in washington, i'm ray suarez. america. i'm richelle carey, are the top stories. >> armed men take over police and security buildings in eastern ukraine. the government accuses moss coy of stirring up trouble. >> coming up, italy's economic woes continue. an diplomatic stand off iran will appeal a decision by the u.s. to reject a visa for its u.n. ambassador. as the world cup prepares to

kick off street children from around the world travel to brazil for their own tournament hello there, and thank you for joining us. ukraine's government is appealing to russia to end provocative actions in eastern ukraine. three cities have russian groups taking over the city. meanwhile, meanwhile separatists have occupied government buildings for weeks now and in ddnesk. >> usual local offices, now in

the hand of pro russian activi activists. >> local supporters gather. hundreds charting the worst referendum. they want the people to vote on autonomy for kiev. many here believe the bare slum government is legitimate and not listening to people in the east. >> our people want to live quietly and peacefully without those who see power in kiev so we're not in america in the west. we don't want to be their slaves. we want to be with russia. >> reporter: the gunmen took to the early hours. this gunman shows that they prepare to enter through a window. within hours they have fortified their positions. >> reinforcements have arised. they're pulling out large ties to reinforce the barricade.

people are bringing supplies through and handing them over to people who are very much in control. >> just moments after showing their support, a mob of protesters turn on us, attempting to take our camera gear. by mid afternoon they have still not arrived. authorities in kiev now have a difficult cask with continued calls on referendum. >> let's talk to kim live. that report explained the situation. wherpaint the picture for us. it does seem that the protests are spreading, and also intensifying. >> they certainly are. it means here at the police headquarters, pro russia parties are in control of the buildings

here tonight. we've just been to the security building in the past half hour, and i got to say that these activists appear very, very professional. more professional than answer other place we've seen in the past week. everything from the weapons right through the military issued boots. it all appears very organized. pro russian protesters have taken control of the state administration building as well. we're hearing from the process has gone in as well. we're hering that police are wearing the ribbon of st. george, a sign of their allegiance to the pro russian movement here. we've heard of pro unity, but

they were stopped but ukrainian official force who is demanded to look through all of their belongings, and they found the police are telling they found molotov cocktails, knives and other weapons, and they detained some of those protesters and there were clashes as well. this is very much still a developing situation going on into the evening with unrest spreading through the east. >> can you mention how a lot of protesters that you're seeing seem very organized. of course kiev said all of this is orchestrated by russia. but others seem to think that local people have grievances against the local government. how local do you think these protests are? >> reporter: i think it is fair to say that there are local people who support this movement.

they support the pro return sentiment. there is a clear distinct between the activist who is are in control of these buildings and the people who come out to support them the activists have very well armed, they're very well prepared. they have majors, they have leaders. they're very well organized. while those who come out to support them they seem to be locals. they will like a referendum to have for power from the east, and to move eastward or westward. there is a distinction between these two groups. you ask these people about paid provocateurs coming from over the border from russia, and of course they deny that. but you hear rumors that they're walking around, talking to other people. there may be people who are being paid, but not the people

we're speaking to directly. >> thank you. >> italy's prime minister took power two months ago but the troubles he inherited are causing unrest on the streets. demonstrators say the government needs to put the people first, not the business community we are ajoined live now from rome. it seems quieter behind you, quieter than it was a half hour ago when we spoke to you. what is happening on the streets of rome. >> reporter: in the end hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police just here in the heart of room. today, it was a theater of some

of the most violent clashes between demonstrators and police we've seen in months. you can see the police are still chasing demonstrators who have dispersed. we're being told that clashes continue elsewhere. but let me tell you what demonstrators and police, this size with bottles and we saw people losing shoes, losing helmets, and we a a number of demonstrators that fell to the rebound. some got hurt. some were arrested, and we see the demonstrators still being tended for who obviously was wounded to the head hopefully she'll be fined, but we know that this is not over yet. well, the cleanup here has already started. demonstrators have moved on and clashes continue. >> claudio, everyone in italy pretty much agrees that reforms

need to happen to retry to revive the economy, and renzi made clear that he's trying to push those reforms through. what is it that demonstrators are opposed to? >> well, there are a number of movements in this demonstration, and one movement for the choosing rights. and another movement opposes the rail knelt work in italy. these are problems inherited by renzi. there are also people who oppose his labor market reforms. he made it easier for employers to hire people, but that implies that it's easier for people to fire people as well. there is a mix in there of people who fight for problems he inherited, and things that he and reforms. >> the latest from roam, thank you.

