i'm laura kyle. also - spy chief apologises for an espionage scandal involving senior agents. we are live in seoul. >> nigeria's president abuses boko haram

i'm laura kyle. >> also on the program - accusations of chemical warfare in syria.oth sides of the conflict blame each other for what they are calling a gas attack. >> hope for iraq's orphans. volunteers are stepping in. why is the government not helping these children? >>

sh hello there, welcome to al jazeera, oum laura -- i'm laura kyle. also coming up. survivors on attack on an unreason compound in -- u.n. compound in south sudan tell us about their terror. >> translation: one man hit me in the head with a machete. i stayed still. >> pakistan's military denied being responsible for the shooting of a prominent journal limit. >> how mobiles are dialling up a profit in myanmar. . >> divers in south korea have recovered more bodies from the submemoried wreck of the ferry disaster. the search is continuing off jindo. more than 50 are confirmed dead. a further 250 are still missing. >> let's go to our correspondent adrian brown. joining us from jindo. >> if you can give us an idea of what is happening where you are, where you are standing, and the latest in the recovery effort:. >> yes, that really has become a recovery provision now. that's a sign that the divers have been able to enter the vessel in greater numbers, they weren't able to a few days ago because of the weather and visibility. they are making much more head way, and what we

i'm laura kyle. also - spy chief apologises for an espionage scandal involving senior agents. we are live in seoul. >> nigeria's president abuses boko haram over a rush-hour bombing killing 70 in the capital. plus... >> brazilia, the capital of brazil, where the biggest state-run company, petro gas is facing corruption charges at the highest levels. >> ukrainian crisis is clearly straining relations between the u.s. and russia. barack obama's phone call with vladimir putin has been described as frank. barack obama again an accused vladimir putin's government of supporting armed troops. he asked them to withdraw russia's traps from the border. 40,000 are thought to be stationed there. obama warned mr vladimir putin that russia would incur further costs on top of the sanctions in place. vladimir putin told obama accusations moscow is interfering in eastern ukraine are unfounded. turning the tables, putin called on the u.s. to prevent the use of blood shed. >> this is the moment pro-russian protesters stormed headquarters in an eastern city in ukraine. 100 men took part in the as

i'm laura kyle. >> also on the program - accusations of chemical warfare in syria. both sides of the conflict blame each other for what they are calling a gas attack. >> hope for iraq's orphans. volunteers are stepping in. why is the government not helping these children? >> and don't call me a witch doctor - nigeria's healers say they can treat you just as well as pain stream medics. >> ukraine's government says its launched an anti-terrorist operation to take on the separatists in the east. the interior minister says security forces are working to regain control of a police building, seized by pro-russian gunmen in slovyansk. that down is around 150km from the russian border. russia has been accused of backing the armed groups. correspondent hoda abdel-hamid is just outside of slovyansk and joins us now on the phone. hoda abdel-hamid, we are hearing that the military is starting operations in slovyansk. what are you hearing on the ground? >> well, we are hearing this from the interior minister in kiev. now, what we know so far is that there is some sort of operati

. ♪ hello, you are watching al jazeera live from our global news center in doha and i'm laura kyle andn the program four more people in the ferry disaster condemned the actions of the crew. the conduct of the captain and some crew members is unfathomable and it's like an act of murder that should not be tolerated. >>> aleppo and barrel bombs are dropped over the besieged syrian city and how thailand is becoming an solar energy pioneer. ♪ russian foreign minister has again accused the interim government in ukraine of not listening to voices of opposition in the country and speaking in the last few minutes they said washington should take responsibility for the actions of kiev. >> translator: the geneva agreement is not the only thing but there are steps being under taken above all but those who sieged power in kiev and those who are violating each other, claims are increasing with regards to the southeast region of ukraine, buildings, posts, but the government is not doing anything in order to stop the causes of this deep problem of this crisis within ukraine. the right sector is virtua

i'm laura kyle in doha with the top stories on al jazeera. >>> separatists in eastern ukraine say they'll swap international observers for prisoners in kiev. >>> afghanistan's election commission says the presidential race will go to a second-round run-off. >> i'm in london with more news from europe, includiing tens of thousands of pilgrims gather at the vatican ahead of a ceremony to declare two new saints. >>> and remembering those from tena men square. a new museum opens in hong kong. >>> pro-russia gunmen holding a group of international observers captive in ukraine say they are willing to carry out a prisoner swap. the self-proclaimed separatist leader in slovyansk says he'll trade the international observers for kiev political prisoners. eight observers have been missing for 24 hours. they are held behind he is barricades in a building. russia says it will do all it can to secure their release. moscow has been accused of coordinating the kidnapping european leaders will meet on monday to discuss sanctions against russia and accuse moscow of making little effort to persuade groups i

