the chaos in duma, regular government air strikes. duma has seen a rise in civilian casualties since the syrian government launched an offensive on the rebel held area last week. the onslaught has prompted syrian coalition president to take immediate action to stop shelling by forces loyal to syrian president bashar al-assad. >> these are crimes that have been tainted substantiated by several organizations, human rights organization he recently recorded the use of 650 barrel bombs. but in order to take it to the international criminal court it requires us to present these allegations to the court. >> reporter: thousands have fled their homes in duma, the most they can hope for is a narrow escape from the bombardment. even medical facilities or makeshift hospitals damaged or destroyed altogether. >> translator: in the last campaign on al guta in general and duma in specific, seriously burned and one male nurse was killed. we had to shut down the medical offices in the area because of destruction. >> reporter: it seems now that duma's i

almost 300 civilians have died in duma because of food and medical shortages.an 100 were killed by syrian government air tribing strikes in the first week of this month alone. >> reporter: this baby was just over a year old. she died of malnutrition. she wasn't the first victim in duma the rebel-held suburb has been under siege by government forces for almost two years. during that time activists say 264 civilians died, 188 of them children. >> translator: we couldn't mind medicine. we couldn't find milk. >> reporter: people are not only dying of starvation, duma has been a battleground for years, much of it has been razed to the ground. it's just 7 kilometers northeast of the center of damascus. and it is under siege. it was the first area in the damascus province to see anti-government protests. four years later it is the main opposition strong hold surrounding the government-controlled city. in the first week of february more than 100 civilians were killed in what was described as one of the heaviest aerial attacks on the city that lasted for days. this mans

stay with us. ♪ rajectory, and they want to syrian suburb of duma has seen ♪ >>> welcome back. reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. a bangladeshi american blocker who spoke out against religious extremism has been hacked to death. roy who advocated secularism had apparently been threatened over his blog posts. >>> a german parliament has overwhelmingly backed an extension of greece's bailout program. >>> and mexican police have captured one of the country's most wanted drug lords servando gomez known to many as la tuta was one of most wanted drug lords. let's talk to john hullman who gin -- joins us live from mexico city. how significant is this capture? >> reporter: this manner is van doe gomez, la tuta was a very important figure. even as a criminal he hobnobbed with local politicians. he organized shipments of iron ore to china, allegedly. he was a very powerful figure. he extorted kidnapped and kept a very public profile while he was doing it. he granted interviews to national and international media. showing his face even at a time when federal forces were looki

duma is 7 kilometers northeast of the center of do damascus and it's under siege and the first in theof damascus to see anti-government protests and four years later it's main opposition stronghold surrounding the government-controlled city. in the first week of february 100 civilians killed in what was described as one of the heaviest aerial attacks on the city that lasted for days. but he survived but wife and 7-month-old daughter didn't minutes after he left the house government aircraft targeted the neighborhood and the sustained and intense air campaign was in response to a rebel attack on central damascus. >> translator: on that day my wife was staying home alone because of air strikes and she took my daughter and i went to her sister who lives next to us and led them there, a few minutes later i heard the plane and explosion and came back to the house to see it destroyed. >> reporter: some people in the opposition did question whether causing civilian casualties in damascus had military or political benefit and he was not one of them and blames the government for targeting civi

. >> reporter: a desperate search in the rubble of duma in these bombed out houses lie children wounded in a government airstrike. some have light injuries. soerdz are far more badly hurt. >> before the civil war, more than 110,000 people lived in this city. but four years of conflict have killed thousands and driven many away t scenes like these have become commonplace. this is the aftermath of a barrel bomb staab in aleppo bur irked in this rubble is an earl earlerly lady. she says she has lived hear all her life. attacks by both rebels and the government have intensified north of aleppo. last week, rebels regained

