paul brennan reports. >> in east ukraine grad rockets land with little warning and even less accuracy. killing 13 civilians including a teenage girl. the prolonged battle for donetsk airport appears to be reaching a climbclimax. the terminal buildings have been apparently completely destroyed. the president will press his eu colleagues for financial and personnel report. >> coming from russia from this part of the border. the border is key to any kind of stable and sustainable solution. >> reporter: the osce now has more than 360 staff trying omonitor the conflict zone but their limit movement is limited and risky. there is grave concern. >> in the meantime we have to take care of operational needs. >> reporter: away from the localized combat zones there is a semblance of normality in the separatistist controlled east. >> translator: despite the fact you may hear explosions outside all the infrastructure of the city works. you have been out on the street. no has been blown police are on duty. >> 1.4 million people are described as haily vulnerable. there is a shortage of medicines and

paul brennan reports on the situation there. this footage, where 13 civilians were killed including a routine appealing girl. the prolonged battle for the airport appears to be reaching a deadly climax. the terminal buildings have been utterly destroyed. aerial footage shows deplete complete devastation of the whole area. ukraine's foreign minister will press his colleagues for support. panlo criminalkin says getting the border region is the most crucial of all. >> crossing across the border coming from russia from his part of the border. the border is key to any kind of stable and sustainable solution. >> the osce now has more than 360 staff trying to monitor the conflict zone but their movement is still limited and risky. the head of the mission is gravely concerned. >> it's shaky, precarious. it's unpredictable. we have to take care of the situation of the monitors. in the meantime we have to take care of the -- of operational needs. >> away from the localized col bat zones, there is a semblance of normality in the separatist

the sounds of conflict just a couple of miles away are a continuous backdrop in this city. >> paul brennan, al jazeera, dondon. >> the second of the two brothers who attacked a french satiricalnu's offices has been buried in an unmarked grave in paris. cherreve kouch kouch and his cherif kouachi and his brother were killed. french authorities buried them in unmarked graves and refused to release details of the locations. in niger, 10 people have been killed during the last couple of days against charlie hebdo's latest cover which shows a cartoon of the prophet muhammad. these are the protests. the whole issue mixed up with long-standing anger at the government. this was banned after the anti-"charlie hebdo" protests. organizers say they have a right to march and they planned the violence before the gathering. now the thoughts of a pastor called alber a missionary in yemen. his church was attacked on sunday. this is what he told us a little earlier. is they took everything that they could get their hands on for themselves. the rest they burned such as chairs and other objects. there are lot

paul brennan met people in kiev to find out how they are coping. >> reporter: from central kiev's high-end to this street market in the suburbs is less than 10 kill meters but it may has well be 10,000. a woman samples milk to test for freshness. as inflation erodes their already meager income every last bit of cash is precious. >> translator: definitely yes, everything has become more expensive. utilities, food everything. >> reporter: 10-month inflation to the end of december was 24.9%. ukraine's gdp dropped by 7% in 2014, and the currency is worth 15 to the u.s. dollar just half of what it was a year ago. before being ousted a year ago the president enjoyed extrordanaire opulence. his former estate here outside of kiev epitomizes the successes of the former regime. but it needs cultural and systemic reform. yanukovych's staff try to destroy incriminating documents here in the river. this person helped retrieve the paperwork and 12 months on he works for the anti-corruption watchdog. >> the problem is it's too slow. >> reporter: economic and political reform is underway driven by young d

paul brennan, al jazerra kiev. >>> we are getting reports that there has been heavy fighting betweennian troops and boko haram fighters. boko haram fighters reportedly attacked a border village in northern cameroon. and the country shares a porous boarder with neighboring nigeria. boko haram fighters have been carrying out attacks in the border towns government officials say more than 10,000 cameroonians are fleeing regions along the border with nigeria's borno state. and this at a time when the. d d and wave visa charges for tourists notably from china to stimulate the economy and attract foreign tourists. >> yeah, it's quite the hard time. >> reporter: the store manager has noticed it in his sales he says his local customers feel there is uncertainty in the market. >> the regulation, a lot of people are concerned. so from that they are staying home and not buying more. they iced to buy it you no, they don't. >> reporter: malaysia is the oil producer funds support its policies and future plans few sid is have slowly been reduced meaning malaysians will pay more for petrol and less t

