russia's takeover of crimea was pure and it's a sion but i'm sure you know that for many in russia it wasn't just the land grap it was some extent. the only means of avoiding a major strategic loss it was either a gain of a territorial or a loss of a major strategic capacity of the status quo by that time was no longer an option do you think the western decision making makers at the time and distant the kind of conundrum that russia and the kremlin faced and that to some extent i would argue the western decision makers pushed on russia well i think your your question presupposes what the new provisional ukrainian government was going to do in the state i mean where very away very well there were there were there were statements they they weren't necessarily official statements decisions and not been taken look i understand the fears that some in russia had after the events of february of two thousand and fourteen but understanding does not mean agreement or approval and the consequences of it for what many western leaders or leaders of other countries in europe central. east and west

to come to a halt the menace of an expansionist russia which i think is. not the case i mean there is a view that russia is this global menace so you have nato on the borders of the baltic countries it's a trip wire for more conflict nato should have been abolished at the end of the soviet union i mean it was there to design to counter the warsaw pact right now i think what should happen with nato is it should halt its expansion ukraine should become nonaligned the future of ukraine should be as a bridge between east and west that was the hope not as a proxy country for war between civil war between the united states and russia so you know when trump says things like nato attacks nato he's both right but he's the wrong messenger because people think he's doesn't know what he's talking about well he is so. nato has been brought up recently while some german and french politicians were pondering over the idea of creating a common european army. if that happens and trump wants europeans to take care of their own security but that make nato obsolete i don't th

russia must go on. so okay. wilson had been criticized by the republicans for not goosing united states into war, very reluctant to get involved in it. but now he could say there's a more noble thing that can arise out of this war and that is a democratic future. and perhaps it's even endumb bent upon -- incumbent upon the united states to do what it can to protect democracy around the world. this is the moment. this is what we're referring to when we talk about wilsonian interventionism. america dedicated itself to standing up for democracy around the world. it was particularly in the white nations of the world in that era. but it was a huge change and one that we lived with ever since. we'll talk a little later about whether we're still living with it or not. so-- i just -- this is mr. root who was head of the carnegie foundation for peace, international foundation for peace. he was very hot for war. so americans were swept with a patriotic fervor, patriotic feeling. and on april the 2nd of 1917, woodrow wilso

and he spoke with russia's deputy u.n. and for it to me tripoli anthy he says the west's response will only encourage ukraine further. i fear that after the western countries that have particular influence on ukraine are really displayed surf such an operetta toot the ukrainian side might feel a little bit and bold and tunisians for the provocations of this type because they haven't heard that they didn't hear during the meeting and your approach is from from western that they did something wrong though it seems to me that the issues of cynically clearly it is directly linked to the prospect of elections in ukraine it is directly linked to falling reaching as of president poroshenko so it was very strange that the security council colleagues actually avoided. calling calling these things by their real value. now after months of rumors china sea n.p.c. oil corporation is replacing french toe towel in a round multi-billion dollar south park's gas project the move might come as a surprise to sun as daniel fishel explains. sel

in russia or at least the perception within the kremlin is that russia is actually russia actually has a match when it comes to nuclear weapons or where the united states at the moment well you know this. sort of quotation from one. prime minister when she was asked whether. a nuclear weapon and should respond in the way no we don't but if needed we will use. mr bolton is perceived in russia as one of the biggest harshest russia hawks and yet both from his visit to moscow and he's published views i got an impression that he was a much more comfortable interlocutor for the kremlin than let's say obama people who. didn't see nuclear deterrent deterrence as say as a saving grace and who wished for a nuclear free world is that an accurate perception that russia has countered that is find it easier dealing with people like mr bolton well stillest achille yes in terms of the priority issue on the table no. ministration and fewer people talking those issues that were much more focused on the idea that. weapons of mass destruction is a good day for us so we need to offer for this but not for e

