the air concert was to be eighteen in the eastern ukrainian city of sloppy arts were pro russian separatists have taken control of the area bites news says it's working with the us state department to ensure the safety and release of its correspondent simon stuffs he was covered the situation in training and eastern ukraine extensively since the crisis erupted journalists working in the area say dostoevsky was detained by gunmen late tuesday is the tension comes as news spread that a local politician belonging to the pro european fatherland party had been brutally beaten and killed near the scene eastern city. cf has called on the military to re launch its campaign against militants in response to the violence. the city was in love with boxes told a group of israeli journalist said the stock's don't continue. israel will have to take on the pertinent governing palestinian lands and providing services to its two and a half million residents an official in the israeli prime minister's office can get a statement saying it shows a lack of palestinian commitment to the peace process israel has be

it was a new year's team for ukraine as protesters seized official buildings in the eastern city of donetsk and raised in russian flags and onions is ukraine's fifth largest city. over a hundred pro russian demonstrators occupied the regional administration building on monday and clear the creation of the donetsk people's republic in a move that echoed recent events in ukrainian crew called for a referendum on eleventh to decide whether the province to join in the russian federation. according to russian state one tass news agency. the protesters called on russian president bloody were put in to send a temporary peacekeeping contingent to the region. in a televised statement interim ukrainian president alex undertook to not blame all staff are trying to promote a separatist movement in eastern ukraine. yes the woman stones. do you hear citizens of ukraine yesterday the second wave of the russian federation special operation against ukraine started the goal is to de stabilize the situation in the country's top for ukraine parties disrupt the election and tear our country apart with them due

demonstrators were injured he also stormed a bank of the city that sentences the mayor of the eastern city of khartoum. it is in critical condition after he was shot on monday on the way to his office his staff to support the pro western interim government. the us department of defence says it has received assurances that russia will not invade and ukraine the statement says russian defense minister sergei showing the baby promise to his us counterpart truck a golden phone call russian troops have recently carried out major exercises to ukraine's border. choi to explain to go with your presence is due to concerns about possible violence in eastern ukraine. he said ukrainian authorities could use force to harm civilians readers of the us and the european union are urging present but the report him to hold what they called russian intervention in ukraine the white house spokesperson j carty said russia has not only failed to meet its commitments but as escalating the crisis. russian diplomats had agreed in geneva this month to help de escalate tensions in eastern ukraine carney also the admi

note to our correspondence even kim who is in the eastern ukrainian city of going yet to lose in what can you tell us what brings up today and the ladies that you've heard about this observer mission well for what's going on nor is it worth getting up at this point. worth pointing out the remainder of the clinton era it occurred with the most radical of africa. can you tell who kidnapped american journalist was released yesterday. they work liao. the five lateral position. led by germany it's interesting that this will lead to turn opinion about the situation to go to a member of the previous bilateral action and eyes that he had lost contact with the biggest number of fish certainly begs the question the db separatist forces in eastern ukraine today recognize any authority apart from one that is sanctioned by moscow. no wonder why hostile to western journalists. the fact that they know that it was first told when to watch go about each poet to poet should be monitored. quite revealing they opened the door. geneva last week's topics that were represented. and it didn't join us on the

eastern ukraine. protesters occupy state buildings in three cities. >> oil deal in libya. rebels agree to end an 8-month petroleum blockade. >> the world's biggest election has begun for the next five weeks. indians will cast their votes in a ballot believed by many to be its most important in 30 years. more than 1500 political parties are contesting the general election. the two most popular parties are the congress or the b.j.p. though popular neither party is expected to achieve the 272 seats needed for an outright majority. so a whole host of other middleweight and regional parties will throw support behind either of the two men depending on the concessions offered, or stay outside the government. the election marks the emergence of a party led by an anticorruption campaigner. the indian electorate is diverse and fractured. it is reflected in the political landscape. many parties speak on behalf of their own group and the nation as a whole. >> we go to outside a polling station. that hearing is a vote being cast on the electronic voting machine. in this election there'

. >> ukraine's government has launched what it's calling on anti-terrorism occupation in the eastern city of carr kiev. 70 people have been arrested the the unrest in eastern ukraine follows russia's annexation of crimea. there has been protests in several cities. pro-russian demonstrators set tyres in front of the regional assembly alight. police have regained control. in the city of lahoms a government building was seized by pro-russian groups. they want a refferent come on the region's future. in donetsk pro-russian demonstrators are calling for a referendum on splitting from ukraine. the interim deposit is blaming moscow, and say it's part of a russian plan to break up the country. >> let's go to the correspondent joining us live from don esket. what has been going on overnight? >> well, ukrainian special forces moved in on the regional government administration building in the carr kiev a few hours ago. we have been told that 70 people have been arrested. what the ukrainian authorities called separatists. the ukrainian authorities say that - sorry, that the terrorism operation is ong

