by the organization for security and cooperation in europe and the conference is devoted to chris freedom and media pew ality in ukraine june in times of conflict now it's quite ironic that i cannot even attend the conference and it's not only need there's another russian journalist who's also being detained and is being deported so while the deliberations will happen throughout the course of the day and as i'm speaking to you they deliberating media freedom in ukraine we're stuck here they pulled unable to attend because we representing the russian networks i had checked in advance if i was on any blacklist because i have reported in ukraine in the past and the information i had was that i was not so it wasn't clear that i would have possible its problems when i arrived they checked my possible there was obviously something that flagged an attack travel on a british passport and they pulled me aside and for about an hour and a hoss they kept me off to one when they were checking things they are asked me for my personality they asked me while i was by i was attending and i gave them the c

organization for security and cooperation in europe the o.e.c.d. and it's a conference that was devoted to media pirelli t.v. and media freedom in ukraine and that's the irony of the whole situation is that i was meant to participate in the conference to talk about all the the problems we as journalists face particularly in conflict zones and the very authoritative we're holding that conference refused me entry so it says a lot about the way the ukrainian authorities view press freedom not allowing journalists to attend a conference on press freedom the last time i was in kiev was back in two thousand and fifteen at that time i was reporting on fires that have broken our channel and i started receiving death threats on my twitter feed and an online witch hunt was instigated against me in the decision was taken for me to to leave as soon as possible. all of this is particularly concerning because of course it sheds light on the very real situation in terms of press freedom media karate that is happening right now and here there was a response from t

for security and cooperation in europe warned over the reported instances of the. proportionate use of force by armenian which will also take a senior bush term also. keep in mind that trial had also the storming of the state buildings state institutional buildings on the state of public radio ministers so you should be very frank to consider the situation in a very open minded mr april twenty second. was clinging to power the demonstrations had risen the last thing on his mind on that day the twenty second was actually standing down he had discussions with the opposition leader passion yet which he broke off after just a few minutes accusing him of issuing ultimatums and blackmailing the legitimate authority miles away is a blackmailing intolerance paul that is still going calling or mean after the war try who by you or by the way ours have you found any evidence that it's going by these kind of intolerance and blackmailing is not promoting democracy in armenia because despite the movement has the followers of supporters the rights of the freedom of expression for

welcome back to worlds apart thomas secretary general of the organization for security and cooperation in europe mr graham and let's broaden our discussion a little bit i heard one official in moscow say that the next few years or to be precise your term will determine whether the becomes a more relevant international body or whether it seizes to exist altogether do you agree with such stark formulation. it would of course. the. huge expectations on my terms. not so sure that i. would like. but of course i'm ambitious and i know it's extremely important to position this organization relevant platform for him to also style lock and for common action on all relevant security issues in the. area and if not the organization will gradually become obsolete in that sense i agree the stakes are high i just want to seize on what you just said and i heard you say before that you are one build the always see into the relevant forum for security dialogue in the euro atlantic and eurasian space and that's an interesting formulation in and of itself because to many decision makers in the euro atlant

organization for security and cooperation in europe has condemned the belorussian authorities actions as excessive action needs to be on the pre bellerose has been under the authoritarian leadership of alexander lukashenko for twenty four years the opposition is severely restricted on a list of one hundred eighty countries reporters without borders puts belarus near the bottom in terms of press freedom at least one hundred journalists were arrested in the past year alone dozens were convicted if the six recently arrested reporters are found guilty they could face up to two years imprisonment. we have some sports now and tour de france winner thomas received a hero's welcome when he returned to cardiff wales thursday a sea of supporters lining the streets near the city's castle was thomas in the winner's yellow jersey did a victory lap for thousands of fans a ceremony to recognize as a chinese achievement follows he's the first welshman to win the tour de france a thirty two year old. himself still has state of disbelief. mind blowing expect this. to know what to expect the reception r

