kiev has appointed the steel and industrial tycoon as the governor of donetsk. he is the country's 16th richest man and he's told us he is confident he can reunite his divided home town. there are many russian-speaking people here who don't trust kiev and they don't trust you. how do you answer them? >> "i don't think donetsk has many people who don't trust me," he told us, "but give me two or three months and i will show you results that i deserve the trust of the people of donetsk." >> reporter: he may not have two or three months, jim. his whole job is to put out the fire and do something about the pro-russian sentiment that might be seized upon by russia as a pre-text for military intervention, the same way it justified the invasion of crimea. >> axelrod: charlie d'agata covering for us tonight on the eastern border of ukraine and russia. thank you. pro-russian forces confronted an unarmed team of international observers at the crimean border today. for more we turn to elizabeth palmer who is in the capital city of simferopol. liz, what can you tell bus repo

this is donetsk a top one of the buildings, the ukrainian flag. before that the the russian flag, then the ukrainian flag, then the russian flag. there's concern there may be a referendum here. that would be more problematic. skwraeupl republicjames reynold donetsk. >> this has been the center of protest and counter-protest in recent days. pro-russian demonstrators came here and swept their way in and raised the russian flag. but they have been conclude out. the building retaken by ukraine's authorities. as you can tell by this line standing and guarding the building. it is two offices deep. just as a precaution, have a look there. there are two trucks guarding the entrance. the deputy mayor of the city told the bbc he thinks a referendum may be a chance to caulk tensions to give a chance to decide its own status. there is a lot of skepticism. but for now these offices have their orders. they won't let anyone through. >> they are sending an unarmed team from 23 states. sit trying to enter crimea having been turned back yesterday. well, let's go to

>> never. >> warner: unlike predominantly russian crimea, the donetsk region is almost evenly divided between ethnic russians and ukrainians, with many of mixed heritage, who have lived peacefully together. but the winter maidan uprising in kiev-- triggering the ouster of russia-backed president viktor yanukovych-- tapped into undercurrents that had simmered here. >> ukraine society is divided, we have western people that is more close to europe; we have here an east that is more close to russia. ukraine is not so globalized, so people here are not tolerant to >> warner: that intolerance is rooted partly in a powerful collective memory of world war ii. soldiers in eastern ukraine fought and died with the soviet army against the germans, while many easterners say some in the west collaborated with the nazis. now the new government in kiev nd its western allies fear putin is trying to exploit that history and the present unrest as a pretext to move on this part of ukraine too. in announcing the incorporation of crimea into russia, putin vowed again that moscow will protect oppressed eth

you would be happy if the russian army came to donetsk. everybody would be. >> /(speaking russian) >> (speaking russian) sure, russian. let russian army come here. and defend us. >> reporter: the city really has become a flashpoint, scott. the moment we started asking questions to either side, heated arguments broke out, a lot of pushing and shoving, and a lot of people here are worried that these daily confrontations could erupt in violence across eastern ukraine. >> pelley: charlie, thanks very much. >> pelley: charlie, thanks very much. in south africa today, the olympic track star known as the blade runner, broke down at his murder trial. oscar pistorius put his hand over his eyes and later covered his ears during testimony. a neighbor testified that he saw pistorius kneeling over his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, trying to help her breathe, and that the story is said he shot her after mistaking her for a burglar. he could get life in prison in if convicted. >> pelley: tomorrow, we'll get the new jobs report. the u.s. unemployment rate

in donetsk want on the march. then went on the attack storming one government building in the most aggressive protest yet. protestors have managed to get past a line of riot police and break into the courthouse here. they not only support the referendum in crimea, they want one here too. breaking through one entrance wasn't enough. they went for every entry point. police didn't put up much of a fight. their own security headquarters came next. crimea's referendum to side with russia has only stoked the separatist movement here. these people want out of ukraine. >> when everybody here votes russia, not everybody feels that way. but pro ukrainian supporters have been told by a local pro kiev government to stay at home to avoid all confrontation. not a concern for these old soviet union army vets. >> are you hoping that the russian army comes here. >> he told us we are brothers. we are one people. we are russia. ukrainian government officials here told us today they're taking those russian threats seriously. they're

sasha and him are childhood friends from donetsk. they found little in president vladimir's speech to like. >> the biggest lie that he respect ukrainian, he's still of the ability that russia is older are all our brothers and we have to leave or don't go at all. >> do you thank that as a warning? >> absolutely. crimea as a warning. >> reporter: a warning that the takeover of crimea is just the beginning. like many fathers here they describe themselves as half ukrainian, half russian. >> the biggest thing of mr. putin is he provoked this fight between brothers. >> reporter: brothers or not, ukraine's defense ministers have put the calls out for tens of thousands of volunteers to take up arms in case of a russian invasion. >> i'm not ready to fight with russians, with ukrainians. i don't want to die for our country. i want to live for our country. >> reporter: they're worried about relatives who live in crimea who now live in another country. do you think ukraine will ever get crimea again? >> no, no. i think no. >> it's over. >> yes,