welcome to i want and i'm seeking to this in ukraine's eastern city of michael hussey at least seventy people detained courage in the run to one percent this will force local government building. the has beenccupying confirms a one in your mind and as for stephen had sold with tatum and eight bombing of the region wide referendum will be held shortly. then last breath. at least twenty accidents have been a less than enthused and nico the end after clashing with supporters of the interim government in kiev. i was kind to one. i sniffed and kai called thistle the advance enforcing that fast. some ukrainian media have been showing little cog hill school in the building saying that it was ours activists who provoked the conflict. in reality a group of men who introduced themselves as policemen from kolkata and sumo enter the building and started attacking unarmed people they're using stun grenades and rubber bullets. he never showed the right genes. there are many injured among us the push to so inclined that's when we made molotov cocktails and through them inside trying to smoke the mo u

he was accused of taking part in a riot in the eastern city of lahore. he is said to have thrown stones as police as his family fought with gas company workers collecting overdue bills. the boy's relatives face charges still. >> let's look at the other stories we are parliamentary secretarying to develop. middle east - a new prime minister about to witness a first protest against his government. young people angry about laws which they believe encourage temporary jobs. scotland's first minister will make his case for scottish independence. alex salmond is hoping to win over voters, in what is a close process. scotland would suffer greatly if it left the union, the british are warning. >> bubba watson on course for another win at the masters, with a 3-shot lead at the halfway stage at augusta. shooting a second round 68 thanks to a streak of birdies on the back line. >> taking personal responsibility - pope francis askses to be forgiven for the priests who committed illegal acts on children. >> and the hunt for a wanted man - both those stories coming up.

developments in ukraine, because we are hearing that pro-russia separatists c confronted tanks in the eastern city of kramatorsk. we talk to hoda abdel-hamid in a nearby town. what are you saying around you? >> well, there's a lot of these uniformed men in the city center. some have called on a little area. they have taken over some of the area in the middle of the city, the park. they are very much cheered by chose who are around them. now, when you look at them closely, they don't really look like part of an org army. the uniforms are mismatched. some are not military. some of the weapons are old. one of the weapons we saw was a hunting rifle. we spoke to several of them. we asked them where they were from, and they said they were ethnic russians from ukraine. we tried to figure out if they had a command that could be directing them to russia, they denied that. >> what we are seeing, it seems from what you are describing, are military vehicles of some description, army personnel carriers, with russian flags from a distance. it might look like russian soldiers from the border. the armoured vehicl

along the border of the rebel held eastern ukrainian city of slow leon's government should set up checkpoints in and around the territory in an attempt to ensure that the situation were to escalate into violence. no civilians would be hard. most of the budget which epoch in which a cargo is to stabilize the situation and this is just not the honest and prevent single casualty among the civilians or to put up with the prop up the separatists of control on a porch while the next day when ukrainian state security officer was killed and five wounded in an operation against the separatists and various news outlets have reported that ukrainian special forces attacked this episode when overnight taking one pro russian mobile with them in operation to flush out septic system. it took twenty four split to the depth of five pro russian separatist prompting still does to mount a full block avis lottery odds. many believe that only a minority of ukrainian this lovely ons support the pro russian troops who took over the militants but that few dare show their opposition one of the witches to fix it with th

ukrainian force to retake the government building in hockey pro russian separatist rolled out of the eastern cities the hunt for missing flights an hd seventy ahead until close to saying i'm using signals had been detected ukrainian authorities say that we take of the main government building from pro russian protested to the east and secure parking. they say seventy people were arrested in an anti operation. russia meanwhile the said ukraine should avoid minutes the preparations that could spark a civil war. on monday washington warned moscow against moving but people could look into eastern ukraine saying this evidence the pro russian protest is being paid. separatists are holding off into other ukrainian cities. the mets can hunt and what the eff is called a russian led plan to dismantle the country the internet. the russian flag still knew about the regional government building on tuesday morning rebels have called for a referendum on secession from ukraine. when i get to italy and the state for russia but said we hope people watching will be loyal because we went to leave this place until we m

the mayor of the eastern city of karkiv is in critical condition after he was shot on monday on the way to his office. he is thought to support the pro-western interim government. the u.s. department of defense says it has received assurances that russia will not invade ukraine. a statement says russian defense minister sergei shoigu made the promises to his u.s. counterpart chuck hagel in a phone call. russian troops have recently carried out major exercises near ukraine's border. shoigu explained that the military presence is due to concerns about possible violence in eastern ukraine. he said ukrainian authorities could use force against unarmed civilians. leaders in the u.s. and the european union are urging president vladimir putin to halt what they call russian intervention in ukraine. white house spokesperson jay carney said russia has not failed to meet its commitments, but has escalated the crisis. russian diplomats had agreed in geneva this month to help de-escalate the tensions in eastern ukraine. carney also said the administration will apply sanctions to seven more russian o

