out of hand. the u.s. says there are a number of subjects that can be discussed and, again, this is going to be the first in a series of meetings that will go on the nato and be organization for security and cooperation in europe. all of these talks designed to get russia to deescalate and pull troops back from the border. much more to come in the hours ahead. thank you. i m going to turn now to violent protests have led to nearly 200 people being killed. the president there calling it an taattempted coup. reporter: we have a very fast moving situation on the ground in kazakhstan.
he called the protests an attempted coup. he said he believes some of the protesters were trained abroad. he didn t provide any sort of evidence to support those claims. the authorities continue their crackdown. the authorities are saying they detained around 8,000 people in relation to those protests. they also say the death toll has risen to 164 with around 100 of those deaths occurring in the largest city. that s where a will the of those really bad clashes took place and a lot of that crackdown happened add well. they are saying the situation is getting under control. they had a day of mourning and the internet on for certain period of time. they also said a lot of that was tanks to the fact that member nations of the collective security treaty organization
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