nick shiffrin is in kiev where parliament continues to meet. everi have glass where one of the airports was seized. are we seeing a power grab this morning by pro russian supporters? >> there certainly are pro russian forces at the airport, as well as the other airport. they won't say who they are or where they're from. they've taken insignia off uniforms. this is no rag tag mill russia. this is an organized event holding the airport. one man told observers that they're there to protect the airport should ukrainian troops try to come in. we also understand from the interfax news agency in the last hour that russian helicopters have moved to a base near savastapol and are blocking a ukrainian border guard base there. a very, very serious situation here, saying they are a russian military unit. the trucks have no license plates on them, the military have no insignia on them. they won't identify themselves when you speak to them. behind me in the parliament are armed men. they took over just a day on the ground. we don't know who these men are or

nick shiffrin, aljazeera, kiev. >> egypt's interim government resigned, the prime minister saying that he will stay on until a new government is formed. aljazeera's nicole johnston explains. >> what is significant about this cabinet resignation is what does it mean for the defense minister al sisi, is this a way for him to pave the way to run for the presidential elections. to do so, he must resign as defense minister as well as his position as head of the military. the other factor underway in egypt at the moment is there's a great deal of civil unrest. we're seeing strikes and pro tests from all sorts of different oranges, such as the doctor's syndicate, pharmacist as well as textile workers and garbager workers. this could be another way to try to put a lid on pro tests to show people that the interim government is listen got to concerns of the people by appointing a new cabinet. >> nicole johnston from doha, and outspoken credit kim of venezuelan president, not backing down, a retired army general addressing dozens from his balcony wearing a flak jacket and armed with a rifle and s

here's nick shiffrin. good morning. >> good morning, dell.he building behind me in the parliament they are deciding the future of the country and the challenges could not be greater. this is a country that you just said politically deeply divided, also economically. ukraine will run out of money in a couple months and needs that unity government in place to get a loans and avoid defaulting on it's bills. there is a huge effort to get things done quickly. they've been in parliament all morning. we were in there. they are acting pretty quickly. they've passed four bills first hour, dealing with the amnesty law to release people who were in prisons during the last three months of protest. they dealt with local elections, with the responsibility of the cabinet and in a little while, they will elect the prime minister. they are expected to elect the prime minister. that will be 39-year-old millionaire, and he very much has u.s. support. >> we are seeing signs that ukraine is breaking apart as was feared. what are you hearing about pro russian prot

let's bring in nick shiffrin in jerusalem.ive us an idea what you've been told happened. >> this is a possible turning point for the insurgency inside sinai. what we're told is that bus was full of people and the bus was targeted. they said that the south korean tourists had come from a man starry, popular tourist destination in sinai near mount sinai and came to israel for tourism. the sides of the border were closed and victims, almost all 33 people killed or wounded are being treated in egyptian hospitals right now. there has been no claim of responsibility yet, but there's been an insurgency for many months. the u.s. and many countries advicing its citizens not to travel into sinai, that picking up since mohamed morsi was overthrown last summer. what we've seen is the insurgents targeting soldiers, police. this is a shift in strategy, tourists haven't been targeted for some eight years, so this is a worrying development. >> a lot of our viewers will be familiar with a number of places in that area, tourist destinations, th

. >> nick shiffrin has more on that story from kiev. here is a huge step forward for the future of this country, were there is a new parliament as you said and new government and new hope for the future. but still the focus is here on independence square. the center of what they call the third revolution here in ukraine. let me show you a little bit about what is going on here. the security is still here. silt early morning friday. but you can still hear that these barriers are still up. and there is a guard tower right there, that is always manned. and part of the reason for that is that the people here all of the thousands who have been here for so many months are still very much the inspiration for what is going on inside the parliament. and everybody inside the parliament all of those politicians are thankful for all the sacrifices that the people here have made to get them there. >> in ukraine's parliament the photo gallery doesn't feature members of the government. it honors people who have died fighting the government. more than

nick shiffrin reports they now control the countries fate. >> if you want to leave kiev in a hurry, you go through 24-year-old on the left and the 36-year-old on the right. >> have you ever done security before? >> no. >> have you ever done security before? >> this is the very first time. >> for the last three months, they fought the government. they feel they won and to the victors go the spoils, the local airport. their goal is to crack down on protestors. they check passengers against picture of the most wanted, not the police's most wanted, their most wanted. they want to be the conscience that keeps order. >> are you trying to find people president obama enact punishment. >> of course not. we are citizens. we want order, we want the law. >> when the real police arrive, the volunteers shoe them away. >> this police, just three days ago, they were ready to shoot us just because we stay here. this is hypocrisy. >> you probably heard of rosy the riveter. the caterer, every member of the opposition is till helping. they feel the fight isn't over. >> if i'm doing my best and i'm the aver

nick shiffrin reports from the city 30 miles from the rug border where the revolution is facing resistancetestors serve up their revolution with a plate of cookies. thousands of anti-government activists have taken over the regional headquarters, a small army of nurses and volunteers prepare sandwiches. every few minutes, a volunteer brings more supplies. the aid station has water by the gallon. >> you created a little city here. >> it's a city inside city. >> the unofficial paragraph for history that's still unfolding, the 27-year-old identifies more with europe than russia. for him, this is a generational battle. >> generation, people have been in soviet union, they think we are nobody, we can't do something. you can see a lot of young people, and they do it. >> the local media embraced the occupation, i don't have theling to get into the abandoned governor's office. he collected old phones and big game trophies. that's where we found 38-year-old antoine. he's fighting a governor he considered corrupt. >> he wants to take it all, all the money, although luxury things, not thinking about

nick shiffrin reports just miles from the russian border where ties to the kremlin are still very strong. >> through the gaze of the man who founded the soviet union, ukraine's youth are playing an old game just with new rules. this is a pro-russian city. these teenagers know for the first time, their team doesn't lead the government so are figuring out how to rally from behind. there were rumors the statue was coming down, as it does in half a dozen other cities. they are ready to prevent that from happening. >> the town thinks this is our history and nobody can destroy it. >> 17-year-old max said his heart is are russia but knows ukraine's future is with the west, which he is not against. >> dreams of being with great britain. >> those western dreams scare an older generation who grew up soviet. these women interrupted our conversation to give max a ribbon that celebrates soviet soldiers who died in word war two. >> were you worried about what he would say? >> that's exactly why. this woman calls over a rather embarrassed max and demands he tells her what he already told us and started