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he have has been limiting access to these -- kiev has been accessing -- kiev has been limiting access to these territories. terry: our chief political correspondent melinda crane covering the talks in eastern ukraine here in berlin. to sit down where voting is underway in a controversial parliamentary election. the voting is set to continue three days. the president cast his vote. steve: he has ruled over 25 years or -- ruled for 25 years unchallenged. bashir is the world's only city leader wanted on genocide charges. those charges relate to be dark for conflict. terry: we resent this exclusive report. reporter: he and his friends celebrate after voting for the incumbent president. the 33-year-old government official has never known another sudanese president. he is convinced bashir is the right man for the job area -- for the job. then we live in peace and security. -- >> we live for peace and security. we have seen how other countries haven't broken up as a result of the arab spring. preferred bank the 71-year-old faces no real threat at the race an is extending that is specter to e

the separatists say they've released all ukrainian prisoners and are waiting for kiev to do the same. >> sporadic fighting continues in eastern ukraine despite a ceasefire. people have been hiding in underground shelters for months, including children living with

vitali klitschko a former boxer boxer, mayor of kiev,. >> ukraine's economy has deteriorated rapidly. you had to like interest rates to 30% to stop a free fall in the currency. you also have a bailout package from the imf $17 billion. but powerful strings attached, cutting pensions, cutting energy subsidies which must be a very, very tough pill for people to swallow. you have a mandate from an electorate but are those reform measures are those austerity measures making it difficult for you to keep people on your side? >> yes, of course big part of reform is painful reform but we have to show for what we do with that it will be better. we have to change, we have to destroy monopoly what have in ukraine. have to destroy corruption. give a chance for business for working with equal opportunity for everyone. and i'm more than sure we have potential. the question, how fast we use our potential. potential for our country. >> of course, another thing that's probably very worrying to investors to all investors is uncertainty and especially with regards to the security situation in kiev. hundr

normality between kiev and moscow. worse for ukraine. putin wins, kiev loses. two bouts after record differences. brendan: two movements, one of the hryvnia collapsing. we've seen so much motion in the ruble that we did not expect the news that russian banks are lowering the cost of lending to each other. anticipating a rate cut that is not there yet. tom: would you suggest that has to do with oil stability? brendan: i think it has to do with -- it turns out what we are learning is that peace is better for russia than ukraine. tom: that is what we see with the ruble-hryvnia pair. let's continued. how do you segue from that? the press conference this morning. it is an ecb focused on lower german yields and a wider greek-german spread. how big a deal is this meeting, jonathan ferro? jon: don't expect any change the policy. 6 weeks into a bond buying program and there are question marks over that plan and whether they will run out of eligible securities by the end of the year. tom, you and i went back-and-forth about negative yields in germany. the 2s,3s, and 4s m

through all this, there are european and ukrainian leaders meeting in kiev in a summit. all the talk of closer economic and political integration is, for now, to a certain extent redundant while they were continues here in eastern ukraine. -- while the war continues here in eastern ukraine. katty: in baltimore today, they bury the young american man whose death in police custody sparked days of protests. freddie gray died of severe spinal injuries early this month after an arrest caught on video. after weekend protests, collapses erected again this evening, during which a number of officers were injured. reporter: days attention have led to this -- young people rampaging through the streets of baltimore, targeting police, throwing stones and rocks and vandalizing cars. officials say several officers have been hurt, some with broken bones and at least one who is now unconscious. >> we have officers deployed throughout the city to make sure we can continue to deliver police services to the citizens of baltimore, and we will continue to keep the city safe. our officers are