control of this building has come to symbolize control of donetsk. this deeply divided city next door to crimea. and while the russian protesters declared victory from the rooftops, they'd lost control again. more than 70 people were taken into custody. ukrainian riot police were back in charge, and the country's blue and yellow flag flew high again. donetsk is home to 1 million people in ukraine's industrial heartland. it's also the hometown of ousted president viktor yanukovych. the population is almost evenly split between those who back ukraine's new government and the view to view it as an el legal one. many told us they'd welcome russian soldiers in eastern ukraine. you'd be happy if the russian army would be happy. everybody would be. >> russian. let russian army come here and defend us. >> reporter: the city really has become a flashpoint. the moment we started talking to either side, heated arguments broke out. a lot of pushing and shoving and a lot of people are worried that these daily confrontations could lead to violence across eastern u

one such region is the industrial city of donetsk the center of the dome vast coal mining industry around two weeks ago it was the scene of clashes between pro and most are employed kiev supports this yet the newly elected governor of donetsk. unlike coal mining on the doc said he wrote to mrs he will not allow a situation like crimea to happen in his city. even if they didn't even see it representatives from the some of the resistance no i don't know what's going to change that. the heat whole heartedly. the next with the keys to the chalet it was daunting. we get to go into the system unit. on monday ukraine's parliament agreed to a lamp to my eye some forty thousand reservists account of what they label blatant aggression from russia they could add to troops already deployed like the ones his soldiers committed to vehicles and helicopters mama to the periphery of crimea it to one of the economy several main roads leading to or from the peninsula or later but inefficient promise not to encroach any further into ukraine sovereign territory many in the east a disappointing to see what hap

one of the cities that david mentioned is donetsk, and charlie d'agata is there tonight. charlie, what do you see? >> reporter: well, scott, the scenario in washington doesn't fit the situation that we've seen on the ground here. now, we have been to the border outside of donetsk. we've seen ukrainian forces digging in. we have seen some ukrainian military units moving toward the border. it goes without saying we haven't seen any russians to speak of. but it's worth noting that in this area where there have been several pro-russian demonstrations over the past few weeks, those have died down in recent days, and that's important because the russians have always said that if this was a sense that ethnic russians along this eastern region were threatened, that gives the military the green light to move in, and these demonstrations have died down over recent days. so if that is in any way an indication, a pretext for the russian military to advance as they did in crimea, that would not be justified here along the eastern border with russia. >> pelley: charlie d'agata in donet

yet the newly elected governor of donetsk. unlike coal mining on the doc said he wrote to you says he will not allow a situation like crimea to happen in his city he is and if they didn't even see it. representatives from the time. the awesome little ice and snow i don't know if it was our morning was changed to. he could hold onto that. next to the use of the shoreline. it was daunting. you would think that it had received from printing. on monday ukraine's parliament agreed to a lamp to my delight some forty thousand reservists account of what they label blatant aggression from russia they could add two trees already deployed like the ones his soldiers committed to vehicles and helicopters mama to the periphery of crimean need to one of the only several main roads leading to or from the peninsula or buyer but inefficient promise not to encroach any further into ukraine sovereign territory. many in the east a disappointing to see what happens. the in colombia an eight month old baby has made headlines this week after weighing

one such region is the industrial city of donetsk the center of the dumbass coal mining industry around two weeks ago that it was the scene of clashes between pro and most impressive kiev supports this yet the newly elected governor of donetsk. unlike coal mining on the doc said he wrote to insist he will not allow a situation like crimea to happen in his city he is and if they didn't even see it in their own representatives from the night with only one was it's a little icy and snow i don't know if it was only worsen the situation. he snorted with that. thanks to the opposite shore. it was daunting. you would think that the deficit from grinning. on monday ukraine's parliament agreed to a clamp to my eye some forty thousand reservists account of what they label blatant aggression from russia they could add to traipse already deployed like the ones his soldiers committed to vehicles and helicopters mama to the periphery of crimean need to one of the of the several main roads leading to or from the peninsula fire but inefficient promise not to encroach any further into ukraine sovereign

