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 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 the art they truly mastered with time is the art of changing sides. In the middle of the 17th century ukrainian leader. Broke a truce agreement made with poland siding more powerful russia. Just ov
Of risky ships in the mediterranean. Has been to hear both sides of the argument. And meets for 12 year old side jihad from pakistan is a fisherman and one of the millions of children who cant go to school because hes family is too full we all see why promises by World Leaders to change his situation and that of others like him unlikely to be broken. Hello im christine one go welcome to the program. Protesters in hong kong say theyll take to the streets again even after to territories needed to clear the controversial extradition bill did hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in demonstrations over the last month theyre concerned that the bill which would allow its traditions to Mainland China would erode hong kongs Judicial Independence theyre calling for the legislation to be immediately and formally withdrawn something chief executive kerry lam has stopped short of doing. Heres what he had to say a little india now 1st of all the course of all these. Grievances and confron
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Opening fire. Charles . Charles Clifford according to the california Highway Patrol, just before 530 friday afternoon, two vehicles may have been involved in a collision along the northbound lanes of highway 101 just past the hillsdale exit in san mateo. Three chp officers responded to the scene, each in a separate vehicle. According to the San Mateo Police department, when the officers arrived they found an adult male armed with a handgun. Moments later, all three chp officers fired shots at the suspect. Sotthe suspect was fatally wounded in the shooting. The officers are all ok. Exactly what prompted the officers to fire at the suspect is still under investigation but Law Enforcement sources have told kron 4s that this may have started as a road rage incident between the two male drivers of the vehicles involved in the initial accident. Sources also say the chp officers tried to convince the suspect holding the gun to put it down but at some point he raised the weapon and thats when
Investigating whether the three chp officers who fired their guns were justified, San Mateo Police say the officers gave the suspect ample warning. Officers took extreme measures to issue commands to drop that firearm, to attempt to deescalate and negotiate with that suspect. Obviously, those attempts were unsuccessful. Captain dave norris says as of now, it appears the east bay woman in the other car was a random target who happened to be driving near the suspect. She wasnt hurt, except for some minor pain from the car wreck itself. Highway 101, which was shut down for more than seven hours, reopened early saturday morning. We had a very large crime scene with evidence that was scattered not only widely across the freeway, but also lengthwise. From highway 92 all the way to hillsdale boulevard. The Coroners Office hasnt released the name of the man who was police say there were a lot of witnesses this adid happen in the middle of fridays rush hour commute. Witness statements have been