>> an explosion hits the southern part of lebanon's capital, beirut. we'll have a live report in a moment. >> hello, i'm steven cole in doha, with the world news from al jazeera. also in the program - looking like a war zone. central kiev shrouded in smoke after ukraine's deadliest anti-government protest yet. >> in venezuela, protest leaders call on forces to surrender to police. >> an official inquiry started in singapore. we look at the way workers are treated there. >> but, first, there has been an explosion in the lebanese capital beirut. it happened near the capital, near the iranian culture center and embassy. zeina khodr joins us live from beirut. can you tell us what happened? >> there's chaotic scenes outside the iranian cultural center. we understand initial reports, two dead, several people wounded. security sources - these are initial reports because it happened within the past half hour. the explosion. some security forces are talking about two explosions, and they are also talking about two suicide bombers who were onmotorcycles. then ag

from lebanon - two bombs exploded in beirut. detonated within metres of each other in a southern suburb close to the iranian cultural center and embassy. the red cross say two have been killed. 35 have been wounded. stefanie dekker joins me now from beirut. stefanie dekker, tell us what more do we know about the explosions. >> what we see is tense. there are conflicting reports. it was a car and a motorcycle, and also two car becomes. this news is coming in. we see wreckage of a car, in tront, as you said, of the iranian cultural center. there is a flag on top. building. this is a densely populated area. it's an apartment. i can see a shop and jackets. this is very much heavily populated and leaves people concerned. there has been around seven explosions since hezbollah said it was fighting. these scenes showing the implications it's having in the country. >> stephy, tell us more about where the bombs went off. in other words, tell us about the neighbourhood. >> well, this is a shia area, heavily populated shia. people loyal to

, we believe there is a blast in the southeast of beirut. there are conflicting reports on the injuries and killed. one person has been killed. this is a predominant druz area. there was an explosion in a car. >> much more ahead in the news hour, will he come or will he go, peyton mannings's fate. >>en elderly farmer in canada is attracting attention for resisting the government's plan to take over the land. we have a report from the town of trenton near toronto. >> tractor wheels are crunching through the snow and 85-year-old frank is driving around the land that has been in the family 250 years. one of the ancestors fled what is now the united states. the family farmed here ever since and now canada exercised the legal rights to buy the land for an adjoining air base. he's saying he's not going. >> i'm working for the people of this country to have food for the generations to come. and the bullies of this country want to destroy everything. >> running a social media campaign his supporters gathered at the site and saying they are not going

a an explosion has hilt beirut in the -- hit beirut in the area of suefa. the suicide bomber blew himself up, inside a van. >>> estimates that corruption cost the economy $162 billion every year.and nelson mandela's estate will be divided among his wife, family members, staff, schools and the african national congress. according to the summary of the milwill it was worth about $4.1 million when he died. >>> the italian prime minister says the international foreign community has largely failed when it comes to syria. more than 3 million people are struggling to survive in syria. talks failed to produce a comprehensive plan to get aid to families in homs and aleppo. there are many obstacles to getting aid into syria. >> we've got the security situation, geeft the areas in -- we've got the areas in syria which are besieged either by government forces or by opposition forces. we've got border points we can't cross. we've got a situation on the border between iraq and syria to try to get splice into all the people who need help. >> well, many syrian children who

i was hired by upi, and spent two years in beirut. there was a reporter in the business section at that time. nathaniel was a wonderful, looks like a choir boy and he was a born-again christian and he loved to hear about the whole event. so we did have lunch and talk to him about israel. when i went off to beirut for the times, he said, i am going to pray for your safety. i said, i will appreciate that. two years later after i got out of her room alive -- beirut alive, he was one of the first people i called. i said, thank you. it was, i thought you were my good luck charm. and nathaniel nash was on ron brown's airplane when it slammed into a mountain in bosnia and he died in that crash. in my mind, because he was such a -- she was someone who taught me the difference between skepticism and cynicism and i kept that in my mind. >> we have got about a minute left, and i want to know whether deep down you are an optimistic about america now. >> deep down i feel this -- that i think the most important national foreign-policy issue global

