>> it was a misunderstanding. south sudan's former vice president says he didn't try to overthrow the government. >> this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead in the next half hour - disdents tell us they were sent to libya's torture chambers, with britain's help. the 16 billion deal with russia that gets ukraine out of a financial hole. it was unlikely to anger protesters. >> an indian diplomat says she

underwent repeated strip searches in new york city following her arrest. >> welcome to the program. south sudan's former vice president said he hasn't tried to overshow the government. he said the fighting started because of a misunderstanding between soldiers. 500 are thought to have decide between violence on rival factions. tens of thousands are sheltering in u.n. compounds. >> fleeing for their lives. the people are looking for a safe place to hide from the fighting. >> at this united nations base in juba the message from their laters was to go home. >> when you came here, you were looking for peace. now there is no fighting. now we are telling you that everyone should go back to their house. "listen to me, listen to me."

>> the crowd is far from reassured. >> translation: how can you say that. >> someone can be in his house, others come in and ask him to speak a certain language. if he couldn't speak they can take him out of his house and kill him. >> the situation on the ground is dire. thousands took refuge in compounds, thousands more are waiting outside. three women have given birth at the base and officials say they are running out of food. sanitation is an issue. if the crisis goes on much longer, they may be unable to coach. >> thousands of civilians took huge bases in juba, which actually is trying for the capabilities and the means of those in terms of medical, food, support, water and protection.

>> soldiers of the south sudanese army are fighting along lines. the dinga are loyal to salva kiir, and the others to riek machar. their days may be numbered. >> 10 of his followers have been arrested. >> an unknown number of civilians, women and children are among the dead. world leaders are asking the world's newest nation to show restraint. circumstances on the ground are in flux. the south sudanese people are caught in the middle. >> machar has been hiding.

he said what took place in cuba was between presidential yards, not a coup attempt. a lot of the tension began because of tensions in the sudan people's movement. things came to ahead last july when president salva kiir sacked a government. his support comes from the dinga people. the vice president was one sacked. machar wants to contest the elections. the president alleges it was supporters of machar that carried out the coup attempt. which machar denied. >> andrew green is a reporter on the phone from juba. >> with a curfew in place, give us an idea of what the situation

was like overnight. have things settled down? >> yes, in juba they have settled down. there was gun fire. it was sporadic. there are concerns that the fighting spread to military barracks. the large area in south sudan, east of juba. it had not spread to the civilian population. there were reports of fighting breaking out. >> of course, while that is still difficult to substantiate for the moment, the influx of ordinary civilians looking for shelter and protection continues. what is the situation as you know it from u.n. compounds. thousands of people are still staying at the compound waiting to see if the fighting

continues, or if it breaks out again. there is more movement. there were reports that they wanted to go back to their homes. and there is a little more traffic on the roads. still, heavy security with heavy presence and roadblocks, and still people are caution about moving. >> we'll come back to you as the day progresses to see how the situation develops. >> an al jazeera investigation uncovered evidence that intelligence extracted by torture in a libbian gaol cell may have been used in a british prison. julianark ruhfus has our exclusive report. >> this is abu salim gaol, one of muammar gaddafi's notorious

prisons. >> some inside abu salim say they were brought and tortured by muammar gaddafi's interrogators with the support of the british. it forms a lawsuit. according to the lawyers, the men and their families were pawns in a deal struck in 2004. muammar gaddafi renounced weapons of mass destruction and was welcomed into the community of nation. under the shell, announced a $1 billion deal for gas exploration rights in libya. it wasn't until after the fall that the role played by bish intelligence agencies was discovered. >> when the rebels came to tripoli they ransacked all sorts of the buildings. it was in the office that they found a stash of documents revealing the collaboration

between british and libbian intelligence services. >> abdel-hakim belhaj says he was tortured to give up information about libyans living in britain. >> sometimes they'd come to me with questions and answers down and force me to design it. >> sol of the libyans returned to tripoli, and we tracked down ziad hashem, whose name abdel-hakim belhaj was forced to give up. ziad hashem was arrested and the information used came from libya. >> translation: many times during the question in paddington green police station they'd accuse me of terrorism. they brought all the documents, many left out in the open. it was clear they were from libya. ziad hashem says after his

release from prison he was placed under house arrest, and his family suffered from the treatment by british police. >> translation: they could search when they wanted and they chose to some at night, knocking ard on the door. >> ziad hashem is port of another lawsuit against the british government. something he is hoping to reveal was the flow of information between the libyan intelligence agencies. the british government says it's committed to investigating allegations of mistreatment that it stands against torture and never asked any other country to carry it out. >> to watch more of our investigation watch "people in power", as we examine the relationship between u.k. and the secret service, at 2230 gmt. there's plenty of material

