hello. you're watching "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm tim willcox. as clashes continue in donetsk, some find themselves out of europe and u.s. a memorial service and apology from the president for those involved in the ferry disaster. what chance is at risk for a peace deal as the initiative fails? aaron is here.

an oil giant is caught up in the sanctions against russia. it may be british. bp owns a 20% stake many the giant rosneft. now the u.s. has added this man the boss of rosneft to its sanction list saying he's in vladimir putin's inner circle. we asked what impact this could have on bp. hello. it is midday in london, 7:00 washington, 3:00 in moscow. there's been a twist? the tug of war over ukraine. russia described the unprecedented increase in u.s. and nato activity near borders. the defense minister told his u.s. counter part to tone down the rhetoric promising russia had no plans to invade ukraine.

meanwhile eu followed washington and announced new sanctions targeting top political players in russia. on the ground the situation remains unchanged and unstable. nick childs has this. >> sloviansk today looking very much like a pro russian strong hold in the ukraine's unsettled east. this local resident absolutely supports the separatists here and possible recession. this man says he's for a unified ukraine and fed up with everything that's happened. the fact trade has stopped. he's afraid to walk the streets. ñe's afraid to walk the streets. strong hold of pro russian separatists, pro unity, pro kiev supporters with ukrainian flags. security forces do little,

further graphic evidence of volatility and potential risks of events here. it adds to the questions who are the shadow figures behind the revolt and how is moscow involved? the european unions turns up a notch on those they believe responsible. this man, director of russia's military intelligence, giu said offices have been active in eastern ukraine. and chief of the general staff of the russian armed forces held responsible by brussels for a massive build up on ukraine's border. president barack obama who's tour of asia has been overshadowed by ukraine has gone further. americans targeted companies and individuals with close links to the russian president vladimir putin including the head of the state oil company. washington a doesn't expect immediate results from any of in

but believes the russian economy is looking increasingly l lly f. russia dismissed the latest u.s. and eu sanctions. >> let's go to ukraine and speak to david stern joining us from kiev. what's happening on the ground in the east of the country, in particular kiev and donetsk? >> well with the same situation we've been hearing in nick's report, the tensions remain there. obviously the pro russian gunmen holding the government buildings and in fact towns they have been occupying some time now. the very latest is that the mayor who was shot yesterday has been flown to israel for further treatment. apparently he's in stable

condition. it's still serious. that's the extent of what we're hearing. obviously his absence and his shooting adds another element to the instability. many wonder what will happen today since there were the attacks by pro russian separatists or activists on this pro government ukrainian protest or demonstration yesterday. >> you mentioned the mayor being flown to israel. he has an interesting background doesn't he? explain that. he was a member of viktor yanukovych's party. this raises questions about who was behind the shooting. >> exactly tim. it's unclear who would be behind it. he was initially a official backer of yanukovych, the president that fled ukraine. then he was arrested or put under house arrest some time.

then he came out in favor of ukrainian unity. hit shouldn't be say he's full pledged backer of the government. it's in sharp contrast to his pro yanukovych statements which had come earlier. >> david with the latest in kiev, thank you. an american journalist kidnapped and held hostage several days described his experience. he says he was pulled out of his car, blindfolded, held in a security building and beaten up. the journalist couldn't be sure who his attackers were. >> some were locals of sloviansk. there was another group of gunmen who seemed to also be local in terms of being from the same city. they were more rag tag.

