many more innocent people are likely to suffer. claims are increasing with regards to the southeast region of ukraine, buildings, posts, but the government is not doing anything. >> russia accuses kiev of failing to address concerns of those agitated against the government in kiev. ♪ hello, you are watching al jazeera live from our global news center in doha and i'm laura kyle and on the program four more people in the ferry disaster condemned the actions

of the crew. the conduct of the captain and some crew members is unfathomable and it's like an act of murder that should not be tolerated. aleppo and barrel bombs are dropped over the besieged syrian city and how thailand is becoming an solar energy pioneer. ♪ russian foreign minister has again accused the interim government in ukraine of not listening to voices of opposition in the country and speaking in the last few minutes they said washington should take responsibility for the actions of kiev. >> translator: the geneva agreement is not the only thing but there are steps being under taken above all but those who sieged power in kiev and those

who are violating each other, claims are increasing with regards to the southeast region of ukraine, buildings, posts, but the government is not doing anything in order to stop the causes of this deep problem of this crisis within ukraine. the right sector is virtually half a year been controlling and its inflew ens in the southeast using violent means at the beginning of the events, there are streets which have not been un block unblocked and they are continuing with its protests and more than that, those people who

have been appointed, they should not spread because it is quite clear that the kiev city council, and i don't remember the exact name but it has made a decision but they can remain legitimate. this is absolutely unacceptable because legitimacy is outside the law, even the law of ukraine itself and it's not possible to act in such a way and if we recognize the rights of any of the administration, what it -- they can just do what they like, then if we think about the southeast regions where the people were elected by leaders after leaders were sent there from kiev and by the way one of the points that geneva agreement requires is amnesty of the political prisoners of those

being involved in the process to free those arrested, the governors and others. >> reporter: and peter is live from moscow and peter rather unsurprisingly we can hear lavroff being square with the authorities in kiev. >> that is right, a long list of what he feels has not been done since the meeting on thursday which contrary to all expectations seemed to provide a glimmer of hope and said this is quite important and said the u.s. should basically recognize its responsibility for the government that they basically put in power in kiev and should accept responsibility for that. and do what they can to bring about the changes and the demands met or made during the geneva accord. he also said he would want the united states to hold back on

sanctions and just relook at what is going on in ukraine and to see who is responsible for it before engaging in another round of sanctions and he used that word again civil war. he said the events on sunday night when unidentified gunman shot three pro-russian demonstrators at a check point, he said that is resulting in calls from the people in the russian speakers in eastern ukraine, for us to help them. and he said it is a serious, serious issue at the moment. and there is a very, very real risk of conflict. so five days into the new accord really nothing really, really seemed to be going well for it. >> and of course we have the u.s. vice president joe biden touching down in kiev in a few hours and that will upset moscow

even further, won't it? >> it will, and that is one thing during the demonstrations the kremlin was absolutely condemning the presence of various u.s. politicians at those demonstrations and now, at this very, very sensitive time in the short life of this geneva accord we had a shooting on sunday night and now the presence of the vice president, the highest ranking american official in kiev which will be roundly condemned by the kremlin. >> peter sharp is live in moscow and thank you for joining us and let's cross to easter ukraine and we can go to donyette and they say the geneva agreement must be implemented immediately, any sign at all in eastern ukraine of it being put into place? >> no, here on the ground, no sign at all and no sign that they will implement it in the

next few hours or days to come. i think there is a discrepancy when it comes to the understanding of what the geneva accord is all about. the pro-russian protesters here, it includes everyone including the protesters in kiev who still hold this two months after victor yanukovich fled and they say they have to make the first move and why cannot they leave public space and you have that discrepancy there and you have nothing has been solved and no demands met so far. we have been around the area for white a quite a while now and they say, yes, we had people from kiev come, we had mediators from the international community like the organization for security, the european one come to us, but nothing concrete comes out of it so they want to see what is going to happen next really. i think at this stage they want to see a first step from kiev

and kiev says, no, this accord is specifically about eastern ukraine and specifically about the buildings that have been ceased over the past two weeks. >> that is what we said, vice president joe biden will touchdown shortly and what do we know about his eitinerary there? >> he will be here two days and meeting with the acting pretty and prime minister aren yatseny and they think he is looking westward and protesters say if the eu regulations are imposed for us it will be a disaster for the region and we want to work in our cities and towns and don't want to go elsewhere to have a better life. certainly that image is something that will enrage them and cement the idea that kiev is

looking more towards the west than inward to the country. one of the main complaints i also heard just about the silent majority just when you speak to people who are just watching as events unfold under ground is they blame the government and said the prime minister had come here once since he took power, that was last week in the midst of the crisis and they thought it was the events in crimea was unfolding and should have been -- the government should have reached out and come and spoken to people and the public and to the civic society and reassured them and it did not happen. if people do not agree with the buildings they are talking with authorities in kiev and feel they are very far away from it and have been ignored and i think that image today will probably cement a l probably cement a little further that opinion. >> and we are reporting live

