they were amongst the pro-russia crowds trapped in the odessa house.kraine supporters were throwing molotov cocktails at the building when it caught fire. 36 people died. in kiev, they have their martyrs, those kild on the mid an independent square. now there are martyrs on the other side. more reasons for revenge. ever fewer for rec know silliation. >> despite all the violence, the greatest bloodshed occurred hundreds of miles away yesterday during that incident in odessa. for more we're joined now from odessa via skype by philip with "the wall street journal." what was the situation today? >> on the ground outside the building where the people burned to death last night, there was a russian rally and people were very angry. at times, there were scuffles. mostly older people, some younger people. they're very angry at the police too, because the police played a peculiar role yesterday, as they have throughout. what's more, there's video of footage that emerged yesterday from several fairly reliable ukrainian television channels and other videos that t

here are the headlines -- hundreds of pro-ukrainian protesters march in the southern city of odessa after pro-russians storm a police station to free some 60 of their members arrested friday. the evacuation of the besieged syrian city of homs is set for tuesday. that is after a deal is struck between the government and opposition. anger at the government response to the kidnapping of close to 300 earls in nigeria prompts major protests. that has pushed the nigerian first lady to accuse the protesters of making up the objections to give her husband a bad name. >> also coming up, you will go underwater with web news as one internet user takes you diving with seal pups. and napoleon comes back to life on the italian island of elba. residents in history france -- fans mark 200 years since the emperor was exiled. an overnight shootout in a ukrainian city has reportedly left three people hurt here there has been heavy fighting in the outskirts of the city with at least one civilian reportedly killed by gunfire. it is the latest in a series of violence breaking out across the southeast. sunday,

unfortunately in odessa. >> yes, they are referring to what happened in odessa.et's move on - i have been reading vass ill krutov's explanation, he's the head of the anti-terror center. he's reported as saying this "what we are facing in donetsk and eastern region is not a short-lived uprising, it is, in fact, a war." so there's almost confirmation there from kiev, isn't there? >> well, i think that the dramatic language which authorities in kiev uses puts into question their own plans. they planned to hold the presidential elections on 25 may. what kind of an access can there be if the country is in a state of war is this so there are lots of contradictions in the plans and in the statements of the authorities in kiev. certainly i think it's a tragedy that in a modern european country you have troops using aviation and helicopters and tanks, creating a rebellion in the east of the country, and we don't hear condemnation from the e.u. or the united states. just recently the u.n. and the united states told mr viktor yanukovych the former president that if he used

whereabouts in odessa are you, and what's happening there? >> reporter: steven, i'm outside a police station in the center of the city. it's a branch of the local city police where a large angry crowd has gathered outside. it appears as though they were demanding the release of a number of people who were arrested on thursday night at that burning building. we may, we think, be in the particular police station. the crowd is extremely angry the athe police. they believe that the police could have done more and didn't to prevent or stop the violence on friday night. a one point a few minutes ago a young man climbed up the wall of the police station and took down the ukrainian flag flying outside and replaced it with a flag of the city of odessa. it isn't by any means clear at this moment that they plan to storm the police station. there is a large contingent of police outside that have been pushed to one side. they're not offering much resistance at this stage. the crowd is chanting, fascists, fascists, fascists. >> jonah, three dailies -- days

the southern port of odessa is far from where the fighting has taken place in don ect. we have this -- donetsk, we in this report? >> translation: a trade union -- the referee: a trade union building was set on fire. the intensity of the smoke sent some jumping for their lives. dozens of others were suffocated. the building has been the headquarters of pro-russian protesters for over a month. ukranian police have been deployed earlier but were unable to restrain either side. >> the clashes underlined the challenges that faced the interim government, happening on the same day ukrainian forces launched an offensive in the anti-terror operation in the town of slovyansk here in the east. the black sea town of odessa ukranian paratroopers continued their operation throughout the night. it started in the morning. ukranian forces destroyed several checkpoints north of town. the ministry of defense confirmed two helicopters were struck down, it claimed by portable surface to air missiles. proof of russia's involvement on the ground. this man is said to be a ukranian pilot who s

