violence in crimea. forces are accused of opening fire on ukrainian troops. >> crimea was and all will remain russia. >> this comes hours after vladimir putin signed the treaty effectively making crimea russian territory again. >> with the rest of the

news from europe, including rothers that one of russia's most wanted men, is dead. could this man be the cocaine king of the ball kens? >> and 11 days on, thailand only now reveals data which may help explain where the missing plane was headed. >> plus, three years into the conflict, the u.s. expels syrian officials and closes it's diplomatic offices. >> . >> well, it's been another someday of fast moving developments many in crimea. ukraine's prime minister has accused russian soldiers of opening fire on it's forces. one soldier has been killed after armed men stormed the base on the outskirts. this within hours of russia effectively

annexing the territory. being absorbed into russia, in a speech that last has minutes he said the united states and it's allies could not decide the fate of the world. our first report is from barn by phillips in crimea. >> in the port many consider vladimir putin to be a hero and this to be a wonderful day. >> we are happy, everybody happy. not only me. all people are happy. we are russia. and we are russian every time. >> for russians are celebrating these are worrying times for the minorities and then there's a question of the ukrainian soldiers

stranded in their bases. >> into something more serious, at a base there are conflicting reports of what happened, ukrainians say the russians attacked and killed. ukraine's prime minister treated it as an ominous development. today militias starting to shoot at troops and it is not acceptable, the first urgent thing that needs to be done, the defense ministers of ukraine, russia, u.s., and u.k. need to discuss the situation, and make a decision regarding the escalation of the military conflict. a political dialog needs to start regarding the legality and the punishment of the violation of international law by the russian federation.

we found a defiant by tired major inside. i asked if and his men would now leave as the russians are demanding. >> this is my answer. we will not leave this place without the proper artist, and we will not obuy the crimea government or whoever. >> the russian soldiers outside didn't want to be filmed al jazeera, crimea. >> paul brennen is joining us from the cap tom kiev. so what the reaction has been from kiev on that shooting in crimea. >> little reaction on the shooting at the moment. it's really just unfolding frankly. too early really for many to be aware of what is happening. and the details are

developing as the minutes pass. i can tell you now on the defense ministry website, here in kiev, they are giving a few more details. they say the soldier that died received a chest wound. and that a captain who was wounded was wounded with a bullet wounds to his neck and his chest. but is undergoing hospital treatment. and that a third soldier was wounded or injured in his leg. so two wounded and one fatality at this base. also, reports from ukrainian tonight, quoting a defense min industry source saying that the soldiers at those ukrainian basis have been authorized now to open fire if they feel that their own safety is under threat from people trying to get into the bases to apack them. so a dangerous escalation, and a surprising escalation, given the fact that there was supposed to be a verbal agreement for a trues, at least lasting through until friday.

why the details of exactly what was to happen to these soldiers trapped inside the self-autonomous region, what exactly their fate it would be, it was supposed to be a status quo situation, all that was worked out. >> okay, paul, thank you. paul brennen reporting from kiev. >> well, the attack in crimea came just hours after president vladimir putin sign add treaty making it part of russia. in which crimeas voted to join the russian federation, from moscow, peter sharp reports. >> a day that will be remembered in history. it is undoubtly the highlight of vladimir putin's presidency, he had restored crimea to the federation with bewilders speed. and he was clear why

russia did what i did. >> president of crimea is a battle call, called on russia to protect their lights and still happening in kiev. and other ukrainian cities. naturally, we cannot dismiss such a request, we cannot leave crimea in farrell, it would have been a betrayal. >> at moscow, ukrainians arriving on the morning train from the west of their country were reluctant to talk, there are fears that the crisis can deepen. >> i would like crimea to stay with us, what's to stop them making kiev part of russia, it is such a mess. >> but for the president a message of reassurance. we don't want to damage you, we always respected your identity and sovereignty. don't believe the threats other regions will follow, we don't want that, we don't need it. as president putin added his signature to the

document and unification, an awareness to the kremlin that there will be a price to pay. >> the russian president has effectively bypassed the diplomatic off ramp as a return of crimea is nonnegotiable, with the stroke of a pen, president putin has put russia on course for one of the most serious confrontations with the west, since the seve yet invasion of afghanistan in 1979. >> in moscow thousands gathered in red square. 90% of the people here are said to have backed president putin and despite the global condemnation, his approval rating continues to rise. putin's not just popular among these people, he is extraordinarily popular. peter sharp, al jazeera, moscow. >> the speed of the