from eastern ukraine and thanks very much. now, south korea president has condemned the actions of the captain and crew of the sunken ferry as being like an act of murder. and the comments come as four more crew members were arrested and divers are continuing to retrieve bodies within the ferry people are now confirms to have died in the traged tragedy. >> translator: the conduct of the captain and some crew members is unfath oshgs mshomom should not be tolerated. after the accident the captain did not follow evacuations of the vessel traffic center and telling the passengers to stay where they were the captain and crew members left and escaped and this is legally and ethically something unimaginable. >> reporter: this is live in the port city of jindo and harsh

words from the president and not showing mercy to the captain and crew of the ship. >> that's right, they were with withering comments from her and said the captain deserted the captains by escaping first and legally and it was unimaginable acts akin to murder and it's clear the authorities want to move very quickly. they have had four people arrested today, crew members and that means that seven crew including the captain have been arrested since the weekend and the captain faces five charges, two of which include violating maritime law and negligence and prosecutors say have accused them of breaching the maritime codes, leaving the vessel before all the passengers had got off. so i think president park wants to move swiftly and seen to be

doing something because i think there is a real worry in her administration this tragedy could damage her politically. >> and this brings up to speed of what is happeningly where you are and the agree ni -- agonizi wait for the relatives goes on. >> that is right, they are bringing more bodies ashore, not as my have to say as yesterday. but that really was the pivotal moment on sunday when divers were able to enter the ferry for the first time. they have now been able to reach the cafeteria restaurant area and that they think is probably where most of the survivors were, where they think they will find an awful lot of bodies. now this recovery operation, and it really is a recovery operation now, is going to go on for several days, it really is just a body count now and an agonizing one for the parents because they are of course more than 240 people are still

missing, most of them students all from that same school and their parents still waiting for that final be reevement confirmation but they will have to wait i think several more days. >> very difficult time and thank you for joining us there from jindo. well, as the recovery operation goes on we can actually have a promotional video which the camp -- the captain talks about how the journey is safe and this video was in 2010 and he insists all will do well as long as passengers follow the instructions of the crew. >> translator: i believe it is safer than any other vehicle as long as they follow the instructions of our crew members. >> reporter: and that recording is a conversation between rescuers and the ferry crusade indecision and confusion as the ship sank and shows the final decision to evacuate was left to the captain but he was not at

the bridge at the time the ferry began to tilt, on saturday he confirmed that passengers were told to stay in their cabins. opposition activists in syria say barrel bomb attacks in the city of aleppo killed at least 50 people and they were unable to verify shows the aftermath in a city and neighborhood and syrian government forces have been dropping barrel bombs in rebel held areas in aleppo in an intense campaign that began in december and more than a thousand people have been killed since then and barrel bombs are in precise weapons filled with explosives, scrap metal and

shrapnel and cause extensive damage. they are warning 20,000 residents of a district in damascus are at risk of starving to death and the refugees is on the outskirts of the capitol and it's a battleground in the civil war and no food for almost two weeks and supplies have run out and some people are resorting to eating leaves and animal feeds. the u.n. relief and work phase says it needs to deliver 700 parcels a day of food to the camp and this is the start and getting 100 a day and in resent weeks conditions have worsened and in the past 12 days no food has been able to get in there. syria's president made a rare public appearance outside the capitol in an ancient town recaptured by government forces and the tv show is inspecting

damage from resent fighting in the kris crayon town of maloola and the town is 60 kilometers north of damascus from opposition fighters a week ago and saying the government is the best protection against rebels and presidential elections are scheduled for later this year. plenty more ahead on al jazeera includi including. >> illegal fishing, and one day they would no longer be able to fish in the territory waters. >> reporter: u.n. warning the fish stocks are being depleted by un regulregular -- unregula people and it's banned and illegal but pakistan black market gambling industry is doing an roaring trade. ♪

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♪ hello again, top stories this hour on al jazeera, russia's foreign minister accused ukraine government of violating thursday's geneva agreement and not doing anything to contain the violence in the east of the country and warns that attempts to isolate russia will fail. the president of south korea compared the actions of captain and crew of a sunken ferry to an act of murder and four more crew members have been arrested as they continue to retrieve bodies from the wreckage and more than 200 people are 200 people are still missing. activist in syria and barrel

bomb attacks killed at least 50 and government forces have been dropping bombs in the city in the tense campaign that began in december. 50 rebel fighters have been killed in the military operation in central province in iraq and the three day offensive was carried out in the town there and they are investing fighters who seize towns in the neighboring province and we have more from baghdad. >> reporter: as the operation progresses against isil fighters many of them are moving further south into places like bobo province where they group to go back in and the iraq army says over the last three days they had an operation using helicopters and ground troops to kill 50 isil fighters in the

province and say the fighters were more hard core elements of the isil however this is just coming from the iraqi army and no other sources confirming this and it's being skorn over in parts of baghdad among opposition politicians who say this is another example of sectarian and no proof these fighters were indeed members of the islamic state of iraq. getting clean to elections there will be announcements of operations like this and this works well for prime minister who said he is going to be tough on security and clearly security is one of the very big issues for the iraqi election campaign. >> and al jazeera continues to demand the immediate yirelease those in prison of greste and fahmy and mohamed and they have been behind bars for 114 days.

