Down. The Ruling Ak Party pills to his upcoming local elections this amid a fresh ground swell of corruption allegations. It all. Despite a worldwide diplomatic slurry no let up in the tension in ukraine just hours after authorities restore the ukrainian flag atop a government building a pro moscow crowd. Once again taking it down and replaced in the russian flag these are the images and nighttime images that were seeing meanwhile falls and gets team in crimea witnessing the take over of the Ukrainian Ground to air missile base no shots fired at soldiers loyal to kiev were disarmed by Russian Special forces. Your correspondent arms to its hes now up more recently weve just got news that the United Nations envoy to crimea is leaving up for prematurely. This after being surrounded by a crowd of people chanting Putin Putin Putin in the east of ukraine we mention the tensions and thats good. Earlier we spoke to correspond gulliver cracking another russian speaking city in the east. Is that there is the ahl. We asked him what it was like that. It does seem that once again that if this last point today was then yes its that people in separate say were expecting that something similar might have been hit this up today and a group of people from that my dad itself the defense of those people who are in favor of ousting of president of the conviction and faith at all but the new governments guidance to defend the Regional Administration building against a possible attack by pro russians began to progress a demonstration with only a few dozen strong i did state that the polenta down the road from the Regional Administration building outside the Mayors Office assigned to a defense to rival demonstrations but they stayed very very far out and that everything remained a pretty calm separated the two is a place that people are saying is that maybe a place to watch because its on the city of strategic importance to its eight hundred thousand population and its got huge high chair and sit down and the supposedly controls but the war and gas supplies to southern ukraine and friday at you. It is that with us to today said that ukraine would never dream of cutting off supplies in order to spite the russians are taken into trying it because because it was a ukrainian citizens so much. And all of a Crime Reporting there all this happening while the us defence ministers announced joint Aviation Training with poland tropical also increasing. Washingtons participation in natos air policing mission and its baltic countries countries once part of the soviet union here in paris. We saw a face to face encounter between russias top diplomat and his western counterparts is on the sidelines of a long planned conference on monday now during their separate ways now pretends to reach a diplomatic solution. Us secretary of state john kerry and Russian Foreign minister sergei novels the throats of the st thomas of the crucial talks to discuss the escalating crisis in ukraine. Fs meeting since russia sent troops to the Crimean Peninsula speaking in richard leon the folks at the turn is leading the International Community for scandal the only book we believe thats the problem in ukraine comes from the International Communitys lack of reaction it failed to find a concerted response to demonstrations against the Ukrainian Government protests thats clearly violated the ukrainian constitution. The west didnt just fail to react in some cases it even encouraged and instigated the demonstrations is that the digital photos this point if its for top diplomats of face to face meeting between the ukrainian and Russian Foreign minister insists on not on the comp that ukraine announced earlier on wednesday. Whats the successful peacefully snobbish have to think about it with l and with all its not the only boat to pray but they told him to choke russia home runs seventy of a sports russia to ukraine to be appreciate all possible consultations. Ukraines acting foreign minister was meeting with french counterparts who often gives me inspiration from the stumps. The oecd of it the committee was going to do all banks to establish and dundalk. To find solutions to these unacceptable situation to shoot to kill. Success is not certain that the bush gang did take for us in a g tube its somewhat contrived or two. They are going to succeed. Eu heads of state will hold a crisis meeting in brussels on thursday restrictions on russia because the new de escalation European Commission launched an investigation into allegations of turkish Government Agencies misused eu funds. Its the latest corruption allegations of the fall Prime Minister richard tie at ettalong and throw the scandal over the voice recordings and who has rebutted this wednesday im vowing to quit his role in local party is Ruling Ak Party loses local elections later this month. Youre an exception. Prime minister and him and his ops the states that a key state elections his tentacles into him after engine on himself. On st prayed that i will quit politics if my pots he doesnt win in the next local elections. At the polls to stay with aunt yvonne has been able to maintain the support base running allegations of corruption. In december a number of displays allies are detained in a grump k pixels three cabinet ministers resigned when the sun swim instead the opposition pay testing feast on authenticated recording the need to save the Prime Minister or treat his son to get into tonights sums of money during the investigation and alliances the recording was files and a nice delegations they did this is blackmail this is a trap to take control until they want whenever they want. To my tunes and some officials are forming a parallel state headlines comics constituted an accusation this common sense in the last two nights at him and responded by thanking the police and judiciary in his place and then im shutting down private schools. A