ukraine accuses russia of trying to start word war iii. ♪ hello, i'm sammy, and this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up in the show, standing up to north korea. participate barack obama visits seoul amid concern they are planning another nuclear test. at least four killed by suicide bombing in pakistan's largest city. and hanging up on nokia, the firm that once led the world in

mobile phone sales, stops making the handheld device. ♪ now ukraine's army says it started what it calls the second face of a military push against armed groups in the east. it says one of its helicopters was hit by rocket fire. >> reporter: the skies above the town, ukrainian government says one of their helicopters exploded off it was shot in the fuel tank just as it was taking off, the pilot survived. >> translator: a helicopter was taking off and then crashed. it crashed on a small plane and exploded. >> reporter: in the southern port another explosion at a police roadblock. one report said that a grenade

was thrown from passing vehicle. the police say seven people were injured. over the border in southwestern russia, military exer siecises continue. the size and scope has alarmed the ukrainian government and many governments in the west. russia has said if it believes that ethnic russians in ukraine are threatened, it will take action. at a volunteer camp here donetsk they are learning new and lethal skills. is there are some 100 ukrainian men here. most not prepared to show their faces. but they say they are preparing for a russian invasion. of course these men are no match for the russian army in terms of numbers, training, or equipment. but the existence of this camp does suggest one thing that if the russians were to envied, they would encounter some

resistance in eastern ukraine, unlike crimea. >> translator: we have gathered to save ukraine as a united country, to stop the traitors and insurgents. we want to save our families and cities. if not us, who will do this. >> reporter: they are also learning battlefield first aid. but right now in eastern ukraine, nobody is taking anything for granted. >> hoda is live for us in donetsk. bring us up to speed with reports that some of the [ inaudible ] there may be run into trouble, hue -- hoda. >> reporter: well, we do know that eight people from the osc have disappeared according to the minister of the interior.

they are part of the military investigation team. they have different branches here on the ground. one is for election monitoring and one is for mediation, but the ones who disappeared are from the military investigation team. we did speak to the self proclaimed mayor's office in slaviansk. so far they say they don't nothing know anything about it. we don't know if that a true or not, but it does appear these people have disappeared. u.s. president barack obama is warning north korea to not carry out nuclear weapon testing. harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: president obama landed in the country still gripped by grief. it is just nine days since the

ferry capsized. more than 300 people are dead or missing, most of them children. the u.s. president suggests at the moment, silence. soon enough it was back to business, and as so often dealing with north korea was uppermost importance. but for the u.s. dealing with north korea means dealing with two allies in seoul and tokyo at loggerheads over history. obama came to seoul after meeting with japan's prime minister. south korea still calls on japan full toy to address the abuse of comfort women or forced prostituted by japanese soldiers during world war ii. >> there was a terrible

egregious violation of human rights, and certainly the japanese people recognize that the past is something that has to be recognized honestly. >> reporter: truthliful facing up to history are words used by president park. the fact that president obama chose to use a similar phrase is something that will go down very well here in seoul. perhaps in return president park held out the prospect for improved ties with japan. >> >> translator: i think we go back to the promise that were made, truthful actions need to be implemented by the japanese side. >> reporter: the obama administration has been billing this four-nation tour as rebuilding relations in asia.

but it's not just friends who will have noticed ukraine's current polite, a country that gave up its weapons in 1994 in return for security. trp the message that this can give to the north korean leader is giving up weapons in 1994 becomes the reason for what is happening today. it has woesens the prospect of solving the issue of nuclear weapons. >> reporter: harry fawcett, al jazeera, seoul. a u.s. defense official is warning the search for the missing malaysian airliner could go on for years. eight military aircraft and ten ships are taking part in the search. flight mh 370 went missing on mav 8th. a drunk passenger on a plane bound for the indonesian island

has triggers a hijacking flight. police arrested the man an hour later once the plane landed. at least ten people have been killed at a series of bomb attacks in iraq's capitol. dozens of others were injured as thousands rallied in support of the [ inaudible ] party. it was planning to announce candidates for next wednesday's parliamentary election. at least four people have been killed in suspected suicide attack. officials say government vehicles in the area were the apparent target. a police official was killed on thursday by a suicide bomber. >> reporter: a headley attack outside of a mosque in the port

city, in a plush neighbor, cost at least four lives and wounded another 30. the powerful explosive was set to have been planted on a motorcycle. however, no one has yet taken responsibility for this attack. this happened less than 24 hours after a senior police officer was targeted by a suicide bomber, just outside his home and comes at a time when the taliban pakistan has said that will no longer continue with the ceasefire. the government on the other hand insists that the talks with the taliban will continue despite the ups and downs. the u.s. president is blaming israel and the palestinians for the recent break down in peace talks. he said neither side had the political will to make the tough decisions. he even suggested a cause in

negotiation might be good. >> you know, the fact that most recently president aboss took the unhelpful step of rejoining talks with hamas, you know, is just one of a series of choices that both the israelis and the palestinians are made that are not conductive to try to resolve this crisis, and i make no apologies for supporting secretary of state kerry's tireless efforts, despite long odds to keep on trying to bring the parties together. there may come a point in which there just needs to be a pause and both sides need to look at the alternatives.