, we a seen in the news. >> exactly, from donetsk. i'm trying my best to keep them calm. the situation does not warrant calmness. >> what are they afraid will happen? >> they are afraid short of an invasion by russia, and russia, as we speak, is massing large reinforcements outside of borders of ukraine, that the squirmishes will lead to a complete disorder in the city. a complete massive unrest that could result in all sorts of kallamity. >> when you talk about kallamity, it's demonstrators storming buildings, fights in the town square. they are afraid it may spread beyond the town square. you have to consider the sort of people instigating the squirmishes. we hear report of thugs bus the in from russia, and other elements within the society in donetsk, who are behind the unrest. >> that being said, the thought from russia is so many beam in eastern ukraine are scared for the safety, concerned, and want russia to come in and ensure law and order. does your family think russia should come in. >> i think most of the problems with the r

here in donetsk where again thousands of people have demonstrated on the streets this time in supportof a president victory on a coverage who was ousted by the crew imposed government in kiev thousands of people gathered on the square and eventually marched on the regional militia to a building where there are demanding the referendum and even calling for for a number of weeks now so after we saw the referendum on sunday see crimea join the russian federation this week it seems the people in donetsk have taken inspiration from this and demanding a referendum of their own to bring them closer to russia because those are people who are saying that they did not choose the authorities in kiev but also that the authorities in kiev don't seem to be listening to what's what they've been trying to say for a number of weeks now and here in the east of the country. ukraine russia and bella reuss we are brothers we want to be together and not divided and told how we should live and what we should do by the e.u. and america. again because it is a legitimate president we are against the interim se

. >> ukrainian police surround a building in donetsk. a man calling himself the people's governor. he is for closer ties with russia, against the leaders of ukraine. he broke his hand during a fight with a political rival. >> i would like to be as independent as possible. from the rest of ukraine. we call upon vladimir putin to restore justice. >> it's a story of the two you cranes. people that we met in the east speak about a take over. it's a mirror image of what is happening in the capital, where people are afraid of growing russian influence in the east. >> we tracked down the people's governor to his headquarters. he said he has six people working for him, but he wouldn't let us come inside. >> you describe yourself as governor of donetsk. who appointed you governor. >> i don't call myself governor, the people appointed me, 50,000 of me. >> he was virtually unknown a week ago. now he's enjoying local celebrity. wrapped in the colours of ukraine, one of the neighbours says the governor is a fake. he's not the real - he's vladimir putin's agent and he's earnt money for that. the

we hope and rely on him. >> separatists in donetsk say they want to hold their own election to decide whether to split from ukraine. president obama will head to europe on sunday night in an effort to rally american allies around ukraine. he'll attend an emergency meeting in the netherlands. as randall pinkston reports, one country that will not be there is russia. >> initially president obama's primary purpose for attending the meeting in yueurope was to to the nuclear summit. when russia took over crimea, prime minister -- the president called for a meeting of the gst 7. he'll meet with the industrialized nations except for that of vladimir putin. the obama administration is keeping a close watch on russia's move as take over of the belbek. and the mobilization of 20,000 russian troops along the ukrainian border. at a briefing on friday, in preparation for the president's trip to europe. national security advisor susan rice was asked what is the meaning of russia's mobilization of the troops? . >> it's not clear what it signals. the russians stated they are intending military exerci

donetske, is the home of viktor yanukovych. rory challenge in moscow. let's go to tim friend who is in the ukrainian capital of kiev. this suggesting that russians, the ukrainian defense ministry now being denied from russia. what's the story from where you are tim? >> reporter: well i think everyone has an agenda obviously with this crisis in crimea. and of course, to a certain extent it is in the ukrainians' interest to keep reports of russian aggression or alleged aggression or forthcoming aggression high on the agenda. now, it pa may well frof to be e in the -- prove to be true in the coming hours that russia is going to carry out some kind of ultimatum or fulfill some kind of deadline for ukrainian troops have have been -- who have been surrounded in crimea by pro-russian forces, in their barracks, on their ships, may make good this reported threat which was coming from sources certified the defense ministry here, may make good that, and actually fulfill their plan. but, as you say, it's been denied at the moment by russia. now, at the moment, we c

in ukrainian steve donetsk. lisa non southerners ukraine have been caught up in searches of addison's president yanukovich was ousted last month. the dts audio on today the prime minister on the crime. austin gets in europe said that he wouldn't allow a single sentence or ukrainian church retreat given up his present. yet it is and will email you an anti sit with them more confidence tenacity to read and the belief that we are going to write twenty. he says alan that citadel. our fathers and grandfathers had spilled their blood for this land but they did it. i'm the one punch him in a single cent to reach a ukrainian man. let the soul is going to let russia and its president note this profound or a president ukraine promises to email the white house has confirmed the yeltsin uk is said to be present for obama in washington on wednesday meanwhile the russian president the new knitpicks and has today been defending the spy that for russian leaders in crimea to break away from ukraine. i don't say please inspect th