then there were those guys who we called the special ops guys. they looked a lot more professional, had more modern guns. uniforms that matched. they could have very well been from ukraine. i wasn't able to get any evidence from those guys in particular that they came from russia. they sounded like they had southern accents. they could have been from ukraine or southern russia. i think ukrainians are involved in this uprising. in other news, at least 11 people have been killed in two separate bombings in the outdoor market in iraq. 19 others were wounded in the attack northeast of baghdad. the series of attacks are aimed to discourage people from voting wednesday. reports from nigeria say some of the 200 girls abducted

from the boarding school may been sold into marriage in neighboring cameroon. it's believed they were kidnapped by the group boko haram. people call on the government and military to do more to try to get the girls back safely. brazil's preparations for the 2016 rio games have been described by senior olympic officials as the worst he's seen. the vice president john coates says the production is well behind schedule. there's concerns about infrastructure and water quality. he added there's no plan b. there will not be an alternative city chosen to host the games. as divers continue to recover bodies from the sunk south korean ferry, president park has apologized for failing to prevent the disaster that left more than 300 dead or missing.

at the memorial for the 250 school children on board, she apologized for the slow response to the tragedy. bbc has this. >> reporter: the new memorial brings home the sheer scale of the disaster. hundreds of young faces stair out from it. for their families, the grief was overwhelming. trn >> translator: i was trying to much i couldn't look at faces of the children. it hurt so much. >> reporter: south korean's president came to pay her respects. her government is underenormous pressure over the laxed regulations of the shipping industry. she's promised a new department to deal with major catastrophes. >> translator: i should apologize being unable to prevent the accident and insufficiency in taking initial action. i wonder if this apology will

comfort those that are hurt. it breaks my heart. >> reporter: what made the ferry capsize is not clear. gaping failures in the rescue operation have provoked outrage. many teens were told to stay seated as members of the crew scrambled to safety. there are still dozens of bodies missing. divers are hampered by strong currents. most the dead and missing are children from one high school. a whole community has been devastated. the emotional and political fallout has only just begun. bbc news. >> stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come. mission impossible. the attempt to reach a peace

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a u.s. deadline for a peace deal between israel and palestinians has ended with no break through. with secretary of state john kerry in a rile with allegations that he says israel risked becoming a apartheid state. this this attempt to reach a peace deal comes nine months after mr. kerry set a goal to reach peace between the two. the negotiations have failed time and time again. is it really mission impossible? middle east editor is in jerusalem wondering if it's time to face the facts the two state solution isn't going to happen.

>> jerusalem has been fought over since people first settled here 6,000 years ago. for more than 20 years off and on, palestinianss and israelis have negotiated peace. life didn't stand still. optimism gave way to despair . d there's been too many failures. the last peace talks collapsed with the two blaming each other and president barack obama blaming both of them. since the peace process started 20 years ago, it's been about trying to create the palestinian state along side israel to divide the land they fought over. more than two decades on, state and peace seem as far away as ever. perhaps the time has come to accept that the two state solution isn't going to happen.

>> israel has occupied the west bank including east jerusalem since the 1967 war. after jerusalem, the most contested city is the burial place of the profit abraham. behind the heavy security, a small number of jewish settlers live next to 150,000 palestinians. his father led the first jewish settlers back in 1967. he believes god wants him to live there raising seven year. peace talks are at best an irritant. >> translator: i don't think talks will go anywhere. for close to 20 years the state of israel has been giving and giving and giving. i don't believe in it. i think the reality for jews is like the reality for israel in the middle east.

arabs would be more comfortable if we didn't exist. >> reporter: palestinians and israelis say they want peace. when you cross the line one side to another, you realize their values of what peace should look like are very different n. the absence of peace, mutual a tread never far below the surface is boiling up again. this house in jerusalem was bulldozed after the authoritys ruled it was built illegally. for a while, its palestinian owner lived with his family in this damp cave. he stayed on to protest. now he's been served papers saying the the lean to he's

built must also be demolished. negotiations didn't achieve anything. they won't. israelis are using negotiations as a cover to establish more settlements and comp estate more land. they don't want us here. >> two people went to war over the same piece of land. they've managed the conflict but haven't stopped it. tension is rising. another perfect sunset over the holy city cannot disguise the stormy future. bbc news jerusalem. north korea has completed its second live firen =[ exercise in less than a month near the disputed border. the drill was conducted west of the korean peninsula and come as intelligence agencies warn of increased activity at the site.