. >> those people who live in the syrian city duma. have asked help to stop the shelling. government offensive almost two weeks old. 200 people in duma have reportedly been killed. >>> and talks between the syrian government and oings opposition fighters have broken down in homs. for ensuring the safety of civilians. abdullah al shami has more. >> this has been the scene. constant bombardment is clear indication where the rebels stand. the government has asked to give up but they're not leaving. >> we're here to fight. we'll stay and defend our people. >> opposition fighters give up opposition, to get back to work. it also meant u.n. workers could deliver supplies to thousands of people trapped in the area. but simply hope for an agreement at this time. >> why isn't anyone caring for us. we suffer in silence while the whole world watches. >> for people in homs the end of that suffering must seem a long way off. abdullah al shami, al jazeera. >> covering up allegations of an iranian involvement of the bombing of a jewish center. prosecutor found dead last month. from buenos

she wasn't the first victim in duma.as been under siege by government forces for almost two years. during that time activists say 264 civilians died, 188 of them children. >> translator: we couldn't find medicine. we couldn't find milk and when you do it is very expensive, and we cannot afford to buy it. >> reporter: duma has been a battle ground for years, such of it has been razed to the ground. it's just 7 kilometers east of the capitol damascus. it was the first area in the damascus province to see anti-government protests. four years later, it is the main opposition strong hold surrounding the government-controlled city. in the first week of february more than 100 civilians were killed in what was described as one of the heavy aerial attacks on the city that lasted for days. this mansur -- man survived but his wife and daughter didn't. the intense air campaign was in response to a rebel attack on central damascus. >> translator: on that day my wife was scared to stay alone, because of the air strikes. so i took her

the critical battle for duma, coming up. >> our new program at 9 eastern time.tephanie, thank you so much. >>> a second chance, now a program is giving one to stray dogs and convicts. the subject of the films dogs on the inside and we take a look at tonight's first person report. >> dogs on the inside is a documentary report that follows the loving relationships that form at a massachusetts prison. don't throw us away and that program paired abandoned or abused stray dogs with minimum security inmates that were close to being released back into society. >> in some instances like me and sam i could relate to him because sam was left behind. you know, and i went through that as a kid myself. so i know. you know what i mean? >> it was first presented to us as training them, and getting them adopted. it was a lot deeper than what any of us expected. it made me realize that there's a lot more to life than first off than being in prison. but it also inspired me to want to change. we really saw a transformation in the inmates both individually and as a group. the dogs,

more than 200,000 people have been killed in this conflict and scenes like these out of duma are a dailyty and people in various cities are marching in solidarity with duma urging the government to stop its bombing campaign and the repeated demand that is unchanged since march 2011 president bashar al-assad must go gerald tan, al jazeera. >>> the iraqi government has sent reenforcements to bengadi after i.s.i.l. stormed the town and fighting continues a day after the local government reported the fall of the area in anb a, r providence and five kilometers from assad air base where 320 soldiers are training forces and confirmed a group of fighters attacked the base on friday. in libya gunmen who say they are loyal to i.s.i.l. have reportedly taken over a state-run radio station in the city of cert and the radio has been broadcasting speeches by i.s.i.l. leader abadi and says the situation threatens his country which is a few hundred nautical miles away from cert. aftermath of a coup in yemen, houthis who took over the government last friday are in talks with the party of the former presid

today duma laughed and clapped when the court announced life sentences for all but 39. the case was overseen by the judge who tried peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. intermeanwhile our colleague peter greste is back home in australia after 400 days in a egyptian prison. all smiles after getting off that plane in brisbane. greste said the experience was almost like a rebirth for him. >> i've learned a lot about myself. a lot more than i've anticipated. sometimes you have to go through these baths in fire to learn a lot about one self. one of the things i learned about inside, to be honest with you, a lot of people have spoken of the way we've handled this but i sincerely believe that most of us are probably far more capable of coping with this kind of pressure and with difficult situations than we ever appreciate. the problem is that most of us are never confronted with that. most of us are never put in that position where we really have to test ourselves. i was lucky enough in many respects to actually be tested. >> greste said it was tough to leave behind

it, i think it could be very from a military point of view, very important success. >> ok. >> then duma, the army is trying to bring the population out of the there and did. i think the army is using all its forces now -- >> ok, let me jump in there. let's talk quickly about the army of islam this rebel group claiming responsibility for the latest shelling and attacks in damascus. are they just another rebel group trying to seize control or is the regime taking them for seriously? >> no, no, no, the regime knows -- maybe the regime did have certain groups to make a settlement and leave. he is trying to threat that the other groups not to negotiate with the syrian regime. why? because he want to have control on all the groups. effectively, he is the master power person under opposition in that area especially in the eastern side of damascus. we have to mention that al-nusra a few days ago, now he said that we are aligned with the army of islam against one enemy, bashar al assad. >> thank you for talking to al jazeera. >> thank you. >> lots more still to come here on al jazeera. after the