thousands of people have taken to the streets again this weekend in donetsk and demonstrations across the city this weekend in support of president victory on a covert she was ousted by the coup imposed government in kiev at the city square is littered with banners and posters in support of you as well as slogans being chanted for viktor to come home the main focal point of the demonstrations over the past few weeks has been with regards to a referendum for the region and this is continued this weekend with a large portions of the demonstrations marching on the regional administrative buildings to demand a referendum for the region of dumbass of which donetsk is a part of so it seems that with crimean referendum last weekend seeing them join the russian federation this week the people here seem to be inspired by that and the demonstrations have really got a momentum here and they believe referendums may may become a reality but the people here insist that this is not just because the russian i speak russian there's also economic reasons behind this where they feel that moving closer t

the eastern city of donetsk, skirmishes broke out between the government and those favoring closer ties with russia. donetsk is the support base of ousted president victorian co-vish. >>> state-run media in russia report the government of crimea has brought forward a referendum of their future. people vote on march 16. vice prime minister say it is referendum will ask if they want to split from ukraine and if they want to join the russian federation. >>> lawmakers in the united states are considering punitive measures against russia's leaders and ways to bolsters to interim ukrainian leadership. they're planning to begin resolutirea draft resolution saying they violate the united nations charter and urges leaders to withdraw troops from crimea. lawmakers are looking for other ways to turn up the heat. the draft resolution recommends the u.s. government suspend new visas for senior russian officials. it calls for financial and trade sanctions on banks and commercial institutions with links to russia's government. members of the house are also considering economic aid for ukraine. >>> sen

they won't let anyone through. >> james reynolds in donetsk. there is a sizable minority who feel very uncomfortable the way things are evolving over the course of the next few weeks. let's talk about what the west and international community can do. we saw the u.n. special envoy came here to simferopol in crimea and of course was taken away by gunmen and driven back to the airport and left very quickly afterwards. a delegation is supposed to come here, the unarmed military observers and supporters. 23 of them travel anything two buses. yesterday they were turned away from the border. they are trying again today. david, we're going to watch that very closely. they're due to arrive in the next hour. >> christian, thank you very much indeed. a fast moving story on "gmt" and on "bbc world news". let's catch up with some of the other stories around the world. a court in malaysia convicted the leader on charges of sod my. it overturns his a quilts on the same charges two years ago. it is punishable by 20 years in prison. his lawyers have already sai

in kiev with many raising the alarm over the rise of near nazi groups the really been the city of donetsk they've been charging russia with some of them are being a referendum on possible suspicion from ukraine right o'neill is the forty. i'm here in donetsk where again thousands of people have demonstrated on the streets this time in support of a president victory on a call which was ousted by the crew imposed government in kiev thousands of people gathered on the square and eventually marched on the huge administrative building where there are demanding the referendum that they've been calling for for a number of weeks now so after we saw the referendum on sunday to see crimea join the russian federation this week it seems the people in donetsk have taken inspiration from this and demanding a referendum of their own to bring them closer to russia because those are people who are saying that they do not choose the authorities in kiev but also that the authorities in kiev don't seem to be listening to what's what they've been trying to say for a number of weeks now here in the east of the

he has since traveled on to the eastern city of donetsk and a team of international monitors is also been dispatched to ukraine building keeping a close eye on the tense situation in eastern parts of the country. but then not being allowed into crimea the german foreign minister met briefly with un secretary general ban ki moon on the streets of kiev. those held talks with ukrainian league is. i'm still hunting the diplomatic progress up to russia's annexation of the crimea. as a news conference with ukrainian prime minister on sydney gets a new shine man condemned russia's actions of the teenager now. they are kinda stuff involved. you can divide the monks being written into the effects of the ground and not consistent with international law the danger of a new division of europe and with a well received in the last decade that is something we cannot commit sin. and above all week and also the return of the chicken coop. this blog previously selected. on friday in moscow agreed to allow six month monitoring mission in eastern ukraine on the auspices of the osce the first advance tea

canada to the dentist and a nice crew unit each crew russia decides elsewhere in the eastern city of donetsk and too many russian speakers and also the acetate cousin preston the piano can evict people call it independence from kiev. the russian demonstrate is here among the fans to iraq last week just as russian president in a two td said he had the right to take ukraine to protect russian citizens in kiev open ice is of the rally to mark the two hundred specimens that santana shifts in cat spooky would pull a contest to get that man does as he trains newly formed government joined by former russian oil tycoon and two to critique the couple to come speak the message of defiance against the kremlin whistle says that ukraine was one from the west remains says around a dozen and social workers for the same confident to be released after being held for more than three months pineapples and syria. the women was actually the lebanese borders qantas will in which the syrian government decree to release one hundred and thirty eight women being held in stadium channels. then on to cease from the con