acting president bullets on the torch an aunt has demanded the dismissal of police chiefs in the eastern cities of the next animal caught in a statement on tuesday torture of said many police forces in the east had proved incapable of carrying out these beauties. u s secretary of state john kerry has warned russia that make the nato alliance would defend every piece of its territory. to make it absolutely clear to the kremlin. that nato territory is in the wild bull we will defend every single piece of that article five of the nato treaty must mean something. and our allies on the frontlines need and deserve no less. kiri on tuesday called the prices in ukraine a wakeup call for any job that requires an alliance with my effort and the city cannot continue to allow an allied defense budgets to shrink. kerry also called on the european union members to carry out more cooperation in the energy sector and to reduce their attachment to russian energy supplies. rush and the lebanese who has said moscow sees no need for further sanctions against the west after the eu and the us and the opening round o

residents of another eastern city are cleaning up after the occupation of a government building there. security forces moved in to take control, and they arrested dozens of protesters. government officials say the situation is stable, and they say they blocked the flow of money that financed the civil disobedience. leaders in kiev and western capitals have accused russian president vladimir putin of using his resources and agents to fan separatist flames. >> no one should be fooled, and believe me no one is fooled, by what could potentially be a contrived pretext for military intervention, just as we saw in crimea. >> reporter: putin sent in soldiers and moved to annex the ukrainian republic after crimeans voted in a referendum to join russia. western leaders have warned him to keep his hands off the rest of ukraine or face further sanctions. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov denies his country is involved in the unrest. he's urging ukraine's interim government to work toward giving special authority to the regions. lavrov and kerry will discuss the situation next week when they

russian sympathizers have taken over state buildings in several eastern cities.fter a week of protests, donesk's police station has stepped down. armed men opened fire seizing buildings in other towns. leaders in kiev call today's an act of aggression from russia. al jazeera's kim vanell has the latest >> reporter: this is the police station, usually a place for local offices now in the hands of pro-russian activists. more than a dozen gunmen, many with professional grade weapons go in and out of the building. it's unclear how many more may be waiting inside. outside the building, local supporters gather. hundreds chanting the words "referendum." they say they want the people to vote on autonomy from kiev. many here believe the interim government is i will legitmat and not listening to the people in the east. >> our people want to live quietly and peacefully so we are not under america and the west. we don't want to be their slaves. we want to be with russia. >>> the gunmen took the building in the early hours of saturday morning. this video shot from across the

. >>> soldiers in ukraine launch an operation to take back control of eastern cities as pro-russian activists promise to stand their ground. >>> and demonstrators in brazil have staged a massive rally to protest spending on this year's world cup soccer tournaments. >>> nearly 290 people are missing after a passenger ferry sank off the southern coast of south korea. at least three people have been confirmed dead. the ship was heading from incheon to the island of jeju. it sent out a distress signal about 20 kilometers off jindo island. it was carrying more than 450 people. more than 300 were high school students from near seoul. coast guard officials sent helicopters and ships for the rescue operation. they say they've recovered three bodies. a male student, and a female crew member are among them. one male has not yet been identified. the toll of the missing was revised upward dramatically after confusion in the wake of the accident. authorities say military personnel and special rescue teams including 160 divers are now in the area to search for the missing. >> translator: an announcement sa

sell defense units in kiev say the country's military has taken control of the airport in the eastern city of hama tourist earlier the army confirmed its storming the city in a bid to curb anti-government rallies across the south east while the protesters are demanding a referendum on their region's future calls that have been labeled as separatism and terrorism by the coup appointed government or military units have been gathering in a town on the border between harkat and the nats regions the hotbeds of the end breast and from there the are moved to on to the city of kramatorsk were destroyed here and activists say the city airport has been fired ad by military jets they are reporting injuries and there are also unconfirmed reports off the taliban while in slovyansk locals say armored vehicles have completely cut off all entrances to the city but no shots have been reported yet. art is where if it isn't the original capital for us or ia do tallis what's happening where you are and what are people telling you. probably indeed you will receive alarming news from all over ista in ukraine to

on one the chief justice in eastern ukrainian city of donetsk former russian oligarchs the california coast we stopped into the deep red meat administration building in march. the billionaire accused russia of being complicit in violence against protesters and tea as you all my darn will be brought down president richard m cope what to call steve came to ukraine in march offering to mediate in the crimea crisis after being imprisoned for a decade the rest of the retina to get offered to do the same pro russian troops who've taken over me in offices and police stations in eastern ukrainian cities. yet when he attempted to do so he was heckled by pro russian separatists who shot to no one invited you to be told him he should leave the territory in order to prevent problems protesters told him to find out all the needed to know by watching some tv. of course he replied understood when in rome do as the romans do after being arrested at gunpoint in two thousand and three the convicted of theft and tax evasion in two thousand and five he was while it was guarded abroad as a political priso

osce said pro russian lessons have continued to occupy local government there are things in the eastern cities of demands and the house however a dosa pointed out that in some areas production on troops and local authorities and discussing how to proceed the sale the osce team operating in and around and that's held in hk. the police team team and help put the brakes on any further escalation of the situation and in most cities. for the deterioration because of the offence before the moses was aggressive deterioration in business stops. there seems the geneva agreements i love that old adage that the team faces a difficult task ahead as weapons l y need is to detect across the region. has come to miss this as he is conformed with chinese and south korean officials typically country should promote cultural exchange is even when the biomass donations and strains. attending a meeting of cartoonist is from the association of southeast asian nations as well as japan china and south korea into the mini cd of when our son to die. as culture minister hospital issue and she can suspend the chinese cart

