let's bring in emma heyward who is in luhansk. re you hearings about the clashes between ukrainian and russian forces, emma? >> reporter: well, it's coming from president poroshenko's office, the ukrainian leader. it seems in a phone call to the british prime minister he said that some or moored russian vehicles which have come across the border had been in some kind of fighting with ukrainian forces and have been destroyed in that fight. now, clearly that would be some kind of critical moment in the fight between the separatists and also the ukrainian forces. of course ukraine has long said that russia has been backing the separatist movement here in the east. now, earlier there were some reports that british journalists who were following the aid convoy had seen russia military vehicles come over the border. it is quite a porous border, around 60-kilometers of it is controlled by the separatists here in eastern ukraine. >> and emma, talking about the rushing an aid convoy, what is the status of that right now? >> reporter: well,

emma heyward, al jazerra, in slovyansk. >>> the united states says most of syria's declared chemicalpons agents have now been destroyed. the u.s. cargo vessel neutralized 600 metric tons of the chemical weapons agent it had on board in international waters. the ship is expected to head to finland and germany to off-load some of the effluent before it returns to the u.s. >>> al jazerra is continue to go demand the release of its three journalists who have now been impressed in egypt for 234 days, they were accused of helping the outlawed plus him brotherhood n june, mohamed and peter were given 7-year sentences. ba there are mohamed got an extra three years because he had a spent bull net his possession which he had picked up at a protest. >>> now to pakistan where police have arrested 150 anti-government protesters. this comes as supporters of leading pakistani leader imran kahn and the cleric are set to march on a heavily fort fight path to the capital of islambad. 10s of thousands of protesters have already brought parts of the capital to a standstill. kahn has threatened to pull o

emma heyward, al jazerra, in eastern ukraine. >>> now, as of this week, russians with dual citizenshiplare that i foreign passport or risk being criminalized if they haven't done so by september 5th. it's a controversial piece of legislation making human rights organizations unease immaterial rory challe ants reports. >> reporter: in many ways he is a typical russia be drinks in the summer son and lives in howe moscoliveslives inmoscow and can berth certificate. but because he's also israeli he has to register as a dual citizen. he's considering whether to stay here. >> translator: i am concerned about this law. because i think this isn't the end of it. it's just the beginning. they may eventually force people to choose between two citizenships. and people don't have any choice about whether to follow it because fine are impressed. >> reporter: human rights groups say the law itself isn't particularly bad, but they are worried about how it might be use. >> there is a huge wave, of. [ inaudible ] hysteria and it seems like the law was indeed adopted very hastily on that anti--western hy

emma heyward, al jazerra, slovyansk in eastern ukraine. >>> it's been more than a year since former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden leaked details of america's spy program making him a trade tore some and an inspiration to others, fill lavell report from the edwin brook fringe fet value in scott land. >> reporter: true had head of edward snowden 18 months ago, they know who he is now, his reservations of mass surveillance has given his government headaches. but they have given others inspiration and ideas. surveillance is in this year, it's one of the big themes at the 2014 fringes, people watching shows about shows about people watching people. it seems when we come to the subject of big brother, the audience just can't get enough. just look at light this is a dark vision of the future, directly inspired by the snowden revelations it's like 1984 and our 2014. >> what was perceived before as being far fetched and kind of paranoid is now the reality. we are being watched, you know, on skype, text message and i feel very uncomfortable about the fact that people are watching me and everybod

slovyansk, emma heyward has more. >> reporter: they are on the move close to the border with ukraine.of russia's military might. hours after journalists said they had spotted a separate convoy crossing in to ukrainian territory, ukraine said it had partially destroyed a column of russian military vehicles. >> translator: i have to reassure you, this column was followed, it was always under surveillance by our reconnaissance and our forces. appropriate action says were undertaken and a part of it no longer exists. >> reporter: but moscow says its vehicles did not carry an incursion in to ukrainian territory. russia continues to deny involve in the fighting but says he wants to offer humanitarian assistance. but the aid which it says it's sending is still a few kilometers away from the russian border with ukraine. kiev is suspicious of moscow's motives believing russia is sending arms mixed in the aid to bolster the separatists' cause. on friday its border guards and custom officials began inspecting the cargo. but there is still no clear date of when and if it will be allowed to pass.

emma heyward has more from nearby. >> reporter: part of the city came under fire yet again and people in don everything were left picking through the pieces. this was once part of the hospital. now reduce today rubble. >> translator: they were wounded on the street. we drive one at the beginning then he died. another one was brought in by his relatives. he was just walking past here, his left lung was injured, and his heart just stopped working. a very painful death after 10 to 15 minutes. >> reporter: the city, home to the separatist movement, the donetsk people's republic has been in the sights of the ukrainian military foy weeks. around half of its population are thought to have already fled to try to escape a possible onslaught. now the man who has led the separatists for months is stepping down. alexander, who is russian, is accused of having too close of ties with moscow. >> translator: i think that the don everything people's republic should be ruled by a person who is originally from here by blood and a person of this kind is among us. please welcome alexander. >> reporter: th