>> they are agreeing to talks. hopes of a diplomatic outcome to the crisis in ukraine - e.u., u.s., moscow and ukraine meet next week. >> hello from doha. i'm here with the world news from al jazeera. a bomb attack at a fruit market in pakistan killed at least 20 people. >> i'm now optimistic that we will find the aircraft >> renewed hope in the search for the missing malaysia

airlines jet after more underwater signals are detected off the coast of australia. >> plus putting years of division behind. british royal family welcomes a former separatist irish leader. >> so we've got the united states, the european union, russia and ukraine to hold a crisis meeting next week to discuss the situation in ukraine. the u.s. is accusing russia of deliberately orchestrating violence in eastern ukraine before it invades. moscow rejects the allegations, saying washington is trying to feel tension. troops are not posing any threat. inside ukraine, pro-russian activists continue to occupy government buildings in a number of cities in the east, in the hunt, more than 50 people have been held in a building, and pro-russian activists have been released. protesters have barricaded

themselves inside the offices of security services. hundreds of protests have declared a people's republic. they are refusing to leave, and want a referendum on independence on ukraine. now to talk about this. we talked about the momentum hoda abdel-hamid, that the government have. what are they doing and what can they do? >> that's what they are discusses at a cabinet meeting. we heard from the interior minister who said within 48 hours, this situation in the east will be solved either by peace or by nurse. he went further by saying both options are on the table. both are a challenge for the government here. if we look up over the past days. they have sent many invoice to the east to quell the situation.

there has been some success in carr kif, and that's probably because the interior minister is from there. and he managed to have the demonstrators evacuate that government building that has seized. but in the rest of theees the situation is at a standoff. if we look at the military option from the outside, it seems that the government is showing that it's prepared. people have been drafted. it's showing that forces are prepared. if anything happens, but really, as you said earlier, russian forces are on the other side of the borders, inside russia. according to the authorities, 40,000 russian troops on that side, and any military action from the government in kiev will bring a reaction from the russians, and i think that is something that also the west is very fearful of. >> thank you for that. hoda abdel-hamid in kiev. we talk to peter sharp in moscow

about the developments on that. particularly the political side, peter, because moscow, for all its talk, is happy to also talk at least in a four-party situation. >> that's right. i mean, there's a growing sense of urgency about these talks, and they need to start sooner rather that later. look, what we have seen in the last 48 hours, we've had john kerry in washington accusing russia of using agents and special forces to ferment separatist uprising, the u.n. secretary general of n.a.t.o. talking about these 40,000 troops that are still poised on the border. so it is urgent that the talks start as quickly as possible. at the moment they are set to begin in europe, we don't know where, over the next few days, some time over the next week. it will be the first time that all sides have a chance to sit

down since the annexation of crimea, so we'll have lav receiver, the foreign -- sergei lavrov, the foreign minister of russia. his counterpart, katherine ashton from the e.u., and also the russian foreign minister, an opportunity to start the diplomatic talks rolling. they will talk about son stit usual reform. top of russia's list to give the autonomous regions in the east more independence and self-reliance. it is crucial that the talks start sooner rather than later. >> peter sharp next with the update. iran is in a second day of talks with world powers in vienna. united states says iran has the ability to produce material for one nuclear bomb. also a possible oil deal with russia, and iran's choice for its ambassador to the united

nations. they are piling on the pressure in austria. the aim is to reach a permanent deal in july. >> a bomb attack killed 20 and injured dozens more, at a market on the outskirts of a market in islamabad. >> a bomb exploded in the city of raw all pinnedy, the bomb was hidden in carr tonnes, it was heard up to 10km away. dozens killed, many injured. the government had been holding peace talks with the pakistan taliban since february. they declared one month unilateral ceasefire but refused to extend its deadline, and says the government is not serious about releasing the prisoners. in a statement the taliban denies involved with wednesday's attack. they are splinter groups