>> reporter: while concern mounts that north korea might be preparing another nuclear test, itself conventional weaponry that has again been making the southern neighbor nervous. having been given notice the north was preparing for another drill, the defense ministry made it clear even if no shells crossed into the waters, firing in the direction of the disputed sea boundary would still be considered provocative. >> translator: if shells cross over, we will sternly respond. >> the drills began 2:00 p.m. local time. it counted 50 artillery rounds fir fired, more limited than last time when over a 100 landed in the waters. south korea then fired back

across the line. this time as no shells crossed over, south korea did not respond. north korea has long contested the location of the sea boundary set in 1953 when ended the korean war. it's carried out provocations including 2010 shelling in which four were killed. today's drill comes shortly after the u.s. president completed a visit to the region including a stop in south korea in which he urged the north to give up nuclear program again. but there is a grave threat too from conventional weaponry. the simmering sea boundary dispute highlights the constant risk of miscalculation and escalation on both sides. bbc news seoul. the search for survivors is underway across the midwest and

united states after a series of powerful tornados ripped through towns and cities. 26 people have died during two days of severe weather. residents are sifting through debris that was once their homes. it raised more questions about how accurately we can predict tornados. the bbc reports from oklahoma where meteorologist are using drones to try to improve their forecast. using modern radar, we can determine where a tornadoes ten minutes before it strikes. that's plateaued in the last decade meaning our radars haven't gotten better at determining the early detecting.

one of the things we'd like to do is figure why one super cell forms a tornado when another does not. when flying in areas of interest, it will drop out that measures the important meteorological parameters. >> it looks like a mess to most people. it's called a paint ball plot. that's a forecast of thunderstorms or convection over the gulf of mexico. you can see bright colors. this was an event april 3rd. widespread severe weather from texas up to the ohio valley. you could see the model began indicating the potential for this severe weather event or

outbreak seven days in advance. dealing with this enormous amount of information is one of the bigger challenges we efface in meteorology. we have a lot of data. the question is, can we exploit that and pull out some information from that that is useful? >> one of the revolutionary aspects in forecasting in recent decades has been the use of ensemble models. used to be you could run one or two simulations a day of what the atmosphere was going to go. for the first time, meteorologists have the disposal the ability to understand where the atmosphere is predictable or rather unpredictable. that's based on how the ensembles agree or disagree as you go out. in terms of search and rescue, one of the things we want to do is allow these to assist first

responders in finding survivors. this is an idea what the final model will look like. it's made of carbon fiber so that's heat resistant, flying closely overhead with infrared video that provides that information to searchers to find people trapped in the rubble. searchers can listen for sounds of victims. a reply ka of one of the world's tombs is to be unveiled in egypt. will tourists be happy with just a copy? >> the area contains the most famous and visited chambers in the world. the most celebrated is the tomb of the boy king discovered by

the team led by the british archaeologist. for more than 3,000 years this tomb survived intact in almost pristine condition. in nine decades of tourism with a thousand trooping in here everyday, the conditions deteriorated dramatically. the main reason was this, human breath. >> since the tomb was opened up, the constant changes of humidity, moisture levels, air born pollutants that come in with people have an effect on the two. >> previous attempts at restoration have added to the problem. it was agreed a replica would be made to give public access. 3d print as good used to make it.

the backdrop is continuing political crisis in egypt over the past three years. tourism in many parts of the country has collapsed. the town center is desserted. local traders are desperate. >> as you see yourself, temple is empty the. market is empty. most the place empty. every part is empty. tourism, we need more than anything else. >> replacing the star attraction, the tomb, may be seen as commercial suicide for a town already on its knees. reaction was skeptical from the guides. >> i'm sure every country could have replicas for every tomb where they're from. japan and america. tourists don't need to come see the tomb. >> the public will be given a period of time, a chance to see the original and replica to judge for themselves. we were able to see a sneak

preview. >> i have to say it's marvelous. >> this is the start of a reappraisal of many of the world's unailing items. tourists may have to get used to replicas instead. we're back in a couple minutes with another edition. stay with us. a backyard invasion. homeowner takes matters into his own hands. ♪ ortho weed b gon max. with the one-touch, continuous spray wand... kills weeds without harming innocent lawns. guaranteed. weeds killed. lawn restored. justice served. weed b gon max with the one-touch wand. get order. get ortho®.