>>> outrage in odessa. protesters storm a police building, setting prisoners free as ukraine's violence spreads from the east to a major poor city now. the government says russia is to blame as civil war grows closer. we are live with the very latest. >>> expanded. the search for flight 370 now covers a wider part of the ocean floor. but first, a whole lot of preparation. australia, malaysia and china planning what comes next, promising this jet will be found, even if it takes years. we are live with the latest on the hunt, missing now for nearly two months. >>> on trial again. oscar pistorius returns to court in south africa after a two-week delay in his murder case. his defense determined to show he shot his girlfriend accidentally, but prosecutors, they have other plans. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. it is monday, may 5th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. >>> up first, odessa under siege. the bloodshed and violence in ukraine's third largest city escalating d

here's odessa over here. analystses say that city has a huge strategic importance to ukraine, lea gabrielle is live. odessa, an enormous pickup for the other side and an enormous loss for ukraine's government. >> that's right. many russians actually consider odessa a russian city. in fact it played a key role in russian imperial history, considered a gateway to the former russian empire. today odessa was mostly quiet as mourners mourn the loss of loved ones during last week's clasheses but the recent violence highlights the strategic significance. odessa has two ports, including an oil terminal, and is a key transportation hub, and if odessa war to plate off from the rest of ukraine, ukraine would be land-locked, cut off from the black sea. >> it's separatists in the east say they're holding a vote to split from ukraine. >> that's right. people there calling it the people's republic. so they plan to hold a referendum by may 11th. look at this video we're showing you here. you can see over the weekend, protest

in the east. >>> and up first, odessa ser siege. the bloodshed and violence in the third largest city escalating dramatically. now, hundreds of pro-russian militants stormed the police station on sunday, freeing dozens of their own. nearly 50 people now dead after three days of violence. the bloodshed in odessa tipping ukraine closer, really, to all-out civil war. we want to get the latest now from arwa damon live in donetsk, eastern ukraine. arwa, what's going on this morning? >> reporter: well, those events in odessa most certainly are throwing fuel on the fires here, especially in the eastern part of the country, where we're seeing the pro-russian camp gaining even more territory, taking over even more buildings, despite the fact that the ukrainian government has launched this so-called antiterrorism operation and does have its own military perched outside of some various key cities. but within these different cities, the pro-russian camp very much in control, very much asserting its own authority. people are blaming a lot of wha

. >>> an angry crowd attacks the police station in odessa. >>> i'm marian in london. the stories we cover from london, the release of erich republican leader jerry adams without charge after being questioned about the most notorious murderers. >>> we have all the sports including have athletic co-madrid thrown away their chances? the details are coming up. >>> for a second day in a row, kenyans are under attack, at least three people were killed in two separate bomb blasts targeting buses in the capital of nairobi where they were carrying passengers along the busy highway. the blasts follow saturday's attacks in the port city of mombasa is which another three people died. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, like you say, sammy, those two buses were large buses and not the small one common here. two big buses traveling along the road not far from the city center along a very main highway. they both exploded and the deputy police commissioner of nairobi said bombs were on the buses. what's quite typical here of late of bomb attacks has been grenades being thrown, b

if not it is in odessa to recap so the situation unfolded. all greeks playing potential attacks that this is wed fri bottom lashes that led to dozens of that erupted between those who support the country's of movies that would be three and ends with an alternate nights this week but he has been good to follow the country they were coming from. this is way they act. activists from both might have thought that to throw stones and molotov open to each other. it got to go through. in the hot seat up to four people were killed but that was just the beginning. it was dramatic events happen to end at death with trade unions how significant blocks away from me wet wet. i began reading the first that the support is all the interim government and the air show in my aggressive football fans and members of some of ukraine's far right groups will be away for weeks and actually mom's pretty kids who did not like the authorities in it have been protesting the crowd first destroy the titans have the gift of that yet how things went on to the building and up

there's fighting in odessa. as long as the fighting continues, you are talking about civil war and possible war with russia. >> an impossible question to answer. when the dust settle, what does ukraine look like. >>. >> that wisdom prevails and you end up with a federated united ukraine. second possibility is civil war, all bets are off or a war between russia and the united states, and down the road two ukraines, eastern and southern ukraine drifting towards russia as one state. western ukraine towards europe. there are other divided countries. nobody wants to talk about it, but it's on the political agenda. >> difficult solution. we'll see the outcome. >> demand on what you want. >> stein cohen, prove so emeritus of russian cities. >>> in an attempt to end deadlock the iranian president hassan rouhani made a speech on tv. >> translation: confrontation with the world will not succeed. i said from the beginning that this government is on the path of interaction with the world, constructive interaction. when we s

fighting is in odessa, the third largest city in ukraine. hoda hami drvemid isid reports. >> blue and yellow flag of ukraine. the intensity of the smoke sent some people jumping for their lives out of windows. dozens of others died suffocating. the building had been the headquarters of pro-russian protesters for over a month. earlier in the day were unable to restrain either side. the clashes in odessa underline the challenges that face the interim government. happened the same day the corey ukrainians, odessa in the south of the country ukrainian paratroopers continued their operation slorches throughout thslovyansk throughoutthe night. the minister of defense confirmed two of its helicopters were shut down. proof of moscow's involvement on the ground. this plan is said to be a ukrainian pilot who survived from one of the helicopters. he's apparently being cared for by produce separatists in this this -- pro-russian separatists in this town. >> he was abandoned by his own people. >> ukrainian forces managed to retake this television antenna