stefanie dekker joins me now from beirut. stefanie dekker, tell us what more do we know about the explosions. >> what we see is tense. there are conflicting reports. it was a car and a motorcycle, and also two car becomes. this news is coming in. we see wreckage of a car, in tront, as you said, of the iranian cultural center. there is a flag on top. building. this is a densely populated area. it's an apartment. i can see a shop and jackets. this is very much heavily populated and leaves people concerned. there has been around seven explosions since hezbollah said it was fighting. these scenes showing the country. >> stephy, tell us more about where the bombs went off. in other words, tell us about the neighbourhood. >> well, this is a shia area, heavily populated shia. people loyal to hezbollah. this is where the issue comes from. we had three al qaeda groups saying that they'd target hezbollah, they were going to target the shia population. in response, because of hezbollah fighting inside syria, with bashar al-assad against

. >> in beirut another suicide bombing kills five and injures 80. >> guinea fights a losing battle againstocaine smugglers. >> and why wild weather is plaguing the u.s. and europe. >> the ukrainian president viktor yanukovych says anti-government protesters have crossed the limits. after 24 hours of violence in which 25 people have been killed. russia said it will not intervene after the worst clashes since the protest began in november. several countries are considering sanctions. this morning in you -- ukraine's independence square, tension is building as protesters gather ahead of another day of demonstrations. the smoke that you see there, burning tyres of barricades. extra police have been brought in to calm the situation after at least nine officers were killed in the bloodshed. it appears the protesters are not prepared to back down. police gained some ground. the aftermath has left the square looking like a battle zone, with black smoke and flames coming from makeshift barricades and buildings. at the peak of the violence on tuesday night demonstrators used whatever they could get

. >>> and attacks tear through beirut. >>> i'm lauren taylor in london.he egyptian embassy in london holds protests to demonstrate against the detention of journalists. >>> protesters are still on the streets of the ukrainian capitol of kiev after a night of clashes that left 26 people dead and more than 200 others injured this opposition leaders are urging protesters to hold their ground. demonstrators fought with police overnight in the worst outbreak of violence since the protests began in november. >> reporter: the morning after the brutal crush, city inflamed by violence, both sides refusing to give up. overnight independence square the central point for protesters went from encampment to war zone. this footage showing injured protesters being treated by volunteer paramedics. but clashes continuing even as the wounded were carried away. the president still blaming his opponents for the ruthless crackdown. >> translator: my duty is to ensure peace in the country, peace of the citizens and peace for everyone. therefore, i'm again calling for the opposi

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you see feel the reporting from beirut. now the metal floor it's not the lorraine z is expected to be declared the next prime minister of its league will not stop the prime minister of just ten months and he collects up was ousted on friday retiring president as a baby holding talks of policy he does an announcement is expected sometime between now and monday before think a single tour is in rome. she joins us now from outside the queen on a presidential palaces seem that it feels a sense of what we might expect a note and when. well he's saying see what happened today was that this president a funny title wrapped up ghosts halts with all the different political parties' and representatives from aberdeen the parliament said it happened in the building behind me the president of eyes as he said and done at the end of the talks he said that the watch intense and interesting and he said that this mouse peace and serenity for them to call full it too was folding the government but he stopped short of meaning anyone be expected

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in just a few minutes, stephanie decker joins us live from beirut. >>> iran says its war ships in theantic ocean will come close to the u.s. for the first time ever, teheran says it's in response to the stationing of american vessels the in persian gulf. they are down playing the move and iran's supreme leader had strong words for the u.s. on friday. he said washington what overthrow iran's government if it could. >> translator: the americans say in some of their comments and word play that we are friends of the iranian nation. they are lying, they are lying. you can see this through their actions. they threaten iran, then they expect the is ram i can republic to reduce its defense capabilities. this is not funny, it's ridiculous. at the same time of threatening us they saw you must reduce your defense capabilities. no, the iranian nation and authorities, various authorities from different sectors in the armed force with his the help of god will increase their defense strengths every day. >> the supreme leader spoke at an events to mark the 35th an verse rift 1979 islamic revolution.