premeditating provocation russia's president putin blames ukraine for sunday's naval confrontation and says the crews of the captured ukrainian vessels including two secret service agents are also on the program. as germany brings together political religious and academic leaders to debate islam and integration we hear from a young german muslim open to shake the future of faith and a country. welcome to the program russia's president putin has accused ukraine of committing an act of premeditated provocation in the naval confrontation off crimea tensions between moscow and kiev escalated after russia sees three ukrainian vessels on sunday at least twelve ukrainian silas' have been detained pending trial ukraine's paris president poroshenko has declared martial law and the country's border regions and warned that russia is preparing for war. this is what life has become for many living around. it's the closest ukrainian city. both of which are now controlled by russian backed separatists since sunday's naval clash with russia ukraine has begun to impose martial law. so you are the count

in five days of russia georgia conflict russia lost six aircraft, more than likely for them to from the fire. but in the reality and minority was lost in hostile fire. this is a night and day transformation that respect looking over just --. when we look at real limitations, these are success stories. they have -- a big downside the russian military shows up to syria and figures that they never really significantly invested a -- invested in the kind of capabilities that would make them more effective. they really had very few munitions available for the mission. russian military a sickly expanding -- expending early 1990 stocks, they lack small munitions in general to hit small targets. that's lots of overkill. they neck -- they neck -- they lack -- the kind of munitions that would be appropriate for the fight were basically dropping giant 500 caliban -- kilogram bombs. part of that is they simply do not have the stocks. the stock they did have in any precision guided munitions, they left a lot to be desired in accuracy. originally they went to the conflict of -- with no good quality. t

national security has a jump out and says russia and the u.s. need to hold strategic talks about china missiles which pose a potential threat to russia as well that's what is that that's how he put it today maybe washington is seeking to pick moscow and beijing against each other where you remember or i i don't want to make you older than you are you you won't remember but you've read about it that during the nixon year the idea was to play the so-called china card against the soviet union to china toward washington and away from moscow and the rest there is no china card any longer the old kissinger idea that you could play off china against russia is gone russia and china are becoming perhaps a story kallaugher is economically politically militarily strategically this has happened due to a lot of factors however you're right i mean china now has to be included in any new nuclear arms arrangements that involve these regional or intermediate intermediary misses my own feeling is that the struggle over china policy in washington is almost as inte

he forgets to mention why russia is at the borders of the european union it's not because russia expend it is because nato and the european union expend that not paying any attention to any concerns that russia might might graze about it only mention russia did he also wanted to you know this is a series of russia china and we all are fearing the imminent chinese invasion of europe on the other side of the world i know i am right you know trying these troops are about to disembark and you know in normandy i've been pretty sure but he also mentioned the united states and even the united states he said that talking about the need to defend against that this talk is simply trying to put on warhawk credentials come on france can't even pay two percent. of its g.d.p. according to nato structures and he's talking up a european union army like this here i think and what i want to talk about also the reports that mcchrystal did not want putin interim glenn job. also said this is not a new idea though it's actually here i'll share with you here the national interest last week wrote an article th

and also there is of course this issue of the you know the sailors that russia now has in its. detention essentially that is another point of pressure against the ukrainian government rorik thank you the u.s. president's former campaign chief pullman afford has been accused of breaching a plea bargain with federal prosecutors special counsel robert muller as investigation into alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixteen elections as many lives to f.b.i. offices was expected to receive a lights a punishment for cooperating with the investigation and for faces at least a decade in prison on ten charges ranging from financial fraud to conspiracy to obstruct the course of justice. still to come here on al-jazeera also facing tear gas and resistance some of the american asylum seekers rethink their quest to reach the united states. get a welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across europe it has been quite messy around much of the region but down here towards the south that's what we're going to be watching over the next day across parts of the central med