opposing. no one has claimed responsibility. they have issued warnings of imminent attacks in the capital and rawalpindi. >> a bomb ripped through a train, killing more than a dozen people. it claimed responsibility, warning of attacks. it had been engulfed by violence for over a decade. it linked attempts at dialogue. wednesday's blast is a difficult one. >> at least 10 people have been killed in a series of car bombs in iraq. dozens of people were injured in the shia neighbourhoods across baghdad. violence has been escalating and the highest death toll was recorded since 2007. >> a large strike against ant

anti-austerity measures. unions halted transport. we'll talk to our correspondent on the line in athens. it seems like a while since we had a big protest. what sparked this off? >> well, as you can see, there are some thousands of people on the streets now. more are expected. what sparked it off is the latest legislation which produced two things. one is a series of reforms in a bill about a week ago that opens and liberalizes markets. using directions which creditors wanted to move in, a little further ago, three weeks ago, a bill that introduced passengers for employees in the public sector, and that means there was a possibility that he meet the criteria. up until now, employee valuations have been gentle and

symbolic. i have to say, given 10.4 million unemployed people in greece, and half of those people are eligible for benefits, you'd expect more than these numbers here. >> we'll come back to you later and see how the protest developments. >> toyota's recalling more than 6 million vehicles after finding problems with steering and seats. it include 26 models, including the yaris, rav4 and the hilux. it's one of the industry's largest. toyota is not aware of accidents related to the faults. >> two of the world's biggest economies are going head to made to break a stalemate over a trade deal. united states and japan accuse each other of being inflexible. the sector prime minister vowed to protect for local producers. negotiators are hoping for a deal by the time president obama visits japan in two weeks. the polls have closed in

indonesia's parliamentary elections. 550 seats up for grabs, and the result influencing who becomes the next president. the indonesian democratic party of struggle is predicted to win a large share of the votes. >> north korea has re-elected kim jong un as leader of the country and as its military chief. the announcement was made during the opening session of parliament in march. that vote was predetermined. north koreans were given one uncontested candidate for each constituency. >> australian officials searching for the missing malaysia airlines's plain detected more underwater transitions from deep beneath the indian ocean. the search vessel "ocean shield" detected two pings in an area where signals have previously been heard. this from dominic kane. >> the search for the missing airliner is weeks old, covering a vast area of the ocean.

officials believe they are closer to finding out what happened to it. this sonar device can detect the sonic ping sent out by an airline's black box. it heard transmissions saturday and sunday briefly. on tuesday they reacquired the signals twice. >> "ocean shield" has now detected four transmissions in the same broad area. yesterday's signals will assist in better defining a reduced and much more manageable search area on the ocean floor. >> that is vitally important because officials say they can only deploy their robotic submarine once finding visual wreckage. the operation to find mh370 is a multinational effort involving planes and ships from many

countries. the australian government has taken the lead and is coordinating the effort. the sheer size of their task is daunting. a search area of 75,000 square kilometres of ocean in depths of 4,000 metres, and the flight recorders are not much bigger than a large shoe box. the australians are convinced they are looking in the right place, and the signals they are hearing are from flight recorders. >> aid agencies in the solomon islands are struggling to cope with tens of thousands made homeless by floods. the death toll is up at 24. people trying to salvage what they can from their homes. evacuation centres are running out of clean water and there are fears there can be an outbreak of disease. plenty more ahead for you an al jazeera. hundreds of years of vision behind them.

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introducing the xfinity my account app. [ ♪ music ] top stories for you on al jazeera. the united states, the eurozone, russia and you -- european union, russia and ukraine meet to discuss the situation? ukraine. pro-russian activists occupy government buildings in the eastern cities of luhansk and donetsk. >> dozens wounded after an explosion in islamabad. 5 kilograms of explosives were

hidden in a fruit carton. 20 dead. >> australian officials ascertaining for the malaysia airlines have detect more underwater transitions. australia is optimistic of finding a missing je. >> the palestine president mahmoud abbas is in cairo for talks with the arab league. he is expected to discuss the stalled peace talks, and also to ask for financial help covering a massive budget shortfall. i'll just have a closer look at the palestine finances at the moment. the authority's budget for this year is 4.2 billion. after expend fewers expected to have a budget tef sit of 1.3. income and fees are estimated at 2.7 billion. the money is coming in from existing aid agreements, 500 million from the u.s., 620 million from the european

