the government we went to the interior ministry to raise these troops and establish protective battalions. they denied any knowledge of it. they said they knew nothing about it. why don't you contact the national guard. we contacted the national guard units. they said we don't know anything about it. we are not responsible. contact the regional headquarters and trs and they e said dle knew nothing about it. i am telling all of them that the responsibility must like somewhere and all of these volume up tears, extraordinary group of men, all of them expressing extremist views. some from germany. the man i spoke to from italy and the bulk of them were neo fascists from russia and they said she would not have freedom to fight for their cause. they would be put in prison. they joined the ukrainian army and have been given klasnokovs and fighting under the ukrainian

flag against the uprising here in the eastern states against the so-called self-declared republics. an extraordinary situation. it falls into the propaganda hands of moscow. they have been putting out the line all the time that ukraine is now in the hands of fascists. now that's completely nonsense as we know because they made no progress at all in the presidential elections but it does seem intra extraordinary that in a way, the ukrainian government has handed it's magnificent propaganda card to the forces fighting the ukrainian government. >> thank you speaking to us from donetsk. india's president has set out his address to the new parliament. the newly elected prime minister has promised reforms to revise the flagging economy. >> details from new delly. the president's address touched on a range of toppins this morning in new delhi everything

from women's rights to economic development which has been a key issue in nair their election in the bjp's election campaign. one of the first things the president mentioned was the need to tackle food inflation. >> that's sitting above 8% at the moment in india and hitting the poorest and the middle class the most. now, he says that the government is aware that there is an abnormal monsoon currently taking place in india. this in the push up food prices and that the government is going to take immediate measures to arrest any increase in food prices. other issues that featured pr prominently were india's foreign relations and foreign policy. the president mentioned the government is very keenn keen to expand cooperation with china, japan and russia notable the u.s. and europe were at the bottom of this list.

there was also a veiled reference to pakistan. he said that the government will be looking for neighbors to put an end to cross-border terrorism. >> let's check on the global weather with richard. richard, i hear monsoon weather in india. >> that's right. about five days behind schedule. look at the satellite picture. you can see signs of it developing and things are looking quite active across much of south asia at the moment. we have had significant rain being reported until bengalouru and further north, some quite heavy rainfall affecting parts of anapradesh in those areas where we haven't got the rainfall, we have heat. these shots come from where the heat has affected the back population. back in jan n queensland australia, 100,000 bats died in heat wave conditions. here is the case of a few thousand bats in kampur city.

>> that's an indication of how hot it has been here in recent days. in fact, lukno had a heat index approaching 60 degrees. >> that's about 44 degrees but the humidity is high. >> that's the condition across much of central and northern india. the heat and humidity is building. but elsewhere we have some pretty quiet active storms purring in tofts mumbai but you will notice further north, it stays dry, stays hot and really no sign of respite from the heat to come. >> richard, thank you. still much more to come on the argues news hour including al jazeera tracks down the men who made billions of dollars in egypt by selling under-priced gas to israel. in sports, portugal's staff play. aldo returns to training. will he be fit for the world cup? stay tuned for details with anna.

welcome back. you are watching al jazeera. these are the top stories. funerals are being held for 29 people killed. pakistan's busiest had you been has re-opened after a 5-hour siege by fighters disguised as policemen. >> indian ruled the prime minister's election was unconstituti unconstitutional. >> hassam rouhani has been welcomed in turkey. major contracts to sell

iraniangas'sgas and nuclear technology are among the issues being discuss in ankara. let's go back to our top story in pakistan and the taliban attack on karachi's airport. joining us from islamabad, thank you for joining us on the show. the karachi international airport is a busy airport. it's a major transportation hub. the question needs to be asked: how did they are gunmen -- how were they able to breach such tight security? >> i think that's an ongoing problem, an ongoing issue which is you have had this rehmingon, karach. before that, a naval base, air base attack. before that, tlven other attacks on hard targets. the thing is such attacks do not happen until there is this penetration of terrorists and extremist in the security establishment and the largest

execute establishment which includes law enforcement and military. unfortunately because we have absolutely no accountability of law enforcement and larger security establishment, therefore, we never find out how much of the penetration is really a problem and how much of that is terrorist launched attacks. >> is the government aware of such infiltration? and why then are they not investigating it? you know, what's very interesting is that the way news is coming we know right in the middle of the attack, head of the para military force are partially responsible has said, you know, it looks like these people are foreigners. then we hear the equipment is indian. there are so many scattered news, completely picture is never either presented to the

public and i wonder if the political government, itself, has control over how these investigations will be conducted. there is confusion and there is this issue of a provencial government in karachi versus the federal government sutting in islamabad. what kind of communication do they have? largely, ig you cannot solve this problem of terrorism in pakistan without delinking it, you know, from the largest civil military relationships balance in the country. >> that's the crux of the problem, in this there is a complete understanding that all kinds of extremists and terrorists will be considered as bad people, as terrorists, i don't think we will get around to solving the problem for terrorism for pakistan. >> thank you for speaking with

us from islamabad. >> azle sisi begins his term, one of his problems is the energy shortage. the energy sector is in crisis. a report. >> reporter: the egyptian energy sector has been so devastated by years of corruption and mismanagement, the country faces an estimated $20 million in known debt did and liabilities. the man who helped lead egypt down this path, a company he created pumped natural gas to israel for years, well below market rates. it made him billions and though an egyptian court later found him guilty of corruption, we tracked him down in spain where authorities have prevented his extradition. >> do the egyptian people have a right to know what you did with the country's natural gas?

