the government here now the news what's been coming out from ukraine has been making headlines around the world and we've heard comments from you and u.s. leaders some of those comments is being claimed only really succeeding in inflaming tensions here in inflaming the violence you can have a look at some of those comments that are being. well let's now across to former e.u. foreign policy chief javier solana we'll talk about those comments that was just reporting on just a few moments ago the e.u. stance now this is a lot of was involved in mediating a crisis in ukraine ten years ago this looks a lot of thanks very much indeed for joining us there from davos now of course these protests of much more violent than what we saw in ukraine in the orange revolution back in two thousand and four what do you make of the armed fighters and the violence we're seeing at the moment how does that affect your perception of these protests today. well we have been discussing this situation ukraine here doubles that i think the difference between two thousand and four and two thousand and fourteen is

so as we have been looking at that. we have been digging deep.o find something news worthy in social media, and we found something. >> yes, one of those is a hashtag. your vote is a waste. there are lots of people sharing photos online. and here is one of them, she says why would i vote on a constitution written in the constitution of my brothers. another guy says because rights are not protected by lines on paper, using the hashtag vote is a waste. >> i also want to show you instagram video. have a look at this. >> that little blue circle you saw there was a yes for the referendum, a yes vote for the constitution, the red circle l would have been a no vote for the constitution. we cannot do an update on social media without doing an update. >> right. we compiled this video comment. have a listen to this. >> my name is [ inaudible ], i'm a 56-year-old cardiologist. today the vote of the new egyptian constitution for me was a big surprise, because there was so much joy in the streets. among hundreds of thousands of people that i saw as i drove aro

but i do want to echo a lot of the words that have been said already. on behalf of all of the port staff and especially on my own behalf and that of amy because our commission secretary. and it has been an incredible two years working with the two of you and while we have worked individually with you both, we have worked so closely with you both as a team that when i was thinking of what i wanted to emphasize and how to say thank you, it was hard to really separate the two of you. and so, if you don't mind my remarks for you both, and you very far been beyond generous, with your time, and your dedication and your commitment. and it has already been mentioned by both president woo ho and president katz and brandon mentioned it as well, more than i think that i have seen in my tenure as executive director in terms of all of the different things that the port has had going on but the engagement with which you both came to help with the staff is really why we were able to prevail. and if you bear with me it is worth mention s what all has transspired in the

as much for bringing us the very latest from davos in switzerland capel been there. i was a lower edward snowden is reportedly said to request additional protection from russian authorities after receiving a growing number of death threats the former n.s.a. contractor has been living at an undisclosed location in russia since august when he received asylum for washington's prosecution artist has the details. despite his temporary residency in russia it's fair to assume that n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden follows what's reported about him throughout the world however it's the recent death threats rather descriptive ones published in the us media that is causing the thirty year old to request extra security and protection from russian law enforcement the website buzz feed quoted an anonymous u.s. intelligence officer describing how he would have assassinated snowden if he had the chance another unnamed pentagon official has been quoted saying he would have simply love to quote put a bullet in snowden's head work he not restricted from killing an american snowden's

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they have been protesting for a year. the government sent the army to anbar to break up the protest camps. they broke up one in ramadi, but not fal -- fallujah. i.s.i.l., which wants to establish an islamic emirate in the region took advantage of the chaos by taking the government buildings in both cities. to talk more about this i'm joined by our correspondent imran khan who reported from iraq. fallujah under the control of militants. is that the case or not? >> it depends how you look at this. yes, there are elements that have taken over government buildings. the iraqi sources said to us, "yes, it's under the control of the militants." what is happening is the iraqi army are on the outskirts, negotiating with the tribes to go into the city to take it over. the sunni tribes of fallujah are sworn to defend fallujah. they know the city and want to the say that we got rid of these militants without help from the iraqi army. there are those people in baghdad, in the central government. you say, "this is not the case." the ar

he says the most challenges part of it has been explaining it to his mum. >> it's been awkward. had my family over for christmas and new years and my mom doesn't understand being traded so to me that is one of the hardest thins i had to do, explain to her, that the organization i have been with, no longer wanted me there. she couldn't understand why. she feels like -- i'm a nice guy, i get along with everybody. so i had to explain to her, you aren't playing well what is going on. so that was the hardest part. >> rock bin, thank you very much. mexico known for it's architects wonders built by anne kent civilizations recently more unusual attractions drawing in the tourists you may wonder why. al jazeera has that story. >> the canals are one of the biggest tourist attractions in mexico city. a lucked escape from the concrete and high-rises where people can enjoy beautiful canaans once used by the aztecs. these water ways hold many stories. nowhere is that truer than here, on the island of the dolls. it looks like a scene from a horror movie, hundreds strung up and hanging from tre

