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Well, we start with a quiet Eastern Ukraine. Prorussian separatists in kiev agreed on friday to a ceasefire. It went into effect just hours ago, and so far, it appears to behold in, for the most part. The two sides signed a protocol after talks at a meeting of the socalled ukrainian contact group, which included representatives from russia and the osce. Rebel leaders internet and luhansk rebel leaders from donetsk and luhansk were also there. Quits lets bring in our correspondent. She is standing by for us in kiev. We have been through the ceasefire before. Why is there any reason to think that this one is going to be better . First of all, it happened. It is a bilateral ceasefire for the very first time and is very tangible. We are getting reports that the situation has called down. Over those 48 hours of very theres fighting, it is very tangible, and at the same time, it is laden with friction because basic positions have not really changed. Petro poroshenko laid out today at the nato summit what he has on offer, and thats once again, greater autonomy for those regions of donetsk and luhansk. At the same time, the rebel leader of luhansk made it clear that he still wants independence. Basically, nothing has changed. This could well become a frozen conflict, but at least, the killing, the fighting has stopped for now. A good way to describe what this has become. We know not everyone is happy with this. There are some skeptics talking about peace on russian terms. Well, certainly, the nation of georgia knows what that means. A couple of years back, south a set yet and abkhazia basically were taken over by russia South Ossetia and abkhazia. Russia quite clearly is comfortable with that type of situation. At the same time, the pressure is on or ukraine to resolve the situation, to restore its territorial integrity, but for now, it only has a ceasefire that allows also the separatists to replenish, to build up their strength on the ground they are holding. This could drag on for weeks, months, decades even. Then, effectively, ukraine would not have one very much at all. This is still a story we do not know how it will end. Thank you very much. Lets go now to moscow and get the reaction from our correspondent. What is the russian reaction to the ceasefire deal . There have been some very positive noises coming from various quarters, particularly from the russian parliament, where the head of the International Committee said that the war is coming to a logical end and that there is a lot of war fatigue on both sides. Is there any validity to the claim that this ceasefire is a path to peace on russian terms . Not necessarily. Russia has stopped the onslaught on the Ukrainian Army without achieving the strategic aim of creating a core door to crimea, and it has not even sees seized the strategic port. On the other hand, ukraine gets a muchneeded rate from the fighting after a series of defeats, and it is also important on the eve of the parliamentary elections in ukraine, so the achievements of the russian rebels and russia are not that impressive. The insurgents still control only a small portion of estern ukraine in the luhansk and donetsk regions. But if the russians want to punish ukraine, then this objective has been achieved. Lets talk about the timing for minute. Russia pushed for this ceasefire to happen this week. There are skeptics who say putin did this to avoid more sanctions from europe. What is your take . This is quite possible. Russia definitely fears sanctions that may cripple its economy, and, of course, there were more sanctions that they were planning to impose on russia, but more importantly than that, russia is afraid of military buildup on its borders, something the west and nato has threatened to do, and russia is, of course, afraid of the west arming the Ukrainian Armed forces and sending military equipment to the ukraine. There is also a lot of internal pressure because stories are emerging about russian soldiers who died fighting in ukraine and who were captured by the Ukrainian Army, and this is influencing the public opinion. A recent poll showed a sharp decline in the popularity of the military action in ukraine. External and internal pressure. Thank you for the view from moscow. Thanks. The crisis in the ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine dominated talks at natos summit which wrapped up on friday. The alliance called the summit its most important since the end of the cold war. Ironically, its show of unity and military muscle were aimed at its cold war nemesis, russia. Thats right. We have a wrapup of the summit from newport, wales. Nato leaders gathered in the morning to watch a flyover put on by aircraft from nine Member States. It was a light opening to what became a day of hard negotiations. The summit in wales was meant to send a clear message of alliance unity, especially toward moscow. Nato agreed to beef up military presence on its eastern borders. A Rapid Response team based in poland with outposts in the baltic states. This decision sends a clear message. Nato protects all allies at all times. The Rapid Response team was requested by Member States in the east who were weary of russias apparent intervention in ukraine. Despite the president s ceasefire talks, the United States said it was ready to ratchet up talks toward moscow. Finalizing measures to deepen and broaden sanctions across russias financial, energy, and defense sectors. At the same time, we strongly support president poroshenkos efforts to pursue a peaceful resolution to the conflict in his country. German chancellor Angela Merkel made clear that the sanctions could be reversed should russia withdraw troops from the border region. She also touched on the crisis in iraq were germany, the u. S. , and eight other nato countries plan on stepping up efforts to help fight Islamic State militants. Still, germany stressed that military action alone would not solve the crisis. The whole military conflict will be results only if it goes handinhand with a political solution. That means changes to iraqs to mystic politics, a government that represents all regions and religions. Nato stopped short of saying it would fight in iraq. The crisis there outlined the alliances tough balancing act never take the hardest line but still make a show of strength. The message from nato concerning the Islamic State troops, no, weapons, yes. Members of nato have started sending military aid to Kurdish Forces in northern iraq. Germany will be sending