. ♪ hello there, welcome to the news hour, i'm laura kyle in doha with the top stories a top officialmned preparations for the game but admit there is no plan b. south korea president apologizes for her government's handling of the ferry disaster. out of time, the deadline set for middle east peace talks progresses without talks and where they go from

. ♪ >>> hello there, welcome to the news hour, i'm laura kyle in doha with our top stories.raqis make their mark as millions vote in an election that will shape the country's future. at least 30 people, mainly children are reported dead after an air strike on a school in syria's biggest city. pro-russian separatists take control of a building in your next question. ♪ >>> millions of iraqis are braving the threat of attack to vote in the country's first parliamentary election since u.s. troops left three years ago. there has been some violence. the prime minister is hoping for a third term in office, but with more than 300 political parties and talk of coalitions, no single block is expected to win a majority. here are some of the major political entities and alliances. we have the state of law coalition. the main contender once again. it has made rivals. the union of kurdishstan is the main party fighting for the kurdish block. and here is more. >> reporter: major parts of iraq look like this, empty streets and vigilant security men at check points. it's to secure iraq's lar

i'm laura kyle, and these are our main stories this hour.lympic organizers call the preparations in brazil the worse ever. a new mission for syria's chemical weapons inspectors. they are going to inspect allegations of chlorine use. an apology from the south korean president, she regrets the slow response to the ferry disaster. >> and we examine the reasons why indonesia's elections were branded fraudulent. ♪ >>> it was meant to be the greatest show on earth, every four years competitors gather for a festival of sporting excellence, known, of course as the olympic games. in 2016 the games will be held in rio dejannero, but brazil's preparations have been granted as the worse ever. construction of some venues hasn't even begun, and there's no plan b. [ cheers ] >> reporter: this was the moment brazil's olympic dream was given a reality check. five years ago it won the right to host the olympic games, but it's preparations are badly off coarse. >> from my experience it's the worst i have experienced. but, again, we just have to make it happen.

. ♪ hello there and welcome to the news hour, i'm laura kyle in doha with the stories on al jazeera.ill get north korea nothing other than greater isolation. >> reporter: barack obama vowed to stand by south korea to counter a nuclear threat from yang. diplomatic war of words as the military build up continues on the russia/ukraine border, we meet the

. ♪ hello there and welcome to the news hour, i'm laura kyle in doha with the stories on al jazeera.threats will get north korea nothing other than greater isolation. >> reporter: barack obama vowed to stand by south korea to counter a nuclear threat from yang. diplomatic war of words as the military build up continues on the russia/ukraine border, we meet the men with protecting the oil resources ahead of key parliamentary elections plus. >> i'm rob in los angeles with a report of turning 60 and how this clean energy is growing. ♪ north korea will be more isolated if it continues with its nuclear program. that is the warning from u.s. president barack obama. he also says he must live up to international obligation and abandon weapons areas knowledge -- arsenol and it's an effort to improve relations between south korea and japan and harry is in seoul and we have been listening to both leaders there and north korea has been quite the pressing issue. >> that's right, both leaders gave time in the opening statements of north korea. obviously it's one of the key issues of any american p

. ♪ hello there, welcome to the news hour, i'm laura kyle in doha with the top stories a top officialdemned preparations for the game but admit there is no plan b. south korea president apologizes for her government's handling of the ferry disaster. out of time, the deadline set for middle east peace talks progresses without talks and where they go from here. handing out cash in indonesia but this politician says he is not corrupt and not sorry. ♪ a senior olympic official has condemned brazil's preparations for the 2016 summer olympic games. he says they are the worst he has ever seen. and some have not been started. brazil other sporting event the football world cup begins in six week's time and we will hear from the correspondent in a moment but we have this report from nicole johnston. >> reporter: this is the moment when brazil's olympic comes through, five years ago it has the right to host the games in 2016. but its preparations are not going as planned and they have been slammed by the vice president of the international olympic committee. speaking in sidney he said. >> transl

i'm laura kyle, and these are our main stories this hour.lympic organizers call the preparations in brazil the worse ever. a new mission for syria's chemical weapons inspectors. they are going to inspect allegations of chlorine use. an apology from

. ♪ >>> hello there, welcome to the news hour, i'm laura kyle in doha with our top stories.raqis make their mark as millions vote in an election that will shape the country's future. at least 30 people, mainly children are reported dead after an air strike on a school in syria's biggest city. pro-russian separatists take control