union. and 120 million from arab countries, much has not been delivered. we'll talk to stefanie dekker in ramallah about this. this is, i guess, what mahmoud abbas is chasing on this trip. talking to the arab league, and arab states and saying "will you support us? ". >> that's right. he's trying to secure a financial safety net, if it will, if israel withholds the tax money that it collects on behalf of the palestinians, talking around 100 million a month to 150 million, and they have done it before, and it has a devastating impact on the economy in the west bank. the growth is slowing. he has signed the 15 international treaties. he wants the arab states on board the decision that he's making, they want him to agree

to that. if israel takes the punitive measures, it's a threat that he has the backing and money coming in to sustain things. the fear is he withholds the tax because things are not going well on the peace talk fronds. we've had a development from the israeli prime minister, where he is basically told his ministers to stop relations with the palestinians. the cabinet minister, about issues of security will be discussed and the israeli negotiator can still carry on her job. it's been received by the leader of the opposition in israel, and he said that this is - today is the start, israel dissen gages from the outside world and his decision gives ammunition to israel haters. it's bad pr. we spoke to a senior palestine official, and he said it doesn't france late to anything on the ground, but shows that israel is willing to complicate matters.

there's a concern that they could with hold the taxes. it's not conducive to the talks, which are still ongoing at the moment, and it's not a good sign in terms of goodwill. that is being perceived here. >> stefanie dekker live in ramallah. >> journalists from around the world are demanding the release of al jazeera staff detained in egypt. it peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr have been in prison for 102 days. the trial resumes on thursday, and they are falsely accused of providing a platform to the outlaw outlawed muslim brotherhood. >> fourth, abdullah al-shami has been in prison since august. he has on a hunger strike and his health is detear ralt youing. al jazee al jazeera demands their release.

>> the world food program had to cut the size of food parcels because of a lack of funds. the agency needs a billion dollars to prevent a crisis. >> white flags and precautions are measures for the survival of aide workers. the u.n. warns that it may not have enough supplies. >> translation: wish here on a joint human tri mission. we are bringing aid for the place, where no relief ngos set foot. the humanitarian situation deteriorated and we are calling for them to come to the help of these people. >> a record 4 million people in syria were displaced. indications are that a drought may jeopardise food security in this country. syria has suffered shortages over the last few years.

the world food program says rain fall since last september has been less than half. syrian production is expected to reach record lows, which means syria would have to import a lot more food. the economic woes are compounded by a civil war. fighting broke out on tuesday. each side is trying to grab territory or defend its gains. >> al-nusra front rebels say they are thwarting attacks by the army in the hills that they have taken in latakia. the free syrian army says it has taken control of two new towns and an army checkpoint. as each side claims -- makes claims against the other. the war gets worse.

>> venezuela's opposition agreed to face to face talks with the government. the country's political crisis entered its third month with protests against nicolas maduro, spreading to a number of cities. the two sides agreed the talks should be held in public, under the supervision of regional powers. >> the world health organisation believes the outbreak of ebola in west africa is one of the most challenging, saying the virus killed more than 100 people and could spread for months. severe strains have a fatality rate of 90%, and there's no vaccine or cure. >> human rights group in kenya accuse authority chris of singling out some. 85 somalians have been deported. others have been moved to designated camps. this report from nairobi. >> these men say they've been held in this police station since saturday. after a number of attacks in

nairobi, and the port city of mombassa, the kenyan government ordered all refugees to be arrested and moved to camps for what it calls security reasons. relatives and friends wait outside, hoping to be released. >> officials from the kenyan red cross are here. activists are concerned there are not more humanitarian agencies helping. >> if you go in, you have scenes like concentration camps. the smell is horrible, hitting you from the moment you enter the report office. people have not been fed for days, and extortion is the thing here. a lot of people are complaining that they are being asked to pay hefty bribes. >> the police tell family members to move away from the entrance. some of those arrested came out. they are not free to go home. they say it's been one struggle after another.

