. >> today ukrainian opposition figures vitali klitschko and arseni yatsenyuk met with angela merkel. >> as the opposition leaders arrived in berlin see me with the german chancellor, tensions remain high back home in ukraine. the government did release protesters on monday as a sign of compromise after protesters ended the occupation of city hall. but protesters remain on force. before arriving in berlin, vitali klitschko said that germany should take a leading role in mediating between the two sides. klitschko and arseni yatsenyuk, seen here, want angela markel to provide financial assistance to ukraine. they called for berlin to abdicate -- advocate travel bans against members of the ukrainian government. >> our chief correspondent joins us from berlin. melinda, good to see you. sanctions, travel restrictions. evidently the two opposition leaders want to see germany gets up on the retaining government. what can germany promised them? >> definitely germany did not promise them either sanctions or travel restrictions during this meeting. they did not get what they wanted in a direct

well certainly opposition leader vitali klitschko has made the biggest waves here in munich today. he's just been speaking in a poet him discussion and it looks tremendous sympathy on the part of the audience got the loudest applause of any body. during today's proceedings. it was perhaps too much what he said calling for a return to the two thousand and four constitution calling for new elections in ukraine. perhaps that's how we said that he came equipped with photographs showing at the kind of torture that was mentioned in your top report there and he spoke in english and german rather than a ration out which actually been provoked to the russian member of the panel to start speaking french. so a bit of confusion than the one thing that the panelists all of whom died did come from eastern europe to agree upon is that ukraine's future needs to be stopped by the ukrainians themselves but certainly vitali klitschko felt beat ukraine does need a lot of help from its friends well linda that's the ukraine very interesting developments that with attitude and to justice a little bit tho

isn't secretary of state victoria nuland says opposition and boxing champion vitaly klitschko should not be in government. her language about the european union is more colourful. >> about 2,000 protesters marched to the ukrainian parliament. unassistant secretary of state victoria nuland arrived. she is holding talks with president viktor yanukovych and the opposition leaders. the official u.s. line is washington is helping the ukrainian people decide on their political future. but a recording posted on youtube suggests that the u.s. is attempting to play an active role in the outcome. >> i don't think vitaly klitschko should go into the government. yats has the economic and governing experience. he needs vitaly klitschko and tony on the outside and talk to them four times a week. >> the voice is that of victoria nuland, in conversation with the u.s. ambassador to ukraine last week. >> views expressed was that vitaly klitschko needs to do more political homework. the favoured leader. and suspicions that the ukrainian president is counting on the third opposition leader to tear the o

vitali klitschko said that germany should take a leading role in mediating between the two sides. what's going on sania sen york seen here on the left also want germany to push the eu to provide financial assistance to ukraine. after their talks with the chancellor the two opposition leaders met with the german foreign minister from top to steinmeier. they called for berlin to advocate eu travel bans against members of the ukrainian government. this spring and our chief political correspondent linda creed who was known for her commentary steelers in berlin melinda good to see it to sanctions travel restrictions on natalie. evidently the two opposition leaders want to see jeremy get tough on the ukrainian government what can germany promised them. we'll definitely germany did not promise them either sanctions or travel restrictions that during this meeting. and so they didn't get what they wanted in a direct sense perhaps that is directly i think they very much and didn't see germany claim that kind of very active role that vitali klitschko has said he wants to see germany plate an

opposition leader vitali klitschko was greeted with boos. a pause was reserved for the nationalist right, which continues to demand viktor yanukovych's immediate resignation, and now vitali klitschko has sharpened his tone, calling for immediate dismissal of the president and elections no later than may 25. >> for the latest, i am joined by a journalist and blogger from kiev. what is the latest there? >> it has been a dramatic day. it appears all traces of president viktor yanukovych's power has vanished overnight. the power is in a marathon session. more dramatically, they have voted to free yulia tymoshenko, the opposition leader who viktor yanukovych imprisoned several years ago. they said her life might be in danger. she is being kept in a hospital in the city where viktor yanukovych is said to be. do not knowt we exactly what is going on and where he is. >> is this the end for viktor yanukovych? question, but big here, you need to connect the dots. the government quarters are under control by opposition members. he has abandoned his est

say was it a bit like one of klitschko boxing matches. well we have heard from both ukraine officials and the opposition here at the conference in munich and first thought these were saying that they have complied with the demands of the protesters they're canceling the so-called war which basically triggered the latest wave of mass protests in the country and freeing all of the all of those who've been detained during the protest including the far right radicals but judging by what we've heard from one of the leaders of the opposition and former boxer vitaly klitschko he's not ready to stop this fight perhaps like in a boxing match since he said this is not enough what they want to see are complete reforms of the financial and the political system in the country and they want to see preliminary elections and clearly and many western countries have been on of their side it was heard from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry will said the time for here for scum to decide whether it's with one country or with the rest of the world adding

