also on the programme - ukraine's interior minister says 30 were killed in fighting in the eastern city of slovyansk. >>> the leader of a radical group in nigeria is threatening to sell earlier 300 teenage school girls. the latest from abuja. >>> born free in south africa on the eve of the election. we hear from the post apartheid generation. >>> thailand's prime minister denies all accusations that she abused her powers. yingluck shinawatra testified before a constitution court. a group of senators filed a case. if found guilty she'll have to stand down. yingluck shinawatra has been sued in a separate case by the anticorruption party. six months of protests have so far failed to force her out of office. and we'll get from from our correspondent in bangkok. what is the case against prime minister yingluck shinawatra? >> reporter: all right, this case stems from an action in 2011, transferring her national security chief out of the post to become the prime minister of advisor, which effectively is a powerless inactive position. she accused of using that transfer and manoeuvring a relativ

purports to show what the residents of slaviansk and the pro-russian separatists who made the eastern city their base woke to at dawn. the ukrainian army launched what it called a large-scale anti-terrorist objective. to form a blockade around the city. some separatists said they were ready to fight. >> translator: i will fight with whatever i have. if not a rifle, then i will fight with my hands, and strangle them so they won't mess with my land. >> reporter: the two helicopters were shot down allegedly using surface to aramis ills something kiev points to as evidence of russian involvement on the ground. this man is said to be a survivor from one of the helicopters, a ukrainian soldier apparently being cared for by separatist supporters. >> translator: there was another helicopter shot down. we tried to approach it, but then we decided to save at least one pilot. he was abandoned by his own people. >> reporter: in the city center, the mood was extremely tense. video posted on the internet shows the self proclaimed mayor of slaviansk offering a message of support. >> translator: our town

. >>> libyan war plains have bombed militia bases in the eastern city of benghazi.t attacked a base belonging to the february 17th brigade. >>> chaotic scenes in lebanon as thousands turn out to vote at the embassy ahead of presidential elections. the poll has been announced as a sham by the regime's critics. >>> riot police have bulldozed three makeshift camps. french police say it was necessary. but many migrants say they now have nowhere else to go. >> reporter: in just a few hours, this bulldozer destroyed everything. turning these people's few possessions into a pile of rubbish. it was difficult for many to watch. >> after this we are on the road. >> reporter: the far right is gaining ground in france. many local people turned out to offer support to the asly lum seekers. this woman says you have left them with nothing. the law isn't intel genth, it is weak. it is for animals. under european law, these people must claim asylum or return to the first country they arrived in. they are trying to deter more people from coming here. but the refugees says this won't

live in the eastern city of donetske, where a separatist leaders is rallying support for russia. >> war torn country with iconic images. >> and we report why biking in australia may not be riding so easily anymore. so nigeria's government has insisted it will not are negotiate with boko haram, after it offered to swipe prisoners for the modern 200 school girls it kid napped. kidnapped. does this change anything, this video, rawya? >> what it does certainly kamal is act to the distress of the families to the shock of the international community. it has to be said that up until now, the identity has not been verified yet. authorities in abuja say they have not been able to locate their relatives on the video yet. the educational commissioner has told the authorities in abuja that they have called in some of the school authorities and are family members to identify the girls on the video, if true, very shocking images. their kidnapping has shocked the world. and now the images of the girls are likely to cause further distress. in the 17 minute video the girls are heard speaking in arabic,

that's around the eastern city of sloviansk. described by moscow as punitive, what's happening there. in the past hour, officials in the giant mining and industrial area around donetsk say pro russian separatists have taken control of this center for the areas railways. effectively stopping all train services in that area. sarah is there in donetsk. i asked her if this is a potentially ominous development. >> reporter: difficult to know what to read into it for the moment. it comes after a number of insulations here, key buildings, local governments, prosecutor's office, other buildings in donetsk itself taken over by pro russian groups. so this is the latest in that sense. it also comes after the interior minister in kiev put out a statement can which n which he did say trains in the region would be stopped by the ukrainian government imminently, he said. the terrorist operation was underway, as he described it, he said the railways would be shut down. difficult to know what to make of it. another line of key buildings and key

