>> sna >> troops under pressure. a deadly assault on a ukrainian army barrack, followed by a break-in at a navy base. >> the world news now from al jazeera. also ahead - the army called in over violent protests in lebanon, as the effects of syria's border sail over the border again. >> problems for the u.n., trike to move thousands sheltering at its bases in south sudan. >> and the fishermen caught in

the rivalry between india and pakistan. >> ukraine's navy headquarters in crimea has been overrun by pro-russian forces. hundreds of men barricaded themselves in the building in sevastopol. no shots have been fired, but a russian flag has been raised outside the base. on tuesday a soldier was killed in an attack on an army base at simferepol. russian soldier were blamed, accusing them of a war crime arseniy yatsenyuk said the conflict had moved to a military phase. >> the shooting happened hours after russia's president signed an agreement to make crimea part of the russian operation.

the u.s. and e.u. accused the russians of a land grab. in a phone call to the secretary of state john kerry, russia's foreign minister warned against sanctions, saying there'd by be consequences. jennifer glasse joins us from sevastopol, at an army base. >> this happened a little over two hours ago. the base was surrounded and overrun. the ukrainian naval officers have been barricaded for two weeks. they are leaving one by one. the crowd is applauding, not in a supporting way, but a jeering way, some saying go home, go the train station. one officer, they searched his bag. there are negotiations going on in the last hour or so. one of the buildings was stormed

by a civilian. there's a mixture, some armed, russian troops and men in uniforms. there are ukrainian military offices milling around the base, one told me they were asking for order. i saw one man walking out of a building with his belongings, including pictures of naval ships. >> that's jennifer glasse joining us from that naval base in sevastopol. let's go to our correspondent in the crimean capital. nick spicer is standing by. reports of an arrest for the killing of a ukrainian officer yesterday. what more can you tell us about that? >> well, there are lots of reports. there are a lot of rumours that has not been confirmed locally. there are stories coming out of

kiev saying it has taken place. the tension is moving from the military sphere to the religious sphere. there are two churches here, aligned with the orthodox religion in ukraine and crimea. one of them obeys the moscow patriar patriarch. there was a schism in the church in 1992. the priests who follow moscow said they would like to take over the churches run by the patriarch in kiev. those following the moscow patriarch accompanied by crimean self-defence forces showed up at the local kiev-directed church and said, "we want to see your land registry and the documents that prove you own the church, because once we take over the base, this will be ours." >> how are people there reacting to this?

>> well, with some ser enty. there's a sign in prove the parliament. it accused to say this is the crimean autonomous republic parliament, it now says this is is the parliament of the reb public of crimea, part of the russian federation. people are confident that military action is not needed, that they'll fall on their own, laws have been passedment and saying that the military assets belong to the newly independent crimea, as people see it. another person that i spoke to. members of the tat tar minority. all of this was not going in the cight direction and felt --

right direction, and she felt fear. these people are quite fearful for their future. nick schifrin joining us from the crimean capital. >> in beirut one person has died and two others wounded during protests. sunni demonstrators blocked sefrt streets and are protesting against a siege on the border town of abasal. >> the road was blocked by residents of a nearby shi'a town. our correspondent stefanie dekker is joining us live from there now. what is going on there. what is happening? >> well, we are on the road between lebway at a shiite

village, one or twokm up the hill. this is the area blocked for the last three days sips the fall in syria, and what has happened is around 6 o'clock in the morning the army of special forces - if i show you - they are army commandos who set up a checkpoint on the road because of the tense security situation. since the fall of the town, hezbollah has come under attack. there was a car bomb on sunday claimedly al nusra, saying the fight would be taken into lebanon, because hezbollah was seen as leading the fight. theys this is to stop your boasting. and there's three rockets that fell on the town on monday. this is why the army came here. we saw in total security forces coming down the hill, patrolling

and have come down. >> incredibly tense and significant that the lebanese army has been deployed to this part of lebanon. >> yes. because this is an unusual checkpoint, this military commandio checkpoint is something that is not usually here, there's an army checkpoint and the usual way in. because what happened last night in beirut, also in tripoli, these are sunni areas in solidarity, what they said was the town for three days. being the siege, no one could come in and out. there's an issue with bashar al-assad. they believe they are proresolution. and in the porest mountainous areas where they launch attacks. they are tense, there's a parliament session to scs the government memorandum. they have an emergency meeting, where they said that security of