holed up inside the ukrainian security service building in eastern city of logan's have said they are ukraine's last hope and waited for supporters to gather outside of the building in larger numbers for them to be successful debut of the russian president was uber putin saying that failure to support this effort it will lead to the laws of ukraine as russia's good neighbor meanwhile back in kiev acting interior affairs minister attended by gov said the situation in logan's given that were pro kremlin protesters have occupied government buildings would be resolved within the next forty eight hours of negotiations or fight for german chancellor angela merkel said that russia is not taking the necessary steps to ease the standoff over ukraine. she said germany would continue to urge dialogue to resolve the complex and upper limit support ukraine's right to decide its own future the sony as new prime minister on the boycott meanwhile set in holland and imposing economic sanctions on russia with her european union countries but might be needed to send a strong message to moscow. hours ear

leaders say the country it has a story taken control of some regional government buildings in an eastern city pro russian demonstrators had occupied them the new. new he sees on his knees and don't s in part to the clear their own governments interior minister arson ahmed said the government conducted anti operations against the group in cardiff he noted some threw hand grenades and several police officers were injured he said government troops detained seventy people. you think this is when we need to employ the strict measures to respond to the residents in the eastern cities who support the ukraine. her arms out of the four protesters occupying the building and an as told in each case the tuesde their own cabinet members they see a referendum will be held to vote on secession from ukraine. at a cost center. the government will crush the protesters if they continue the occupation negotiators from iran and six world powers have begun their third round of talks to agree on curbing to run its nuclear program. they want to reach a final accord by july twentieth. the delegates from iran and west

armed separatists continued to manned barricades and occupied buildings in eastern cities increase for the arts where they've taken over the local police headquarters and a building belonging to the state security service the u s is urging russia to comply with an agreement hammered out in geneva last week that requires militants in eastern ukraine to disarm and leave buildings which had been occupied since unrest there began the white house has said in moscow must act swiftly to avoid tougher un sanctions . the from israel and around the world converge on jerusalem's western wall for an aspirin is politics enemies because of the holiday. went to visit ended what is called the priestly blessing which happened just three times the in the priestly this at this point haunting three consecutive this is from jewish holy book the torah one related to telling in a special song which is said to date back thousands of years emotionally it's one of the two getting the aid given to the cause though. all around the wards. not only knit stated the kids are getting tools like peaches to acquire the

officer was killed and injuries are reported among special forces units and protesters in ukraine's eastern city of the downs where a crackdown taken place against activists to find government buildings and the police headquarters the race gender or dozens are injured when a mass march against the steering turned violent as italians ms patients into crippling unemployment and soaring housing costs. back to bloodshed. an afghan girl who was severely injured by a grenade pastor returned to her war ravaged home after treatment in the us. i don't really count. a police operation is underway in now ukraine's eastern city of the dance begins protesters occupying and minister to billings one officer has been killed while several other people are reportedly injured and both sides for casters against the interim government in kenya part gathering steam in the east an activist are thought to be in control of administration police and security offices in nine cds now. i would show you some images were getting from slow downs. this video already looking a break now was posted on youtube while i was built by

as the tension hiking in the country's eastern city of ukrainian government officials continued to point fingers. ukraine is in turn pointed star singer said he has blamed iran show once again for the ongoing crisis in the country. he is accusing moscow of exporting terrorism overseas you for the night she showed us a new export. aside from oil and gas from russia is now exporting terrorism to ukraine. only one country russia this aggression stuff performing acts of terror in ukraine. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov abstract ukraine must quote immediately start negotiations with protesters to de escalate tensions arose when it's most themselves come from agreements because of gordon off the presses might do with the new yorker has to be soft enough not to cause was visible presence of water into it. otherwise there'll be no whales such as when a standoff between russia and ukraine the continuing to escalate. i didn't mean for any progress in the four party talks in geneva between the european union united states russia and ukraine. the highlight of the cctv yet the us secretary of

the interview yet duke also said individuals behind anti semitic with flats distributed in the eastern city of the doubt earlier in the week will be held responsible for the provocation had to lift a synagogue and adapt math man handed out flyer purported to be from pro russian separatist ordering all to register with them or face deportation. a stretcher a store by the united nations human rights office last week keep on truckin claims of anti semitism in ukraine as that ukrainian jewish leader ira forman me about my administration's special envoy on anti semitism. last month disputed claims by russian president but to report in the ukrainian revolutionaries were spreading hatred of . toh tuck its minister has said his cup and leave the world wide web. just weeks off to the top court lifted the short lived government ban on social network twitter communications minister that the au bon reportedly told journalists at the possibility that the fund could replace the standard infrastructure with the national expert to call one which suppresses uses ability to express opinions and views to play