has been going on, the fighting continues -- a heavy government offensive in the damascus suburb of duma. the syrian government used barrel bombs in this offensive. >> can i ask you for the update on the syrian christians taken by is? >> the details are still unclear. sources -- the numbers we have four estimates of how many people were abducted between 19 and 285. we do not know their whereabouts . the ice is stronghold -- another isis stronghold or in the mountain range. a large number of syrian christians have pleaded the area -- flleeed the area. a large number of people fled this area. thousands of the fled -- that would meet several thousand people. nothing like the exodus of people fleeing isis in iraq, but a substantial part of their committee. the question is what the intentions of isis are, the purpose of this abduction. perhaps they want to use them as a prisoner swap. to the pessimistic end, to make another propaganda video. airstrikes will continue. unfortunately, as we know, the islamic state has followed through with those kinds of threats when they made them. >> one perso

five people were killed in the rebel held towm of town of duma. 25 others were wounded. >>> yes, ma'am's president abdel mansowrsour had this is the president who counts on the outsiders this is a president who was a soul candidate in the presidential elections so i don't understand what he is trying to accomplish fleeing to the south and asking them for hem. >>> the houthis announced earlier this month that they were forming their own government. session parliament never formally accepted his resignation. mohamed val has more from aden. >> somehow president abdel man mansour hadi managed to escape. when the houthis over ran sanaa in september all their directions are null. built upon as the basis of legitimacy. hadi also called on the international community to maintain legitimacy in yemen and to offer economic support. but according to many yemenis especially among hadi's supporters, the statement ignores several key issues. most importantly the question of his resignation. hadi's escape is seen as a game-changer. just a couple of days ago his opponents as well as some of his former su

people in various cities are marching in solidarity with duma urging the government to stop its bombingign and the repeated demand that is unchanged since march 2011 president bashar al-assad must go. gerald tan, al jazeera. >>> reenforcing in that report that the geneva plan remains what they call a roadmap for peace, it was a conference in 2012 bringing together the government and opposition groups and many key players were left out and agreed on a transitional administration that could involve members of the current government but didn't know if president assad will be part of it and says he will be in power after 2021 after winning elections last year and last year was intended to implement the geneva plan but ended without a result and let us bring in a senior writer of golf news and also a former analyst at the u.s. based rand corporation and live from beirut and he is not saying anything that has not been said before but why does he need to say it now? >> he needs to say it now because unlike his two predecessors brahimi has a strategy and needs bashar al-asaid and president of s

people in various cities are marching in solidarity with duma urging the government to stop the bombingign and repeated demand that is unchanged since march 2011 and president bashar al-assad must go gerald tan, al jazeera. >>> the iraqi government has reenforcement to bagadi after forces stormed the town a day after they reported the fall of the area in anbar and five kilometers from the air base where 320 u.s. soldiers are training iraqi forces. the pentagon has confirmed a group of fighters attacked the base on friday. the scandal surrounding argentina's president has deepened and formally investigated over accusations of a cover up of a 1994 bombing of a jewish center in buenos aires and a prosecutor looking into allegations was found dead last month and we report. >> reporter: prosecutors determined that the case against president and foreign minister will not go away. the allegation is they covered up iranian involvement in the 1994 attack on the jewish community center in buenos aires that killed 85 people. the alleged reward was cheap oil and trade deals. the government has deni

. >> reporter: over a-year-old she died of malnutrition and wasn't the first victim in duma the rebelsuburb of damascus has been under siege by government forces for almost two years and activists say 264 civilians died 188 of them children. >> translator: we couldn't find medicine. we couldn't find milk and when you do it is very expensive and we cannot afford to buy it. >> reporter: people are not only dying of starvation, duma has been a battleground for years, much of it has been rised to the ground, it's 7 kilometers northeast of the center of damascus and like other suburbs of the capitol it's under sieged and the first area to see anti-government protests four years later it's the main opposition stronghold surrounding the government-controlled city. in the first week of february more than 100 civilians killed in what was described as one of the heaviest attacks on the city that lasted for days. and he survived but his wife and seven-month-old daughter did not, minutes after he left the house government aircraft targeted the neighborhood and this campaign was in response to a r

