Were hoping for peace after all this time we need to resolve this war its been 6 years since it all began. To live in harmony in friendship so they dont call it separatists but it is still nothing good will come from the troops pulling back not from some kind of talks from a position of weakness. I dont understand what maclin mcclung want to do selenski and putin should sit down together drinks on thought get together and put all this behind them we need a united ukraine and we need an end to this to giving the other some weight to making peace and thats going to be tough. Also coming up no lympics no world cup russia faces a 4 year ban from all sports a nation called cheating about its own dopey consequence including the finding of russia from the olympic style and take center World Championships are running coach signature dish full use and buying the russian host of russia pushing any of these mishit events which it. Free. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the new president trying desperately to shake off the weight of 2 other. That ukraines president botha ms lewinsky was elected this year on a promise to bring peace and stability to his country a promise that he can keep only if the u. S. And russian president cooperate well hows that going so lynsey is at the center of an impeachment process against u. S. President claims that u. S. Military aid for kiev became a weapon in u. S. Election politics now ukraine depends on military aid from the u. S. In its fight against russian sponsored separatists and that brings us to russian president Vladimir Putin who is in denies that Russian Troops are in Eastern Ukraine yet he remains the only leader who can bring peace to the region he and his ukrainian counterpart zelinsky now this conflict began nearly 6 years ago shortly after russia annexed crimea fighting between Ukrainian Forces and russian backed separatists as claimed more than 30000 lives and displaced more than a 1000000 the worst fighting has been in the donbass region our correspondent Nick Connelly traveled there and he sent us this report. Close enough to see what the other side having for lunch thats how these ukrainian troops have spent the last few years just 300 meters from the russian backed separatists replacing them is that whole night without a single shot i dont remember a day like maybe on the 1st lady of the seas its a strange when theres no financial you get all nervous we used to the shooting lets listen. The conflict may have fallen out of the headlines but the shooting and the death continues less than a 10 minute drive away a young woman out walking with her child was severely wounded by a stray bullet just last week. Through the trenches on xander was in his 2nd year cadet school when the call for a recount when he rolled he could hardly have imagined that he would soon find himself a 1000 kilometers from home fighting a trench war. Everyone is tied off the war has parents wives about them back home if the politicians can sort this out by talking why not if we withdraw from here its not a disaster as long as the opponent. Does with. But off camera many soldiers are more skeptical they dont want to give up territory regain from the separatists and the cost of many lives. President selenski government is convinced that only a buffer zone between the front lines can bring peace. Its a short drive from the trenches to one of the regions biggest crossing points between government and separatist held territory thousands make the journey every day spending hours out in the cold. Were hoping for peace after all this time we need to resolve this war its been 6 years since it all began im convinced on buses part of ukraine. Or unity if i dont understand what Madeleine Mccann want to do selenski and putin should sit down together drink some thought get together and put all this behind them. With the bubble theory. That we need a united ukraine and we need an end to all this. So people dont have to suffer in these queues anymore you. Dont yet see one of ukraines biggest cities its less than half an hours drive down the road behind me we cant go there the pro russian separatists in control of the city aware e of the Foreign Press presence lensky was elected early this year on a promise to bring down your back to Ukrainian Government control thats what this meeting in paris is all about. Back at the front line its quiet at least during Daylight Hours silence allows time to think about the future. Even. When. Im not interested in this normandy summit what will happen will happen. This war needs to end ive lost so many comrades already but theyre giving the other side making peace and thats going to be tough. Repercussions of this war will be felt for years to come its not just about the minds of grenades to litter this landscape its about the war in peoples heads. For you john of the. Senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Its good to have you on the program look at these 2 president s zelinsky hes a newcomer putin has room for most of this century i mean this face to face meeting in paris it is not a meeting of the equals is well the good news for president solecki and i want to give him a lot of credit here he has made peace in the dom resolution to this conflict a top priority and what hes done already has shown that hes willing to take steps in that direction not to jeopardize ukraines territorial sovereignty and integrity but to move this process forward so i think we 1st i think he deserves a lot of credit 2nd mr zalewski is not alone he has the backing of the United States of germany france in this in this effort and so when hes in paris today hes with 2 allies and 2 partners and so hes certainly not alone but i have to give him a lot of credit for stepping up to try to move this process forward thats been stuck for 6 years i mean he definitely is ambitious despite the fact that the sitting across the table from. A very experienced politician Vladimir Putin does that make the the german chancellor and the french president here even more important to peace in Eastern Ukraine without microland and merkel is that even thinking. Well i think certainly those 2 are critical to moving this process forward and the fact that even as we speak the e. U. Is adding and moving forward on additional sanctions of course comes with the blessing of both paris and berlin is incredibly important and those 2 leaders know full well who is responsible for where we are today for the 10000. 