really dominating our coverage tonight ukraine's military has taken control of the airport in the eastern city of kramatorsk earlier the army confirmed it had moved into the city in a bid to curb anti government rallies across the southeast the protesters are demanding a referendum on the region's future calls that have been labeled as separatism and terrorism by the coup appointed government or military units have been gathering in that's a town on the border you'll see coming up there it is there is you between kharkov in the donetsk regions the hotbeds of unrest from where that they moved on to the city of kramatorsk below me the activists say the city airport has. being fired by military jets that's where the initial reports of injuries have been coming from also unconfirmed reports still still we can't confirm it of fayed teletubbies who are across the nother hot spot square we're talking about that all weekend locals say armored vehicles now have completely cut off all entrances to that city it's a large town stroke city but a hundred thousand people live there maria financial reports th

separatists are refusing to lay down their weapons and lead building they're occupying in eastern ukraine cities but fake a look at this display, protests, not everyone in eastern ukraine agreed with the separatists. supporters of the few government in kiev rallied in doneetsk. phil black is live in the eastern city of donetsk. let's begin with you, phil, there have been protests in the street. not everyone aligning with the pro separatists. any sign the separatists are backing down? >> reporter: no, not really, ever since the sign of that geneva agreement, there has been no change on the ground. those leaders of the pro separatist movements have categorically rejected that deal saying they weren't a part of it, they don't have to follow it. they are refusing the key points, notably, packing up and where relevant laying down weapons as well. so no change. but also no change in the sense that these pro russian separatists have not expanded their control in recent days. there have been no occupations of recent buildings or infrastructure. they have stayed contained up until that point him somethin

ukrainian lawmakers are looking to regain control of three eastern cities overrun by pro russian activistsssian forces in denejsk saying that city is no longer part of ukraine and will vote next month to join russia. that development ignites fears of another crimea. we have tracked the developments from denejsk. >> adding fuel to the fire, pro russia protestors clashed with ukrainian government forces if the eastern city, activists calling for economy from kiev had been in control of the administration building since sunday. by tuesday morning, special forces had taken control, arresting 70 people. ukraine's acting president said those will face the full force of the law. >> last night, the denejsk building where the security service of ukraine is located was cleared of criminals. this morning, the regional administration building was completely cleared of separate activities. during the liberation of the building, guns and hand grenades were used against police. several policeman were badly injured. during the liberation of the regional administration, 70 criminals were detained. >> tensi

ukraine moscow and kiev the sky and the other forget the attack on a russian checkpoint in the eastern city of sin yet i'm an awful friends janet to spend an arm of the family that loves being held by one of the west it is in its bid to syria. and here think all they can still access to that in a perceived chinese market as the base was to say that this is host to hundreds of its national defense the headline if our tuition cos i kept on studying. now i just today soaked in russia and ukraine officially agreed to calm tensions in the region that the attack they fled that once again of rapture is claiming far right's ukrainian grapes for an attack on the progress in tackling in the easton says he hopes of an awesome eighty s is are these fine people have died in the sink and say the death toll is not and maybe the result of a shoot out between criminal gangs adam and eve as well the main drivers of this checkpoint me until the softer. local residents come to pay their respects and bid farewell to those ewtn. commissioner that is waking up checkpoints described the attack which to place here

but i have to say this is just one of many towns and cities here in the eastern ukraine where protestingagainst the authorities in kiev activists have been occupying governmental building security offices police headquarters and in most of these cities these buildings still remain taken by these protesters like here for example in the center of the neds. the building that you can see behind me right now this is an eleven story a former regional administration building it is right now taken by these groups of protesters we have been able to talk to those inside this building and they told us that they fear that they could be an operation against them as well and they wait for it day and night and this is my report from the inside. where now inside would cease to be the next question of ministration hand what has become recently the for santos and to hear the protests this is where those who do not recognize the country's new authorities gather had this is from where they fled the creation of the nets people's interdependent republic this republic has its own forces and as for tactics that

eastern ukraine. tamatorsk is another city where pro-russian gunmen have taken over government offices. latest developments there >> reporter: tensions are spilling over in eastern ukraine in the city of slovyansk, ukrainian authorities say they have launched an anti-terrorism operation. the military they claim at least for a short time moved in. there were reports of dead and wounded. this video which can't be independently verified appears to show a man taking cover after being shot on the outskirts of the city. near bookyby a man sits lifeless. in the city center, pro-russian activists remain in control of the city's police station. ukrainian forces on sunday tried to retake the building but retreated, reported because of a risk to the public. >> we are the residents of slovyansk, the national guard is coming here, has already been a shoot-out this morning. we have nothing to hide. here is my face. i want to ask comrade putin, you promised to protect us. please come here and protect us. this was the scene on saturday amateur video shows the moment gunmen stormed the police station. af

