. >> james bayes thanks you very much. >>> north korea has fired missiles toward the south korean border. no ships were hit when it happened. the situation has been tense since north korean warships crossed the boundary earlier this week. >> the south korean military says two shells fell near the de facto border. south korea says it appears to have been land-based artillery. south korean officials say that they ordered the evacuations of locals on the island to bomb shelters, ordered shipping back into port and fired back from the vessel five shots landing within the same kind of rangeover a north korean patrol boat. earlier this week, three north korean patrol boats same south of the line, and they were forced back. north korea said it was simply policing illegal fishing else haves in the area, and warned it would target the ships as a result of that. south koreans have contacted north korea by the military hot line saying they will hold them responsible for any further action. >>> still to come here on the program . . . 13 ukraine soldiers are killed. also drawn from life, we get a chi

as soon as that happens we will speak to james bayes about the impact of that. >>> in iraq at least 28ple have been killed in a series of explosions in the cap of bagdad. imran khan reports from the iraqi capitol. >> reporter: after a period of relative calm, once again bagdad burns. the iraqi government had ordered a massive security operation for the april 30th election, but as that wound down, the attacks go on. in total, seven car bombs exploded within hours of each other in areas of the city that are majority shiite muslim. the force responsible for securing the city was quick to blame the [ inaudible ]. whoever is responsible the effects are always the same. people once again angry and frustrated. >> translator: so many explosions took place in the city and elsewhere, we don't know why such bombings are taking place. >> reporter: as the cars are removed it's a reminder that these bombs are set to go off in busy marketplaces. so far no one has claimed responsibility, but the iso did issue a statement on mommed threatening to once again -- >> let's go to new york and the un. ban ki

. >> diplomatic editor james bayes at his post. >>> president barack obama is meeting with the largest opposition group. we'll have more on that at 4:30. the u.s. is actively involved in the search for more than 200 school girls ab ducted last month. the pentagon said u.s. surveillance planes are flying missions over a remote part of nigeria, as part of a growing search effort. this, as nigeria says, it's willing to talk with a radical group boko haram, about securing the girl's release. rosalind jordan has more from washington. >> supposedly the commanding general of africa, the u.s. military component that is concerned with security issues in sub-saharan africa. general david rodriguez is said to be in abuja. if it's true that general rodriguez is on the ground, it is a sign of how seriously the u.s. is taking its efforts to help the nigerian government recover the girls and return them safe to their family. it is, of course, on top of the 30 or so personnel not just from the u.s. military, but from the state department, from the usa id, fbi and intelligence agencies providing guidan

we can talk to james bayes joining us live from the un.as anything concrete come out of this meeting? >> what is interesting, barbara is that this meeting was called by the russians, and it's pretty clear to me that now with russia being attacked by many countries around the world, russia seems to have a pretty consistent diplomatic strategy and that is attack is the best form of defense. hence they called this meeting, pa the russian ambassador who said it was ukraine that was violating the agreement reached in geneva in april. >> the white house is now insulted by our appeal to the kiev government to withdraw forces. before washington had requested elected president victor jankovic to not use force against its people. it's very strange logic that now force can be used against civilians. >> reporter: and he went on to say that he wanted his western colleagues to think twice about their policies. >>> president barack obama has met his german counterpart in washington, d.c. today. >> if we see the destabilization continuing so severely that