>> pro-russia rebels sees control of the state television building in eastern ukraine. >> hello, this is al jazeera live from doha. coming up in the show, taking the blame, south korea's prime minister resigns over his government's bungled handling of the ferry disaster. ♪ >> thousands gather in vatican city as two former popes are declared saints plus 20 years, on, we examine how life has

changed since south africa's black majority since the end of aparthe apartheid. antigovernment activists stormed the state television headquarters in eastern ukraine. they are demanding russian television charges be put back on air in the self-declared republic big of donetsk. separatists say they will hold a refer endum on breaking away from ukraine on may the 11th. the leader of the group of the osc says they have they are being treated as guests. eight international monitor did are being held in the besieged city for two days, paul brennan reports >> reporter: on saturday, he said they were prisoners of war. now, the self-declared mayor of separatist slovyansk can't quite decide whether the international observers are his prisoners or merely his guests. either way, they will not be permitted to go home just yet.

speaking through their leader, the europeans said they had not been physically mistreated but were under no illusions as to their present status? >> our presence here in slovyansk is for sure a political instrument for the decision makers here in the region. and the possibility to use it for negotiations. and i clearly state the vienna document diplomats come to the nation without arms, without ammunition. we are not fighters. we are diplomats in uniforms. >> both loyalists and separatists' sides in the east

of ukraine are increasingly on a heightened alert for provocateurs. the absence of open war, this is increasingly becoming a covert struggle. here is the evidence of that covert struggle: three ukrainian intelligence agent did captured on saturday are now paraded for the cameras, bloodied and blindfolded, their documents proof of sbu officers, stripped to under pants, heads bowed. they said they were to seize a separatist leader. >> the leader of the group clearly under duress said they were targeting eho bezler now intrinsically involved in the pro-russian separatists and also wanted for the murder of a local council member. it's the involvement in ukraine of bessler and similar operatives expected to see yet tougher sanctions imposed on russian individuals by the

united states and the european union on monday. but no sanctions yet whole sect orders of the russian economy >> the notion that forrus to go forward with sectoral sanctions on our own without the europeans would be the most effective deterrent, mr. putin i think is factually wrong. we are going to be in a stronger position to deter mr. putin when he sees that the world is unified and the united states and europe is unified. >> however, president obama tries to make light of it, the fact the g7 nations do not have a unanimous position on sanctions is a problem. the russian president may spot an opportunity. paul brennan, arsz, kievl jazee >> joining us live from donetsk in eastern ukraine, hoda, some of the pictures show quite a wide range of people being held

>> reporter: indeed. actually, it's believed they are being held in the basement of the security building that was seized by the pro-russian arm groups in the city of slovyansk. now, you have a wide range as you said. you had journalists, ukrainian journalists were there. you had an employee from the local council who didn't want to surrender. you have also people who apparently are pro-ukraine and who are not -- who have been intimidated. i guess that's a clear message, also, for the rest of the town that if you do not agree with what is happening, don't express your opinion, we had foreign journalists were who held and they were released so certainly a wide range but nobody knows exactly how many people are in that basement. the pro-russian men don't deny it. they say, yes, we have people. some of them they called hostages >> from hostages to t.v.

buildings, are the protesters there on the offensive? >> reporter: well, it seems so. they have -- i would say the geneva agreement that was calling for them to disarm and evacuate the building is dead. it has never really started. but there was a moment of calm in which they were not seizing new buildings and we had this afternoon this bold move again, the seizure of the regional state t.v. building, and quite a critical seizure in the sense that it has been an important transmission tower. and there has been a stand-off with the employees of that television building because the pro-russian camp was asking them to air russian channels and take off the air ukrainian channels which they view as unfriendly they say has been lying and spreading false propaganda on this movement here in the east. certainly another bold movement.

