Chided carlson for the way he handled the situation. And some observers have gotten behind niemen, accusing carlson of being a sore loser and of trying to ruin his opponents career. Rob reynolds al jazeera. Ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories russian back to authorities and for regions of ukraine. So the results of 5 days a referendum show, he will have overwhelmingly voted to join the Russian Federation cave. And its western ally, say the results on not valid shall stratford explains, reaction from keith to the referendums. They are describing this referendum as a complete sham, lacking any kind of legal basis on the international, in an international context. What so ever weve had reaction already from the ukraine in foreign minister, demitra caliber. Hes calling for even tougher sanctions from the e. U. In his words, he says that the softer the reaction is from the european union. The, the greater that, sir, well give russia even more motivation to potentially try a
I live my dream for a day, beating magnus and that all this happened. Carlson said niemen seemed unnaturally calm and not to be really paying attention during matches. He questioned the american teenagers meteoric ascent to grand master status. But Chess Federation officials, chided carlson for the way he handled the situation, and some observers have gotten behind niemen, accusing carlson of being a sore loser and of trying to ruin his opponents career. Rob reynolds al jazeera. Ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories, the south russian, back to authorities and full regions of ukraine side. The results of 5 days of referendums show people have overwhelmingly voted to join the Russian Federation cave. And its west and allies say the results are not valid. Most of cuba is still without power off to hire a can. Ian swept across the island on tuesday. The storm made landfall as a category 3 hurricane with winds up to 205 Kilometers Per Hour of 3 rockets have had the highly for
The voluntary association of three or more countries. One example of supranationalism is the European Union an Economic Alliance designed to improve european competitiveness in the world economy. But this alliance is more than just economic. It is also europes attempt to forge a community with common values, even as individual state identity is maintained. Strasbourg is located on the border of france and germany and has endured centuries of conflict between those two nations. Today, it is one seat of the European Union a symbol of modern unity. As political boundaries become more permeable, perceptions of place change as well as deeper, more personal meanings of national identity. When state boundaries become porous, what does it mean to be french or german or european . Strasbourg serves as one of three centers for the European Union. This mediumsized city of 250,000 is not a major player in europes financial or industrial arenas. So why is it playing such an Important Role in europe
From kiev. But first the threat of isis dominating discussions on the sideline of the nato summit in wales. As leaders of the biggest military might express concerns about the extremists in the middle east and beyond. American intelligence officials have their ear to the ground monitoring terrorists groups including isis because theyre reporting increased chatter online and over the phone lines as we approach now 13 years since the september 11th, terror attacks. James roz season live for us from the state department. How are you today in. Im well. Good afternoon, gretchen. It was in february of this year that al qaeda formally disowned isis from its organization citing tactical differences. Now the head of al qaeda perhaps feeling displaced has announced a new Branch Office on the indian subcontinent. In a videotaped conference, he said the indian package is years in the making. However, just last week kill abdullah of saud the arabia told people that he was certain that the jihadists
Russian troops are illegally in ukraine. The extremist islamist threat has risen in a new form in iraq and syria. These are just two of the threats that we face. Nato is the anchor of our security. And over the next two days, we must reinvigorate and refocus this alliance to tackle new threats and to ensure it continues to foster stability around the world. Lets take you to the site of that summit, jim acosta, senior White House Correspondent there. And jim, lets just begin with natos chief. He says he would seriously consider helping iraq fight the Extremist Group of isis after the request from iraqs president today. What do you think will be decided over the course of the next two days . Reporter well, i can tell you, brooke, i was just on a Conference Call with other reporters, and the Deputy National security adviser, ben rhodes, who was walking through, you know, the press really through this process taking place here at the nato summit in wales. And the president is here right no