rosiland jordan has this update from washington, d.c. now. >> the obama administration has always said that peace is possible between the israelis and the palestinians, but participate barack obama's comments on friday in seoul make it clear that the administration is reaching the point where it's going to choose to step aside, and let the two sides figure out how they want to proceed. the administration has invested a lot of time and energy through two different efforts to broker peace between the two parties. however, the first time the question over continued israeli settlements in the occupied west bank essentially torched those talks before they got off of the ground, and this time after nearly nine months of face-to-face talks questions about whether the israelis and the u.s. should have the right to dictate where hamas should have any role in these talks because of its reconciliation

deal with fattah have put these talks on hold. so the question now does the u.s. have enough influence to keep both sides from engaging in some sort of armed conflict, since talking has seemed to keep thing relatively peaceful up until now. still to come, the end of an era for nokia. plus -- >> they make decision for me, the government make decision for me! >> refugees speak out about their traumatic experiences of seeking asylum in ireland.

♪ welcome back. let's recap the headlines. ukraine's military says a helicopter has exploded after being hit by a rocket. and in the past hour the interior ministry says armed groups have seized a bus in the same area. barack obama is warning north korea of severe con see kwenlss if it carries out nuclear threats. and at least four people have been killed and 30 injured in a suspected suicide back in pakistan's largest city. it's the second attack in the city in as many days. now the finish company nokia once lead the world in making

noble phones, but it has handed over its business now to microsoft in a $7.5 billion deal. they were among the first companies to make noble phones in the 1980s. new technology helped make it a world leader from 1998 to 2012, but as the world moved to smart phones nokia's products gradually lost out. >> microsoft has been struggling to compete with apple and with google on the mobile space they needed something to improve their odds in this space. and that's why they bought nokia. they have been collaborating pretty closely together since 2011. microsoft will have a lot of

work to do. it's not in great shape, and their market position is -- is -- is pretty dismal, they have 4 or 5% of the total market, so they have a lot of work to do with this unit if they want this acquisition to mean something for them. >> the former major of new york city michael bloomberg has launched a new group called every town, but first has to overcome the national rifle association. >> reporter: this is a couple of dozen more students -- >> reporter: it's an all-too familiar story. the gunmen opened higher in in a crowded public place. there is shock and anger. there are calls for stricter gun laws, gun lobbiests push back. every town has been pledged with

a $50,000 donation from michael bloombe bloomberg. >> we are the only civilized country in the world that has this problem. >> reporter: now they focus on bypassing politicians and focusing on membership. it's deliberating targeting women and mothers. >> for oolong time the gun lobby has done a good job of making a minority fray being worried they will take their guns away. >> reporter: the murder of 20 young school children in 2012 shocked the world. adam lanza shot dead 26 people including his mother. polls show that 90% of americans supports background checks on

gun buys. the national rifle association claims it has more than 5 million members. it definitely has money in 2012 the nra spent almost $3 million on lobbying. richard feldman is a former political director of the nra and former gun lobbyist. >> the people of this country want to be in control of the country, and not let the government dictate what the people shall and shall not do. >> reporter: but the nra and every town are counting on their members to turn out as single issue voters. but just ten days old, every town must make up plenty of ground in order to make an impact. now two people have been killed during anti-coup protests in egypt. protesters have been intensifying their action across

the country before presidential elections next month. well the trial of three al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned until may 3rdrd. peter greste, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed are falsely accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the fourth al jazeera journalist has been held without trial since august. he has been on hunger strike for the last 95 days. al jazeera rejects all charges and continues to demand the immediate release of its staff. the price of petrol in iran has jumped overnight. it's an attempt to cut government spending. carolyn malone has more. >> reporter: iranians ls get some of the cheapest fuel in the

