petro porashenko open to that? >> i don't think so. the devil will be in the detail. petro-petro porashenko mentioned decentralization. the question mark is how far is he prepared to go, giving autonomy to the regions, it was surprising to area the representatives at the donetsk people's republic, self declared, admit that they wanted complete independence, because early in the process it almost seemed to close to door to constructive dialogue. i think president petro porashenko will play hard ball back. these will be very, they tough negotiations. there's no doubt about it. the alternative is a frozen war, and the people here have had enough. >> tough negotiations. we'll continue to keep our eye on it. paul brennan, joining us live from donetsk. president obama is back in the united states this morning, with the assurance that more countries will help in the fight against the islamic state group. he recruited nine allies to battle the organization, including the uk, france, is and turkey. millans have been forced to plea. many escaped to the northern kurdish areas. sue turton comes up at the bottom

president petro porashenko speaking in wales at the summit was hopeful. >> no it is important that the ceasefire will last, and during the ceasefire we'll continue the political dialogue. >> fears are that the deal would ectively freeze the con -- effectively freeze the conflict where it is, with vladimir putin having control over parts of eastern ukraine. >> joining us from washington d.c. is william courtney, serving as u.s. ambassador for khazakhstan, and georgia, he is an adjunct senior fell at the rann corporation. good to see you. hours after the ceasefire bass reached, president obama threatened sanctions on russia and expressed skepticism that this will come to anything. are you hopeful? >> he was skeptical, and properly show. ceasefires earlier have been tried and filed. >> there are two main factors at work. one is the sanctions have an impact on the russian economy, even though they have not been great. they undermined investors confidence. that is likely to increase if n.a.t.o. and the european union impose more sanctions. casualties among russian soldiers have gone up. 2,0

bucket challenge. three have been thrown into the dumpster. the current president, petro porashenko, they want him to sign a bill forcing any members of parliament that work under viktor yanukovych, to quit. >>> president obama is not mincing words when he says the world is simply not doing enough to fight the ebola crisis. >> it is unacceptable if because of lack of preparedness and planning and global coordination, people are dying. when they don't have to. so we have to do better. >>> at a global health summit the president said the u.s. has taken the lead, but cannot do it alone. the world health organisation says more than 3,000 people have been killed by ebola so mar. >> the justice department is calling on police in ferguson, missouri to watch not only what they do, but what they wear. in a letter on friday the d.o.j. said officers should stop wearing bracelets showing solidarity with officer darren wilson. the officer that shot and killed unarmed teen michael brown. the letter goes on to say "the im darren wilson brace let's reinforces us versus them mentality that many believe ex

rebellious regions in eastern ukraine. petro porashenko said the regions would be a part of ukraine, and rejected the idea of federalization. the president says a ceasefire between pro-russian separatists and ukranian troops is holding. russia moved 70% troops back across the border to eastern ukraine. >> translation: i want to update you on the latest information i received. 70% of russian forces pulled back across the border. this gives a firm home that peaceful initiatives have a future. >> amnesty international says it has evidence of war crimes on both sides of the conflict. peter, what has amnesty found? >> well, the report makes for distressing reading, actually. it's a result of a 2-week investigation with dozens of amnesty researchers on the ground in eastern ukraine. it says it is now an international conflict, and russia is part of that conflict. the ceasefire is shaky and drought with danger, because of the violation that both sides are committing in the conflict. russia, it says, is fuelling the conflict by supporting and supplying arms to separatist groups violating hu