must immediately cease its unlawful conduct russia's actions must stop immediately. well a lot of aggressive comments in regards to russian condemnation of russia's action coming from members of the international community but russia stands firm as does its foreign minister here in a visit in paris saying the actions were a provocation by ukraine and russia acted accordingly charlotte dubinsky thank you for that update i believe we can go back to our correspondent mark now who's in curch more on to a court hearing today can you bring us up to speed on what was said that. indeed two hundred kilometers from here where the three ukrainian vessels are impounded in kutch in simferopol the court there has heard the prosecution it is charging twelve of the lie. twelve of the twenty four detained ukrainian navy personnel charging them with illegally crossing russian borders was. elected to arrest them until the twenty fifth of january the others the other twelve the offices and to s.b.u. agents ukrainian intelligence agents they'll be charged. tomorrow i believe but so far w

russia. it would seem and this is been the case i think you and i talked back then when he was a candidate that he said he wanted to cooperate with russia we used to call that detente and that's been pretty much his policy overall policy since he became president but he's also done contradictory things and the question is are these contradictory things the result of his own inability to be a consistent leader or are people in washington preventing him from doing what he wants to do with russia that's the big question at the moment what do you think is it him is it is it he's like a mask of. portraying himself as someone who appreciates putin but then you know behind the doors he does whatever he does or is it really he's helpless and he has to do what that ministration tells them to do. well i guess i've been following for soviet in a russian american relations for nearly forty years i don't put a lot of weight or importance on whether the two leaders like each other or not the real question

in may, the united states condemned russia's construction and opening of the bridge between russia and occupied crimea. in august, the united states condemned the harassment by russia of international shipping in the sea of azaf and the straight. the united states will continue to stand with the people of ukraine against the russian aggression. it is our expectation that our european partners will lead this effort through the normandy format, which we support. we call on russia to respect its international obligations and not obstruct or harass ukraine's transit in the straight -- strait, and to de- escalate the tension it has created. as president donald trump said many times, the united states would welcome a normal relationship with russia. but outlaw actions like this will continue to make that impossible. the united states will maintains its crimea related sanctions against russia. further, russian escalation of the sky will only make matters worse and further undermine the russian standing in the world. it will further sour the relationship of russia with the u.s. and many other

and that is a serious effort by russia to end the war. mr bowker thank you. well still to come on the day can the tele bot ever go from extreme to mainstream tonight in afghanistan thinking the unthinkable after seventeen years of bloody conflict. doesn't matter if the american government talks with us it doesn't matter if the discussions take place in moscow kabul respect istanbul cuts a little puff undecided we literally hundreds of years in an islamic system we will not again. on to you is the best in the fate of all the jobs and our economy has announced us to all of the referendum that we draw on agreement and legal declaration all right bogus perspective the analysis does not show that we will be poorer than the status quo the economy will be in any of these scenarios a little bit smaller than it would have been if we remained inside the european union the chancellor however said that there deal will make people off. we will be nothing but a satellite state rule from the phone it's absolutely clear that no deal would lead to higher

w ambassador he said russia's western partners were doing their best to undermind russia's proposals considering all the tricks of so-called partners use we understand they are really afraid they do all this if they weren't afraid unfortunately we see that our american colleagues are continuing their conflicting line and we're used to it they already left the paris climate accord the iran nuclear deal and now they're attempting to de road the whole. of the russian ambassador calling for that vote means that they wrapped up on monday evening with that vote hanging over us it will be sorted out on tuesday morning were expecting to see everybody back here in the hague bright in early to try and get into an end of this current impasse. back to our breaking news story now from the u.s. city of chicago there are reports emerging that multiple people have been injured in a shooting at a hospital and that hospital is mercy hospital on the near side that brought out a large police presence on monday afternoon according to the chicago tribune or so the authorities have said this shooter is sai

that further sanctions against russia are on the table. again we've tried to ratchet up sanctions gradually in order to create pressure and to indicate that there is a way out that we would like to talk with russia that genuinely ending the conflict withdrawing its forces we establish security and then getting the minsk agreements implemented in the don't non-serious television. us president donald trump has threatened to cancel a planned meeting with russian president vladimir putin at this week's g. twenty summit but russia says the meeting will occur as it's too important for both sides. or for the very latest now let's cross over to our moscow correspondent yury rachet oh last year we've got martial law in ukraine russian troops on the border new russian missile systems for crimea any idea where this is headed. i don't think we have to be afraid of a potential war or a huge huge military conflict between russia and ukraine oteri of course we're hearing determined statements on both sides in ukraine and russia we see on television a ukr