pro-russian activists protested in the eastern city of donetsk all in support of those who were killedn friday. is ukraine's interim president meantime has issued two days of morning for the entire country. those ofce monitors held in ukraine are now back in germany where germany's defense minister expressed her gratitude for their release. >> we are deeply relieved that the members of the kidnapped osce team have landed unharmed here in germany and berlin. i would like to express my deep gratitude and respect for the infinitely good cooperation we saw. >> seven military observers were seized last week by pro-russian separatists in the eastern city of slovyansk. an 8th mer was released earlier due to a medical condition. afghanistan's president has declared a day of mourning for those killed in friday's landslide. there are believed to be 2000 people dead or missing in the dudashan region. yesterday, the search was called off partly due to the lack of equipment. now, aid is slowly arriving before the thousands displaced andaj's dominic cain has more >> reporter: sham arakman tends t to

let's begin in the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk flights to and from the local airport have been suspended. france 24's robert parsons is in donetsk. what do we know about why the airport was shut down? >> we heard the announcement that all flights were being canceled this morning out of donetsk. i went to donetsk international airport and i discovered that actually internal flights were about to depart. i spoke to the head of the local press service at the airport and he explained that the flights that were leaving where and exception and there would be no international flights. and that after today there will be no more internal flights, either. i asked and he said i cannot answer that question. you will have to get in touch with the government. we have been in touch with the government they are not getting any answers either. at the moment, we are stumped for information. one version i have heard through the interior ministry is that they want to prevent the movement of weapons and explosions. that would extend with celebrations of the ninth of may oliver ukraine for the end o

against them manage the operation launched by the interim government the cruelty operating in eastern city of pullman tallest one today from russian man attends from pumping buildings that use to control the local tv station and ten points. that's the sense that six people were killed and fifteen others injured in the uk operation. and the suspect to the southern city of augusta forty two people were killed and clashes between supporters of the interim government and pro russian separatists. the pro russian meeting the demands pretended to a nice cushion in it spent in hk and found a referendum scheduled for maintenance. it asked people whether to seek singtel autonomy for the region. he stressed that the referendum must be conducted as planned because it ensures the mess and trying to decide to them and teach at the mission in the center that had jumping a russian group called call stack plan to cross the border to help with this implementation of the referendum police in india and leaning into the sunset that is for a wave of deadly attacks on muslims they say gunmen have massacred dozen

what i read lots of bird of ukraine's eastern city of swan boats were seven european observers are still being held by anti government activists. officials are saying they are quite often in this room were missing one matrix of obedience on the bright spot. rescue efforts continue for the missing passengers from the south koreas which capsized after two weeks ago three years always does that tell them to buy to pakistan where osama bin laden's guilt my last trips. it is much for joining us but this news update on curtis j gunfire in glasgow and often emergency sirens sounding around slow that's good eastern city in ukraine at dawn on friday the self appointed mayor's laments the sad self defense forces had shot down two helicopters and taken when i was a hostage he said no ukrainian troops could be seen in the city. ukrainian as interior minister says one part that has been killed with several others injured other details could not be independently confirmed the witness reported that a helicopter flew over the city after the paratroopers landed in a fight broke out. seven european observ

. >> in the eastern city of maruipol, people waited in long lines to clash their ballots. a number of people died in clashes there on friday. the majority who voted voted in favor of breaking away from kiev. maruiupol e of understand they must vote for the referendum. look at all these people. are you in favor of the donetsk people's republic? [cheers] >> ukraine's interim government and western powers have called the vote illegal and their focus is turning to the national election set for may 25. >> joining us now is or our rrespondent kitty logan from donetsk. the separatist leader is saying he'll regard kiev's force as occupiers after the vote. what do you make of that? >> he made those statements this afternoon while the polls were still open. they have just closed. not surprisingly this is very much a referendum run by the donetsk republic for its supporters. everybody we met at the poling station today said they voted in support of the referendum. the people who didn't agree with the referendum simply didn't show up. many polling station is were improvised. there are

ukraine's interim government has been carried out operations in three eastern cities to take on militants from buildings they have occupied people on both sides have been killed or injured. reuters said on monday that a gunfight took place between pro russians in government forces the suburbs of sloppy as an eastern ukraine. acting president aleksandr church in that says government forces will keep trying to prevent violence from spreading to other parts of the country more children are being caught up in the fighting in syria. their plight has made many to seek refuge in neighboring nations foreign ministers from countries in the region want the international community to do more to ministers made the appeal on sunday and larger scan for searing refugees in jordan. jordanian foreign minister nasser today says there's only one way to end the crisis. as i keep reminding that is no humanitarian solution to the political crisis in syria that is a political solution that was and the humanitarian crisis and the imaginative suffering. there are now more than two point seven million refugees hal