summit. with the petro porashenko by his side, n.a.t.o.'s secretary-general said the world's leaders are united with ukraine in no uncertain terms. >> we call on russia to end its illegal and self-declared annexation of crimea, which we do not recognise. we call on russia to pull back its troop from ukraine. >>> ukranian president petro porashenko called for a ceasefire if a meeting takes place on friday, with russian representatives and the organization for security cooperation in europe. >> if it is confirmed and a meeting takes place, i will address the army general staff leadership and order a bilateral ceasefire. we hope the implementation of the peace plan will be launched tomorrow. all our partners and i are looking forward to it. >> ukraine is not a member of the n.a.t.o., russian foreign minister sergey lavrov responded that a partnership between n.a.t.o. and ukraine could doom any peace plan. an editorial written by president obama and david cameron called for n.a.t.o. to increase pressure on russia meddling. >> let's bring in al jazeera's diplomatic editor james bays from

the ukranian president petro porashenko, and russian president vladimir putin, and they agree although there has been small violations, it is holding. it's worth persisting with and not time to rip up the treaty. down south, we had our reporter, harry fawcett, in mariupol, looking at the situation there. >> reporter: the planes east of mariupol were quiet on saturday. a day earlier it had been a battlefield. it was a battle waged amid the villagers, brought to the doorstep of a kinder garden. this is one of three ukranian tanks that took up position. >> translation: how can the ukranian army, our defenders, hide in the kindergarten. there was no warning. what if children from inside? these heroes come and hide in the kindergarten, where are they now? they have left us to our own destiny. >> reporter: the smell of metal is a testament to the fighting. it took place in a schoolyard when the ceasefire was hours away. some lesson for the children who will not come back soon, children who, locals say, feel sick when they see a soldier in the street. a few hundred metres away a tank

through operation. >> the deal was struck between ukranian president petro porashenko, and his russian counter part vladimir putin during talks in minsk. the conciliatory tone is not turning the side of this conflict. vladimir putin is calling for statehood to be considered by eastern ukraine. a call for regional powers. >> translation: it is necessary to start substantive negotiation, not just technical matters, but politically organising society and statehood for south-eastern ukrainement. >> reporter: feeding warnings from ukraine, the point of no return is near, and that point is full-scale war. while most russians near the border support the pro-separatist rebels, a government-supported opinion poll showed 5% were in favour of sending troops into ukraine. as this conflict worsens, putin may find support for boots on the ground slipping away. >>> members of the dawn of libya militia has taken control. grounds of the u.s. embassy in tripoli. the group stormed the embassy, the compound this morning. all american personnel had been evacuated in july. the takeover comes days after the

tonight, >>> america sticking its neck out for ukraine against russia, what petro porashenko wants from the united states and what he could get. the scottish vote for independence could be a disaster despite the outcome. and the price tag for alley boba's stock offer, and a look at the tycoon who started it. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money". >>> this is "real money", you are the most important part of the show. tell me what's on your find. hit me up on facebook. ukranian president petro porashenko went to washington to ask for weapons and other lethal military assistance. the billionaire businessman told a joint session of congress that nonlethal aid is important, but "one cannot win the war with blankets", that's a great line. petro porashenko cap ittual lated to russia by agreeing to delay the tradesdeal with the european union. petro porashenko got a lot of applause and standing ovations from lawmakers but is not getting the lethal aid that he wants from america. here is what petro porashenko got. a photoio op with president obama -- photo owe op with president obama. the pic

process. with respect to espect to more recently petro porashenko, the ukranian president insisting in warsaw i announced $1 billion in our initiative. a sizable portion of that will be devoted to implementing various aspects of this readiness action plan. we have already increased obviously rotations of personnel in the baltic states, for example. we have the air policing. we have the activities that are taking place in the baltic and the black sea, but this allows us to supplement it. it allows us to coordinate and integrate it further with additional contributions from other partners, and what it signifies is nato's recognition that in light of recent russian actions as well as rhetoric, we want to make it crystal clear we mean what we say when we're talking about our article five commitments, and an increased presence serves as the most defective deterrent to any additional russian aggression that we might see. angela king? bloomberg. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president, what are your specific expectations for what regional actors like saudi arabia, yemen, and gordon can provi