and their case has been adjourned until tuesday and al jazeera rejects accusations against the staff and the fourth al jazeera journalist in detention is held without trial since last august and on hunger strike for the last 91 days. the choinese government is meeting environment in beijing to chronic pollution and a year-long study released this week shows one fifth of farmland is contaminated and a draft law could give the government more power to close factories and band industrial development and it's expected to be finalized this year. and gambling has been illegal in pakistan since 1947. the ban has not stopped them from thriving and we report from the southern city of karachi and at times the police are even

come -- complacent. >> reporter: when there is a cricket match they watch on big screens or anywhere else they can and although it's illegal some people place bets hoping the national team will win big. >> translator: i was really confident pakistan would do well but it's not looking so good. god willing i won't use the $50 bet i made. >> reporter: there are hundreds of gambling shops and book makers and during big sporting events like this they rake in millions of dollars in i'llicit proceeds. we were given access to book makers based out of a hotel room and hidden identities as they take illegal bets over the phone and once the match is over they will pack up and leave easily making hundreds of thousands of dollars. gambling was out lawed when pakistan was petitioned from

india in 1947, 30 years later the laws were revised when parliament passed the prevention of gambling act and the penalties are $10 fine and up to one year in prison. given the relatively lax punishments and poor enforcements illegal betting thrives and the police are involved in being involved in and protecting gambling debts and book makers. this is the senior police officer and admits it's a problem. >> translator: they are badly paid and find it difficult to make end meet. some do get involved in illegal activities like this, not all but some and when we learn of it, we deal with them harshly. >> reporter: clearly it's not enough to prevent illegal book makers like these from making big profits, i'm with al jazeera. >> and some news coming from syria, the date of the

presidential election has been announced. we will be seeing a presidential vote there in the war-torn country on june the third. now the rich fish stocks in the waters under threat according to the u.n. and says the boats operate illegally and little of the catch is processed locally and we report from the capitol, that is having a devastating impact on the local fishing industry. >> in the early morning heat and humidity the main fish market comes alive and it may be one of the poorest countries in the world but atlantic ocean off the coast is rich with fish. and these men and crew have just returned from four days at sea and says his biggest problem is government taxes. >> translator: we are so tired of this, i can't make any money

with my work, we use so much effort but then we have so much expenditure and so many government taxes to pay. >> reporter: like many fishermen he would like to export his fish but no proper processing facilities here and he cannot compete with the foreign trollers so he has to make due with the local market. this is the biggest fish market here and normally it's busy with everyone trying to get the best prices for their fish but for the traders here it does not translate to much money at the end of the day. and they say life is harder since 2012 when the military staged a coup ahead of a presidential run ooff. >> translator: the government has done nothing for us. we buy a lot of fish but sometimes we don't get customers. many times we don't even make overhead costs. >> reporter: but perhaps unknown to them is a bigger

threat, the u.n. is concerned that unregulated fishing for foreign trollers will deplete fish stocks in the country's waters. >> because of the nature and mangroves but that is under threat with forest cutting, with illegal fishing, one day the people will no longer be able to fish in the territorial waters. >> reporter: the foreigners and big ships is go deep in the ocean to get the big fish and locals who do not have the equipment cannot. he hopes the government can protect fishermen here from what he calls unfair competition, catherine with al jazeera. >> thailand spent years developing solar energy and the industry is so successful countries from across asia are looking to follow thailand's

lead and scott sent this report from the city there. >> reporter: thailand is known for its plentiful sunshine and fuels the tourism and feeds the cultural industry but now they are on the path to be a global leader in capturing the sun's strength to power the nation, with less pollution than gas or cole power plants there are clear things for the environment but reducing energy important ports from the southeast asia neighbors. >> as they develop and grow they are looking for more reliable sources of energy they can control. i don't think there is any country in the region that has a 10th of that much power so thailand is probably 20, 30 times ahead of competitors. >> translator: for years thailand's government has been aggressively pushing to expand its solar power industry and it's 2:00 peak time for the

cells at the lockbury solar farm and they push in enough for 7 70,000 homes but they are hoping this concept, a mid-size power plant that is solar will decentralize the nation's power grid and means smaller communities can generate their own power. the cost of pd-solar cells is half of what it was two years ago and the majority are manufactured in asia and adding to rapid expansion here and next year the solar will double and the government is thinking small. >> they want to see how to promote and adopt solar technology on a smaller scare so whether it's urban situation on top of rooftop or industrial park. >> reporter: meaning households and businesses installing their own solar cells giving the

people of thailand the chance of having a direct hand pushing for more energy independence and i'm scott with al jazeera in thailand. >> and of course you can see the stories and keep up to date with the news on our website, al jazeera.com. ♪ >> 70 years later, does the international monetary fund cities matter? i'm ali velshi. this is a special edition of "real money." welcome to a special edition of "real money." you will need to go back to world war ii to get a sense of how the international monetary fund, the imf, came about.