>> thousands have been arrested since the crackdown. this police truck will be going to the stadium not far from mere. it's a holding cell. they feel they've been unfairly targeted. they want the international community to do something about it. >> this woman is 7 months pregnant and is allowed to go home. >> translation: i was released because my relative brought my id which proves i'm kenyan. >> one group is moved to a police station near the international airport near nairobi, and are told they are going home on wednesday. >>. first to mogadishu, and then people coming from different places, and we'll take them from there. we have taken their names, so we take them wherever they come from. we'll help them do that. >> human rights lawyers say it's

illegal to send them home. >> these families said they want to return to somalia. the government says no one will be forced out of the country. >> olympic athlete oscar pistorius has told a south african court me didn't intend to kill his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. >> i had her head on my left shoulder. and i could feel the blood was running down on me. >> part of the statement there he made as state prosecutors started their cross-examination of the paralympics sprinter. cameras were directed away from him. they faced a life sentence. >> italy says it's rescued around 4,000 immigrants trying to reach its doors. many are trying to reach the coast on crammed boats from north africa. 15,000 people have been picked up by italy's navy since the

start of the year. >> kata lonia's president will hold a referendum on independence from spain. despite the spanish government rejecting the issue. they regard it as unconstitutional. kata lonia's principal said the vote will go aha. >> translation: it is legal. the will of the catalan people cannot be stopped. as long as it's strong, there's a broad majority and is peaceful, will remain. i hope it can be expressed normally, taking an important decision of our country, its political future not only short term, but long term. >> translation: spain's sovereignty correspond to all spaniards, there's no regional provincial sovereign sis, they don't exist, can't be created or recognised with that

constitution. >> the irish president michael mcguinness addressed the british parliament in a first visit. ireland gained independence from britain in 1922, but for decades relations were strained by conflict in the north. we report on the landmark visit in the u.k. >> at westminster abbey he laid a wreath paying respects at the tomb of the unknown soldier, and addressed both houses of the british parliament, delivering a forward-looking message. >> we have a fresh canvas to sketch our shared hopes and advance our overlapping ambitions - what we now enjoy between ireland and britain is a friendy partnership based on mutual respect, deep and indelible personnel links that bind us toot in culture and social. >> the legacy of the period known as the troubles haunts

british and irish history. the for years when the ira's nationalist paramilitaries attacked and murder british targets. and british loyalists guilty of murder and abuses. >> martin mcguinness was a commander opposed to the british state. now he's deputy first minister of northern island , among those at the irish meeting. there are those that will not forget or begin. >> if mcguinness has to be here, let's have stom balance. let's have -- some balance. let's have some victims and survivors, someone that lost a relative. >> the modern relationship between britain and the republic of ireland is not about bombs, but more about economic prospect. >> the republic is a country of

4.5 million. it buys more from the u.k. than the british sell to india, china and brazil. so a country of 4.5 million people is important to this place than a billion and a half people around the world. >> less than 10 years since the ira ended its campaign of violence in the six counties known as the province, the message is that the ties that bind the two countries together are stronger than the forces which push them apart. >> two people have been killed in a gun battle between police and shopkeepers in peru, happening when police raided stores. >> armed shopkeepers attacked police with rocks, molotov cocktails and gunshots. >> bolivia opened the world's highest urban cable car system, a service that does connect now the mountain stays of la paz.

and runs 4,000 metres above see level, all the the way up to the andean mountains, a journey that will take 24 minutes, shorter than the 2 hours by road. costs around 240 million to build. >> forget the 1%. it's the .01% that is way wealthier than the rest of us, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. i'll tell you why. the graying of our global workforce. i'll tell you where america stands as it's workers get older. why today's tech start ups are taking root in american cities instead of the suburbs. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money."