and this happened in a narrow strait between russia and crimea russia annexed crimea from ukraine four years ago and overnight it walked much of ukraine's navy and its port city of mariupol in the sea of and solved now the only access to the black sea is now the russian controlled waters a tender box along the coast mario poll is the only major city in southeastern ukraine still under you have government control since pro russian separatists seized parts of the east. proof of how volatile this conflict remains less than twenty four hours in emergency session of the un security council was held with nato watching in morning that is no justification for the use so military force against ukrainian ships and naval personnel so we call on our show to release immediately their crane in sailors and ships it ceased yesterday i mean cold for call on restraint or stoltenberg speaking just moments after world powers met at the you would in new york the united states calling the russian move nothing but arrogance thunder's outrageous knowledge of sovereign ukrainian territory. is part of a pattern

a russia as a whole you see bear you think russia right the best symbolizes russia it's a fact it's a struggle for the minds part of a hybrid explosion in which a negative image of russia is replaced by a positive oh the horror the horror now you know what your children are being exposed to and can protect them accordingly. the bear are not coming to invade your homeland masha and the band is hybrid more than. british empire. and who sums up american decadence that's a call to. my name is a watch in my shoes a very cute they don't seem to be particularly indoctrinated. i really really do not want to read more about how masha in the back is true to his propaganda. i can confirm that i watched two episodes of martian there when i was nine and i suddenly became a quitter he speaks russian. members of the world chemical weapons watchdog are locking horns of a plan to broaden its powers back in june if it went in favor of allowing the p.c. to apportion blame but russia and china are among the countries against the move. our position on the proposal made in june is that in downing the o.p.c

february of 2017, i can tell you speaking for myself, i own nothing in russia, i have no loans in russia, i don't have any deals in russia. >> yea. and those are the public comments. one is the deal didn't go through, at least this one, so he's on terra firma there. most importantly, i really think its important to underscore, the president of the united states has given a list of written answers formally to robert mueller. he has them. he knows what the president has said to a host of things. we reported on two of them yesterday, now the question is, what it the president say basically under pain of perjury. our lawyers can talk about the exact language but it is a criminal offense to lie, whether you're the president or anyone else to special counsel, so what was his answer to the question about business dealings with moscow, what was his answer presumably and we're trying to get to the bottom of this, specifically about conversations he had with michael cohen? because its hard to imagine robert mueller not asking that specific question of the president knowing what he knows and having

grains president is warning of a full scale war with russia. between the two countries as well and already tense relations. to crimea and ukraine. in parts of the country for thirty days we have correspondents in both countries. and first report. as to the heart of his country goes on the. president is making a stark warning about russia accusing it of sending tanks to its border. says he wants ukraine to do more to defend itself against the threat of invasion. have not yet been removed from there they're still there i don't want anybody to think those are toys the country is under threat of a full scale war with the russian federation. the goal of this martial law is to show that the enemy will pay a very high price if he decides to attack us it will be like a cold shower that will stop the mad men who have plans to attack ukraine and if there is no further aggression we will assume that the goal of these actions the cheve. remarks will do nothing to calm down the tension russia is announcing the deployment of more s. four hundred missile syst

as a whole you see bear you think russia right the base symbolizes russia it's a fact it's a struggle for the minds part of a hybrid explosion in which a negative image of russia is replaced by a positive oh the horror the horror now you know what your children are being exposed to and can protect them accordingly. the bear are not coming to invade your homeland masha and the van is hybrid more than. just british empire apologist and he sums up american decadence better than. my nephews watching my very cute they don't seem to be particularly indoctrinated. i really really do not want to read more about how masha and the bat used to his propaganda. i can confirm that i watched two episodes in there when i was nine and i suddenly became a twitter bot he speaks russian. still to come this hour about international russia china rallying against plans to widen the remit of the world's chemical weapons watchdog what's happening today or across it all the details a lot more when we come back. what politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when