the utmost importance, to get the situation under control, but it was a huge challenge. >> stefanie dekker joining us from lebanon. >> now, the israeli military says it has targeted several syrian army positions a day after four troops were wounded in a roadside bombing in the occupied golan heights. israel blamed the asaad government for helping in the attack. kimberley halkett has the latest. >> the israeli military says the aircraft carried out a number of strikes earlier, on a number of targets including a military headquarters and a training base. >> it occurred along the shared border. israel says it acted because syria enabled the tuesday attack on an israeli jeep. we know the attack occurred, according to the israeli

military when four shoulders exited a jeep to investigate suspicious activities, ta a bomb was detonated. four soldiers were injured. one seriously. it was then that israel responded, late tuesday with artillery fire, and with aircraft strikes. why has this happened? >> we do know that there has been increased tensions along israel's north-east border, the border between lebanon and syria. we know that earlier on friday that, in fact, israel fired six mortars into south lebanon after saying a bomb was detonated. israel pointed to hezbollah, as being responsible for that. we know that earlier this month israel shot two men, the army shot two men after it says the men were attempting to plant a roadside bomb in the same area of recent activity in the golan

heights region, hezbollah having the finger pointed at them. >> rebels say they have freed 400 inmates from a prison after engaging with asaad's forces before entering a prison complex. >> now to yemen, shia rebels have begun withdrawing from positions near samar, after a truth was agreed with armed tribesman. some houthi fighters are refusing to withdraw, despite an ultimatum given by the army. troops have been deployed to prevent those that left from returning to their positions. >> thailand's military says it picked up a signal on its radar

that may have belonged to the missing malaysia airlines flight. the officials say they didn't report the findings, because they were not asked for them. the land and sea search covers an area the size of australia. the malaysia airlines flight went missing with 239 passengers on board. >> an anticorruption watchdog in south africa will release a report at the private home of president zuma. there has been allegations that public money was spent on a swimming pool, visitors lounge and cattle enclosure. mem we ares bers of the a.n.c. party -- members of the a.n.c. company says jacob zuma has not done anything wrong. >> the leader charged with organising deadly attacks with russia has been reported as

dead. several reports of him being killed in the past proved to be incorrect. umarov is suspected of deadly attacks in volgograd weeks before the sochi winter olympics. it believed to be behind the moscow subway bombing that killed 40. >> a political analyst in moscow says umarov has always been elusive. >> this is not the first time we see the reports of his killing. the only difference is it's confirmed by the rebels. some sources say he might a died of the wounds as early as last summer. so the question is what comes next.

obviously this announcement that the - officially confirms the death and puts a full stop in the history of chech yen rebellion, how it was started. i don't want to say we won't see terrorists, because they are underground there. it has mostly moved to the neighbouring republics, like daing as tan and -- daing es tan and regions in russia, like the terrorist acts in volgograd. >> still to come on al jazeera - political continuation in berundy. the government banning an opposition party blamed for recent violence. plus the u.s. re writes military history. we tell you about medals overlooked because of race and

religion.

>> it's good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. ukraine's navy headquarters in crimea has been overrun by pro-russian forces. dozens of events, some in uniform, some in civilian clothes barricaded themselves in the building. the legg niece army is being sent to two downs as the area is drawn into the conflict. one person has been killed, and

protests after a seem on a border town. >> there are reports that the chechen rebel leader that claimed responsibility for a number of attacks has been killed. duke u umer ov was suspected of orchestrating an attack which killed 40 people. >> many millions are living in bases across south sudan. there are logistical and security concerns about moving people. >> this piece of land used to be used for storage. it floods when it rains. these peacekeepers have been sent to help people move. >> the u.n. is trying to get them to relocate to another base on higher ground. >> david lamb is one of a few people who agreed to move.

>> there was something like three days and the water. >> this area was never intended for people to live on. it's part of the administrative base fon the u.n. mission and was home to staff and peacekeepers. now it has to accommodate an extra 21,000 people, prone to flooding. >> the u.n. mission had no way of knowing that in december that the people seeking protection would decide to stay indefinitely. >> at the time when we opened the gates, we thought it would be a republica of similar situations that we have seen in south sudan previously. >> we have usually had them for - under our protection for a few days, and then when things come down and people felt safer, they would return to their homes. now that they are living here, the u.n. can't force them to