but what seems to what happened is there have been competing protesters in odessa for the last few months we have seen that street battles of the nice feuding political militias. i think is the best way to call but this is the first outbreak of really deadly violence that we have seen it started out when a group of up nice and tidy up which protesters which had set up a tent camp on any area of the tree building in downtown and got some were attacked by a marvel of the needs of these ultra nationalists including the right sector ultra nationalist alliance of football shows plans of violent fans of the local football team and what started out the day at least by what can be described as peaceful bomb probe which of protesters. they set upon the camp oven and it moved very quickly. violence broke out right police largely stayed out of it he briefly tried to separate the two sides of the violence descended into one all out conflict. we saw pictures of pensioners on both sides throwing stones and beating each other with makeshift clubs. both sides throwing molotov cocktails of reports of an e

if they take odessa, they already have crimea. to intervene, with the booms on the ground, if they were to intervene, it could effectively build a land bridge eastern maldova and romania. the russian market is down. sanctions were not nearly as bad as the expectation of what they might be. interesting one we are seeing is wheat. it is at a 13 month highs. the reason is over odessa, the gateway to the black sea. 89% of ukrainian wheat goes other cities next to the black sea. there's concern about was what happened to the infrastructure there. ukrainian -- ukraine is the sixth biggest exporter of the week. they have a drought. crimea, traders are going, what if something happens within the infrastructure there and we lose that supply. month highit's a 13 for weeks. >> we will leave it as air. it will continue to track. weontinuation of a theme, will get back to johan utterman. he is a portfolio manager. joining us from zÜrich talk about the markets story. this week and this seems to have taken the situation and in the country to a d

we are live in odessa with the latest. when you look at what's going on here, the pro-russian forces looking to separate the cities that give access to the black sea. >> reporter: exactly. all up and down that eastern border with russia is exactly where we are seeing those flash points. even so, a city like odessa, where i am today, saw a surge in violence where dozens of people were killed because they were trapped inside a building where prorussian and proukrainian groups clash. there are fears it could get worse. this is a port city 500 kilometers east of the black sea. there, we heard government forces tried to retake control of the city center. we have a crew that's there at the moment. they said when they first got there, they saw the ukrainian flag up at the city council center. since then, it appears that the flag has been taken down by pro-russian groups and it's not clear exactly what the police are doing. so, this is the kind of fluid situation that's happening in a lot of cities in eastern ukraine. at the momen

more than 40 died in odessa on friday. many died in a fire after being trapped inside a burning building occupied by pro-russian demonstrators. jonah hull is in odessa with the latest. >> reporter: perhaps unsurprisingly, of course, there are competing, contrasting narratives about what happened here on friday, depending on which side you speak to. the pro-russian side insists that many of the people who died in the burning building were victims of mob justice carried out by supporters of kiev. on the other side, of course, people will say that a peaceful march was broken up by gun-wielding pro-russian mobs. there are overarching questions, of course, who started the fire when both sides lobbed molotov cocktails at each other, and who was inside that building. the government suggests there is evidence that among the dead were russian citizens, people brought across from nearby pro-russian transnistrya, a breakaway province of moldova. turning to the police will not help. they said a government-led commission of inquiry is

i'm with al jazeera odessa. >> 34 people have been killed and blame rebels from the border tribe for and charged of targeting immigrants from neighboring bangladesh and 19 people have died and 130 injuries in a train crash in western india and came off the tracks in reagan district 100 south of mumbai and cut through metal to reach people trapped inside and not sure what caused the accident but an investigation is underway. malaysia, china and australia will continue to search for the missing malaysia plane that disappeared nearly two months ago and plan to reassess from the two million kilometers of ocean covered and it was narrowed to ten square kilometers after black box signals were apparently detected but an under water search found nothing. a chinese boat is sunk off hong kong and 11 crew members missing and collided with another container vessel and it's the most serious incident in one of the world's busiest ports since october of 2012. and china is hosting asia largest conference on mobile internet and there are 600 million internet users in china and 80% access the web by s

the prime minister yatsen jkuk fwhas odessa. thorng. he made the slice in friday was not just a tragedy to the city of odessa but the whole country. having spent time in odessa three weeks ago and having spoken with a broad range of political and society leaders there's nothing i heard or saw in that city which would explain what transpired friday night and i think it suggests that somebody wanted this violence to explode the way it did and i think at this point, the whole country is trying to figure out what happened, how to pull together, and how to make sure that those who are trying to divide the country will not be successful. >> mr. ambassador, there's probably no time to beat around the bush. do you believe that russia and president putin are behind what turned out to be i believe the bloodiest day thus far in this back and forth? >> well, we certainly believe that russia is exercising influence across eastern ukraine. we don't have evidence of the russian role in the tragedy that transpired on friday. prime minister yatsenyuk us