online. there's exclusive interview with the president. the address on the screen. aljazeera.com, click on shows, people and power. >> now, ukraine's opposition leaders are accusing viktor yanukovych of selling out after signing a trade deal with russia. it includes cheaper deals with ukraine and a $15 billion loan. the ukraine had been negotiating with the european union, and protesters are angry it wasn't followed throe. they were surprised by attempts to put pressure on for an agreement with the government. >> translation: in spite of agreements in moscow, and kiev

appealing to make a free joys in favour of europe. our position is based on the respect of the choice between people, and we hope they'll overcome the problems within the constitution, and to take their own decision. as president putin stressed, we don't impose anything. >> joining me is rory challands in the ukraine. not wanting to impose themselves on the decisions that ukrainians make, rory, yet perhaps a loud and clear signal from the foreign minister that he would like ukrainians to side with them. >> yes, that's true. i think that the people here in the square in kiev are very uneasy about what was being signed yesterday in moscow. i mean, if i said it had been a quiet night here in independent square, i would be lying,

because it's never quiet. the noise from the speaker system is constant. is has been an uneventful one despite what was signed yesterday in moscow. behind the science there is a lot going on. the opposition here are trying as hard as they can to wow people. opposition mps are trying to gather all those floating mps that there are in the warment over to their side. they want to build up an f.a.r.c. to unseat the governmentway vote of no confidence. they tried it, and it failed. they say they are about five votes away from doing that. the people here, obviously, listening to what was going on in moscow yesterday are uneasy about it. they think that ukraine is being inexorabliy handcuffed to

russia. the ukrainian government is insisting that despite what it's been signing with vladimir putin, the door to joourp, as far as they are concerned it open. >> you'll be keeping an eye on things as the sun rises for the moment. >> to south america. a court in peru has sentenced two british women to seven years in prison for drug smuggling. they were arrested at an airport. the 20-year-olds say they've been kidnapped and threatened into trafficking the drugs out of peru. coming up in the program. >> it's like a bad dream. i don't believe it, i know it's real. >> how an incident man survived death roe in the united states. why his case is one of many. >> and the latest economy is booming. we report on the many who struggle to put food on the table.

welcome back, a reminder of the top stories. south sudan denied trying to stage a coup. riek machar has been in hiding since the action began. there has been battles since sunday. an al jazeera investigation uncovered evidence that torture in a libyan gaol cell may have

been used in a british action. >> ukraine's opposition leaders are accusing viktor yanukovych of selling out. protesters wants closer ties with the e.u. sergei lavrov denied his country has been putting pressure on key eve. >> i'm joined from moscow from a former russian diplomat. nice to have you on the program, sir. just your reaction to sergei lavrov's comments in parliament, suggesting that the e.u. or the west were putting pressure on ukraine. >> well, it is obvious thing because the yate demonstrated signing agreement with the unit europe and demands - it was

american demand and pressure from western europe is obvious. diplomats are coming to kiev, participating in opposition demonstrationing, and even some european groups, parliamentary groups, to make camps. it's unprecedented inference in internal affairs. they blame russia, that russia. it is not russia. key eve is thinking of its benefits, losses, economical issues. it is dominating here. not political. the opposition is clear. they are fighting. they are fighting - it's political incitement. >> there'll be many in ukraine,

you see the pictures yourself, of many ukrainians who think that by bailing ukraine out, by offering subsidies to gas, it's a way of russia influencing not just politicians, but a large swathe of the ukrainian people, that russia is the friend you should be with and the e.u. can't help you out. >> that's a point of view of opposition. opposition is minority. because viktor yanukovych became - become president according to - to election process. and majority of ukrainians elected him as an acting president. when do they call, or viktor yanukovych does not sign this - well, this agreement on gas, gas is two agements blade for russia and ukraine.

