence urgency for the west. here beside the carpathian mountains in romania these soldiers are training for battle. just a seven hour drive from ukraine where russian backed separatists set off the worst confrontation between moscow and the west since the end of the cold war. roromanians and others who worry about past aggressions, worried about stopping an emboldened vladimir putin. >> cold war is a reality, now we live in a new cold war but it's a danger for the real war. >> not everyone slairs the share former romanian president's fears that u.s. and the russian he are bound for conflict but little room for e

he's not managed his personal assets since winning election in ukraine in 2014. he posted on facebook, i believe i may be the first top office official in ukraine, who treats declaring of assets, paying taxes and conflict of interest issues profoundly and seriously in full compliance with the ukrainian and international private law. today president obama told the head of nato the u.s. will stand by its commitments to ukraine and other allies. >>> friday, before the corruption allegations surfaced, i talked to ukraine's president about russia, vladimir putin, help from the u.s. and last week's nuclear security summit. ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear program, in exchange for getting russia and other countries to respect its borders. >> to get them to give up the biggest arsenal in the world, they guarantee -- unfortunately, in the year 2014, one of the permanent member of the united nations security council has become an aggressive and make an aggression in my country. we demonstrate the global security system which was built before world war ii is not workin

he's not managed his personal assets since winning election in ukraine in 2014. he posted on facebook, i believe i may be the first top office official in ukraine, who treats declaring of assets, paying taxes and conflict of interest issues profoundly and seriously in full compliance with the ukrainian and international private law. today president obama told the head of nato the u.s. will stand by its commitments to ukraine and other allies. >>> friday, before the corruption allegations surfaced, i talked to ukraine's president about russia, vladimir putin, help from the u.s. and last week's nuclear security summit. ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear program, in exchange for getting russia and other countries to respect its borders. >> to get them to give up the biggest arsenal in the world, they guarantee -- unfortunately, in the year 2014, one of the permanent member of the united nations security council has become an aggressive and make an aggression in my country. we demonstrate the global security system which was built before world war ii is not workin

. >>> japan's prime minister shinzo abe wants to play a role in resolving the situation in ukraine. he told the president that the issue will be discussed at the upcoming g7 summit. they held talks on wednesday in tokyo. >> translator: at the summit next month, he want to lead discussions about ukraine's situation, representing the host country. >> abe said japan has been working for a peaceful settlement of the crisis in ukraine. he fledged to continue urging ukraine's government to fully carry out the cease-fire deal reached in february last year. abe urged russia to play an active role in playing an active -- they'll share information on dealing with radioactive contamination, and related issues. both countries have experienced a large scale nuclear accident. ukraine will mark the 30th anniversary of the shchernobyl later this month. >>> japanese firm takata, failure to operate properly has led to death. we're hearing of another casualty. ai uchida joins us now. >> claiming another life. officials at the national highway traffic safety administration in the u.s. say a ruptured ai

ian: i think this vote has more to do with that than the ukraine. most of that is focused on trade and has already provisionally been applied across the european union. the organization that campaigned in the netherlands made clear they really didn't care about ukraine. this was all about showing the finger to the eu. francine: how bad is the sentiment in the netherlands? will it actually mean that the government will end up losing their positions, or is it 30% which is crucial, but actually it can be contained? ian: good question. the dutch government faces elections in the next year or so. clearly, they will be looking at this as a bad indicator for their chances for staying in power. anti-eu parties are doing rather well. they will be certainly looking at it from that perspective. on the other hand, almost 70% of the dutch people didn't turn out to vote on this issue. francine: how worried should we be about this issue? is it a sweeping generalization to say there's anti-european malaise in europe and we are not seeing it yet, or is it just becau

