get in touch on facebook, follow us on twitter. hours before peace talks resume in minsk, president obama urges his russian counterparts to end the fighting in ukraine. hello, this is al jazeera, live from doha. i'm adrian finighan. also, the family of a u.s. hostage confirms her death in i.s.i.l. captive in syria. the u.s. vows to hunt down her killers. houthi killers strengthen their hold in yemen. greek lawmakers back the

government's plans to ease bailout terms ahead of tough talks with eurozone ministers. leaders from ukraine, russia germany and france are due to meet in minsk in an attempt to stop fighting in ukraine. hundreds have been killed in recent days. the white house warns if russia doesn't sign a peace deal there'll be consequences. we have more on the latest phone call between president obama and vladimir putin. >> the timing of this call for two leaders that have not spoken in a number of years was significant. this was president obama laying down what he would like to see from the talks in minsk on wednesday. we know that the russian and ukrainians will be in belarus.

they'll be accompanied by the french and the general j who came up with a plan they believe will head to a ceasefire in ukraine and a demilitarizing of the conflict. president obama knows that the damage that sanctions have done to the russian economy, and told vladimir putin, if there is no peace deal. the russians will pay a price for the ongoing violence. he's talking about increased sanctions from the u.s. and the european union. there was no talk about providing defensive weapons to the ukranian army. he is under pressure domestically to do that. he is essentially saying to vladimir putin look we want to deal and if you don't do a deal at the least you'll pay for it financially in the short term in eastern ukraine 12 died in a rocket attack. ukranian president petro

porashenko visited kramatorsk to inspect the damage. pro-russian rebels denied any role in the attack. >> charles stratford has more from donetsk, where fresh attacks were carried out. >> this attack happened around 8:30 local time this morning. it's one of the central bus stations here no donetsk. there were reportedly around 30 people here at the time. you can see the extent of the devastation. the people that we have spoken in local restaurants said they heard a massive explosion, panic in the area. it's one of two places hit this morning. another strike on an industrial plant very close by. now, both sides of this conflict suffered indiscriminate shelling. yesterday we saw the attack on the ukranian city of kramatorsk. and it comes on a day of renewed

effort to bring a truce to the conflict and those how difficult it will be. >> the family of u.s. aid worker kayla mueller held hostage by islamic state of iraq and levant confirmed her death. the white house is challenging the sources claiming that the 26-year-old was killed in a coalition air strike. tom ackerman reports. >> relatives and friend of the 26 year-old humanitarian aid worker struggled over news of her death, trying to find confirmation in a letter that reached her family. >> in kayla's letter she wrote i see the best in every situation. right now that's what we are all trying to do. >> reporter: the news of her death was confirmed in a messing from i.s.i.l. to her family. the white house said intelligence agencies verified her death, but not the cause and

time. they challenged i.s.i.l.'s assertion that she was killed in a jordanian air strike. >> the evidence we have is there's no evidence of civilians in the area prior to the air strike. it calls into question the claims made by i.s.i.l. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry says i.s.i.s. and i.s.i.s. alone is the reason he's gone. unlike the three americans beheaded by i.s.i.l. mueller was not put on display. her family requested no publicity, in hopes of a deal for her release. >> i.s.i.l. demanded and changed the release of an al qaeda member serving an 80 year sentence for attacking soldiers in afghanistan. her parents released a letter to them released last year in which mueller said she had not been mistreated and had a lot of fight inside of me and continued:

a special forces mission reportedly attempted to free hostages in a targeted location in syria. at least one other american is believed to be held captive in syria, but not necessarily by i.s.i.l. the new greek government won a vote of confidence for anti-austerity plans ahead of talks with creditors. greece is seeking funding, but europe's biggest economic power germany warned against a reengines of the existing deal. barnaby phillips -- renegotiation of the existing deal. >> he told parliament that his country and all of europe are at a turning point. there's no going back to austerity and conditions imposed from abroad.

alexis tsipras, humanitarian crisis his country. >> reporter: this family live in gloom. a single light connected to the neighbour's electricity supply. unemployed for five years. a businessman reduced for looking for food. if it wasn't for the children. he would have killed himself. this is the family that alexis tsipras says he'll help. they cling to his words. >> i believe in him because he's young and has a future in front of him. some of it will happen yes. i believe him. whatever he does. >> also on the prime minister's side journalists at the national broadcaster. it was closed down by the previous government it said to save money. some carried on working and

syriza said it will resume paying for them. >> we were waiting for that for 20 month, and we are working 230r months. -- 20 months. here with money, we are working in order democracy come back to greece and us. >> reporter: who will pay for all this. economists warn without help greece would run out of money within weeks. >> it was a promise a lot, to a lot of people. i do not think that all of the costs of what the government has promised can occur. >> the port, one of the bigges in europe the previous government had to privatize it

to raise money. if the greek government stops the privatisation of the port well that would be a major statement of a new direction in economic policy. and it would have repercussions. greece's relationship with europe and investors around the world. >> dockers are happy. most voted for syriza which will protect their jobs. >> they balance their demands with the need to keep others happy. popular support will not sif syriza or greece from bankruptcy a verdict is expected in the "costa concordia" trial. the captain denies multiple mann slaught ir. the prosecutor is dismunding a 26 year -- demanding a 26 year prison sentence.