observers believe president petro porashenko had to make concessions in the last week or so, and they have a buffer zone with the rebels basically ceded an area of territory. there's talk of an autonomous region in that area. all of this i think president petro porashenko had to do because he came to washington asking for military aid. he was listened to and had a speech to a joint session of congress, but didn't get the military help he wanted. >> james bays live at the united nations. joining us via escape. steven from the university of california at berkeley. let's talk about sergey lavrov's comments. he's dishing out a lot of critique. what should we make of his comments where he slammed the united states and what he called a pop-up alliance to fight i.s.i.l.? >> it's ironic to have foreign minister sergey lavrov talk about united states or other powers violating the norms. russia has been violating one of the biggest international norms of the polar world over the last year, which is that large powers, great powers do not invade the next territory of smaller neighbours because th

invited, but petro porashenko is there. we have reporters at the summit in eastern ukraine, reaction from moscow. let's start with the diplomatic editor james bays at the summit in wales. the head of n.a.t.o. setting the tone. >> absolutely. there has been talk of possible peace, a ceasefire. when they speak to n.a.t.o. officials, what matters is the facts on the ground. there are thousands of troops on the ukranian border, fighting and pushing back ukranian government forces. there are many of the n.a.t.o. allies in the east, close to russia, direct neighbours of russia worried about their open security. that is why -- their own security. that is why we had these tough words from the n.a.t.o. secretary-general. >> n.a.t.o. summit here in wales will be one of the most important summits in the history of our alliance. a crucial summit at a crucial time. we are faced with a dramatically changed security environment. to the east russia is attacking ukraine. >> we'll be back with james in wales in just a little while, to talk about other items on the n.a.t.o. agenda. now to paul brennan,

you and i talked about on the show. ukranian president petro porashenko addressed both houses of congress. he went to the white house and asked for more help in his fight against the rebels. all we are giving him is nonlethal aid. he clearly wants more. one thing he said seems to be a veiled jab at the president. he said "we can't win a war with blankets." should we give ukraine more of . >> yes, absolutely you should. you'll see legislation moving through the senate supporting the sale of theethal equipment. he made another comment that ukraine is not about creating a democracy, they have one, they need that lethal support. is eastern ukraine almost completely lost. it seems like russia has taken obvious eastern ukraine. they have supplied the insurgents, put in troops, tanks, artillery. they spent weeks consolidating the conditions. the ceasefire helped russians consolidate this. they are going to move forward and take the city and connect via land all the way from crimea up to eastern ukraine, and they'll try to go further. they have to worry about moldova and other areas of u

in mariupol, ukraine, where despite sporadic fighting petro porashenko touted the success of the ceasefire, announcing 1200 ukranian prisoners were to be released by pro-russian rebels. the two sides continue to talk, with vladimir putin speaking on the phone on monday. despite the truce, in brussels the e.u. approved a new round of sanctions, saying they could be suspended if the peace holds. >>> next to the middle east, mahmoud abbas blasted hamas, accusing it of running a shadow government in gaza, and threatened to dissolve the unity pact with hamas, telling reporters if hamas will not accept the palestinian state with one government, law and gun, there won't be a partnership between us. mahmoud abbas estimated it would take 15 years and $7 billion to rebuild what was destroyed in gaza. we end in phoenix, where jan brewer declared a state-wide emergency after rains caused major floods, knocked out power and killed one woman. the remnants of hurricane norbert dumped 3 inches of rain in the area. schools had to close on monday, and nonessential government personnel were told to

the regular russian army. most of them are regular soldiers. >> vladimir putin and petro porashenko are talking about a ceasefire, and you are hit by artillery. what do you feel. >> earn can see what vladimir putin says and does. >> i asked about the unseen defenses that the politician talks of. "we haven't seen them either." the man in the blue suit is the kiev-backed governor in kiev, now in mariupol. >> translation: i am sure with tanks and machine guns, they don't plan on peaceful negotiations. surely they want to seize this area. >> reporter: both sides are talking about a ceasefire. the question is whether by friday afternoon, mariupol - whether it will be in ukranian hands or have succumbed where a poster of the ukrainian poster looks like a relic and the soviet era is twitching back to life. >>> the u.s. justice department launched a civil rights investigation into the ferguson, missouri police department. the probe will con sen trait on deadly force and discriminatory practices, prompted by the shooting of black teenager michael brown. >>> attorney general eric holder said poli

