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 because of what they called its meddling. >> let's bring in al jazeera's di

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

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

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

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