for security and cooperation in europe to monitor these elections as we did before. as you did before and the ransom of your own planet ultimately rejected their criticism out of hand when they said to you that the vote last year had not lived up to the standards of the s.c. and the council of europe your president said i do not see hear or acknowledge reports by the o. s. c.e. observer mission so why bother to invite them once again when you're going to reject any criticism no i don't object to criticism and we have been in whiting or e.c. or is the order and parliamentary assembly of the council of europe to monitor the elections in turkey every single elections when there is a local elections actually a council of europe again or observes the elections last year some of the members of this at the committees unfortunately participated to campaign or. prop ekk party d.p. including under who go who is a german policy or like what they say you accuse so of being pro peace or play saw the observers should be or bijective and balance they can not take a site they cannot

but as turks digested the news election monitors from the organization for security and cooperation in europe expressed doubts about how fair the presidential and parliamentary elections had been. this is not and we didn't regard it as being an equal playing field in relation to media it certainly wasn't and neither in relation to campaigning either the defeated presidential candidate condemned the elections as unfair from start to finish but here today they want to concentrate on uniting a deeply divided country so mr. as of today please do not act like the president after a k. party be the president for eighty five million people embrace everyone. that's a message will resonate with a lot of turkish voters many of whom were devastated by the result. only twenty five this is a very beautiful country. i want to live in this country. but as a young woman everything is in danger it's becoming harder to live here women aren't respected and the education system is upside down. but all those were happy that the one hundred one many destroyed the result was a win for democracy and for the co

organizations including the organization for security and cooperation in europe and the council of europe voiced their concerns saying that this has an implication on media in ukraine human rights watch called this unacceptable and he called it out of line and other organizations while some demanded immediate release of. others called this the criminal criminalization of alternative views russia of course also condemned calling this basically saying that such that imposing such pressure on journalists is unacceptable when it comes to voices that are coming out of ukraine and out of the media community there some journalists agreed to talk to artsy on the condition of anonymity and basically they have said that this is something that happened to you that this could happen to any journalist in the country that against the ukrainian government that voice something against the ukrainian government this was the main reason why they wanted their identities concealed or also they said that. they can't really that many of them are afraid of siding with. openly in public because they are they are

for security and cooperation in europe should look into the actions by the times peace maker prince personal data of people it calls the country's enemies its so-called black list has been strongly criticized the broad after some of those named were murdered a spur of the limb called to shut down the website when it published details on former german chancellor gerhard schroeder the u.n. says peacemaker violates the right to privacy and the presumption of innocence. a spring in gideon levy is a columnist at the israeli newspaper ha'aretz good evening to you gideon what do you think of this publishing journalist photographs under such headlines of it this puts the journalists at any risk. i'm not sure it's about risk because finally if someone were really to get and usually she can do it with all the social media today nothing is really private and by the way i guess that most if not all the journalists in sputnik any n r t are not ashamed in working there and have no reason to be ashamed and i guess they all are ready to be exposed we have nothing i mean journalists in general have

press freedom is also a key concern the organization for security and cooperation in europe oh i see reports to the arena qualities in coverage of political campaign since two thousand and fifteen out of the and his other forty came to power after the financial crisis of two thousand and one which swept away turkey is a stylish forty's now they are forty is working hard say avoid the recession which could see it going the same way critics say the line between the states and the government has become blurred and the gap between the support for error. and. has considerably seen on al-jazeera a stumble. so it's most news now in russians are reveling in football world cup success after becoming one of the first two teams to qualify for the knockout stages fans are basking in the host countries unexpectedly strong start the lowest ranked team is reached the last sixteen for the first time since nine hundred eighty six it was also a good day for spain and portugal after drawing against each other in the open a both picked up their first wins on the riches and reports from moscow. well it's

