emma hayward al jazeera in slovonsk. >>> coming up, on the program we will speaking to amnesty in kabul civilians killed by nato troops have been denied justice. a larger and brighter satellite, the super moonlighting up our skies. ♪ vé ♪ hello again, i'm laura and the highest court made a ruling that could pave the way for the prime minister to serve a third term, the court has said nouri al-maliki's block is the biggest in parliament and means he could retain his position. israel and hamas have held fire amid another humanitarian cease fire and the 72 hour was worked out we egypt negotiating with palestinians and israelis. ukraine forces have been continuing to shell the rebel stronghold of donsk and demanding pro-russia fighters surrender and 100 people fled from a high-security facility after being hit by shelling. and amnesty international reports that the families of thousands of afghan civilians killed by u.s. and nato forces denied justice and they interviewed more than 100 witnesses from ten incidents between 2009 and 2013 and around 140 civilians were killed in the incidents i

emma hayward has more. >> they are being given their orders for the day ahead: receiving mug shots ofeople that the police want to find. each day, the station receives almost 100 calls from residents reporting crimes committed during separatist rule. there is a new man in charge of the police force which was chased out of slovyansk when the separatists arrived. >> the police never had to deal with such a situation. we are used to work in peaceful times. now, we are living in post war times. policemen and citizens need psychological help. the three months we were under occupation, there was a constant threat of killing or kidnapping, especially for civilians. >> the police here tried to deal with the alleged crimes. separatists and their supporters, they are also concerned in the community that people could be wrongly accused of being collaborators. >> outside the police station, we met vladimir and his mother. he filed a report saying he had been beaten up by men in military, not police uniforms. who he told us had wrongly accused him of being a separatistit. >> i am innocent. i am an

emma hayward what is the significance of strelkof's resignation and how could it affect the separatist movement emma? >> i don't think you can look at it as anything other than significant. strelkof was seemed by some to be a frightening man but others as a hero. the circumstances around hi resigns is unclear. we do not know really why he has resigned but given it is the third resignation in just a week, you have to question just what's happening in the separatist movement and whether this is sign of weakness in it. >> meanwhile, emma, the russian convoy, controversy around whether it is going oaccess eastern ukraine. >> it hasn't crossed the border, ten kilometers on the russian side. if it were to enter from where it is, it would come through separatist-controlled area. key town in that area now it would make it very, very difficult for the convoy to pass through. of course, ukraine does not want this convey to pass through as it is anyway. they want to be able to unload what's on board and then take it through themselves. they want control of what's on board. but all this is taking

are emma hayward, al jazeera in eastern ukraine. >> tonight we're learning how deadly the conflict in ukraine has become. the united nations says since april more than 60 people a day have been killed or wounded. that adds up to 2086 people killed. 20 of the dead are children. nearly 5,000 people have been wounded. u.n. officials stress these numbers probably are far too low. they say many deaths in ukraine have gone unrecorded. >>> stormy weather may have contributed to a crash of a small plane in brazil that killed a presidential candidate. eduardo campos and others died in the plane crash. he was put at a distant third in the contest. >>> coming up. in a town where police called an unarmed black teen, the police chief can't find black officers. >>> a program in nashville that's building trust and keeping immigrants safe. >> al jazeera america presents >> i'm a big girl now. i know what i want, i know what i have to do to get it. >> 15 stories one incredible journey edge of eighteen coming september only on al jazeera america >> another uneasy night in ferguson, missouri, protesters

emma hayward is on scene. >> reporter: the sign of russia's military might. hours after journalists said they spotted a separate train of military vehicles. >> i have to reassure you, this column was followed. it was always under surveillance by our forces. a part of it no longer exists. >> reporter: but moscow says its vehicles didn't carry out what nato is calling out an incursion into ukrainian territory. russia continues to deny military involvement in the fighting in eastern ukraine. but does say it wants to offer direct humanitarian assistance to the people of luhansk. but the aid which it says it's sending is still sat a few kilometers away from the russian border with ukraine. kyiv is suspicious of moscow's motives, believes mostly cloudy is sending weapons along with aid. on friday customs officials began inspecting the cargo but no clear date of when and if it will be allowed to pass. >> we plan to have the trucks unloaded in luhansk. and then they go back to russia the same road they came in. from then onwards it will be iclc with ukrainian logisti