>> the government in iran said it will not name a new person to the united nations. the u.s. accuses him of seiz sen 1989. last week the u.s. congress passed a bill that allows washington to refuse a an ambassadorial election if he poses as a security risk. they said that the u.s. does not have the right to refuse entry over u.n. member state. >> there is an agreement between

the united nations signed in 1947 and the united states which enabled the united nations to have its headquarters in the united states. these agreements with been running since 1947. part of the agreements make it clear that summarizing the essence of it. the essence of it is that the united states cannot technically refuse entry into the united states territory of designated diplomats by member state of the united nations. that's the simple issue. the problem is as you're fully aware issues have arisen over the years about this issue because the united states would be entitled to say look, we are a sovereign nation. we are a sovereign country. if we suspect a particular person coming in of, say, being involved in acts of criminality, we are not willing to help them. but the problem is under the agreement between the united nations and the united states, there is no leeway as i see it

as a number of commentators will see it, there is no leeway as to that. so the short answer is the agreement simply seem to allow iran to choose it's own ambassador. >> libya has detained hundreds of migrants trying to cross into europe over the past week alone. most of them are from somalia. thousands try to make the dangerous journey every year, and they often end newspaper run down detention centers having failed to make it to the italian island of lampedusa and therefore into the european union, many of these migrants don't know when they'll be released. >> they want to know when or if they'll be set free. for now there doesn't appear to be an answer. some say they have been detained for over a year. this man said he has been held in various centers sentenc sinc,

and it's grim. >> i don't see any respect for human beings here. >> this you might think is how it should be some freedom of movement, an open door, but for the vast majority of the people here that's more than 250 men. they're on lockdown most of the time. some of these men haven't been outside for two to three weeks. >> i cannot get sunlight, i cannot get exercise. >> there are ten men who are allowed and they help out. but guards who did not appear to be very attentive say they cannot exercise sessions mainly because they don't have proper security. >> humane or not, it's not for me to decide. i'm just doing the best i can

under the circumstances. we do what we can, but the state is not helping us. the detainees get regular meals. the guards say the conditions are not what they should be because they're poorly resourced and short staffed. but many men here are unsure about their rights and don't know what's going to happen next. al jazeera, libya. >> al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of its journalists in egypt. they appeared in court on thursday. the case has been adjourned until later this month. they're falsely accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they've been behind bars for 105 days. the fourth al jazeera journalist held in detention has been held

without trial since last august. >> the funeral of a photo journalist who was killed by a police commander in afghanistan last week has been held in her hometown in germany. at the service she was remembered as someone who brought humanity to places of war and suffering. she was shot while traveling in a car with two other journalists in a translator in the city in eastern afghanistan. the shooting was part of a surge in violence targeting phoners. >> she showed calm while all around is chaos. i believe that is why her pictures fromter place from ters resonated from all around the world. she found dignity. she found the quiet human moments that connected people in great strife to all the rest of us around the world.

>> still lots to come on this half hour including missing out on school. why tens of thousands of syrian refugee children cannot enroll in jordan. plus backed out. pow cuts in south africa make people's lives in poor neighborhoods even tougher.

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burwell. >> ukraine's interim government has warned it's response will be tough and has sent in its special forces. riot police have confronted protesters in the italian capitol who have been foisting their disapproval of the government. they say prime minister renzi needs to put the people first and not the business community. iran has a cued the united states as acting illegally. iran said it not change its choice of enjo envoy and lookint what legal action it is can take against the u.s. the city of fallujah has been controlled by anti-government groups since the start of the year. the government has said it will do what is necessary to force them out of the city. >> if a lou shah has been under

siege for more than three months. the government doesn't have control here. that belongs to fighters linked to al-qaida as well as tribes against the government. life is difficult and dangerous as fighters battle government security forces. just getting to the hospital is a risk. >> this must have been some sort of mortar or arrest till rather shells. my brother is injured, too. >> many people have left the city to escape the fighting. doctors appealed to the outside world for urgent help. >> i urge all medical staff to come to the hospital to help. we're running short of staff. >> and they say they're running out of medicine, too. fallujah lies just 13 kilometers were baghdad but it's a long way from the central government's hold on power.

