i'm john vause. >> i'm rosemary church.want to welcome back our viewers in the united states and around the world. a check on headlines at this hour. >>> ukraine's border guards said they killed 5 people in luhansk. they were among five separatists who attacked the border guard. in luhansk seven people were killed in an explosion in a government building. >>> activists in spain are calling on a referendum on whether to abandon the spanish monarchy. king juan carlos announced his public abdication. >>> in the middle of a bloody civil war, syria is holding a presidential election. president bashar al assad is widely expected to win the balloting which has been widely derided as a sham. he's running against two other candidates, a former cabinet minister and a former parliament member. >>> u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is recovering in germany, some of his fellow soldiers back home are blasting any notion that he is a hearing. they say bergdahl abandoned his post and his selfish act cost the lives of other soldiers who sear

. >> i'm john vause. we'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. 30 minutes from now u.s. president barack obama is expected to hold his first meeting with ukraine's president-elect. >> the u.s. is so far offering financial assistance but no weapons as it battles separatists in eastern ukraine. violence has spiked in a few eastern cities this week. >> mr. obama is pledging money, a lot of it, to nato allies in europe and central europe. >> we'll increase the number of american personnel, army and air force units continuously rotating through allied countries in central and eastern europe and we will be stepping up our partnerships with friends like ukraine, maldova and georgia as they provide for their own defense. calling on congress to give $1 billion to support this effort which will show america's commitment to our nato allies. >> cnn white house correspondent jim accosta is live in warsaw. how much distance is there between what the ukrainian president wants and what t

i'm john vause. >> i'm rosemary church.our viewers in the united states and around the world. it's time to check the headlines. the american soldier freed after five years as a taliban captive in afghanistan is now at this u.s. military hospital in germany. doctor there are assessing army sergeant bowe bergdahl's physical and mental health. it's not clear how long he'll need to stay at this facility. >>> police in marseilles, france, have arrested a suspect in the shooting deaths of three people at the jewish museum in brussels last week. authorities say they found 29-year-old frenchman with weapon linked to the crime. they call him a radicalized islamist. >>> qatar is denying corruption allegations relating to its successful bid to host the 2022 world cup. britain's "sunday times" newspaper report that a former qatari fifa executive paid more than $5 million to garner votes for the bid from football officials. >>> the five taliban leaders who were retloifd qatar's government -- released to qatar's government in exchange fo