welcome to "gmt" on bbc world news. i'm tim willcox. coming up this half hour, where people are most under threat for genocide and mass killings. we look at this year's people under threat survey. as everyone has predicted to live longer, what can cities around the world do to make life better for elderly? also on the program, aaron is back. we have the future of nokia. once a global leader in mobile phones, today a company with no mobile phones.

the new boss, suri who's job it is to make nokia a giant once again. the question is a giant in what? now if you are following the daily development on bbc world news, it's clear there are many communities around the world living under threat. whether that be from the own government, tension or full scale war. for the past decade, the people's under threat survey identifies who are most under threat from the depression, conflict, systematic genocide. this year's list has just been released. let's have a look at done countries. somalia, afghanistan, iraq have consistently topped the table and continue to do so.

look further down at this though. there has been movement. the war in syria has dragged it to third position as the country continues to take on a growing element. despite the fact the democratic republic of congo host the largest peace keeping mission in the world, it's moved to fourth place. it's a stark reminder of how many armed groups are fighting over ethnicity and control of natural resources. by far the biggest riser this year has been egypt. that's moved up 33 places. results are from clashes which have taken place across the removal of e thecdnúq@! mosi. it's established which are the

most dangerous. what's significant is number of african countries. >> yes, as you said and middle eastern countries. people often talk about a internal government issues in repressive or authoritarian governments. that is the case in nearly all situations at the top of the table in the critical reaches. we have to look at the international community. you picked democratic of con condo -- congo. it a has involvement with neighboring states trying to steal the resources. you have to look at the full picture to see why african state are in such a bad situation. >> i suppose also. are you able to predict which countries next year because that

response hasn't taken place. think about sudan for example. >> it's interesting. the conflicts in sudan and central republic, they took the international community by surprise in recent months. both have risen up on the people under threat table two years. every since the bosnia genocides 20 years ago, we have a much better idea of threats around the world. >> how do you calculate, by deaths, ngo? in some countries you don't have statistics. >> prevailing conflict is a factor but not the only one. look at issues like the standards of government, relative agree of international isolation to raise the risk. look at what's happening at the elite levels of the state in terms of ethnic or sectarian

nationalism. you have to look at previous histories of violence or killing. all those come together to give you the best idea of where mass killing is going to occur in the future. you can't predict the future. we now have a very good idea of where the greatest risks lie. >> yemen, has that risen? >> it's risen and reached the critical zone at the top of the table. there are many significant threats in yemen. ones we most hear about are from al qaeda. the others are in the north. tribes between sunni forces that have been bloody in years. the situation there is critical. >> in damascus, a bomb today

killing 12. when you look at syria, you give criteria to rank countries. are you taking casualty must bes from outside groups or where in terms of number of dead and risk to different communities in syria? >> i mean, syria is the most bloody conflict in the world today. it is of no surprise to hear it has risen again in the table. it's the top riser. it is behind somali in terms of total risks. i think anyone would say there's two places between them. it doesn't make that much difference at that level of the table. what's underestimated is the level of sectarian or ethnic killing taking place now in syria. almost everyone is at risk in syria. what we've seen is conflict fragment, groups proliferate. many have the distinctive

agenda. for example, both in the north and religious communities are under specific threat of mass killing. >> that car bomb damascus, apparently 36 having killed according to officials. ukraine joins the list at number 60 this year. what would you predict in terms of the future of ukraine given what we've seen in the past three months? >> i try not to predict. the index is based on what we currently know about risk indicators. ukraine has entered for the first time. it's quite a ways away from the upper region of the table. risks have risen. it's important to note minority communities feel threatened. obviously they've had a difficult few months and remain

