user: News: The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 provisionally closed lower by 2.2 percent at 1,318.8 points. The German DAX fell 3.3 percent — it's biggest fall since May 2012 — and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 closed provisionally down 1.5 percent, at a two-week low.

The Euro Stoxx Banks index closed down 3.8 percent, in its biggest fall since August 2013.

Russian stocks closed lower by 10.8 percent, with stocks in Germany taking a big hit due to the country's exposure to Russia. The DAX's big drop was attributed to Germany's heavy dependence on Russian gas; the country imports around 40 percent of its gas and 35 percent of its oil from Russia.

Companies with high exposure to Russia and Ukraine include French carmaker Renault, down 5 percent, and Italy's UniCredit, which dropped 5.0 percent and 4.1 percent respectively.

Moscow-listed shares of MegaFon closed down 11 percent, while Rosneft closed down 4 percent, Gazprom slipped 14.5 percent and Sberbank sunk 15 percent. Shares in Russian companies QIWI and Mobile Telesystems were also hit, closing down 11.0 and 12.6 percent respectively.

The Interfax news agency quoted a Ukrainian defense ministry source on Monday as saying that Russia had given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until 3 a.m. GMT on Tuesday to surrender two warships, or face military assault.

Putin declared at the weekend that he had the right to invade Ukraine in order to protect Russian interests and citizens, in what the U.K. foreign office termed "the biggest crisis in Europe in the twenty-first century''. In response, Ukraine called up reservists and the United States threatened Russia with economic isolation.

(Read more: Global tensions over Ukraine 'highest since 9/11')

Title: Europe shares close lower on Ukraine crisis; Russian shares plummet


News: The U.S. unemployment rate fell sharply to its lowest level in 32 months, capping a string of data suggesting momentum at home even as turmoil in Europe and slowdowns in emerging markets threaten to depress U.S. growth in the months ahead.

Employers added 120,000 jobs in November, the Labor Department said Friday, with modest private-sector hiring offsetting continued job cuts among government workers. The biggest gains came in the retail and hospitality sectors, while manufacturing, a source of strength early in the recovery, changed little.

The department also revised upward its estimates for job gains in September and October, suggesting ...

The U.S. unemployment rate fell sharply to its lowest level in 32 months, capping a string of data suggesting momentum at home even as turmoil in Europe and slowdowns in emerging markets threaten to depress U.S. growth in the months ahead.

Employers added 120,000 jobs in November, the Labor Department said Friday, with modest private-sector hiring offsetting continued job cuts among government workers. The biggest gains came in the retail and hospitality sectors, while manufacturing, a source of strength early in the recovery, changed little.

The department also revised upward its estimates for job gains in September and October, suggesting ...

Title: Unemployment Slips to 8.6% as Private Sector Adds Jobs


News: The "Fast and Furious" franchise could use another tough woman, and Michelle Rodriguez has a few suggestions.

ET caught up with the 37-year-old actress at the Treyarch Studios in Santa Monica, Calif., where she tried out "Call of Duty: Black Ops III," and she talked about her dream costar: Angelina Jolie.

"That would be sexy," Rodriguez told us on Wednesday. "We've definitely got to bring up the ante, man. Whoever it is -- it has to be a powerful presence that hasn't been seen before."

One thing she knows for sure is she doesn't want her female costar to be her enemy.

"The grand majority of the time in films, we're always fighting each other. I feel like it's time to evolve girls. Let's stop hitting each other and let's stop fighting each other, and let's start getting together and ganging up on people."

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And she further explained that the film's plot needs to stay just as fresh.

"Whatever the storyline is, it needs to be relevant. I think there's only so many times that you can keep repeating history," she explained. "What happened with 'Fast 7,' I don't want to say it's a fluke, but people came out of the woodwork to show love for Paul, and that's something you're not going to have in the equation with the next one. Whatever it is that they cook up needs to touch the hearts and souls of people."

If she had it her way, one way she'd change things up is setting the film in the Big Apple.

"New York's just a melting pot," she gushed. "There's so much to discover there -- motorcycle crews, everything from the Hells Angels' home -- you've got a lot you can play with in New York," she said.

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Another way to change things up? Add Helen Mirren -- who has been very vocal about wanting to join the franchise -- to the cast, something Vin Diesel is very excited about.

"There are so many options!" Diesel told ET in April when asked about possible roles for the legendary actress. "You've got Nathalie Emmanuel's mother. You've got, of course, the matriarch to the Shaw brothers!"

"Fast and Furious 8" is set to hit theaters on April 14, 2017.

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assistant: Michelle Rodriguez has big ideas for 'Fast and Furious 8'