>> when were you in kiev the last time? when last time you were in kiev? >> this is funny. i was in kiev two years and some ago to receive the honorary title of man of the year of the ukraine. >> there we go. man of the year of the ukraine. let me bring steven into this. stephen, steven, you want to interject? >> i hope you notice that the chess master just got check mated. did you notice? i did what they're about and i understand this fixation on putin. i really do. personally, i don't care much about putin. because i wish i was going to live long enough, because i'm an historian. in 20 years to see how historians evaluate putin's role as a leader of russia. and i think it's going to be a big debate. the pluses and the minuses. and i don't know how it's going to come out. and that would be an interesting debate to have here today. let me address your attention to the elephant in the room we haven't mentioned. all them bracing of russia in the 1990s, all this wonderful things we did for them, but weren't we also expanding nato toward their borders? and you say so what? okay

it's not believed by kiev.ead you some comments that were after dinner in a press conference at the u.s. state department i think late last night from the state department's press spokeswoman and said that no amount of propaganda can make true what is not russia has command and control elements in eastern ukraine to coordinate military operations there and russia established training areas in eastern ukraine to train separatist fighters in gun and artillery fighting and what they said for many months now and that is believed by washington is believed by kiev and the reason that poroshenko requested from western governments military training and military assistance and not just coming from the united states there is already a rotating force of british military advisors in ukraine, 75 of them and dealing with issues like intelligence and battlefield medicine and logistics. the u.s. force is going to be bolstered and going to be more than doubled in the coming weeks and also by the beginning of the summer there ar

during the night. >> i can't come back to kiev anymore.ves to paris where she leads femin in several highly publicized actions in europe, including a loud and cold protest in davos. >> we came to ask what about us to show our impression and opinion about how is to be woman today in economic world? the most oppressed. we are. >> in a series of demonstrations against the catholic church and pope benedict. >> for us we are mad because our religion, our base are domination of male upon women. >> and in two seconds security services started to catch us and they arrested us. >> when the pope announces his retirement in february 2013 femin activists celebrate by scandalizing visitors -- >> for me it was one of our most successful actions. you need to shock people. up close video, they are viral. the video of the pictures that everywhere now. for us it's most important to have five cameras around us than people. >> despite the beatings and arrests, the group continues to grow all around the world. >> we want to have people in countries that want t

vladimir: when were you in kiev the last time? -- garry: when were you in kiev the last time? vladimir: i was in kiev two years ago to receive the honorary title, the man of ukraine. [laughter] >> let me bring stephen into this. stephen: i hope you notice that the chessmaster just got checkmated. [laughter] look, i understand this fixation on putin. i really do. personally, i don't care much about putin. i wish i was going to live long enough, in 20 years, to see how historians evaluate putin's role as a leader of russia. i think there's going to be a big debate. i don't know how it is going to come out. that would be an interesting debate to have today. let me address your attention to the elephant in the room. all this embracing of russia in the 1990's, these wonderful things we did for them, but weren't we also expanding nato toward their borders? so what? so i find out where you live and i park my military equipment across the street and say, i'm just here for your security. i'm making sure nobody breaks in your house. then i noticed that you brought a few other folks alon

the wonings empire started in kiev -- the russian empire started in kiev. when you start talking about kiev being into n.a.t.o., it's like putting a hot poker in there, in my view. we've started rotating forces in eastern europe, rotational forces, eastern forces as well as n.a.t.o. i think we need to stick with that. i think we need to be careful about any rhetoric with respect to removal of u.s. forces from europe. i think n.a.t.o. -- i worked long and hard, as this president did president bush and others, to get n.a.t.o. countries to spend more on defense. they don't. i think n.a.t.o.'s got to recalibrate itself in terms of how they're going to provide the security for their own country as well as n.a.t.o., given the change that's there. i think where we were headed with russian, we're in a completely different position. i've spoken for the last couple of years, one of my worries, i partially negotiated the new start treaty for nuclear weapons, that we get this wrong and somehow bring the weapons of mass destruction back into play and president putin in

based in kiev.the whole question is the issue that has almost gone unnoticed in the western press reports in the last five or six monthser or -- or is it almost a year now, is a done deal but not worth worrying about is still present in their consciousness. most of them take the position that in the long term, they should seek crimean reintegration. they do not want to see either crimea or the east somehow disentangled from ukraine and ultimately end up being integrated into russia. and the result is that for now they have other things on their plate, but this is an issue on which they wish to restore the ukraine that was. however much conglomerate of a number of historical legacies, not all of which are terribly con grunt but it is the ukraine that the majority of the respondents want to see reestablished. >> thank you very much to both of our panelists for. that. now let's before we open the floor for questions i had a question of my own i would like to direct to the director of the survey. but i