actions took the community by surprise. in the bittish parliament, foreign secretary was the first to respond. >> no amount of sham and preverse democratic process, or skewed historical references can make up for the fact that is this is an into a sovereign state, and a land grab of part of its territory, with no respect for the law of that country or for international law. he also announced the first unilateral action. in warsaw, american vice president threatened russia with isolation. >> it is a simple fact that russians political and economic isolation will only increase if it continues down it's current path. and it is -- and it will, in fact, see additional

sanctions by the united states and the e.u. >> so much for the limited ones impose sod far. russian officials have reacted with contempt. tough decisions await leaders on thursday, will they start to hit those closest to president putin. russias that threatened retaliation if they do. >> in portugal said russia is breaking the law. >> the declaration of independence also went against international law. and the encorporation into the russian federation also goes against international law. >> from washington president obama called for a g. seven meeting next week, where russians membership of the g. 8 will probably end. the international community is threatening russia with economic and political isolation. the policy that will

punish russia come with a price. it's not clear everyone is willing to simon mcgregor wood, al jazeera. >> much more ahead including troops patrol the capitol after two days of running street battles. plus, the press under pressure, why journalists in sudan say their livelihoods are under threat. and coming up in sport, we will be inside stanford as a returning hero hopes to cause champions league heartbreak for chelsea. >> but first, the reports of the chef chan fighter who claimed responsible for deadly attacks in russia has been killed. he was expected of being

by hind an attack which killed 40 people. most recently. the website posted news of his death, and the russian government has yet to report on it. in moscow for us, so, this time around, is it likely to be true? >> it seems so. as you noted he does get regularly reported dead and there have been very very false alarms. but this time, he has been reported dead by his own organization. the caucuses, on their website they declared that he had becomed martyred, certainly means he is dead, usually in some violent way. and that they have elected a replacement for him. so there aren't any further details how he divided when he dies

under what circumstances who killed him. but i think we can assume he is dead. it also doesn't mean much, because they seem to have a lot of young people coming up from the ranks and leaders get killed regularly by the russian security forces and are constantly regularly replaced. tongue we will get any reaction from this from the russian authorities. >> well, i think that if they killed him, they will brag about it. they usually do. but it may not be that the russian security forces killed him, it may have been a fight within his own ranks. it may have been the promos cow checkians. so i think we just have to wait and see what kind

of announcements are made. one of the most wanted men in the ball cans has been arrested after an international man hung. he has given himself up to police after an operation involving the c.i.a. he faces charges including trafficking 5.7 tons of cocaine from south america to europe. here is al jazeera. >> used to private planes to the trappings of the super wealthy lifestyle, but the man guiding one of the world's most wanted drug worlds of this jet are not his personal bodyguards they are drugs officers bringing their prize home. he had been own the run for years. his latest destination, and a meeting with his lawyer. >> i met him this morning

and now there is hearing which i just attended to desite if he would stand custody for the time being. >> this was is what earned his wanted status, nearly three tons of cocaine, intersected on a boat in europe five years ago, the plan was to smuggle it to western europe. serbian officers launch add huge operation, they arrested a number of his accomplices back home. earn though he is now in custody, authorities are still chasing those they say worked with him. >> right now we have international arrest warrants. we can't tell you much more as it will jeopardize our efforts to catch them. >> cocaine brought him money, and power, it's now brought him home to face court and if convicted potentially the rest of his life in jail.

phil lavell, al jazeera. >> 500 migrants from africa force their way into the spanish enclive. they try to scramble over the separation boarder fence, in one of the biggest crossings in years. more than 1,000 people are estimated to have made it across since the beginning of the year, at least 15 people drowned in february, while trying to swim to the spanish island. near the island. 62 of those rescued were children. the court ruled that being part of the fund did not breech the right to decide how tax money

is spent. greece is one of the biggest bail out recipients. international dependent inspectors have allowed greece to access more bail out loans. al jazeera emma hayward is in paris. >> in a very noisy rally here in paris, where two of the main unions are taking part in this day of action, at the heart of this is something called the responsibility packet. it is a measure that the government wants to introduce to bring down the number of people out of work here, and boost the economy. certainly, what it will mean is that employers pay less in social security contributions to employees and in response, may will have to create jobs. now the unions many here believe it is not a good idea.