now to libya, the fighting is broken up in the eastern city, and of now the situation is under controlforces of the retired army general and backed by the planes are boarded by what they call terrorists. initial reports are speaking of at least two people being killed. we are getting the latest now from the correspondent who is on the phone from the capital, omar, what are you finding out about what is going on in benghazi to the east? >> well, the situation is calm, but remaining [indiscernible] ander rattic clashes between the forces from what they call here the revolutionary forces and two particular bier kayeds. the general said that the two groups are extremist and they need to be wiped out. now, this comes after ten days where some people in benghazi were demonstrating and the base is occupied by the rebel groups and they want them out of the area. the situation is -- and in the coming hours or days think that things may well escalate. >> all right, thank you very much. giving us a latest from libya. >> now, at least four people are feared dead in two explosions in kenya capital.

developments and the latest news this is the weekly on international but we start in ukraine's eastern city. where one person has reportedly been killed and several injured violence erupted when pro-government forces entered the city during the voting on the net region sovereignty but witnesses say. mending govern shot men in military uniform opened fire on a crowd of people near a building that have been seized by troops also seized by government forces before schools serving as polling stations preventing people from entering to cast their ballots the voting was declared over but according to referendum organizers ballots were his account can be made later. when the voting on sovereignty in two eastern ukrainian regions and lugansk is now coming to a close the voting in the country's industrial mostly russian speaking area comes after months of mass protests against the government in kiev and its policies around eighty percent of voters are reported to have cast their ballots in the lugansk region while in the dinette squeege in the turnout is said to have been a little more than seventy

. >>> is the ukranian government willing to do everything required to regain control of its eastern citiesis the russian government ready to back up its threats against the new government in kiev with more muscle from outside? could a miscalculation end up in real war in europe? that's this time on "inside story." joining us for that conversation from new york, david speedy, director of the programme on u.s. global engagement at the carnegie council for ethics, and a professor from kiev, who teaches science at the national kiev academy. and george, director of the atlantic council's n.a.t.o. source. let me start with you david. watching the event as they have unfolded, what is russia up to? what are the near-term objectives. what is it trying to accomplish. >> i think what it's trying to accomplish are the interests and proper representation of the east, people of eastern ukraine. this is one of the situations that could have been avoided. russia has said not just under vladimir putin, but since the fall of the soviet union, russia has been concerned about the fate of 20 million russians,

entire city center is flooded with smoke us protesters have been burning tires there are teams paula slayer is in the region. increasingly great developments happening here in the south eastern ukraine in the city of mario paul we now understand that the army is actually inside the city center they have surrounded the local administration building way you currently have a few hundred and protesters those protesters are telling us that they are inside that the army is warning that if they do not leave the building and they will be fired at the people we've been talking to on the ground say that there are about three thousand five hundred and cheeky of protesters that they are armed you know i'm in the center of the city there are a lot of ambulances outside the local administration building gunfire is being heard armored vehicles have entered the city and are moving towards the center people are going in there is well to prevent the soldiers from shooting we're hoping they won't shoot at civilians though from what we've seen before we're not sure anymore armed vehicles started entering the city then the fire erupted mercenaries or the ukrainian national guard opened fire in a

to show what the residences of slaviansk and the pro-russian separate advertises who made the eastern cityheir base woke to at dawn. the ukrainian army launched what it described as a large-scale anti-terrorist operation. the apparent objective for now, not to overrun the city but to form a blockade around it. some separatists said they were ready to fight. >> i will fight with whatever i have, if not a rifle, then i'll fight with my hands, and strangle them so they won't mess with my land. >> reporter: two ukrainian helicopters were shot down allegedly using surveys to air missile s. this man is said to be a survivor from one of the helicopters, a ukrainian soldier badly injured and apparently in the custody of separatist supporters inside slaviansk. ukrainian forces meanwhile took prisoners of their own, four men arrested at a check point said to be among those responsible for the helicopter attacks. in the city center the mood was extremely tense. video shows the self proclaimed mayor offering a message of support. >> translator: our town has been attacked. our town has been stormed. th