, ukraine's president petro porashenko's office says he has reached on agreement with vladimir putin, the russian president on a permanent ceasefire in the donbass region, covering luhansk, and don everybody where most of the fighting has been taking place. vladimir putin's press secretary says while the two men agreed on steps, russia cannot agree on a ceasefire, because it is not a party to the conflict. we'll have some analysis in a moment from moscow, where fred weir is waiting for us. first to harry fawcett in maria poll. where does it come from, straight out of the president's office, or was something leading up to it? >> it came out of the president's office. there has been talks between petro porashenko and vladimir putin in the past. we saw changes in the ukranian positions, pulling back in donetsk and luhansk. it came as a surprise when the initial statement came out of the president's offices saying he had reached on agreement on a ceasefire with vladimir putin, his russian opposite number. as you say, the kremlin repudiated that, saying the russians were not part of the confli

begin in ukraine. the president petro porashenko says that a peace deal could be agreed to bring to an end months of fighting in the country. peace talks will be held in minsk in belarus, involving ukraine, russia and the pro-russian rebels. also will be members of the o.s.c.e. speaking on thursday, petro porashenko said he would order a ceasefire, hours from now, if the peace talks go ahead. harry fawcett is in mariupol. the advance from russia into that country appears to be going on. >> it is to be a ceasefire day. there's no sign of a ceasefire just yet. in the last few minutes we have heard more than a dozen shells landing around the eastern fringes at the city of mariupol, and spoke to locals who say shelling has been going on throughout the night. what i have seen from the checkpoint, where we have been pushed back from, is a sorry state of affairs, a handful of ukranian forces, soldiers and others dug in around there. we spoke to tank units who came back from fighting, and they looked exhausted and demoralized. this is a mismatch of forces as we saw travelling out of mariupol y

. ukranian's president petro porashenko will be briefing world leaders on event in his country before the summit starts. more than 2,500 people have been killed in five months of fighting in the army and pro-russian rebels. we'll have paul brennan live from donetsk. my colleague craig bays our diplomatic editor. sergey lavrov, russia's foreign minister, says we are ready to take practical steps towards deescalation - the head of n.a.t.o. a few hours ago said he didn't believe a word the russians were saying. what is the situation? >> they are deeply concerned for a reason, which is in the last two weeks they've seen the situation on the ground. they have seen thousands of what they say are russian troops inside ukraine fighting. they have seen the ukranian government losing ground. there's talk about the ceasefire, but there's concern among nato members about the situation in ukraine and the n.a.t.o. members in the east. concern about their own security. that's why there's a host of different crisis, top of the agenda will be ukraine. >>> on his way to the nato summit, president obama on

steel workers who sided with kiev early in the conflict. it was the steel works that president petro porashenko chose as a venue to express his thanks and deliver a message of defines to those that would see east ukraine break -- breakaway. >> let everyone know we'll protect our city, region, state. we will not give it away to anyone, anybody. any bit of ukranian land, sovereignty or independence. we are fighting for our independence. >> the fight moves to the negotiating table. and the president knows that dealing with people he has condemned as terrorists will be painful and difficult. the huge monument towering over the memorial plaza in donetsk is dedicated to donbass line raters. the rally was intended to mark the defeat of fascists. it's seen in contemporary terms with kiev painted as the fascist. >> we showed the world we are not terrorists, we are ready to talk. if they are not ready to listen to us, no one can bury the acts of war. >> there was little mood for compromise from the pro-russian crowd. >> what compromise are you talking about. they came here with war. nobody inv

