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is bren a tension easter in ukraine after 10 people are dead after a gunfire broke out in the east. they denied they attacked a checkpoint in slovyansk. th al jazeera jackie roland has more >> reporter: the circumstances surrounding this incident remain extremely unclear. local people here in the village to the east of slovyansk say the early hours of the morning, a number of vehicles drove up to this checkpoint, which was manned by local people, and there was an exchange of fire. the villagers and the people to the checkpoint were pro-russian sympathizers. they say three of their men were killed. another was injured, they say, also, casualties on the side of

the attackers. they said the attackers were able to flee in another two vehicles. it's not clear who these alleged attackers were. i have to say having examined the two vehicles, there are a lot of questions that remain unanswered. in particular, if there was a shoot-o shoot-out, why is the car undamaged in terms of bullet holes whereas the back of the second car gateway really riddled with bullets, and why as well are the two vehicles completely burnt out destroying any potential forensic evidence? this gateway clear however it happened gateway playing into the hands of those who do not want the geneva agreement to succeed. already, the pro-russian self high appointed mayor of slovyansk gateway calling for vladimir to send in russian peace keepers >> ukraine's prime minister said vladimir putin wants nothing less than the restoration of the soviet union. the prime minister pointed to

putin's influence that has contributed to mass unrest president putin has a dream to restore the soviet union, and every day he goes further and further and god knows where is the final destination. he was very clear saying this stuff in the state of the union a few years ago. and i believe that you do remember his speech, famous munich speech saying the biggest disaster of the former century is the collapse of the soviet union. i consider that the biggest disaster of this century would be the restoring of the soviet union under the auspices of the putin >> remember to join us tonight for the week ahead when we will take a look at russia's approach to foreign policy all in light of the recent ukrainian crisis again, that's tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern, 5:30 passiffic >>van says a dispute over one of the nuclear facility says pretty

much over. the country's vice president said in an interview iran had agreed to redesign the iraq plant to limit how much pluto plutonium it can make. it would be a major concession for the united states and its allies in talks with iran over the nuclear program >> the issue of the iraq heavy water reactor has been resolved and we have no problem with that. they agreed to the proposal and called it a very sensible offer >> it would/the output of plutonium by 80% and give the u.n. more oversight. >> the death toll in south korea gateway rising as divers continue to pull even more bodies from a ferry that sank off of the country's coast. south korea officials say nearly 60 people are now dead. 476 people were on board that boat and 325 of them were children on a school trip wednesday. weather conditions have improved giving divers better visibility to search for those victims.

dramatic audiotapes have revealed conversations that took place while that ferry was sinking. al jazeera's harry fawcess reports >> reporter: this previously unreleased audio of exchanges between the port authorities and some members of crew on board the bridge of the ship are interesting, fraught exchanges between these two groups of people. it seems in the moments before the crew got off of the ship, the exchanges finish at 9:37, they start at 0906 on the morning of the accident. the port authorities appear to be telling them that we can't tell you when to evacuate your passengers. we don't know what the situation there on the scene gateway. as far as the crew gateway concerned, they seem to be reluctant to evacuate the passengers because they are seeing no rescue ships. they are asking: how soon are they coming? and all of this does add to what the captain was saying in court just a couple of days ago when he was facing charges of breaking maritime law and negligence. he gave his apologies to the parents and to the nation as a

whole. but he said that he was weary of -- wary of telling people to jump off of the boat into cold fast flowing waters unable see any rescue craft at the time. as well as that today, we have been seeing more and more bodies brought ashore. the operation to dive the rec appears to be getting greater access inside the ship. so for the first time, the number of people brought out from the ship gateway valley climbing very rapidly. and so people here at the sports hall waiting for so long to get confirmation of what's happened to their children, some of them are at least getting confirmation. of course, it's extremely grim. great grief gateway already here, and it's only going to get worse in the next few days. >> meanwhile, prayers for the dead filled churches all across the country where pastors tried to hold back their tears. they led services for easter sunday.