secretary general of the organization for security and cooperation in europe joined calls for his release. i call on the ukrainian authorities to expedite the investigation on the serious charges brought against the shoot skeet and to conduct such a meeting in full compliance beats to principles of law necessity for professionality. it is obvious that it was a risk that solely because he was carrying out his professional duties describing it analyzing the current events in ukraine he was doing this in order to present the truth to those wanting to know more about it in a climate where the russian media is being silenced in the country. friday marks the international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists gathered in front of the ukrainian embassy in moscow to demolish the release of. now here in moscow we are gathered in front of the ukrainian amber see which is located right in the city center and today many have come here in port of the journalist and clued in artie's editor in chief he's also here among numerous others high profile journalists and everyone has come here dem

and the organization for security and cooperation in europe says that voters had no real choice. meanwhile vladimir putin struck a softer tone than he has recently towards the west on monday, saying he would put diplomacy first. >> translation: we have no intention of engaging in some kind of arms race. just the opposite. we will seek to develop constructive relations with other countries. we call on our partners to have a constructive dialogue. brent: i'm joined at the big table by gustav from the european council of forward relations based in berlin. good to have you on the show. >> thank you. brent: we saw mr putin saying he didn't want to do arms race, but he presented to the country a couple of weeks ago an invincible now nuclear weapon, which vladimir putin is telling the truth? >> well, vladimir putin hardly ever tells the truth. let's stick to facts. on arms rails, yes, russia is increasing its military budget and arming up. russia is preparing in manoeuvres against the west. here the russian behaviour doesn't match with vladimir putin's rhetoric. it's an information oper

asking for comment about that i have to say i didn't get much by the organization for security and cooperation in europe to get a reply but not much of one simply said that it's a matter of bilateral relations between two countries i don't want one hundred forty hp. thousand of that mess have been steering that ballots are cast without any problem and that the voting procedures darkened that it properly and the fifteen hundred at the observers are arness which is they're ready for the presidential election in russia. the vast majority of polls are set up with cameras to stream everything online of course to check out the security really talked to a number of foreign observers especially from europe to my. using these cameras now this latest electronic means with the latest but you know utilize them to monitor any possible violations you see the video here showing members of the electoral commission stuffing ballot boxes indeed so that did his job in this case but it still took place in a city near moscow the central election commission has fired those employees involved and said the ballots ca

in cooperation with our birth including nato the african union and the organization for security and cooperation in europe the union also supports the action for peacekeeping initiative and expected to produce more effective and rethought global security solutions. europe has undertaken action against the increased use of this information and outside propaganda in open democratic elections the unlimited of cyberspace if used by external actors to cloak malicious political interference it's not just europe's problem men are their fear today are similarly affected the united nations should help expose this phenomenon. to be addressed possibility and increase democratic resilience one hundred years since those on monday last birth we remember his triumph over up a tide in south africa i am very pleased that this occasion has also going fied it with deeper ties between the african and european union. the summit of our both unions in abidjan last november was key thanks to the excellent cooperation between the african union the european union and the united nations we have fun through tod

tomorrow, a discussion on conflict prevention with the organization for security and cooperation in europe. coverage begins at 4:30 eastern on c-span3, online and on our free radio app. on constitution day, c-span visited the constitution central in philadelphia, where we asked people what it means to be american. >> when you feel like you are at home and you feel comfortable to live here. >> for me, it meant i was blessed to have been born in a countries,e of the with the most freedom for people. for all people to pursue happiness and life and joy with their families and a living. >> to pursue your dreams and opportunities and friendships. giving along -- getting along with everybody, with family. your is doing responsibility, as a daughter of service members and a servicemember myself, a former servicemember, i felt it was my responsibility under the constitution to go ahead and do my duty and serve my country. >> i feel lucky to have the freedom to pursue your happiness and really, this is the land of opportunity for me. to be able to be whatever i want to be. in the country i come from

