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movement is losing speed. >> russia is securing control of an air base in crimea as it pushes on with its take over of the region. pro-russian soldiers captured men at the base and dragged them away. shots were fired in the air. the weapons will be turned over. nick spicer has this report from belbek airbase. >> using armored vehicles and stun grenades russian troops forced their way into the russian airbase. gun fire could be heard. it followed the refusal by troops to surrender to an ultimatum issued by russians. one was injured and the commander taken away for questioning. it was a large facility under

ukrainian authority. >> the army had been in control of the airstrip at the because for two weeks. they are in control of the base, something pound bound to affect the soldiers. >> this scene was captured live by a cctv camera. the russian soldiers pulled the camera down. >> it's part of the aggressive absorption of military facilities in crimea. earlier on saturday the russian flag was raised over a ukrainian assault occasioning actual bodily harm -- ukrainian submarine. european security monitors are expected to arrive in ukraine over the weekend.

the question is whether they be allowed in to crimea. >> paul brennan is in kiev. what will happen to the military hardware, some of which the russians have seized. >> well, at the moment the russians are in possession of it. there's little the ukrainian defence ministry or soldiers on the ground can do about it. the overrunning of belbek is a psychological below to what is known as continental crimea. separating it from crimea. there were other base, but none with the symbolic importance. i think the issue of military resistance by the remaining military personnel down there, blockaded into the base is futile. there has been question marks about whether the defence ministry could be doing more. they are stuck between a rock

and a hard place. if they ordered the evacuation of the soldiers, they are stating that crimea is no longer part of ukraine. that is something unpalatable for the government here, because they insist that they will never give up the claim to crimea being part of ukraine. >> they are getting a lot of strong words of support from other countries, particularly in europe. are ukrainians getting the assistance they are asking for? >> prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk, when he met with the german prime minister appealed for military and technological assistance. there was none forthcoming, but clearly he's putting the requests on the tail. in t"the washington post" on set the foreign ministry of ukraine had strong words of practical assistance versus diplomatic for. he says the time for diplomatic

platitudes is obvious. today's ukraine is the new frontier to tall people of goodwill. you can see why the ukrainians are grateful for diplomatic and political efforts, they are frustrated and embarrassed by the fact that they are unable to do anything practically to defend their interests in crimea. >> paul brennan live from kiev. >> 59 people in guinea a buyed from the ebowli virus. 80 cases -- have been reported so far. >> the ebowli virus has caused an illness. >> translation: investigators

are going from village to village looking for the source. >> ebowly can cause diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding. it kills up to 90% of its victims. >> translation: listening to the news and seeing the effects of what is happening in the forest, it's true that a fever is striking the people. it's scaring us. >> ebowli outbreaks usually happens near rain forests and spread through organs, blood and bodily fluids. it's never occurred in guinea. >> i'm scared. >> we appeal to the government to come to our aid. >> ebowli has no known cure or vaccine and has overwhelmed services in gipee. doctors without borders is reenforcing its presence to help the government.

>> the outbreak is able to be contained to follow up on the cases. if they crop up in different locations, that makes running down and looking for the contacts challenging. >> medical teams are working as quickly as possible to contaken the ebowli virus and are concerned it may have spread to sierra leone >> the australian prime minister says there are credible leads in the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight. satellite image shows debris in the indian ocean. the object in the middle is the focus of the search. the debris is inside the massive search area for the plane, it's 2.5,000km -- 2,500km west of perth. >> anti-coup protesters held demonstrations across egypt on

saturday. protesters fought with members of the security forces when they surrounded them on the streets. and they campaigned against the treatment of detainees. slowingons were chanted. they called for members of the judiciary to be removed from office. >> in the city of port said hundreds of protesters demanded the release of detainees. several activists are due to stand trial on charges, and are organising illegal protests, among those leaders of the 2011 uprising. activists released footage of the mistreatment of young men and women in custody. we have more. >> this footage was filmed by self-styled anti-coup activists in egypt. it apparently shows young women taken into custody. here teenage boys are led away

by plain-clothed officers. they are among many transferred from a juvenile detention center to toura prison in cairo. the families tried to stop the transfer. >> translation: there were no more than 25 of us. we asked them not to transfer our children. they responded with water cannon and bird shot. even though we are old women. >> those held in alexandria are aged between 12 and is an and have been staging a hunger strike at the protest of transfers. the families accused prison authorities of beating the youngsters and restricting access to them. >> translation: visitors to criminals get a long time. we are allowed only two minutes and we were subjected to strict body samples. when i put food in front of my