he said russia's western partners were doing their best to undermined russia's proposals considering all the tricks of so-called partners use we understand they are really afraid but they do this if they weren't afraid unfortunately we see that our american colleagues are continuing their conflicting line and we used to it they already left the paris climate accord the iran nuclear deal and now they're attempting to de rail the whole. of the russian ambassador calling for the vote means that they wrapped up on a monday evening with that vote hanging over us it will be sorted out on tuesday morning were expecting to see everybody back here in the hague bright in early to try and get into an end of this current impasse. british prime minister will head to brussels this week to try and seal the deal over brags that the u.k. is scheduled to leave the e.u. on march twenty ninth next year just over four months away after that two thousand and sixteen referendum that left in the british public bitterly divided the other twenty seven e.u. states are expected to sign off on the so-called divo

i know about russia, but i know nothing about the inner workings of russia. i have no businesses there. i have no loans from russia. >> i don't deal there, he said, present tense, not something along the lines of i tried to deal there. at best, you could say he was being untruthful by emission. he said, russia has never tried to use leverage over me, no deals, no loans, no nothing. which is one of the things the mueller team is investigating, did russia try to use the leverage -- oduring the campaig with moscow. it's -- he also has the president's written answers, covering some the same ground that cohen was. but was the president being truthful? his lawyers say he was. we don't know what the exact wording was. he could release them, he hasn't. keeping them honest, it's well documented the president falls well short, pointing to a presidential tweet this morning. "did you ever see an investigation more in search of a crime," the president tweeted. at that moment, we now know that the president already knew about cohen pleaded guilty about lying to congress. t

needs to do trade with russia. but surely all this rhetoric that we have a hearing all the time and the un team rushing sentiment is going to prevent a successful economic relationship between those countries. well because it is not helpful is it that you know we need to toot so charlie sheen should have russia he just sit down and talk to them about business in the future and it's much in russia's interest as in ours russia wants to improve its economic situation and it wants improved street situations and bridges and ideals a vehicle to do that with its mission of work out of the european union and we're not hired by then by all their rules and regulations and remember the european union is not a friend of russia they tend to do as much as possible and to aggravate russia so quite honestly i think that the better off the russians were better off trying to do business with britain yeah i mean little we'll go back to bragg's it's because you just went in the e.u. the nikkei but supposed to hold a bank that summit w

russia does not. syria is where they begin having this conversation with us by using cruise missiles of all different types. not just to test them. there was no value to using them in this conflict. big part was to show they have parity of capability and to show us in syria what they could do to u.s. forces in europe. that's the reason for demonstrating this capability. >> sir? >>. >>> my question follows on the last one on the answer to the last one, as well. when the russians appeared in syria for the first time vis bliss 2015, august, september, the conversation about russia about its motives were very much connected to ukraine. so it was the theory that russia was gaining leverage for some kind of settlements in ukraine or that black sea problems for russian had atored the calculus. i noticed ha that variable was either missing or just not important in the discussion this afternoon. you just touched on that a moment ago, michael by saying this is a demonstration effort for nato and there's a link

any time soon because russia thinks that they acted correctly. nic explain to us how this waterway this disputed waterway is shared and why it's so important to ukraine. well this isn't just about crimea and kind of abstract concepts of sovereignty this is also crucial to ukraine's other conflict proxy conflict with russia to don't buy a situation the east of the country because beyond the strait on the other side of the sea ukrainian ports like mario pull which are in ukrainian control donbass and tens of thousands of people and their jobs and the social stability of that region depends on the open trade routes through the eyes of sea in the strait there's huge metallurgical industry there and this is a region that has seen fighting over the last few years where things had become a bit more quiet but if economically that region is cut off and we have seen tensions rise of the summer with what the ukrainians say is russian heris amount of civilian shipping several civilian shipping lines have stopped going to the ports of ukrainian ports on the s