decentralizition from the central kiev administration. that said, how much decentralizition is president petro porashenko of ukraine going to grant the region, i suspect it will not be as much as the separatist leaders in this region will like. yesterday, after the talks finished, we heard from the self-declared prime minister of the luhansk region saying, "this deal is very well, but it will not dim our demonstrates for independence from ukraine, they believe their future is closer to russia, perhaps as part of russia. >> the deal is struck and gives respite. there's a lot of negotiations going forward. >> paul brennan there in donetsk and eastern ukraine. >> n.a.t.o. revealed the details of what it calls a new force din dine -- designed to react to threats. the focus will include the middle east. jonah hull reports from newport in wales. >> reporter: as the nato summit closed, rehabilitation to news of a ceasefire in ukraine was cautious. >> at the same time we strongly support president petro porashenko's efforts to pursue a peaceful resolution. the ceasefire announced today can advance the

. we are hearing from kiev, from an aide to president petro porashenko, that there will be n.a.t.o. assistance in terms of military equipment advisors, weaponry coming in from five n.a.t.o. countries, the united states, france, poland, and it's not unexpected. it's hard to say if that will change the balance of power, certainly in the short term when ukrainian forces are receding in the face of a heavy onslaught. what you heard there is that the kiev government is saying that the ceasefire is holding, despite what the residents say, that there's no ceasefire at all. >> what are the terms of the ceasefire. what would constitute a red line for both sides? >> well, it's being worked out. the ceasefire was based on a loose framework. there is some flesh put on those bones at the moment. the idea that what we saw here overnight does not constitute a breakdown of ceasefire is hard to fathom. it shows that there is an interest on the ukrainian side to maintain the ceasefire, because they have been taking so much punishment. one thing the government said is no civilian casualties confirmed

$7 million in aid. >> reporter: ukraine's president petro porashenko met with the u.s. president obama in the obviously office for an hour. when the media was allowed in, it was clear that the ukranian leader did not get what he came for, spelling out what he believed the country needed in a joint session to congress. >> please understand me. blankets, night vision is important. one cannot win the war with blankets. even more, we cannot keep the peace with blankets, and this is most important of our values, of our aid, not to win the war, but keep the peace. >> so far the white house ruled out providing that lethal assistance to the ukrainian military, fearing that it would escalate the situation, leading to a proxy war with russia. instead the ukranian president is heading home with an additional 46 million worth of nonlethal aid. >> chinese internet client alley backa is set to launch what could be a valuable share sale. it priced shares at $68. it's expected to tried on the new york stock exchange on friday. alley boba has been valued at close to 168 million, making it bigger

. leaderships have been critical throughout that process. with respect to espect to more recently petro porashenko, the ukranian president insisting in warsaw i announced $1 billion in our initiative. a sizable portion of that will be devoted to implementing various aspects of this readiness action plan. we have already increased obviously rotations of personnel in the baltic states, for example. we have the air policing. we have the activities that are taking place in the baltic and the black sea, but this allows us to supplement it. it allows us to coordinate and integrate it further with

were as confused as everyone else. what the president's office, president petro porashenko's office - he spoke to vladimir putin early on wednesday, and the two of them reached mutual agreement on a lasting ceasefire, and recognising the kind of steps needed to be taken for peace in this region. now, the kremlin's version of events was different in the first place when it reported this conversation, saying that the two presidents had spoken about ways out of the counter bloodshed, and they shared opinions on the process. there was no mention of the word ceasefire, and now we have a second rebuttal, really, from the kremlin via a newsagency saying that russia has never been a party to this conflict, and vladimir putin could not have negotiated a ceasefire. kiev - there has been more than 1,000 russian troops invading in recent weeks, and russia has been key in the matter in recent weeks. >> nevertheless, do you get a sense, notwithstanding the statement, that things are moving on, the atmosphere where you are is changing? >> certainly when we were travelling through this region. we w

