until next time waj and i will see you online. >> car bomb in cairo. >> and we're just getting reports of a second explosion. hi there, i'm elizabeth perada, world news. time to talk, government talks about to begin in geneva. india's supreme court is about to investigate, a woman was gang raped b in sight of

village elders. and the solution to one of the biggest heists in u.s. history. we begin in egypt, we're getting reports of a second explosion in cairo. one person's dead and five policemen are injured. it happened near a metro station. earlier, an explosion hit near the police headquarters. the house ministry says four people are dead and over 50 people are injured from that. state television is reporting that gun fire was heard after the blast. security forces say a car bomb was the likely cause. it happened on the eve of the anniversary of the 2011 revolution that removed president hosne mubarak from office. it's taken a look at where the blast hit, went off near cairo's city center. it destroyed a completal gate

and as you can see, it damaged the building's exterior. >> well, al jazeera can't report from cairo because our journalists have been detained and thursday night they had their detention detained for 15 additional days. they have already been detained for 27 days. allegations al jazeera says are totally unfounded and two other journalists from our sister channels are also being held. abdalla shami is a reporter and there is a cameraman as well. more than 100,000 deaths, syria's gofs ansyria's governmee representatives from the opposition are to talk.

not clear if they will agree to meet for direct talks. while the government's delegation is being led by the foreign minister, labeled the opposition as traitors and has consistently described the conflict as a fight against terrorism. the head of the syrian national coalition, say the assad regime are terrorists and the president plus go. but many of the rebel fighters inside syria don't even recognize the snc. james bays is joining us. it's a long road that they are here so what's going to happen today? >> and in many ways the fact that they are here is an achievement in itself.

i heard about this in april the talk of geneva 2. it's taken all this time to get thee delegates to -- these delegations to come to the same place. they are not though going to have face-to-face direct talks initially. what we understand is a special envoy, laktar brahimi, this is a huge challenge for him. he is going to speak to both sides in the same room. he's going to explain to them what the rules are, really, what his rules are for his talks. he is going to tell them what is at stake for all this and why they must be very patient and try to come to some sort of agreement in a process that may well be a very drawn-out process. he's then we believe going to send the two delegations off to separate rooms. they are not at this stage and

this is key prepared to talk to each other. he's actually going to go to one room and speak to one side, shuttle back to the other relay what they said and try to get some sort of agreement i think on local issues initially. i think in the beginning, possibly prisoner exchanges, and what many want, and believe could ease the suffering in syria and alleviate the number of deaths is some sort of accessing for humanitarian workers. so i think those sort of issues will be the opening issues in these talks. of course the big questions in the end are about who governs syria, and those are the really hard questions. >> who is it james that laktar brahimi will be talkin talking o they consist of? >> well on the syrian government side they are the people you would have expected to come here, they are hand-picked i think and certainly approved by

bashar al-assad. his team is here, that can get the syrian government the most it can from these talks. on the opposition side as you know the opposition is very divided. there is a whole group of these opposition, including many who don't support this process in geneva. among those who are here, we saw a list of negotiators a few days before they arrived in switzerland. three different lists of the negotiating team. it may be possible that the group will change and there may be some confusion on that, the u.n. can't give us a clear answer. this is always been the case, when you deal with something as complex aas negotiations between it and the syrian government. the first negotiations that have taken place in nearly three

years of conflict. >> thank you so much for that james. that's our diplomat editor james bays joining us from geneva. talks between the ukrainian president and option leaders have failed to produce a solution. vi italy kletchko says the negotiations are a waste of time. sue turtan has the story. >> their prayers drowned out by the stun grenades. the orthodox church has been a constant presence and now the head of the church has taken sides by refusing to accept a medal for long service from the president himself. >> this medal is covered in the blood of our brothers and sisters.