frightened. non russians in eastern ukraine and communities throughout the country. one of the first actions of the new parliament after the fall of yanukovych was to try and repeal the law protecting minority languages. that sent out an important signal to ukraine's minorities that perhaps they weren't going to be protected as they were in the past. that's frightening. >> thanks very much for joining us on "gmt" today. you can stay touch date with the situation on all global conflicts by going to bbc.com/news. get features, analysis and much more on the people under threat story. we've just been covering that. also, those people targeted in president putin's inner circle by washington and the eu. there's a full list of people

wh who have been named and what their positions are. before that let's catch up with aaron. >> lots going on with the british oil giant. hello there. international energy companies are coming in the firing line as russian and ukraine tensions mount. new u.s. sanctions have added chief eagle to a list of targets saying he's in vladimir putin's inner circle. here's the problem with the british oil giant. bp owns 20% of rosneft. european offici european firms are getting caught up. the company reported a 23% drop in profits for the first three months of the year. in an attempt to appease and hang on to investors, bp has announced that its increasing the dividend by 8% right there. should investors hold onto

shares of a company that is now directly caught in the crossfire of these sanctions? well let's go over to our economic correspondent andrew. always great to have you with us. do we think they'll hang on to bp shares? first of all, remind us, what does it mean for an individual like eagle to be on this list? >> he can't travel to the united states. it means american banks, any american person or company can't do business with his assets. it means for example, if he wanted to go to an oil industry meeting in houston, dallas, texas he couldn't do it. he can however continue to travel to other parts of the world. he can do business with americans not in a face to face way. he can phone them up, send e-mails. it's clearly a significant

nuisance. >> the big boss of bp is an american. does that mean that bob dudley is not allowed to, i guess sit down and do business? >> i suppose if he wanted to invite him to a party in the united states that would be a problem. but he can still talk to him. so i think the direct impact of a travel band and asset freeze on one individual is probably fairly modest. actually, if you look at bp results, there's a slightly more indirect effect coming from sanctions. that is that the dollar value of the profits on its share holding you mentioned of bp share holding has been adversely affected by the declining ruble. that's the direct effect of people pulling out of russia

because they're damage of the economy as sanctions unfold. bp has taken a hit. >> thanks very much. we'll talk to you soon. our own andrew walker joining us there. let's turn to this man, the company has got a new boss. the current network head has been in the company 20 years and taking over as chief executive of what's left of nokia. following the $8 billion sell of the hand set business to microsoft, the british group is keen also to keep shareholders and announced it would pay bl billions of. shares did rise because of that. what kind of company nokia that it no longer owns hand sets or

mobile phone business? that's what i asked earlier. have a listen. >> two other interesting businesses, one is the maps business. the other is a technology business that looks at advanced technologies, most importantly holds patents that nokia developed over 20 years. that's worth a lot of money. also developing new projects. microsoft indicated they're not going to carry that much longer on the smart phones. they have cheap, simple phones around the world. you're going to see new brands like here, a maps brand. the nokia brand might disappear a little bit from consumer economists. it's going to be other things instead of the phones in the hands of millions for years.

the biggest bank reported the 8% rise in profit during the first three months of the year. that's slightly below expectations. santander offered to buy 25% of the brazilian unit which would be up to $6.5 million will be paid in shares. the electronic giant panasonic has returned to profits. it's been struggling intention competition from apple and sam sung. efforts to restructure the company have paid the way for recovery. the firm is forecasting further rise this is year. there you go. good on panasonic. tweet me on twitter. i'll tweet you back. more business at 1:30.