we have breaking news out of ukraine the last 10 minutes. the country has a new prime minister. ryan joins us with the details. this was a political mess going on for a couple days. ryan: it was. the prime minister before announces readiness to resign and yet we weren't able to get any kind of agreement on who would be the new prime minister. we now have that. his name is hroisman and for the last week or so, it's been pretty clear he was probably going to be the guy but there was a lot of horse trading going on at the level, who is going to get jobs in the various ministries. so a little bit of a break in the deadlock. the old prime minister and the president of ukraine, who you've interviewed, they didn't get along and that was an issue. now the new guy is an ally of the president so at least we have a little bit less political infighting. francine: does it mean they'll get easier access to aid? this is an economy on the brink and needs external help. ryan: this is perhaps the most important thing here is that this should unlock at least some aid. the i.m.f. promised $17.5 bil

association agreement with ukraine. in the event, nearly two thirds voted no, but the turn out was low. those who did go to the polls explained their reasons. >> translation: it is a corrupt country and you don't need to want a contract like this with them. i mean, it doesn't help the citizens. it will only benefit the multinational, it's top five of the corrupt government. >> translation: you cannot abandon 40 million people. that's why i voted for this treaty. >> reporter: many sceptic dutch politicians had campaigned against the agreement. for them the referendum result was a welcomed endorsement >> i'm happy to see that the arguments we used in the campaign against this treaty have convinced two out of three voters. more than 60%, 64%, of the people said no to this agreement. >> reporter: the government had campaigned in favor of a yes vote. the foreign minister led the campaign. at an amsterdam polling station he told me why. >> we have to support the ukraine. the people still do the square. i would say they're fig

well, take a look at ukraine. these three or four countries that surround ukraine, do you ever hear of them complaining? we don't want again to world war iii. and yet, the people that are the neighbors, they don't really care. or they don't care much. but here is the thing. when i talk about armament or when i talk about protection or when i talk about the military, all of these countries, which is much of the world, that we are taking care of, they have to pay, and i do want to be, like, a green person, but we are losing a fortune everywhere. we take care of south korea. we have 28,000 soldiers on the line between the north and the well, take a look at ukraine. these three or four countries that surround ukraine, do you ever hear of them complaining? we don't want again to world war iii. and yet, the people that are the neighbors, they don't really care. or they don't care much. but here is the thing. when i talk about armament or when i talk about protection or when i talk about the military, all of these countr

-ukraine trade pact in a referendum. it is a victory for groups in the netherlands and across europe. to iraq where the army has only been able to seize a few villages in its three-week long offensive to recapture the city of mosul from i.s.i.l. the operation is on hold until more forces arrive. >> reporter: the iraqi army has been trying to advance in mosul, the largest stronghold for i.s.i.l. in iraq. after three weeks, the offensive is on hold. soldiers manage to capture a few small villages. they're now waiting for the arrival of police and tribal fighters before the army can push ahead. despite renewed concerns about the capabilities of iraqi army, soldiers are hopeful >> translation: we're trying to take on the village. it's very extra at the jik and we're finding strong resistance from suicide bombers, home-made bombs and tunnels are hindering our advance. we will be going back to the urt aerial support of the coalition. >> reporter: peshmerga forces are staying out of the operation so far >> translation: peshmerg

relations with ukraine. then there are the affect on the e.u. institutions. one analyst told me referendums like these could increasingly be used to prevent effective governance in the e.u. >> this really goes ahead like this and everyone is having referendum on e.u. matters on a national basis, then you may -- the whole decision making in brussels may be completely blocked. >> reporter: the dutch government did not want this referendum and certainly did not want the result. the problem is that in real numbers, fewer than 1 in 5 dutch voters voted no in this referendum and the result is not binding. but the question for ministers is can they ignore the voters' verdict and care on with their ukraine policies, dominic kane, al jazeera in the hague. >>> the french parliament has passed a controversial bill regulating prostitution think the law makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of nearly $4,000 on the clients. france now has some of the post previc tiff prostitution laws in europe. >>> the tension between china and other nations over the island co