>>reporter: >> live from donetsk, thanks for that. south korea's prime minister has resigned over his government's panels handling of the ferry disaster. 187 people decide after the ship capsized morning a -- more than a week ago. more than 100 people are missing. chan hong wan said the cries of those families keep him awake at night. from seoul >> he has decided to accept the resignation of the prime minister but first he needs to continue to work with other ministers, other agencies on the rescue effort and the rest of the aftermath of this terrible national disaster. he decided the government feels under pressure from the anger of the parents of those children dead and still missing and, also, from the wider electorate here in south korea which is concerned about how this came to be. and that's something that the prime minister addressed in his resignation speech. >> t >> translator: the right thing for me to do is to take responsibility and redsisign.

on behalf of the government, i apologize for many problems, for the from the prevention of the accident to the early handling of a disaster. >> on the day after it went down, the president put him in charge of the rescue effort. as he supervised the multi-agency response, it put him in the firing line. literally at one point when parents of missing children threw a water bottle and scuffled with him. and again when they stopped his car from leaving the island of chindo. relatives were furious about delays in getting into the ship while hope of survivors remained and about the lack of or the con 2r5d i can't occur nature of the -- con trat i can't occur information they were getting. the president last week called the actions of the crew tantamount to murder. she called for any civil servant who forfeited responsibilities or was involved in illegalities to be held accountable but the

out going prime minister went further >> translator: through this accident, i feel bitterly thought there have been so many irregularities in every corner of our society and practices that have gone wrong. i hope these deep-rooted evils get corrected this time and this kind of accident never happens again. >> an apology to those killed and colleagues to engage in far-reaching reform. >> the opposition wasted no time in criticizing the prime minister for even offering his resignation at such a time. they called it cowardly saying he needed to face up to his responsibilities they also called on the president, herself, to offer an apology to the nation. for some of those issues, the prime minister was talking about, the widespread lax regulation and safety concerns that really people here are facing up to at the same time as they are grieving in a widespread way for the huge loss of life when the ferry went

down. if it's going to tackle that issue as well as the more pressing issues around the aftermath of this disaster, that will be a monumental task. >> let's bring some breaking news now, getting reports of a car bomb explosion in the iraqi capitol, baghdad. reports suggest at least seven people were killed. the explosion happened at an outdoor market in the predominantly shiia neighborhood of southern city. we will bring you more details on this as soon as we get them. at least 21 people have been killed and 50 injured by an opposition mortar tack in syria. it happened in aleppo where fighters targeted government held areas of the city. the government responded by dropping barrel bombs on opposition targets. bashar alla bashar- assad. >> until the end sunday to hand over chemical weapons under the

terms of an international deal. transferred to a u.s. ship in the mediterranean where they are being destroyed. the world's chemical watchdog says more than 92% of the country's weapons have already been handed over. hundreds of thousands of people have packed into vatican city to watch the historic canonization of two former catholic popes. john paul ii and pope john xxiii were declared saints during a two-hour ceremony. john hall reports from vatican city >> reporter: some had waited all night. many had traveled great distances. and this was the moment the pilgrims had come to witness. [speaking latin" >> translator: we declare blessed john xxiii and john paul ii declared to be saints. to be. >> the two late popes were among

the most important and modernizing church leaders of the 20th century. their dual canonization a historic first for the catholic church and in the presence of two living popes as well. >> so it's been a day of four popes really. three miracle said to have proven sanctify, two saints and one catholic church. >> it's widely thought that the act of double canonization will draw the church closer together. >> here, we have two popes that are part of the same history, john xxiii, convened the second vatican counsel and john paul ii continued the work. >> that's why the church is joined together by these two popes. this is why the catholics can feel united >> pope francis did not begin this process, but he certainly ensured it could go ahead by

relaxing the rules in the case of john xxiii after his predesesor, benedict xvi had sped up the process for john paul ii but on this day, the politics didn't matter much to the faithful any more than they would have questioned the v veracity of a miracle. >> blessing. blessing, blessing to all the "t's" people. it's a wonderful feeling. >> we came from poland, you know, and it is a very great day for us. really, we are very proud of our pope and of both popes. >> the catholic world has two new saints. and history has been made. joan a hull at the vatican >> still ahead, a knowledge branch, palestinian ma'c mood abbas offers words for jews on