36 died when it wept too close to rocks. >> boko haram intensified attacks in nigeria and cameroon. those that cape speak of murder and other cooulty at the hands of the fighters. armed idris met some in maiduguri. >> reporter: this boy was witness to some of the worst massacres carried out. he was in two areas when boko haram destroyed the towns. he is one of hundreds of boys forcibly drafted by the violent group. >> translation: before launching an attack motely at night -- mostly at night. we were put on tracks. some had to burn homes. older ones delivered bullets, tank shells and ammunition to fighter on the battlefield. >> he was captured and was

forced to carry arms and ammunition. >> my worse experience was an attack. initially they faced a tough resistance. they couldn't break through. the weapons taken from the multinational task force base helps to capture and destroy. he escaped when boko haram took him along. he saw a chance to escape when residents were leaving. now he's reunited with his parents. he is trying to adjust to life after three weeks in captivity. the mother of six was held along with 150 elderly women. at one point she gave up hope of getting out alive. >> i gathered my children and told them to pray. maybe there'll be a miracle. it's hard to sleep there. we heard gunshots day and night. we can't sleep.

people are dying en masse from poisoned food. they told us to leave and followed us. >> those at risk of sexual abuse and exploitation by the fighters. thousands found refuge in maiduguri, the state capital. >> people forced to leave the homes daily. among them men and women are held captive. it seems as if almost everyone has an unpleasant story to dell. >> local authorities say they are preparing for more displaced. still to come on al jazeera - a rebel fighter with links to al qaeda is killed in the philippines after a 10 year man hunt. we'll tell you more. >> organs for sale in bangladesh. we travel to a hub of illegal

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hello again, top stories in al jazeera. intense fighting in eastern ukraine, a central bus station in donetsk was targeted with heavy shelling coming hours before talks in the russian capital minsk, where leaders from ukraine, russia germany and france will try to put an end to the violence. >> the family of u.s. aid worker kayla mueller who was held host binge by islamic state of iraq

and levant have confirmed her death. i.s.i.l. say she was killed in a collision strike bailout talks in wednesday for greece. germany warns against proposing the debt terms. the u.s. and u.k. closed embassy in the yemeni cattle. it's four years today since mass protests began that led to the fall of the long-time leader sala. the southern city of tiaz was the location of that and now they are on the streets. we have more. >> reporter: despite its run down look and the trash in the street this junction in the heart of tiaz means a great deal. it's here that thousands gathered calling for the down

fall of the president. he is one of the youth leaders that helped to organise the demonstrations. yemen is nowhere near where he dreamed it would be. >> we never imagined to yemen would be worse off offer the resolution. as young people we had hopes and dreams of building a new yemen. unfortunately these things exist today. amen is not just disappointed. he's scared that the revolution is slipping away because of the coup by rebels. >> the revolution is in danger. it's aim is to drag yemen back 50 years. you must work hard to protect freedoms. >> these scenes from four years ago are far from the current

reality in yemen, since getting rid of the president. yemen elected a new president for the first time history. last week he was deposed by a power grab orchestrated by the houthis, the shia minority and the militia. thousands of anti-protesters will gather. numbers are are sprected to stretch all the way to the end. the message - although life is going about normally it is freedom at stake. >> reporter: that's why on the eve of the resolution's anniversary. they have gathered. they have joined together to discuss ways to counter the coup. >> we plan to protest against this using as many techniques as we can. uprising, also sit-ins, and so

on. >> tiaz is not only the birth place of yemen's uprising but is considered the intelentual capital. the hope is it will provide a spark destroying the democracy and bringing about stability of what is a volatile situation. >> live to jemal, live in tiaz. before we come to what is likely to happen. tell us about the closure of the u.s. and u.k. embassy, in the capital sanaa. it was the u.s. that announced that it was closing down first. the ambassador told staff that the embassy was shutting for the foreseeable future until things became stable. they are departing on wednesday from sanaa. the u.k. follows suite.