. >> inside syria government airstrikes in duma killed six people. the rebel held city outside the capitol of damascus has been under heavy bombardment by syrian war planes for weeks now. people she woulderred in buildings, which collapsed from the strike. >> in other world news, thousands have gathered across ukraine to remember those who died in deadly protests one year ago, the memorials have been held in the capitol's independence square, but the day marked by violence in kharkiv. a blast killed two people there. let's get the latest from paul brennan who joins us from donetsk in the east. what mar are you hearing about the situation? >> the casualty figure remains at least two dead. we are hearing reports that a third person has now died, and 10 wounded. the i implications are that among the dead are a police officer and a prominent member of the pro ukrainian movement who was on that march. it appears to be almost a targeted bomb blast. the details of the device itself, it appears to have been a homemade device, packed with shrapnel, put into a

. >> government airstrikes inside syria have killed and wounded dozens in the cities of aleppo and duma. rebels and government forces have been fighting for control of several villages near aleppo. >> a desperate search in the rubble. in these bombed out houses lie children wounded in a government air strike. some have light injuries, others are far more badly hurt. before the civil war, more than 110,000 people lived in the city but four years of don applicant have killed thousands and driven many away. scenes like these have become commonplace. this is the aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in aleppo. buried in this rubble is an elderly lady. she says she's lived here all her life. attacked by about the rebels and the government have intensified north of aleppo. last week, rebels regained the village taken and held by government soldiers for just one day. some villagers say the soldiers rounded up local people in school and killed 48 of them. we heard heavy gunfire in the village, so we run away. the army was surrounding the village. they asked us to go in this direction, we did but th

. >> this is the aftermath of government airstrikes on rebel-held positions in duma on the outskirts of damascus. victims are taken to field hospitals. the army has recently suffered major losses in this area, largely controlled by the army of islam, one of the main opposition armed groups in syria. after almost four years of fighting in which thousands were killed and entire areas reduced to rubble, the violence continues. in a damascus suburb, the army has also launched airstrikes using barrel bombs. fighters have been trying to control this mountainous area. if they capture it, they say they can easily smuggle weapons to the outskirts of the capitol. government attacks are aimed at driving rebels out of the areas that surround damascus. this is a convoy from the army of islam on its way to shell areas in the capitol. >> our attack is a retaliation for attacks on civilians across the country. we issued warnings to civilians to avoid military areas. >> they have concentrated their control in many areas of damascus. here its fighters attacked government positions. >> we do not favor

the observatory for bomb rights said bashar al assad's government pounded the town of duma. army is trying to break the rebel hold. >> nigeria's special security advisor said multi-national forces will destroy all boko haram camps in the country in the next six weeks. he also said that the postponed presidential election will be held by march 28. the vote, which was scheduled this month has been delayed due to security concerns in the north of the country where boko haram is active. we have a report frow on how the multi-national force recaptured that key town from boko haram. >> this is the town on the nigeria border with cameroon. until recently, it was a stronghold for boko haram fighters. it's now under the control of chadian troops. they patrol around the town in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> they are now outside the town. we have combed the whole area. no one is here now. probably some of their injured are hiding in some houses, particularly remote, abandoned houses. >> for nine months, boko haram controlled the area, imposing strict islamic law on p

duma another stronghold has come under attack. 10 people were killed, dozens injured, including women and children. an air strike in damascus killed and injured dozens. it was to the east of the capital. >>> al jazeera journalist peter greste spoke of his relief of being released after 400 days in an egyptian gaol it was with incredible angst he left two colleagues behind. in his first interview he asked for egyptian to free mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. stephanie dekker spoke to peter greste about the moment he learnt he was being released. >> look i can't tell you how relieved i am at being free. i didn't expect. we were settling in for an appeared of months behind prison for the retrial. to be out now, today, with a few minutes notice really is just extraordinary. but i also feel incredible angst about my colleagues leaving them behind. i know that there is mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, and other people that were convicted along side us in absentia and four others that had nothing to do with that case serving prison sentences. and so amidst all of this relief i fe

several protests have been held across syria, calling for more international help to protect the city of dumaty east of the capitol has born the brunt of recent government attacks. they say this week alone, heavy bombardments have killed close to 150 people. >>> the u.n. special envoy to syria says that any negotiations must involve president bashar al-assad. he was briefing the press earlier in the week. >> there is an important dialogue that we need to have. he is still president of syria. there is a government there. there is a large part of syria, which is under the control of the syrian government and i will continue having very important discussions with him, because he is part also of the solution. >>> in the syrian city of homs negotiations between the government and opposition fighters have broken down. the rebels say the government's demands to put down their arms in exchange for ensuring civilian safety was unacceptable. >> reporter: this has been the seen in the neighborhood in homs for several days. constant bombardment is a clear sign of where negotiations with the rebels stand.

