deceased were killed by the so-called islamic state in twenty fourteen nobel peace prize winner nadia raj who's an activist drawing international attention to the unseating speight was among those witnessing the opening of the mass grave. more than two thousand people in malaysia have fallen ill after toxic waste was dumped into the kim kim river in the city of johor the forties order the closure of more than one hundred schools due to danger is toxic fumes many of those affected are children three men have been arrested in connection with the illegal dumping. now russia is marking the fifth anniversary of its controversial annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula most countries do not accept russia's move dismissing it as a violation of international law but russia has planned a whole program of events to commemorate the occasion it celebrating what organizers call crimea's reunification with russia back in twenty fourteen in moscow be event is being marked with a three day festival called the crimean spring. our next report takes us through the events leading up to the annexation. marc