election in odessa?>> again, in the view of the osce, an election if it were to be held today could be held in odessa. >> it could be held in odessa? >> it could be held in odessa in the view of the osce and we checked that 3w6 coming here. that's not to say that it could be held -- >> do you think they're trying to disrupt the elections in odessa? >> as -- as i made clear in my opening, we certainly think that there were pro russian elements and there were aspects of odessa that were far from -- >> so then they are trying to disrupt the elections in odessa. and our strategy seems to be, mr. glaser, just let the russian economy fail, and i was pleased to note, and you've -- all three of you have repeated it now, the russian ruble and the flight of -- has declined but since the sanctions were imposed actually the ruble has strengthened and the russian stock market has gone up. i think those facts speak for themselves. so would you agree that in fact putin continues to increase sanctions and aggression in

the violence in odessa was terrible.amount of anger and a spiraling of violence we are likely to see in a whole set of cities. the ukrainian government doesn't have the capacity, it doesn't have strong soldiers or police forces in many parts of the country. it doesn't seem to have the capacity to keep control. >> it makes you wonder if it has to get worse before it gets better. thanks for trying to lay it out where things are right now. >>> inspectors don't know what caused a frightening accident during a circus performance. it is scary to see the performers fall. an apparatus holding a group of female acrobats by their hair fail. they all plunge to the ground. >> everybody wants to know what happen here. we know these stunts are high risk and this one went horribly wrong. this is raising really serious questions about the kinds of stunts you see in the performances and what is being done in advance to protect the acrobats. they were hanging by their hair when they fell 25 to 35 feet to the ground. it is part of the perf

the ukrainian unrest spirals out of control in the southern city of odessa where dozens are killed in an inferno after pro firebomb government protesters in a barak aided building. for condoning the crimes conducted by radicals in odessa his leader warns that the protesters in the east are now in likely to the song. and burning questions many in the mainstream media are reluctant to see who started the deadly fire in a despot even though pictures such as these clearly show how much of a role the radicals played in the offense. you're tuned in to r.t. international this sunday morning with this i'm going to know neal. we start in se you korean a military offensive right now is underway in two cities there ukrainian troops have allegedly moved into the city of mari aapl where government protesters are holding a government building we're receiving other reports of shots being fired and fighting in the streets as well meanwhile in another city constantine fighting is going on between self-defense squads on the military for control of a local t.v. tower these are pictures coming out from a

in odessa the loss of life substantial. a remarkably horrifying event p p the largest loss of life, plus-40 people kimm killed. the that is certainly inflaming tensions and adding a lot of fuel to moscow's contention that perhaps there needs to be some sort of intervention here to keep further loss of life. prime minister yatsenyuk of c w ukraine saying troops are being flown into crimea in his words now being active. >> live for us in slav yaovyans ukraine. we cross to matthew chance for the russian perspective. i wonder what the week ahead will look like? more u.s. and german sanctions could hit moscow this week based on what u.s. president barack obama and german chancellor angela merkel have said. any indication russian officials are concerned about that? >> reporter: it was interesting that that press conference between angela merkel and barack obama, they appeared to lower the bar, the threshold for that third tier of sanctions to be implemented against russia. in the case of russia not just invading ukraine which was

ukrainian wrest spirals out of control in the southern city of odessa where dozens of killed in an inferno after activists fireball monday government protesters in a barricaded building. and moscow blames kiev for condoning the crimes conducted by radicals in the deficit as russia's leader warns of the protesters in the east and now unlikely to disarm. for its part the west denounces the upsurge in ukraine's violence but some politicians put the blame for friday's tragedy on the victims themselves. however good morning to you if you just joined us just after one am here in moscow this is r.t. international with me kevin oh in the night of many developments in ukraine we're starting in the southeast of the country we'll be getting a lot of reports through in the last few hours of developments in the region in the city of mario pulled most recently ukrainian troops have reportedly moved into that city they've surrounded an administrative building held by antigovernment protesters is part of a military offensive being carried out by kiev right now to quell the unrest in that whole part of the

the government's interim prime minister visited odessa and some injured. 40 were killed when clashes erupted. there were violence in ukraine, each side is increasing the resolve that they won't back down. we have the latest from the black sea down of odessa. >> reporter: to cries of "our heroes", they emerged from the police station, more than 60 pro-russian protesters arrested for taking part in extreme violence in odessa on friday night. for hours, as riot police looked on from behind their shields, the crowd shouted "freedom", demanding the release of those ideas. some forced their way into a vehicle entrance into a police station. once inside they seemed to be on the brink of complete control. and then from somewhere an apparent police decision to aqueous. >> reporter: this is a city in which great violence was down sound night and possibly was on the verge of happening again. it seems as if the police force, widely blamed for failing, actively decided to stand back and do nothing to prech it -- to prevent it doing nothing again. >> the crowd anger was inspired by what many saw w