you're based in beirut. how tense is the situation in lebanon? >> it is indicative of why we .hould resolve this crisis asap it is impacting stability across the region. >> let's look at other news around the world. the military transport plane crashed in the mountains. it went down, and thought that -- explosions inside of a cinema in the pakistani city. the second such bombing in two weeks. islamist militants to shut down their businesses. their first talks. there to establish regular communications. taiwanese ministers in charge of policies say this is a new chapter in relations. the obama administration is whether orweighing to wheth not to use a drone strike. they identify the individual, the suspect affiliated with al qaeda. it wouldn't be the first time u.s. citizens have been killed by american drones. the issue is controversial. the u.s. attorney general for president george w. bush. >> i think he knows a lot less than the government has. much of it will be classified. someone that we believe may be a terrorist. >> critics would charge t

two explosions tear through a hezbollah stronghold in beirut killing 27 people and hundreds others are injured. >> we're in london with more news from europe. including journalists gather in london to demonstrate against the treatment of the crisis in egypt. and in sochi people are attacked by russian security forces. >> protesters are on the streets of the ukraine and the capitol of kiev after the worst violence since mass anti-government protest began in november. 26 people are now confirmed dead and more than 200 others are injured after clashes between demonstrators and security forces on tuesday night. this is a scene right now in independent square opposition leaders have been urging protesters to hold their ground. international reaction to the violence has been swift, the u.s. and the e.u. calling for sanctions against ukraine. andrew simmons is live for us in kiev. andrew, what is the feeling? are people bracing for more violence? >> reporter: they certainly are, jane. it's a grim, eerie feeling on the streets of the capitol. this is a cathedral very near to the square where m

. >> thank you for speaking to us from beirut. we apologize for the poor quality of the skype line from beirut. the latest from the sochi winter games next. the victory in the men's 20 kilometer event. >> it was the skiing that made the difference. poland overcame in the women's 10 kilometer classic cross-country race. sweden picked up her second medal of the games. >> one of russia's most decorated athletes, evgeni plushenko, pulled out of the individual skating event. he was due to start a short program. operations.s had he told judges he couldn't carry on. [indiscernible] the five-time winners are on their way through. john philip -- the french league face their main rivals on sunday. >> it is mental tiredness. granted, it is a forward tie anyway. we are not going to complain. i am not complaining. we have played every three days since the month of january. we get ready for this. coming inig chance the champions league. >> looking to bounce back next week. he is very much aware that the club is entering a crucial time of the se

tom ackerman, al jazeera, beirut. >>> there have been physical attacks and routine interference with the way they carry out their work. one organization said the situation. >> mohamed reynad is a young journalist who nearly lost his life last november. his car blew up just as he got into it. mohammed's case: >> i always knew that truth has a price. i've seen how much innocent blood was spilled for trivial reasons. i always expected that as journalists we be in tha that position as well. but frankly i was shocked at what happened to medium. >> he continues to criticize what he calls the unfinished job of the revolution. as he believes salah indirectly rules yemen and mohamed ask not a rare case here. is this is malsour w.h.o. also failed to speak his mind. they failed to kill him but he lost his leg. this is another journalist that was abducted by groups who didn't like his views. local activists registered 700 charges of violence. this job to train young jowrnlts, how to do your job professionally but more importantmentment safely. >> many of our young journalists fail to seek simply

reporting from beirut. >> an mt with the largest movement joins us on the phone from beirut. thank you sir for joining us on the show. now, this attack as was said occurred in a hezbollah stronghold. this is the fourth attack against the organization. would you agree that this is linked somehow to the conflict in syria? >> actually we agree that it is linked to the crisis in syria and the interference of hezbollah. this is affecting all the lebanese citizens. and today all the lebanese citizens are being affected. before this interference we had still the social and economic aspect. however, after the interference of hezbollah we have a direct effect on the security of every lebanese citizen. that is why we are asking as the 14th of march have hezbollah withdraw from the syrian fire and respect what was agreed upon by all parties in lebanon. we also want to say that this terrorist attack is intending to divide the lebanese people. but today we should actually on the contrary unite to form a new government to force the problems and to face the problems and have strong and be a

a pair of bomb blasts ripped through a suburb south of the capital beirut. it's a predominantly shia muslim community. four civilians and one military officer were killed, along with two suspected suicide bombers. reports say it was a car bomb and a motorcycle bomb exploding subtle aniously outside -- simultaneously outside an iranian embass which. >> around the world governments in crisis. in ukraine 25 are dead, and hundreds injured after police went into kiev's independence square and cracked down on anti-government demonstrators have been camped out since december. in thailand fighting in the streets. in venezuela. deadly protests. >> this is a live look at kiev. we have this report mu's there' battle taking place. >> a barricade of fire. demonstrators in kiev's independence square are using whatever they have to keep the police out of the main protest site. riot police fight back with water canons, hoping to make a breakthrough. >> the fires have been burning throughout the night as anti-government protesters took on the security forces. >> protesters t