several protests have been held across syria, calling for international help to protect the city of duma says the city has born the brunt of recent attacks. >>> negotiations between the syria resheem and the opposition have broken down in homs. the opposition says government demands to put down their arms in exchange for ensuring civilian safety are unacceptable. our correspondent explains. >> reporter: this has been the scene in the neighborhood in homs for several days. constant bombardment by regime forces is a clear sign of where negotiations with the rebels stand. the government has asked fighters to give up their arms and leave for the northern parts of the city. but they are not leaving. >> translator: we're here to fight. we will stay and defend our people. >> reporter: an earlier delay of opposition fighters to give up arms and positions in return for allowing police and government institutions to get back to work. and meant u.n. workers could deliver supplies for thousands of people trapped in the area. but there is no hope of an agreement this time. >> translator: why isn't an

. >> translator: we strongly condom the egyptian aggression on the city of duma and consider it to beiolation of our libyan sovereignty. we also condemn the terrorist attack that targeted a number of egyptian nationals in libya. >>> >> reporter: libia's political leadership is fractured. egypt is calling for a u.n. resolution to intervene in libya. it's not just egypt that is concerned about unravelling security. the european union is planning to hold talks with the united states and egypt on how to deal with groups linked to isil. >> it is clear that it is a complex situation. so far it has been so mainly for the migration routes. now obviously there is another dimension that should push all of the sides inside libya to realize that daesh is a threat to the entire country, so all of the libyans and that would require a joint action to face the threats. >> reporter: france and italy are also campaigning for a coordinating an international response. warning if left uncheck, isil could be at europe's doorstep. >>> egypt's foreign minister is in new york at the u.n. lobbying for support

names on the people on the list and have to russian deputy defense ministers and we have two state dumaa former singer who is known as the russian frank sinatra and valarie and much of the cabinets that the self proclaims of luhansk republic and military entities and militia fighting the eastern and have names like somalia battalion and death battalion and a movement. the list has been greeted with a certain amount of consternation by people in the russian government saying it's not helpful to the implementation of the minsk peace agreement but also at least one person raskin decided this is a badge of honor and says he is quite proud to be on this new eu list. >>> now to yemen and anti-coup leaders expressed disappointment at a u.n. resolution calling them to hand back power, 15 members of security council demand houthis immediately withdraw from the capitol sanaa and did not allow for use of force something the countries in the gulf region have been pushing for and it's the first since the take over and called for houthi withdraw as well as return of weapons seized from the government

. >> reporter: a desperate search in the rubble of duma in these bombed out houses lie children wounded in a government airstrike. some have light injuries. soerdz are far more badly hurt. >> before the civil war, more than 110,000 people lived in this city. but four years of conflict have killed thousands and driven many away t scenes like these have become commonplace. this is the aftermath of a barrel bomb staab in aleppo bur irked in this rubble is an earl earlerly lady. she says she has lived hear all her life. attacks by both rebels and the government have intensified north of aleppo. last week, rebels regained control of hadamin village, taken and held by government soldiers for just one day. some somevillers say the soldiers rounded up local people in a school and killed 48 of them. >> at 6:00 in the morning, we had heavy gunfire in the village. we took children and ran away. the army was surrounded this. they asked us to go in here but then we met other solids. there were about 250 men and 37 women. they took us to this school. >> the villages north of aleppo are important to b

. >> joining me live from moscow is sergei markcov who was in the duma and did the chairman on internationalairs. thank you for taking time to talk to us. mr. markov to what extent would you say the killing of boris nentosv has deprived russia of a voice the opposition in the country at a time when those figures have been increasingly squeezed? >> reporter: he has been my friend almost 20 years. we have been political opponents but we keep very friendly relationship. he is showed me different sport exercising because he was a very sporting person and we believe that this nemtsov. we believe it's to the russian political life and the country, to the revolution and to the war which we see on ukraine right now. and now it's some kind of example, russian society, how russia will resort to the assassination. i personally believe this. the most interesting thing in russia, this -- >> let me ask you, just picking up on a point. sorry to interrupt you but i want to pick up on a point that you make there about what the assassination says about russian society. obviously, we don't know who killed mr.