ask if xeljanz is right for you. >>> outrage in odessa.storm a police building, setting prisoners free as ukraine's violence spreads from the east to a major poor city now. the government says russia is to blame as civil war grows closer. we are live with the very latest. >>> expanded. the search for flight 370 now covers a wider part of the ocean floor. but first, a whole lot of preparation. australia, malaysia and china planning what comes next, promising this jet will be foun e

jonah hull, al jazeera, odessa. >>> the escalation of violence in ukraine has washington worried. talked to zbigniew brzezinski, and he says president obama must do more to make americans understand what is at stake. >> ukraine is posing a serious international problem. the international community has a stake in international violence being avoided and the issue being resolved constructively in the use of force particularly through armed and masked thugs not being allowed to prevail. but the american public doesn't know much about it. there has been very little comment from the top down regarding the importance of this issue. the dangers that it poses. the opportunities that there are, perhaps for a settlement. the kind of response that we have to mount. and the only person who can speak credibly about it to the american people is the president of the united states. >> senator john mccain called president obama and secretary kerry's handling of the situation stunningly naive. >> no, i have some critical views regarding some aspects of our reaction so far. but i certainly wouldn't

odessa's police chief has been fired. during the visit, the prime minister suggesting that russia had a role in those clashes, waging a new type of war. >> it seems to me that the entire world is facing a new type of war. this is a new war. with the military with no insignia on its uniforms, with agents that have well-organized terrorist plot networks, with the political and diplomatic pressure on ukraine, with the tough russian propaganda it is playing on ukraine, and not just the ukrainians. it's a real threat to the global security. >> ukraine is said to be sending special force nooss into odessao try to gain control. >>> no. afghanistan some family members are still searching for survivors after that mudslide killed hundreds of people. government officials are now saying that that area will become a mass grave. the mud slide happened on friday. about 700 families are displaced, aid groups are bringing shelter and water into that village. >>> a fast-moving wildfire in oklahoma leaves one dead and forcing others from th

let's go live to odessa. tell us about the situation you are seeing on the ground there. >> reporter: well, odessa, where i'm at at the moment is quiet. there was a lot of violence. some of the lingering anger, fear and tension is here. what we are seeing 500 kilometerses from here is different. ukrainian government forces tried to retake that city. it seemed earlier this morning they succeeded. there was a ukrainian flag flying over city hall and police inside. then police, according to the team on the ground moved out of the building and pro-russian groups moved back in and put up the russian flag. it's a very fluid situation. it's not clear who is in control of city hall at this point. it goes to show, with the ukrainian government's push to regain control of the cities, it doesn't seem to be happening too quickly or working too well. >> the fact they are calling on people to organize their own small militias, does that suggest the ukrainian military isn't strong enough or coordinated enough to go against

more from odessa. >> this is one of 46 funerals, each a reminder of last week's clashes in odessa, and the deadly divide that now exists from those who favored a united ukraine and those with closer ties with russia. he was 55, a poet and a father who wrote nostalgically about the russian empire. a friend explained what he thought his death might mean for ukraine. >> we are now living in the time, the violence escalating. >> until recently, odessa in the south of ukraine has been relatively free, with the rage in the east of the country. >> but we have seen them from both sides, their comrades, odessa's governor has called in new recruits to join a battalion battalion. >> the potential government in kiev, i can't see the central government, i think, we have to get proactive, what's going on. >> the anger and hate that can lead to otherwise. bu >> they tell aljazeera america, there's no shortage. this is an attempt to reestablish, and so the russian way to go beyond crimea, and beyond ukraine. >> you can watch the entire interview tonight at 8:00 eastern. 5:00 pacific. >>> i a group's l

soon in odessa ukrainian authorities are functioning spoken there are many true patriots in odessa are ready to protect their city and to protect ukraine he minds your peace will return to creditors. it's a sport. but the ongoing violence in so be honest shows that peace is a long way all. we got back to our correspondent katie weldon who joins us live from donetsk. the heavy fighting during the east give us an update on what's been happening. so we went down this sunday and it was actually quiet for awhile the ukrainian defense ministry's confronted the fixtures today handles it took about thirty recipes that didn't refill some of the hike up to a steam engines would help rachel how fun it is cts of the entry of gold. we know that they've had the elves can feel the for quite awhile now with a date but it it will heal the lame is that the question that this was a difficult man to operations against this avid areas and is a great deal of resistance that is cyclical decline had the sudden i didn't. i will say this effort is seen to sit yet more checkpoints around the cds as they get we w