pro-russian separatists say at least 50 rebels were killed on monday in fighting in the eastern city rainian government deployed helicopter gun ships and fighter jets in operation to retake the city's airport. our correspondent mark lowen visited the place that has come under attack. >> reporter: you can see the aftermath of that intense fire fight around the airport yesterday. this truck completely burned out, the windows full of bullet holes. around the base of the truck, we can't show you because it's too graphic, there are body parts we've seen and a lot of blood, but also a lot of debris from the fighting that took place yesterday. now, we've been here this morning where there have been some gunshots that have running out from the airport, but not the same intensity that there was yesterday. there was spore raddic gunfire coming from inside the airport compound. we understand that the ukrainian troops are largely in control of the airport base, but it seems that there was some kind of clear-out operation to try to flush out the last elements of rebel control from the airport, cle

a bitter fight is taking place sck.he eastern city of donet >> the same gunfight here as jets and helicoptershrown as if they aret, being hit by antiaircraft fire. the message of peace have any lasting impact? falleng america's foreign service members. one woman who is driven to help others. electionkraine's commission has confirmed poro inner ofs that w the election. fighting has flared up again today. k airport, a clash occurred. air at byult from the gunfire from below. ukrainian jets sent into the airport seized by rebels this morning. this prompted a long battle for control. machine guns boring as they were forced back. the same gunfight here as jets and helicopters are thrown into the airport as if it had been hit by antiaircraft fire. soon the impact of the firefight became clear. smoke consuming the airport. ev calls itt an -- ki an anti-terror operation. the airport had been blocked off since pro-russian separatist arrived overnight. the standoff inside was peaceful, negotiations underway when it seemed tf lost patience. kiev lost patience. seems to counteroffensive by rebels may be

this self-declared libyan national army is also the groups we saw launch attacks on friday in the eastern city of benghazi. it was led by this retired general you referred to, and what happened with the general led an air and ground assault on militia in the city, and the operation, he said, will not stop. they vow to keep going until benghazi is purged of what they describe as extremist groups. islamist groups, some of these militant groups in benghazi who are blamed for really what has become nearly daily violence in the city targeting security forces. it's not really clear yet how deep into it benghazi are, but they seem to be linked and are really raising fears here more than ever that the threat of civil war is a real one. >> it's just staggering there, how frightened and worried people in tripoli and around the country must be in this struggle for power in a post gadhafi libya. thank you for that. >> let's take a short break, but just ahead, south libya's president says she takes responsibility for last month's ferry disaster. >> she takes responsibility for the hundreds who died and vow

against them manage the operation launched by the interim government the cruelty operating in eastern city of pullman tallest one today from russian man attends from pumping buildings that use to control the local tv station and ten points. that's the sense that six people were killed and fifteen others injured in the uk operation. and the suspect to the southern city of augusta forty two people were killed and clashes between s

the more fighting in eastern city of snow the angst pro russian audience they're down to another military helicopter as mark thompson explains the gun down strokes. and bullets holds true to sow doubts. signs of an escalating conflicts between ukrainian governments and three russian militants interior minister on some of the cough is to change in the region on monday. he said they were bustling around eight hundred such tests in the city of the call also admitted skipping the funds to win and the there's a war going on against us cartoon character in the hands are tied because the civilian population around us some support to understand somewhat the russian language and others didn't. ukrainian soldiers cannot shoot at civilians. this is something our enemies making full use of our enemies hiding behind them and shooting at what was wrong. rebel flight is on bush ukrainian forces on a monday triggering a fierce gunbattle on the outskirts of the city. the defence ministry say sexist or social down the military had come to the pool since friday ukraine insists its forces on doing everything

this also applies to the eastern city of bengahzi. now a source close to the head of the national congress gave forces made of former. rebels stationed in the center as well as western libya. you have a sense that the government is taking these incidents and the forces the attacking forces who are loyal to retired general very seriously. now what this crisis highlights is the fact that libya is very chaotic. the government is very weak. you have these political divisions within the general national congress as well as the government is very weak. it lacks the military abilities to rein in powerful militia groups that are acting in impunity since the toppling of muammar qaddafi. some libyans are very worried because they say this is the beginning of wider divisions that could lead libya to civil war. >> 51 children and one adult are dead after the bus they were riding on caught fire. coming home from a church service 400 miles north of bogota. the bus was overcrowded. it was licensed for 38 pages but 50 were on board, most of them chil