emma hayward in slovansk eastern ukraine. >> malaysia will carry out an overhaul of the airplane, theoes worsened after a plane disappeared in march and another was shot down over ukraine last month. trading on the company's shares has been suspended and florence has more. >> reporter: a rescued plane from malaysia national carrier, the state investment fund already owns close to 70% of malaysia airlines and now it offered to buy the company's remaining publically traded shares and offering a premium of 12.5% over the last traded price, it's an exercise that going to cost the national about $470 million. the airline has been operating for several years at a loss and hit hard by two resent crashes. in march one of its planes went missing while on route to beijing. and last month one of its passenger jets was shot down over ukraine. more than 500 people were killed in the two incidents. malaysia airlines has to rebuild its reputation as well as its financial health. >> one of the things that may come out from the restructuring of malaysia airlines is possibly a rebranding of the airline

emma hayward. al jazeera, eastern ukraine. >> we should tell you that tension in russia over the crisis in ukraine starting to take a toll on europe's economy. ali velshi joins us with more on that. what kind of impact are we starting to see on european economies. >> i should tell you even before these latest escalations economie economies in europe were kind of struggling. they were showing signs of topping off or slowing down. germany is the biggest engine in europe. it's the growth engine of europe. we learned that factory orders in germany dropped because of weaker demand and here's the thing. investor confidence in germany plunged to a 20-month low this month. so we're worried about that now. germany, russia only accounts for 3% of germany's exports, so who knows what the relationship is. the last week italy slipped back into a recession. this is a third time since 2008, and in france, you're ozone's second largest economy growth has been flat. spain is growing a little, but it's got it's own

. >> emma hayward reporting for us live from kharkiv. >> new sanction he on moscow. the kremlin retaliated from a ban on food imports from europe. the european union is meeting to discuss how that will affect european producers. wanted the eu to bail them out, sue turton reports. >> these are the latest weapons in the battle over the future of ukraine. exports to russia now band by the kremlin. russia is europe's second largest food export market, with value of $16.3 billion. russia involvement in ukraine begins to bite. president putin has retail tal 88thed, apple producer charlie gauthier. >> we are defenseless in the face of international politics. we don't want to be the first victims. >> as russia and the european union play tit-for-tat, these producers on the ground have growing uncertainty as to what they dwoil with their growing -- will do with their growing mountains of stock. it's the same story in the dairy warehouse. cheese makers here say their trucks have been turned back at the border as the russian bound and that of their partners. >> losing big money

emma hayward has the latest where the army says it pushed back the rebels. >> reporter: a few monthsof these men had never picked up a weapon. they were paramedics, students, builders, lawyers. now they are firing live rounds, getting ready to fight. the ukrainian army is using volunteer fighters like these to try to win back territory and they have a few weeks training before they head off to the front line and then it all becomes very risky and real. this is where they could end up, in the region where the separatists are still in control. the battle for this land is fierce and intensive. this was once the regional airport welcoming flights everyday. on sunday separatists brought down a fighter jet close to them but ukrainian forces say they still have the upper hand. >> translator: yesterday after a fierce battle in the residential area in lohnsk the antiterrorism fores have control of the neighborhood police station and raised the flag on it and the region is free. >> reporter: back at the volunteer people said ukrainian forces cannot win this battle without them. >> translator:

emma hayward, al jazeera in slovonsk. >>> germany has a growing problem with crystal meth amphetamineass produced in the chek republic and transported across europe open borders and they went to the german chek border to take a closer look. >> reporter: the target doesn't know the police are closing in. it will be a spot check, all the authorities are allowed. [sirens] this inspection finds nothing but the police regularly catch people hiding small amounts of crystal method on this road leading out of the chech republic and are worried. >> crystal meth is the fastest growing drug at the moment. we are here right at the border where crystal meth is being produced and sold and consumers can get it cheaply and that is why it's so popular with young people today. >> reporter: over the border is a chech market where cameras are not welcome with counterfeit goods, clothes and electronics and meth say addicts, you just need to ask the right person. >> he knows the scene too well and has been off meth a year and regained the 40 kilograms he lost after being arrested for theft. >> translator:

. >> al jazeera's emma hayward has been in eastern ukraine and sends us this update. >> reporter: thiss the operation for the ukrainian forces fighting on the front line. hot and dirty work which is some believe is entering it's final phases. after months of conflict the ukrainian military claims to be back in control of three-quarters of the territory it lost. >> i think we will regain these territories soon. i won't predict a date. >> the shell hits the outkits of the city. more than 100 inmates managed to escape. >> we escaped when an explosion started. we went away and they didn't even ask who we are. we went running because we didn't have anywhere to go. >> reporter: almost half of the city's population has led the fighting. others have sought shelter anywhere they can find it, and the military is urging people to leave donetsk. >> we're siding from the bombs. why are we here. shells are flying over our heads here and there. people are dying. how many people have already died? it's horrible. >> back the base preparations for what lies ahead goes on. some of the troops here are ret

emma hayward, al jazeera in eastern ukraine. >>> in cairo palestinian and israeli leaders are continuing ceasefire negotiations. nearly 2,000 palestinians have been killed in the conflict. most of them are civilians. israel has lost 67 people, most of them soldiers. prime minister been gentleman men netanyahu was firm today in stating israel's objective for the talks. >> translator: only if there is a clear solution to our security needs, only then will we be prepared to come to an understanding. if hamas thinks that through continued intermittent firing it will cause us to macon segs, it is mistaken. as long as quiet does not return, hamas will continue to sustain very harsh strikes. >> the current five-day ceasefire is set to expire on midnight on monday. palestinians today expressed hope the talks would end the blockade of the gaza strip. >> translator: we're like other people and want to live in peace and safety. i hope the negotiators will reach an agreement to end this offensive on gaza. we want people to live in peace. >>> a palestinian negotiator expressed doubt that this round o

emma hayward is close to where there has been reports of heavy fighting. >> reporter: we are hearingt there has been intense fighting in donetsk today. an area that is reported to have been shelled. with regards to luhansk, the other separatists strong hold, intensive fighting also reported there between ukrainian forces and separatists fighters. we were in a place around 10 to 15 kilometers away from luhansk, and we could hear artillery fire from the other side and occasionally fire coming back. we were told at a check point we went through that the front line is very fluid. the humanitarian situation is also worsening in those areas. with regards to a convoy which allegedly came under attack yesterday, it has now emerged say the ukrainian forces that 17 people were killed when they were struck by a ground missile. six others injured. the separatists have strongly denied carrying out that attack, but the fact that it was people trying to leave the area, just shows how desperate the humanitarian situation is. >>> still ahead on al jazeera, yemens houthi rebels gain popular support in

let's cross over to emma hayward. she joins us from the ukrainian port city. any new tactics and equipment playing out in the actual fighting going on, on the ground there? >> well, it's very difficult to tell, but this is coming from alexander the new leader, only in the job a week and during that week, we have seen three high-profile resignations from the separatist movement. it's unclear whether this is part of the propaganda war that is taking place here in eastern ukraine, but he says that trained personnel will be coming in, and that could help in some kind of counteroffensive against the ukrainian forces. it has to be said, they do seem to have the upper hand in the separatist areas of the eastern ukraine at the moment and the fight against the separatists. they seem to be taking villages and towns on a daily basis. of course, though, the separatists are still in control of those key towns of donetsk andl luhansk where its growing programs by the day. >> thanks so much. >>> people in donetsk say they are in desperate need of that russian aid that's bein