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hello. welcome back. i'm tim willcox. our top story this hour. the eu targets president putin's government as it imposes sanctions ondgy russians over the situation in ukraine. let's get more on that. we can talk to the russia

specialist for the think thank global insight. looking at names on this list, it's going to be fascinating to see if they have pressure on president putin as not being able to buy their kids pizza in red square on their visa card. >> that was the reason. was this the final punch? u.s. and eu decision makers are encouching this territory that putin has been controlling. the whole idea is to make it feel uncomfortable. on the other hand we're also seeing the impact on the economy. we have already covered this extensively about the capital flight, the difficults that russians are going to experience. >> despite the statements from prime minister for example, this isn't going to make any difference at all. the tone is changing isn't it?

i think russia is beginning to accept this is going to be quite a painful process despite whatever counter measures they come up with. >> to be honest, i think they were quite aware of the economic impact, sanctions, whole crisis could have on the russian economy unless there was a quick solution to the crisis. if there were a quick solution to the crisis, they could have hoped the capital outflow and make sure large companies particularly companies did not really start feeling it. what the prime minister was trying to do was try to say that don't worry, there's also alternative which is substitution for the economy. >> what about the massive wealth of president putin? what do you know about that and

if deed if that can be targeted? >> that's a good question. >> but the stories are that he has a huge personal fortune. what is known about this? >> there are obviously -- this is nothing new. we've heard before the allegations that many of the russian leaders have assets in russia and a broad. now as we know today, there's a gathering in in london also looking for example into assets of the ukrainian leaders who are no more in power. did the legal aspect of issu issues -- first of all whether these belong to these people because they're allegations and are they trying to ex tract them away from this business entity? >> let's look at pictures from sloviansk. we've seen more demonstrations,

pro russian groups on the ground in eastern ukraine refusing to give up their territory. is there any way that these sanctions could bring about a change of heart on the ground there do you think in terms of the kremlins choreography of the situation on the ground? >> i don't think so. i think at the moment it's a matter of principle on both sides. ukrainian government insists they have the right to deal with armed militia men. russian speakers in eastern and southern ukraine believe that they are replicating the same methods that the current government has used to come to power. they think the kiev government has somehow legitimatized their actions. it's a stalemate. that's what we're look into. sapg sap sanctions are not a game changer at moment.

thank you. >> get more information on that crisis and list of people targeted in the washington and eu sanctions. that's all on the website, bbc.com/news/ukraine. also lots more research and background information you need on that. now many countries around the world are facing this dilemma as we live longer. how do we help older people live independent lives? it's a real problem in big cities which are busy, noisy and difficult to get about? how do you make it easier? one city has been recognized as being age friendly by the world health organization. we have been finding out more. >> reporter: manchester is a vibrant city with a young population. surprisingly it's the first age friendly in the uk.

>> the only way it can get across here is checking trains. >> he's 81 and struggling to cross the road. >> you put your life in your hands. the person who's not quick on their feet, probably deaf, vision impaired. very, very risky. >> it's not just getting about that worries him. >> it's the lack of toilet. there's only one near the town hall. >> as the population ages, how do you adapt cities to make them age friendly? tommy took us to his part of manchester. in the butcher there's a chair. >> that chair if you've been

walking is nice to sit down. >> at the bus stop, five panels are put in to protect against the rain. >> it's important to have these panels in the scheme of things. >> a meeting of the age friendly manchester group and visitors from germany and japan. it may not look much, but manchester has been listening to people like tommy and making small changes to transport housing social care. taking accounts of all people in every policy decision they make. on a tour of the area, the international delegation sees shops with age friendly plans. >> definitely. it's a grass roots approach. it's based on reality of society. they try to make it the city

everyone here can see. >> many changes here are small. manchester is leading the way in thinking, planning for the world of more and more older people. bbc news. now south of the equator, stargazers are treated to the first solar eclipse of the year. this is known as annual eclipse seen in australia. the sun is almost obstetricured the moon. it's one of two for 2014. the second will be a partial in october which people in thehemi able to see. a quick reminder of our top story. we brought you a twist in the tug of war with the issue in ukraine. russia describes the unprecedented increase in nato and u.s. presence at borders.

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