you thing that's funny? the egyptian people are without power, mr. salem and you live here in madrid. you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian people about what happened? >> i will not answer you. >> the legacy of salam's corrupt dealings with israel is far from over. when the egyptian military stopped the sales in 2012, his former company filed a barrage of lawsuits asking for $8,000,000,000. he script's treasury has around $8,000,000,000, more than half. totes foreign reserves using to just about keep taking over. >> the problems don't end there. 'script has $6,000,000,000 of debt owed to foreign energy companies. one business, spain's union finosa is asking egypt for a further $6,000,000,000 in damages before an international court. to end the lawsuits, egypt is turning to israel, which has claimed vast reserves of newly discovered gas.

>> since the overthrow of mohamed morsi, contacts have resumed between the two governments. the egyptians are very interested to know how the israeli government would ensure the flow of gas. >> egypt needs gas, would love to have it. we can sell it. what else request be better? >> last month, the company operating israeli rigs, noble energy signed a deal to supply gas to union's noble gas in egypt. to win approval, the egyptian government is asking them to drop their $6 billion claim. the decision to make the arab world's most populous country energy depend he want could become president sisi's biggest dilemma. clayton switch her always catch the investigative unit's film in egypt which airs first at 20 gmt on monday. al jazeera continues to demand

the release of its journalists detained in egypt. three staff accused of supporting the muslim brotherhood have been held for 163 days. on thursday, egyptian prosecute ordered demanded the max moment penalty for them, seven years for peter greste and 15 years for the others. the lawyer foanother contained journalit, abdullah el shammy. he has been held without charge since august, last year, and has been on hunger strike for more than four months. he insists he will not break his fast until he is released. another group of rebels in the democratic congo are surrendering. more than 300 fighters for thedrant ic forces have announced they will hand over their weapons. rebels are accused of widespread rights abuses. life in tans an e a.

catherine run, the government has disarmed recommends before. what's different this time around? >> this is very significant. before i answer that question, let me just tell you, the sanely moth moan e here is about to begin. there has been a lot of fanfare, enthusiasm, dance and music. the men behind me there are some of the rebels who have laid down their weapons. this is a process that is being let's by the southern african area. how significant is this? this is a very important step forward. there have been giovanvery many attempts over the years to neutralize. this is a group that sprouted from the genocide two decades ago. it's predominantly rundon who escaped when the genocide was ending. this is a very important milestone really. they have been accused of

serious atrocities including mass murder, rape, abductions, using child soldiers. so really, this process is said the people we are talking to, the people who are coordinating this event saying it's a start. i might also add this is just one fax. they have been still -- another faction has refused to access this process. >> katherine, thank you very much for reporting for us. katherine speaking to us from ta tanzania. >> a meeting in the ethiopian capitol for another round of peace talks. a report from juba: >> reporter: three years on from independence with its promise of a peace dividend and oil riches spent on the people, most of juba still has hardly any decent roads, little clean water, few new jobs.

worst of all, the militia turned army are back fighting each other again. peaceful communities get caught in the crossfire. back in december, stray bullets from a contested army base easily penetrated the mud brick walls, killing one person. >> it is a pain moo in my heart to see the pain in this country who voted for the against of this country to go back to suffering. >> despite more than a million south sudanese dribble from homes, living in desperate conditions and despite more than 10,000 killed in fighting between warring army and militia, the leaders of these men in uniform have been unable or unwilling to bring an end to the conflict. vice president to his old guerilla rival, last year, the president sacked his deputy and the two men's tribes we want to war. twice this year, they have signed a cessation of

hostilities. fighting continues and the wrecking of the country's only source of income, it's oil facilities. >> there was massive destruction which is going to cost, i don't know, if not millions, billions of u.s. dollars to make the oil flow again. >> communities like these are desperate for the two leaders meeting to stop the fighting. >> this protracted state of economic and political decline has acted all aspects of people's lives. take this medical center in the neighborhood. people need treatment but attendance has fallen off dramatically. people aren't being paid salaries so they can't afford medicines. many locals have fled out of fear. their plans for future are on hold until they believe south sudan's leaders are really committed to peace. anita mcnaught, al jazeera, cuba. >> in sudan, another opposition leader has been arrested for criticizing government action in darfur. he says eastbound are a ham al shake was blamed for fighting in

dar fewer. another was detained after accusing troops of committing abuses there. kosovo's ruling party declared victory in parliament elections from the democratic party of kosovo said it won enough votes to secure a third term in. a man and a woman in las vegas have shot and killed twoblers and one other person before killing themselves. the police officers were targeted while they were having lunch at a cafe on sunday. the man and woman later entered a wal-mart store and shot a person. police said the woman then shot her male companion before turning the gun on herself. there are no other suspects in the shooting. >> coming up in sport, the record equaled for the longest play-off in pga golfhit. find out how many holes they required.