emma hayward has this update. >> ukrainian forces say they have taken control room again of a policetion in luhansk. it's in one of the districts of luhansk. it could suggest they are trying to push forward into the cit city ukrainian forces telling us a military jet was shot down in the luhansk area. the pilot ejected. >> brings to 15 the number of military aircrafts shot down by the spraftists. it suggests they do have a degree of fire power and that the ukraine engineer forces still can't rely on air supreme court super orty. some of the trucks did move forward closer to the border. the international committee says it doesn't have the security guarantees to take them across yet. >> pakistani opposition politician imran khan called on followers to show strength as he tries to force the government to resign. khan and choudry lof thousands f supporters on friday. they are sdmanlding the resignation defendant prime minister. >> in islamabad. >> it appears that the government of nowarshrif. ceiling off islamabad after the threat of protest by imran khan who has come into town. a venue

emma hayward joins us now from the ukrainian port city of maroupol.that inspection process going? what are the red cross saying? >> we are expecting to hear from the international committee for the readcross any more now from donetsk on the russian side of the border, but it looks like that cargo will be spending a third night over on that side of the border on friday, border guards crossed over from ukraine to start the inspection process. we heard that some of the trucks were partially empty, bthere wee supplies on board. ukraine is very suspicious of why russia is sending this. it believes it is a pretext to sending in supplies for the separatist fighters. russia totally dismiss dismisseses that saying they are sending a humanitarian aid convoy into those areas that have been so badly hit by the fighting and aid wherever it's coming from we know is needed. the international committee of the red cross says the situation in cities such as lundqvist is critical -- lundqvist is critical. we know there has been more heavy fighting and there has been no

emma hayward reports, humanitarian aid hangs in the balance. a shine of russia's military might hours after journalists said they saw a separate conroy cross into ukrainian territory e ukraine said it had partially destroyed a column of russian military vehicles. >> i have to reassure you. this column was followed. it was always under surveillance by our recon sans and our forces. appropriate actions were undertaken. a part of it no longer exists. >> moscow says its vehicles didn't carry out what nato is calling an incursion into ukrainian territoryvor russia says it wants to offer assistance. >> the aid sat a few kilometers away from the russia border with ukraine. kiev is suspicious moscow's motives believing russia is s d sending arms to bolster the separatist cause. on friday, it's border guards and custom officials began inspecting the cargo. there is still no clear date of when and if it will be allowed to pass. >> we plan to have the trucks unloaded in lundqvist and they go back to russia the same road they came in. from then onward, it

. >> emma hayward in slovyansk, thank you. >>> sue turton has more now on how european leaders are responding to the situation in ukraine. >> emergency meeting in brussels on friday, after they heard that there had been a convoy of military vehicles from russia going into ukraine, this really seemed to escalate the situation when all the effort had been to deescalate. 78 people killed in donetske and over 120 injured. the message from the russian president vladimir putin over the last couple of days was that they were also looking for discussion. we are hearing from the ukrainian president petro poroshenko. >> joining me now from moscow is the defense analysts pavel, what are your expectations of these discussions? >> there have been a number of contacts all the time. the lack of content and understanding, making the position he of the two sides a bit closer. russia wants a ceasefire right now in the donbas fighting, that is an imperative because the fighting is very severe and there's a distinct possibility that the pro-russian rebels are going to collapse militarily and that can happen rath

emma hayward, al jazeera, ukraine. >> back in the united states general motors announced more recalls. maria ines ferre has more about that and other news around america. >> reporter: general motors is recalling 200,000 vehicles that namely effects 2002-2004 saturn view models. the ignition key may be removed when the vehicle is no operating position. the philadelphia mother of three children who were killed after a carjacking and hit-and-run has also died. keisha williams and her children were selling fruit on the sidewalk to raise money for their church on july 25th. that's when a carjacked suv jumped its curb crashing into them. the kids all died that day. two have been charged each faces 15 counts including second-degree murder and carjacking. >>> in california man charged with starting a campfire that spread into a massive wildfire. indicting the 32-year-old accused of starting a campfire last year in an area where fires are prohibited. that blaze grew into the rim fires that burned 400 acres. >>> ohio postal worker is under investigation after a video shows her throwing undelive

