only on al jazeera america a tense scene in eastern ukraine, pro-russian gunman are in charge but soldiers are posed on the outskirts. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera live from doha, i'm laura and also on the program south korea spy chief apologizes for an espionage scandal involving senior agents and a bombing that killed more than 70 people in the capitol and. >> i'm in brazil, the capitol of

brazil where the biggest state-run company here is facing corruption allegations at the highest levels. ♪ and pictures from eastern ukraine showing how tense the situation there is getting. this is pro-russian gunman are not leaving the building they seized over the weekend and have barricades and stockpiled the weapons and ukraine soldiers are posed on the outskirts of the city. and the ukrainian crisis is straining relations between u.s. and russia, a phone call between barack obama and putin has been described as frank and obama accused putin government of supporting armed groups in eastern ukraine and asked him to are draw troops from the border

and 40,000 are thought to be camped there and obama warned putin they will have costs on top of targeted sanctions in place and the russian president says accusations that moscow is interfering are unfounded and turning the tables he called on the united states to prevent the blood shed. these are some of the sorts of things obama is talking about. government buildings across the eastern ukraine being seized by pro-russia activists and latest is gunman stormed a police station in the region say they forced out the mayor and buildings are under seize across at least ten cities and towns in the east. and this video appears to show evidence of a russian presence in the east and this is someone giving orders and switched allegiance to moscow. and they rejected a call for

u.n. peace keeping forces to the east of the country describing it as absurd and peter sharp has more from moscow. >> sergei fedorov is in moscow for talks but talking about breaking developments about the crisis in ukraine and referred to the kiev government's possible request for peace keepers in eastern ukraine to bring the situation under control and said the suggestion was completely absurd and also it would have meant a vote from the security council and russia would have voted it down any way and that was a non-start up. he did relieve an osce, organization of security cooperation team, is now at russia instance is moved by separatists to take over buildings there and a report on

the situation and that is as we understand a breaking news. and also he was lavish in his praise of china and said their view of the crisis and russia's involvement and was both balanced and objective. >> many pro-russia activists angry they have been branded terrorists by kiev and refusing to give up their occupation, the buildings until demands are met and we report from eastern ukraine. >> he is a cole minor who can hardly make end meet and he is ready to prevent anyone from storming the security building seized by pro-russia protesters more than a week ago. he is spinning hopes for a brighter future on the men held up inside the building. >> translator: this is the only way to make our voices heard and my wife is unemployed and it's hard when they say we are terrorists and they are here to protect us and the right wing

also has weapons and i don't trust prime minister and i'm scared about the future. >> reporter: like him many here are angry the government labeled protesters as terrorists. ukrainian forces are more visible outside of the urban areas and the main mission is to make sure that the weapons seized by the pro-russian protesters do not travel from city to city. and to retain control of the main road that leaves the russia border to the regional capitol but the pro-russian protesters are getting bolder by the day and set up their own checkpoints along this same road. and on the outskirts was also taken over. it was allegedly used to bring in soldiers from western ukraine. many of the protesters say they are deeply linked to russia despite several warnings from the government they remain defiance and will not back down until the federal retrain is met and it's the way to protect the

russian identity from a government who they feel is steering the country they don't want to go in. i'm with al jazeera in eastern ukraine. >> the ambassador to libya has been kidnapped and the vehicle was targeted by armed men in the capitol tripoli and the driver was injured in the attack and happened in the neighborhoods. south korean spy chief has apologized for failing of the intelligence services and he promised an overhaul of the spy agencies the day after his deputy resigned and three senior officials are accused of forging documents to prove a north korean is a spy and the case against him acquitted but intelligence agency appealed the decision and we have more from the south korean capitol, seoul. >> this case is around a man who defected in south korea in 2004 and got a degree and became a civil servant working for the

government and had access there by to thousands of north korean details and activity addresses and so on. national intelligence service accused him of being a spy for north korea but he was acquitted when the cyst recanted testimony against him. there was an an appeal by the prosecution and there were documents submitted from the chinese immigration service saying he travel to north korea on occasions since and the documents are forgeries created by national intelligence service agents and it has been a big scandal for the national intelligence service which has the boss apologizing in a public manner and one of his deputies resigning, all of this coming on top of the nis allegation of interference in the 2012, december 2012 presidential election. that is another criminal case which is still ongoing.