we have more from beirut. >> reporter: 11 months of political bickering has now come to an end. lebanon has an agreement. all sides agreeing on the formation of that government. it is being hailed as a positive first step to bring stability to this country. the main issue to this country is security, the direct impact being felt here from the spillover from syria. hezbollah is actively fighting inside syria on behalf of president bashar al-assad and then we have others who are opposed to assad and pro revolution. there is a sticking point there, but people are saying this is the first right move forward to try to get things moving in this country, which has been held hostage where nothing can be decided, no laws can be passed, and people are saying they expect them to look at security, refugees, and they're streaming over the board on a daily basis. and when it comes to internal issues, all of this has been on hold. next steps are for the cabinet to agree on an agenda. to present this to parliament. parliament will agree on that, and then this government can start functioning. >

our correspondent joins us from beirut, and neighbouring lebanon. what are we expecting from the talks today? >> well, what we understand is lakhdar brahimi, the u.n. envoy for syria will meet with the government opposition separately to discuss the agenda for the talks. e understand that the syrian opposition and government will not be addressing each other of talking to each other. we know this will be a day of shuttling between the two delegations to discuss the issue we want to talk about in the round of talks. the opposition and the government have yet to address each other, and they will not do so today. maybe some of the issues they may put on the agenda is a possible prisoner exchange deal perhaps, opening nor humanitarian corridors. what we do know is the sticking issue, the political one. the transitional government might be postponed, but the syrian government is trying to avoid talking about this. the opposition wants to talk about the transitional government. without the presence of president bashar al-assad, where is the syrian governm

that report from beirut. >> to other news now - a senior u.s. diplomat apologised for a leaked phone call in which she's heard trying to manipulate the political situation in ukraine. u.s. isn't secretary of state victoria nuland says opposition and boxing champion vitaly klitschko should not be in government. her language about the european union is more colourful. >> about 2,000 protesters marched to the ukrainian parliament. unassistant secretary of state victoria nuland arrived. she is holding talks with president viktor yanukovych and the opposition leaders. the official u.s. line is washington is helping the ukrainian people decide on their political future. but a recording posted on youtube suggests that the u.s. is attempting to play an active role in the outcome. >> i don't think vitaly klitschko should go into the government. yats has the economic and governing experience. he needs vitaly klitschko and tony on the outside and talk to them four times a week. >> the voice is that of victoria nuland, in conversation with the u.s. ambassad

stefanie dekker joins us from beirut. the latest from homs is what? >> the latest from homs is they are meeting at the moment. they have not left the hotel, trying to figure out an alternative way into the city. they are determined to make the mission happen. we heard from the u.n. chief, in the old city yesterday for around 6 hours, and described it as a day of hell. it brings home the reality that the civilians face on a day-to-day basis. there's a lot of determination to get in there. it's dependent on both sides adhearing to the humanitarian pause, crucial in laying down their arms. this is what a syrian army commander had to say. >> translation: our role in this process is to secure is safe exit for civilians. some have been trying to get out for months. the terrorists have been using them as shields. we know aid can be brought to the areas, but we cannot have them starving. >> so much of what we hear is about homs. big cities such as aleppo are still facing days of torrment and anguish. no aid getting to them. >> we heard a couple of hours ago t

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blown themselves up twenty eight henry new coach will soon turn into shiite district in southern beirut killing at least four people and injuring another according to lebanese security officials is the latest blow for tackling to the civil war in neighboring syria. with the bombings connected to the syrians war has struck a light going over the past few months killing and wounding scores of people many of its shiite areas. one of the deadliest attacks occurred in november when two suicide attackers blew themselves up to be leading this team beirut killing twenty three people and wounded dozens in that attack along with today's was claimed by the pool. so for kicks . i knew the routine she and more. i will. it reached all. these may. be watching developments in ukraine over the last fifty four dollars. there are no symptoms dances that can justify its its scenes of violence. we called and still the steps. years of violence as a way to solve the political elites to smoke rises. he believes the political leadership of the country as the responsibility to ensure the protection of fundamenta

