Ukraine. Its an ancient and proud land. With a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. Ukraine is a border land. A place where east meets west. This is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemingly endless fields of wheat. Ukraine is a prize many have sought. And much blood has spilled in the quest to possess it. Ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the east. In world war one. And world war 2. And every time the ukrainian people ended up paying the highest price for these grand games of power. History doesnt repeat but it surely rhymes said mark twain. If one looks closely at the history of ukraine one will notice many rhymes. Being surrounded by stronger powers ukraine has needed a lot of cunning to survive and they are they truly mastered with time is the art of changing sides. In the middle of the 17th century ukrainian leader bogged down who. Broke a truce agreement made with poland siding more pow
For the 1st time in the months of unrest in Hong Kong Police have shot a protester with a live round leaving him in a Critical Condition the incident and the large scale protest in the city overshadow the 70th anniversary of the peoples republic of china a day when the communist leadership wanted to present its best face to the world adrian brown reports from hong kong. The police had warned the choose day would be very dangerous it was the pitch battles carried on into the night with protesters defying repeated Police Warnings for people to stay off the streets even diners ignored the cool though this clash spread from one side of Hong Kong Island to the other and then back again police a day earlier banned all marches but people still took to the streets not to celebrate 70 years of chinese communism but to mourn it dont come up to them when they have. This is an illegal notch designer of the oh oh oh no there were more than 100 arrests some of the most intense violence was on the ot
President trump, and you know, under the Obama Administration this was very much carried by his ambassadors to ukraine who have long played a strong role in kiev in working with politicians there to try and convey the message of, look, you need to clean up corruption. What was then Vice President joe bidens role . So joe biden was obamas point person in ukraine, and he really carried that message for the president. He also oversaw the u. S. Response perhaps not the u. S. Response but the u. S. Messaging when it came to conflict in ukraine, the russian annexation of crimea, it was 2014 where you had russia lops off a chunk of ukraine, annexes crimea and then the war begins in Eastern Ukraine in the spring of that year. It was the first hot war in the region in an extremely long time, and you know, biden really carried obamas messaging on that in the region. Was it only the United States that was worried about corruption in ukraine at this point . No, absolutely not. I mean, this has bee
Witnesses. Ukraine signs the deal with russia back separatists to hold local elections in the east. North korea fires missiles into the sea of japan hours after announcing a resumption of nucular talks with the u. S. Then and then killed and why has the public not been informed about the date and time now Jamal Khashoggi fiancee says the saudis must provide a year after the murder journalist was last seen entering the kingdoms istanbul consulate. Theres been a massive show of support in hong kong for the teenagers shot by police during protests on tuesday hundreds gathered outside the school of the 18 year old he was in a Critical Condition after being shot in the chest at close range but has since stabilized it was the 1st time a live bullet has been fired at a protest and this years unrest. And these are live pictures of protesters gathering outside a court thats hearing the cases of more than 100 demonstrators accused of participating in riots on sunday adrian brown reports now from
While was killed and why has the public not been informed about the death until. The saudis must provide answers a year after the murder journalist was last seen entering the kingdoms istanbul consulate. There has been a mash of supports in hong kong for the teenager shot by police during protests on tuesday hundreds gathered outside the school attended by the 18 year old he was in a Critical Condition after being shot in the chest at close range but were hearing he has stabilized it was the 1st time a live bullets has been fired at this protester and this years unrest. And separately these are live pictures of protesters gathering outside a court thats hearing the cases a more than 100 demonstrators accused of participating in riots on sunday. First has this report from hong kong. The police of whom the choose day would be very dangerous it was the pitch battles carried on into the night with protesters defying repeated Police Warnings for people to stay off the streets even diners ig