that russia was behind this and of course there are no proofs that russia is behind any of these cases so this is kind of ritual kind of kind of mantra when they are mentioning russia they need to mention all the alleged wrongdoings that we are. allegedly responsible for we we've got used to it if we don't agree with the with our fault in these cases it's just kind of ritual that they need for i don't know internal consumption or for for external consumption. it's very worrying for for us as a country because some neighboring countries if a neighboring country declares a marshal or. it's quite clear that there can be some repercussions for us we also need to be on alert and this doesn't contribute to. dissuades of the tensions between us which were not created on in our initiative. it's a off the leaders agreed to endorse her bracks a deal to resume a has been back in her own parliament trying to win over skeptical m.p.'s but she'll face a massive challenge in the next two weeks to win rounds the many doubt is ahead of the votes on the some of the eleventh and as i say a check now has

should change its policy and if russia would change its policy so we're ready to do with russia but i would like just to remind that russia's syrian state and we have our own national priorities g.-man jane the policy is in stop assassinating british states citizens with chemical weapons well this is this is absolutely not true because first the war nobody presented any evidence and it's not supported by any facts so from my point to is simply a lie and we don't accept it and the british government is not ready to cooperate with us i ask so many questions. the letters were sent to the foreign office around seventy seven zero seventy notes and we didn't. yet any replies so basically for us it's quest uprising we don't have anything except the leaks in the press so from my point of view to make a statement political statements on the basis of the leaks or the information which going to be supported by the government i think is a very responsible approach which is damaging the relations we now have a leak from anonymous the integrity of the initiative showing u.k. government funding fo

at the tenth annual russia calling investment for initiative in moscow putin has confirmed that russia along with some partners is working on payment systems independent of swift now if you're thinking russia is acting like a rebel without legitimate cause then understand that this is actually not a row. evolutionary idea a similar one was floated by german foreign minister in august when he called for a european alternative to swift that came after american pressure on europe to ditch business with iran threatening sanctions in case of defiance and to add insult to america's injury france is also apparently mulling over an alternative to it's no secret that the global economy and politics is interconnected and what we have is a reversible reaction was proving to be a list for consequences turning back into action now dear to r.t. . all right moving on this monday marked a new era of space exploration in the mars lander touched down safely on the red planet but while some experts see the mission as having potential for ground breaking discovery others in the space agency well question.

he said russia's western partners were doing their best to undermine russia's. proposals considering all the tricks our so-called partners use we understand they are really afraid but they do all this if they weren't afraid unfortunately we see that our american colleagues are continuing their conflicting line and we're used to it they already left the paris climate accord the iran nuclear deal and now they're attempting to derail the whole p.c. w.'s of the russian ambassador calling for that vote means that they wrapped up on a monday evening with that vote hanging over us it will be sorted out on tuesday morning we're expecting to see everybody back here in the hague brighton early to try and get into an end of this current impasse trouble for a truce or may and of the brags that after a short break stay with us. i don't think the democrats are much mood to negotiate with the republicans or president so i think people are going to have to acknowledge that the united states over the next couple years is going to be consumed even more so by or internal our turtl

immediately that night i ordered a phone conversation with the president of russia vladimir putin. we did not receive any response and i had to turn to the german chancellor so that she could talk to prove on the immediate release of ukrainian servicemen and ukrainian ships . poroshenko also said the authorities would take all necessary steps to release the ukrainian sailors detained on sunday when russia seized three vessels off the crimean coast captured sailors appeared in a russian court and were charged with unlawfully entering the country carrying weapons they face up to six years in prison. earlier other sailors were shown on russian television saying they had deliberately entered russian waters as a provocation kiev denounced what it described as forced confessions moscow accuses kiev of sparking the sea skirmish to boost support ahead of an election and. most probably this provocation took place in order to achieve certain political decisions which are beneficial for the current president of ukraine. if. ukraine accuses russia of illegally capturing its ships and sailors o