there have been so many masked demonstrations.s this really dangerous. >> so far almost not violent. and we realise that the one who start to use violence will be loose are. >> people believe the longer the stalemate continues, the more possible it is for violence, civil war and a military movement. >> there is a danger are of violen violence, waiting in the wings. for so many years we have learn lessons. a coup will not solve the problem. so this time, you see around, no military, no even police. we try to keep some kind of order by ourselves. but, of course, there is a risk. i don't know what the size of government is, but i think they have different views. people here are protesting. they would like to stage a view of nonviolence, bit of people's revolution. they are moving because of royalism. the government of this party want to fight for the election. they have the legitimacy of democracy. >> we have to leave it there. we have run out of time. >> thank you so much. >> we'll bring you up to date as things proceed through the

he had been abducted - a darker side of what has been going on.here has been a number of reports of abductions and be beatings. the opposition unhappy about an amnesty law, not what they wanted. so the political divide between the government and the opposition goes on. meanwhile despite the bitter cold temperatures, hundreds of protesters here in independence square, and thousands of protesters around the country remain on the treat opposing the government. >> an italian supreme court upheld a guilty verdict against former exchange student amanda knox. she had been convicted of a murder of her british room-mate meredith kirchner. amanda knox was released from prison after the conviction was overturned and lives in the u.s. lawyers say she will appeal. >> translation: we are in disagreement of the verdict and will fight in the interests of amanda, for whom i am very sorry. >> still to come - why millions of aid money has been wasted in afghanistan. >> peace given a chance in one part of south sudan, but the humanitarian crisis continues to grow. >>

fighting has been on and off. they still hold bor town. >> riek machar said he'll agree to a cease fire if political prisoners are released from detention and flown to ethiopia. president salva kiir suggested that it not happen. riek machar rejected proposals. for those that want peace, it may not happen soon. >> still to come on the program - downgraded to junk. qantas struggles to keep up in a competitive market. >> hello, live in doha, and these are the it top stories: days of intense shelling by forces in the suburb of damascus. it left it in ruins, these are exclusive pictures, most appears to be deserted. >> now members of parliament have been sworn in in bangladesh. the awami league party won 232 of 300 seats. >> a central african republic president travelled to chad to meet leaders who want to end the violence in his country. he has been criticised for failing to stop fighting between muslims and christians that flared up in december. >> next week egypt will hold a referendum on a new constitution. egyptia

economy has been doing so much better.yment has been picking up in the last few quarters. employment now at all-time highs. that is a key reason why. it helps to explain why consumer confidence has picked up so strongly. i think that improvement in confidence was a vital missing ingredient. that helps to explain my demand has picked up. the lessee has played a role but ofhink there is a number factors that can explain my demand has picked up so much. >> bank of england policy is also going to be watched closely. compared to the previous cycle, the bank of england has more tools at its disposal to look at and to recommend action in the u.k. housing market. they will be looking for any signs of a housing bubble. they don't see one yet. key attributethe of the housing market that would suggest we are in bubble territory? we know a lot about property bubbles now. agree with the bank of england. you have to look at wide range metrics. some of the most important are to do with affordability. what we have seen is that at the mome

there have been others. some of the big events this year, the charles schwab cup, the blue grass veft -- event and the event that brought over $2 million. for that i congratulate staff. i think significant progress has been made on the parks and the project which has had a share of appeals. those things are moving along as well. for all in all, i think it was a great year. to the staff, my congratulations. now, we have an event that kind of bitter sweet. we are going to acknowledge some of the fine work that's been done at candlestick park. we are honoring the staff for their dedication commit and service to the stick. mike gay, the manager has been there 35 years. mike? 35 years. [ applause ] some of the highlights, i guess, everybody knows the famous catch. the catch. we've had heroes bill walsh, joe montana in an and ka-aper nick and there is many more. we'll hold on to those memories. the 1989 world series, who could forget. i was there as people ran out on the field. that was the playoff games. willie m

helicopters have been flown in to control the blaze which has been intensified. many parts of the island are without power. >> we are going to a short break. when we come back, the debate about both gary and and romanian workers, it is quite a debate. >> there's a fierce debate about the latest step in eu integration. romanians and bulgarians can now enter germany and six other countries without first getting a visa. >> ranking conservatives, especially from the csu say these arrivals will mean new costs for taxpayers. coalition partners are calling that nonsense and want them to receive a warm welcome. >> let's go to romania itself and meet one woman who is planning to move to germany. >> she is scrambling to get her references in order. she is planning to start a new job at a care home in germany. the 36 rolled nurse has artie quit her job in romania where she makes just 300 euros a month. >> i am not leaving romania because i don't like my country. rather because of the poor system and pay here. >> many are hoping the lifting of labor or sections could benefit