require consensus from all sides, not victory by one >>> a pro-russian journalist was murdered in kiev. he was shot by gunmen as he emerged from his apartment building near the city center, the death coming a day after the murder of a ukranian politician, a supporter of strong ties to moscow. ukranian authorities suggest that russian special forces may have carried out the killings to create an atmosphere of terror in kiev. >>> russian president vladimir putin healed a call in and answer show. citizens could ask what they wanted. some of the questions addressed the tough issues like the war in ukraine. >> reporter: a former politician was allowed to answer a response something that many consider facts, the thought that russians were involved in donetsk. >> to the question whether there are or are not troops in ukraine, i tell you clear, there are no troops in ukraine. >> reporter: the murder in february is a crime blamed on vladimir putin, but for the present who ordered the killing is a mystery. maybe he suggested such people don't exist. >> translation: he was in opposition to me in

. >>> a former member of the ukrainian pro-russian party has been killed in kiev.d shot dead. he was a former member of parliament during the term of the former president. the current president has ordered an inquiry. >>> and just a few hours before that a ukrainian journalist also known to be pro-russia was also killed in kiev. he was shot dead by two masked gunmen near his home. >>> ahead on al jazeera, we have more on our top story, the situation in yemen. growing concern, press freedom in yemen is under attack, and on our journalists are being threatened. and a plea for better pay, the workers in the united states who say the minimum wage is not enough to live on. and in sport find out why this jump has the world of snowboarding in a spin. ♪ >> monday. >> a lot of these mining sites are restricted. >> a silent killer. >> got a lot of arsenic in it. >> you know your water's bad and you know you're sick. >> unheard victims. >> 90 percent of the people will get some type of illness from the water. >> where could it happen next? >> i mean, they took away my life. >

kiev of ukraine is still involved, napoli will visit wolfs burg in the second through the league. roger federer and defending champion have both been beaten in the third round of the monte carlo masters. in this the first tournament of the clay court season, 6-4 in the first set and another tie break in the second he did win that point, to finish the match, and he is on to the quarter finals and he will have plenty of crowd support there too. well a part in a match lasting just 54n't manies. the swiss player made 41 unforced errors although he made him work for this one. 6-1, 6-2. in the word's top 10. on a day of shocks, roof fall nadal comes for a difficult match. two sets-1 in the end, he was looking for his 9th victory in the tournament, which he won every year between 2005 and 2012. formula 1 championship has defended himself over his celebrations at the chinese grand prix. he was criticized on social media for spraying champagne in a podium host at his face. she said the incident was blown out of proportion, hamilton said it was just excitement and he meant no disrespect he

so keep aware of the weather situation, very wet weather from paris to berlin vienna, and kiev. we are seeing very unstable weather in the united states and into north america. down here toward texas we had strong storms and hail reported. some close to three centimeters in diameter. quite large as we had this system running through. a cold front was pushing against warm air and that will create the possibility of thunderstorms and rain as we go throughout the day. temperatures extending from 19 to 28 in oklahoma city. cold air is swinging down to the north. hope you a good day wherever you are. here is your extended outlook. >>> buddhist monks in japan are welcoming guests to an event long time coming. the monking live and worship on mt. koya. they are honoring an ancient teacher. they launched the celebrations by performing a ring entrance ceremony outside of a temple. then 400 monks were lead in a service where they prayed for all of the events to go well. the monks chanted sutras. >> i would like as many people to know that he wanted to bring salvation to everyone. >> the mo

the separatists say they've released all ukrainian prisoners and are waiting for kiev to do the same. >> sporadic fighting continues in eastern ukraine despite a ceasefire. people have been hiding in underground shelters for months, including children living with foster parents who can't afford to clothe and feed them. we have a report from the rebel held city of donetsk. >> children shouldn't have to live like this, an existence underground with little food. there's no exception in the self declared republic of donetsk. >> places like this answer the question is there any confidence in the ceasefire. families living underground in musty, damp conditions, and here, there are 28 children trying to get by. >> many families refuse to give up their space here, because they're convinced the fighting will resume. some of the children have foster parents who can't afford to clothe and feed them. she used to get a $100 a month allowance for fostering this child. but in donetsk now, there is nothing. she was advised to put him into an orphanage. >> how could they say this? he is mine. he is mi