00 plus ukrainians have been killed the millions that have been displace the blame lies squarely with moscow with mr putin and so i think everybody is going into these negotiations with eyes wide open and. Not bringing any political baggage with them he is. A newcomer here hes pushed very hard for the deal weve already seen these prisoners could he some people here in this country maybe giving up too much to russia or do you think he could convince putin to fly really you know leave. Well i think theres no expectation that theres going to be immediate success in this negotiations mr selenski as well has expressed that he will do anything that would harm again ukraines security in this process but what you have had in the interim in terms over the last couple of months is some prisoner swaps that have taken place a pullback from some military positions anything that can reduce tension in the immediate term and at least provide for some stability is important but as weve seen even over the last few days there continue to be contact across the line there continue to be ukrainians wounded and so i think nobody you know right now believes that this is going to end in the next couple days but if somehow this process moves forward in a positive way thats important. Mr zelinsky certainly between 2 important president s going to president drunk president what are you hearing there in washington about the impact of the impeachment proceedings on future u. S. Ties with. Well one thing i do know is that that there is strong bipartisan support in washington for ukraine of course the impeachment process which is ongoing as we speak right now. I believe is harmful to us ukraine relations ukraine is being dragged through the political maad there are all sorts of efforts to try to connect ukraine which is unacceptable to interference in the 2016 election so there is some worried that that there is a breakdown of some of that bipartisan support but what i have seen over the last several weeks is both sides the aisle and washington stepped up to support that relationship i cant speak to the future with with regards to President Trump he has a penchant for for doing things one day and then doing the other the other day. Frankly many of us here dont understand what his relationship truly is with president Vladimir Putin but the most important thing that we have seen over the last several weeks is strong support again for ukraine this includes assistance and just before the negotiations took place 2 senior u. S. Officials from the state department went out to kiev to ensure kiev that the u. S. Stands firmly behind them. Just before we run out of time we ask you about. This could be one of her final opportunities to mediate to be a peace maker do you get that sense from where youre sitting or would you say that france president may be standing in her way a little bit. Well i think both mccrone and merkel are critical to these negotiations but there are different timelines we know that politically the chancellors timeline in her capacity is shorter and it certainly mr over the last several weeks has made considerable headlines in terms of his positions views of nato and President Trump i think the most important thing right now is that those 2 leaders are focused on the business at hand understanding whos across the table from them which is mr putin and supporting ukraine and i expect that that will continue there are no signals that both paris or berlin are breaking from ukraine same here in washington. Johnson tatts with the u. S. German Marshall Fund thank you mr knight from washington johnson as always we appreciate your time thank you. It is one of the worlds most successful and active volcanoes today it became a deadly volcano at least 5 people died monday in a volcanic eruption off the coast of new zealands north island 8 others are reportedly still missing the 2 kori volcano which is also known as white island erupted suddenly shortly after 2 pm local time on monday spewing plumes of ash into the sky. Panicked tourists watch as a wall of volcanic ash threatens to envelop them. All. Minutes. On the volcano age know they bore witness to its might. Survive or scrambled on to boats 50 people were on the Island Emergency Services ferried the engine some in Critical Condition to the mainland how weve read is now clear that they were 2 groups on the island those who were able to be curated and those who were close to the eruption as police sit out last night the Police Helicopter restrained helicopter in indian t. V. Craft have undertaken a number of aerial reconnaissance flights over the island since the eruption. No signs of life and being singing at any point. In the day visitors found themselves walking on what the mao reste call for carry the dramatic volcano little idea what was rumbling beneath their feet although acts of fatal eruptions are rare. Its not a particularly big eruption is its seed it was kind of. Almost like a throat clearing kind of eruption and thats why material probably wont have made it to my new zealand what mike it mainly in new zealand. Through clearing exercise and for those involved an unforgettable reminded that nature also and sometimes awful bangs to its own will. And my colleague g. W. Senior Business Editor ben facility is in new zealand right now hes on vacation and wherever he goes news happens he joins me on the line right now good guesses good morning to you youve been you were planning we understand to visit the volcano yourself and talk to me a little bit about why people why so many people want to go in and being so close to this volcano. But they get about 10000 visitors a year and its as you said very accessible you just got to jump on a boat in and youre out there quite quickly whereas other places in the world like ethiopia where i was a couple used back on holidays i climbed a volcano there which a rock that is i got to the top it made a 2 day journey through a salt as it and. Now the bullets are region with militants and bolted to eritrea which is quite dangerous in itself but this volcano which started rocking when i was on top of it i got out of there as quick as i could other tourists stayed up there they thought it was fantastic to watch this lava spewing out i think a lot of people have fascinated by you know a part of the earth which is changing and dramatically. Tides forming out. So people are quite fascinated by this sort of thing to get so up and close to it is is quite amazing but you dont want to be there the wrong wrong time and i would definitely say that of all these people you were the smartest one my friend youve been told to do you are tourists there in new zealand what are they saying about whats happening now and indeed you did you hear the molteno a rock or 2 far away. I couldnt hear to see it from where i am about 100 ks away still im quite close but in a remote area which is also surrounded by volcanic activity i mean it doesnt matter where you go on you feel thats the thing when you come here you have to be aware of that most islands right on tectonic plates that are moving and new zealand is continuously moving. And growing i was at one town kiker of which just a few years ago had quakes and moved overnight 2 meters up in my town is now 2 metres higher and there are rocks with rocks before