the responsibility packet is a present for the bosses. we don't trust them on the number of jobs they are going to create. >> by touches the social charges you open up the system. of the pension system, that they like to attack with the pension we report, and we are here to say no to it. >> this comes ahead of a big week here. people will go to the polls in local elections the first real big election there. nearly two-year-old presidency, of course, he has very much struggled in the polls, he is the most unpopular post war french president. >> and in eastern france, activists from environmental group green peace have forced their way into a nuclear power plant. they climbed on to a tower and then hung banners calling for the closure saying it is a risk to europe. iran's nuclear program is being discussed in vienna. meeting representatives of six world powers for

talked. al jazeera is there. >> there are yet more challenges and the e.u. chief foreign envoy as they try to focus on a final settlement on iran's nuclear activities. first, a spat and a canceled dinner over kathryn ashton's meeting over human rights activists during her last visit to tehran. and then the crisis in crimea, and it's threat to these talks because of a potential split between moscow and washington. and so -- you know, as i said in my earlier answer, there is no indication that it's having a negative effect. >> a strong denial, but the risk remains. could moscow cut a

separate deal. even before the crisis erupted president putin was reported to be discussing a deal with iran in which moscow would buy iranian oil in exchange for money, goods and help in building new nuclear reactor p p no one is optimistic about a quick resolution here, despite an interim agreement reached late last year, when iran's shelved higher grade uranium enrichment in exchange for modest relief from punitive economic sanctions. that's fit europe for now, let's go back to doreen. >> lauren, the search for the missing malaysian passenger jet moved into the 11th day, thailand has shared new information, radar equipment in southern thailand may have detected the flight just minutes after it's communications went down. it asked evidence the plane may have turned around towards the strait. thailand said it didn't share the information earlier because it wasn't

specifically asked for it. well, relatives of chinese passengers aboard that flight, are threatening to go on hunger strike. they are demanding answers about the missing aircraft. mcbride has this report. >> the frustration of not knowing boils over into anger. >> respect life, return our relatives can everyone read it. >> this was a meeting between relatives of the passengers and airline staff at the hotel in beijing, that has become the focal point for any information. >> the relatives believe that information has been with held until now. >> what we want is the truth. >> the malaysians are

counting days but we chinese are counting seconds. the families are at the point of collapsing. >> from frustrating airline staff, a plea for understanding, for the answers they simply don't have. >> i can accept the criticisms and mistakes you have pointed out, but the problem is that some information and material we really have no way to access. >> as china extends it's rout that it could have taken, the relatives believe valuable time has been lost. it is almost inconceivable that the plane could have come down over land, without anyone knowing about it, but the areas now being searched are some of the best remote along china's borders. >> the government in china says every possibility has to be explored. it's investigators have ruled out any hijacking by chinese passengers onboard the flight. >> china has investigated the backgrounds of all

chinese passengers on the flight, and has found no evidence phailine to destructive behavior. in china's view that now puts the focus back on the other crew, and the pressure for solving the mystery back on malaysia. al jazeera, hong kong. >> the obama administration is expelling syrian diplomates from the united states and suspending the operations of it's embassy across the country. in a statement the new special envoy to syria, says it's unacceptable for individuals appointed by that regime to conduct diplomatic operations in the united states. why was this made at this particular time. >> well, apparently back on march 10th. the embassy announced that it was not longer going to be open to provide services to either syrian citizens or to people who wanted to

go to syria. now, because of that, and because of the on going civil war in which it doesn't seem that either the syrian government or the rebels are gaining any significant ground, the u.s. government decided that there essentially was no reason for the embassy to be in operation. now we should stress this point, this does not mean that the u.s. is breaking off diplomatic relations. in the statement provided by the special envoy,s in a case of standing with the syrian people, by maintaining diplomatic relations. all right, rosalyn, thank you. four israeli soldiers have been injured while patrolling the syrian boarder. that's according to the israeli army. more from jerusalem. >> this follow as bomb