. >> translator: the united states and its allies have crossed all possible lines to bring kiev into their orbit. that could not fail to trigger our rations. >> lives mostly civilians have been taken. >> john siegenthaler, al jazeera. >> emotions as crowds gather to remember the germanwings crash. german chancellor angela merkel joined 1400 guests for the memorial service in cologne. those who died, including co-pilot andreas lubitz who investigators believe deliberately crashed the plane. >>> the parents of the youngest person to die in the boston marathon bombing are speaking out on dzhokhartsarnaev's behalf. john terret has the story. >> whether or not dzhokhartsarnaev should be put to death or not the community's response carries a lot of weight. the parents of the youngest victim believe that dzhokhartsarnaev should not be put to death but rather spend life in prison. bill and denise richard write we know the state's reason for seeking the death penalty but years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives. the second phase of dzhokhartsarnaev's trial is du

the braves kiev's compared to people who are making money. if they are virtually identical. with the dead bodies and money. with the activation of part of the parade was money. so i just kept researching to exploring the idea is what was your early reading to get yourself into gear? >> wire race so irrational? isn't with that idea that for example, how many of you play though lottery? my dad plays every week. and maybe i can win it. and i $1,400. but then he explains this with the irrational activity the more likely you can remember things you think probability. so celebrities are more likely to get divorced? and that began the was happening where does the of brain come from? in the of book is about the multiplicity. with the biology and theology. so what do the religious books say about money? i start with the economist and end up with the spiritual masters i was hidden calcutta india in my job takes me around the world. i was set the tone for the dying and the dust to and i walked in to 50 leper's surrounding me. and seated among of lepers was a teenager the lake yo make j

the same time while i believe the government in kiev is generally committed to reform, more needs to be done by the ukrainian authorities to move forward with these reforms, especially in the energy sector where corruption siphons billions of dollars away from the budget each year. even if the united states does more to help ukraine, and kiev defeats the russian-backed rebels, but the ukrainian economy implodes in the process, we have failed and putin succeeded. he's had an even greater success if that occurs. this is why the united states must have a comprehensive strategy that will both counter russian aggression, but also drive political economic and anti-corruption reforms in ukraine. during this hearing, i hope to have a detailed discussion that explores the situation in eastern ukraine since minsk cease-fire agreement was signed, examines why the united states has failed to provide ukraine with lethal military assistance and considers additional ways to support ukraine with its ongoing economic challenges. i look forward to your testimony. i thank you for being here and now i'l

. >> now klitschko believes that kiev must lead the way when it comes to reforming the country. tonight we'll learn what he's doing to weed out corruption, and re restore security. >> not to be confused with his brother who had a major boxing match in new york city. >>> we look at the case being presented for james holmes as the prosecution demands the death penalty. >> in just a few hours opening statements begin in the trial of james holmes. the 27-year-old who allegedly killed 12 people who open fired in a movie theater in colorado. paul beben has a preview of the trail. >> july 20, 2012, was the midnight premiere of the summer block buttser the dark the the darkthe dark knight rises. holmes walked into the theater wearing a gas mask and black body armor. first he through tear gas, then he open fired, and he had plenty ever ammunition. >> it took me a second to realize what was going on. and people were running away. i hit the ground so i wouldn't be hit. >> police were on the scene in less than two minutes. they say they found holmes in the parking lot standing by his car. d

the russian empire started in kiev. when you start talking about kiev being into nato, it is like putting a hot poker in there. we have now started to rotate forces into eastern europe -- rotational forces, u.s. forces as well as nato. i think we need to stick with that. i think we need to be very careful about any rhetoric with respect to removal of u.s. forces from europe. i think nato -- i worked long and hard as this president did president bush and others, to get nato countries to spend more on defense. they don't. i think nato has to recalibrate itself in terms of how they will provide security for their own country as well as nato given the change that is there. i think it is where we were headed with russia, we are in a completely different position. i have spoken for the last several years -- one of my worries and i partially negotiated the new start treaty for nuclear weapons. one of my concerns is we get this so wrong that somehow we bring the nuclear weapons, the weapons of mass destruction, back into play.