emma hayward reports. >> reporter: in the town, there is little comfort, only signs of war.hese pictures, which appeared on a proseparatists website are said to show the aftermath of shelling. all the people here can do is try to stay as safe as possible. >> translator: it's scary. very scary. we pop out for a minute to breathe in fresh air, but that's it. we can't do more. we have no water here either. >> reporter: what is clear here is the worsening humanitarian situation. while the separatists self declared government in donetsk was enforcing strict new laws in the area it now controls. >> translator: death penalty will be for the following crimes first aggravated murder. the murder of two or more people, or child or pregnant woman. second for military crimes. third for crimes related to aggravated violation of the codes of war. >>> and the journey to try to reach safety can be a treacherous one. but more people are willing to take the risks. on monday the separatists denied carrying out an attack which killed civilians, but the government gave a detailed account of what

emma hayward al jazeera in eastern ukraine. >> coming up. dozens of educators accused of a widespread cheating range and tony stewart pulls out of another race after hitting and killing a fellow driver. police trying to recreate exactly what happened. ah, got it. these wifi hotspots we get with our xfinity internet service are all over the place. hey you can stop looking. i found one. see? what do you think a wifi hotspot smells like? i'm thinking roast beef. want to get lunch? get the fastest wifi hotspots and more coverage on the go than any other provider. xfinity, the future of awesome. >> so a dozen former educators went on trial. accused of conspiring to boost student scores. roberts ray, tell us who these educators are and what they are accused of doing? >> good afternoon, tony. when you think of the education system and teachers you don't really think of jail time, do you? but indeed jury selection began here in atlanta for the scandalous period of the atlanta public school system. we all know that standardized testing has come under

. >> emma hayward. >>> also, the remains of malaysia flight 17. he says the crash investigation is stalled because of fighting in the area. >> on wednesday, it got suspended because of shelling in the area, twice in the past few days we've had a big group of experts out there, basically they were collecting human remains as well as personal belongings of the passengers and we were there to help facilitate that to give them access. and yes, there was shelling earlier in the week. and then just more recently, there was shooting. that ended up you know very close to where the experts were working. >> the spokesperson went on to say they had no choice but to leave the crash site because the ceasefire in the rebel controlled region was violated. >>> exxon mobile and russia began a trilg project i drilline arctic. video link up between the arctic and vladimir putin's summer home in sochi. >>> governments are closing their bothers in west africa. to stop the spread of ebola. librarliberia and sierra leon. mohamed ado reports from sierra leone. >> she run

emma hayward is in slovyansk. >> there has been more shelling and fighting in the town of 70 kilometers away from donetsk. now the governor who was appointed by kiev has told us today that there should be more autonomy for the region. he also said he believes that fighters and equipment have come across the border from russia. he also said that he believed that his city, in his words, would be liberated in the next couple of weeks, and he said that president putin and president poroshenko need to come together to try to find a solution to this crisis here. >> the whole of ukraine is waiting for peace. the de-escalation of the crisis depend on the two men. it depends on whether the bloodshed will end or whether the war will go on in which brothers will kill brothers. this is why we want our president to have a robust conversation with putin, and argue and do everything possible to stop the bloodshed. >> reporter: well, the humanitarian situation in donetsk and luhansk is deteriorating. there is aid but it's on the russian side of the border. the international community of the red cross w

emma hayward has more from eastern ukraine. >> reporter: russia says it has now sent 280 trucks of what it says is humanitarian aid towards the ukrainian border. ukraine, though, says the only way that material will be allowed in is if it is reloaded onto ukrainian trucks at the border in an operation that is managed by the international red cross. separately the ukrainian parliament approved a law today that will mean they can impose sanctions on individuals they believe sponsored fighting here that has taken place in eastern ukraine. you humanitarian situation in this part of eastern ukraine is getting worse. we are around an hour, hour and a half from a city hit by shelling and fighting. one of the local red cross representatives has said that the world needs to sit up and listen to what is happening here, and there are shortages of medical supplies, food and water. >>> while moscow insists the trucks are carrying aid, there are international concerns over the convoy. >> the ukrainians get cold feet regarding this russian aid convoy. i think they feel it might be some sort of trojan

