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Reality Check: "Russia needs a stake in Europe"

Russia and sanctions, Putin and Crimea, Syria civil war, Big Bang, TTIP debate

Russia recognises Crimea

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Putin says Crimea will become a region of Russia

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has formally recognised Crimea as a sovereign state, and will address the Duma this afternoon. Charles Maynes reports from Moscow on the latest developments.

Why sanctions against Russia won't work

Political scientist, Adrian Hyde Price, gives his views on the EU and USA policies towards Russia on the Ukraine issue, and explains why sanctions are the opposite of what is needed for stability in the future, and rather than sanctions, the West should be building closer ties with Russia.

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Gaub says Assad is not strong enough to win the civil war

Ending Syria's civil war

Florence Gaub from Institute for Security Studies Paris talks about why the Syrian civil war seems to be escalating, and what could bring it to an end.

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Parnership

American activist, Melinda St. Louis of Public Citizen, explains why she is against the TTIP.

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Telescopes at the South Pole have found new evidence for the "big bang theory".

Big Bang Theory

There's new evidence to support the big bang theory of the creation of the universe. Wolfgang Lucha from the Institute of High Energy Physics in Vienna discusses the new findings and what they mean.

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