>> over the border there have been celebrations in north korea on the 102nd anniversary of the birth of the leader kim sung and he is the founder of the cointry and his son kim jung-un is paying respect as a big national holiday. under water robot is ready to dive deep in the indian ocean for the second day to search for the wreckage of the airliner and it failed to find anything after the first mission on monday and the 16-hour long search was aborted because it went below 4 1/2 kilometers and they are going to do this for as long as possibly. an explosion in the capitol injured two police officers and one student was shot dead near

cairo university and there was fighted with mohamed morsi and police and 13 people arrested and two journalists were wounded. staying in egypt a court classified a major group in the peninsula as a terrorist organization and alleged to be behind much of the resent violence in the area. the group has been active since the revolution in 2011 and expanded operations since president mohamed morsi was over thrown in july. al jazeera is demanding immediate release of the journalists in egypt and peter greste and fahmy and baher were in court and thursday and falsely accused of providing a platform for the muslim brotherhood and behind bars for 108 days and the fourth journalist in detention has been held without trial since last august. he has been on hunger strike for 85 days and al jazeera rejects all the accusations.

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hello again, top stories here on al jazeera, russia has rejected calls for u.n. peace keeping force in eastern ukraine describing them as absurd. ukrainian troops are posed on the outskirts where pro-russian gunman are in control of government buildings. jordan ambassador to libya has been kidnapped and he was targeted by armed men in the capitol of tripoli. diplomates driver was injured in the attack. it happened in tripoli mansour neighborhood. nigeria president blamed the group for two explosions in the capitol of buja and it killed more than 70 people at a bus

station and the chief ordered officers to intensify surveillance on vulnerable targets in the capitol and we report on this. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of the bomb blast at the bus terminal. the device went off during the morning rush hour as thousands of people went about their daily routine boarding buses to get to the city center for work and body parts and blood stained clothing and shoes of the dead and injured littered the area. emergency services say the bomb may have been hidden in a car. >> it's my information we can gather so far is that the explosion and the nature of the explosion we are unable to unrepresent or ascertain and the explosion came from inside the vehicle and it effected quite a number of people. >> reporter: thousands of on

lookers showed up to see what happened. the military police tried to clear the crowds away. these buses were packed with hundreds of commuters when the explosion happened. just over here in front of them there is a crater where it's believed the car bomb went off. witnesses say they heard a loud explosion and didn't know what to do. >> translator: something bomb or anything. i don't know just like this. it's different here. >> reporter: the president showed up to look at the damage. >> translator: we condole our countrymen and women and will continue to work very hard, the issue of boka attack is in the period of our own development and will do everything to move our country forward. these are unnecessary destructions that are pushing us

backward. >> reporter: no one claimed responsibility for the blast but some say it could be the work of boka, the armed group that want to strip islam law through the country and behind hundreds of attacks since 2009 but mainly the northeast. the last two happened last week killing at least 160 people. boka was at the capitol in 2011 blowing up the u.n. offices and dozens were killed and injured but since then things have been peaceful there. but this city is the fortified part of the country and if they are behind this it will contradict statements by the nigeria government that the group is diminished and on the run and i'm in nigeria. >> they will go ahead with the world economic forum meeting next month and mounting the largest security operation ever