paul brennan, al jazeera, dondon. >> india presidential elections are in. edgar lungu has run.t follows a poll which took plates on tuesday and was marched by several delays. an election was triggered by the death of michael sutar at the age of 77 last year. here are the results which shows what a close race it was. lungu's share was 48.3%, about 808,000 votes. his rival won 780,000 votes, 46.6% share. >> that's the latest from al jazeera's tara mutasa. incredibly tight race in the end. wasn't it? >> reporter: yes, it was. what happened was when the results were announced, edgar lunga, an announcement was made. hundreds ran on to the premises. police tried to push them back. they were ouru overpowered. tear gas had to be fired inside the building. everyone then ran out. people were talling all over each other, tear gas in everyone's eyes. coughing and sneezing. police took them on to the streets and there is up and downpandemonium pandemonium. police are finding it hard to rein them in. they are smashing car windows, bang okay people's doors, causing quite a commotion on the st

paul brennan al jazeera, donetsk. >> head of germany's anti- anti-immigration movement of pigeda where he likes like hitler. the response is anyone who would pose as hitler is either an idiot or a nazi. >>> the anti-pigeda demonstrations are held nearby. tell us what is happening. >> we have an effectively two demonstrations taking place very close to the main square in the heart of leitzing. the supporters of pegida come for the rally. now, the pegida movement have gone on march through the center of the city, and will end up back at this main square. and the anti-pegida protesters are waiting essentiallier for them to return to continue in a a--you can probably hear the music in the background, to continue their demonstration in the movement they regard as being fascist and being extremely right-winged and no place in modern german. pegida on the other hand say that they're out to defend german values and what they see a progressive islamification of the country. >> hundreds of police will be hired in paris they'll be given more weapons and national database of suspects is being crea

paul brennan donetsk. >> boko haram fighters have killed 15 people including a village leader. the village where the attack took place is right outside of maidugruri. >>> in zambia's presidential election the opposition claim that voting in some areas has been rigged to prevent them from winning. the election follows the death of its president. >>> celebrations in the democratic republic of congo there were violent protests across the country. >>> the greece's prime minister said that despite years of austerity, the country is showing signs of recovery. many have been forced to accept handouts. >> he goes out on the streets to ask for leftover food. this former merchant naval man wants to help those who have fallen on hard times so he visits the restaurants and bakeries for anything they have not thrown out. inside today's boxes are rice, pasta, and plenty of chips. he's one of the small army of volunteers trying to make life a little easier for those who have lost everything in greece's economic troubles. this soup kitchen hands out a take away meal twice a day. it's not in th

paul brennan al jazeera london. >> cutting jobs as part of a restructureing to save it from bankruptcy. >>> holocaust survivors are marking the liberation of the auschwitz liberation camp. they traveled to the site of nazi germany's worst wartime atrocityies. jews rma homosexuals and soviet prisoners of war were killed. >> two years ago, buddhist mobs tore through rohingya muslim communities in western burma, attacking anyone in their path. it sparked a wave of sectarian violence that spread to other parts of the country with little hindrance from the authorities. now tens of thousand of rohingya are housed in primitive camps under government armed guard while others have tried to flee oversees to malaysia. but as jason motlagh reports the refugees are being exploited and abused by people traffickers, while aid agencies and governments are failing to protect them.

paul brennan al jazeera, donetsk. >> let's take you to greece now where campaigning ahead of supplied's general election has come to an end. the economy, as you can imagine has dominated the build up to the vote with many greeks tired of the austerity imposed on them. one community doesn't use money at all. >> basilus guess out on the streets to ask for leftover food. this former merchant naval man wants to help those who have fallen on hard times so he visits the cafes, restaurant and bakeries for anything they haven't sold and would throw out. they admire his kindness giving up his time. in today's boxes are rice, pasta and plenty of chips. basilus is one of a small army trying to make life easier for those who have lost everything in greece's economic troubles. this soup kitchen hands out a take away meal twice a day. it's not in the greek nature to take charity more often than not the logical community tries to help it's own. they developed a new system to pay for goods and services if you're jobless or if you've run out of euros. whether you need a teacher electrician or someone to

here is paul brennan with more on the ukrainian's army's efforts to take the area surrounding the donetskirport. >> reporter: in east ukraine, rockets land with little warning and less accuracy. this footage is from volnovaka where 13 civilians were killed, including a routine age girl. the prolonged battle for donetsk airport appears to be reaching a deadlycally climax. the terminal buildings have been destroyed. new aerial footage shows devastation of the whole area. on monday in brussels ukraine's foreign minister will press his e u colleagues for koptsd financial and humanitarian support. pavlo klimkin says regaining control of the border region is the most reevent of all. >> across the border it's come from russia from his part of the border. the border is key to any kind of stable and sustainable solution. more 360 staff trying to monitor, but their movement is limited and risky. the head of the mission is gravely concerned. >> it's harky, precarious. it's unpredictable. we have to take care of the monitors. in the mean time we have to take care of the operation. >> away from the lo