in those discussions in munich both opposition leader klitschko and ukraine's foreign minister had the say with a top to blaming the boxer turned politician for the increasingly nationalist violence in his country klitschko the diverted the debate by blaming the violence on police brutality security consultant chuck joiner who used to work for the cia and the f.b.i. gave us his thoughts on ukraine's handling of the situation. if you are in the situation where i've seen videos of police officers on fire and that's a deadly situation and they certainly in the united states would have the legal right to use deadly force in response to that so if a police officer perceives that there's a threat to themselves or somebody else they can't respond with pepper spray but tons personal weapons strikes electronic control devices if the threat rises to the level where they think either they or somebody else are being threatened with death or serious bodily harm then they can respond with deadly force i think throughout the history of riots you see if there's not a strong police presence and then th

keep close to yes there were a lot of cringes but klitschko beat me tied to glee it's my own fault icouldn't avoid them to get inside i lost the battle but i'll win the war. here but i would wait a week or so for months on the thirty four year old russian was back in the spotlight rejuvenated and a deal with a new russian boxing promotion in hand and years and years can start to get pretty good we've already worked out a plan to fulfil pull that can style mission plus a few strategic ways to achieve the goal and after his next bout will choose the faster all the longer one. sort of woman was. soon as the klitschko but it was over i was ready to get back in the ring i never stop wanting it just needed some time to physically recover all this time i've been in the gym running doing training to keep myself in shape. according to his new three year deal the vatican will have to fight see year the next one to be held in moscow this may while the name of his next opponent will be revealed within two weeks. i feel like a need for a five base before another title shot that are many worthy fi

as soon as the klitschko but it was over i was ready to get back in the ring i never stop wanting it just needed some time to physically recover all this time i've been in the gym running during training to keep myself in shape. according to his new three year deal the vatican will have to fight see year the next one to be held in moscow this may while the name of his next opponent will be revealed within two weeks. i feel like a need for a five base before another title shot that are many worthy fighters out there but i need all those fights to become even tougher and once again become a legitimate contender back in october last year it was far more than just about a title belt put that. thousands if not millions of how cool hearts broken and one big sense of pride and require his insight what he wants from this. rematch with klitschko is the top priority with a dart titles have never given me that kind of drive he's the man to beat the toughest one that's what motivates me. the burning no party must go. on to basketball now and in the year only top sixteen says go when joint top of

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leaderainly, opposition viktor klitschko has made the biggest waves in munich today. he has been speaking at a podium discussion and evo tremendous sympathy on the part of the audience, got the loudest applause of anybody during today's proceedings. it wasn't perhaps what he said, calling for a return to the 2004 constitution, rolling for new elections in ukraine -- it was perhaps how he said it. he came equipped with photographs, showing the kind of torture mentioned in your top report, and he spoke in english and german rather than russian, which actually then provoked the russian member of the panel to start speaking french. a bit of confusion. the one thing that the panelists, all of whom did come from eastern europe, did agree upon is that ukraine's future needs to be solved by ukrainians themselves. chko felt, klits ukraine needed a lot of help from friends. >> tell us a little bit about what else has been catching your eye in munich today. >> another big subject has been how to restore trans-atlantic trust in the wake of the nsa surveillance scandal. we heard g

the tolley klitschko -- vitaly klitschko is the new kid on the block, but his lack of experience worksagainst him. >> gulliver cragg joining us live from kiev. the seige of a school on the outskirts of moscow has been brought to an end after authorities neutralized an armed high school student who had taken more than 20 other students hostage. the siege lasted for a short while but did leave one police officer and a teacher dead. to rome now where the u.n. chief aid official is meeting with humanitarian agencies to find ways of alleviating the suffering of syrians on the ground. opening the conference a short possible int really affairs minister accused the international community of having failed syria -- italy's international affairs minister accused the international community of having failed syria. towe have rejoined forces convince countries and authorities that are still resisting. there is nothing more on acceptable just to see that everything is ready in the -- justat the borders need a green light. >> we can join our correspondent in rome who has been following that conferenc