>> there were reports he has been killed, but it has not been confirmed yet. >> important thing is thatou take this seriously and you reassure those olympians that they will be secure and their families will come to these games will be secure and that the russian government will cooperate with everyone to make sure that happens. >> we are cooperating with everyone and taking all the efforts that can be taken. ukraine -- there is conventional wisdom. russia did not want to see ukraine move forward the european union. therefore it's been a ton of --ey to rescue its economy spent a ton of money to rescue its economy in order to prevent that. >> no. ukraine is very important to us. much more important. >> a used to be part of russia? -- it used to be part of russia? >> it is part of our common history. over 1000 years of history. >> that is an interesting point. is it your wish and president putin's wish to restore the soviet union? >> it does not. we are realists. we think economic integration is important. we think that ukraine will benefit if they were to work on integration with the rus

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grim for standing fast on what's been a long process and thanks to my neighbors who have been civil and great. special thanks to you commissioners particularly commissioner bonilla and commissioner levitan and commissioner president buell especially commissioner president buell for you for your leadership. and let's get on with it. my only comment this is an opportunity for saying we hope in the 3 months that remain before the enjoy us opening that some attention will be given to the areas around the park. we hope this will be an opportunity for the participating park to the regender the lighting in the park is now one hundred periods of time number one functioning we've been working with the department it's a place that gets invited a lot of at night that he we have worked with the department an crowd control measures that have helped to stop erosion. we hadn't being able be able to reach an agreement with the new staff. fencing we need for the replanting of the hill. the south lawn has been fine for 14 years it needs to be pealed it's not a big piece of land. i've not been able to get

many of us have been there and i've seen a mandate and it has been frustrating. we have the right mandate on the ground right now? >> we think that they do. but we have had to look at the mandate and given the current situation on the ground, we need to make sure that we beef up the mandate particularly on the peacekeeping side. and certainly in terms of their numbers and capacities they are not at a place to handle the current situation and it is our hope that we can build that up rather quickly. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator. >> mr. chairman, thank you for conducting this hearing and let me thank the witnesses. we are under extremely challenging circumstances and i thank you very much. i strongly support the framework that you have laid out. we need to protect the population against continued violence and the u.n. peacekeeping force needs to be critically evaluated to make sure that there are adequate resources to implement and we hope that some form of this, the humanitarian issues are incredibly difficult with the community and we are not able to operat

her statement has already been taken. the man at the center of it, an unelected body of village elders have been arrested, as many as 13 are now being questioned about their involvement in this attack and why it happened. initial suggestions say that the reason for the attack was that this woman fell in love with a man of a different religion from another village. that's one potential reason for why this attack happened, but of course, it comes you just days after a woman in the state capitol was attacked on her way home, a professional game instructor. it comes weeks after a danish tourist was attacked here. it comes on the back of the horrific attack of the medical student in 2012 as she was traveling home on a bus. the issue of rape is a hot topic here. it will be as politicians have to discuss the issue of female security and women's right here in a country that does seem to fave its male population culturally, socially and even religiously. >> a new power station is providing much-needed electricity, but villagers ev

>> those guys could have been blind sided.able they were sitting there when dennis rent on his rave and his rant. i don't think there's any question they were compensated and sold that they were going over to do some good deal. you're literally killing two birds with one stone. continue earning a living doing something you love and also go over and have some good will. so i think a lot of those guys were completely blind sided by this. it's unfortunate because they're probably going to catch a bit of a fire storm when they get back. >> yeah. but by having this discussion. i take your point. hopefully they get carved out. get more fair treatment. two more quick points. ambassador, why hasn't the u.s. state department been able to help ken knit bae. is the state department doing enough here because it is humiliating to have to depend on dennis rod man. what's your take? >> well the problem is that this new north korean leader, we don't know where he's coming from. he's very hostile to the united states. he has refused treaty fro