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paul brennan, al jazeera, kiev. >>> now countries all across africa are looking to increase their usewable energy to try and help pull millions out of poverty and egypt has fans to supply 20% of the leads over the next five years and the environment editor nick clark has more from the summit. >> reporter: we are on the cusp of big change here as traditional energy suppliers are having to adapt and as renewables gain more and more momentum and getting a bigger and bigger share of the energy market. >> we are absolutely sure we are at the cusp of the third industrial revolution. we are transforming the way we produce and consume energy. technology is enabling change at a pace we have not seen before. >> reporter: transport sector and not power grids around the world and the price drop has not effected the growth of renewables and actually it has helped it a little bit because it reduced the cost of building the components. there is big interest here in africa, home to six of the world's ten fastest growing economies. >> we are also one of the countries in the continent because we are on

. >> we'll try to bring you paul brennan's report in ukraine a little later in the program. >>> now, economy has slowed to its weakest in 24 years with growth last year of 7.4%. weak manufacturing and falling property prices have been blames. the government acknowledged last year that double-digit growth is a thing of the past but it is expected to impose measures to prevent the slow down happening too quickly. adrian brown reports from beijing. >> reporter: economists say that no number matters in the world right now more than china's gdp. gpd, of course, is the best way of measuring a country's economy. and now new data has come out showing that china's economy grew by 7.4% in 2014. now that is not what the government hoped for. they had been hoping for economic growth of perhaps around 7.5% class essentially what it has been for the past two years and this represents really the slowest economic growth in china in almost a quarter of a century. why? well a housing bubble effecting four and -- cities. banks are under estimating the extent of bad loan on his their books, these are lo

paul brennan, al jazeera, kiev. >>> in chechnya today, several thousand people protested prepick shunis prophet muhammad that include the edition of charlie hebdo. >> reporter: this was without a doubt one of the biggest demonstrations ever seen in the capitol. hundreds of thousands of men and women heeding the call of their president, taking to the streets to protest against the publication of caricatures of the prophet muhammad. the president who joined the march had called for a million people to get on the streets in peaceful protest, and his appeal was answered. it was an opportunity for the president to remind the kremlin that he enjoyed widespread support in chechnya and in neighborhooding countries. there was no aggression here. posters read take your hands off of our profit. addressing the crowds the president said he will never allow the president to be insulted and said we are ready to die for this. he said european journalists and politicians are insulting the feelings of believes in the guise of free speech. and western countries are only interested in provocation. the ru

paul brennan met with such families in donetsk. >> elana left her home. she thought it might be for a couple of weeks. nine months on she and some of her family are in poland living as refugees. >> on may the ninth the shooting started. we thought it was a salute. when we heard more machine-gun fire, we understood it was not a salute. we began to pick up quickly. took the kids and mum and off we went. >> reporter: by contrast her husband enlisted as a fighter with the militia. neither elana nor the children have heard from him in six months. even if he's alive, she does not expect a reunion. >> since the conflict more than 1 million people have fled their homes. 633,000 are classed as displaced people. and 600,000 have fled to neighbouring countries. >> the rest of the family chose a new life in poland. elana's elderly father chose to stay in donetsk. he is pro-russian, that doesn't make the rift easier to bear. >> translation: no one expected it. everyone fled. i'm the only one from the family left. i'm at the age when all my friends are dead or have lef

paul brennan updating us there. >>> now search teams have found one of two flight recorders of the airasia flight that crashed two weeks ago. we have more from jakarta. >> the announcement came two weeks and one day after the plane crashed at sea on its way to singapore. the flight data recorder was found two kilometers where divers earlier located the tail of the airasia plane. >> i received an official report from the national transport safety committee. at 7:11 local time we succeeded in lifting the blacks box known as the flight data recorder. >> indonesia set up a laboratory to inspect airplane crash in 2009. the team from france will assist in the process that can take a few months to finalize. >> if we have converted all data expert also analyze it. we'll have experts looking at different aspects of the flight process. engineers will look at the engineering part. and all data will be synchronized. >> more than two weeks after the crash investigators hope to find some answers. all flight data will be analyzed right here. >> relatives of the 162 victims hold conclusions of the investi