child... ..he told me he was not going to eat. >> human rights groups say many children are illegally being held alongside adults and are mistreated. government supporters defend the justice system. some children were arrested and they confessed. this shows the muslim brotherhood strategy of using women and children to perpetrate illegal acts. the scoorty establishment are -- security establishment are maintaining order without violations of human acts. the heinous acts by the brotherhood are condemned as no illegal act should be tolerated, no matter who is behind it, a woman or a minor. >> international law says children should be detained as a last resort. in egypt. it's far from a rare event. >> top tv presenters from around the world came together to highlight the importance of

media freedom and demand the release of al jazeera's staff in custody in egypt. >> imagine a world where reality is distorted. >> imagine being kept in the dark about major global events. >> imagine being silenced when speaking out... >>..could saviour life. >> we don't know where to go. >> you just imagined a world where journalists are not free to support the facts. >> one of three al jazeera journalists held in a cairo prison for 85 days now has been taken to a hospital for a shoulder injury. sips his arrest in late december mohamed fadel fahmy had received little medical care for a

dislocated shoulder sustained before his inspection. mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr, and peter greste are accused of having links to a terror organization and having false news. they'll appear in court on monday. abdullah al-shami, from al jazeera arabic has been in custody for more than four months. al jazeera rejects all charges, and demands their release. >> lots more aheat -- ahead, including - police move in to break up the biggest protest in spain since the economic crisis began. >> and how you can get your hands on one of the things that belonged to the world's greatest conquerer.

>> welcome back. let's recap the headlines - russian troops seized the last military facility under ukraine control. they forced their way in, removing a number of soldiers inside. >> it's confirmed, the ebola virus killed 59 people. 80 cases have been reported. the disease, a fatality rate of up to 90% may have spread to sierra leone. >> in egypt thousands to stand trial on charges of organising illegal protests. and video of mistreatment of young men and women in

confident. >> elections to be schedule in algeria. the president lot run for a fourth term, promising constitutional reforms. thousands took to the streets protesting his run. >> he registered his candidacy despite suffering a stroke last year. >> campaigning for the elections will last until voting day. six candidates have been approved to run. former prime minister is seen as the pain challenger. the 77-year-old opponent - his ailing health may mean he is incapable of running the country. he spend three months in france, freed for a stroke. the islamic movement for peace and islamic renaissance movement said they'll boycott. >> venezuela - three more killed, the number of death now

34. the president blamed, nicolas maduro, and his government's handling of food shortages, high inflation and crime. the opposition itself remains divided. we have this report from caracas. >> if there was a question about serious divisions within venezuela's opposition movement, the nationwide march left no doubt. as he was scheduled to speak, henriques capriles, who nearly won the presidential elections last year, and until recently was the leader of the opposition abandoned the rally. >> translation: nicolas maduro, if you resign you'll open a path to peace for venezuelans. >> a letter written from prison by leopoldo lopez calling for president nicolas maduro's immediate resignation and threatening to bring millions on to the streets seemed to signal

the blacking point. the split is between moderates that want to change your the government in the ballot box and the hardliners who argue it cannot wait. >> translation: it is our right to demand the president's resist iing nation. we'll fight, because this can't continue. not to be outdone, students supporting the government marched to the presidential palace. >> translation: i repeat my invitation to the opposition to accept the call for dialogue. they refuse. they think if time passes the government will fall. but the opposition is split on negotiating with nicolas maduro. in a statement henriques capriles said it was time to get off the streets and go into poor neighbourhoods and start a dialogue tond polarization and repress. on this day of national protest his words fell on deaf areas. >> after every peaceful demonstration is the

confrontation. behind masked men waiting for the riot police to come down and stop them blocking this road. >> we are here to take a stand. we are prepared to fight. >> on this occasion the tear gas did its work. but with no end in site to the latest political unnest, in its sixth week. in afghanistan, security camera footage shed light on the serena hotel shooting. it showed gunmen passing through security checks. they smuggled weapons hidden in their shoes into a secure location. nine were killed, including two children. the attackers were killed by security forces. >> the u.s. politician leading a group of democrats and republicans to afghanistan called on the u.s. president to make clear his plans for the

country. it's time for barack obama to announce a decision on troop levels to afghans know the americans are committed. no troops will remain if president hamid karzai continues to delay signing an agreement. >> it is time for us to be clear about what the united states of america's commitment will be as a follow on to 2014 and beyond. to the people of afghanistan. now that support is contingent on the president signing the bilateral agreement. >> for more on the top story, the crisis in ukraine. on sunday the president vladimir putin signed laws. the peninsula is part of russia but is heavily dependent on