>> we refuse to accept this award because there is no justice in our country. why should we receive an award from a bunch of criminals? >> vitaly klitchko is fastly appearing as the face of the protestors. the truth was to give talks between president yanukovych and the opposition. having gone out on a limb klitchko arrived making it clear the ball is in the president's court. >> right now, i stopped hour ago, the conflict in bushesko street, starting for negotiation. and i am more than sure right

now, the next step, the power have to stop the congregation against activists and all activists have to be free. it's the main points where base points where we can start negotiation. >> reporter: but before he could head into the building he is told the president had postponed their meeting. it was another three hours before president yanukovych called in the opposition leaders for that meeting. they then had several hours of discussion before the opposition leaders left saying they may have found a way to end the bloodshed. but they wanted to take the conclusions from their meeting to the people. it was soon apparent that the leaders were not happy. the president had made to release all political prisoners, there were jeers and boos from the crowd. klitchko had said the president

appeared concerned, join a general strike, sue tesson al jazeera. kiev. also protests outside the capital. protestors gathered in four other cities. the grove of levov was writing a letter of resignation, after his office was stormed. governor said he was forced to write the letter. opposition leaders are attempting to take over the regional council buildings in the center of the city. around a thousand protestors stormed the building south of the capitol, a similar scene, protestors called for the resignation of the government. have nav inkm baba, have the

talks changes thursday anything on the ground there? >> well, interestingly during those talks on thursday, opposition leaders had called a truce and at the flash point a few hundred meters away from where i am in independence square it did calm down. there was no burning of objects, no confrontations with the riot police, not there in large newspaper following call from the opposition leaders. overnight though there's been a clear expression of disappointment by activists here in the square and elsewhere. they have been told by the opposition leaders that the only concession that president yanukovych offered was to start to release people who have been arrested since last sunday when the fighting started. but there's no time scale for that and they say that they're not happy with the conditions, what they're going to do now in

fact is to extend their control over a larger area of these parts of kiev up to the site of the clashes. what we are seeing now is tires being burned at the front line. we're not seeing large numbers of people but there's a huge pile over there of rubber tires. i think it's a symbolic warning that if those talks don't actually resume and produce more concessions then there could be further unrest. >> and meanwhile the unrest has spread to outside the capitol. how worrying is that for government? >> so far, i think it will be of concern for security forces but it won't have come as a massive surprise. you are referring to people in many different cities occupying regional administration buildings. that's still ongoing in charkasi for example where we are seeing

pictures from, that is still the situation with thousands of people occupying that building but they are surroundinged by security forces. in rivna another city there were resignations by members of the police unhappy by what they were ordered to do. a different situation in some eastern cities although some of those sit-ins have papped in the east, generally in ukrainian speaking parts of ukraine where the russian influence is greatest in this country there has certainly not been a repeat of those scenes and many people are actually backing the strong line from people like the prime minister, what's being attempted here is a coup d'etat. for failing to stop those occupations. so i think it's a divided reaction but from the activists here is wrait and see for the moment, elizabeth.

>> thank you very much for had a nadeem, joining us from the capital kiev. still ahead, looting on the streets, the deteriorating condition of central african republic as a new leader is sworn in. al jazeera america. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond

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>> good to have you with us. these are the stop stories on al jazeera. egyptian state tv is reporting a second explosion in the capital cairo, leaving one person dead

and 15 injured. earlier it was said 4 people were killed, after a blast in cairo. talks between the ukrainian president and opposition leaders have so far failed to produce a solution to the ongoing leader, opposition leader vitaly klichkov said the talkser a waste of time. geneva two, overseeing the negotiations, not sure whether they will return for face to face talks. after much reluctance, syrian opposition decided to attend the talks. geneva 2 may be the last chance the syrian national coalition to assert itself effectively.

opposition to syrian president bashar al-assad's regime started on the streets in march 2011. many people paid with their lives demanding change and reform. four months later it was no longer a nonviolent struggle. the people fought back. then came the first attempts not just to form a political leadership but a political body to represent the grass roots movement. the syrian national council was born in august 2011. but it didn't take long for internal rifts to emerge. the council failed to connect with the protestors on the street. the west grew aring dissatisfied. >> we've made it clear that the snc can no longer be viewed as the visible leader of the opposition. they can be part of a larger opposition. but that opposition must include

people from inside syria and others who have a legitimate voice that needs to be heard. >> reporter: so in november 2012 the syrian national coalition was founded in doha. it was considered to be a more representative body. other groups including the free syrian army were included. recognized as a legitimate representative of the opposition. the snc was influenced by international and regional powers. he stepped down in protest a few months after taking office and yet again the politicians in compilecompileinexile failed to. the failure of the opposition's political leadership to unite the groups on the ground and

bring it under its wing created a vacuum and that led to another war. a war against thing islamic state of iraq and the levant, allowed al qaeda-linked groups to grow in strength. that in turn affected western support for the rebels and intensified efforts to find a political settlement. it was after much resignations that the snc decided to attend the so-called geneva 2 conference. attending risks undermining whatever legitimacy it has within syria especially if nothing is achieved. they dot have much to fall back on. on the ground the regime has the upper hand, and it has said over and over it is not turning over power. until now it is the groups with the guns who have the influence

on the ground. sden huder, al jazeera, beirut. catherine samba panza faces enormous challenges to reestablish her government. >> smiles in bangui, there haven't been many recently. but everyone is looking for a sign that this country may have turned a corner. it's all about this woman, catherine samba panza. she has the blessing of the french and several transition april governments. she will need to be strong. to convince muslim and christian militias to give up their guns.