have been on the rise. those are not only foreign nationals and delegations getting their stick from japanese nationalists there are locals who have directly suffered from their country for the coming war far right these school teachers have been protesting because they lost their jobs for not complying with what they call ultranationalist regulations in schools about what they see below should be made as an obligation to listen to the national anthem before classes until my pupils part of who were not even japanese and it wasn't obligatory to stand up and then i got fired but it's not only about instilling national pride speculation is rife that with all this stronger japan hype is eager to amend the nine hundred forty seven constitution namely article number nine which braves japan from having any kind of army other than for defense purposes. in the increasingly intertwined world we can ensure the peace of our nation without proactively taking a role in the peace and security of the world why don't we tak

it's been dubbed the great european fire sale in a bid for cash these are just some of what's been up for grabs but even funds raised from headline grabbing deals might not be enough like six greek island sold for eight point five million euros and italian island sold for two point nine million exclusive rights to use the coliseums image on their products for fifteen years twenty five million euros government debt in the euro zone is greater now than it was a year ago and some of the sales have led to public anger and frustration bestselling history and culture there selling. a priceless they would touch the price tag to it i think that's absolutely reprehensible there's absolutely no guarantee that that privatization will help consumers which will and one of the most surprising items recently put off the market was. for a little over a million euros you get a maltese passport and therefore become an e.u. says it a move that's been put on hold is two thirds of the public at opposition leaders cry foul. splitting the same legal gone three s. which. meant huge international dunnit which

trying to get through the city on streets that have not been fully plowed, yes, it's been a concern, but it's the high winds that are blowing the snow around that is causing whiteout conditions in the province certainly in the city of halifax. those whiteouts have been leading to the closures of many institutions around the city including the university, the offices around town. the real problem has been the snow on the streets, building up, and where the streets have been cleared and there have not been that many of them the salt because it's so cold is just not working so it's making for slippery driving conditions and officials are telling people unless you really absolutely have to be driving and on the streets of halifax, stay off them. what is your chosen mode of transportation here, skis? >> we thought it would be a good day to do it. a lot of snow on the ground and i thought i would give it a shot. >> reporter: not much traffic. >> no, it's like a snow day everywhere. it's fun to get out. >> reporter: how would you describe the walk with the dogs today? >> a bit rough. wasn't

the government here now the news what's been coming out from ukraine has been making headlines around the world and we've heard comments from the e.u. and u.s. leaders some of those comments being claimed only really succeeding in inflaming tensions here in inflaming the violence you can have a look at some of those comments that are being coming out of brussels and washington. the violent scenes in ukraine triggered a strong reaction from abroad seems like they so police attacking protesters. telecine protesters against the police has prompted the head of the e.u. parliament martin scholtz to call for immediate elections in the country while jose manuel barroso the e.u. commission president well and he was ready to take action if the situation didn't change these type of statements of led to accusations of encouraging the riot is in a way that's being seen previous conflicts it's a very similar scenario to what was happening in. the beginning of the ninety's. we had people clamoring for democracy which was completely illegitimate and then. outside western support pretty much gave way

but i've never been the demand is sobbing. don't let these guys had been educated in state parks time. on the issue of what has been happening in many different reasons and thus less than the disposal of the goodies and headed off of them are smarter enough about the number of dead they show no trips to the boundary based high commission in its town about. and you know just just a couple of weeks ago with the addition of this that and i miss these people have been found in the knee but has a link to learn this and i went into the collecting that died in a new book that will be suggests that these guys will be filed another dish. oh you know it would have been happening much before the injustice of them bothered with the handy the banding minute and then i've been to beyond asking you in specially after she was seen as making them would happen and it is another they think you should be sky might have a zit or some kind of a bombed out to something they note that the pentagon used wooden beam of the high end when the book of the

of ukraine for some time they've been in kiev they've been trying to push forward their agenda by any possible means including force and tragically when you get into these sorts of situations where they've excel or it'd like this it's incredibly difficult to deflate them easily i come from belfast originally in northern ireland and i've seen the sort of damage that you can have from these sorts of terrorist incidents the terrible tragic problem is that people who wanted to originally express a democratic complaint against the government have knowledge seeing their protests effectively go down in flames because of course the violent extremist hinges have affectively desecrated their message and we're left with a situation where they're trying to hold ukraine to ransom yesterday one of the opposition leaders at the time said the president was a no position to council a meeting which had dead can rises at least in part to be blamed on the authorities unwillingness to talk. oh look i think the situation here is very much one we're in kiev we certainly see a large number of protesters but