but right now it's important to make is a break and no fighting any more. >> earlier vitaly klitschko described independence square as an island of freedom that would be defended. those in the square fought for hours, protecting territory held since last november, when president viktor yanukovych rented a trade deal with the eu, in favour of closer ties. the e.u.'s foreign policy chief was appalled. >> i'm worried by the violence in kiev and the numbers of reported casualty. this violence and bloodshed must stop immediately. i'm also very concerned about the ult mate um to stop this by force. i call upon president viktor yanukovy yanukovych, the government and the opposition to find a way out of this deep nipping crisis. >> the fire burned, but the intensity gone. in its place, a stunned disbelief on what had gone on. >> that report clearly from our correspondent. a report from our producer in kiev with the previous report. >> libya - the prime minister condemned a report. the militias are angry because parliament expanded a mandate due to expire on february the 7th. the prime ministe

mr vitaly klitschko who met with mr kerry is another mentioned as a prime minister. there's talk of reverting to a government based on the 2004 constitution, which was more of a mixed presidential parliamentary system instead of the current presidential system. maybe there could be an agreement on new elections. a number of things could be put on the table, but they need to back away from violent confrontation. >> the american institute in ukraine. thank you for you time today. >> gun fights broke out a day before thailand's general election as anti-protesters tried to stop the distribution of ballots. we have more from bangkok. >> this is the build up to sunday's election that everybody in thailand had feared. these people have moved down the road are anti-government protesters, coming from a central bank cock stage to join -- bangkok stage to join another group down the road. in the area is a pro-government group, as the protesters move down, there has been gun fire coming from somewhere and explosions. there's little security. some soldiers are unarmed and police.

for klitschko, the boxer turned politician, presidential hopeful himself. he will be under pressure to maybe accept this deal and try to lead the people behind me in independence square to compromise as well to potentially give up that square and go home. but the the issue for the opposition leaders, as it has been all along, is maintaining their legitimacy with the protesters behind me whilst trying to lead the country out of crisis. i think they're still facing that difficulty. because as i said before, a lot of protesters become more militant and more revolutionary. they are certainly more angry about the situation. if these concessions, constitutional reforms, powers transferred from the presidency to the parliament had been offered two months ago, maybe, just maybe then it would be enough and people would have gone home. because so many people died, it would be very difficult to make those people go home unless the president himself resigns. >> duncan, thank you for the very latest from kiev it goes without saying we will keep you updated on all develo

but god ukraine's main office issued a lead of the tommy klitschko has held talks with the embattled president viktor yanukovich. two months of anti government protests to put the president of the substantial pressure speaking after the meeting klitschko accuse the president of dragging his face for doubting opposition to bonds to reinstate the previous constitution which would cut trial presidential powers. fitch co warned that delaying reforms put to the editor by the crisis and he said the president must take action to resolve the political crisis and prevent the country from the splitting of cost. well the eu and the us are holding talks on an aid package for ukraine and we can get some more on mass from not cause for the jackpot and enjoys this from brussels welcome jack. sunday's talks that are going on down have a yielded any results yet. we're still going to have a stadium are clearly os to the of the government in kiev was reshuffled last week because displeasure and last but most got cut off its latest round of funding. clearly the u k europe as well as the u s c an opportu

ukraine would be very high on the agenda we are expecting the opposition leader vitali klitschko to arrive here this evening and he's due to sit in the states tomorrow with ukraine's foreign minister as well as with the member of the russian parliament said that to be interesting. we also had discussions devoted to an elderly middle eastern topics scenery of late this evening will also be discussing a round at the conference. so all of that is also likely yet to provide some some fireworks and done. nsa surveillance are still a very big topic you were expecting to hear from both the us secretary of state and sent secretary of defense tomorrow and this evening the german interior minister said that he considers the nsa surveillance in this country in germany to have been entirely disproportionate and he is looking for a resolution to that. so lacked certain to be some confrontation on the subject as well going forward here this is also a very important site for bilateral meetings on the fringes of the concert because we do have international leaders from pretty much all of the critical regi

klitschko really does support that was given to him at a recent meeting in germany the european union and by the united states meanwhile russia has slammed western nations for helping to escalate tensions in ukraine that have been ratcheting up since the article which dates to treat back with the eu back in november with eu policy chief catherine ashton in kyiv on tuesday and other us officials to visit in the next few days the coming week for ukraine will no doubt be crucial the israelis are waking up with the new reality on monday morning the threat of rocket attacks from the gaza strip has increased. thus the rulers must have decided to withdraw their anti missile force that was stationed along the border with israel originally deployed back in november two thousand and twelve after gaza signed a ceasefire with israel following the last major confrontation with the jewish state. ma said the move was because of the latest israeli attacks against gaza but looking back since december of last year israel has never fired their guns. first it is only occasionally responded to the twenty