emma hayward reports from a ukrainian city where fighting has driven many to seek shelter. >> reporter: this woman arrived from luhansk, after being offered refuge in a friend's house. she is 75 and knew it was time to leave when hit by shrapnel. >> translation: shelling started suddenly. i went into my yard. a shell fell 20 metres away from me. there was app explosion, dust, shrapnel, small stones and small pieces of metal. i felt i was injured. i was lived up and fell down and there for a few hours. my hearing came back. i couldn't live any longer in that place. >> she is staying with nine other refugees. many in ser bill opened up the homes for those that fled the violence. the population of this town has grown by a quarter. and the red cross here told us that around 10,000 refugees arrived in two months, and it's time to act. >> translation: for the situation to improve, the world should support the peaceful people who live here. they should help to support the humanitarian disaster. the help was too small and not sufficient. it's important that the international society puts an en

emma hayward has more. >> the separatist movement in the east of ukraine seems to be feeling pressure from the ukrainian authorities. the newly appointed leader of the donetske peoples republic has come out to offer a ceasefire to the ukrainian territories to avoid a humanitarian disaster. forces seem to be gaining ground in the east here. they have been trying to cut off any kind of supply root to the separatists in luhansk and also in donetske. the trouble along the border also seems to be continuing. ukraine accusing russia of a builtup of military vehicles and personnel coming here on the pretext of carrying out a humanitarian mission. russia has dismissed this as a fairy tale and on friday night the u.s. president and the german president angela merkel issued a joint statement saying any kind of intervention in ukraine under the pretext of a humanitarian mission without the agreement of ukraine would violate international law. but the russian foreign minister in a separate phone call to john kerry the u.s. secretary of state did warn of a pending humanitarian disaster in ukraine.

emma hayward has more on the situation. >> reporter: early in the last few hours, the newly appointedeader, only appointed yesterday of the donetsk people's republic said he is willing to offer a cell phoasefire to prevent any f humanitarian disaster unfolding in donetsk which has been shelled now for several days. we have spoken to the craukrain authorities, the anti-tear operation here and they said they are not taking that offer seriously. but clearly, the ukrainians are gaining ground here in the taking because ukrainian forces have not confirmed that is of importance to the ukrainian forces because it is strategically very important. it's on one of the two main roads betweenlonlon and luhansk. it would seem the ukrainian forces are really trying to dig in their heelses but grind down the separatist fighters here all week, the russians have been conducting military exercises along the border and the ukrainians have come out and said a large convoy of military vehicles, military personnel were making their way to the border. they say they were coming under the pretext of carrying o

emma hayward is in slovyansk with the latest. >> reporter: this came from poroshenko's office, the ukrainianresident who had apparently had a telephone conversation with david cameron in which he said they hadn't entered ukrainian -- that they had entered ukrainian territory and been destroyed. this would be a significant step in this 4-month battle here in eastern ukraine. russia has flatly denied sending in those military vehicles and has had a campaign in the east of ukraine by separatists. the other convoy, what russia said is an aid convoy is still that on the russian side of the border earlier today, a ukrainian border guards went to inspect it t we still don't know when and if it will come to ukrainian territory. ♪. >> the panama canaloked its locks 100 years ago. as the waterway celebrates, it is forging ahead with a multi-billion dollar expense. ali velshi joins us. good friday, and give us a bit of a history lesson here how did they revolutionize international trade? >> it was a century ago. it was it was a shortcut and there was no northwest passage at the time. you had to go the

hayward. i would like talk to you about the russian convoy in just a moment, but first, emma, tell bus this attack on a refugee convoy, both sides blaming each other. what happened? >> a convoy of vehicles not far from luhansk but people trying to leave the fighting came under fire from missiles from the separatists. some people were trapped in their cars, and many, many people died, including women and children. however, a leader from the separatist movement in donetsk said they simply don't have the capacity to carry out that kind of attack, so it is very difficult at the moment to ascertain exactly what happened, how many people were killed, and who was behind this attack. >> and the russian convoy, emma, in the meantime, we understand, is still stuck on the border. is it many days in? is there any movement? is it going to cross into ukraine? >> reporter: well, we simply don't know when it's going to pass over the border. sergei lalabrv said that it has not been put in place yet, but what is clear is that the aid is need: i spoke with someone from the red cross she told me that the population i