that's hardly been the case.nflation if anything is trending lower and below the fed's target which has been a source of concern for the central bank and gave them a little bit of pause about today's decision. in terms of what mark was sayi saying, if the money is going to be there, and where is it going to go? they've been adding stimulus to the economy ever since the crisis started. this is the first time that they've taken a step back from adding stimulus. that's the significant of the even event. this is an attempt of the feds to communicate their message more clearly as market predicted. the rates may rise only a little bit. as you remember in may and june when bernanke even broached the idea of tapering of bond purchases, there was a huge freak out in the market and the feds said don't worry, this doesn't mean that we're going to raise rates. this is meant as a supplemental booster to growth. >> just to distinguish, there are two things that have been happening in a broad sense. one is the easier in that in

problem has been they haven't been able to find al-qaeda.l-qaeda has been blowing up iraq for the last year and been hiding in the shadows. they have come out of the shadows, holding ground in fallujah and ramadi that. makes them easy to kill. it's clear the iraqis may not be able to throw them out. you can see this going very well for iraq or very badly. it's an inflection point. >> that's a good point of view. i am not sure how it would go well for iraq, unless the prime minister of iraq gives significant consensus to the sunni population. >> that's what they have been demanding for a year. we are talking about things like not arresting entire communities, not jailing women to put pressure on their husbands to confess, repealing anti-terrorism laws that have executed dozens if not hundreds of people. i am not sure that that's happen. >> all right. we are out of time here, but we will continue the discussion. we appreciate both of you being with us. and the new america foundation as well. >> thank you. >> after the break, we get inside the

most of the snow that i've been watching around the great lakes has been persistent has been chicagohere we could see upwards of five inches of snow. and some areas have seen up to eight inches. >> thank you. few saw it coming five years after the financial crisis, stocks posting all-people highs 2013 was a big year for the bulls. the dow was up, and there is real optimism heading into 2014. >> reporter: the bulls cloud through significant obstacle in 2013 overcoming sluggish economic growth and a government shutdown. >> if your government was in equity stocks you were quite happy in 2013. >> reporter: but will it continue in 2014? >> there is nothing in the wake that would drive the market down. >> reporter: one factor fueling that optimism is the housing recovery. home prices rose 11% across the country. that makes consumers feel richer. >>> and new construction this year is expected to exceed 1 million unites for the first time since the housing bubble burst. >> every construction job leads to three other jobs. so we can see a million new jobs coming in after a surge for housing.

know, i have now been here for the longest time an american citizen has been detained here. i believe that my problem can be solved by first cooperation and an agreement between the american government and the government of this country. that was only last month another american detainee was making a similar impassioned media appearance. he read what appeared to be an apology. , demandsse, it seems more than an admission of guilt. the message delivered to his government today was a plea for direct assistance, not words, but action. andtions between the u.s. north korea, already bruised by sanctions, threats, and a nuclear test, are set to worsen with the onset of joint u.s.- south korea military drills next month. his north korea hoping that kenneth will be the bait? >> his fate is still unclear. you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come, the world loses one of its leading conductors. we look back on the life of the italian whose music raced some of the world's greatest halls. japan has protect -- defended the practice of dolphin hunting after the u.s. ambassad

well what we're seeing right now is a relatively peaceful scene and what's been the place where the most of the clashes the the most violent clashes have taken place here in kiev there's a cease fire be respected by by both the right police and the the writers themselves but in terms of the the international reaction to what's being going on here in ukraine we've been hearing that the e.u. president jose manuel barroso held a phone call with victory on a call which the ukrainian president and which mr but also pony express his deep concern about what is unfolding here in ukraine now in response was the on a covert said that there would be no state of emergency calls here that the army would not be deployed this is the coming off the back you know the things we're hearing from this phone call is that. the bottles to said that if the situation here in ukraine didn't improve that the e.u. could step in there is still a very large nationalistic ultra nationalistic element. controlling what's going on with regards to the to the riots here they're saying that ok we're going to respect this tru

that their message have been lost but maybe it's been subsumed or incorporated into various tradition. if you look at the hopi if you look at me to america south america there are a lot of traditions that may have actually come from encounters that happen with non-human or advanced life forms from other places now this it gets into a really tricky area and it's worth the theologians have a problem with this and that is if you were to encounter something that's hundreds of thousands or millions of years more advanced than we are every manifestation of their civilization would look miraculous would look like a miracle or something that you would hear about in a in a religious text so the question becomes how much of the stories with that we have from ancient times ancient cultures that we take as mythology might have been witnessing things that couldn't be explained even today nevermind two thousand five thousand ten thousand years ago i also can't help but bring up the phoenix lights because to me i think that's one of the most fascinating did i was there they were going to yes my good