next on people when they want to carry large pro russian pretzel stick and eating the skin cc donetsk as well as the southern city of food tents and many are demanding not just cancer ties to russia russian passports officials in moscow say almost two hundred and fifty thousand ukrainians have fled to russia since the ukrainian crisis first group and the wool from on this outlets had it to ukraine to get a full screen caps of gulliver pad is standing by for sneaking top ten now. but the latest reports coming in of the kids interim authorities are calling up its reservists headed there this sunday. oliver. what more can you tell us about that. what it would be repeated at the national security and that can build it it made a statement today in the ukrainian parliament than finding that the council had taken the decision to boycott the liberalization of the country's debt that. i know that even among ten pm and that the approach of the departement of people have received the call and to some of the predicament of the best time anyhow the only team to beat it. he was really determined to

rival row is ended at a clash of donetsk. elections in syria which the rail peace talks the un chief peace mediator warms up the in gemini the disgraced ball supply immediately noticed the city will quit the club in the wake of his conviction for tax evasion in a statement don't buy ins website. the sixty two year old city would not appeal the strain of coffee a jail time which was handed down by a munich court yesterday goodness it was found guilty of evading twenty seven million euros in taxes on income earned in secret swiss bank can't describe it is the biggest mistake of these life. during his tenure as president and business gem and be transformed by and into one of the world's most successful football business days. woo hoo. us secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart sergei enough rolf will hold on stage talks on ukraine's crimea region today just forty eight alice before its breakaway referendum. kerry's warned of serious steps being taken against small scale of the vote results in a russian annexati

the ride the girls attending this plan in the city of donetsk hundreds of people gathered in a show of support for the mood to join the bunch opposite them was an equal number of supporters of the eu into confidence authorities say two people died and more than fifteen point six. the most innocent center based in cities including current cough and her ask her to stay to be made to release this weekend's principle of the crimean defend them first it is going to get into this as his computer is set to try to use all options should the tennis friends. ukraine's east to the gym. the arts from the united states and russia discuss the crimean defendant could not narrow that to fix this. he was sent to upstage on hannity and russian foreign minister sergei and love from sat down together for a sec silence the old queens loves to talk again. we delayed the referendum is contrary to the constitution of ukraine this cut trade international law is in violation of the vote we believe it is illegitimate. we do lose a group of pilgrims to him and the right of the people in crimea. to self determinat

. >> it-- it only added to the tensions here in donetsk. in the past 24 hours pro russian protestors have stormed two government buildings, there wasn't a single pro ukrainian to be found among the crowd. on the streets of donetsk, pro russian voices are growing louder. if you had a referendum here like in crimea how would you vote. >> russia. >> would everybody here vote russia. >> yeah. >> the pro russian voices are the loudest, scott, but there are many pro ukrainians who are too frightened to speak out. they're worried about what might happen here in russian president vladimir putin annexes crimea. charlie d'agata, reporting for us from eastern ukraine, thank you, charlie? >> pelley: general motors today announced a new recall, it covers one and a half million vehicles, mostly suvs for air bags that may not deploy. this is in addition to the recall of 1.6 million cars for an ignition defect that is linked to 12 deaths. in an internet statement, gm's new c.e.o. mary barra had this to say. >> i want you to know that we are completely focu

crowds are rallying in ukraine's eastern city of donetsk as pro russian protesters take to the streets in defiance of the new leadership in kiev. that even venice votes to break away from italy in an official referendum with local saying they're fed up with forking out billions in taxes for the capital. from a new center here in moscow this is a national with the twenty four hours a day in spain the so-called march of dignity has seen thousands of anti austerity protesters from different regions walking hundreds of kilometers to the capital madrid many say the physical exhaustion is nothing compared to the strain placed on them by continued mass unemployment and ongoing spending cuts of course. in madrid . new it two weeks thousands of people from across the whole country have been walking by forts covering hundreds of kilometers in the rain under the sun but they've now reached the destination the spanish capital men and women question years and students those whose jobs and those without bono gathered for a mass protest rally to make their message heard in earlier we caught up with o

and the downs from couples which is obviously raise tensions and says amongst people in the donetsk. and the moment authorities are cracking down on accidents. husband was the potential to be targeted. its main goal followed by thousands of russian activists were arrested. even briefly shown their faces in the media. i immediately corrected the home addresses and don'ts of parents on the internet and posted to my second wreck sites along with calls to kill them. what was the scene where two people were killed last night in a standoff. getting involved dozens of gunmen states is located in themselves into building and throwing them what gets me molotov cocktails down on protesters and police. the ukrainian interior ministry confirmed that it was the right center that was behind the attacks witnesses on the ground explain some of the stevie nicks and they witness the sky. the relative who lived among both taxes and duties. there was this blue minivan that appeared in the central square and pepper spray directly to see them trying to skype. they started chasing is but ended up being sho