dutch voters overwhelmingly trade a treaty to boost between the eu and ukraine. it was seen as more of a public opinion towards the eu, which seems to be against. how do you convince a public servant to leave a job when they cannot be fired? how the mayor of one frenchtown is doing just that. the grant mecca of men's fashion now has its very first female master tailor. that and more on the way, but first, our top story. ♪ ♪ >> since the penama papers first leak earlier this week from a shedding light on how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their welcome of the country of panama has been fighting to keep its name out of the mess. on wednesday, penama said it is creating international panel to help improve transparency in its financial institution. the panamanian president made that announcement wednesday on tv. >> the panamanian government by via are foreign ministry will independent panel of experts to evaluate our current practices and propose the adoption of measures we will share with other countries of the world in order to strengthen the tran

like they did in ukraine. remain,e been, i convinced that we need a concerted effort to really up the cost on russia and particularly, on putin. >> we need to make it clear to russia that their invasion of ukraine cannot stand and we will ever recognize their or occupation. >> russian aggression is not quite as budgeting as it might seem, despite its current military posture. >> it is supported to recognize the russian economy has been weakened. inflation is up. he russian central bank has lost more than $150 billion in reserves. russian banks and firms are locked out of international markets. itten offhas been more than he can chew. if you look at the number of issues he has actually started to fall off from -- because actually, russia's military budget is at its limit because the jihadi is shrinking. last year.ell of, you know, creates an environment where he is looking to flexes muscles to get popular support at home. he is popular in the most recent polls, but it is not because of his handling in the econo

the other thing we talked about is ukraine. these are the two areas that have put enormous strain on u.s.-russia relations. what i said to putin before and i will continue to say to him, is that we cannot ratify russian aggression in eastern ukraine. but that there is an opportunity through the minsk process to resolve this peacefully. and if we can resolve that piece of business, then that clears out a lot of the underbrush and suspicion and tensions that have existed between the united states and russia. that would allow us to concentrate our efforts more on what's happening in syria. and what is happening around the world. charlie: do you consider ukraine part of the russian sphere of influence? president obama: i do not believe that any sovereign country should be subject in 18th century or 19th-century terms to being a vassal state of somebody else's. do i think there is a deep historical link between russia and ukraine? absolutely. do i think that russia is going to have some influence on what happens in ukraine? of cours

, ukraine. and i really do appreciate this panel and the perspectives put forth. nikolai, you made a really started off with a really great point about the history and how the history is. i'd like to ask in context with that, you know, we so often thought of culture is the thickest form of binding of anything. and so whether we call it history or maybe we should be calling it culture which has been built up over hundreds of years, thousands. and so maybe the culture as has been described, or is here and other people have read about, maybe the culture or the dynamics in russia are unique unto russia, as the culture is unique unto america or england or germany and so forth. so where we're looking at that, how would the -- within russia, the people of russia, address the issues that are important to russia and russia as larger in the world to be able to succeed successfully for russia to be a part of the world community? versus the current status, which is not necessarily in the interests of russia

-ukraine trade pact. dutch voters rejected that. the results are seen as a victory for the euro skeptic movement. the ukraine president is playing down the poll. >>> this is just a cultative under the constitution. we are waiting for the dutch parliament. we continue to implement association agreement with the european union and ukraine will continue our movement to the european union. >> at 32%, the turnout was low, but just enough for the poll to be valid. >> would they approve the agreement with ukraine? nearly two thirds voted no, but the turnout was low. those who went to it is polls explained their reasons. >> it is a corrupt country and you don't need to want a contract like this with them. i mean, it doesn't help the citizens. it will only benefit the multi-national. it's top five of the corrupt government. >> you cannot abandon 14 million people. that's why i voted for this treaty. >> many euro skeptic dutch politicians campaigned against the agreement. for them, the referendum result was a welcome endorsement. >> i'm happy