have been hit. people trying to travel back home have been stuck in airports and thousands ever flights have been delayed or canceled and roadways have also just reopened after being closed for major part of the storm last night. in new york city has dispatched 2,500 plows just to get the city cleaned up and ready to go back to business by start of work monday. >> reporting there on the big freeze here in the u.s. you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program -- the global waste line waist line is growing at an alarming rate. a new report raising concerns developed countries are following an unhealthy example. in china, police in the southern ovince of kwan dong busted a massive drug ring. they confiscated nearly three tons of crystal meth. amazingly officials say more than a third of the country's entire supply of the drug comes rom one village. >> 3,000 heavily armed police officers swept into this village at dawn. their mission was to eliminate what they called the

we've been talking about how weak china has been this year.the year. it's the emerging market. etfs down about 6%. steel stocks are down. coal stocks are down. this is all on concerns about china. and today we've got another loser so far this year. that's some of the retail names. my point today, 50% off sales, and they still couldn't get people in stores here. that's really a disappointment. we've been talking about the fact the internet is really finally starting to notably eat into sales in some of the stores. we have some winners. pharmaceuticals have been winners. bio-techs are up 7% so far this year. and we've seen a couple of other things. big banks also are winners so far this year. >> very good. thanks, bob. see you later. that'll do it, first hour. now things will get interesting. we get the earnings from alcoa, klaus kleinfeld talking with kelly about that. and the settlement on bribery charges in bahrain. all coming up on the second hour of "the closing bell" with kelly evans and company. i'll see you tomorrow. >>> and welcome to "

so the thing to do is to implement the things which have been agreed and have been reflected in that agreement. >> rose: everything we have talked about this evening there is a difference among the parties as to what the deal is! at every thing! about photographs, about what the agreement says, about what assad has done. >> rose: >> surely. this particular case with iran, well, first of all there is a document i think geneva last november clear enough. and then there is a technical document which was additionally negotiated by experts with the iranians specifying step by step minute by minute centrifuge by centrifuge what exactly they need to do and how. so there's completely -- >> rose: then tell me in your words, are they required to dismantle centrifuges? >> let me put it this way. if the word "dismantle" is not used in the agreement they are not required to dismantle. they are required to diffuse some of the uranium which they enriched to 20%. everything is in the agreement. so they need to do what is written in the agreement. >> rose: so they do not have it enriched at 20% after

has been involved but its bases have been involved in the targeting of drones in the past. stories for you just a click away including reaching new heights the u.s. navy is taking to the air with a new craft fitted with a rolls royce engine and having a wider than the boeing and handed it to a website for footage of the machine being. put through its paces. plus google's find in france for not telling users just what it's doing with their private information to find exactly what the global giant's been up to log on to opti dot com. parts of russia's north caucuses being put on security alert after six bodies with gunshot wounds were found in four separate cars police are hunting for three suspects who are thought to be armed and driving a car across the region. has the details. reportedly at one of these one of those cars as a minor explosive device detonated when the police was on the scene no one was injured fortunately now the authorities are considering several version of what happened they've already considered launching a criminal case and several criminal articles su

city up so that it looks nice prepares to welcome the world come february the seventh security has been a top priority for organizes from day one but now with a month to go and choose day month to go to the start of the games that's the day that the security operation really began in earnest and what's happening here in sochi what's going to happen throughout the course of the games is really not too dissimilar to what you would find anywhere in the world for any major public event such as this basically a controlled zone has been set up in and around sochi which contains not just of all the venues but also a number of security checks which really just won't allow any spectators or officials into certain designated areas are very nice unless they have a ticket or a proof for i. we're going to be over thirty thousand police and security personnel patrolling the region throughout the course of the games in the and in the build up to. earlier on today i spoke to the chairman of the organizing committee dimitri who told me that every possible step is being taken to secure the games safety.