key source of his rivals in town it demands popularity was also a hit last inning. Riot police to use force to the transcript and see who gets the park. The expos and that demands on t is still ahead in the main connections significant drop in support the bnp of batik instead to run. One opinion poll just cause he just thirty nine cents after it won fifty percent in twenty eleven like threatening to resign and to my knees trying to crawl back debate is pivotal to make sin. He has less than a month to win back support on france twenty four dot com the story of a top advisor to former french president Nicolas Sarkozy who tape recorded all his conversations according stated now been leaked the ex president. But he seems to be plotting a political comeback reportedly furious over what the press is now calling circle weeks thompson explains behind the scenes of the costs of caseys presidency. Hundreds of hours of secretly recorded forty eight made to join the form of french leaders two thousand seventy thousand twelve ton of links to the press. The protest was made by one of soccers useful lets hope needs to be sold. Like the lazy comments hes the head of states weekend retreat to the site on wednesday weekly newspaper like an alternate on the websites have something published extracts well my daughter. Among the Conversation School taunts me. Discussions about to happen the reshuffle replace you with all know thats a poet is only one person who could replace view of the moment thats uk. I get along very well with that out. While the spurs news of the tapes existence and fabric. Its revealed he still had recorded all his conversations with some crazy isnt it. Its been concealed in his pockets. According to the full advises moya the tapes Woman Society for his hustle all kinds. Only gain or another of soccer leagues in the cycle sees the release is illegal to teach you could actually did and what this is a violation of a bill that would be among think someone is still the tapes awesome on fractional she made the vistas that punishment to a heavy punishment. Hopefully theyll be an investigation into this absolutely scandalous thing the revelation comes the greenest mounds of socrates and tension the stunt in the next french president ial elections in twenty seventeen as his most famous music all day on npr hosting the belated eightieth birthday bash for many phone calls and world music greats still going strong. It weakens the us billboard charts with his nineteen seventy two has sold more concentrated yet i do this without god. It invented continues to stay with us the false again today. Eye aw. The last in rushing here and parents represented at a conference on eleven on by their top diplomats the discussion of course entering. For a long time speeding and planned on the serious below what it means for refugees. One million and counting inside the oven on and the announcement of a saudi money to buy three billion dollars with the french weapons for the Lebanese Army saudi arabia and russia to nations that holds some of the carts in serious three year old civil war. Will the standoff over ukraine softened are tough and moscows stance on syria also see if the players in syria in lebanon a few the effect of that almighty round moving along the gulf states saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates recalling their ambassadors to the farthest wednesday when backing out of various shades of islamist rebels inside a scene from today. In the halls and into the routine Shifting Sands in the middle east for this talk about it and thus of a man whose new kitchen installed former spokesperson. Welcome back to swell to our divine on the ice monday announced an attorney thank you for being with us from beirut retired lebanese general ish time job there. The middle east center for studies and Political Affairs thank you for joining us again. And from then on. David roberts lecture at Kings College in london. Thanks for joining us the postman gets a date with you to join the conversation on facebook and twitter stack. Death to four debates the start of the star review of David Roberts the us secretary of states up in paris so is the uk foreign secretary. French foreign minister the German Foreign minister and the Russian Foreign minister um that talk is on the agenda is about livin on the course ukraine overshadowing things. A question you and its one that hed been asking ourselves all week. Um is the standoff over ukraine going to alter moscows stance when it comes to see it. She lost in a is to be used by russia. It depends on situation unfolded use its that it is to see Great Potential and tyrants that they offer. She could be a state that they use. Hands on. The shoes. It plays out her marathon in one space and to speak in fact the brush is going to give up a lot more now when it comes to syria because ukraine matters more i think that the exact opposite. To witnessing today pursuant to the russian education crime unit is about launching of the new cold war and this means that every single party involved in the cia that is going to get more and more entrenched in their current positions. This means that russia would be less likely given them before embarking on any kind of a negotiated settlement instead they cannot stand by as her even more than before why do with all the ammunition he needs all the moral support to the needs of the most mundane and on reviewing our impressions we do speak as you need to use them. Much more adamant than before. Now its about positioning influence in the area the americans have been confrontational and two reconstructions to talk about sanctions. Its an impression weve talked about even joke that never off the table. In this current time accused the russian be inclined to become much more amiable towards the less than two or even produced a score for us he said all this is going its been