> also, ukraine on the brink once again with pro russian groups causing unrest in a number of eastern cities. >>> and the debate on how to deal with the crashes is causing friction in washington. >> on the issue of ukraine, my hero, teddy roosevelt, used to say "talk softly, but carry a big stick." what you're doing is talking strongly and carry a very small stick -- in fact, a twig. >>> are you watching cnn "newsroom." >> a big welcome to our viewers in the united states and, of course, around the world. there's new optimism now that malaysia airlines flight 370 may be located within a matter of days. >> crews were finally able to reacquire underwater signals first heard in the indian ocean on saturday, and that's bringing a sharper focus to the search. today, 15 aircraft and 14 ships are working a grip of about 75,000 square kilometers. >> search leader august us houston says what's needed now is debris from the plane to confirm what the underwater signal suggests. >> the analysis determined that a railroad stable, distinct, and -- a very stable, distinct, and clear signal was detected at

extremist right sector group together with police crackdown on anti-government protesters any grains eastern city of slovyansk two people have reportedly been killed one on each side. rage in rome dozens are reportedly injured after a march against austerity turns violent as a record unemployment and soaring housing costs pushed millions to the edge. what looked like a little long but actually it was a good move. a young afghan war casualty returns home after treatment in america but sounds of children aren't as lucky as afghans as a ghana stand spirals further into turmoil. they're watching our senior national coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program a brutal offensive is underway in ukraine's eastern city of slovyansk where police an extremist from the neo nazi right sector group are cracking down on anti-government activists one person has reportedly been killed in each side and scores injured meanwhile the wave of popular unrest against the coup appointed leadership in kiev has now hit ten cities well these are the pictures with been getting from slovyansk barricade

and other developments the south eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk braces for an assault as kiev troops move to blockade it after a deadly attack on checkpoints there anti-government activists say a civil war they fear is starting. and british police urge muslim women to tell tales on their loved ones in a bid to stem the flow of u.k. citizens becoming radicalized in the syrian civil war. very good evening if you just joined us is kevin owen here in moscow tonight at r.t. h.q. and it's us that's in the headlines as you've just heard tonight america's chief diplomat john kerry has accused moscow of using a tool to distort reality. up again to a bullhorn that is the state sponsored russia today program has been deployed

clare eastern ukraine independent clean hildebrand test that detects the true russian been considered sweep their flag of choice as it burned tires outside a government building in ukraine's second city kid unrest like this has been popping up in eastern ukraine which has a large population of ethnic russians. pro moscow supporters have called for secession for claiming sovereignty arcade people to the. the regional police were later quoted as saying the dispersed the protesters on monday less than three hundred km away in donetsk. a similar call for independence pro russian separatist sees the regional assembly building the regional council of duty and retains the stones the establishment of a sovereign states and peoples republic of the minutes. it didn't fit into those that led to rush's annexation of crimea cities in eastern ukraine have seen frequent pro russia rallied since victor yanukovich was ousted as president in february. ukraine's prime minister accused moscow of court in aiding the protests of an idea supported by washington said the events did not appear spontaneous could rather carefully orchestrated were concerned about several s with tori moves in ukraine over the w

who condemned what he described as large of aggression against his country residence of the eastern ukrainian city of najaf also marked easter holiday amid the crisis with many saying they hoped the peaceful resolution of the trading price that will come too many people in eastern ukraine which has a large russian speaking population appealed the suspension of work to do with our tasting fee of per month effort to support beyond a city north of the doubt. meanwhile announced the addition of a curfew following a deadly shooting incident early on easter day the city for rushing acting mayor blamed the killing of members of the reit sector national group that helped topple former president gm acknowledge that you are syrian president musharraf was not as good as the recently re capture christian town of mobile lot by lighting in government growing confidence in its three year civil war against islamic insurgents. photos uploaded to the president's social media pages show was not inspect the damage dating and bottle inside a greek orthodox monastery in deterring the nearby area this rare appearance ou

the city people reported to have rested every time an anti government activists in the eastern ukrainian city of cocoa. after they stormed the local authority building and declared independence the illness spreads across the country so faced with trials and stubble in the thrill hopes of claiming the future leaders in kiev as it had to do with physical quality of the region. while the russian foreign ministry center of more than a hundred american stories from a private lift the contract to helping regional authorities in ukraine to press for this we took our russian security services a breakup neutralize the country's most wanted to make huge operation that led to hundreds of terror suspects well of support obligations will be off the wealth of afghanistan's presidential but just to be hailed a success by the west wanted to get into my skin has his own people are still pretty tricky for us today above a crackdown on anti kid activists in ukraine's eastern city of qom called the scene at least seventy people detained. clashes erupted when protesters before suburb of local government buil

ukraine's prime minister is holding crisis talks in the eastern city of donetsk. e is also a group of protesteringses in luhansk who remain in control of the city services. the vatican has promised a zero tolerance approach to child abuse. north korea has he announced joint military exercises between the u.s. and south korea. more than 7,000 soldiers are carrying out live fire drills in parts of the south. >>> more than 2.5 thousand athletes have run in the second annual palestine marathon. parts of the route followed the israeli built west bank separation wall. the race was founded as a way of highlighting the problems that many palestinians suffer. >> reporter: the race began here at the church of the nativity, the runners made their way through two palestinian refugee camps and the [ inaudible ] village. they also ran alongside the separation barrier, seen as an app part tide wall by most palestinians. there were challenges in organizing this event, not the least of which was finding the land to accommodate the runners. they couldn't find 42 kilometers worth of