al jazerra, beirut. >> stephanie decker has more from beirut in neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: despitehallenges faced on saturday the u.n. says that this mission will go ahead, they are trying to find an alternative route in to the old city on saturday its aid workers were in there for around six hours trapped. they managed to identify 222 civilians ready to leave on sunday. they say that there is more aid that can go this today. they are talking about 250 food parcels, 500 bags of wheat. on saturday they did manage to get some aid in to syrian red crescent, says it managed to get 250-foot parcels, 190 hygiene kits and much-needed medicine. the focus on sunday is saville waynescivilians, they didn't gen saturday and this is a real challenge they are all working as to how they can get in in a safer way and get these people out. now what this whole humanitarian mission has highlighted is the challenge of how to control the various factions and fighters on the ground. i can't kne neavegeneva will bee ground monday. but if anything gets decided at that table, how does that filter through o

people in southern beirut are using cautionary measures. unwavers support remains for hezbollah's involvement in syria. >> reporter: six car bombs have exploded here and in the hezbollah stronghold people are trying to do what they can to protect themselves and their livlihoo livlihoods. a jeweler has lost all half of his sales due to bombings close to his shop. >> translator: because of the suicide bombings, we were forced to take precautionary measures. we put sandbags around the shop to protect ourselves and customers. people are scared to shop here because they feel exposed. >> reporter: this street was the site of two suicide car bombs in january alone. groups claimed sfont for the attacks to punish hez low la for sending fighters to assist the government in syria. residents are lives in an atmosphere of fear. they say they watch every suspicious car on the street. many peopling living in hezbollah strongholds are apprehensive, often staying at home and only going out when necessary. although they expect their neighborhoods to remain t

al jazerra's stephanie decker has more from beirut. >> reporter: civilians are being evacuated out of old city of homs but from what we understand it's creating tensions on the ground. part of the deal was that boys under the age of 15 and men over the age of 55 were allowed out including women and children. any men in between are considered of fighting age. we are hearing reports men between these ages are coming out. the syrian army has taken them away. we don't know to an undisclosed location, the u.n. determined to continue with this operation we are also hearing reports from a different activist groups there have been incidents, reports of explosions and gunfire and some civilians have been killed and injured as they are awaiting to be evacuated. so certainly that all points to this being a very difficult operation to carry out the u.n. determined that they will execute it there in there we are armored vehicles escorting the civilians out and we have the syrian restless crescent waiting on the other side to provide much needed medical aid and food and water. >> peace talks betwee

east now a suicide bomber has killed itself and wounded at least six people in the lebanese capital beirut. the attack targeted the mini bus during rush hour. reports in the demand for goods vehicle detonated his explosives after confirming was heading into a shia neighborhood of south beirut. the area is home to his line has been targeted several times in a paris based tax for that militias support of the soros on this award neighboring syria. you can see tensions in the persian gulf and around closely tied to partners in the last that is where we could be used su's july according to police to iran's foreign ministries in berlin right now. that muhammad job on sunday made the comments the day after pledging good faith in the next round of talks later this month aimed at dispelling concerns about its nuclear program. the us and its allies are firmly behind the negotiations but the talks are being opposed by israel saudi arabia. and by some in the rainy and gaspar dozens of a rowing trials police to help me to the foreign minister's visit need to stoop on the systemic oppression of its peop

beirut is rocked by more violence in the country to syria continues to spill over the border. four people killed today as a double suicide car bombing expected at the iranian culture center in cambridge. i knew. ll the interest rates to kiev tonight to where the violence continues the live pictures coming to us from at independence square says that for this flaming barricades for the protesters are trying to protect what has been the heart of their protest movement since last november when they began recording for the resignation of the country's president viktor yanukovich their fears inside the square. tonight's that the government did to they seem to separate the security forces rather are preparing a new assault on the square the police had been trying to wrest control of independence square now since yesterday morning leading to that the worst violence twenty five killed the words violence since the protest movements began ukraine's security services announced today a nationwide anti operation to restore order with the defence ministry announced its ending paratroopers to