confusing never getting these makes it most because dc said gay lover often john kerry shaking hands together in the same room. Its a big world and these are world powers they are obliged to do with each other in the cranium after only about ukraine. Its about energy. Its about european dependence on russian gas. Its about the least. Its about russia and india. Maybe tomorrow will be made to members and supporters so there are multiple dimensions of this country. Its not only about me. Its about. Thats really a subject is about power and in the entirety of these including southern part of it so the speed at the beach is credible. The sound of it you agree that too. Whats going on in ukraine means that moscow is going to dig in its heels even more when it comes to syria. Theres no color. I think i need to have them. On top then yes. Or if they want to reduce the influence of law school. An opening act with a mosque on a position to into these. And its the middle. It has hit yet this does he have yet to issue new studio because i dont think the school. I was ok and antibiotics in fact i think an opinion to the rise of citizen in respect of the stalls. In some respects it should be ok and i about to happen. All fresh on the front yet the same time indeed the most cool we get up to the old put into this even if they are wrong penicillin on the second and sunny and it totally agree with me ask again where does it leave. Weve seen images today outfit of the arab league un envoy in october he me or is it leaves those geneva peace talks weve been focusing on so much. These attempts to get the syrians to speak in the same room attempts have been pushed so much together jointly by moscow and washington. To add what is the union of two and then theres the sale assistant states that diana in and sponsored by an invited guest on. The and the us as the as the senate today is not sent to the winning team in geneva to and not deep into a new anime that has been to an ounce down on and on to it like it did what was the outcome east to announce nothing the only achievement with the lads having babies and ideal position sits on one save and not even one single thing you say you say nothing there was that. Humanitarian corridor of the city of homes their wealth is that when i made it to geneva to discuss going into this was going to meet and dad. Since ella. I mean dvd meat dairy and an angel who are trying to coordinate this us allies same applies to the end. And this has the housing unit features. Yes this was said and the need to continue the two thousand and two including the outcome of the two dominant and two is nothing beyond the achievement of presents and the ea as having babies and i havent even set foot for the First Time Ever with the opposition recognize the opposition now was the outcome. Sola. And now we dont know whats going on and on and sit down and out of things can happen or not and i think i need to be still and not give up on sudan on because its a ton of fats and in the key to key card that plays in indonesian so its all about positioning rephrase the question differently to them ok do you think that im having john kerry and Sergei Lavrov working together to try to get everyone around the table hes important war. These improvements just a waste of time and its not a change yes its important as long as they have settled for something if they didnt set so we cannot sucks though because i mean. He follows with the task and Linda Thompson once they have an agenda that they follow an insane for the most of the opposition of necessity be undertaken as im not that bad and that it says and does that make me follow soon and it did that day because i could not separate and thats the easy mountain ash and palate with second on twenty two team. The sunset there you agree. Yes they do already an agreement on on that score as well. Im going for though this does not bode well and spirit unfortunately the tragedy of the Syrian People who come to know beyond all these talks back to politics to human lives there the people suffer and the bases god knows how many hundreds of thousands die in the next two years its also about how it goes beyond scary. Were seeing people have been taking steps today. The confrontation that goes beyond a hunch its about the wrong its about russia weaving its influence and thinks its about this i would in time to resume their own forces in the area and they have been stuck in the mail. And whats gonna happen tomorrow and the issues that you would probably talk about rationing day about the conflict in the gcc is that you have two different versions of islam and keep posting them soon one is the anti aggression which is primarily based on the Muslim Brotherhood aggression on deadline is the saudi version which is in the divorce i love you and they are fighting it so the more than concentrating on the regime troops. Im using any kind of commitment to detain the man had been passed on. We should not also forget that this ukraine would also have unintended consequences to his connection to them twenty four percent a quarter of all europes gas needs comes from christ. It is called larsen i was going on. They are one of our i mean you are willing to buy out its dependence on russian gas and one of the existing options. Not much to also have implications in the reno kitchen. Means im gonna find themselves hard and more evident than in adopting a stronger position against the west where are the americans industries where is the meeting and try to bring them as quick as possible into that counts is what you mean you guess which is the largest reasons in the world according to bp to talented team. Benchmark report to be the alternative to russian teacher and also with two looking at a conflict of multiple dimensions religious jew political military as well as me. And of course not to syria feeling the effects on twitter.