hi, leland. >> reporter: hi, and today in odessa even more violence. very important because it shows just how widespread this russian separatist movement is, that some 500 miles southwest of where we are and where this insurgency began. it's now moved to the city and today pro-russian separatists tried to storm the police headquarters where a number of their comrades from friday's violence were being held. they demanded their release, and they got some of them out. we are now hearing that there are pro-ukrainian groups organizing to come take on the pro-russian separatists for what certainly could end up being a repeat of the 40 dead or certainly the violence that we saw there on friday. the ukrainian violence continues to blame the russians for instigating this violence in odessa as they do blame the russians for continuing to support the insurgency here in the eastern part of the country, and despite the best efforts of the ukrainian military, it's very difficult to see how they are being effective in taking on these pro-russian separatists who are d

ukraine's the interim prime minister our city gets a new one in odessa. earlier on sunday he's blaming russia for orchestrating violent clashes that led to a deadly fire on friday when forty people were killed on the ground it's no longer clear who's in control the new district about two thousand truman should demonstrate his defeats the police station. some fools the way inside and demanded the release of the activists being held in a short time later police lt almost seventy of the prisoners goes. not that into listed on suspicion of provoking friday's violence that resulted in street battles and the fire in which more than forty people were killed. in eastern ukraine reports say at least one separatists was killed in finding new homes and government forces stormed a building and many of hope that this is the evidence of strong ukrainian operations in the ccs. fresh to strong hold of some the of this being some intermittent gunfire. the devils manning barricades the p a well equipped and ready to defend their positions. constantine of colson remains the

odessa' governor has called for recruits. i spoke to one just after he signed up. >> something tells me it's just going to get worse. because with the potential government in kyiv i can't see the authority of central government, it worries me a lot. and i think -- i think it has finally come where i have to take action in my own hands. and you know, get proactive around the situation that is going on. >> the anger and hate that can lead to war is confined to minorities on both sides in an otherwise peaceful population but the numbers are growing. jonah hull, al jazeera, odessa. >> the world health organization says the spread of pole yo i pon international health emergency. the w.h.o. is particularly concerned about the situation in cameroon, pakistan and syria. .com 9 cane explains. >> vaccines help keep us healthy. ask your local health clink to understand which once you need pop. >> eradicate where possible. until recently it believed that polio was one that it had contained. through a rigorous global immunization campaign

and a few years ago, i went to a permian game against their rival, odessa high.vel of texas high school football, this was one of the most intense events that i witnessed. >> there is a different -- >> football is a big deal. >> absolutely, in the south especially. you know you mentioned they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. why the difference in perception of -- >> for me, there is no difference. you know, i'm the mother after boy and girl. i think if a female teacher has sex with a male student, that is child sex abuse. pure and simple. and we've seen it in history. we saw the one teacher, the one woman -- >> letourneau. and she got married. they've been married like seven years. >> that's a child sex abuse case. >> they are still married. >> it doesn't matter. >> you see he it that way but the public didn't always see it that way. >> they should though. i remember when i was prosecuting these cases, isn't that everybody boy's dream to have sex with their teacher? i think that is despicable. >> we saw the images of the candle light vigil for

more than 30 were killed in odessa. jonah hull is there. >>> this is one of 46 funerals, each a reminder of last week's clashes in odessa and the deadly divide that exist between those that favour a united ukraine and those that want closer ties with russia. vadim negaturoft was 55, a poet and farmer who wrote about the russian empire. a friend explained what he thought his death may mean for ukraine. >> translation: war is unavoid rable. we are -- unavoidable. we are living in prewar times, violence is escalating. it will bring a lot of victims. >> until recently odessa had been relatively free of the rage in the east of the country. after what happened here on friday night the city is not short of people who are prepared to fight. we have seen them on both sides - angry pro-russians breaking into a police station where their comrades were held, and those whose rally cry is glory to ukraine, arming themselves by whatever means against the separatists. odessa's governor called for recruits to join a battalion of volunte

every time, if you saw what happened in odessa, they were completely unable to keep the two factions apart. they have been widely denounced because of inactivity. and i think a lot of it comes down to divided loyalty. a lot of people, troops serving in places like eastern ukraine. in many cases these people do not have warm details. it's not surprising when they are ordered to do things, that they are half-heart about it. speaking of what happened in odessa on friday, the ambassador to moscow until february tells time magazine that this is real, this is war. true tore halls? >> unfortunately it's true. we have to say, it's incredibly disconcerting. indications are that it's hart indications on both sides. if you look for something that can serve as a tipping point, this is the incident that can serve as that. >> president obama says that u.s. military intervention is not an option if ukraine. if violence escalates, do you expect it to change, and should it? >> no, i cannot imagine a situation regardless of how bad things get in the ukraine in which the u.s. military will become invol