for security and cooperation in europe should look into the actions by the times peacemaker prints the personal data of people it calls the country's enemies its so-called blacklist has been strongly criticized abroad after some of those named when it last month berlin called to shut down the website when it published details on former german chancellor gerhard schroeder the un says that peace maker violates the right to privacy and presumption of innocence. live now to better in israel and international journalist and we're all ran and they are thanks for coming on to the program now. are you concerned in any way that publishing data on u.k. based put nick staff appears to follow the example set by ukraine's peacemaker website. well regardless of what is happening in the international sphere between the ukraine and russia and the american domestic political brouhaha about the sixteen elections let's put that aside there's a slippery slope here if one focuses on media outlets because of their alleged connections with certain governments then one can go from spot new canard to voice of

the organization for security and cooperation in europe has condemned the belorussian authorities actions as excessive action is me and the previous bellerose has been under the authoritarian leadership of alexander lukashenko for twenty four years the opposition is severely restricted on a list of one hundred eighty countries reporters without borders puts belarus near the bottom in terms of press freedom at least one hundred journalists were arrested in the past year alone dozens were convicted if the six recently arrested reporters are found guilty they could face up to two years imprisonment. while here in berlin a new bike lane has made cycling more fun more more hazardous depending on how you look at it literally rather than a straight or gently curved line this one is all about curious and tight angles. berlin is on a quest to make the german capital more bike friendly that this new bike lane seems to have missed the many more. i have never seen a bike lane like this. it's really difficult to stay in the leg but it's also part of. the new lane has left local residents in a bit of a

organization for security and cooperation in europe the o.e.c.d. and it's a conference that was devoted to media peer ality and media freedom in ukraine and that's the irony of the whole situation is that i was meant to participate in the conference to talk about all the the problems we as journalists face particularly in conflict zones and the very authoritative we're holding that conference refused me entry so it says a lot about the way the ukrainian authorities view press freedom not allowing journalists to attend a conference on press freedom the last time i was in kiev was back in two thousand and fifteen at that time i was reporting on fires that have broken our channel and i started receiving death threats on my twitter feed and an online witch hunt was instigated against me in the decision was taken for me to to leave as soon as possible. all of this is particularly concerning because of course it sheds light on a very real situation in terms of press freedom media karate that is happening right now in here if there was a response from the

of the world bank kristin ago gave up the secretary general of the organization for security and cooperation in europe thomas graham. the president of the enter american development bank luis are there tomorrow and the african union special envoy on women peace and security into d.r. thank you so much to all of you for joining us here today ladies and gentlemen please let's give our panel in a very warm welcome thank you now before we can talk about possible solutions i just like to get all of your assessments of the current situation because the united nations says the following about violent conflict it says that the number of global conflicts that reach the threshold of war that's more than one thousand people per year dying because of battle battle deaths has more than tripled in the past decade and chris alina i'd like to turn to you now because we know that the world bank that your mission is really to to lift people out of extreme poverty those people are increasingly living in conflict prone areas. what worries you the most about the state of security in development right now i would

the organization for security and cooperation in europe the o.e.c.d. and it's a conference that was devoted to media pirelli t.v. and media freedom in ukraine and that's the irony of the whole situation is that i was meant to participate in the conference to talk about all the the problems we as journalists face particularly in conflict zones and the very authoritative we're holding that conference refused me entry so it says a lot about the way the ukrainian authorities view press freedom not allowing journalists to attend a conference on press freedom the last time i was in kiev was back in two thousand and fifteen at that time i was reporting on fires that have broken our channel and i started receiving death threats on my twitter feed and an online witch hunt was instigated against. when the decision was taken for me to to leave as soon as possible all of this is particularly concerning because of course it sheds light on the very real situation in terms of press freedom media karate that is happening right now and here there was a response from th

press freedom is also a key concern the organization for security and cooperation in europe or c. reports to the arena qualities and coverage of political campaigns since two thousand and fifteen out of the un and his office fartsy came to power after the financial crisis a few thousand one would swept away turkey is a stopper sparky's now there are forces working hard sell for the recession which could see it going the same way critics say the line between the states and the governments has become blurred and the gap between the support for arizona and the oppose the city has narrowed considerably sunan to solo al-jazeera the stumble a turkish court has extended the detention of an amnesty international leader is accused of belonging to a terror organization tomei kill it was has already spent more than a year in jail without trial the government says he's a supporter of exiled businessman for toulon golan the alleged mastermind of the twenty sixteen failed coup amnesty and other human rights groups accuse turkey of violating freedom of speech laws manias most powerful politician