move. the place is unsuitable. most of the people living here don't want to leave. the existence of the camp put the u.s. at pods with the government. the government believes former combat apts are among the civilians. >> after failing in the coup, they ran into enemy's camps. those were in the enemies camps. among them are people carrying arms. >> the u.n. denies the people in the camps have weapons, decisions taken will have long-term repercussions. >> egypt's president promised to spare no effort in his attempts to secure the release of al jazeera journalistshold in a prison for 81 days much the interim president made his

pledge in a letter to peter greste's parents. he's been detained with producers mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy. >> they are accused of having links with a terrorist group. abdullah al-shami is also being held, from our arabic channel. al jazeera rejects charges and demands their release. >> the main opposition party in barr undy has been suspended. the movement for solidarity and development has been blamed for violent clashes. we have been speaking to the president, ahead of next year's general election. >> opposition parties say the president wants to change your the constitution. he has been in power for nearly 10 years. he'll do whatever his party decides. >> when you are chosen to

represent your party, the last approval is down. that's why in our political party, when they want to present to you, they must. also, they electoral commission, which are going to say this is fair. >> it's been a tense few weeks. opposition supporters concerned the president will hang on to power. the movement for solidarity and development was down for four months. >> what they have done, it was to be there to - to fight against the political - the

police. so this a mistake. they have been arrested. the last rebel command are to lay down arms says this is the worst political crisis since the end of the civil war. >> one could thing we have resumed with war. can you imagine people being shot with real bullets when the - when they are not armed. because a lady have gone to the - gone to the headquarters, because of fear, because there was chance and shots through the streets. >> the president often plays football with friends after work. burundi has been relatively stable in the 10 years he's been in charge. ordinary people are anxious about the general election next year, hoping there won't be more

violence. >> hundreds of students in taiwan occupied a parliament building to protest a trade deal with china. protesters broke through the gates on tuesday. they say it gave china too much economic influence. >> hundreds of fishermen from pakistan and india are arrested by each other's maritime forces for trespassing. most do not have proper navigation tools and the waters are not divided by a physical boundary. we have this report from karachi. >> ever since he was a boy, fasal sulea men has been fishing. he knows the sea off the south-eastern coast like the back of his hand. in late 120, a day at work turned into a 3-year ordeal. >> we were putting our nets out in the area we had fished in

before. when the indian coast guard came and rested us. everyone on the boat was put in gaol. we don't know where we were held, but conditions were terrible. it was so bad a friend arrested with me died there. >> suleman was released after politicians agreed to a rare prisoner exchange. >> not everywhere is as lucky as fasal suleman. according to advocacy groups, 200 pakistani fishermen are being held by india, and 230 indian fishermen are in pakistani gaols. >> this woman's husband was in an indian gale for 11 years. this year his body was returned to his family for burial. he was 41 years old. >> translation: we were poor to begin with. now we have nothing.

i appeal to the government of india and pakistan not to arrest more fishermen. if they are found on the wrong side of the water, it's by mistake. they are only doing their jobs. let them return to their families. >> in a show of solidarity fishermen in pakistan appealed to the supreme court to release all imprisoned fishermen. advocacy groups lobbied mohdi, the front runner. people want him to enforce a ban. the longstanding tensions between the two countries, which fought three wars, and a shift in policy by either government is unlikely. this leaves people like that woman little hope that others will be spared this suffering. >> now, u.s. president barack obama handed out america's highest military distinction on

tuesday. the medal of hop -- honour was given to 23 men. they served decades ago but were ignored because of race or religi religion. patty culhane reports. >> morris always hung the american flag out his home to show his pitry on his. 44 years ago he won of the second highest medal for what he did in the vietnam war. he went back to retreef the body of a fellow soldier. the reason he was denied at first, was racism. >> he said "i want to apologise to you, you should have received this 44 years ago. i'm presenting you with the medal of honour.

>> i was overwhelmed. >> the u.s. military had looked back to right wrongs. >> it was the u.s. military the first to tackle racial immigration. >> if you look at the american armed forces you'd find less racial discrimination than another set of institutions. >> there's still a dis-party. 9% of the generals and admirals are minorities, making up 35%. he never thought it was about racism. he wasn't bothered that he didn't get the medal of honour.

>> i see a troop moving towards nee. they come and go. >> you catch nuf -- yourself that days. it will never go away. >> as the uniform is put on, and a president hangs the highest honour around his neck, his message for those watching will not be to remember racism of the past, but to look to the future and consider how we should help those caught up in wars being fought now. >> he has not forgotten the hor scores of war, and neither will they, regardless of the metals they ware. >> a rare guitar has gone up for sale in the u.s. >> one of the first stratocasts

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