paul brennan has more from the ukrainian capital kiev. >> at the request of the ukrainian prosecutors here in kiev accuses the former president of misappropriation embezzlement or conversion by mallversation which is corrupt behavior in a position of trust it is interesting there is no charges at all of murder or manslaughter at the beginning of the uprising 11 months ago. it is not possible at the moment for ukrainian prosecutors to bring enough to bear for charges for that. that said, issuing this red note against former president yanukovych, a lot of interdepartmental finger-pointing that has taken so long. just a month ago interpol refused to put former president yanukovych onto such a red-notice list because it was felt there wasn't sufficient notice. interpol is also barred from pursuing any persecutions which seem to be political. that said as well, there is also the fact that it's russia, where the former president is now living. and although russia does sign up to interpol and is a member of the interpol club it is highly unlikely i think that it will hand over the former pre

paul brennan has more. >> the sound of artillery fire rocket fire has certainly become less frequent in the past hours in donetsk but it's still there. the airport about five miles away fra where i'm standing. there is a strange quietness. big question who actually crols the many area. the army claims to have pushed the army procrastinates back to battle lines, that is to effectively return the status quo back to where it was a few weeks ago. then monday we had the leadership alexander zakas shrvetioninko, who claims he mushed everyone out of the area is. be getting close to the airport is very concerning indeed. the fact that there is still fire going on means it's probable that the fighting is continuing and that neither side fully has control of the their facility. >> in niger the government has declared three days of national mourning off "charlie hebdo"'s depiction of the prophet mohamed. 45 churches were burned because of that protest ten peel killed because of violence. >> the depiction of islam's prophet mohamed by "charlie hebdo," the demonstration was attended by others, to

paul brennan met one such families. >> reporter: when this woman left her home in separatist-held donetsk, she thought it would be for a couple of weeks. nine months on she and some of her family are in poland living as refugees. >> translation: may the 9th the shooting started. we thought it was a celebration for victory day. when we heard shells and machine-gun fire we understood it was not a salute. it picked up. we left took the kids and mum, and off we went. >> reporter: by contrast her husband enlisted has a fighter in a pro-russian militia. she has not heard from him for six months. if he is alive. she does not expect a reunion. >> since the conflict according to official figures, more than 1 million have fled their homes. 633,000 are classed as internally displaced, and 600,000 fled to neighbouring countries. the rest of the family chose a new life in poland her elderly father stayed in donetsk. he is staunchly pro-russian, it does not make the risk easier to bear. >> translation: no one expected it. everyone fled. i'm the only one from the family left. i'm at the age when all my

paul brennan is here to take a close look at the so-called loan wolf attackers. >> these individualsg alone are nearly impossible to identify or investigate. they are hiding in plain site never drawing attention until they act. taking no orders following no commander, their tactics methods and goals all their own. >> they are not on anyone's radar. they are not using traditional channels of communication to -- to communicate with other cell members. >> reporter: the unibomber, a paranoid schizophrenic, who's mail bombs killed three and wounded nearly 2,000 more. timothy mcveigh killed 168 and injured over 600 with a truck bomb in oklahoma city. more correctly eric freezing rain a survivalist who evaded capture for nearly two months. the threat is not -- in the west ever since september 11st the overriding fear has been loan wolf home grown attackers, driven by the -- idea that the u.s. is at war with isis. dzhokher has said that he and his brother were motivated by the notion of war between islam and america. in may 2013, two british-born muslim converts killed a british soldier in l

paul brennan explains. >> looking at little nina it is difficult to recognise a sickly underdevelopedhild. she was born with a complex heart defect. a large hole between the ventry concludes of her heart. her physical development was affected. hear hair wouldn't grow. >> she used to vomit all the time. >> patching the hole was the remedy. the surgeons were not sure it could be repaired. they consulted 3d printing technology at st. thomases. first, an m.r.i. like this was used to map the structure of nina's heart. then the doctors used a 3d printer to make a copy whole and all. equipped with the model, it gave the surgeons the confidence to plan an operation that would work. >> the surgeon is relying on me as a cardiologist to show him what is what. when i give him something like this he shows me what is what and who will operate. that confidence knowing what to do that will be i think, a game changer. >> using the 3d model, a custom made goretech patch was used to plug the hole. 3 months on from surgery, she's on the way to recovery thanks in no small part to the doctors at ever leana