the kiev government announced it was seeking $50 billion in debt relief.ase being taken by 25,000 facebook users against the network took a step today. the claim is over alleged violation of european privacy law. facebook has yet to comment on the case. google is laying the groundwork for a paid subscription service on youtube. the service could start as early as this year. youtube is already working on a subscription service for the area. anchor: time for the press review. ♪ anchor: it is time to take a look at what weekly news magazines have been saying. let's start in the united states where there was a lot of focus on this fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, who appears to be running from the police officer who shot him. >> this happened in north charleston, in south carolina. it is very much in the media spotlight. officer michael slager was charged with murder and was fired after a video emerged of him shooting this black man walter scott, multiple times in the back. this happened after a traffic stop turned into an altercation. you can see this

europe at least for warsaw with a high of 15 and that cold front will bring showers to us know and kiev and back towards the west the system that's coming onshore will bring rain to berlin and 20s only going to seem close to the mediterranean coast. now as we take a look at the forecast for north america look at the united states. not a lot of cloud cover to talk about. high pressure is building itself over the central portions of the united states. the low that's responsible for causing so many problems in the southern plains and u.s. deep south is weakening and moving to the north and east but we're still expecting some showers in the mid-atlantic states as we go throughout the day, maybe few showers from a cold front in the northern portions of the rockies but all in all a dry forecast expected as we go through thursday not expected to see any significant strong stormy weather. we may see a few storms in denver and some showers, high of 26. warm temperatures in oklahoma city with highs in the upper 20s a shore in d.c. with a high of 22 for thursday. as we go into east asia we're talk

low pressure from the east bringing rain to moscow and kiev. north america, we have a stationary front and a low pressure system still bringing a lot of rainfall for the u.s. deep south into places like louisiana and the bayou. look out for heavy rainfall. another low coming out of the rockies that's bringing some snow for the higher elevations. some areas seeing close 20 centimeters, 30 centimeters. other lies thunderstorms. denver coming up on thursday a high of 7 degrees with snow expected as we go through the day. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's you extended outlook. >>> it may be spring but sightseers in central japan's mountains are enjoying wintry sense. a popular snow corridor has re-opened after nearly five months. the alpine route cuts across the northern japan alps. people travel the route by cable car and roadway. the operators celebrated the re-opening at the route's highest point. one of the most eye catching spots is a road with towering snow walls. the walls reach the height of 19 meters this year. >> translato

response comes as eu commission president jean-claude juncker and the european council president were in kiev for a summit with top ukrainian officials. despite denying peacekeeping assistance, the top eu diplomats did promise president petro poroshenko's government a boost in humanitarian aid. while staying with eastern ukraine, there are reports here in germany that berlin was well aware of the risks of flying over the region when passenger flight mh-1 was down -- mh-17 was downed last year. brian: just before it was down, the german intelligence agency told the government that the airspace over eastern ukraine was not safe, and that warning should have triggered flihtght path. >> this is where mh-17 came down last year. investigators are still trying to figure -- determine who brought it down. a team of german journalists say berlin had intelligence about the dangers two days before the crash. separatists had boasted of shooting down ukrainian military cargo planes -- shooting down a ukrainian military cargo plane. the intelligence service warned that the airspace over ukraine wasn't safe.