i think what we've been seeing really over the last nine months what's of. incremental shift if you like of u.s. and hence european policy towards syria and i think that's in recognition of a number of factors one of those is the inability of the syrian opposition and the rebels to get our act together politically but also i think since the rebels were expelled from last spring by the syrian army in his blog that there's a recognition that militarily the rebels are unable to deliver on their promises in any case i think thirdly there is a newfound willingness among see obama administration for example to decouple if you like american foreign policy from the interest so for example israel saudi arabia and qatar who have been pushing much of the agenda in syria and fourthly and perhaps of more immediate concern to the west and this is a particular case in the european capitals it's clear that elements in fact quite substantial elements of the syrian opposition. particulars comprising fighters jihadist fighters that have gone from countries such as britain germ

and i've been told le is killed by u.s. soldiers after being mistaken for the enemy but says washington is failing to push kabul to sign a security deal. and safe seat russia launches a massive security operation ahead of the winter games assault dubbed the largest in american history. hello and welcome to all c international twenty follies a live from moscow my name is unique. the u.s. is eyeing the resumption of non-lethal military age to the super and rebels even if it's going to islamist groups the shipments were cut off last month after the equipment was seized by finds us from the islamist front but after some of the islamists united with the secular opposition america's war is eased so no lethal aid is everything needed for combat except for guns and bullets including things like body armor night vision goggles and communication equipment but there are some gray areas here when non-lethal objects are becoming leaves fall for example one a righty radio transmitter is used to trigger an explosive device that has no gua

has been turned into a battlefield following two straight nights of rioting dozens of people have been injured hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage has been done to the city are right in the mix of. the situation in kiev has been very sounds all throughout the night there was an attempt by the police to push to protest this of the grisettes going to see the governmental quarter it was done pretty much on violently there were no scuffles they were just pushing the protesters off the first thing they did they destroyed the cats the poles and medieval weapon which the protesters had early a built to hurl cocktails and rocks at the police lines they destroyed just got up with a matter of seconds basically after that some reinforcement of the protesters came from the independence square and charged at the police so the police actually took a few steps back and right now only a few dozen meters separates the police and the protest as we can see a water cannon standing right in the middle of the police lines there was information coming from a local media that the police actually

has been granted an early release by russia's. had been due to walk free in may but will now do serve in just a matter of hours from the us so let's go live to. for more on this really you know the details of the court's decision here well basically right now but all negative is waiting for the official papers from the supreme court to be delivered to the prison where he has been serving his sentence now this supreme court has found that on the negative. early release and could go free at any moment the court also ruled that the time that it has spent in prison in two thousand and four and two thousand and five before he was actually sentenced to prison sentence for the first you can scase was actually illegal and that was sort of a victory for pot on negative. and on top of that the supreme court also said that both that of course they would have are eligible for a right for exoneration meaning that if indeed they decide to go through with it or if there is a chance they actually will may be able to have all all sentences all cha

the traditional olympic torch relay has been a collection our first ever so this time around it's been taking to the north pole underwater into a pin's base and r.p. has followed it all the way one of the torches even ended up in our studio but to my colleague lindsey friend james brown. this is my. personal torch it's as you can see very one of the car and souvenir let me let me have a look at it i mean this this is not light by any means heavy in this respect but yeah it is what two kilos about four actually really yeah i'm going to. hold that it up that is heavy quite and this is a better record breaking relay for the olympic torch going places it's never been before you were following it which one of the milestones do you think was the last memorable are important i think for me i've been to several going to by car was amazing they took the torch down under water into my car so you had the burning flare torches specially made them pass very impressive on the water and then flew the torch back with with a man with a jet pack on to the on to the shore very good video so that it was i

has been missed and the postponed date of february the fifth is also likely to been that is just a day since america's chief of intelligence claimed seawards government laboratories are still capable of developing biological weapons. in bangladesh fourteen people including the head of the country's main is a missile position passy been sentenced to death as they were charged with smuggling weapons and ammunition after police in deceptive congo being ships to a rebel group in neighboring india about three hundred people have been killed during political violence in bangladesh over the last year. while the sun thousand people have filed a joint lawsuit against the companies that have built japan's fukushima nuclear plant they claim the fund should take financial responsibility for the facilities meltdown in twenty eleven which was caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami that accident was one of the worst nuclear disasters in history experts say it could take decades to finish the clean up operation around the crippled facility which has been leaking radiation into the sea. james clapp