>> to the fighters of the ex seleka, we will no longer tolerate the continuing disorder in our country. >> but the disorder shows no sign of ending. not far from where the president spoke an orgy of looting, christians stealing whatever they could from the houses of muslims who had fled. these are the people who drove the muslims away. the antibalacas, they have special powers they say to protect them from bullets. the people here are not just looting. they're tearing buildings apart. it is as if they are trying to remove all trace of the muslim community that lived here and ensure that the muslims never come back. they dismantle shacks and they rip the metal roofing from a mosque. french soldiers watched all this

happen. it was left to rwandan peace keepers to scare away the looters. >> every muslim we've spoken to in the last few days wants to leave for chad. they say we just can't live under this kind of violence, we have to choose between our country and our lives. and they are waiting, thousands of people are waiting to take treks to go to chad and leave after having lived in this country for many, many generations. ♪ >> so catherine sam pa panza has it all to do. she will need luck lots of courage and lots of help from abroad. she carries the hopes of a country whose fortunes could scarcely sink any lower.

bangui. >> nearly five weeks of fighting, the deal was reached at talks in the ethiopi in the n capital addis ababa. reporting from the southeast capital juba. >> at least now those who have left their homes because of the violence that has raged through sowsdz over the past several weeks -- south sudan over the past few weeks, the deal signed in addis ababa essentially guarantees that there will be a cessation of fire, that they will allow humanitarian relief to reach those who need it. despite this break through despite the cease fire.

there are real differences between both sides here. there is riek machar, a person who believes he should be running this country, pitted against salva kiir, the person who seemed to have liberated south sudan. the other tribes, dinkas and other tribes over south sudan. crimes committed over the past few weeks unless real reconciliations, it is hard to determine whether real peace will last very long. conflict in south sudan, the image on the left was taken in december in the town of maon unity state, in the right, the few houses are all that's left

to remain. the destruction of the entire village as it is burned down in unity state, the number of displaced people in the u.n. compound between late december and january. india's supreme court has ordered a judge to investigate the gang remain of a 20-year-old woman from the state of west bengal. 13 suspects have been arrested. it is alleged that the rape was ordered by village elders, doctors treating the 20-year-old has given an update on her condition. >> she is normal she's taking her food and sustenance. >> north korea has called on the south korean government to call off military drills, what's necessary is to make a bold decision to stop all hostile

military acts. the biggest hurdle, south korea dismissed the letter as having a hidden motivate. as a result of north korea's military provocations. last march, pyongyang made threats against the south koreans and the u.s. canadian province of quebec, a fire has broken out, in an old person's facility. 35 years later, the fbi says i.t. arrested five suspects. $6 million was stolen from lufthansa's cargo building. the heist was made famous by the

film, "good fellas". >> john f. kennedy airport 1978. in little over an hour a half dozen masked gunmen made off with $5 million in cash and $1 million in jewels bound for what was west germany. a daring crime, the largest robbery in u.s. history. >> nobody knows for sure just how much was taken at the daring predawn raid. >> later it was memorialized in the martin scorsese film, "good fellas". >> whenever we needed money we'd rob the airport. it was better than citibank. >> he is now dead but the search

of his former home last summer led to a body said to have tied the heist to this man. vincent asaro who was arrested and charged with the crime. four other associates arrested, alleged members of the bonano family. neither age nor location has assuaged his capability. >> if you have the biggest heist in u.s. history, still unsofltd, about. >> they finally have the right man behind bars. only a fraction of the money and

jewels stolen was ever recovered. kristin saloomi, al jazeera, new york. break news from egypt. third explosion this time in giza in the haran rvetioan area. many believe it was a hand made device. >> climbing the economic ladder in america, it's easier in some states and harder in others. we will explain. plus across the united states this has not been a good day for mcdonald's but it has been a great one for people who sell natural gas, we'll update you on america's energy emergency. >> in dabo, ali velshi, reports