we have two russian deputy defense ministers we have two state duma members a singer known as the russian frank sinatra and valeri rushkin as well. the self proclaimed luhansk peoples republic. and militias fighting the ukrainian army, the spar sparta battalion and others, the list has been greeted with a certain amount of consternation by people within the russian government who says that it's not helpful to the implementation of the minsk peace agreement but also at least one person rushkin has decided that this is a badge of honor. he says he's quite proud to be on this new eu list. >> hundreds of huh gairians hungarians are expected to sign a new energy deal. robin forester walker reports that diplomacy is being met with caution. >> reporter: this old russian tune was a hit for everyone who lived behind the former iron curtain. these days though hungarians have mixed feelings for what russia and its president vladimir putin has to offer on his visit to budapest. >> i think it's not a good idea to make bargains with putin no. >> they need to work together to get some kind of consensus

the syrian army has been fighting to regain duma for nearly two years. >>> kurdish fighters in syria are advancing against i.s.i.l. stefanie dekker reports the. >> they surround the border town of kobani and the victory in that town by the kurdish people protection units or ypg has seemingly upped the momentum, and various other affection uniting to battle a common enemy. >> now we're done with the country side of kobani and god willing, mambeach god willing on to aleppo. >> that doesn't mean this battle is over. i.s.i.l. is threatened to return and still holds large areas along the border with turkey, to rahraqqa and on to iraq. on going air campaign doesn't seem to lessened the threat. in four years the political solution to this war remains a long way off. stefanie dekker, al jazeera beirut. >> could a gunman have opened fire just hours before the french foreign minister, manuel val arrived? the senior loam official suggested the incident was related to drug crime. >>> greece is going ahead with its plan to roll back austerity measures to try to ease the financial strain on the co

. >> this is duma in eastern huta bombed by syrian government forces.n the chaos, people tried civil war >> how can one leave their homeland? i am always sad. i am always sad. i came here now and they gave me all of these things i can't even feel happy about it. >> reporter: while the daily violence continues in syria, members of the opposition have been meeting in istanbul. for years, president bashar al assad's opponents have struggled to form a lasting coalition to fight government forces. >> at a time chaos in the past stage was behind the differences within the coalition. we believe we have a chance for a new beginning based upon the unity and more positive relations with all countries. >> leaders of the free syrian army say their situation is challenging. >> frankly speaking we are not part of any of the international coalition. we aspire to have cooperation. >> reporter: the problem they say is that their influence with the international community has declined as the threat of isil has grown. now, some countries seem more interested in fighting t

. >> duma east of the syrian capital of damascus has been under siege for almost two years. hundreds of civilians have died because of medical and food shortages. in the first week of february, more than 100 lost their lives in what is described as one of the heaviest air attacks by the government. we have a report. >> the child was over a years old and died of malnutrition. she wasn't the first victim, the rebel held suburb of the syria capitol damascus has been under siege for four years. during that time, activists say 264 civilians died, 188 of them children. >> we couldn't find medicine or milk and when you do, it is very expensive and we cannot afford to buy it. douma has been a battle ground for years. >> it is east of the center of damascus, just like other suburbs of the capitol, it is under siege. it was the first area in the damascus province to see anti-government protests. four years later, it is the main opposition stronghold surrounding the government controlled city. >> more than 100 civilians were killed in what was described as one of the heaviest aerial at

one of the suspects is the vice speaker of the russian duma. what does that tell you about what is rewarded in russia? hi calm out with statement tonight. he said in his words it does not matter if putin gave the order for this. he said in russia today bloodshed is the prerequisite for loyalty. people might be inclined to do this kind of thing because they would believe they would be rewarded whether or not there was a official order. this is real collapse of civil society in russia that's taken place over ten years. this is not just an internal problem because russia and the west are going head to head now in ukraine over this. one final detail. one of his colleagues says that he was working on a paper detailing russian forces in eastern ukraine. he was going in a very sensitivity bone this russia and it shows possibly how that is punished. >> thank you very much. this is the stuff you think of as stuff of fiction. this is reality. the former president of georgia. good to have you with me. i know you knew boris. you knew him well. you dined wi