no one says i don't think that klitschko should go into government i don't think it's a good idea which piatt later responds in terms of moving the process ahead we want to keep the moderate democrats together. so if there is any doubt before that the u.s. is looking for ways to meddle into a sovereign nations internal affairs this lead conversation should confirm that suspicion look there's a revolution going on in ukraine right now and the outcome should be the will of the people not the u.s. europe russia or any other foreign state actor so good luck to the state department at the damage control on this one it's about that time to break the set. it was a. very hard to take. i never had sex with her right there. i. am. really pleased to it'll it'll eat a. little to. the us. yesterday i spoke with pulitzer prize winning journalist chris hedges about the notion of crisis cults in the collapse of complex societies but we also discuss the nature of the economic machine that's responsible for this collapse this system is fueled by profit and although its nature is so blatantly unsustainabl

style some of them are you with them klitschko argued that the protesters are defending the european ambitions again so-called repressive measures and he used the opportunity to meet the cranium foreign minister face to face to show him an album which he said contained photographs of police brutality law enforcement consultant child joyner gave us his thoughts on the ukrainian securities handling of the situation. if you are in the situation where i've seen videos of police officers on fire that's a deadly situation and they certainly in the united states would have the legal right to use deadly force in response to that so if a police officer perceives that there's a threat to themselves or somebody else they can respond with pepper spray baton personal weapon strikes electronic control devices pick the threat rises to the level where they think either they or somebody else are being threatened with death or serious bodily harm then they can respond with deadly force i think throughout the history of riots you see if there's not a strong police presence then the tag and eyes of the

no one says i don't think that klitschko should go into government i don't think it's a good idea which piatt later responds in terms of moving the process ahead we want to keep the moderate democrats together. so if there is any doubt before that the u.s. is looking for ways to meddle into a sovereign nations internal affairs this lead conversation should confirm that suspicion look there's a revolution going on in ukraine right now in the outcome should be the will of the people not the us and europe russia or any other foreign state actor so good luck to the state department at the damage control on this one it's about that time to break the said. the first look it was a military hard to take the target. he ever had sex with the terror threat there are no such killers. to the touch the such utter utter.

when i would be also mentioned that klitschko another opposition leader and got not one more nights in a book that goes to you the two u s officials say that those are the guys that should remain outside of government they even referenced by klitschko as it got complicated electron in the end he died at the circumstance of creating a new government they hide the sad at the bench and even troubles that he's having in his maverick right now. how'd that could come into play with him having a role in the eu the newly formed the ukrainian government's they spoke about keeping the moderate democrats together they also spoke about the fact that they need to hide something to me qaeda planned stick once the ideal government is formed if it starts gaining altitude the medias some kind of but you know symbolism be taking you when i figure to coming to ukraine. i give a nod to its high base effect as it happened he said that the russians could come in and her peak hour. any plans the us is now putting in place within the ukrainian government. was there anything else significant in the recording.

best governing experience that he's the guy that should be on the inside when they also mentioned klitschko another opposition leader and another one more city book those to you the two u.s. officials say that those are the guys that should remain outside of government they even referenced klitschko as a complicated electron in the circumstance of creating a new government they said they mentioned even troubles that he's having in his marriage right now how that could come into play with him having a role in the newly formed ukrainian government spoke about keeping the moderate democrats together they also spoke about the fact that they need something to make their plan stick once they new government is formed if it starts gaining altitude they need some kind of symbolism a u.n. figure to come into ukraine give a nod to it they say if that doesn't happen they said that there was russians could come in enter pito any plans the u.s. is now putting in place for the new ukrainian government and was there anything significant in the recording. there was another significant probably the most cont

but judging by what we've heard from one of the leaders of the opposition and former boxer vitaly klitschko he's not ready to stop this fight perhaps like in a boxing match since he said this is not enough what they want to see are complete reforms of the financial and political system in the country and they want to see her win the elections and clearly the many western countries have been on the other side that we've heard from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry will said of the time for kiev has come to decide whether it's with one country or with the rest of the world adding that washington supports the ukrainian people but many have criticized this a one sided approach including russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov you have to do what it is then you can pull it from the new one has to answer some fundamental questions these thoughts arising in connection with the situation in ukraine and remember little question which one does inside them and. recently violent street protests have to do with promoting democracy why don't we hear the condemnation of those who sees it and hold gov