poking up out of the sea. The tourists i think speak speaking to. Some of them didnt even have a clue that it happened they only just found out. I asked you know what they want to read an austrian man he said should i be worried and i was talking to another job and he said well basically its now erupted the pressure is gone so you know now would be a nice time possibly get on the island in the next days once c. S. Is clear ok yeah i dont know if thats the wisest thing to do either but well let people do as they please do your business had there been who are joining us from new zealand ben thanks for calling in on your holiday and staying away from those active volcanoes i will. Note a limp games no soccer world cup no russian athletes today the worlds Antidoping Agency known as one of the banned russia from all International Sporting events for the next 4 years the band means the countrys flag will not be on show in next years Tokyo Olympics the countrys soccer team will not be able to call itself russia if they qualify for the 2022 world cup and russia could be stripped of hosting World Championships in any olympic sport in the world and the ages. See announced the same tunes on monday saying that russia violated terms of a ruling which lifted the ban which had been imposed because nobody wanted to rule that russia should be punished for manipulating Laboratory Data planting think evidence and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identifying drug cheats what it says russian athletes who were not involved in doping could still compete under a neutral flag president craig reddy said that russia had only itself to blame for the harshest saying since water has ever handed out. Russian doping. From clean sport to breaking reach by the russian authorities should respond as reinstatement conditions approved by the executive committee in september 28th and demand it a robust response russia has afforded every opportunity to get its house in order to rejoin the global anti doping community for the good of its us each and for the integrity of sport but you chose instead a different route well joining me now from toronto was Richard Mclaren he is the independent investigator who authored the 2016 reports on doping which led to russians original suspension he joins me tonight on the road as we see there in toronto mr mclaren its good to have you on the program lets for the sake of fairness here russia has condemned the ruling as excessive and says its more evidence of anti i russia hysteria whats your reaction to that. Their russian reset never really accepted what was in that art d and dad this is just a can secure way ringback. It looks like we lost signal there mr mclaren can you hear me. Ok well we apologize for that i guess hes on the road in toronto when we lost that signal there with mr mclaren are moving on calls by hong kong democracy activists for citywide strikes well they went largely on answered this monday protestors mostly kept off the streets a day after staging their biggest antigovernment rally in months organizers say 800000 people joined the march on sunday called to mark 6 months since the start of mass demonstrations which call for more autonomy but is d. W. Charlotte charles until reports many are too scared to take part in the protests instead theyre setting up inventive ways to support those whove lost jobs or Family Support because of theyre involved faces hidden location concealed only then with these hong kong entrepreneurs agree to be filmed they set up an Online Shopping said this which supports the prodemocracy movement. It employs protesters whove been arrested or kicked out of their homes their homes in the demonstrations. We want to provide for the teenagers and everyone that is involved in this movement they should be proud of what theyre doing we are proud of them and we will support them with the korea despite being a wild away from the front lines initiatives like this can feel the found is over and his fate being identified could jeopardize their career is perhaps even the safety starts with a new born son logistics manager caleb is getting caught up in violent protests isnt an option passionately i dont have the courage to go on the front lines and fight with them so i fell into this backup role and started this company and let them know that they are not left behind and the hong kong people are supporting that. With this scheme calebs among the growing ranks of hong kong is finding inventive ways to support the prodemocracy cool. When you picture the whole kong protests warehouses like this one wont be the 1st thing that springs to mind its far from the front lines behind the scenes initiatives like this one that are quietly and collectively sustaining this movement caleb says he hopes one day he and his team wont have to hide their identities and will feel safe to proud to admit their role theyve played. A german today presented the countrys parliament here in berlin with a petition that demands that the government recognize the government of taiwan that petition has more than 50000 signatures now taiwan as you know is a territory that is claimed by china and berlin seems unlikely to give any ground here but that he is determined to continue his struggle nonetheless. Its bad knows how a dictatorship works since the marine biologist from eastern germany 1st visited taiwan hes made the young democracies fight his own. I grew up in a dictatorship in communist east germany i know from personal experience what it means to live under one of the Stasi Secret Police persecuted me so of course i have sympathy for taiwan and china is openly threatening them with military action i think the west should respond. Taiwans representative in berlin is pleased to have such support the way she sees me as an ally who knows what freedom means. When someone from germany gets involved someone who experienced the g. D. R. And says taiwan should be recognized i say we would be satisfied if taiwan were recognised as a democracy and establish democracy. And that beacon of freedom. And launched into india freiheit. The German Foreign ministry wrote to clients back to say that the government backs the one china policy and so will not offer taiwan diplomatic recognition at 1st the Parliamentary Petition Committee wanted to prevent a public hearing but eventually relented the petition has received over 50000 signatures. 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News live from berlin breaking the deadlock over in Eastern Ukraine the russian and ukrainian president s have met for the 1st time in peace talks brokered by the leaders of france and germany will this help and 5 years of war that is killed thousands of people also coming up 5 people are dead after new zealands most active volcano erupts sending plumes of ash and steam into the sky just as tourists were exploring the volcano surface at least 8 people