Bid to end Human Trafficking. She joins us. Tonight our special report on Vladimir Putin. What you dont know about him. They are the two most powerful people in the world and they spoke to each other. President obama at the white house, Vladimir Putin in russia. A one hour phone call on the growing crisis over crimea in ukraine, with president obama offering a way out. The conversation comes after the u. S. And europe lines up sanctions and crimean lawmakers take steps towards braking away from the ukraine. Mike viqueira has the latest from the white house. A third call in the last week between president obama and his counterpart. No visual or public sign that progress is made in the diplomatic stand off. The call lasted an hour, a read out from the white house distilled it to one paragraph. The president calling for talks between russian officials and ukrainian officials. The president calling for the World Community to look for the may 25th elections in ukraine as legitimate. We have
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Veterans returning to war. Police in colorado are working to recognise drivers that are too high to drive. Hi everyone, good to have you with us. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton. They are the two most powerful men in the world. Thursday they tried to broker a diplomatic solution in ukraine. President obama and russian president Vladimir Putin spoke by phone for an hour. President obama urged him to hold direct talks with ukraine. Their conversation comes as the u. S. And europe line up new sanctions and crimea lawmakers vote to break aafrom ukraine. We have the latest from Mike Viqueira at the white house. A third call in the last week between president obama and his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. No visible or public sign that progress is being made in the diplomatic standoff. The call lost an hour on thursday. A readout from the white house distilled it to one paragraph the president calling for talks between the russian and ukrainian officials and the World Com
Droughtstricken areas of africa. In ukraine a symbolic vote widening the divide between east and west, Crimean Parliament voting to become part of russia. Now russia and the rust even further apart as america has decided to impose sanctions. Phil ittner is live in kiev. And phil this vote wont be official until the people approve it later on. What does the vote by the Parliament Mean . Its mostly symbolic, the Crimean Parliament suggesting that they want to reunite with the Russian Federation. They will of course debate whether or not to rejoin. Theres a lot of minorities on the peninsula who dont want to, but the majority are ethnic russians, and crimea was part of the Russian Federation up until 1954. So there is a history where it was part of russia previously. Phil if the people vote yes, what does that mean for kiev . Well, it means a lot for kiev. We are talking about loosing a huge chunk of territory from the integrity of ukraine. There is also issues in financial terms. It is d
Ukraine is no more a Nuclear State and we believe that those who guaranteed our independence will do their utmost in order to execute the obligations. Because for today, this is not just the domestic conflict or a local one. This conflict would have a negative implication on the Nuclear Nonproliferation program. As for example, it would be quite difficult to convince iran or north korea to abandon its Nuclear Weapon in case those who guarantee our independence do not succeed in providing and delivering these guarantees. We are ready to sign. We do understand a number of implications. We can adjust duties up to the current standards on the technical level. We can do it on the socalled high commission, and on the technical level, we can find an appropriate solution, an appropriate solution both in our bilateral relations between e. U. And ukraine, an appropriate solution that would not affect negatively russians. Will act in accordance with the constitution and laws. We are ready to prot