that was detonatedded involving an israeli army jeep. we know there were four soldier whose were injured when that bob was detonated. as a result, way are told this is why the israeli army decided to take action, saying that the bomb in it's believe originated in syrian territory, and therefore, it holds syrians responsibility for the actions against the israeli soldiers. now, this has been a site of increased tensions in recent weeks, we do know that earlier in the month, in fact, that the israeli military fired artillery against two men that it says were planting bombs inside the israeli occupied golden heights. as for this latest bomb, there have been no claims of responsibility, and it is still unclear what the motivations for detonating this bomb might be. >> a libyan rebel leader is accusing of the united states of pie rassey, and saying washington is

helping steal oil from the libyan people. that's despites threats from the central government to attack the ship. the militia loaded about $30 million of oil on to the ship. u.s. navy seals are now escorting it back to a government held port. >> an egyptian court has jailed a police officer for the deaths of 37 inmates last august. the men suffocated from tier gas in the back of a police van while being transported to a prison in cairo. the interior min industry says the prisoners were supporters of mohammed mousesy. security forces said the men died during an escape attempt but later retracted that claim. three others were sentenced to one year. coming up on the al jazeera news hour, the streets of bangkok are quiet but the political crisis isn't over, we'll tell you why, plus.

>> 80 days in captivity the family of jailed al jazeera journalist speak out. and world cup hosts been he dash, action from the event coming up later in sports.

. >> hello, again. thailand's government has listed a state of emergency in and around bangkok. the 60 day rule was introduced to help antigovernment demonstrations. since then, several protest catches have been closed. at this time of year there should be more tourists but political violence led many to issue travel warnings. business owners hoped this will change. now that the government has lifted the emergency law. but this decision has more to do with improving the image with consumers and investors. the political crisis between pro and antigovernment supporters is not over. >> i think people will feel confidentble to combat again and again. but the problem is the crisis is not so -- they have problem.

>> the prime minister convened her outside bangkok, is an indication that not all is well in thailand. her office is surrounded by protestors. nevertheless, her administration says security has improved. the emergency law was meant to end the sort of antigovernment protests. but it failed. the courts ruled that the prime minister could not use force to disperse demonstrators. opposition now have a symbolic site in a park in central bangkok. they are now hoping will be forced out of office by the courts be uh the ruling party doesn't see that as a threat. >> the prime minister, the deputy senior prime minister will become acting prime minister, so that means the government is still on, the government doesn't absolve with the prime minister being indicted.

expensive than manys places. and most of that should pay for road improvements. despite the community, they are in a first state and not getting any better. the state that come up with a tax to fund improvements rush the efficient or worse. and with more fuel efficient cars people are filling up. which will change the way motorists are taxed. >> oregon's idea is that motorists will be charged for every kilometer we travel, not very much, somewhere in the region of one to 2 cents. there will be a small device in every car, which will detail how far people are traveling. >> people worry this will be another part of lives tracked by the government. >> way don't look at it as tracking.

for one thing, we have learned that the system cannot have any kind of a gps mandated box. citizens don't like that. >> the oregon experiment will start next year with just 5,000 drivers. the state has more than 3 million registers cars. the small sample can be brown quickly if it is a success. and that's why other states and the federal government are watch things very closely. >> people have been looking to oregon and to other states, minnesota, has been another state that has been inviteny this area. so i think -- de facto it has become a bit of a template. >> while the tax or charge is the politicians prefer to call it may make perfect sense, the biggest obstacle may be convincing people it is for their benefit. >> i would rather do it at the pump, so i don't have to keep track of my mileage. >> with the use of everybody on the internet, we are all using our privacy, and this is another right to

lose. once we lose it we will never get it back. >> and proud is confronting a problem experts and politicians here insist will only get worse unless there's argentation. and a new approach. >> allen fisher, al jazeera, salem, oregon. >> robin is here with a update on all the day's sports news. >> thank you so much. his return to stanford bridge in the next hour, but it will be an opposition to his former club chelsea. looking to secure place in the quarter finals oif champions league, the first league in it stainable, finished one off from london now, kerry brown reports. >> this is the hottest ticket in town, quite literally a full sell out. british newspapers having to warn people that already a lot of fake tickets. tickets going for as much as 600 pounds east, as chelsea fans are desperate to catch a glimpse. should he score i asked