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>> welcome back. let's recap the head lines. pro-russia activists have seized the state hetelevision headquarters. mediators are trying to release observers in slovyansk. south korea's prime minister has resigned over his government's handling of the ferry disaster. at least 187 people died after

the ship capsized more than a week ago. hundreds of thousands of people have packed into vatican city to watch the historic canonization of two former catholic popes. pope john paul ii and pope john xxiii will be doo claimed saints >> a statement of support for jews on the eve of holocaust day, but it hasn't done anything to warm relations between the two sides. both still blame each other for hijacking the u.s. sponsored framework for talks. stefanie dekker has the latest >> reporter: the latest back and forth in an exhausting blame game prompted by the palestin n palestinian's statement for support for holocaust day. mahmoud abbas is saying it is the most meanous crime to have occurred against humanity in the modern era. some say it could be an olive branch when the pizza talks are

as good as over. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was having none of it especially when abbas is planning to form a unity government with hamas >> instead of making conciliatory statements meant to appease international opinion, he should choose his lines, dr cawe hope he abandoneds the unity packet and returns to the path for peace >> but he blames n netanyahu saying it led to the collapse of talks between the two sides. they blame each other and now, palestinian reconciliation, which should be seen as a positive for the palestinians is being used by israel to suspend these talkso all together. >> we need to understand people

are in the israel interests but we cannot negotiate with hamas as a terrorist organization. >> at issue is hamas not recognizing israel but abbas's trying to vince israel this potential new government is not a threat. the newer government takes care of local issues. i recognize israel and it recognizes israel. i renounce violence and it rennounces violence and terrorism. i am against violence and terrorism these talks remain suspended. nine ambitious months spearheaded by secretary of state john kerry have yielded zero progress. the real hard issues that deal with what a two-state solution will look like swript been touched. stefanie dekker, savrz >> the former of moammar gadaffi

has been held in the city since he was arrested in november, 2011. the government has been unable to transfer him because of security concerns. the trial has been adjourned until may the 11th. civil rights act visits in egypt have demonstrated against a new law restricting the right to prote protest. around a thousand demonstrators marched toward the presidential palace in cairo. they say they are not against the former army chief's presidential hopes but against restrictions by the military-backed government. al jazeera continues to call for the immediate release of its journalists held in egypt. their trial is adjourned until may 3rdrd. they are accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood now declared a terrorist organization. the fourth journalist in

detension has been held without trial since last august. he has been on hunger strike for the last 97 days. al jazeera rejects all charges. there has been 20 years since south africa held its first a -- post apartheid elections. people say more needs to be done. in johannesberg. challenges remain ahead. >> reporter: the people young people are waiting to go to the freedom day concert. people all say they are -- they know at a time achievements made but there are still some challenges. i am joined by two of them right now. one of them here is malika and i have mohabani. i will start with you first. you are a first-time voter. when you cast your ballot 7th of

may, what do you want to see? >> i want to see a south africa that's going to provide good jobs for students like myself who were born in 1994 and so on. and i would like to see a democratic vote where it's not a one-party anymore. i would loov like to move on from the corruption that's happening in our country and i want to move to more of what mandela wanted when he came in pour in 1994. macedonians voting, the conservative party led the yugoslav party since 2006. monitors are monitoring the vote. it coincides with a presidential run-off tipped to be won by georgyi john-off >> britain's defense ministry says the death of five troops was a tragic accident i think so