these demonstrations as they appear to be getting larger and larger with each passing week and in donetsk where i am thousands of people took to the city's central square not only to call for the referendum that they've been demanding for a number of weeks now but also in support of president victory on a covert who was ousted by the coup imposed government in kiev in february now banners and placards lists of the city's central square with slogans in support of victory on a cove age many believe could be the man to bring down by us his local area and also the region of which donetsk resides away from kiev and closer to russia adesa also saw demonstrations sweep across the city with people demanding a referendum on the decentralization of power in kiev and also demanded the release of on sunday of a chunk of the people's alternative party who was arrested by the ukrainian security services lugansk also saw demonstrations against the authorities in kiev and also an announcement that they now have over one hundred thousand signatures in support of the lugansk national referendum and kharkov

easton city of donetsk placement at the regional headquarters and report the unrest seventy five the broad brush and augustus was the captaincy to the nearby city of saplings yet. the populations of all the more divided. ben is made and great skies with tom and i presently do it uses the central american nation of men and with the same time not that i did not have a place that meeting to discuss the ongoing and it's cold and social crisis in iran. i'm going to thank acts. i'm already pretty nuts topped with some news just in the crimea and vice president has told russian news agency that has gotten to hold a referendum on the region's state asked the question is reportedly getting to obstacles when the crying and should remain part of ukraine all when the rate should join a rucksack instead of into life as it is to prop up since it is standing by him since our opponents the capital of crime and drama. this referendum is untidy and scheduled for the sixteenth of march. see possible. wanted to put in context. when one just has this shia school and is going to be holding a referendum on

they will bomb places like donetsk. that place could provide the excuse. >> that was ryan chilcote in kiev. >> we go to caroline hyde to look at some of the earnings in a sec there -- the telecoms that. >> they have given us an update for their full-year. sales creep higher. this is being helped in large part by the t-mobile unit. we will see it be bought out. growth means that they are spending more in investments. they are downgrading their free cash flow outlook. they will spend more on their debt in the united states. they're also spending more on investment. this is a company where we a mobile phone carriers having to invest in spectrum, in network. mark zuckerberg of facebook saying he wanted everyone to be connect it. rollout of provisions if we're going to get connectivity. that is what is happening everywhere across the board. estimates have bitten sales. >> deutsche telecom it seems is less likely to sell its t-mobile division in the u.s.. >> there is speculation that it could be selling to mobile. the key of

let's start negotiating about the autonomy of places like donetsk. as president kennedy said very famously during the berlin crisis, he was not going to negotiate about the freedom of berlin under the guise of what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable. this feels a little bit like that. they're changing the subject to talk about what they want, no the what we want to talk about. >> peter, putin wants to lock in crimea. and it seems as if the president is tacitly -- he never says it. he says we shouldn't but the europeans are basically saying look, if the status quo is crimea and nothing else, we can accept that. how does the president justify that? >> they'll never admit that out loud. it will be like the baltics when we officially never recognized the fact that the soviet union had absorbed them. but went on with relations 40 or 50 years. >> but they did. >> we couldn't do anything about it. what you're seeing here is a possible sort of defacto and acceptance of crimea as long as you don't go any further. the west wouldn't be happy with tha

it's very tense this weekend in ukraine and it's especially in donetsk. where i set a group involved in various incidents has become notorious for its a violent guerrilla tactics throughout the andress in ukraine and its threats against nine ukrainians living in the country. right no one tells us when to bear arms and we're not it wasn't huge given to us and you won't take them away while. their slaves including the group's promotional video are satiating online the right sector may not be the biggest faction within the form opposition but it was at the forefront of the uprising its men stormed and torched the government buildings and on armed police squads they also consistently rejected the concessions offered by the old administration when it was trying in vain to calm the angriest and now the rise sector has become all ghibli one of the most influential groups in ukraine. with neo nazis are gaining momentum and many jews in ukraine are feeling increasingly insecurely let me show you this this is a picture of what was painted on the door of a senate ga

now of several hundred men nonviolently a seized the local administration building in the city of donetsk the huge industrial sound in the east of the country and all these activists have the local administration under control and they demand that the governor which was appointed early out during the weekend by one of the only guards of the east of ukraine minister. for him to be sacked and you government to be appointed so now they're controlling the administration building and according to unconfirmed reports the local council of donetsk has voted to hold a referendum on the fate of the whole region of dumbass which is the east of ukraine also we know that in the port city of odessa in the south of ukraine at least two thousand people are now protesting against jeeves's rule as well they are among the demands is the new governor as well the complete reform of the judicial system as well as something new or they have demanded today that now these so-called a right sect the hardline nationalist core of the protest in kiev to be banned the situation now in hiding of the biggest city in the

