david chater, al jazeera. >> we go to the ukrainian capital. is the opposition holding together. at the moment it seems like the opposition is holding together. parliament is due to reconvene in an hour, to try to put together the unity government. as you said earlier, the acting president has given to all the political factions until tuesday, to come up with the national unity government. you will have a lot of political rang wring going on. a thorny issue will be what kind of ministerial post with the party of regions, of the former president viktor yanukovych. it will be important for them to have a prominent post, and to sort of convince all the supporters of viktor yanukovych that this is the way forward for this country. there are two names that are floating around for the post of prime minister. one is petraporasthanko, he's held several posts and has been a successful businessman. the second man was the man who basically was in charge of the fatherland party of tymoschenko while she was in detention. he has a lot of support here in maydan square. we don't know how they'll

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al jazeera's david chater reports. >> still standing high and proud in the main square. a statue of lenin surrounded by demonstrators determined to protect it and stand firmly by the historic links with moscow. >> the renalingin's governor walks among them, urging them to remain peaceful, resisting the tide of rebellion. >> translation: we are not going anywhere, we do not trust anyone, i am system the governor. i will not resign. >> the words were in russia. this is a heartland of support for viktor yanukovych. his whereabouts are a matter of intense speculation. if he is seeking sanctuary this is where to find it. their votes get him democratically elected. >> the governor was evicted. the spirit has taken root in this city. they were arming themselves with sticks and batons. i saw a crate of molotov cocktails carried into the building. tensions crew. police used to keep the the sides apart. they should be called pro-government protesters. their people are ruling? in the city in the south of ukraine violent clashes broke out when pro-russian crowds broke up the rebelli

david chater is in a city where pro-russian citizens are vocing their opposition. >> still standing theirround, the pro-europe contesters in the city showing their defiance, trying to repeat the miracle of kiev's independence square in karkiev, an hour's drive from the border and the control of the kremlin. >> the city's mayor pleaded with them for a few minutes silent, explaining why they should end the occupation. his plea fell on deaf ears. inside they were discussing their tactics for the day ahead and how they'd resist plans to evict them. across the square the pro-costco demonstrators mounting guard around the statue of lenin, the only one that is left, not banished to the suburbs. the creme lip's grip on events, even here, is loosening. >> an attempt by the governor's secretaries to remove personal belongings is stopped. the cardboard boxes contained silver statue of the deposed president. the man in person avoided a similar fate. they think we are supposed to yield to them because they are wearing masks and carrying batons. we'll take away the clubs and smash their heads with them

david chater, exr ukraine. >>> despite protests from around the world, giraffe was cut up and killed. copecopenhagen authorities say t was necessary. >>> flood crisis worsens, homes in the tens valley have been inundated. forecasters are warning of more rains, which will push the levels of the thames even higher. >>> to the winter olympics in russia now. day 3 aand it seems that it's not only the competition which is heating up, it's so warm that some competitors have had to put snow down their suits to cool off. organizers say they're prepared and have been stockpiling snow. >>> it's not just the weather that has proven to be difficult in sochi, rory challenge sent this report from sochi. >> sochi is doing something that's supposedly not coming naturally to russians. she's smiling. an alien concept here. >> learning, we have a special restaurant with the russian food. >> the student is one of hundreds of russian volunteers helping olympic visitors arriving at the airport. it makes her proud to show foreigners, to belie the feelings they may be expecting. >> very friendly and it's ver

david chater, al jazeera, kiev. >> after ukraine's president returns to work, parliament reconvenes. jennifer glasse reports. >> it's a big week for ukraine. president veurkviktor be yanukok to work. police cells around the country. the opposition says they are being held as prisoners basically until demonstrators leave the streetsd. the previous -- so still a big divide between the opposition and the government, a big week in ukraine. we'll see whether the opposition can make any progress and whether the government is willing to make any concessions. >> jennifer glasse in kiev. >>> slow pace of peace talks. al jazeera juan los molina has more. >> reporter: another flairup of tensions between the u.s. and israel, secretary of state john kerry warned that israel faces a growing threats of boycotts if peace talks with the palestinians fail. boycott on israel immoral and unjustified. >> translator: first it entrenches the palestinians, forcing peace. state of israel. foremost the safety of the citizens of the state of israel. for these reasons, the threats of a boycott on the state of i

david chater reports. >> they call them the marters of mayd maydan, the long journey over, a homecoming the first of the city's victims. the coffin lid remained over their bodies to protect them from the rain. the crowd's gathered to pay their respect and showed a tribute. heroes never die. it could do little to lessan the shock and dismay of greeffing families. still struggling to come to terms with events that changed their lives forever. the people of the city are in open revolt against viktor yanukovych - they stood in solidarity with the protesters at kiev. not sure at the lopping struggle to defeat him, if it is yet over. the headquarters of the regional council has been transformed since the last visit to the city. the barricades have gone, protesters with the range of power inside. there we found the leader of the newly formed people's council chairing a meeting to sort out the problems of the city. the officials report to him. he assumed fuel responsibility for the fate of the region and its citizens. we found ukraine's former education minister, worried about the strains. ther

david chater, al jazeera, kiev. >> live from kiev. the foreign minister of ukraine was speaking earlier say ting t government has made concessions and the ball is now in the opposition's court. how has the opposition responded to that? >> reporter: well, the ball is in the opposition's court. they are not prepared to hit it back. they have repeatedly rejected a list of concessions offered by president yanokovich which started with the resignation of the unpopular former prime minister, but continued with a repeal of a very unpopular anti-protest law. after that, a new amnesty law was signed into being. >> happened on friday. that would pave the way for the release of hundreds of prisoners in return for the protesters giving up their occupation of this square and other government buildings. the opposition have also rejected the offer of making two keep opposition leaders, both the prime minister and the deputy prime minister. in terms of the coming out of it munich, the indication is from the opposition that they need something a littl