as big as in russia. as you're making there is that they're actually losing money on the back. breaking news tonight donald trump cancels his meeting with president putin for the upcoming g. twenty summit in argentina over the recent clashes between russia and ukraine we'll tell you all about. coming up to the yellow best protesters in france the series of rallies against president fuel tax increases french police demand they be given more support. the situation on the ground might be very different but according to the information we have here everything is correct and the problems happen managements not understand the risks we're taking on location because they're sitting in their office. in greece with this incredibly shouting rival supporters who fled. the picture and analysis what went wrong way. to. speak exclusively to the father of maria she's the russian student accused of being a criminal in america after u.s. court threw out her request to be removed from solitary confinement. she isn't guilty of any wrongdoing or crime she didn't do any harm to the state she respect

president accuses russia of launching a new phase of aggression after a skirmish in the sea off crimea russia seized the three ukrainian ships the united nations security council is meeting in emergency session ukraine's president has called for martial law also on the program. landing on mars the spacecraft will reach the red planet in a few hours and scientists hope to dig beneath the surface to find out how this was formed billions of years ago. i'm phil gale welcome to the program. the u.n. security council's meeting in emergency session after russia sees to three ukrainian ships off the crimean peninsula ukrainian president petro poroshenko has demanded media release of the crew and vessels and he's calling on parliament to impose martial law the clash took place in the straight between russia and crimea as a point of international tension ever since russia annexed the region four years ago . this video has been circulating online since it was a released on sunday. taken from on board a russian military ship swearing and shouting could be heard as well as the command to stay the c

this is the news line from russia three ukrainian ships ukraine accuses russia of acting like bandits and the un security council calls a meeting to break this latest standoff over the crimean peninsula as ukraine's president calls for martial law will be live in kiev and moscow also on the program . british prime minister theresa may intensify a campaign to get a hostile parliament under the five nation. deal warning that it's this deal or no deal. i'm still going to welcome to the program the united nations security council called an emergency meeting after russia fired on and seized three ukrainian ships off the crimean peninsula ukrainian president petro poroshenko has demanded the immediate release of the crew on the vessels and he's calling on parliament to approve martial law the clash took place in the narrow cash straight between russia and crimea a point of international tension since russia annexed the region four years ago. this video has been circulating online since it was released on sunday. taken from on board a russian military ship swearing and shouting had be heard

ships who admits he consciously ignored russia's order to stop. so what i'm going to melissa morey command of the navy division of the grain and military forces were answered the code straight after crossing the russian border we had visual contact with the russian border service vessels i consciously ignored their commands to stop on our boat we had small arms and a machine gun and with ammunition i was aware that the action of the ukrainian vessels in because straits provoker to i was following my orders to move our ships from the port or for this to maria opal the stand off took place in the curch strait which is between russia's mainland and the crimean peninsula ukraine says its ships were intercepted after they left russia's territorial waters artie's mad reports on sunday's dramatic events. the russian federal security service has revealed new details chronologically as to what happened on sunday in the strait of kutch they said that they detected the ukrainian naval flotilla early on heading into russian territorial waters they were warned

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in russia today on. business t.v. news coming to you live from berlin a dangerous crisis escalates after russia seizes three ukrainian naval ships russia opens fire the vessels near its new bridge dominating the narrow strait to the annex crimea peninsula moscow claims the best entered his waters illegally a move leads to angry protests in kiev the ukraine government says it could introduce martial law also on the program on her return from brussels british prime minister theresa may faces the mammoth task of persuading u.k. lawmakers to back her breaks a deal she'll tell them is the only option on the table. and a lending on mars starting today the spacecraft called insight is set to offer just that to scientists breathlessly awaiting its data on the red planet the probe will look beneath this martian surface to explain how the planet formed billions of years ago. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the united nations security council has called an emergency meeting after russia fired on and seized three