the latest clashes were concentrated in the eastern said off- eastern city of slowly -- slowly omsk --sievierodonetsk . has vowed to press ahead with this offense of the conceptus until peace and order has been restored. >> the military units have removed separatists from the southern and western parts of region as well as northern parts of the region around luhansk. security's top watchdog, the osce says pro-russian militants abducted a second group north of luhansk and contact with the four observers has been lost. the fate of the first group of monitors kidnapped last monday remains unclear. the separatists claim they have set them free, but the osce has not confirmed. the u.s. blames russia for inciting violence in the region. >> there is evidence of russians crossing over, personnel in chechnya trained in russia that have come across to stir things up, engage in fighting. >> there is no response to john kerry's accusations from moscow. the russian prime minister has called for an end to the crisis, comparing the situation to africa and the middle east, urging both sides to come t

state media is reporting about 40 construction workers were inside the building in eastern city. and there has also been flooding across southern china. >>> thousands of migrants christian from south america tol from south america to the u.s. a group of women help make their journey a little easier by hel helping to feed the migrants. >> this woman feeds the migrants riding the train that carries them north to the u.s. border. their leader norma romero has been doing this for 20 years. the train is known as a beast and carries migrants to mexico. she asked arrivals why they left home. >> i left because there is no work there. we had to leave because of the crime. my children couldn't even go to school. one modify sons has already been killed. >> dora left her children, six of them, back in guatemala. >> my children were asking me for things i couldn't buy. all i could do was given them my heart. >> norma soothes their pain the only wa way she knows how, but offering a home cooked meal. >> it doesn't matter where they're from. all we know that they're hungry, and leaving their fam

live in the eastern city of donetske, where a separatist leaders is rallying support

. >>> libya's army imposed a no-fly zone over the eastern city of benghazi. if follows what happened in the past. 79 were killed and more than 100 injured. libya's government accused the forces loyal to the former general of carrying out a coup. >>> al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of its journalists who have been in prison in egypt for 141 days. the trial of peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed was adjourned again on thursday. they are accused of conspiring with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges against them and they are due back in court on 22 may. >>> abdullah al-shami, the fourth detained al jazeera journalist will continue to refuse food. he's been held without trial since last august and has been on hunger strike for four months. in a letter he confirmed he had been placed in solitary confinement where attempts had been made to force-feed him. authorities were trying to department his resolve. he said: >>> indians are expecting sweeming reform after giving the party a landslide election victory.

city and flush out the reports. ukrainian prime minister are steady at two new cats accused russia of organizing the unrest in small kiosk and other eastern ukrainian cities and says it is part of moscow's plan to destroy ukraine and destroy the state the us. the news for new england. like skiing the day. republican. it's huge. i was. eye. great news for new england. green security service says the two minute recruits from all that was mostly backed breakaway region of trends history of russian groups work together to ferment. but the unrest in the southern port city of augusta in south bank thousands of russian citizens to be rested up to schools the people going to be vicious fighting between pro ukraine support is set for two spots as witnesses say the fighting erupted off to hundreds progression in the ten people attending it for ukraine rally with guns and baseball bats. several current unit the protesters were shot dead during running battles and schools approved russia rebels da light when the city's trade union building was set to play is preliminary investigation suggests that corrections had just accidentally set the building on

at least five libyan soldiers have been killed in clashes with gunmen in the eastern city of benghazi. military sources say spyros sparked early friday when armed men stormed police headquarters. unit of special forces intervened two percent out of the building. fighting broke out in several parts of the city. syrian government aircraft have struck a busy market in aleppo killing at least 33. activists say it is the latest deadly aerial assaults on rebel held districts targeting mainly civilians. >> they rush to pick up a body laying in the rubble in what remains of the market. this amateur video shows the aftermath of an attack by the forces of bashir assad. according to a human rights group, 33 civilians were killed in the strike. a strike condemned by the opposition. >> the international community must take immediate measures to protect civilians from airstrikes and neutralize the regime's aircraft showering neighborhoods with death every day while the entire world watches. >> this is the second attack on the rebel held district in two days using a barrel bomb, improvised packs of