minister is calling on the residents of the city of fallujah to drive out insurgents the city has been occupied by al qaida militants since friday when they declared an islamic state that has the army prepares for a major assault on the city with several air strikes already carried out are supposedly or has the details. does not pick elements with al qaeda links have overrun the iraqi cities of ramadi and thousands of residents of mean these area as government forces launch air strikes and fire artillery shells the iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki has valved that government forces will not leave this area until all these extremist elements are to quote him eliminated but he does admit that for now the government has lost control in these cities in recent days the militants received a boost as they were joined in the fight against the baghdad government by sunni tribesmen and what is interesting is that it marks a change from the years prior to the u.s. withdrawal when major sunni tribes turned against al qaeda what we witnessing now is that they join forces with these al-qaeda grou

has briffa national has been following the story for us. syria bout to enter in its fourth devastating year of war the lack of law and structure has allowed one dark industry to flourish the country has become the number one producer of a drug known as cap to go on its ass since the synthetic stimulant was first manufactured in the one nine hundred sixty s. and it was at that time used as a medicine to treat hyperactivity and depression but it's too addictive and this is why it was banned in most countries so here in the middle east it's still very popular it's cheap and it's easier to get but today syria not only produces more than any other country in the region. consumers believe that fighters are taking these pills to maintain bigger us energy levels during a lengthy battles because it helps to keep to wait for hours and hours but there are also reports that ordinary citizens those who have been living in depression and in this war for almost three years now are also toting to the drugs all of these k.p.c. poor gives them and it's lucra

>> well, miguel, again, we've been, as we've been reporting all afternoon, this is a very preliminary information from the scene. one of the reasons why we're rrting it is so people can understand a little bit. obviously these things are always scary no matter what the situation is, what the motive is. if you're in the mall and there's shooting, obviously everyone's scared. but i find it interest that the howard county police said they were not ready yet to confirm or to say what the motive is. our reporting from what we've been told from people briefed on the investigation is that the preliminary indications are just based on what they see, was that they believe it might have been a domestic dispute or domestic situation that led to this shooting. obviously there's a lot of work left for the howard county police to do at the scene three-point and to try to establish fully what happened. i thought one of the reasons why we reported what we did was to sort of give people the context at the time, especially early on, there was a lot of people still stuck in the mall. i'm sure they were

many have been forced into exile. a lot of activists say the brutal tactics - that's the words they used - brutal tactics employed by the isil is turning the people against them. it's not just that. the group is being accused of kidnapping foreign aid workers and journalists. it's difficult for journalists to enter the rebel-held north. the conflict is not covered by the international media. they are blaming them. the biggest question is why now. yes, a doctor was killed. he was a commander. this happened in the past. are we seeing a new movement - maybe the syrian chapter of the wakening councils in iraq - we can't forget what is going on across the border. many questions, but a major confrontation appears to be emerging in the rebel-held north of syria. >> we have the syrian national council saying it will not attend geneva. what will that mean for the whole idea of talks in geneva. >> well, the international community believes there's no military solution, and have been pushing to a political settlement. that is pr

it has been one of those sad occasions where the international community has been unable to formulate any kind of plan to stop the suffering. >> robin simcox, thank you very much for joining us. the u.n. is warning of a critical humanitarian situation in iraq as thousands of families fear -- flee fighting in the city of fallujah. al qaeda linked fighters seized the city a couple days ago. sunni militants and tribesmen nearby the fallujah and areas last week. >> al qaeda linked militants are continuing the fight for fallujah, despite failing to localhe siege, the tribesmen have come out to protest against military intervention. maliki -- nouri al-maliki has vowed to eradicate al qaeda . [speaking foreign language] >> i call upon all those who have been taking part to return to reason. -- open a new chapter to settle their cases. >> this morning -- this comes ahead of what he says will be a major assault against sunni fighters who have taken control of fallujah and parts of the and bar -- the and bar provincial -- the anbar provincial capital. footage, provided by the iraq he defense mi

three people have been killed. several others are wounded. >> the rick yoi military said it carried out airfighters on those linked to two cities. forces have taken control of ramadi but not fal ugea. >> india's prime minister says he'll resign, saying gandhi will be the best candidate to replace him. >> opposition is calling for strikes to condition. we go to the bangladeshi capital. what is the at-nos fear like there -- atmosphere like there now. >> there has been a number of reports on thursday and into friday morning of sporadic outbursts of violence around the country, mainly aimed, it seems, at small poling station in rural areas. the incident seemed to have happened in early hours of the morning. a truck thrown on the side of the road. part of perhaps or at least reminiscent of a campaign that's been going on for several months. the transport and supply network in this country disrupting business to the economy and apply pressure on the government to step aside to make way to a neutral caretaker government t