ofaine is on the verge having operations to oust militants on the eastern city.lin and has the story. this situation seems to be deteriorating once again. bring us up to speed. joe biden had been speaking to the acting ukraine president. there was a revelation that two dead bodies had been found in eastern ukraine in this area that has been taken by the pro-russian rebels. one of the bodies are both of the bodies had been tortured. one of them has been identified as a politician from the acting ukraine prime minister's hearty. -- party. he ordered that the forces resumed their actions trying to oust these pro-russian militants from the buildings in eastern ukraine. now we have what is basically that geneva accord in tatters. there waiting to see how the russians are going to respond. they are threatening to cut off gas supplies to ukraine. that is why this ukraine, imf deal is coming into focus now. we expect to get a report from the imf committee to the board very soon aiming to get aid into ukraine at the beginning of next month. >> thank you very much. >> pmi

the past hour, it says it's destroyed three check points manned by illegal arm add groups in the eastern cityslovyansk. ukraine describes them has terrorists. the ukrainian government says it has regained control of the city east of mariupol port. and regained control of pro russian separatists. in slovyansk, donetsk, mass gunmen and protestors occupy government buildings after two weeks. they refuse to recognize ukraine's go. . the question remains, how much control does russia, moscow, have over the pro russian separatists in the east of ukraine? president barack obama has accused russia of failing to respect the terms of last week's geneva agreement which seemed to often hope for a chance at defusing tensions. >> we have seen them not a bide by the spirit or letter of the agreement in geneva. instead we continue to see militias and arm aed men taking over buildings, harassing folks who are disagreeing with them. >> this after a warning from russia's foreign minister lavrov that there would be a firm response from russia if interest in eastern ukraine are a attack add. >> if attacked we wou

large xp user base could be vulnerable to secure gas russian sentiment built in ukraine with the eastern city declaring independence and calling for a referendum on the news again. fan. though cheers and korea and hello to those of you were watching from around the world it's tuesday it will be here until i knew he had come limping so much for joining us we begin at the nation's top off this following of bilateral summit between president second day and visiting australian prime minister tony abbott. the two sides signed a free trade agreement and agreed to do security cooperation at this time has more on korea australia relations in full bloom. less than a month after concluding a trachea which can add that to me aside if you have an fta with australia. sullen and can drag me to be an intense than the majority of traded goods over the next decade. trade between korea and australia jumped from eighteen billion us dollars in two thousand and seven to thirty billion last year. it will be very cool for five countries because trying means jobs for you try it means more jobs free and tried not onl

pro russian militants are now occupying government buildings in at least ten eastern cities despite an international agreement reached it week. when while the white house is stepping up its pressure on moscow. national security adviser susan rice warning russian president putin that if russia does not uphold the new deal, more tapgss wi sanctions will be on the way. fox news is on the ground. leland, will the frus really hold? >> reporter: it seems the truce loss stopped most of scrim rir s rishs on the ground, but it has done little to ease the tension. russian separatists are believed to be taking orders from moscow and controlled from russian special forces teams help to in support these groups. and they want a referendum on whether this part of the country either becomes its open undwn independent state or becomes part of russia. they don't have the military equipment. they schlly don simply don't ha training to do it. so you wonder whether it was a yen win effort or a reealizatio that there is not much they can do. there is a real fear that a move by the ukranian military would sp

importance of dialogue while condemning monday's kidnapping of italian indonesian journalists in the eastern cityof love yes why do we believe that the russian side like us who condemned today's actions of extremists which were carried out against journalists mainly the abduction of civilians and journalists. it is nothing but terrorism however moscow has accused him of non compliance with the geneva for friday agreement. the solution is in even the man is not only being implemented but also steps are being taken primarily by those who seized power in kiev. that is a crude violation of the agreements reached in geneva. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is referring to the maid on behind me as one of the violations by the ukrainian government. yes the protesters here have not completely empty the square however ukrainian foreign ministry the sheets and has said their presence is legal russia has also emphasized that collection ukrainians were calling for moscow's protection. perhaps a less than subtle reminder of the ongoing threat at ukraine's eastern border the highlight of the cctv kiev. h

z >>> pro-russian separatists have stormed the regional government headquarterers in the eastern cityjanz. separatists have previous i will occupied only the local security services building in the city. >>> the european union has released a list of 15 people that it will target with sanctions because of the ukrainian crisis. a total of 48 individuals who now face penalties including visa bans and asset freezes. on the list is the current director of russia's intelligence agency, and valerie, the first deputy minister of defense and the army general in charge of the deployment of russian troops along the ukrainian border. >>> the new list announced by brussels includes 15 individuals, 9 of whom are russian. some of them are political like the deputy chair of the lower house of parliament here in russia who was instrumental in starting legislation to inkorea grate the crimea region into the russian federation. others are military, like russia's deputy defense minister and chief of the armed services. they said brussels is doing the bidding of washington with unfriendly gestures. the de