the funeral for pro-russian republicanian journalist took plates in kiev after he was killed in a daylight drive-by shooting. a supporter of moscow president yanukovych often expressed strong views in a daily newspaper. it's the latest in a spate of mystery death did among allies. the russian president says the murders are political but ukrainian president poroshenko describes them as deliberate acts to play into the hands of ukraine's enemies. >> turkish votings are electing a new president. polls show ahead in the lead ahead of 6 other candidates, but not expected to evade a run-off. they are set to restart after the presidential election. >> a new museum dedicated to cave art is opening in southern france. it houses a perfect replica of the caves, one of the most pre prehistoric finds in the world. the actual caves are disclosed but the public will soon be able to see the reproductions. jonah hull reports. >> to enter the dark cave is to take a journey into prehistory. >> this is a way to approach to come closer to our -- to your ancestors. >> on these limestone walls, 36,000 years ago

in ukraine, a prominent journalist has been shot dead in the capital kiev. ukraine's interior ministry said oles buzina was attacked by masked gunmen. his death comes after a former lawmaker and ally of ousted president viktor yanukovych was found shot to death in kiev on wednesday. about 400 migrants have perished off the coast of libya after the boat they were traveling in capsized. rescuers managed to save 145 people, including at least one baby, but hundreds more appear to have drowned. amnesty international criticized european countries for their approach of migrants seeking to cross saying -- "european governments' ongoing negligence towards the humanitarian crisis in the mediterranean has contributed to a more than 50-fold increase in migrant and refugee deaths since the beginning of 2015." the colombian government has as -- moved to resume its bombing of farc rebels following what colombian president juan manual santos called a deliberate attack by the farc. santos said the attack, which killed 10 soldiers and one rebel, marked a breach of the farc's

ukrainian dare devil decided to slide on this glass ceiling of a mall in kiev. >> oh! >> oh, yeah.that is the sound of a broken tailbone. but watch the second guy hits his head especially hard and he doesn't get back up. you see two people rushing over to where he is at -- >> he's out cold. >> probably going to have some very serious lasting injuries. >> such a stupid stunt. it's so not worth it. >> hopefully, they will both make a full recovery. >> he's planning a home coming. >>> that's the welcoming you expect right? >> see why the screaming, next "right this minute." >>> and still to come -- >> you're a car fan, this is what you want to watch on velocity. >> sneak peek into the barrett-jackson auto auction and the rides are awesome. meet the host who tells us all about one of the stars of the showroom. >> it's not the most practical vehicle we go into trader joe ways. >>> plus what happens when a monkey claim this is set of wheels? >> it's standing up like you want some more you? want some more? - - yoyourur w warart t wiwillll g go o awaway. yoyourur w warart t wiwillll g go o

and today we're looking at the maidan, in the ukrainian capital of kiev.it was here that protests erupted just over a year ago calling for closer integration with the eu. since then ukraine has seen a change of government and watched the east of the country descend into conflict. but for many ukrainians maidan remains a reminder of what they are fighting for. reporter: thousands of people cross it every day. it's the heart of the ukrainian capital kyiv, independence square. people often call it just the maidan, "the square." maksym balenko has been coming here for more than a year. he's actually from the provinces, but since the beginning of the revolution in late 2013, the maidan has been his home. for months there were demonstrations on the maidan against the autocratic regime of the pro-russian president viktor yanukovych. months of protests for democratic reform. since then, the maidan has symbolised that revolution. maksym balenko and his friends were there from the very start. the square has changed his life. >> i now have a definite aim in life. i'v

it's run by this man, a man returned from cooperation talks in kiev. >> we have to understand that may be tomorrow - today is ukraine, maybe we be the next country tomorrow. this is why people of course are nervous if they observe what is going on in the east >>> russia says it has no intention of aggression against poland and most analysts agree it's unlikely. in a survey for the institute of public affairs, a think tank. 76" said russia poses a threat. 76% have been portrayed by the media as aggressors. they say they want to defend the homeland with their lives, if necessary. >>> now, one of china's biggest classical music stars started a trend. millions of children are learning to play the piano. the instrument is so popular china is the top piano producer. harry fawcett reports. [ ♪♪ ] >> reporter: another morning at the keyboard for this 8-year-old. she has been playing since she was six, 2-3 hours a day. skill and enthusiasm ships through. she's far from alone. 40 million children are learning the piano, a craze attributed to the lang-lang effect. >> translation: i've been to one