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> as colombia struggles to navigate a path to peace, one of the biggest challenges are that people are still being displaced, every day. >> this is an office that helps me, amount of people that are coming here. this victim center is monteria is whoavmentd with people in overwhelmed with people in search for help. her mother, exhausted after walking a day. >> it's people like this, that the government is supposed ton helping to get back to -- to be helping to get back to their land. but the problem is, they're trying to return in areas where the groups that displaced them still operate. and the threat of violence mansion over those who w

now we're joined live from beirut in neighboring lebanon. do we know what actually happened during this attack? >> reporter: well, there are conflicting reports. we understand from the governor of homs that the aid trucks that went in, came under fire. one of the trucks was driving when a mortar shell exploded right next to it. and another truck came under fire around five bullets hit this truck. and at least the driver was injured. this happened as soon as they got to the area where they're supposed to deliver humanitarian aid. the activists say that it's syrian government loyalist who is are based in the old city, and around the old city are responsible for these attacks and for opening fire on these humanitarian aids convoy. however, the syrian government said it describes terrorists who are based inside the old city, mainly arms rebels who are responsible for the attack. it's very difficult to find out exactly who is, but we understand that also civilians were also injured in this i want, and more or less you can say the cease-fire today

stephanie decker reporting from beirut. >>> yemen has agreed to transform the makeup of the country. now will be split into six rebel regions. ahadi says the agreement will be written into a new constitution which will be voted on later this year. >>> mohamed val reports. >> this division of yemen has come after several months of difficult discussions at national dlieg between all of -- dialogue between all the aishes in the country. this is their third various of the start -- third anniversary of the start of the uprising, many yemenis consider this a giant step ahead and one of their important roots of this change, when abdul afar left power. former situation, the why republic and that has been seen as the least of many evils. this choice in which every part of the country is given its own right to administer its rights to its wealth or internal administration, or the state would face disintegration. fighting the government in the northern area and al qaeda and tribes taking up arms. so this is seen as the best choice for yemen at the moment. >> three al jazeera journalists detaine

we're live on the line from beirut. what happened, stephanie?> reporter: all we know is that a car approach an army checkpoint and this is the first army checkpoint. the soldiers subjected the car and the bomber blew himself up. two soldiers were killed, one an officer, one a soldier and 15 people injured. this is according to the red cross. five soldiers, ten civilians. we know this check point was set up after hezbollah declared it was there was fighting inside syria. this checkpoint was not here before because as you mentioned, there were reports that hezbollah fighters use this town because it is on the border with syria to go in. highlighting the intense security situation here in lebanon. there was twin suicide-bombing that happened three days ago south of beirut, so people you speak here are extremely concerned about what's going on in their country. >> thank you, steph. >>> thousands of people are rallying in rival demonstrations across venezuela, both president nicholas madera and government have called for a show of support. there was

let's go to stephanie who joins me live from beirut. the ongoing attacks, what happened today?we know of three separate air strikes in the eastern district of aleppo. using barrel bombs we're hearing from activists that at least 25 people have lost their lives, and unfortunately it's not an isolated event. the government has stepped up their campaign in aleppo since last year, using barrel bombs very indiscriminate. hundreds of people have been killed and this is an effort to regain that city. it is now divided western part in the hands of the government and the eastern part in the hands of the rebels. >> we're not seeing fighting in holmes. and i know al jazeera has spoken to the governor of holmes. what did he have to say? >> that's right. we spoke to the governor a little earlier, and he told us the aid is on hold for today due to logisticalish yous. there are five areas inside the old city they want to reach, but they are trying to figure out the best way to get there. this is a very old city, so -- very small roads, cobblestones, cars can't come in, so i think the -- logis

al jazeera has more now from beirut. >> according to the governor who spoke to al jazeera an agreement has indeed been reached in order to deliver humanitarian aid to the old city. this agreement has been brokered by representatives of the united nations. between the syrian government and syrian armed rebels in the area. according to this agreement, there will be a cease fire, that begins at 6:00 a.m. local time, four gmp on friday. three hours later, at 9:00 a.m. local time, seven gmt, the civilians will be evacuated. up to 200 people will be evacuated from several parts of the old city, they include mostly women, children up to the age of 15, as well as men who are over the age of 55. the governor said that they will be receiving medical attention and help as well as food, and supplies. they will mostly be evacuated to a neighborhood which he says was a safe area in holmes. over the next few days they will continue as the governor says to evacuate more batches of civilians living in the old city and delivering additional aid to the area. if this plan goes through, lit be a break thro