welling back. transport workers in sao paolo are striking for a fifth day despite it being ruled illegal. subway lines have been closed since last thursday. there are worries the track will go on through the opening week. they are voting on whether to carry on striking. time for sports. >> thank you. we will have more on the world cup later on. but with basketball now, the miami heat leveled the series

with san antonio as they did for a third straight zip after a heavy defeat in game 1 in the best of seven series, the teeth bounced back in texas. lee brown james was the star of the night. he shot a game height of 35 points along with 10 rebounds and three assists and leveled the series at 1-on. the heat will be back at home for game 3 on tuesday. >> i didn't want to even think about it too much. what happened on thursday was thursday, you know. my whole focus of how to help this team even a series up to try to make some plays. >> were in a good spot. we played an okay game. not perfect but we were right there. and wi -- it slipped away. now we are in a tough situation because we've got to go to miami. we've got to get one. >> nba commissioner adam silver said the process of removing

donald sterling as owner of the la clippers is almost over sterling was banned for life from the league after making racist comments. the club will be sold to former microsoft executive for $2,000,000,000. >> we are almost there. there is this last piece much that is the lawsuit that donald -- that donald brought against the league and me personally. i have absolute confidence it will be resolved because, as part of the sale agreement with shelly sterling, she agreed to indemnify the league against a lawsuit by her husband. so in essence, donald is suing himself. and he knows that. >> a formula 1 victory will be the first to many according to some experts. one red bul driver broke the dominant start to the season. sarah coates reports. >> reporter: the start of the

montreal grand prix played out like all of the otherrations this season hamilton was squeezed out early, pushed on to the grass just after the first turn allowing sebastian vetil to the nip ahead. knee degree on the track, hamilton jumped back into the second. the pair safely ahead until the 39th lap with when both cars began to lose power. >> a situation, both cars have the same problem we don't think we can res off it. >> both went into the pits for new tires. substantial leads rapidly being eaten away. philippe masa went to the front, the first time a car other than a mercedes has led all season. back on the track, hamilton was forced to pull out while rossberg reclaimed the lead. certainly i don't perez in second. nipping at their heels was vedel

and daniel ricardo. he has come close all season and after sergio perez lost his brea break. chasing his first granted p prewin, ricardo got his red bull moving passing rossberg on the 67th of 70 laps. a spectacular crash took out massa and perez but didn't affect the australians, rickedor claiming his first victory with his first season with red bug. >> we got a run and made a nice moved in to turn one and turned si sites and found myself in the right spot. yeah. it's an amazing feeling right now. really grateful for this. >> he was second and still leads in the overall standings while defending champion vettle came

in third. sarah coates. >> expected to arrive in brazil later in monday. the squad had refused to board their flight following a dispute overpay. the players eventually departed 12 hours later than expected. financial package was agreed with camaroon's emergency meeting. >> ronaldo has returned to training. the real madrid star has been struggling with a knee and thigh energy. there were concerns he may mi enoughs the first group match against germany. rafael nadal is celebrating his 9th french open title, a record 5th consecutive victory for the spaniard for the second time in three years jokovich was the loser. this remains the one grand slam he has yet to win phialids recovered in style, the first

man to win the title 9 ties and a total of 14. he will remain world number 1 ahead of jokovich. >> i won the most important tournament of the world in clay, probably the most important tournament of the year for me. and i did a lot of times. i think it was an emotional victory. it's normal that you have ups and downs. i was just hoping that in the fourth, i would be able to come back and i started feeling, as i said a little bit better but i was managing to, you know my a game when it was most needed. >> it ben republicane has won his first. raining days forced a final day of 30 holes.

while the americans slipped to 3 over 73, it was enough to give him a one-stroke victory. he will miss out on this week's u.s. open. a record for the longest play-off in tow to tow over 11 holes. it equalled the twoecords from 1949 who two players were declared co-winners after two hours. there is more now. chk out aljazeera.com/sport. and use twitter and facebook. >> that's it me. >> anna, thanks very. >> please stay with us here on al jazeera. we have anoer full bulletin of news for you straight ahead. what will be a very big event,

felicity. >> james bays live for us from one of those beaches in nomady. nomady.

>> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection,

they need assistance. >> a deadly assault on pakistan's main international airport lasts for hours with guns and grenades. >> he just was on a rampage. >> two las vegas police officers ambushed, shot to death while seating lunch. a married couple said it was the start of a revolution. >> if this place were to close, i don't know where i would go. i don't know