for security and cooperation in europe. otherwise known as the osce. and the professor of conflict management here at john hopkins advanced international studies and joined by my colleague liesel, a professor of international relations and european studies, who will offer comments before we open the session after our primary speaker has finished. before introducing the ambassador, let me say a word about the osce for those in our audience who may not be familiar with it. osce began as a conference on security and cooperation in europe with the signing of the helsinki final act in 1975, in the midst of the cold ar by the heads of countries, including the soviet union and countries in central and western europe as well as the united states and canada in osce language from vancouver to vladistof the long way around. it's opening up for economic activities and promoting human contact for the east and west during the cold war and many of us believe it played a critical role in bringing an end to the cold war and establishing a w

for security and cooperation in europe should be looking into the actions of the british newspaper peacemaker itself prince personal data of people it calls enemies of the country and its so-called blacklist has been strongly criticised after some of those named were murdered last month berlin called for the website to be shut down when it published details on former german chancellor gerhard schroeder the un says peacemaker violates the right to privacy and the presumption of innocence germiston writes a new york law believes the times article shows that anything goes when trying to shut down dissenting media. the sunday times and it says to paper the times have waged a war against russian media which is operating lawfully in this country in the u.k. for a number of years now and the intention or the aim is quite clear they want to get sputnik closed down and they want to get r.t. taken off there in the u.k. that's very very clear and they will do anything to try to further that that you know what's been happening is it's i would good for us call it harassment i think putting the pictures th

of the worst some positive responses we heard via social media from the organization for security and cooperation in europe the o.s.c. they said that russia remained in a key role there more dialogue was needed we also understand from the russian delegation who tweeted during the meeting it was a closed meeting no press allowed but the delegates were able to tweet out every now and again they said that fourteen nations had backed russia's proposal we also heard from a senior figure in until a merkel's political party in germany saying that the onus was now on the u.k. to provide more evidence now that it had come out from porton down that they haven't been able to determine a link between the chemical agent use to try and poison the script murder the script russia however what we did hear from the german government itself though saying that they stood with the united kingdom also a representative from the european commission saying that that laboratory important down wasn't charged with the terminating where the chemical have come from only to tell me what chemicals are being. our und

for security and cooperation in europe should look into the actions by the times peacemaker prints the personal data of people it calls the country's enemies its so-called black list has been strongly criticized abroad after some of those names were murdered last month burning coal to shut down the website when it published details on former german chancellor gerhard schroeder the un says that peacemaker violates the right to privacy and presumption of innocence author and russia analyst martin says he's not surprised at the attacks on sputnik given that its views differ radically from the mainstream western agenda. put. a radio station which had to curage the russian point of view directly from perceived problem russian point of view. that really jars was a lot of people in britain because they found. followed very very difficult to counter. the usual accusations that it is biased and so on is if you like normal in the information war all weapons are being used russia is the main target in europe and therefore it's not surprising the support that has been picked out as our two years i

for security and cooperation in europe they both earlier condemned the journalist attention. i hope. the street tried to attention may not be further extended and it is there for and on the force of often often where two thousand and eighteen. i call this is. i call on the ukrainian authorities to expedite the investigation on the serious charges brought against to shoot skeet and to conduct such a meaningless occasion in full compliance beat the principles of the rule of law necessity and proportionality. it is obvious that it was shinseki was a risk that soley because he was carrying out his professional duties describing it analyzing the current events in ukraine as he was doing this in order to present the truth to those wanting to know more about it in a climate where the russian media is being silenced in the country overseas well today friday marks the international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists many gathered in front of the ukrainian embassy in moscow to them on the release of karylle artie's medina was their. the whole case has drawn criticism fr