weapons, but that decision made here in berlin did not come easily. Germany has started sending military equipment to kurds in northern iraq. Light weapons are to follow. The german economics minister supports arming kurdish fighters against Islamic State militants, but he also sounded a note of caution, pointing to the history of volatility in the region. For decades, weapons from all over the world, west as well as east, have been delivered. In this region of the world, pandoras box is full to the brim. Overall, the German Government wants to scale down its exports of small arms. That is not going down well among weapons suppliers. They are calling for a common european policy. What are we to tell our employees if, for example, germany is no longer allowed to export . The if germany is no longer allowed to export but france and england are . In principle, at least. It need not be the case that 28 allied states have different Weapons Systems and standards. German weapons manufacturers say a failure to agree on common policy could lead to job losses at home. Some 80,000 people work in the arms in history. Its not a great time to be holding left anza plane tickets in your hands left anza lufthansa plane tickets in your hands. Staff are protesting against plans to raise the minimum retirement age, which is currently set at 55. The strike will ground most and affect around 25,000ights passengers. Last week, pilots at the companys budget subsidiary also staged a walkout. Our reporters at the Frankfurt Airport with more on what options stand a travelers have now. At Frankfurt Airport, the situation is mainly contained, one could say. Left anza lufthanza have informed roughly half of their passengers. Those arriving here have to go home by train, or they have to stay here. I have reserved more than 2000 hotel beds in frankfurt and the region, and the rest of the passengers who cannot enter germany out of transit are staying in transit. There are more than 500 field beds for them. Going forward, tomorrow, the situation should actually get a lot at her. Lufthansa is confident they can operate under norm or terms normal terms for tomorrow. Passengers who are actually still stranded somewhere in the world have to contact lufthansa in order to know whether their flight is departing. From the Frankfurt Airport to the frankfurt stock market, the dax got a big lift on thursday after the surprise announcement that the ecb would cut Interest Rates again. But on friday, investors were more subdued, trying to sort out what it all meant. We have more from the trading floor. The ecb announcement boosted stock prices all over europe this thursday. The euro plunged downwards. Of course, if investors get even lower returns in the future here because of the Interest Rates being so low, this makes other currencies more attractive for them. Besides this, the ecb policy is controversially discussed on the trading floors. Many people here doubt whether lower Interest Rates is really what the economy in the eurozone needs to get back into gear. On the other hand, banks now have even fewer excuses for not lending to the real economy. Interest rates in the eurozone are so low now that speculation on even lower rates has become obsolete. Lets get a closer look at those numbers for you now. Germanys dax and did the day up. 2 on friday. The euro stoxx was down. Over in new york, traders are still on the floor. The dow jones is currently in positive territory, and the euro slipped under 1. 30 1. 29 right now. Officials in jamaica say a plane that originated in the u. S. Has crashed off the island. Officials have been tracking the plane after pilots did not respond to communication attempts. Your spokesman said the plane took off from rochester, new york. Were going to take a short break right now, but when we come back, meet a dinosaur so big it had almost nothing to fear except maybe falling over. Its a big void. Paleontologists have unveiled the remains of one that weighed 65 tons and was still growing when it died. Wonder if he played football. Stay with us. Well be right back. To go away. Dont go away. Welcome back, everyone. The European Union is expected to decide on more sanctions against russia. Thats right. Some believe moscow pushed for the ceasefire in ukraine in order to avoid more sanctions. Russia obviously wants to avoid more economic stops and blocks from europe, but theres a price to be paid for sanctions on both sides. We have this report from a dairy farm in belgium. Bringing in his 60 cows is his favorite part of the day, but russias embargo has made life difficult for the belgian dairy farmer. Hes got too much milk. Russia used to buy two point ilya liters of milk a year from europe. Now its staying here. For farmers, it could be the last straw. We are really worried. Milk prices dropped between four cents and five cents in the first half of the year already. If you add in the affect of a russian embargo, we are really scared we could happen the crisis like in 2009 we could have a milk crisis. Agriculture ministers of the eu Member States are desperate to avoid that. Measures have already been taken in National Markets to buy up fruit and vegetables which have not been bought by russia. The eu is prepared to pay to store the extra milk and wants a program to find new markets for it. I would point out that all eu countries not only want to concentrate on measures to regulate the market but also to seek to develop new markets in the mediumterm. He worries things could turn sour for milk producers. Small and midsized farmers like him would be better helped if the eu reduced its overall milk supply, but production quotas are set to remain unchanged until next year. Rescuers in bosnia have polled 29 mineworkers after a blast trapped them underground on thursday. The coal miners had to spend 20 hours in the collapsed mine after a mild earthquake triggered a gas explosion. Five of their colleagues are feared dead. They have yet to recover. Another 22 have managed to escape after the blast. Its the third incident at the mine this year. Well, its already killed more than 2000 people. Now in the fight to stop the largest ever ebola outbreak, researchers say the blood of infected patients may be a major weapon. The World Health Organization says the blood of patients who recover from ebola should be used to treat others. The decision comes as the epidemic continues to defy efforts in western africa to stop it. And for doctors and nurses on the ground, the danger is growing, too. Another american ebola victim arrives at the