world. but the price has gone up. >> translator: they should give the gasoline subsidies to us, taxi drivers. price of gasoline should be doubled and tripled for personal cars. the iranian government still has a far bigger bill to pay. at the moment most iranians can apply for handouts. the president has tried to persuade people to go without the $14 a month by appealing to the wealthy on state tv. but 95% of the people said they still needed the money. the economy has been hit hard because of u.s. and european sanctions over iran's nuclear plans. inflation went from almost 9% to 40% last year. a quarter of people are unemployed, and the cost of living remains high. >> years of mismanagement has

brought them to this point. the average iranian doesn't make much, and therefore, having the price of goose, an essential commodity go up 60 to 70%, will hit them hard. there's long-term structural issues that need to be addressed. iran has to sell its oil back on the free market without the imposition of sanctions. with iran able to export oil at full capacity that will increase its revenue. as sanctions are gradually lifted, the iranian economy will improve, and hopefully inflation will be tamed. but there's a long way to go until that happens. >> reporter: people are likely to feel a pinch, and they say they are not prepared to give up the aid they have come to rely on. portugal is marking the 40th anniversary of the carnation revolution.

an element bloodless coup in 1974 introduced democracy to portugal. but four decades on, the country's economy has been hard hit. last-minute preparations are underway at the vatican for sunday's canonization of pope john the 2nd and pope john xxiii. it's the first ever canonization of two popes. now ireland is facing criticism over the way it seeks thousands of refugees seeking asylum. the system is controversial. and the polands say it's degrading and little difference than life in an open prison.

>> reporter: ireland is known everywhere for the way it opens its arms to tourists and visitors. but how to balance that with the experience of this man who fled death threats to travel across the seas here in dublin. life here is even worse than home. >> if i knew that coming here i would be kept for so long. i would be forced to live in a system, where i loose my human sense or my dignity would be effected, or i would feel less human, i wouldn't have come. >> reporter: ireland runs its asylum system different than other places. refugees are placed in buildings with meals and a bed but nothing else. you go to another place which gives you 19 euros a week

spending money, so you are not allowed to work, but you have no money. time and again, refugees told us they were being forced to do nothing. and that sends them quietly mad. stephen who is kenyan does voluntary work to keep his mind busy. the government has been considering his asylum request for the last eight years. >> we are still waiting, because we want protection. we want our kids to enjoy life like any other normal kid. and we want to fend for our family. we don't want anything from the system. >> reporter: this woman a christian from northern nigeria had to flee wither this children. they hate their life here, and that fills her with guilt. >> was nopt allowed to do anything. the government make decision for

me. they make decision for my children. i have no say. they have taken by dignity, my freedom away from me. >> reporter: how could ireland with its famines and history of oppression by the british could have got such a bad reputation for caring for those in need. >> it's very difficult why ireland is still signed up to the refugee convention, when in fact it does not live by the spirit of it. >> reporter: the government refused an interview. their ministers say direct provision is the cheapest way of looking after people in ireland illegally. elections are coming, and the treatment of ireland's thousands of refugees is not on anyone's agenda. now violent clashes have

erupted in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro. the latest started after the funeral of a dancer. his body was found in one of the city's slums. >> translator: the police killed my son and yet they still had the courage to come here. why? we did not invite them. i as a mother did not invite them. i am disgusted and repulsed. the protesters were invited to come and honor their dear friends. at least 36 people have been killed in flash floods in afghanistan. many others are still missing. authorities are trying to reach the remote areas. now there have been more avalanches on mountain everests. 13 sherpas were killed when the

ice and snow came smashing down. >> reporter: managing to smile despite losing his friends in an avalanche. he considers himself lucky to be alive. he was one of six who survived a week ago on mount everest. he told me that it hand quickly. he has been a sherpa guide since 2008, and only started climbing a year ago. my family never wanted me to scale a peak or be a guide, but when you see the view from the top, it's magical. when i'm better i'm returning to my village to be a farmer. 13 were killed in that slide. >> translator: mountaineering is the backbone of the ruel economy. it has bring inasmuch as

$26 million as it did last year. so we need to address the concernses of the sherpas. >> reporter: it's the height of the climbing season in nepal. tourism generated millions of dollars last year, but the government's motion is clear. >> they do not want to climb so it is their own decisions, so in that case i think it will be very difficult for i to provide some assistance. >> reporter: but the government is taking care of the health care costs of this sherpa and other guides who were injured. earlier this week, the nepal government said it would increase the funds for the families of the guides. that after strong criticism that

they generate millions of dollars in revenues but do little to assist the sherpas. and of course if you want to keep up to date with all of the story we're following here on al jazeera. head over to aljazeera.com. >> nairobi is my city, well perhaps not exactly. i was born here and so were my parents, but i spent most of my life living overseas. i've been here now for less than a year, but the city has really grown on me. one of the most intereg