on the vice president at the summit of the organization for security and cooperation in europe frankly it doesn't seem like anything's going to warm up any time soon does it as for in the united states senior politicians there already blasted president putin over the election republican senator john mccain a long time fierce critic of the russian president accused him of trying to artificially inflate the voter turnout meanwhile top democratic congressman adam schiff attacked in force. eliminating opponents there's also been reaction from an essay whistleblower edward snowden apparently living in exile in russia to attention to and i just cases of cruelty meanwhile it's been reported that ninety eight percent of registered voters a broadcast that ballots in this and election some outside the consulate in new york passed the time by singing the russian classic. but is kept at the space in the cold by me singing along while waiting in line outside the diplomatic compound in my house and. keeps the blood flowing it was also the first presidential election for the only lady in the race to

for security and cooperation in europe says other candidates were unable to compete equally with or bonds ruling party voters had a wide range of political options but intimidating and zina phobic rhetoric media bias and opaque campaign financing constricted the space for genuine political debate. hindering voters' ability to make a fully informed choice the ability of contestants to compete on an equal basis was significantly compromised by the government's excessive spending on public information advertisements that amplified the ruling coalition's campaign message malaysia will go to the polls in a month's time in a vote seen as a big test for the prime minister najib razak he's been under severe political pressure because of corruption allegations which he rejects but now faces a challenge from his former mentor james ruling national front coalition has been in power for more than sixty years but support has a road in the past two elections the former prime minister mohammad was criticised for authoritarian rule and his twenty two years in power has returned to politics and star

the organization for security and cooperation in europe he's previously condemned last year's constitutional referendum as unfair the turkish government accuses him of sympathizing with the outlawed p k k party. from correspondent do you. so what tell us more about what president has against. well mr has been an observer of previous elections here in turkey that's what you mentioned including last year's controversial constitutional referendum and back then he harshly criticized the conditions under which the vote was held saying it was not democratic not fair and more than two million votes might have been compromised so he's known as someone who at least once questioned the legitimacy the credibility of turkish election results later on and that might be the more important issue here he was accused by turkish government officials of sympathizing with the band p k k a rebel group which in their eyes makes him not in an objective observer there were photographs of him on social media showing him holding a p.k. k. flag mr who call themselves denied these accusations saying he was just attendi

online again from the organization for security and cooperation in europe the o.s.c. they issued statements short statement they were online on social media saying that russia plays a key role and that there was a me for further dialogue but we also heard from a senior figure within uncle of merkel's party in germany the we heard from him in these one of the deputy chairman of the c.d.u. saying that now after this news that porton down was not able to link the chemical agents directly to russia now the onus lay on the united kingdom to provide further evidence that backs up their allegations that it was russia that was behind the poisoning of the skin of poles he said that whatever your opinions on russia international law has to be it. two of the stories here the study international law it would really require it's certainly amongst the nato allies that it followed the united kingdom that london should share with them the extra intelligence that they have that came from a senior figure of course with a. party there was a statement from the german government as well o

the organization for security and cooperation in europe says that voters had no real choice meanwhile putin struck a softer tone then he has recently towards the west on monday saying he. would put diplomacy first. when you seem to need it we have no intention of engaging in some kind of arms race it was just the opposite we will seek to develop constructive relations with other countries. we call on our partners to have a constructive dialogue but. all right i'm joined here at the big table now by gustaf from the think tank the european council of foreign relations which is based here in berlin good stuff it's good to have you on the show and we just see we just saw mr putin they are saying he doesn't want to do arms race but a couple of weeks ago he presented to the country an invincible new nuclear weapon so which putin is telling the truth while put he hardly ever tells the truth so let's stick to facts. on arms race yes russia is sitting freezing his military budget russia is arming up russia is preparing in maneuvers full france or for against the west. hears that if the russian