the u.s. had been besieged by houthi fighters over the past few weeks. we understand that it's important to know that there is a lot of negative sentiment towards it because of drone strikes conducted in yemen, many that killed people. including children. the u.s. says it's targetting al qaeda fighters. because of the intapility after the houthi-led coup they were forced to shut down. showing that not only is there a lack of governance but foreign governments are finding it difficult to conduct business affairs in what is a difficult situation across the country. >> all right, four years on tiaz the center as we said of the protests against the former president. what is likely to happen there today with the country in chaos, with there having been further violence in the country

overnight? >> well what we are expecting is a large demonstration by not only the revolutionary, but the anti-coup protestors, we understand that there is a large crowd coming to where we are. you'll see them coming down. what is significant is not only that tiaz was the spark of the revolution but is one of the only remaining cities in the southern part of yemen that is not under houthi control. what we found is that the houthis are planning or attempting to conjure up a strategy to take tiaz. that is why the presence of so many peel on the streets today is so significant and so important. they are marking the revolution. it's a lot more about them opposing the group, and this coup is a direct threat to that

revolution. that's why it's so important for them to say as many relatives come out en masse in these protests. >> many thanks indeed. >> syrian government forces intensified attacks against rebels in the city of douma outside the capital. the violence comes as the u.n. special envoy to syria conditions talks into damascus. >> we have this report. >> panic in the streets of douma has syrian government forces step up their offensive on the rebel held city. two dozen kilometres from the presidential palace one of syria's battles is waged at the door set of the government's seat of power. more than 120 people have been killed. in douma in the last week alone. they say the government has relentless

relentlessly and discriminately shelled the city. they say they did not target civilians. >> in damascus the u.s. special envoy met officials to discuss aide. >> aleppo has scene some of the worst fighting set to enter ith fifth year. they are trying to get the bost to accept aid. numbers of ecertainly displaced are rising fast. >> it's worse. numbers are going up. we have to continue to put pressure on the leaders to come to some kind of resolution of this. it's more than four years. without a solution peace,

stability, more people will suffer. >> but any political solution to stem the violence seems a remote prospect at best. fighting between an array of groups casting syria and its people further into doubt the wife of a gaoled malaysian leader called on supporters to hold a vigil outside his prison. she made the plea after her husband anwar ibrahim began to serve a 5-year sentence. supporters insist the charges are politically motivated. >> police in the philippines show that d.n.a. test results show a senior member of a group linked to al qaeda has been killed. marwan was the tart of a raid that ended in the death of dozens of commandos.

there was a report on the end of a police hunt that lasted a decade. >> reporter: he was one of south-east asia's most wanted men. known as marwan. he was a member of a group tied. they set a bounty on his head. he was a u.s. educated engineer who spent time in afghanistan and pakistan. wanted for the murder of a member of parliament in malaysia he was one of the suspects behind the bombing of tourists in bali in indonesia. he has evaded arrest by hiding in the southern philippines. >> this woman has been following the movements and says it was the perfect haven. >> zon eeshia malaysia the southern philippines were similar enough. he spoke the languages, he had

three filipino wives, won whom was the of the leader. so this means marrying into their extended family. he was a funder distributed money among the communities. he relied on them they relied on him. that is immediate personal loyalties. his death came at a heavy price. 44 members of the special farmed forces were killed. >> it was a successful provision. it's tragic at the expense, the cost of 44 lies. we could have launched and perhaps have the same objective. perhaps we could have done it a little difference. >> it jeopardised police talks, the islamic liberation front.

the raid was in its territory. 15 members were killed along with five other civilians. there are questions about the ceasefire agreement between the rebels and the government. >> the philippine government considers the death of marwon as bittersweet. they may have lost officers but said a dead officer is worth more. many are skeptical. the place will remain a haven for wanted men in bangladesh the trade in human organs is big year. every year hundreds sell their body parts. part of our series on the organ trade. how bangladesh traders are tempting bangladesh poor. >> reporter: in the end for his troubles he didn't get to save a life. the man he gave part of his

liver to decide three months after the operation. he received less than half of the $5,000 he was promised by organ traffickers. the doctors and nurses at the hospital saw the clothes i was wearing and the way i behaved and knew i was not part of the family. they knew immediately i was from the area. this man is from a district that is a hub for organ traffickers. 120 people from the locality sold part of their livers or one of their kidneys. potato farming an a scours of income. farmers say they earn $200 from a 3-month harvest, and that barely covers costs. that's a reason why the people in this part of the country are easily tempted by the promises of organ traffickers.

police cracked down on a network of organ traders. this man was one of those arrested. >> the police filed a case against me saying i'm a trafficker. i said i didn't know anything about trafficking, anything about it. i don't know why they say i am one. >> many of the traffickers are people that are victims. after their operations some of them are local contacts for the brokers. he sold one of his kidneys in 2009. three other members of the family did the same. they deny having anything to do with the decision. police say otherwise. people are making close to $5,000 for their organs it's making the people greedy. you'll find people who have plenty of land and income and they'll come at you and say do you know how i can sell my kindy. >> reporter: he can't do manual labour because he has a hernia.

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