under taken for an international summit. let's get more on the kidnapping in libya and join andrew simmons live in tripoli. andrew, what happened? >> well, laura, the ambassador for jordan was traveling in his official car on his way from home to the embassy and then suddenly it came under attack by at least two other vehicles. there was gunfire and his driver was shot in the leg. the car came to a halt obviously and then at least two men dressed in civilian clothes took the ambassador at gunpoint and abducted him. we have heard this from the foreign ministry, all of those points have been confirmed, what is unclear is who these people are and what motivation they have. this is a situation in libya that happens every other day there is a kidnapping but not necessarily ambassador and so

there is a lot of concern throughout the city right now as to what may have happened to this ambassador and what the motivation is. >> absolutely. when one looks at the security situation there in libya one has to question whether there is any. >> well, of course, i mean, the main issue here of course is the fact that all of the fighting groups from the revolution three years ago has guns and no disarmament, the weak government here failed to make headway in trying to form a proper, regular army and making attempts but it is caught up by in-fighting politically in the general national congress and indeed the parliament itself now, the interim prime minister served notice he has to quit after his family was attacked at home on saturday night. he was given a clear mandate to

form a new government, that is in tat -- tatters and criminally and politically motivated and attacks are common and there is another diplomate three weeks ago, a secretary to the tunesia ambassador who was kidnapped, no word of his whereabouts right now, journalists and businessmen kidnapped, it's a pretty bad situation in libya right now. >> it certainly sounds it, andrew thanks very much for the latest from tripoli. increasing numbers of people in kenya using mobile phones to pay bills, transfer money and get loans. and as catherine sour reports mobile banking is making it easier for farmers. >> they don't need smartphones or bank accounts, these are farmers in central kenya and they supply milk to one of the country's dairy companies and after delivery they have to wait at least a month to get paid.

for the first time the farmers may needless than five cows are able to get loans against the milk deliveries using their mobile phones and to a phone application designed by two entrepreneurs. >> can we take it a step further and say look at the smallest business level, one single farmer, could we potentially advance the farmer against business earnings. >> reporter: this is how it works the farmer applies for a loan through a text message with amount needed and goes by a data system and once approve the money is sent to the farmers in less than two days. the interest rate changed is the same as conventional banks. farmers with two animals and crops find it difficult to access loans from banks and other mobile banking networks, security is often needed and the farmer does not have that collateral. and they have five cows and 25

liters of milk a day and applied for a loan of $100 to buy hay and medicine. >> translator: the milk company takes so long to pay us i normally pay milk cheaply at the market, the cash helps me to take care of animals and family until i get paid for what i deliver to the company. >> reporter: more than 18 million people in kenya and tansenia use the phones for banking transactions and started in kenya opened the door to a whole new generation of customers whose very first bank account is accessed purely through their phones. this man says the phone loan service is just another step in the revolution. >> most of the people have been turned away by all banks because they are way too small and don't have collateral and assets 0 and we can welcome them aboard.

>> farmers took down the crucial details to help secure them loans, it's another first here, a platform they hope will help make their lives a little better, catherine with al jazeera in central kenya. >> firefighters in chile are continuing to battle a huge blaze three days after it began in the port city and at least 14 people have been killed and thousands more forced from their homes and we have the latest. >> they are seeing the flames of massive rescue operation to control the fire that ranged over 24 hours destroying hundreds of homes and many lost everything and william and his family have lived here for 19 years. >> translator: nothing, we couldn't do anything. it all happened so quickly. less than three minutes for the flames to reach us. >> reporter: he is trying to find his father's work tools

among the charred debris and already thinking about his future. the cause of sunday's blaze is being investigated, while the operations to feed and clothe hundreds of evacuees go on. in her first month in office had to deal with a major earthquake and now this, she ordered the military to help. and this is the world heritage site and the fire the worst in the country's history hit the nation extremely hard. thousands of volunteers help donating clothes, food and other provisions but overwhelmingly they're labor. >> we have to respect life because that's all we have and we can't give up. we are starting here from scratch. >> reporter: the wind and flames and narrow streets made it difficult for the emergency services to reach the blaze.