south korea gateway one of the most christian populations. a crowded saint peter's square this morning where pope francis greeted catholics for easter mass. they filled the subject-filled square reflecting the worldwide reach of the church and the crowd red aloud prayers in languages and today gateway one of the holiest days for christians all around the world marking the day of jesus's resurrection. meanwhile, christians right here in new york gathered to sing hymns and hear cardinal tim thy dolan deliver mass. he was on cbs's face the nation this morning to talk about possible reform for the catholic church. over in england, the archbishop of canterbury delivered his easter sermon in front of hundreds of people. he focused on the suffering of people facing conflict around the globe.

in ukraine, people came together to celebrate despite the ongoing conflict. people lined up to be blessed by a local priest and christians in the eastern city of donetsk say they are praying for a peaceful solution to their crisis. syria's president bashar al assad made a visit to a christian town recaptured from rebels. his easter visit to the city of malula highlighted the government's confidence over recent gains against rebels around damascus and the lebanese border >> thousands of christians flock to the holy land to celebrate easter. pilgrims from around the world took part in ceremonies today at the holy church in jerusalem. aj's nick schifrin has more on the holy term. >> reporter: how old is this document? >> 1,261 >> the documents don't only

unlock his family's past. >> so this is the surltan stamp? >> this is the sultan stamp. in gold. >> it unlocked the past, present and future of christianity's most sacred site. >> they keep the church in peace. >> for 1,000 years? >> each sultan gave your family a new document? >> yep. >> jerusalem's rulers have bestoid his family with uninterrupted trustwed his fami uninterrupted trust? >> this is the key that i give for my family >> almost a thousand years ago? >> this is, yes. >> the deed gateway muslim that opens the church of the holy sup lec kir believed to be where jesus gateway crucified? >> why did he entrust your family with this responsibility? >> okay.

>> the story starts in 11 ebb 87, a muslim sultan recaptured jerusalem from crusaders. historians calls him patient and wise. he protected the church. he handed over the keys to the same family charged with the care of nearby mosques, the adebes's family? >> he is a smart man and he keep the church in peace. not the holy sup l suplecer church >> he is proud of his responsibility. >> this is the family tree? >> and his heritage. >> adebe escorts his son to his

destiny. for the first time, jawad carries the key to the church's front door. >> are you nervous? >> quite nervous. >> he did just fine, as his father, grandfather, and more than 100 of his ancestors have done, he hands the key over to christians. this time, the francisans who run a portion of the church. it turns out there is another reason a muslim family keeps the key: the seven christian sects don't get along. adebe and his family are neutral, trusted observers >> five minutes, the church will open. >> and so on this day, like every day, adebe and another muslim family officially open the church. but just because it isn't holy ground for them doesn't mean it's not sacred. >> i am a muslim. this is a holy day for the chrises. this is my holy day, also. >> how do you feel every time you open it? >> not good. wonderful. >> and so, on this easter, the keys to christ's tomb are and will continue to be in good

hands. nick schifrin, al jazeera, jerusalem. >> celebrating a holy day in jerusalem, home to three major faiths can be pretty complicated. al jazeerases attia bawi explains >> christian pilgrims marking easter. this year the calendar for eastern and western churches align adding to the crowd. among the pilgrims are christian palestinians, a group that is dwindling in size but increasingly upset. a group of christians from jerusalem of various den om nations filed a complaint with the israeli high court. they were demanding better treatment from israeli police and free access to their holy site. >> israel claims to, you know, observe and be the only democracy in the middle east and the only place where the christians, you know, are thriving, supposedly. we don't feel that in jerusalem. over the past few years, since

2005, it's been progresstively getting worse >> mashawar says it's systematic discrimination. this shows evidence in court tot preventing some from entering the old city despite having had prior approval. >> at the same time, you see that the jewish worshippers are allowed freedom of access. so what's happening here? why is it that the christians and the muslims cannot get to their holy sites as well as the jewish can? it's as simple as that. >> the court ordered the police to give the pilgrims better access. >> on any given ib day, thousands of jews, christians and muslims flock to the old city. >> number grows exponentially on holy and sacred days as pilgrims from all over the region and all over the world try to make it to jerusalem >> it's because of this, the police say they have to have restrictions for the safety of all pilgrims.