police station here in central odessa. hundreds, perhaps thousands, standing in the rain demanding that pro-russian activists that have been detained since friday in the station be released. some of the crowd seemed determined to stage a jailbreak. they were really attacking the building, smashing windows, doors, security cameras. they forced their way into the central courtyard at the police station. the police seemed powerless or unwilling to stop them. someone proposed a deal whereby if those who had been detained were released, the crowd would go home peacefully. that's pretty much what happened. these detained pro-russian activists released to joy u.s. tears, hugs, smiling. on this same day because of the violence this city has seen, ukraine's interim prime minister came here to odessa pleading for reconciliation, national unity once again blaming russia for the violence that has been seen here. a tough message to sell because so many in this city now believe that people speaking russian are being killed or arrested b

. >>> more to come on the programme, including tensions in odessa. the latest from the southern ukranian city, where more than 60 pro-russian separatists have been freed. >> and the world's longest reigning monarch marks the 64th anniversary of his coronation day. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >>> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera - there are angry scenes in afghanistan as thousands of people affected by a landslide are struggling to receive sufficient aid. many are frustrated by the government's decision to give up a search for the bodies. more than 2,000 people are missing and twice that number lost their homes. >>> nigeria's president goodl

the closest point is from odessa.they announced to the they are putting their troops at high alert and the turmoil creeps into moldova. all of that is pretty far from where the actual fighting has been in the last 24 hours. the places this morning where the airport has been closed for 24 hours. the airportl that was floating crimea, as well. the fighting has been in a city that is not big but, has seen heavy fighting. -- big, but has seen heavy fighting. killed at least 30 separate this. an important place to keep an eye on and, increasingly, what we're seeing is civilian casualties. is that the eastern part of the country could be alienated from the central government. two things to watch. the regions that are set to hold referendums where they will ask the people if they want to secede from the ukraine, despite the fact that there is fighting in the regions. they plan on going forward with the referendums. >> thank you for bringing us up to speed with what we need to know about the situation in the ukraine. let's ge

i pulled out a cartoon from "the independent," that focuses on recent clashes in odessa. likening them to a scene from the battleship potemkin, a 1925 propaganda film, soviet era. it is a very famous film especially this scene. during a massacre, this baby carriage goes rolling down a flight of staircases, it likens the baby carriage to ukraine. a very serious cars him there. i pulled up another cartoon from the international "new york times," critical of the way europe and the u.s. are reacting. or rather lacking any kind of reaction. europe leaning against the tree while a russian bear chomps on its toes. saying to the u.s., they are only toes. >> vladimir putin has been handing out awards for russian journalists' coverage of crimea. >> he handed out this award to some 300 russian journalists and will praise them for their professionalism and objectivity. you can see the daily beast has a different take. meet the censors propagandists and liars who won bootputin's pulitzer. a naming and shaming of the journalists and their coverage of the event. it says like other popul

the prime minister is in odessa. this morning he has blamed the security forces themselves for failing to act to stop the violence. >> seven european military observers held hostage by pro-russian gunman arrived in germany. they were captured a week ago in slovyansk and are relieved at being released. they set the observers free without conditions. >>> at least three have been killed in a bomb attack in the kenyan port city of mombassa. several have been wounded. there has been no claim of responsibility. a warning jane ferguson's report from nairobi may contain images that you may find disturbing. >> reporter: this is all that was left of a bus that was targeted. attackers threw a grenade at it and a group of passengers. blood sustained the streets as emergency services arrived to carry await the injured. >> i saw three people dead immediately after the blast. there were men injured. we took about eight people to hospital. many took themselves to get treatment. >> minutes later a second attack in the same city. a ba

phil black is live for us now in odessa.hil, explain to us all the things that happened in detail. >> reporter: sure, fredericka. the day started with a large sorrowful crowd gathering at the building where that terrible fire took place. the clashes, the fire killed 46 people. now, the crowd part of it broke away and heading to the police station where dozens of pro-russian protesters have been detained since those clashes on friday. there was screaming for the people to be released and some of them wanted to do more than that and they really tried to break them out. they attacked the police building, smashes doors, windows, whatever they could. broke their way into the inner court yard of the police station and at some point there with the police looking powerless to stop them, a deal was struck where the police agreed to release the detained people if everyone else agreed to go home and that's what happened. some 67 or so of these detained people really public enemies of the ukrainian government allowed to walk free, greet