hospital in the u. S. He was working in liberia as a missionary when he contracted the virus. The outbreak continues to spread in west africa. Just under 4000 cases have now been recorded in the region. The World Health Organization has been meeting this week in an attempt to find new ways to combat the virus. Its as therapies that use the blood of survivors could the effective in treating patients, and it is hoped a vaccine could be ready as soon as november. The United Nations secretarygeneral said more support is needed on the International Community. He sent out what he called an International Rescue call to try to drum up funding for the whos plans. I call on the International Community to contribute to the who roadmaps and to provide the 600 million needed for supplies in west africa. For people in the quarantine zones like here in liberia, that help cannot come soon enough. They constantly face the fear of becoming infected, and the quarantine is making it hard to get Food Supplies to the affected areas. All right, scientists from norway spent decades studying rats, but their research led to some groundbreaking discoveries about how our brains keep track of where we are and where we are going. Thats right. Now the husband and wife team are being awarded a prestigious award for their pioneering work. Researchers say it might even help cure alzheimers. The quest to understand how the human brain works has long baffled scientists. This couple have studied the decade for two decades. Their Pioneering Research has earned the norwegian narrow scientist in for stitches prize. The breakthrough came in 2005. They discovered that rats have brain cells that function much like a builtin gps. When the rodents move around, these new rons draw a mental map that helps the rats track where they are, where they are going, and where they had then. Where they have been. These new runs him it a signal when the rat reaches a particular location. This way, the brain turns any space into a mental grid of hexagons, making it easier to navigate. This could help combat alzheimers. It turns out that these cells are in the same area that is first affected in most cases but also most disease. By understanding how the brain works in an alzheimers patient normally first, we can then help them. The couple say they will donate their prize money to further research, despite the discovery, much still remains a mystery. All right, a massive discovery for science, and we really mean massive. An enormous pieces of dinosaurs has been found in argentina. To put this in perspective, its around seven times bigger than a t rex. As luck would have it, the remains of the animal are among the most complete a profound, so we are likely to be learning a lot more about it soon. This laboratory is chockfull of leases of what used to be a massive dinosaur. This was a toe bone. This, a thigh bone. Together, they used to be a significant part of this. Its called dread not dreadn oughtus. It lived more than 70 million years ago and what is now argentina and was 26 meters long. To compare, a fullgrown elephant weighs about ive tons, but this weight about the five tons, and this example was still growing. When you are 65 tons, you are not going to really have any enemies. That made me start to think of the turn of the last century warships, the dreadnoughts, which were essentially impervious to previous technology, so i thought dre adnoughtus fears nothing. Yet, it was probably not aggressive. It was probably a her before and would have spent its time and attention eating enough foliage to sustain its bulk. The team spent or years digging up the dinosaurs fossilized bones. They found nearly half of them, making it hugely valuable to science, but the bones are too heavy to string together to create is ellington, so they are using 3d printers to make copies for display the bones are too heavy to string together to make a skeleton. I would not want to run into that in a dark alley. In berlin, the berlin music week festival and conference is under way. Upandcoming bands play outside while industry managers rather endorsed to discuss the biggest ways to make money. If they can make money, that is, streaming portals have become an important distribution channel. Sales jumped by 50 in the last six months. But very little of that money gets back to the artist. Most of them have to rely on ticket and merchandise sales. This is the first time that bands are playing on the street during the berlin music week. Its a great opportunity for bands to get live exposure. That is important because musicians seldom earn money from the internet. Me, for instance, i am more involved in the performance side of things. Thats where the real income comes from. I mean, with streaming, we are living inside a generation where everything is available for free. Thats just the way it is. This is where the money starts in the music business today. Through streaming services. This Norwegian Company has already is already established and much of europe and is now moving to the united dates. The pop music site hopes to eventually attract jazz and Classical Music fans. A subscription costs 240 euros a year a lot of money. Most of it goes to the record companies. Like most streaming services, we give up to 70 of our sales to the record labels. It depends on the deal we have with the label, but its between 65 and 70 . We cannot give them anymore, and we cannot dictate how much gets back to the artists. Thats why the internet is a bad way for musicians to make money. Most of the money from streaming goes to the labels and internet companies. Each time a song is streamed, the artists earn less than one cent. Concerts are more important than ever. But even live concerts hardly bring any cash to newcomer bands. A number of music events are taking place along with the berlin music week, and in many of them, bands are playing for free. Their hope is to generate a large following on the internet and eventually get that elusive record deal. I heard them outside my window today. Im a little jealous. Pretty good. Stay with us. Will be back at the top of the hour with more news. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org yy i love my juicy little grapes and berries, red and sweet. I love to walk into my garden with the dirt below my feet. I love to feel the gentle sun and breathe the air so sweet. Ah, tomatoes. Carrots. Spinach. Beans. My joy. I hope youll pardon the tasty treats you love to eat. Start when you plant a garden. 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