donetsk eastern ukraine. moscow will not impose further sanctions against the us that's the message coming from president pearson is foremost russia's a reciprocal response to washington's a list of buying a number of top officials and lawmakers. regarding the american sanctions and visa regime in terms of ukraine i think we should the moment ovoid from we tell you to removes if we go with a visa regime against ukraine millions of innocent ukrainians will suffer so they go to russia to work and earn their money here. creation has also marks you as a blacklist as the people on it apparently have nothing to do with ukraine but instead all belong to the president's judo club good night it is a businessman who back in one thousand nine hundred eight founded the club where person was training brothers candy and berries and burger also businessmen and members of the same club you recall chirk is the co-founder of the rossiya bank also one of the junior clubs founders and for his bank it has also become the target o

ukrainian police surround the regional parliament in donetsk, two days after pro-russian demonstrators stormed the building. in the square below, a man that called himself the people's governor. he is for closer ties with russia and against the leaders of ukraine. he broke his hand during a fight with a political rival. >> i would like to be as much independent as possible. from the rest of ukraine. >> translation: we need putin to help. >> it's becoming a tale of two ukraines. people we have met in the east speak fear fully about what they see as a fascist take over. it's a mirror image of what is happening in the capital, where people are afraid of growing russian influence in the east. >> we tracked down the people's governor to his headquarters. he says he has six people working for him, but he wouldn't let us come inside. >> you describe yourself as governor of donetsk. who appointed you governor. >> i don't call myself governor. the people elected me. there were about 50,000 of them. >> he was virtually unknown a week ago. now he is enjoying local celebrity. wrapped in the colour

in donetsk, a convey of army and tanks have been moving into positions south of the town. should russian forces cross the border, ukraine will respond. that is happening on the crimean peninsula. russian forces that landed on a narrow strip of land outside the crimean border dug in around a gas supply station and show no sign of pulling back. local residents watch and worry. >> they say they are protecting us from terrorist acts, but don't explain what. >> for a second executive day in donetsk pro-russians staged demonstrations. they replaced the ukrainian flag it with a russian one. the government in kiev believes the unrest is being stoked by prove okay tours. the crimean referendum has ended. the crisis in ukraine is ong. >> and a lot has changed suddenly in ukraine ahead of this historic day in crimea. more than three weeks ago the president fled the country. a few days after that russia seized bases and airports. the parliament demanded russia pull back. crimea's parliament declared a referendum to join russia, offering to let voter to decide. and today more than 90%

donetske populated with ethnic russians. that's why russian mint sergey lavrov: >> ensuring human rights especially the right to life. those who are trying to interpret the situation as a sort of aggression and threatening us with sanctions and boycotts, these are the same partners who have been consistently encouraging the political powers close to them to declare ultimatums and renounce dialogue. >> the consequences are what the west is gathering to discuss. the eu, the u.n, the international monetary fund, all calling emergency meetings to discuss ukraine and secretary of state john kerry is expected in the ukrainian capitol on tuesday. phil itner, al jazeera, kiev. >> we are expecting results in world markets. dow fell 153 points. reaction was more severe in europe. the lon, paris and berlin markets had equal effects. david shuster is here with that part of the fast moving story. david. >> tony, this isn't the first time that vladimir putin has us oil and gas supplies, cutting off gaz supplies to ukraine twice in the las

it massed troops on the border, and says that this kind of unrest at donetsk shows that kiev is not inontrol. very belacous words from moscow and aggressive action by the russian military on the eve of the referendum. >> jennifer glasse, thanking for reporting from kiev. >> russia's foreign minister fired back. . >> translation: if we were to speak of blood, it's not on our hands, but the hands of your friend. the national radicals, the blood of ukrainians shot by snipers in february, on the february days of this year. and who - who actually helped certain ideals recently and said ukrainians had not fought with the nazis, and gal there was a -- and actually there was a problem with the soviet union, violence, threatening to spread to other reasons of ukraine, violence that didn't happen to crimea because of measures taken. madam powell spoke of dreams and aspirations, but why are a abrogating the right of people in crimea to express their opinion tomorrow. we appeal to all to stop the confrontation and begin long-term settlement for the people in ukraine, for all the people, including