paul brennan has more. >> reporter: in east ukraine grad rockets land with little warning and accuracy. >> this is it from an attack where a commuter bus was hit, killing 13, including a teenage girl. >> in the battle for the airport, it is reaching a climax. terminals are destroyed. aerial footage shows devastation of the whole area. >> on monday in brussels the foreign minister will press his e.u. colleagues for financial and humanitarian support. regaining control of the border region is the most crucial issue of all. >> everything crosses the border - heavy weaponry money - it's coming from russia from this part of the border. the border is key to a stable and sustainable solution. >> the o.s.c.e. has more than 360 staff trying to monitor the zone. the movement is limited, and risky. the head of the submission is gravely concerned. >> it's shaky. it's unpredictable. we have to take care of it the monitors. in the meantime we have to take care of the - of operations. >> away from the localized combat zones, there's a semblance of normality in the east of the >> translation: despite

paul brennan has that story. >> for centrally kiev, less than ten kilometers but it might as well be 10,000. every spending decision here is carefully pondered. as inflation erodes their already meager income, every cent is precious. >> everything has become more expensive. utilities, wages everything is the same but everything else is more expensive. >> inflation 24.9%. ukraine's gdp dropped by 27% in 2014. the currency is worth 15 to the u.s. dollar. just half of what it was a year ago. before being out offed a out being ousted a year ago president yanukovych enjoyed popularity. but economic recovery here in ukraine depends not just on ousting a president and removing a few corrupt officials. it needs cultural and systemic reform. yanukovych's staff tried destroy incriminating documents here on the river on the edge of his estate. vladim helped retrieve the documents. >> we have advances, new legislation which is waiting for implementation. the problem is how it's too slow. >> economic and political reform is underway driven by young dynamic people brought in from the business worl

. >> host: you are also critical of paul brennan's actions in iraq and you call them the new douglas macarthur. why? >> guest: well actually he kind of reminds me, he was the one of the douglas macarthur. douglas macarthur took over in japan in 1945 and prove to be one of the most brilliant administrators and andrey constructors the world has ever seen. we have douglas macarthur and when you think of douglas macarthur is a general masterful landings in the philippines and korea but he actually said japan on the course where it's now this specific and mean it in a peaceful sense not just a geographical sense technologically advanced first world liberal democracy thanks to douglas macarthur. that happened because of the unique circumstances after world war ii and the genius of this particular administrator. paul bremer came into iraq with a near zero parts that everything in iraq was totally broken and we had to disband the entire iraqi army. we had to debaathified much of the establishment in iraq but that proved to be toxic. it's evidence of how much damage the wrong man in the wrong

our correspondent paul brennan said this update. >> reporter: there has been intense fighting in andtsk airport for a couple of days now. several months, but intense fighting over the last couple of days. what's happening more and more and causing really grave concern for the ngos and particularly the international monitoring group the esce the way it's impacting civilians more and more. for example the district right next to the airport has been pounded by stray shells for months now. residents have been extraordinary in their fortitude. at a bus stop in the past 20 power hours a stray shell landed at least one person was killed that we know of. several people were wounded and when journalists tried to get there to see the scene for themselves and perhaps trying to investigate where that shell had come from, they too had to run for cover because of the ongoing bombardment. artillery duels taking place between the forces of ukraine and the separatist militia of the pro-russian forces. the front is actually a lot wider than just the donetsk area. we are hearing reports from a town to

paul. en marzo del aÑo pasado hablÓ durante 13 horas en el senado. en ese momento, intentÓ frenar el nombramiento de john brennanuno ve ciclos. creo que despuÉs del 11 de septiembre la gente estaba muy asustada y querÍa que se hiciera todo lo posible para ponerle coto al terrorismo. pero despuÉs de ver lo que pasÓ con los aeropuertos, con la direcciÓn de seguridad y con el transporte tsa, y los cateos invasivos a chicos de 6 aÑos en los aeropuertos, la gente reaccionÓ. y ahora el tsa ha moderado un poco su conducta. yo tambiÉn pienso que si uno le permite a los espÍas que pongan las reglas ellos siempre dirÁn que cuanto mÁs espionaje mejor. asÍ que tiene que haber gente como yo, que cree en las libertades civiles y en la libertad, para contrarrestar a los que propugnan el espionaje. asÍ que es un [indistinto] hasta que se encuentre un balance, pero hay que ser muy cuidadosos. y creo que si le preguntas a la mayorÍa de los estadounidenses si debe el gobierno recopilar sus registros telefÓnicos, sin una orden judicial y sin sospecha alguna, la mayorÍa de los estadounidenses dirÍa que no. >> en la cia nos decÍan: "