three people are dead tonight after a gun fight broke out in the eastern city of slovyansk.h side is blaming the other. giving back navy ships. seven vessels arrived in odessa. the crew decided to stay behind and serve russia. moscow is blaming ukrainian nationalists. pro-russian separatists had been manning that roadblock. >> president putin has a dream to restore the soviet union. and every day he goes further and further. do remember his speech famous munich speech saying the biggest disaster of the former century is the collapse of the soviet union. i consider the biggest disaster this century would be the restoring of the soviet union under the auspices of president putin. >> we go now to jackie roland who has recent developments from the eastern city of slovyansk. >> local people are calling it the easter massacre, although what took place at this checkpoint in the early hours of sunday remains unclear. unknown attackers drove up and opened fire on the pro-russian activists who were manning the barricade. >> my neighbor got a bullet right between his eyes. then others

is fighting took place in an eastern city. the interior minister had a crowd of about 300, and says government forces fired warning shots. and john, these are the deadliest clashes since it began in ukraine. and he spent four hours today fielding questions beginning with the situation in ukraine. our peter sharp has more from moscow. >> no coincidence, that as the crucial party talks got on in geneva, shad my putin was stealing headlines in moscow. a question and answer session is with the russian people. top of the agenda, the crisis in ukraine, and one question, would putin send in the troops. a right to use armed forces. i very much hopely not have to use that right, and we will be able to solve all of the issues in ukraine, but political and diplomatic means. >> putin also had a firm message to countries like the united states, which imposed sanctions on russia over the actions in ukraine. >> can a compromise be found on the issue between the united states and russia, the compromise must not be found between third party pl

let's check in with kim vinnell in another eastern city in donetsk. donetsk is where the pro-russians have taken over another government building. kim. >> that's right gunmen stormed the building. now there are gunmen outside. some of them are holding ak-47s. it's an old-style hunting rifle and are in control of that building right now. what we are hearing is that they are from the oblask group, a far right wing group with its roots in kharkiv. they say they have control of the first story of the building. civil workers are going about the duties, they want it continue calls for a referendum on the status of the republic. we have seen military jets flying overhead. people are pulling up bricks from the pavement and stock pailing the bricks - there's lines of defence, barr kids, barbed wire. it's a bisard scene. it's a sunny day. supporters are outside. they are walked around in military uniforms. >> what about the ukrainian operation to take over the building. where do things stand as far as the operation to take the building. >> okay, i think we have

this is the eastern city of donetsk which shows a pro ukrainian rally of around 1,000 people apparentlyattack. there have been take overs in various towns by masked and armed men. we are in the eastern city. >> reporter: protests last night was a demonstration, detete display of support in this eastern ukraine region for kiev, for ukraine to stay united. people were telling us they certainly don't want to become part of russia and don't want independence to this region of the country. they were out demonstrating, about a thousand marching through the main avenue here when are that protest turned quickly ugly indeed. there was what appeared to be a carefully coordinate add tack by groups of pro russian men with baseball bats, iron bars. i saw one man carrying a shotgun. certainly we understand from organizers more than a dozen were injured as that turned violent. a sign of real divisions in this part of the country and tensions on the ground even in the international community continues to sanction russia, russian officials and russian companies in the attempt to persuade russia to use i

ukrainian government troops have taken control of an airfield in the eastern city.he operation is part of a wider offensive on gunmen holding property across the region. >> armed men attacked a school, kidnapping students in the north-east. a security guard was also killed. an italian court ordered silvio berlusconi to perform a year of community service at a center for the elderly in milan. he was sentenced to four years for tax fraud last year. >> now, the u.n. released a report criticising the human rights situation in ukraine. it says there's evidence that the people in crimea were harassed and arbitrarily arrested before the referendum last month. it documents incidents of torture and ill-treatment of protesters. we have more. >> in november 2013, the protests in kiev were about president viktor yanukovych refusing to sign an association agreements with the european union. but soon they turned into something else. the new united nations report says the excessive use of force by the special police and other security forces led to a significant radicalization of

heard in the town as well well i have to say that slovyansk is just one of numerous cities and towns here in eastern ukraine where protesting against these soldiers she's in kiev asking for more independence from the center activist occupied governmental buildings here in the city of donetsk in the building that you can see behind me there live the big eleven story building the two used to be home to the regional administration is still now taken by similar groups of protesters and they are also fearing that they will be a special operation against them and they're waiting for it to every day and night we have been able to speak to those inside this building and this is my report from there. where now inside would cease to be the donetsk original ministration hand what has become recently the e.p. santos and to hear the protests this is where those who do not recognize the country's new authorities gathered and this is from where they fled the creation of the nets peoples into pedantry public this republic has its own forces aimed at the tactic that they're not man that we can see here and that they