association agreement with ukraine. in the event, nearly two-thirds voted no, but the turn out was low. those who did go to the polls explained their reasons. >> translation: it is a corrupt country and you don't want to need a contract like this with them. it doesn't help the citizens. it will only benefit the multinational. >> translation: you can't abandon 40 million people. that's why i voted for this treaty. >> reporter: many sceptic politicians have campaigned against the agreement. for them the refer endemocrat result was a welcome-- refer endemocrat w endemocrat dumb-- referendum was a welcome outoutcome. >> 64% of the people said no >> reporter: the government has campaigned in favor of a yes vote. the for minister led the campaign. at a polling station he told me why >> we have to support the ukraine. they still doing the mile and square. i would site fighting for liberty, human rights, economic prosperity. we need stability in europe. we are a trading nation, so it is good when there is an upcoming market the

at the time ukraine was part of the soviet union and authorities tried to hide the accident. sweden alerted the public two years later. the death toll is still unknown. only 56 victims officially recognized. the u.n. recognized 4,000 people could have died in the following years. >>> breaking news, spain is heading to a snap general election. efforts to find a coalition have failed. sarah morris, tell us what's going on in madrid today to lead to this news? >>reporter: this was the last ditch attempt through talks with the king, the king has started talking at all the political parties and today was the day of the four main political parties to seek the role crucial for the new liberal party. the king has just released a statement through the palace saying no candidate has the necessary support of the parliament to win a confidence vote. the deadline of course is the second of may. but that vote in the house has to be organized so this is really the last-ditch attempt to get that sewn up. run rabbit came out of the hat this morning when a small left wing party put another dea

holland -- in the fourth-largest city 53% voted yes, so the educated dutch are for ukraine. a ukrainian journalist says his country should take the initiative. the situation with holland is simple. he suggests we should stop whining, and it is time to take matters into our own hands. on the other hand, the far right wing dutch politician tweeted, it looks like the dutch people said no to the european elite and the treaty with ukraine. this is the beginning of the end of the eu. nigel farage, a supporter of britain leaving the eu, celebrated the result, tweeting that the dutch exit polls seem to indicate a big no to the eu vote. well, the dutch referendum was considered by many to be a litmus test for britain's eu membership referendum in june. it seems there are many who unlike nigel farage are keen for the u.k. to stay in. a group of pro-eu expats formed a group, launching a campaign called "#hugabrit," asking european act that's to show -- expats to show pictures of themselves doing just that, having a brit -- hugging a brit. joining us from london is the founder of the ca

with russian forces pulling out of syria, stronger action in the ukraine is coming, some say. this potential putin versus the world standoff has reinvigorated debate about nato and america's place in it, currently footing the biggest portion of the bill, while other nations fail to meet their spending quota. president obama met with the nato's secretary general on monday in the oval office to publicly bolster support. president obama: nato continues to be the linchpin, the cornerstone of our collective defense and u.s. security policy. scott: on the ground in estonia, the new generation on the front lines with russia was not even born the last time the soviet union and nato faced off in the original version of the cold war. second lieutenant matthew chapman is a soldier in a strange land. 2nd lt. mathew chapman: as a 23-year-old from new jersey, i never thought in a million years i'd be here. scott: richard stotts is a sergeant in the third platoon. like any sergeant through the ages, he marches according to orders. staff sgt. richard stotts: being in the american army, you go

he told me why a yes rote is so important. >> we have the support of the ukraine, the ukraine an people, fighting for liberty, with economic prosperity. and it's in the interest of the citizens. >> we need stability, we are a trade nation, and it's very good for an up cupping market there. >> this referendum is happening because of a petition by 4,000 people. it's supported by prominent politicians, such as the far right. he opposes the ukraine treaty on sceptic grounds, but this man, jan, he and his group succeeded in getting the referendum called. he said it's a democratic deficit. >> you have to listen to your open people. we can talk about a democracy in ukraine, but in this country, it's not that good at all. >> any help in kiev hope that the ratification process is not derailed. the demands were for european immigration, this treaty would provide some of that, but full immigration is still daint. how the dutch vote is being watched across europe. in just over two months, the british face a more momentous decision, whether to leave the eu all together. they're neck-and-neck, and th