one soldier friends find to have been killed after a key of launched a military assault on the eastern city of slovyansk which is currently held by anti-government protesters the city in the dunny it's creature and has a population of just over one hundred thousand and it's now blockaded with people unable to evacuate steria and our correspondent in the city also reports that people have been told student leave the streets immediately however are known blow calls have been seen trying to prevent army hardware from advancing by simply standing in the way the operation which kicks off a door came from both ground and air fighter helicopters were sent into the skies over slovyansk the two were gunned down by the self-defense forces the ukrainian army decided to hold the air raid for them because it's. bad to live pictures right now coming from i.d.'s on ukraine's black sea crowes clashes are taking place pro unity and crowds one of his supporters and gunfire has been reported as members of the wyvil groups came face to face in the center of the city for the funds are said to have been joined b

this also applies to the eastern city of benghazi. now a source close to the head of the general national congress gave orders to the forces that are called the shield of libya. that force is made of former rebels, they are stationed in the center as well as western libya. so you have a sense that the government is taking these incidents and the forces, the attacking forces who are loyal to retired general, very seriously. what this crisis highlights is that libya is very chaotic. the government is very weak. you have deep political divisions within the general national congress as well as the government is very weak. it lacks the military abilities to rein in powerful militia groups that are acting are with impunity. they say this is the beginning of wider divisions that could lead libya to civil war. >>> 25-year-oldgrad student convicted two weeks ago of assaulting a new york city police officer back in 2012. mcmillan elbowed the officer in the face but says it was a reflex when the officer grabbed her from behind, grabbing her brea

acting president turchynov admitted this week, the country doesn't really control many eastern cities because local officials there, he says, are helpless. has ukraine lost control of the east or incidents like this prove that the tide is turning? >> reporter: well, i think this certainly is a sign of pro-russian protesters deciding to yield a significant bargaining chip they had for a little bit of positive publicity. it helps moscow, perhaps, too, to paint them in a more constructive light. it also, i must point out, too, as the situation worsens here, does move into an extraordinarily dangerous diplomatic situation from the equation. now those foreigners are no longer there, i'm sure there will abe lot of the people in berlin relieved, given how close to outright civil war and conflict this region is becoming. does the government still have control here? well, i'm standing next to a column of about ten ukrainian armored personnel carriers on a hill overlooking slovyansk, and they clearly are here in substantial numbers. they say they've moved slightly back from the town, clashes la

city. will be closely following the situation in eastern ukraine where a military operation to retake the protestor held city of slovyansk now appears to be underway details to come your way as soon as we get. unfortunately the european union and that's very unwise wants to expand it will still. fall some brussels will still have more and more member they forget that it's not only about themselves. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the ip interviews intriguing story for you. in trying. to find out more visit our big. dog called. l also news today here in our international thanks for joining us we come to you live from moscow from now on nato will view russia as an enemy and not a partner in the books deputy head has told this to journalists he said more troops could be sent to the region to counter what the alliance sees as russian aggression in ukraine guy nature can has more. a top nato official says the alliance now sees russia as an enemy alexander vershbow that deputy secretary general of nato who also served

ukrainian military gary k fed checkpoints now surround the city as government forces continue with the chance to reassert control over the restive eastern region around thirty anti government militia men hops around is a major injury ministry based in the city of donetsk in the lesser men armed with automatic rifles and grenade launchers are demanding that the troops inside and not join any government operations against anti shia forces. the way the situation in eastern ukraine joining me as are responding to a park in finance law the us produced and aired it out what's the situation on the ground now. all the essentials funny and sweaty and to give women a shy so funny control the situation hit this morning still quite calm actually would not seeing the cost is high that we witness on the assets of the cc on monday which left scores of people dead as he saved that's still a very tense situation as the standoff between the ante of the many champagne in the town sunset and the ukrainian on. on full assessment of the town is so round it continues its sudden he expects its eighth in the town center there that will be more cautious and peop