it is clear no one believes that russia was forced to do anything much less become a victim. a russian court in crimea has ordered three ukrainian soldiers to be held in custody for two months their cues to crossing into russian territory illegally and of provoking a clash in the sea. oh. well kiev is demanding that russia return its ships and crew ukraine has also imposed martial law for the next thirty days a bulwark against what president poroshenko says is a new level of russian aggression are both countries are now headed for more conflict we asked pavol felgenhauer a russian military analyst based in moscow russia he's very very concerned that they prayed with the upgrading in plans to build the naval base in. their deion's on the sea of us all and that and they are actually afraid that nato ships may come to visit and overtake the sea air present closing the route for russian say naval ships that right now move to the costly into the black sea to the mediterranean and back again ships carrying long range and i can't even better christmas isles so that's and that would

to crimea ukrainian reach an annex by russia. near. you sure. do and earlier this month the u.s. retreated to the same message on a bigger screen. is it gleams good breach that they can reach russia at the pathetics quick i mean yet the crimean bridge is a patriotic comedy propaganda camouflaged as a light love story with the idea that a nation can do anything that human. i would say every other one right here in question it's because of the great construction project of new times because a great country must have great construction projects and historic. claims he must of crimean bridge was written by margarita simonyan as editor in chief of state funded news network r.t. simonyan is one of russia's most influential journalists a surprising ideal candidate or the such a patch arctic blockbuster it's one of a long line released in russia over the last few years and it had strong support from the country's top politicians and. the because it's used. it's clear that crimea is a subject of national interest with the kremlin apparent

russia stole text money from his firm and mr mcneil he knew that and could have testified against russia tax authorities and this is why he is accusing russia of killing him so we have mere accusations here of course very very confusing case and investigations actually into so many cases are right now open and you know through all those latest developments just moments ago maria from the national live from the prosecutor's office in moscow thank you. but moving on to other stories this news are u.s. vice president mike pence oh yes washington is ready to continue its trade war against beijing that will double tariffs on chinese goods is what is being put forward now those remarks came of the asian pacific economic cooperation summit this past weekend the event and being a historically low note the member states failed to agree on a final joint statement nichiren has a closer look. fears over the u.s. china trade war have still not been put to bed sure it's all smiles and much in shirts and the family photo. but unlike previous years this summits was less about togetherness and more kids

twenty summit but russia says the meeting will occur as it's too important for both sides. and amid the escalating tension between russia and ukraine a forum of ukrainian and german business leaders is taking place in berlin speaking a short while ago ukraine's prime minister of alone america iceman said that he hopes that german companies would invest in ukraine despite the conflict he thinks chancellor angela merkel for supporting the territorial integrity of ukraine said that she would speak to russia's vladimir putin about the conflict at the g twenty summit later this week germany has been a key mediator between ukraine and russia. it's been a political correspondent and fonda marco is standing by at the forum for us to fabio what else did the german and the ukrainian leaders have to say about the ongoing tension between russia and ukraine. well ukrainian prime minister to recall that in the russian aggression that could happen anywhere in the old spoke about the need for the ukraine to protect its integrity defend its integrity but you're also saying chancellor americ

i have no deals in russia. i have no deals that could happen in russia because we've stayed away, and i have no loans with russia. as a real estate developer, i have very, very little debt. i have assets, now people have found out how big the company is. i have very little debt, i have very low debt. i have no loans with russia at all. >> here's kristen welker standing by for us at the white house. kristen, if what michael cohen is claiming in these court documents, if that's true, then what the president just said cannot be true? >> reporter: well, what the president is talking about is that moment in time after he was elected. michael cohen is talking about that period during 2016 when he was still a candidate, and where it conflicts is this notion that there was never any discussion about a potential deal with russia because clearly that was something that was under consideration. now, what would the president's answer be to this discrepancy. he would argue, look, ultimately the deal didn't happen. that's wh