there have been pro and anti demos in donetsk and other places there.ar the situation seems to be more or less under control under the central kiev authorities. today president yann coacher spoke just across the border saying i'm still the president. i'm alive. i will be back in ukraine when the conditions are right. he didn't explain about what the conditions are right. on the statement repeated quite a lot of things that were kim f coming out earlier. nazis in power. i'm the legitimate president. everybody should agree with me. >> many thanks indeed for joining us. >>> oscar pistorius murder trial, the court heard more evidence from reeva steenkamp's postmortem report. findings contradict a previous statement by pistorius over when the couple went to sleep that night. oscar pistorius denies intentionally killing his girlfriend. nomsa is outside the courthouse. bring us up to date. what has happened so far today? >> reporter: well, despite the constant grilling from defense attorney barry roux, the state pathologist was adamant reeva steenkamp did have

russian troops still surround ukraine's military bases here in the eastern city of donetsk.uilding has been contested for four days. kerch is another ukrainian military base. 12 coast guard ships broke free of the russian blockade. they fear they were going to be sunk by the russians. and this is the east of mainland ukraine. it appears to be russian armed forces patrolling outside a military base. there it is, the russian flag flying there. well, let's go live to bbc's ben brown who joins me from sevastopol in crimea. ben? >> reporter: nik, thank you very much. it is the political development that's really crucial today. and i think the referendum that has been caused by the parliament today will be on march 16th. 78 votes in favor. just 8 abstentions. do you want to be part of ukraine or do you want to be part of russia? the answer is likely to be russia. because the majority of the population here in crimea, almost 60%, are ethnic russians. we're hearing vladimir putin, the russian president has been discussing that request to be part of russia with his security council.

. >> and one of those flashpoints in eastern ukraine is the city of donetsk. 5,000 marched calling for viktor yanukovych's reinstatement. >> protests marched waving flags, carrying signs saying viktor yanukovych is the president. they faced lines of riot police. there was some pushing and shoving, but no violence. >> everything should be done in a peaceful way, because viktor yanukovych is a legitimate president. he could help and assist. that's why for the first time in a month we call for help not only from putin and russia, we ask for hep from viktor yanukovych. we help and rely on him. >> viktor yanukovych has not spoken publicly. donetsk wants to hold their own election on whether to split from ukraine. >> president obama will try to work to rally u.s. allies around ukraine. in a few hours he'll fly to europe for an emergency meeting of the g7. randall pinkston has more. >> initially president obama's purpose for attending the meeting in europe was to go to the 53-nation nuclear summit. when russia took over crimea, president obama called for an emergency meeting of the g7. he wil

and a desert among them in donetsk crowds have formed to tell opposition leaders they're not welcome there the demonstrators have already taken the center of this issue and raised the russian flag over the local administration and it's a similar situation called with. clashing with supporters of the new authorities and there are reports of gunshots and injuries there unfortunately. while the russian parliament debates concrete steps to help the people in crimea ukrainian police officers who were disbanded by the new government in kiev already receiving aid those who are stationed in crimea and are being offered are being offered a russian passport starting from day saturday. and now reports. this is the golden eagles swan song the bear cook's ukraine's elite police force after weeks of deadly clashes in the capital kiev on the orders of the ministry of internal affairs to protect government buildings from rioters the barricades are no more. ukraine's new authorities were quick to disband the thousand strong and to write unit. former officers were made to publicly kneel in western ukr

hearing that at least one hundred people were injured and this number is rising in another city of donetsk thousands again are on the streets shouting pro russian slogans and we're hearing that local authorities there claim that they would not obey kiev and they voted today to have a referendum over the region's taters while the majority of the population in east and south of ukraine say that decisions and laws taken by the country's new authorities are. illegal. well earlier i spoke to on the city keyes the organizer of a rally in the city didn't it proper tough skin eastern ukraine and he explained what drew people to the streets in the first place and why they want protection from russian. people who come together they. never take the way he. claims the power or cultural differences in this country generally imply that we leave. at least. so governments or at least some protection and this is. the police all around the country they get them they kill them and the police now is just. has just lost its moral and the only way for us to win protection and we have gathered today. all around

for instance, they are sending more to donetsk, the flashpoint.ee how that will develop. there is an initiative, some kind of political offer to talk rather than to brandish weapons. >> we are seeing threats from the eu and the u.s. realistically, will we get any strong sanctions like germany? >> well, this is debatable. the policy of the european union seems to be more coherent. germany and its eastern neighbors in the baltic states. >> will russia be worried about that. >> it is difficult to say. depending on the quality of sanctions and whether they top the top echelon of ministers. >> could be even more tough sanctions. tomorrow president putin will be addressing the parliament. this is the tpfrt time we will hear what his positions are and how he plans to respond crimean referendum. >> many thanks. 26 countries now involved in a vast search over a widened area for the missing malaysia airlines plane which disappeared a week ago. authorities revealed they think it was the co-pilot of the missing aircraft that spoke the last word to ground cont