it's run by this man, a man returned from cooperation talks in kiev. >> we have to understand that may be tomorrow - today is ukraine, maybe we be the next country tomorrow. this is why people, of course, are nervous if they observe what is going on in the east >>> russia says it has no intention of aggression against poland and most military analysts agree it's unlikely. in a survey for the institute of public affairs, a think tank. 76% said russia poses a threat. . >> the group wears face marks, because they have been portrayed by some of the russian media as aggressors. they say they want to defend the homeland with their lives, if necessary. o kenya's government is freezing the assets of 86 companies and individuals suspected of having ties with the somali based arms group al-shabab. included on the list hotels money transfer companies and prominent clerics, following the attack on a university in the kenyan city on garissa that killed 147 people. this report from nairobi. from mohammed adow. >> reporter: a sombre mood engulfed nairobi's freedom park. hundreds of grieving kenyans h

the french president said kiev had not made any such request. >> the leaders stressed the importance of keeping a cease-fire between pro-russian separatists and ukraine in troops. now to a catastrophe in eastern australia as a superstorm lashes the region. >> for people are dead. more than 200 thousand homes and businesses are without power. the storm also has canceled international flights and prompted the closure of the port of newcastle, the world's largest coal exporting port. >> first came the storm. then this. large parts of new south wales including australia's biggest city of sydney, are flooded. they had been hit by record rainfall and cyclone-strength winds for three days. at least one of those who died in the storm and 86 year woman, was killed as her car was swept away by floodwaters. rescuers retrieved her body last night. these time lapse pictures from a train station in sydney show how the water rose over just 45 minutes. one woman and another badly hit area told of how suddenly the flood came. >> it was so quick, and it kept coming in and rising so quickly that i had

signing up for a more coordinated effort, run by this man, recently returned from cooperation talks in kiev. >> we have to understand that maybe tomorrow, today's ok maybe tomorrow we will be next country. this is why people, of course, they are nervous if they observe what is going on nowadays in the east, ok. >> russia says it has no intention of aggression against poland and most military analysts agree it's extremely unlikely, but in a survey for the institute of public affairs think tank, 76% said russia posed military threat. the group wear facemasks because they've been portrayed to the russian media as aggressors. they say they simply want to defend their homeland, with their lives, if necessary. tim friend, al jazeera, warsaw. >> in mexico, gunman opened fire on a police convoy in the western state of jalasco. 15 state police officers were killed and five others wounded in the attack. it is home to a drug cartel known as new generation, experts say is among mexico's most powerful now. >> kenya's government is freezing assets of 86 companies and individuals suspected of having ties

emergency services agency said there had been no changes in background radiation levels in kiev. the prime minister said the eye or had in brought under control. -- the fire had been brought under control. >> the ceo of german airline lufthansa said his coming has been changed forever by last month's loss of a passenger jet belonging to subsidiary germanwings. >> 150 people were killed when the plane crashed into the house and what is believed to have been a deliberate act by the copilot. shareholders have been holding their annual general meeting. we have this report from hamburg. >> candles to commemorate the victims. a book of condolences. this year's annual shareholder meeting began with a minute of silence. 150 people died in the crash in march. it was the worst disaster in the company's 60-year history. >> the thought of this disaster still leaves us stunned and distraught and fills us with grief. >> we cannot understand what happened. more than 300,000 people fly with our carriers every day. they trust us with their lives. trust is what our business is built on. >> the dis

he was gunned down in kiev on thursday. he was killed by two masked gunman just a day after the pro-russian lawmaker, he was found dead in his home. forces in the interior ministry say both men were keyens withs in the criminal case investigating attacks oprowestern protests. in early 2014. the russian president has been answering questions from the public during his annual televised phone in. the crisis in ukraine and the economy were both key issues during the marathon program. whichst las almost four hours. putin denied his forces were in ukraine. but he was optimistic on the economy, estimating a full recovery over the next two years. >> ewith should use the opportunity of sanctions and urn the it around for new developments. so for instance, we -- and i hope that this will encouraging up to get hi-tech industries with faster rates of growth from before. >> standard & poor's has down freighted the greek economy, making it harder per the country to borrow money. requesting a delay in repayment of bail out funds. the head