. >>> more than 60 prisoners have been freed in odessa after pro-russian activists stormed the police headquarters. ranks of riot police offered no resistance as men armed with clubs battered their way into the building. tensions are high after a trade union was burnt on friday and over 30 were killed. >> reporter: to cries of "our heroes" they emerged from a police station, more than 60 arrested for taking part in the extreme violence in odessa on friday night. for hours, as riot police simply looked on from behind the shields, the crowd had shouted "freedom", demanding the release of those inside. some forced their way into a vehicle entrance to the police station. once inside they seemed to be on the brink of complete control. and then from somewhere an apparent police decision to aqueous. >> reporter: this is a city in which great violence happened friday night and was on the verge of happening again. it seemed as if the police force widely criticised for failing, actively decided here to stand back and do nothing in order to prevent it happening again. >> the crowd's anger was in

taking part in extreme violence in odessa friday night., as riot police simply looked on from behind shields, the crowd shouted freedom, demanding the release of those inside. some forced their way into a vehicle entrance to the police station. once inside, they seemed to be on the brink of complete control. then from somewhere, an apparent police decision to acquiesce. >> this is a city in which great violence was done friday night and violence possibly was on the verge of happening again. it seems as if the police force widely blamed for failing to accept in and prevent the violence has actively decided to stand back and do nothing in order to prevent it from happening again. >> the crowd's anger was inspired by what many saw when they were allowed into the blackened remains of the city's trade union building. here dozens labeled pro russians died in a blaze on friday, trapped in the building of so called ukraine crowds jen circled them outside. >> i'm going to seek revenge for my people, for every drop of blood of our victims. >> ukrain

pro-ukraine protesters have been seen on the streets of odessa south of here tonight carrying molotov cocktails, rifles, and even longbows. on those same streets earlier today, opposing gangs of pro-russians as ukraine descends into a spiral of revenge. lawless masked men opposed to the current government smashed the door of a police station in odessa. 30 pro-russian prisoners were freed, cheered by the crowd. heroes, they shout. and we will not forgive. more than 40 of their number died in a fire in a union building friday. today locals paid their respects, the hands of an unknown victim imprinted on the wall. the fire is the country's worst atrocity since february. the pro-russian protesters blamed government supporters. the prime minister visiting odessa blamed russia. >> this is the part of russian road map how to grab and to eliminate ukraine. >> reporter: and criticized his own police for failing to stop it. one group of officers responded throwing their shields to the floor. we haven't entirely lost control, the prime minister said. they have in the east. here pro-russians driv

in the larger scale, odessa is it 500 miles, now spreading south and west after it started into this very key pro city. those pro russian separatist went to the -- who had been involved in friday's violence. they got it. there is a new police chief in town that is now trying to calm the situation, but now we hear there is a pro ukrainian crowd. ukrainians haven't been able to do much about it. we saw yesterday the video of those armored personnel carriers -- today they moved out. they appeared to be outdunned and outmaneuvered by the pro russian separatist. just to give you an idea of how the numbers are shaping up hire. they have managed to take back just three buildings that the separatist have taken over. on the other side, the pro russian accept it is attacks have taken over 20 additional buildings than the one they had. and the numbers on the microview really tell the story. obviously the ukrainians in kiev are backed by the united states t pro russian separatist banled by russia, who say they will use it's influence here in ukraine, if push comes to shove here, military analyst

. ♪ >>> the violence continues in odessa where hundreds of pro-russian activists attacked a police stationn the ukrainian port city. they are demanding the release of those arrested after deadly clashes on friday. al jazeera's jonah hull is outside of that police station >> reporter: this angry crowd that has gathered outside a central police station in odessa believing that a number of people arrested on friday night are being held inside. these people have managed to gain access to the police station breaking down a garage, a vehicle garage door at the side of the building making their way in, smashing windows, furniture and doors on the inside. the crowd, several hundred strong, has been ringed by a line of riot police on the outside, evidently trying to localize the violence as traffic passes by and people continue to go about their business. but inside that ring of police feel as if the crowd is continuing to try and gain access, chanting loudly, words like "junta out." "freedom" and fascists" and "we will not forget." they blame the police in large part for failing to stop the violen

. >>> deadly violence in odessa. dozens killed in what may be a tipping point in the ukranian crisis. >>> plus, a massive landslide wipes out an entire village in afghanistan - killing more than 2,000 people. >>> allegations of corruption in ireland, why some say this week's arrest of gerry adams is more political than police work. >>> good morning to you, welcome to al jazeera america, i'm morgan radford live in new york. >>> chaos and violence erupting in eastern and southern ukraine in what became the country's blood yesterday in three months. the worst standoff occurring in odessa, where officials say violence clashes broke out between pro-russian and ukranian supporters. it turned into a deadly fire where 31 were killed. ukraine launched an offensive further north. five rebels, two civilians and two ukranian soldiers were all killed. kiev's assault expanded 10 miles south to the town of kramatorsk. troops regained control of several areas. lawmakers vowed not to stop before eastern ukraine is under control. we g