It is 7 00 here in london. A parade of military might in of peace talks on tuesday. Fighting continues in the east. Angela merkel is warning not to expect a diplomatic breakthrough when president putin and president poroshenko talk. This is classic angela merkel. She is managing expectations. She is tempering expectations. She is visiting kiev, and she said, dont expect much on this meeting on tuesday. Trip washe quote. My aimed at preparing such a meeting, which wont bring about a breakthrough. Merkel also called for resolution of the dispute between ukraine and russia and gas from on natural gas transit and delivery. She said there wasnt a red alert yet, but the clock is ticking. Winter theloser to situation will demand and consume more energy. What is the latest on the ground in ukraine . These holdout cities are being surrounded by progovernment forces. At the parademe in kiev president poroshenko talked about the need for another 3 billion euros in additional funding. Quote e actu
List of the worlds 50 worries offenders. Most surprising, christians in africa are witnessing a surge in persecution there. Mali jumped from unranked to number seven. Tanzania, kenya, uganda, and argentina joined the list, and ethiopia climbed from 38 to 15. But north korea is the worst country in the world to be a christian. It topped the chart for the 11 year in a row, followed by saudi arabia, afghanistan, iraq. The arab spring, in many ways, has turned into an islamic winter for the christians of the middle easterly. That includes the whole state of north africa. Pretty much every place that has an election has elected islamists, and they have made it more difficult for the churches of the middle east, who are pretty significant minorities in a lot of these countries. So that has been a bad thing. George tens of thousands of christians are fleeing the middle east because of persecution, yet this modern day exitous is getting little attention in the west. Now a jewish group is teami