they include prominent activist amed duma who you see here. >> they were sentenced for their involvement year saw protests that forced hosni mubarak from power. all 230 face charges for rioting and inciting violence. 39 minors were sentenced to ten years in prison in the same case. >>> investigators will spend several days at the scene of what's being called a horrific and unimaginable train crash. >> six people killed 15 injured after a commuter train smashed into an suv tuesday. this is north of new york city. renee mar muchsh. >> reporter: smoke and flame poured out of the metro north train after the rail line's deadliest crash yet. five people dead in the blazing inferno. >> the bodies are all from the front car because the bodies are all very badly burned and unidentifiable. >> reporter: at least 15 injured after the commuter train slammed into a mercedes suv stuck on the tracks. it was crushed and tossed 1,000 feet. the driver was the sixth fatality. >> the train went silent. you, tell there was panic going on for the front of the train like walk back walk back walk back. >> keep g

provisional government in the revolution of 1917 was a coup against the parliament a coup against the duma. the book also shows the bolsheviks who of 1917 was a coup not against the provisional government but against the soviets the grassroots soviets. the book shows there was no state in 1918 a year after lenin had claimed he seizes power because the state was in collapse as a result of the revolution. i could go on about many things in the book but there's a very substantial analysis based upon primary documentation imperial russia, the russian state, of the russian opposition, of the political parties the russian prime ministers, of the russian nationalities, of the way the empire functions through time and into this chaotic period of war or revolution. do we have any other questions? >> one thing you never mentioned was -- fascism. [inaudible] i wonder in 1914 when he was about 40 does he think about jeb durfee or does he only think in terms of warfare? >> yes so i mentioned at the outset that stalin was a true believing marxist from an early age and that he held these convictions very

provisional government in the revolution of 1917 was a coup against the parliament a coup against the duma. the book also shows the bolsheviks who of 1917 was a coup not against the provisional government but against the soviets the grassroots soviets. the book shows there was no state in 1918 a year after lenin had claimed he seizes power because the state was in collapse as a result of the revolution. i could go on about many things in the book but there's a very substantial analysis based upon primary documentation imperial russia, the russian state, of the russian opposition, of the political parties the russian prime ministers, of the russian nationalities, of the way the empire functions through time and into this chaotic period of war or revolution. do we have any other questions? >> one thing you never mentioned was -- fascism. [inaudible] i wonder in 1914 when he was about 40 does he think about jeb durfee or does he only think in terms of warfare? >> yes so i mentioned at the outset that stalin was a true believing marxist from an early age and that he held these convictions very

one of the people who was implicated in the murder ended up a member of the russian duma.he fear for members of the opposition. as you note wolf a couple of weeks before this killing, nemtsov himself said he feared for his life from putin. we don't have evidence that anybody from the regime is behind this. but he had that fear. he expressed that fear publically. he was a very prominent voice, a very outspoken voice against the government. he was one of the authors of a report on corruption last year which was a controversy leading up to that. this say powerful moment. it's a worrisome moment in the country. it's a sign of how far civil society has fallen in that country. as you mentioned a short time ago, wolf during a time when russia and the west are very much in a dangerous period over the situation in the ukraine. >> a tense situation in ukraine with the u.s. the europeans accusing russia of actually invading and taking over huge chunks of ukraine. nemtsov spoke with our own anthony bourdain last year. i want to play a little clip. listen to the man who was assassinate

and no matter who he was, a deputy of duma or vice prime minister or minister of energy he would alwaysnts. so this time he criticized yesterday about, you know an hour before his murder he criticized vladimir putin again, calling vladimir putin a criminal. he had done that many times. people say that maybe not putin ordered him, but there were people during the march about a week ago call for finishing up and considered by many nationalists a part of this so-called fifth cone. >> other opposition leaders, while it probably is common anna, they would always be fearing for their lives to speak out against government. but now that this murder has taken place, is there a feeling that their fears, other opposition leaders, their fears have been heightened they're changing their way to be less of a target? are you hearing anything about that? >> reporter: that's true. i've spoken to a number of opposition leaders last night and today. and they all say that before they never paid attention to live threats on social network. since last night, they are going -- they are going to pay more attent