>> the police don't discriminate. we are talking about numbers. they are for the safety of people, whether it's local residents or foreigners >> reporter: thousands of police officers have been agreed. this easter weekend, but some christians say more needs to be done. >> we cannot go and practice your religion freely like now. i want to go. like my mom, she wants to come. my grandma wants to come to go to the church. it's very hard to get in. >> the petitioners say they still face restrictions daily simply for being palestinians. >> it's not easy. >> why? >> it's not easy. >> attia awe, jersey. >> in crease people are celebrating with a feast. they roast entire lambs on a large secure over charcoal. there it goes. people in the country say it is a special day to be with family and friends.

in serbia people are taking part in an an eg cracking competition. two people banging hard boiled died eggs together and the one that cracks first loses while the person who wins, they go home with a trophy. >> still ahead on al jazeera america, thousands of children going at it alone. the dangers they face trying to cross the border into the united states.

>> a bleak search resumes on mount everest where crews are looking for three people still missing after a deadly avalanche in nepal. the death toll gateway 13 making it the worst disaster on the world's highest mountain. climbing gateway suspended while crews dig through the ice. in wyoming, a creeping landslide gateway devouring an entire part of jackson. workers watched helplessly as a house split in two.

the hill stopped moving just long enough for workers to repair some of the damage. next, they say they are not sure whether or not that mountain side will stop drooping or give way. this week, the white house called on congress once again to move forward with immigration reform. along the mexican border, a growing number of young people are trying to cross into the united states alone. >> that's up to 60,000 kids a year. ays's paul beeban gateway in the border town of nogales with their story >> a vast, remote and dangerous desert surrounds the city of nogales. a tall steel fence slices through it. over the last month, this teenager and two cousins have traveled 2400 miles on foot, by bus, and by train to make it here to the mexican side of this border town. >> my name gateway oxill

hernandez. i am 15 years old and i am from honduras >> we first met axill when catholic bishops held a mass and cross border communion honoring migrants who have died in the desert, the journey he and his cousins? >> i want to see my dad and study. the journey didn't get to me. i feel good. but they tell me the hardest part gateway coming. we will see if it's good >> after the mass, he lined up for a free lunch, a sandwich and a coke. he had little more than the clothes on his back. >> i left with about 700 honduran limpa which is maybe 30 or $40 >> his hometown of san pedro sula gateway one of the most violent cities in the world. after crossing illegally through guatemala and into mexico, axill and his cousins made their way to puebla where they climbed atop one of the freight trains known as "the beast," a

dangerous anfree ride more than 1400 miles all the way to the border in nogales. the trip wasn't easy because we came on the train. >> when you don't have water or food, you get really hungry. you are always afraid because people are telling you that someone has fallen from the train, that the train can kill you. >> night, the three cousins, axill, evir and omar stayed in a cheap hotel. in the morning, evir told me why they had to get out of honduras? >> there are killers and they ask you for money. if you don't pay them, they kill you. it's horrible >> border patrol agent knows how hard the last stretch into the u.s. can be. he drove us some 13 miles east of nogales where the border fence gives way to open desert. >> these people that come to the united states looking for a job, which gateway most of them, they

are very vulnerable. these people, they don't know the criminal element that exists on the border >> once you are out in the desert, they have no where to go. >> axill and his cousins couldn't afford to pay a smuggler or kote coyote. they chose to print out maps of the desert at an internet cafe and hope for the best. >> i bought a really big backpack so i could fill it with a big wad of catsh after i make it big. i will leave here with socks and return with dollars. >> you are leaving in the morning? >> yeah. >> are you ready? how do you feel? >> a little bit scared. >> we asked them if we could follow them when they left, but they said that moment was just for them, not for our cameras. we thought this was the last time we would ever see them.

but we are back at the hotel on the mexican side of the board ner nogales because the guys, we stayed in touch with them. they tried to cross the border, and they said they were picked up in the night by a group of narcos who told them that that was their territory and they got robbed. so now, we are going to try to get details. >> the guys are here now. they are kind of holed up in their hotel room. they are nervous. they think somebody might have tipped off the narcos they were here they feel like they stand out. they are dark erskined, traveling with back parks, in a small group. they won't even come out of the room to talk to us now. they don't want the cameras here at all. they feel like they are so out of options that they are going to turn themselves in at the border to allow themselves to get deported home. they don't have the money to get home. so the situation gateway just more desperate than ever. >> finally, evir came out and told us what happened. >> those people come up and they just told us we are not supposed to be there.