come from italy that's where the brigade is usually based, but this agreement between washington and kievas reached back at the beginning of march. the deployment was actually delayed a little bit, but now they have hit though grounds earlier on this week they arrived. they are going to be training the ukrainian national defense units, basically. and they are not the only international forces who are already in the country. we know that the united kingdom has up to 75 military advisors who have been schooling the ukrainian army and things like battlefield medicine and logistics and intelligence and 200 canadians are also going to be arriving before the beginning of summer so this is clearly something that the -- that the government here in moscow is not happy about at all. >> yeah let's talk a little bit more about that. what is the reaction thus far from moscow? >> reporter: well the usual sort of diplomatic rhetoric of disappointment, i suppose, the kremlin's spokesman said this was not contribute to the peace process in ukraine, and it would destabilize the country. what russia is real

and just a few hours before that a ukrainian journalist also known to be pro-russia was killed in kiev. he was shot dead by two masked gunmen here his home. witnesses report seeing the men drive away in a dark blue car. >>> south african's president has called to an end of violence following a series of attacks. police fired rubber bullets and tear gas during an anti immigrant demonstration. thousands of foreigners are seeking shelter in police stations and refugee camps. at least six have been killed in the attacks. attackers have been telling immigrant shopkeepers to get out of south africa. but there are many more south africans who want peace. our correspondent has been at a rally where protesters are asking for an end to the violence. >> reporter: a lot of people are asking what is the government doing to stop these attacks on foreigners. so they organized this peace march. where they have people coming together showing that it is not okay to kill people because just they aren't from south africa, or you think they may be taking your jobs. can i ask you why you think it's importan

anywhere from warsaw into kiev and moscow looking at a temperature of around ten degrees for the high on tuesday and 20s for paris and madrid. wrapping things up with a look at east asia. i want to take you into japan first to give you an idea of the rain and the strong storms that are rolling through the area. look at this. severe weather still blowing over japan which is triggering high winds and frequent lightning in the country. monday winds up to 50 kilometers per hour blew over this 40-meter-high scaffolding. warnings remain in place along the pacific coast of japan. now, we go where heavy rainfall took place. 100 millimeters of rainfall in just 24 hours breaking a record at 326 millimeters of rainfall in a 24-hour period. so yes, we do have these low-pressure systems still moving through japan. that's going to bring as we go into wednesday. but then a high moves in behind it on thursday. i think we'll see sunnier skies. temperatures will be moving up into the 20s as we head into the latter part of the workweek. still 20 for tokyo as we see the rain ending during the day on wedn

fighting between kiev forces and pro-russian separatists hasn't ended.s a result, increasing numbers of refugees are flooding into neighboring countries, including to moldova. some of those refugees are not only local people fleeing war zones in eastern ukraine, but also young men from other parts of the country who don't want to be drafted into fight. reporter: for nazar, things are almost like home when his mother irina gets ready for play school. but nazar's home is nearly 1000 kilometers away in eastern ukraine, in a war zone. the family has fled and parents try to hide the situation from their child in vain. irina: he hears us talking and he doesn't believe us. he asks, when are the bad men going away? i want to go home. and i say, why do you think there are bad men there? he says, i don't know. so i say there aren't any bad men. reporter: while her son is in day care, irina and her mother watch videos coming from ukraine . they are glad they escape the violence on time. more and more refugees from the war in ukraine are coming to moldova. so far th

i was very much in kiev. i think it was about 90 miles. so it's pretty close. yeah.t was very anti-climactic, retrospectively. a couple weeks after it happened, it became this giant, terrifying thing. but, when it happened, it was a very sunny day. emily: and you escaped. max: my parents found out through a friend of a friend in the government that something really awful happened at the chernobyl nuclear power station. and because i had a family full of physicists, they were like, nuclear power station accidents is no joke. basically packed me and my younger brother onto a train and sent us both off to crimea the next morning. you would get tested as you were coming off the train, with a sort of homemade geiger counter. one of my feet was setting off a geiger counter. i remember this very vividly, because the guy was like, well, we may have to cut off his foot. look at this thing, it's beeping like crazy. we don't even know what that means, but it's beeping, it means he's radioactive. well, my mom said, maybe it's the shoe. so she made him take off the shoe. and appa