they havthey have vowed to forcm out of the city with full scale measure meaning they have little hope of a reprepare any time soon. >> let's go to the war in syria where opposition fighters say they have killed 50 soldiers. they're claiming control of a checkpoint on the government's only supply route t to to alepp. in aleppo itself nine people have been reportedly killed from airstrikes. in the iraqi border fighting between opposition groups is said to be over. the al-qaeda links nusra front have reportedly retaken position from the isil. around 110,000 syrian children are enrolled in jordan's state schools where they can get a free education, but there are tens of thousands of others who are barred from

enrolling. we explain why. >> all of the children from this informal class are syrian refugees. they're learning to read and write for the first time. they've fallen behind two or three grades because of the war in syria. one student has been out of school for three years. he's hoping that this catch-up program will put him back in school even if it means being the oldest student in his class. >> being out of school has made me miss my peers, friends and teachers who taught me. i forgot so much. i can only remember a quarter of what i studied. >> providing catch up programs to iraqi refugeey and jordanian drop outs now there are 75

centers teaching mostly syrian refugees. most syrian children sometimes drop out of school because their families have other priorities. >> parents are not going to tell you directly, but in many cases it's about livelihood. children are required to bring livelihoods to the family. so child labor is an issue on the rise. >> reporter: that's why this year unicef has asked for an additional $30 million to support education for syrians and jordan. >> around 75 syrian children in jordan are out of school and need urgent and informal education opportunities. there are many reasons why they're not in school. some childre parents need theirn to work to ease financial burden, and some keep their children at home in a society where they don't feel integrated and safe. >> now living in jordan's northern city. she has been out of school for two years and spends most of her

time help herring mother around the house. she has never been to school and now should be in the first grade. their mother won't allow her daughters to walk to school. >> i'm afraid my daughter also get lost on the way to school or that a stranger will approach them and convince them to go with them. we have heard stories of girls dealing kidnapped near their schools. >> syrian children are some among the hardest hit by their country's war. many of those who have been forced to drop out of school not only lack a sense of purpose but also feel hopeless. >> australia's prime minister is warning that signals believed to be from the missing malaysian plane are fading fast. we have more, the but the search for the jet is likely to last a long time. on friday abbott said he was confident that the pings belong

to the plane but are fading. reaching land late on friday as a category four storm. there have been no injuries or deaths reported and no major structural damage. south africa is one of the continent's richest nations but millions of people there live without electricity. recent energy shortages have meant power cuts to return supplies continue. and with the national election coming up in may it may effect how people vote. >> they live in alexandria. they're worried that it could get worse. >> yet it just went down for a few hours, but i was miserable already. >> reporter: earlier this year the out africa government

introduced load sharing to cut the amount of electricity being used. it's the first time it has been done in six years. the government said the cuts are a temporary set back. new power stations are being built but economists argue power cuts cost the country billions of dollars and it is not good for economy. >> it has not been well forming since before the great recession in 2009. there is no doubt that it will continue to weigh on south africa for months to come. >> using alternative forces of energy or switching off appliances that aren't necessary. >> the state own power company provides up to 95% of africa's electricity. but some how holds do use solar energy low the country is heavily reliant on coal. >> millions of south africans still don't have access to

electricity. some power plants are old, and are not operating at full capacity. >> we do need to support the public. it's a matter that the country doesn't have enough capacity. and the reserve margins are not very high. >> some say the failure to deliver adequate services to the many poor in johannesburg. >> charities from around the world have made saturday international day for street children. and there is excitement building in brazil for the world cup many are getting in on the action with a football tournament of their own. >> time for a kick around.

in the neighbor near buenos aires. >> they all agree that it was great to see brazil and talk to people from other countries. >> they all want to travel more. see other lands, el salvador, nicaragua, england. it brought in teams of street children from all over the world anworld. they ate together and translated through translators about different cultures and their shared problems. >> there is one kid, no, two kids who went to brazil who six months ago were living under a bridge in buenos aires. their parents are still there. the boys are now going to school. one is a good leader, captain of a football team.

>> almost forced by circumstance when a sick boy was placed in his care by a desperate parishioner. in the early days they lived in tents. but now with the help of donations and local authorities they house more than 50 children. >> i never had the strength or resources to respond to all of their needs. i always felt that the little that i could offer is still better than the street. >> more than 850 homeless children have lived here receiving food, security, education, love and understanding but perhaps more importantly hope for the kind of future that they would never find on the street. we're a long way from the glamour of the world cup but it was football that took these street children from argentina to brazil to experience a world that they could only dream off.

al jazeera. >> we have lots more on that and everything else that we have been covering here on al jazeera on our website. there it is. al jazeera.com. you can see our top story there forced the crisis in eastern ukraine.