ukraine possess pipelines system that coming through all ukrainian territory, when they are increasing payments for the pipeline. russia increase payments. this is the struggle of the the trans-i suggest and countries. it is economical site, not political issue. if viktor yanukovych obey the american or european demand. sign an graemed he doesn't receive anything except $1 billion that i promised for him. he pass relations to russia. he increased duties, closer borders with ukraine and losses. they consider 160 billion of

dollar, of euro even. there's something about 200 billion of dollars. you know, they were ready to accept european offer, but he asked them to compensate all this losses, economical losses that we will - somehow cower, with stand. to give a good standard of the life for his citizens. this is problem. problem is inference from the eastern countries. when the first deputy come and give some bread to demonstrators that looks like spreading the bread. i think it is not acceptable except the way to support

independent course. russia is independent with respect to the standard. >> we'll see what happens. it's a heated debate going on both in russia and in the ukraine for the moment though. thank you for joining us from moscow. >> new delhi police removed security barricades outside the american embassy in a dispute over an indian diplomat. u.s. officials say the indian consule general in new york was arrested and strip searched. the security advisor calls her treatment despicable and barbaric. kath turner has the story. >> outside the u.s. 'em basse in new dellie, police oversee the removal of concrete barricades. it's a sign diplomatic relations with washington are deteriorating. we feel extreme level of

discretion. >> indian authorities asked u.s. consular officers to return identity guards and stopped them from flying out of the country. the incident is a top story in the indian media. tension has been escalating since india's deputy connual general was arrested in new york. indian official say she was handcuffed, strip searched and kept in a cell with drug addicts before posting a $250,000 bail. >> more steps should be taken against the united states until an unconadditional apology is given. >> there are no indications that anything but appropriate measures were followed. we know this is sensitive. we are looking into it for that reason, to see what transpired against the department. they have part of it. we can only spoke for part of

it. >> this is a document at the heart of the dispute, filed here at the manhattan federal court on 11 december. india's demuty connual general promise her the minimum wage of $9.75. prosecutors allege over a period of seven months of employee was paid $3.31. the criminal complaint claims that she submitted false documents to secure a u.s. visa for the housekeeper. the lawyer told al jazeera the charges against his client are false and is confident his client will be acquitted. he refuses to be drawn. >> she paid her employees what she should have. i'm not going to get into the detail of the facts of the case. it's an ongoing case. we'll litigate it in the appropriate forum. >> the charges carry a gaol sentence. it's unlikely the case will get to that point.

neither the u.s. nor india is showing signs of it backing down. >> indian politicians will vote on a landmark anticorruption bill in which an independent ombudsman will have the power to investigate wrong doing, opening the way for corrupt politicians and civil servants to be prosecuted. the bill was passed by parliament's lower house. >> the plan is finally in place on how to destroy syria's chemical weapons. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons will public details on wednesday. it was meant to start removing the stockpile. five chemical attacks are likely to have been carried out in syria. >> israeli police rounded up 150

migrants who abandoned their holding facility in the desert. the african might grants were demonstrating. they are against a law allowing illegal migrants to be at the facility indefinitely. >> dozen of migrant workers are running low on food. the rights group says 80 asian workers are waiting for up to a year's worth of pay. the qatari government said it will review working conditions for labourers. >> opponents of the death penalty in the united states say incident men and women are being executed because of a broken and bias system. executions have taken place in the midwest and southern states. john hendren travelled to kansas to meet a man exonerated while on death row. >> reggie griffin thought he

would never walk free. for 30 years he's been in prisoned, sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. >> i'm lost. i'm saying, you know, it's like a bad dreamt. i don't believe it. i know it's real. >> on death row reggie and his family waited as his fellow inmates, 69, were executed. >> how do you get ready to die. my mother would come and see me, see me like - you know, i don't want them to kill you. i've been, like, mum i haven't done anything. i don't believe i'll be kill. but i know the reality that i could have been killed. i seen people around me get killed, okay. griffin was convicted of stabbing another inmate. a witness against griffin died

before trial, a second recanted his evidence. prosecutors knew the dagger was found in the hands of another inmate. prosecutors cited a prior conviction, one, it turned out, was committed by another man with the same name. >> do you have faith in this system? >> do i have faith in this system? very little. okay. very little. >> it's a familiar story in america's death belt. a broad swath of the midwest. 143 people have been exonerated by dna evidence. most people of colour. >> we are human, as humans we make mistakes. we don't listen very well to the clients, the prosecutors don't listen to the evidence. >> you are indicating not just the prosecutors, the defense attorneys, judge. >> all of us. >> with three decades of life

lost, griffin has discovered the changes the years can bring. his questioning of the system that was determined to kill him. >> me and a lot of others were used as stepping stones. who is he? he's nothing to me. he can help me get where i want to two. so he's just a pawn in a big game. pawns are sacrificed. >> he is suing the system that cost him three decades of life. prosecutors are immune from lawsuits. few challenges succeed. >> well, san jose, lottery officials say one person has the winning ticket for the 636 million jackpot.

the ticket purchase for the megamillions has been tracked to the si of san jose for the record-breaking lottery. it could be the second-richest lottery draw in the u.s. you can follow those stories on the website at aljazeera.com.