obey orders of fries or the leaders of the incumbent government the president of the country or klitschko yatsenyuk or targeted they are out of control of all of those leaders of the opposition who claim they have control so actually in this situation the very prospect of negotiations between opposition leaders on the government as well seems very very vague because this is not going to bring immediate results and solve the crisis in ukraine right but we are seeing now the rises are using live ammunition there and throw molotov cocktails as well what's the fine line between protesters and blatant criminals. well actually we are now talking about. militants rather than peaceful protesters because you know they have been using they have been murdering people and this is not the mains to achieve consensus this is not the means to achieve any peaceful resolution so whenever there is a threat to the lives of the ordinary people in the street this is a considered a criminal action so we can no longer qualify and classify those people as peaceful protesters this is actually criminal activity and

will move klitschko and yet so new york feel that they can ride this tiger to par certainly i hope that they've tried to use it to in a sense their western backers have to every time the article which is made concessions far from calming the situation that is a prelude to a revival of violence and i think what we're seeing is an attempt by inch by inch to force a change of regime the problem is that it's taken longer than perhaps the opposition hoped for and at the same time this is imposed and imposed by the radical right wing paramilitary groups and so we have to offer ourselves whether even if president of the code which was to step down this rush would lead to a peaceful solution would we not then see infighting amongst the opposition we saw this after all in similar circumstances in georgia twenty years ago when there was a kind of porch like this took place and it took four or five use for the political situation settle and then eight years later there was another similar so-called people power but rather by the top people so i think the danger now even if. the opposition is succe

as you have seen so far in the last few weeks, the overall leaders, yuk and klitschko, have called people to remain calm and they have been recently successful with that. but recently as the yanukovych government has cracked down. >> and president obama has called for more peaceful demonstrations and he included the protesters when he condemned the violence. let's listen to that. >> we hold the ukrainian government primarily responsible for making sure that it is dealing with peaceful protesters, in an appropriate way. we have said that we also expect peaceful protesters to remain peaceful and we will be monitoring very closely the situation. >> does that help anyone on either side of the barricades? >> that will probably have some useful impact. but the europeans probably have more sway than the united states does. three foreign diplomats are going to kiev to meet with president yanukovych. ukraine trades as much with the european union than it does with russia. they have a big stake both ways. on the other hand, with european support and american support and international monetary fund

no one says i don't think that klitschko should go into government i don't think it's a good idea which.

there's vitaly klitschko. heading the ukrainian alliance for reform. a pro-e.u. party campaigning against government corruption. he accused viktor yanukovych of nepoti nepotism. and effectively we in this man standing in for tymoschenko who was imprisoned for abuse of power. the leader of the freedom party, the far right political group. he promotes himself as a defender of ukrainian culture. lastly it's widely reported that there's another element at play, one that is extremely right wing and even neo-nazi. al jazeera's barnaby phillips will tell us about that. looking behind you demonstrators camped out. tell us about them. >> there are divisions between the many groups opposed to the president. that's been the case throughout the past three months. i would say over the last four days vitaly klitschko and another are the one that is have taken the initiative and been at the forefront. i have seen more of them and their supporters in the square than the rightist elements over the past few days. i think it's also clear that if the european union and the west have

vitaly klitschko, opposition leader, announced he'll seek the presidency. >> parliament could vote for a new cabinet or prime minister. some in eastern ukraine, where russian ties are strong, are worried they'll be left out. >> nick schifrin reports from the russian border city, where the revolution is facing resistance. >> under the gaze of the man who founded the soviet union, ukraine's youth are playing an old game with new rules. this is a pro-russian city. the teenagers know that their team doesn't lead the government. there were rumours the lenin statue was coming down, as it did in half-a-dozen other states. they are ready to prevent that from happening. >> this is our history. nobody can destroy it. >> 17-year-old max says his heart is with russia. he knows ukraine's future is with the west. he's not really against. >> even great britain, you know... >> the western dreams scare an older generation that grew up soviet. these women interrupted our conversation to give max a ribbing. >> were you worried what he was saying, is that why you approached us? that's exactly why. this wo

vitaly klitschko. >> northern syrian city of aleppo, shows syrian government helicopters dropping barrel bombs. more than 150 people dead in just three days of attacks. those barrel bombs are crude devices usually a container packed with scrap metal. president bashar al-assad's forces and rebel groups. meanwhile millions are fleeing the fighting in syria. waning up in neighboring lebanon, education for the children who are force ed to live there. reporting from lebanon. >> here in one of the scattered refugee communities, in northern lebanon children are struggling oget to school, to get access to education. that's because there are hundreds of thousands of syrian children who cannot attend school that is run by the lebanese government. the government cannot accommodate hundreds of thousands of new students, it would have to build new schools to allow syrian children to go to school while they are waiting to return to their country. here a private charity has built a school for the students. this school runs two shifts and around 500 students get to go to school and get an education here