ukraine for energy and other vital supplies. how will it fair economically. barnaby phillips looks at that questioning in this report. >> across the straits from crimea, mainland russia. 4km away. russian goods come across by ship. for now the only land routes into crimea pass through ukraine. that's why russian president vladimir putin wants to build a bridge, to tie crimea to russia. it will take years to some pleat and could cost -- complete and could cost billions. the port where russian goods come in is called kirch, a graveyard of soviet factories and mixed opinions as to whether things will get better. >> this woman heard on the news that all countries are united against russia, so she fears an economic downturn. >> salaries will go up. these happy. her daughter is a graduate and

it's shameful what she earns. >> we were invited to see a new investment, a plant that brings gas from khazakhstan, but the manager receives a call from russian officials. we were not welcome and told to leave. acting about what economic changes might be coming is too sensitive. >> water - the worry for crimea is that some 80% of theirs comes from mainland ukraine. this reservoir outside simferepol, one of the few local source, and it's looking low. >> crimea does not only get most of its water from mainland ukraine, but the vast majority of electricity comes from there. that means despite the russian take over, crimea is vulnerable to pressure from the government in kiev. this economist doesn't think ukraine will cut vital supplies to crimea because of economic

ties to russia. . >> translation: remember, ukraine owes russia money for its gas and depends on it. i do see a problem of participation shortages for farmers in crimea during the summer. >> tourism is crimea's traditional strength, but the beeches look sad these days. in the summer russians with money prefer to fly to the mediterranean or beyond. as for ukrainians, don't expect many to come this year. russia may find taking crimea was the easy part. making it viable is the real challenge. >> there have been street battles between police and protesters in spain's capital. the violence began when demonstrators tried to break through a barrier to get to the headquarters of the popular

party. the anti-austerity march drew thousands. we have this report. >> as police move in to clear the square, protesters reacted. a tense end to what had been a peaceful anti-austerity protest. the biggest in spain. >> we want to change your the society and government. it is unfair. there's more than 6 million people unemployed. 2 million families with no income in the country. >> demonstrators came from across the country, representing almost every sector of spanish society. many whacked for days to get here, some covering hundreds ofkm. >> the road has been tough. there were long stretches. we were led by young people. some from 72 years old. two years ago spain was tinkering on the brink default. in a bid to reduce spiralling

public debt and meet lenders demand, the government implemented reforms, making cuts to the health and registration interests, cutting pensions and addressing taxes. that is pulling spain backwards. >> this is a first major demonstration since a law to kerb protests came into effect. those protesting in unauthorised spaces like outside parliament can face fines. the government says the law is for people's safety. protesters say it's a drak i don't knowian bill -- draconian bill threatening free speech. >> spain is out of recession, and we'll see shallow growth in 2015. numbers that don't mean much to the people here, that say until money trickles down, they'll up the demands with further protests in the capital. >> in police efforts to disperse

protesters, dozens of people were injured. 17 people were arrested. inspectors say they'll follow police during the night to make sure there's no violations of the law as protesters carry out their right to free speech. >> around 5,000 people marched through the greek capital on saturday demanding an end to racism. those that took part were immigrants themselves, more than one million coming to greece since 1990. the rapid rise of the far right golden down party is seen as a sign of racial discrimination. half of the golden dawn politicians are here, and this is a victory. we want them to go to gaol. we don't want them to get a vote. >> pope francis has appointed a

sexual abuse survivor for a group investigating in the catholic church. >> mushy cole jips is one of eight -- collins is -- murray collins is one of four people. it includes the bishop in america, and two psychologists. >> parisians look set to elect a first female mayor as the two leading candidates are women. socialist deputy mayor is the front runner, a prota any of nicholas sar cosy is the ump candidate. it's the first test since francis hollande became president. the campaign has been dominated by housing, the environment and security. >> he may have been fall in stature, but napoleon bonaparte's legacy continues to

if assinate. some of his personal items are expected to fetch thousands of dollars at an access. >> he is a symbol of power and the old french empire. napoleon bonaparte, the 19th century ruler who concerned europe in battles that changed the political landscape. a shirt stained with his blood is about to go under the hammer near paris. they belonged to him during the final part of his life when he was exiled, where he died. they were discovered in the home of a distant relative in corrsica. >> we arrive and this lady came with two main boxes. itch said what's the box. we opened the box.

inside, you know, we found a lot of things coming. this has never been open for 200 years. >> all of this was in the box. >> a box of treasures. >> a box of treasure, yes. >> there's no country in the world. people like him, don't like him. they know him. what we are selling. it brings emotion. interest in napoleon bonaparte stretch far beyond the borders, there's collectors in australia, u.s. and china. items sell at a high price, a ring he gave to his future wife sold here for around $1 million.

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