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> the men who carried out the massacre was from misrata, a port city about two hours east of tripoli. when they entered tripoli during the war, they were hailed by many as liberators. but libya's prime minister, ali zeydan, has called for all capital. it is not the first time that he has made that demand. >> i think we're on the stage of on the brink of anarchy, if you will, in some of the situations we have seen border on that. there is a complete lawlessness. these groups and these individuals have been operating under near impunity over these past years. >> hannah ansalla is a civil rights worker, she says the violence is just part of

this is martyrs square in beirut.ple holding banners and posters saying journalism is not a crime. re refer to the al jazeera journalists who have been held in egypt. in jakarta 30 gathered in silent protest. >> and the agreed frame, solid ardy for three al jazeera journalists. here are a few of the supports from around the globe for our colleagues in egypt. >> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm john seigenthaler in new york. here are the top stories: new developments in ukraine's crisis. reports gunman have taken obvious a regional airport. the upheaval in caimia comes as pro- -- crimea comes as pro-russian demonstrators protest the change in government. >> we believe this everybody now needs to stepback and avoid any signed of provocations. >> a warning from the secretary of state directed towards russia. john kerry voicing concerns about military exercises happening near the boardserers. >> mandatory evacuations in southern california, a power storm could hit the foothills of los angeles, causing potential mudslide

there was this clear relationship between institutions like the american university of beirut, aub, and the creation of nationalist ideology in the arab world. so in addition to this british imperial tradition, the cia arabists are also drawing on this history of missionary, hearn missionary engagement -- american missionary engamement with the middle east which is transmitted to the young cia through a number of people of missionary stock who ran the u.s.' espionage effort in the middle east during world war ii. characters like william eddie and his biographer, thomas litman, is here tonight. so i think this really is the explanation of the puzzle that i started this research with, which is what was the cia doing funding an organization like the american friends of the middle east. and it also explains this sort of arabist element within the young cia, helps explain why it was that kermit roosevelt also organized a covert backing for gamal nasser in egypt. so at the same time, that's kermit -- at the same time kermit roosevelt is overthrowing the nationalist prime minister of iran, he

. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> before dawn, abdalla al rakai leaves his home. for the mosque. up until october, it was a trip he made regularly with . his freart went to prayers without him. what his father didn't know is that he was being watched. his car, being followed back through the darkened streets. a group of armed men had been tracking him for weeks. at 6:40 a.m. just as he arrived home they took him. >> it's incredible. you can actually see american special forces grabbing anas al-liby, putting a hood over his head and putting him in a van driving him away. the whole thing captured on the video cameras, everything. >> the family's video of the raid shows t

in beirut. badgers and posters say journalism is not a crime. you can follow developments and across social media, the #is free a.j. staff. that brings us to the end of this edition, thank you for being with us, in washington, i'm ray swarez. . (footballnames.ecl) day, benghazi, the city the size of charlotte,. >> two years ago, fault lines traveled to libya, as forces fought to overthrow moammar gadhafi, in the unrest that was sweeping the arab world. now, benghazi is a by-word for political scandal, after the murder of an american ambassador in 2012. >> i cannot imagine sending folks out to benghazi, after what we saw, from the security cameras and the drones. >> mistakes were made. >> and i said that what benghazi

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our front joins us live from beirut. how is the ceasefire holding? >> we heard reports from activists saying that there was shelling by government forces in a christian area of the old city of homs. however, we have spoken to the governor of homes, who told us as far as the syrian government is concerned, the cease fire holds. the incident had to do with two mortar shells launched from inside the city near a police post. the army retaliated responded but the situation has been contained and it's expected that up to three tonnes of aid, including food, medical supplies would be delivered on saturday in the afternoon. >> elections, the 83 people evacuated on friday - will they continue today with the 150 that they had planned for. how will it work today? >> well we understood on friday they were supposed to evacuate 200 people. out of the 2,000 civilians who are left inside the old city of homs, they only managed, as you mentioned, to evacuated 83. the evacuation process will continue, and the aid deliveries inside the town will begin. as far as the go