do i think there is a deep historical link between russia and ukraine? absolutely. do i think that russia is going to have some influence on what happens in ukraine? wecourse for the same anway have influence over canada or mexico but there is a difference between that and then financing heavy weaponry that off bigand carves chunks of another country. what i said to him is if we can get that resolved, then there is the opportunity for the united states and russia to concentrate on those areas where we have common interests. there are going to be some fundamental differences between the united states and russia between me and putin. we have different values and different interests. we do have the opportunity, i think, to solve some big pieces of business. n ongoing source of significant tension, not just between us and the russians but between the europeans on the russians. charlie: i hear optimism in your voice. president obama: i think there is a chance of it getting done. i, when mr. putin and we have conversations, they tend to be businesslike and courteous and r

the ukraine is an area of proxy conflict between the two. and my position is that we have to succeed there because if we succeed there, it will be the most effective way to dissuade any further, we hope, aggression or designs on other free nations in the area. your assessment of ukraine right now, what we can do, what we should do, what we're not doing? mr. scaparrotti: well, senator, as you know, we've provided both training and assistance in a defensive means to ukraine at this point. -- part. we supported also our allies in doing the same. if confirmed, it will be, you know, my task to, one, review the situation there. but secondly, i believe that we should continue both assistance and aid in the kinds of assets that they need in order to defend their country, their sovereignty and their territorial integrity. and that we ought to continue building partnership capacity, to help them do that on their own. mr. reed: i think one of the other aspects you're going to confront, there's so many, the chairman touched on many of them, is this evol

a majority of people, those that went say no to the ukraine agreement. and that is a rather clear message for the government, brussels, and the organizers of this referendum that have already started to open the champagne bottles. they say this is good enough for us. we reached the goal that we wanted to reach. we can show the eu that they are not wanted by many dutch voters. >> we can't say whether enough people voted. that can't be success for any cause, right? >> legally and politically, you're completely right. it is not valid and all this attempt fell flat on it face. many already pointed that out. recognize a rather large margin of dutch voters actually do want to show their discontent to the european union, the it to the ukraine agreement or more general to the functioning in a general sense. that message seems to be quite clear. >> counting the numbers for us on wednesday night. a top fee for world soccer official has resigned and the fallout from the panama papers leaks. ethics committee member was named in the leaks and is under investigation.

frommir putin is learning experience in ukraine and syria that military adventurism pays, diplomacy can be manipulated to serve his strategic ambition, and the worst refugee crisis since world war ii can be weaponize to divide the west and weaken as resolve. the only deterrence we seem to be establishing is over ourselves. indeed, two years after russia invaded ukraine and annexed crimea, president obama has shamefully refused to provide ukrainian forces with assistance they need to defend themselves. china is getting less like a great power and more like a petty bully. time and time again, president obama has failed to take timely action to protect interests and allies. china may be less likely to go operate on priorities he thought were more important, like climate change, and the reckless iran nuclear deal. as a result, china has asserted behavior, cyberattacks, economic espionage, and theft, militarization of one of the most important waterways, and the closing of regional allies and partners. the middle east is descending into chaos, but for the past seven years, president obama ha

the final results have more than 61% of voters opposing the deal with ukraine. however, turnout was barely 30% and that was the minimum threshold for the government to be required to take the poll into account. it's not, however, legally binding. let's find out more about what the referendum means for the netherlands and europe with our guest. thanks for being with us. now the far right dutch politician said today this is a vote of no confidence by the dutch people against the elite from brussels. what message do you think dutch voters are sending to the eu? >> it's not a vote of no confidence, because then you have to look at the numbers. and they are not high enough to be a real vote of no confidence. but there's a lot of anger in the netherlands about the eu. this specific case we really have to look at what it really is. the application agreement with the ukraine is a compromise basically between poland which wants to have accession and far reaching cooperation with the ukraine and france which really wants to have a trade deal. so we have a complex compromi