. >>> at least three people have been killed in fighting between activists near ukraine's eastern cityappened early on friday when a prokiev group stumbled upon a pro-russian check point. the bodies of three men believed to be members of right-wring groups loyal to kiev. let's get the latest from donetsk. it pretty gruesome pictures there. what happened? >> reporter: well, basically these prokiev militia were driving along the road when they were ambushed as they put it, by the pro-russian separatists. they form another battalion, the problem for these pro-kiev militias is that when they drive around the road they can stumble at anytime on these check points because they keep on moving from place to place. they say they had been monitored -- that someone had been given information that they were on this road, and that's when they were am established. it happened early in the morning. >> where are these government forces? isn't there supposed to be a so-called anti-terrorist operation going on at the moment? >> well, the government forces are supposedly carrying out this anti-terror ope

the news that he's fine canadian soldiers have been killed in clashes with gunmen in the eastern city of thing can see that resources said violence sparked a parody on friday when armed men stormed the police headquarters unit of special forces reportedly intervened to push them out of the building fighting that broke it in several parts of the city. syrian government aircraft have struck a busy market in the boat killing at least her to treat people activists say it's just the latest deadly aerial assault on travel house districts of the northern city targeting mainly civilians some sun she has this report. i hurried down the pike. the rush to the cup including a unique kind of trouble. in what remains common market. the summit is the key issues field tomorrow for the nytimes of the forces of china accent. according to human rights great. some thirty three civilians were killed in the street the striking difference to the country's opposition. it would. the international community must take immediate measures to protect civilians from and strikes and neutralize the regime's at croft

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. >>> libya's army imposed a no-fly zone over the eastern city of benghazi. it followed forces. the ministry of health says up to 79 were killed. they accused the irregular forces of carrying out a coup. >> at least 25 people decide in the balkans region of europe. the record rain fall caused rivers to burst their banks. tens of thousands have been forced from their homes. peter sharp reports. >> reporter: three months of rain in less than three days. the worse floods since records began 120 years ago. more than 10,000 people waited for rescue as the waters of the mighty river surged across flood defenses, inundating three cities in its path. air force helicopters plucking stranded residents from the rooftops, whinching aboard a precious cargo, and following the rains, the landslipped sweeping down from the hills, cutting through communities with no warning. scores died. a death toll that is expected to rise. local schools and sport centers were filled with thousands that lost their homes in a once in a century disaster. >> translation: we left the car behind, motorcycle, chains

heels of what seems to be an online campaign against a journalist so government activists in the eastern city of hama called have accused him of supporting terrorists and they pursue a wanted poster graham on that facebook page previously radicals put a ten thousand dollars bounty on his head graham has been covering events in the east of the country says the start of anti-government the sense that on the grounds attention is just the latest in a string of incidents showing the extreme pressure put on jollies by the ukrainian authorities and russian t.v. crews captured by pro-government troops two days ago are still in custody despite calls from moscow and internationally for their release scary following story. the only evidence that we have so far as to what's happening to the journalists is a video in which it's clear that they're being treated us hostages could be in custody of ukraine's security services or the s.b.u. who did say that they have russian citizens held for questioning but they did not say whether or not these indeed a worthy russian journalist working for life news there ha

the fighting is underway in the eastern city of benghazi.ghazi is that city where four americans including ambassador chris stephen were killed in 2012. nigeria has evacuated its ambassador after a threat. >>> a bomb went off in kenyan at a bus stop and at a crowded market. so far no one has claimed responsibility. >>> in turkey, in ukraine, thousands of workers have retaken control of the city. steelworkers joining forces with police to push out the pro-russian forces. men in heard hats have been clearing ahold the barricades and cleaning up the debris. >> reporter: i'm outside the city administration building. the building quite clearly bares the scars of several occupations by separatists, but the separatists have now left the building, and now we have a group of about 100 locals that have come here because they are upset about a memorandum that has been signed. they say they were never consulted. they didn't know anything about it news trickled through. and they are absolutely not happy with it. it comes as local steelworkers have organi

it appears none of the people in the rally in the eastern city of donetsk have any intention of voting. under a statue of lenin and waving russian flags they cheered nor a new russia, independent of the government in kiev and closer to neighboring moscow. traveling east of the regional capital through checkpoints manned by pro-russian separatists, we find many voters won't even have the chance to vote. in the eastern town of mariyuvka, election materials sit burning outside the polling station and inside local police looked less than interested in chasing the guilty parties. who came here to burn the ballots and materials outside? and witnesses are too afraid to tell their stories of an armed assault on the election headquarters? so who gave this order? outside a representative of the self-declared donetsk people's republic is more than willing to claim credit, showing me papers ordering closure of all polling stations here. what is the reason given for shutting down the polling stations. >> translator: in this region, 98% of the people voted for our independence. we don't have any con