understood the helicopter came down because of a technical fault. the crash is under investigation. coalition authorities say they have had no reports of any enemy activity in the area. protesters demonstrated against a security deal with the u.s. ahead of president obama's visit there. the packet will allow the u.s. military greater ax to basis. act -- access to baseses. more than 2000 people have marched in tie with a's capital -- at thtaiwan's capito it would be the eyelant'sforth power plant america's major basketball league is inspecting claims ofrationism against a team owner. it's alleged donald sterling was caught on tape telling a woman not to proceed mote her association with black people or

bring them to games. the nba says it needs to confirm if it's the la clipper's owner on the recording before taking action. sarah coates reports >> reporter: this is the man at the center of a storm in the nba donald sterling allegedly caught on tape telling his girlfriend not to post photos of herself with black people and not to bring african americans to clippers' games >> it bothers me a lot. if you want to broadcast that you are associating with black peopl people. do you have to? don't put them on instagram for the world to see to call me. don't bring them into my games. >> the league says there will be no sanctions against the clippers or their owner in the they confirm it is his voice >> the audio is truly offensive and disturbing.

we intend to get to the bottom of it. >> it shouldn't be african-american men. it's about being human. we are not going to get to what race they are. this is our team. that's the way we are going to keep it. no one was happy about it. >> with the playoffs ongoing across north america, many high-profile players have already. >> there is no room for that it takes our game. we can't have it from an owner, a player, doesn't matter if you are black, white, hispanic. we can't have that a part of our game. you know, the commission will take care of it. >> even the u.s. president, a

keen basketball fan has been drawn into the controreverse y? >> when ignorant folks want to at this, you just let them talk. >> that's what happened here. >> clippers' players did meet to discuss their reaction to sterling's alleged comments and for now have agreed to appear in sunday's play-off game. sarah coates, al jazeera. >> now, hundreds of students have rallied against the government in venzuela's capitol. they are angry about high unemployment and inflation and they have been demanding president nicholas madura step down since february. 41 people have been killed during three months of unrest. knob straightors in brazil have rallied in support of legalizing the production and sale of

marijuana around 2000 people held a peaceful march through saw pao paulo. neighboring uruguay is drawing up regulations for a legal marijuana market. widely revered for complex part pieces, rodin. doctors have found it can help diagnose medical problems. from stanford, the collaboration between art and anatomy is am coming together to save lives >> the twisted, gnarled texture of an august rodin work t his complex pieces examined the human condition. >> i think when you look at rodin consult tours, you can't help but recognize the artist was so interested in the human body. he was interested in anatomy,

thinking about the structure of the body and the expression >> the artist loved hands. he found them particularly ex privies and often used models with diseases and deformities. what surprised doctors at stanford was the discovery they could diagnose conditions just by looking at his works. and in a one-of-a kind collaboration, art and anatomy have come together. visitsors can use ipads in fronts much an original bronze rodin and see the anatomy from different angles. here, we are looking inside and see bones, blood vessels and nerves >> with the medical school providing corresponding ct scans, the mudzim has fit digital bones into rodin's pieces. they call it augmented reality >> this is the real color, what you look like inside >> stanford has been using this 3d technology for medical education. it's new to the art world. dr. paul broun demonstrates how you can move around life

[ sighs ] digital models, turn them, see a cross section of the human body and our internal organs. >> it shouldn't take much more work than we have already done to have students hold their ipads and see the bones, muscles and sometimes blood vessels >> the museum has also had a little bit of fun. take a look at these two hands. one is an original rodin, a main hand. the other, a 3d printed hand after some virtual surgery. >> what you are seeing here is a replica of rodin's large left hand appearing as if it had been fixed by one of our surgeons. through the ipad, you can actually see the screws, the pins and plate used to fix the broken metacarpal bones. again, this appears as if it had been sculpted by rodin.

it has not. >> we can't know if he would have approved of doctors taking artistic license but it gives visitors a new way to enjoy his masterpieces. stanford, california. >> if you want to get more on the skurment tours head over to