there was heavy fighting over the weekend. today petro porashenko visited the port city and reassured residents the government will defend them. paul brennan reports from donetsk >> reporter: the fate of the city of mariupol defended -- depended to a large degree on the steel workers who sided with kiev. it was the steelworks with petro porashenko gave things and delivered a message of defines to those that would see -- defiance to those that would see east ukraine breakaway. >> translation: let everywhere know we'll protect our city, region, state, and not give it away to anyone, anybody. any bit of ukranian land, sovereignty, integrity. we are fighting for our independents. >> reporter: the right moves to the negotiating table, and the president knows dealing with people he condemned as terrorists will be painful and difficult. >> the huge monument is dedicated to donbass liberators. the rally was intended to mark the defeat of nazi fascists. it seems kiev is paint as the fascists. >> translation: we showed the world we are not terrorists, we are ready to talk. if they are not ready

donetsk. the latest violence comes as petro porashenko announced concessions aimed at ending the conflict, including allowing separatist controlled areas to elect their own judges, create their own police forces and cultivate deeper ties with russia, while remaining part of ukraine. angela merkel continued to press vladimir putin to remove russian troops from ukraine, while pushing for trilateral talks among russia, ukraine and the e.u. next we head to mexico, baja, california, where hurricane odile pounded the town with wind up to 2500 miles per hour, and reported seven inches of rain every hour. hurricane odile destroyed small buildings, leaving 200,000 people without power. there has been no reports of deaths or serious injuries. it poses more bad news for arizona, as remnants of hurricane odile will pass over that area. we end in the world of technology, where if you thought apple fever cooled after the iphone announcement. you would be wrong. apple refused 4 million orders of iphone #. in the first 24 hours, the phone was available. it doubles the record of 2 million, set in

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right now. we are waiting for a reaction from some of the key players in all of this. petro porashenko, for one, the president of ukraine. vladimir putin, the president of russia. we did get a statement overnight. while shortly after all this happened from the leader of the donetsk people's rub lible, the self-pro -- republic, the self-proclaimed area around donetsk, and the prime minister saying that the ceasefire had been breached and the fighting continued. also on the twitter feed, saying they had taken mariupol. all of that leads to the suggestion that what has been happening here is qualitatively different from the minor breaches we saw in the earlier part of the ceasefire. the question is how both sides react to this. whether this jeopardizes the process, and it's back to fighting generally, or whether they can, at this late stage come to an arrangement to stop this fighting in its tracks once more. >> harry fawcett there from mariupol. thanks. >> now, the iraqi army says it's launching an offensive to retake the haed iffa city and dam. it's targetting islamic state fighters. u.s. ai

neck out for ukraine against russia, what petro porashenko wants from the united states and what he could get. the scottish vote for independence could be a disaster despite the outcome. and the price tag for alley boba's stock offer, and a look at the tycoon who started it. i'm ali velshi, and th i

stories from around the world. >>> we begin in ukraine, where president petro porashenko announced that 70% of russian troops in ukraine have left. russia denies that its troops were ever in the ukraine. in a sign into a resolution to the conflict might be nearing petro porashenko outlined a plan that would give rebel-held areas more autonomy, but not independence. speaker of the house john boehner announced that petro porashenko will address a joint congress next week. >>> now to spain and video of a hale storm that washed away cars and flooded houses. it lasted 20 minutes, dumped so much water that streams overflowed. no one was hurt, but cranes were needed to clear the roadways. crops in a rural area were destroyed. >>> in new york - an n.f.l. executive was given a video of ray race, a report claims, hitting his wife in an elevator. the associated press was given a voicemail from an n.f.l. office number confirming that the video arrived saying "you're right, it's terrible." commissioner roger cadell said the league did not have access to the film and the number of fl released a state

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