>> uh-huh. >> so were they armed? >> yeah. >> the narcos or bandits took their money, their cell phones and killed their spirits. axill was so rattled, he was thinking about turning himself in to u.s. authorities hoping they would send him home. they were going to spend another day or two in the hotel wondering what happened to their dreams stolen in the desert. join us tonight for the second episode of our series, "borderland" tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. archeologists say they have discovered a secret part of an ancients italian city. ruins in the roman city date back to the third century bc when researchers found the building with a boundary waum and defensive towers. >> indicates the city was actually 40% larger than previously thoughtll and defensive towers. >> indicates the city was actually 40% larger than previously thought >> security for this year's boston marithon and how one amputee gateway using his

tragedy to change the lives of last year's bombing. you are watching sashings.

. good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i am morgan radford live in new york. and here are today's headlines: the death toll rising in south korea as divers continue to pull bodies from a ferry that sank off of the country's coast earlier this week. they say nearly 60 people are declared dead. dramatic audiotapes reveal conversations that took place while that ferry was sinking. an attack at a gateway checkpoint in eastern ukraine killed three people but no one is taking the blame. it breaks a cease fire agreement made three days ago between kiev and moscow. ukrainian nationalists denied they fired on pro-russian separatists who. >> easter celebrations happening all over the world in rome. pope francis leads thousands of catholics in eastern mass in saint peter's square marking his second easter, he addressed a

crowd in russian, french, and italian >> runners are preparing for their first big race since last year's bombing in boston. 36,000 people are expected to take part in monday's race. this event will feature a lock list of new security measures. 100 secure cameras will be added along with a pa system so that organizers can talk to the runners along the 26-mile race. organizers have also extended invitassess to those who weren't able to cross the finish line last year and invited them to run again this year. one charity has helped a number of the 14 people who lost limmies. wiggle your toes helps finance prosthetic limbs. al jazee aj's jol jazeera's jon terret. >> you may never guess he is a bilateral above-the knee amp tee

who walks' prosthetics worth more than $200,000 >> these are the latest and greatest in technology. these are might being row processor-powered knees bet by autobot. called the x 3s. >> he was hit by another car in 2007 while helping a colleague change a tire by the side of a road. today, his not for profit, wiggle your toes helps others who also lost limbs. after the boston bombings, wiggle your toes was busy, coming to the city multiple times to offer advice >> you don't know what the rest of your life gateway going to look like. you have no idea. am i going to walk again? am i going to depend on a wheelchair? gateway my house even equipped? there are a lot of steps in my house. how am i going to get from the main level. how am i going to get in the house >> this non-profits provides grants when insurance companies fall short as they did with young jane richard who lost her leg bhoe the knee >> jane gateway loving her

running leg and using it as her primary leg which a lot of the kids we equip with a running leg, that turns out to be their primary leg. they are a kid. they want to go >> geoff bowman who lost both legs and whose photograph became an iconic symbol of the day. >> i love the support of i get. aaron, you know, he is a great support team member for me. i call him up and shoot him texts here and there and e-mails and he is always there for me. >> wiggle your toes is not aaron's full-time job, but it is his passion, a passion that drives him to help others on the road to recovery. john terrett, al jazeera, boston, massachusetts >> finally, this just in: former boxer, ruben hurricane carter has died. he spent 19 years in prison for a triple murder that he didn't commit. he went on to become an advocate for others wrongly convicted of crimes and he was 76 years old. thanks so much for watching al jazeera america.

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