for security and cooperation in europe which is currently chaired by rome condo's visit does come just a day after a visit to moscow by the u.s. national security advisor john bolton insists that washington will still pull out of a key nuclear weapons treaty with russia while playing down fear is it will spark an arms race but despite the tensions between the two countries at the moment the mood of the talks at times was lighthearted little group all new as far as i remember there is an eagle on the u.s. national emblem and there are thirteen arrows in one fruit and an olive branch with thirteen olives as a symbol of peace through policy in the other my question is did your ego eat all the olives and leave just the arrows. and grateful for the opportunities because the i'm going to have frozen and hopefully i'll have smelters for you but i didn't bring any more all of. them that's what i thought. well during the talks john bolton said that the treaty was outdated and should be revised to include china and he accused the russian side of violating its terms something denied by moscow whi

for security and cooperation in europe who had previously condemned last year's constitutional referendum in turkey as unfair the turkish government has accused him of sympathizing with the outlawed p k k party. many turks fear the outcome of the weekend's election could be fixed allegations of tampering emerged after last year's constitutional referendum president erda one sharply rejected those accusations which were also made by international observers this time around those suspecting potential fraud are on high alert our correspondent you'll johan has this report from istanbul. christ. this video shocked millions of tests it was recorded during the constitutional referendum last year the footage purports to show dozens of ballot papers being stamped as valid after the vote. and her colleagues are still angry at this apparent evidence of irregularities and the prospect of it happening again this year. shah you've been in all of this is one reason why many people think elections in turkey a rigged. i don't believe last year's referendum really went the government's way through arses th

for security and cooperation in europe. the o.s.c.e. has more than 600 monitors on both sides of the contact line documenting fighting like this-- firing from howitzers, nighttime attacks on the water system in donetsk, and mortar explosions in the town of avdiivka. so, at least, as far as ukraine is concerned, this is no cold war. >> it is a very active war. we see on a daily basis thousands of cease-fire violations. and we continue to retrace the suffering of the civilian population that often live very closely or actually on the contact line between positions. >> reporter: who is breaking the cease-fire? you're on the ground, what have you seen? >> we know that both sides do not adhere to the cease fire. both sides maintain positions too close to one another. and both sides do keep heavy weapons in areas where they have agreed these weapons-- tanks, mortars, artillery, multiple launch-rocket systems-- should not be. this is one example of an area where we see fighting. >> reporter: we decided to go to avdiivka to see the

the organization for security and cooperation in europe has condemned the belorussian authorities actions as excessive action is when the premier bellerose has been under the authoritarian leadership of alexander lukashenko for twenty four years the opposition is severely restricted on a list of one hundred eighty countries reporters without borders puts belarus near the bottom in terms of press freedom at least one hundred journalists were arrested in the past year alone dozens were convicted if the six recently arrested reporters are found guilty they could face up to two years imprisonment. now for some of the stores. around the world. moscow says it's considering retaliating against the new sizes from. washington and the u.s. state department announced the punitive measures in connection with the poisoning of former double agent sergers and his daughter yulia britain the u.s. and britain say russia was responsible the kremlin denies any responsible. u.s. authorities say a fifty one year old man has been arrested on suspicion of setting the massive holy fire in southern california is o

a third consecutive term the organization for security and cooperation in europe says other candidates were not able to compete equally against victor or baton at least fifteen people including children have been killed in an airstrike in yemen's southwestern city of tire as officials say shelling by the saudi led coalition hit a house in the dim not district. state with headlines here and al-jazeera makes up its inside story. just hours after news of another suspected chemical attack in eastern russia blames israel for a missile strike on a syrian air base donald trump reacts on twitter calling the syrian president an animal but with trump sending out mixed signals on u.s. troops in syria what more can he do this is insightful. hello and welcome to the program i'm daryn jordan a big price to pay that's the warning from the u.s. president donald trump to sit room lead up bashar al assad and his backers iran and russia it's in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in eastern guta need to mask us on saturday at least forty people were killed and then a few hours later a syrian