washington, john kerry condemned referendums to vote on independence from ukraine land for two eastern citiess sunday. >> we flatly reject this illegal effort to further divide ukraine. its pursuit will create even more problems in the effort to try to dismiss the late the situation. thewo de-escalate situation. no civilized nation is going to recognize the results of such a bogus effort. >> secretary kerry added that the u.s. and the european union are ready to put broader sanctions on russia if it continues to intervene in ukraine. for more on the tension, i spoke with a former deputy u.s. secretary of state who is now president of the brookings institution. thank you very much for joining me. do you agree with secretary kerry this now feels like crime near a all over again. rimera all over again? >> the short answer is yes. almost from the time of the crimera itself. it is like russia has decided to basically kill ukraine but not starting by topping off its head but chopping off one limb at a time. up with could well be a partition country. >> do you think that russian tanks can go across

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>> the ukrainian government is launching a large scale anti-terror operation to recapture the eastern cityf sloviansk-- sloviansk, this as the violence in ukraine escalates. >> stephen: and folks, if we lose eastern ukraine to russia, the next thing you know there goes spring break in zaporizhia, oblasqt and all of this is due to unone unhinged dictator obama. thanks it to weakness putin is running wild. >> he keeping putin don't worry we aren't going to do anything militarily. >> he is read by the rest of the world as weak. >> it is really a weak-- really, i am not saying that with any partisan stuff, i mean, but you know, come on. the president-- seems unwilling too take steps that really would impress the russians. >> stephen: yeah, you got to impress the russians. and how hard could that be. their idea of entertainment is putting things inside other things. that's their seinfeld. but our could manner in weak just doesn't have what it takes to tear putin-- stare putin down. meanwhile putin has so much sack-ski he told the ukrainians to withdraw all military units from the southeastern r

>> meanwhile, the ukrainian government is launching a large-scale operation to recapture the eastern city of slovyansk, as the violence in ukraine threatens to erupt. i want to get the latest from arwa damon, live from donetsk, where ukraine riot police have been clashing with pro-russian activists. what's the latest, arwa? >> reporter: well, those clashes happening yesterday at the prosecutor's office when the pro-russian camp tried to storm the building, eventually forcing the riot police out and taking control, asserting their own authority. and then in the early hours of the morning, ukrainian troops in the cities of slovyansk launching, what they're calling an anti-terror operation. according to the ministry of defense, two helicopters shot down, two soldiers possibly dead, nine barricades taken back. and driving into these various cities that are in the control of the pro-russian camp, you do see a number of barricades, tires that the pro-russian camp has established. those, now reportedly, some of them being taken back by ukrainian forces. but moving forward in the antiterrorism op

operation is over. >>> the separatists have been in control of slavyansk and a number of other eastern cities for more than three weeks now, and day after day they've been expanding their reach. more from nhk world's craig dale. >> reporter: the wall of riot police was no match for the crowd of pro-russian activists. stun grenades didn't deter them. they pelted the police with rocks. then they charged. it's become a familiar pattern in eastern ukraine. armed pro-russian groups have taken over government buildings. separatist leaders want to hold referendums later this month on the region's future within the country. members of the interim government in kiev say the votes would have no legal basis. they're preparing for a presidential election on may 25th at would be paired with a national poll on greater regional autonomy. >> this should be something that ukrainian people get to decide for themselves. it should not be something that an outside nation dictates to ukraine and that is certainly what russia has demonstrated that it's trying to do. >> reporter: leaders in ukraine and the west are

pro-russian separatists have a lock on eastern cities. the acting president says authorities are unable to restore order. nhk world's craig dale has more. >> reporter: the armed men in masks appear to be in full control of a good chunk of eastern ukraine. pro-russian separatists are occupying public buildings around the region. members of the interim government in kiev now admit they can't do anything about it. >> translator: police and security forces in the regions of donetsk and luhansk are losing control and are unable to protect citizens there. >> reporter: the acting president says some law enforcers are cooperating with the separatists. he again blamed russian leaders for fueling the unrest. the uprising started nearly a month ago, shortly after president vladimir putin annexed the ukrainian republic of crimea. pro-russian groups want to hold a referendum on their future just as the crimeans did. some want independence. some are pushing to join russia. the crisis has brought leaders of different nations together to try to figure out