some lost everything while others are simply grateful to have escaped with their lives, seeking solace in the ruins, i'm daniel with al jazeera in chile. >> in the united states a former ku klux klan leader is charged with a hate crime following the shooting of two people and at jewish centers and known for racist views and in kansas they are paying tribute to the victims of the shooting including a 14-year-old boy and his grandfather. brazil is facing one of the worst scandals in the company's history and being investigated for alleged corruption after leaked documents allegedly show wide scale bribes being paid and it's to harm chances at reelection and we report from

brazil. >> reporter: energy giant brass is defending itself against allegations that if true would be one of the biggest corruption scandals in company history, it was revealed that in 2006 he paid over $1 billion for a refinery in texas that earlier was sold for only $42 million raising deep suspicions of foul play that sparked an investigation. documents leaked to a local investigative journalist and published under bribes and said a former company director was involved in a wide ranging global kickback scheme. >> it became clear the corruption was high, it was organized, it involved all of the accounts, it involved lobbyists in many areas. >> reporter: in a statement to al jazeera a spokesperson would only say the company was watching closely and cooperating with the ongoing investigation.

and brass is the biggest and most powerful state-run company in brazil and links with all parts of the government. that is why here in the capitol of brazil politicians with stripes are running squared wondering how big it will get and how it will effect them but no politician stands to lose more than the woman who occupies the presidential palace behind me and that is the president del and before she was president she was energy minister and the chair of petrol brass administrator when the corruption struck place and not with the wrongdoing but adversaries are calling for a congressional inquiry with russo running for election in october. >> translator: we want a congressional investigation that allows us to have two figures, business people, government members and testimony to the allegations and documents.

>> reporter: and a former president of petrol brace says there is no corruption. >> petrol brace is honest and clean company. >> the allegations are false? >> they are politically motivated. >> reporter: with the police investigation still ongoing it's unlikely the scandal will go away any time soon, i'm with al jazeera brazil. >> and a newspaper favorite for the last 100 years, the cross word has the power to frustrate, anger and a ♪, all in equal measure. and bernice gordon is the oldest cross word compiler and in the latest of the still going strong series tom ackerman went to meet her. >> drew lines like this. >> reporter: bernice gordon has a way with words and using that skill to build cross word

puzzles since she was 35. that was 65 years ago. >> my mother was exasperated to me and said my child if you spent as much money buying cookbooks instead of dictionaries, your family would be better off. >> reporter: it generally takes her a day to construct the skeleton and a day more to write the clues and she is an innovator and being the first puzzle maker to combine letters with symbols to fill in the blanks. at first that twist caused a sensation but it's now a standard feature in puzzles including more than 150 she has been commissioned to make for the "new york times." the puzzle editor values her combination of craft and commitment. >> she experienced life since

1918. so, you know, things that we know from books, she knows from everyday life and that all shows up in the puzzle. >> reporter: and bernice doesn't hesitate in sometimes teaming up with much younger puzzle makers. >> one thing that is interesting is we have completely different styles when it comes to constructing and i remember bernice saying one puzzle she ended up with the word yay and saying that is not a word. and it's sort of informing and maybe a little slang but nothing you find in the dictionary. >> i'm always learning and you have to learn. i buy a dictionary every year because every year they have new words. >> reporter: bernice says she is excited at her age she can still make a living from something she enjoys and helping others keep their brains agile. >> knowing you are really helping people so at least i

made a mark in the world, a little mark. i need a vowel. >> reporter: bernice is 13 word for amazing. >> that's how i do it. tom ackerman, al jazeera. >> you can always keep up to date on the news on our website, there it is al jazeera.com. ♪ america's economy seems to be shaking off the winter chill, but the u.s. is not the only horse in the race. i'm looking at our global economy with the founder of the biggest public relations firm in the world. and the big banks, and their bottom line. i'll tell you that their erping mean for you. and tax day 2014, i'll tell you what is new and what you might have missed and you plow that last-minute rush. i'm ali velshi. and this is "real money." ♪