a treaty with ukraine is more than just a vote against european integration. it was also said that during the campaigning that this treaty ford be seen as a start ukraine to start negotiations also to join the eu. that was mainly the reason why people said, no, we don't want this treaty because we don't want more europe. we don't want europe to grow further. guy: we will leave it there. thank you very much indeed. i don't want to draw lines between one thing and another because it is dangerous to do so, but it was interesting when we had the attacks and belgium, what happened with the pound. i am not going to ascribe any kind of validity to this, but maybe this move we're seeing this morning is actually a relationship to what we can see in the netherlands. jpmorgan's chief executive jamie dimon has included a possible brexit in his annual letters. caroline hyde is here with more. what is his take on the brexit, caroline? caroline: you have to dig in through 60 pages of his annual letter, but he really does have a warnings about brexit that really caught my eye

governor kasich on we have to get th: we have to get the ukraine. where are you from in ukraine? in 1973. governor kasich: thank you. --83 governor kasich: i am going to have another pickle. what is your specialty? >> we are very good on the chicken soup. chocolate. governor kasich: where do you live? well, we appreciate you having us in here. eat anymore. i have eaten so much, i cannot eat anymore. and i'm going to have dinner with my daughter. i am going to give this pastrami to kevin miller. here. come is this better than cleveland? governor kasich: do not try to trip me up. i make enough mistakes on my own. i am not getting in on that. i have an opinion. i love new york. what kind of desserts you have? [laughter] apple do the baked strudel? can we have an apple strudel, cut into a little piece? we have to have it in threes. wow. wonderful. yeah, for all of you who are people from new york. i could not have had a better time. in any campaign, being able to campaign in new york, i mentioned earlier today, going to water down. t watertown. the only candidate who had been there b

and the ukraine is an area of proxy conflict between the two. and my position is that we have to succeed there because if we succeed there, it will be the most effective way to dissuade any further we hopinging e aggr or stedesigns on others. your position on what we can did, what we're got doing? >> we've provided both training and assistance and defensive means to ukraine.oid, what we'r? >> we've provided both training and assistance and defensive means to ukraine.d, what we're ? >> we've provided both training and assistance and defensive means to ukraine.what we're got? >> we've provided both training and assistance and defensive means to ukraine. we've supported our allies in doing the same. if confirmed, it will be my task to, one, review the situation there, but secondly, i believe that we should continue both assistance and aid in the kinds of assets that they need in order to defend their country, their sovereignty and we should continue building partnership capacity to help them do that on their own. >> one of the other aspects that yo

we also talk about an issue that we are also interested in is the crisis in ukraine. we have the greatest importance to this agreement being implemented as soon as possible. we will put a lot of effort into making this possible in our talks with ukraine, but also in our talks with russia. unfortunately we still do not have a stable cease-fire. we need to bring the political process forward. tonight, economic issues will loom large on the agenda. from a european perspective, let me say this clearly, it is very helpful in order to allow our economy to grow. it is important for the german economy, it is important for the whole of the european economy. if i look at the progress that we had made with the tpp, i think we all have an interest in continuing to support these negotiations. we should do our bit to make this a success. thank you very much. again, for this visit. i'm very much looking forward to the other things that are lining up for today and tomorrow. i would like to welcome you on behalf of the german citizens. and on behalf of the citizens of hanover. preside

and he told me, very bluntly, that ukraine as a non-nato country living in the shadow of russia will also be subject to russian meddling and domination and what he's doing there is basically signaling this is not worth the united states' investment. >> then there were barack obama's overtures to the muslim world, where he hoped to change the images of america. he had pulled american troops out of iraq without a stay behind force that had been recommended by his military advisers. but without a u.s. presence, violence immediately returned across the country. niall ferguson, a professor of history at harvard university, remembers talking to veterans of the war. >> they had turned it around. to be told the mission was being aborted must have been a shattering blow. >> the iraqis, of course, couldn't leave. some found another cause. >> many of them wound up eventually working with isis. to create the force that ultimately came back and invaded that part of iraq. that they held. and hold today. >> in egypt, president obama had supported the overthrow of america leaning hosni mubarak and h

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