him when he returned as the intire milan manager, and delighted he said no not at all. i achieve everything i wanted to, at chelsea, there's no bitterness at all, hinting on a possible return perhaps, jose is telling me that he won't talk about a player who is out of contract, in the summer, but he did say that, of course, a player that is such a legend in this club is bound to return one day. roberto perhaps having a bit of a dig at the lack of fire power here at chelsea. when i asked him if he had been replaced here, he said he is a quality player, he is very hard to replace. could he come here as the returning hero and cause heartbreak we'll find out tonight. >> also kick off in the next hour, a champion league quarter final play the spanish premier

leaders tax a 6-1 advantage into their last 16 second leg tie. that man there the leading scorer, is expected to extend the drum in all competitions to 31. they also have one eye on sunday's in the league. >> manchester unite willed be under a lot of pressure when they face on wednesday. the red devils trail by two goals after the first in greece, and following sunday's 3-nil loss to liverpool, manager david motion is again being force to defend his position. >> the biggest assurance is that we get on with the job. we never discuss it, we talk about the future, we meet for years going forward, that's why it is a sex year contract. because this club -- it's a long term vision. >> grandeur have moved to

the top of their group in the asian champions league. the world cup winning coach, 3-1 on tuesday. they have 7 points from their three matches. second in the group of eight, they have been joined on 4 points by melvin victory. kevin musket the victory post add 1-nil victory over japan. scoring the winner there. officials in charge of the 2022 world cup have denied fresh allegations of corruption surrounding the winning bid for the tournament. the british newspaper alleged the former five fa vice president and his family were paid almost $2 million by former football official. both men's career ended when they were caught up in a corruption investigation surrounding his campaign for the

presidency in 2011. but organizers of the world cup stressed that ben was never officially involved in the tournament. while they say the bid here to fifa's regulations in compliance with their code of ethics the statement adds that organizers are unaware of any allegations surrounding business dealers between private individuals. >> warmed up for cycling first major event of the year, with a victory the spaniard can only manage the 29th fastest time in the final 90 points. the former tour de france winner finishing 11 seconds. of the movie star team, the contador claim the two minute and five second overall victory. >> for the win, of course, also very good race, and so i have my

career -- and then for me it's very upsetting. and this with my performance. >> that's from cycling. and afghanistan has beaten hong kong by seven wickets at the world 2020. who were instrumental in that win, lasting half centuries that helped afghanistan reach it's 154 on target. hong kong effectively out of the tournament, while afghanistan plays on thursday, with a place in the second round. still up for grabs. >> that puts been he dash an easy day out. they restricted their visitors to 126, for five in their 20 overs. top scoring fourth, been he dash with 42 of 33 as they cruise to the victory target in the 16th over the winners. it's their second victory in two days they are now one step closer to the

super 10 stage of their tournament. the top eight ranked sides will enter the tournament across the weekend including australia who opened against pakistan, the one cricket team or trophy that has abused them, and they will be without johnson for this one. >> we certainly came to win it, and i think given australia's history, we -- yeah, something we would like to rectify in terms of winning it, but we are now more desperate than any other world cup, and more desperate that any side is here i would imagine. >> the sidney ground has hosted some of australia's most famous, but it has undergone a major trance formission. it has made way for a bible diamond for the mlb opener. the los angeles dodgers will take on the diamond bags in the two game series. it is the first time the season has started in the southern hemisphere. >> when i walked in here. i thought this was

facility reminded me of our iconic ballparks. it looks like a wrigley field, or a fenway park. i have a chance to tour this building, before the press conference, back in the locker room over here, and it is just a fantastic facility, and i think lit be a great venue. >> there is the sport for now. >> all right, see you then, thank you. ovals are underway to concern the author's house near lav vanna in cuba has been untouched since before he died in 1961. curators are working together to preserve and digitize hemingway's letters photographs as well as his manuscripts. he wrote some of his best known novels there like "the old man in the sea," "for whom the bell tolls." back to your regular programming on al jazeera america, for the rest of our international viewers it's barbara sara with

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leaders from iran and five other countries are meeting today for another round of talks, to limit iran's nuclear program, the two parties hope to reach an agreement by july that cuts the nuclear activities in exchange for end of sanctions against tehran.