. >> we go to roslind jordan who was in that hearing in washington, d.c. was there any way for the u.s. inching towards any change of policy in arming the ukrainian forces? >> it does appear if the obama administration is actively considering whether to provide lethal weapons to the ukrainian army. up until now there has been steadfast resistence to doing so and steadfast resistence in confirming that they're even thinking about doing this because the obama administration has long felt that imposing economic sanctions would go farther towards resolving this crisis between ukraine and russia than simply adding weapons to an already tense situation and what some have described as a low-level war in eastern ukraine. that said it was something that was apparently well received by many of the senators on the armed services committee because there has been a growing concern in the u.s. congress about the rise of the political influence of vladimir putin the president of russia. >> roslind jordan with the update. thanks ros. still to come on the program. greece's

. >> al jazeera's roslind jordan is live for us at the state department. this normalization of relations between the u.s. and cuba is proving to be more complicated than some thought in the beginning. >> it comes down to getting a lot of logistics worked out barbara. that is because in part there has been more than 50-year-old embargo based on the. >> the ability to have a bank account. right now the u.s. banks say that there is a lot of confusion about what they are and aren't allowed to do in terms of setting up bank accounts for the tubens. in fact, the intersection here have no bank account because u.s. banks are afraid they'll be sanctioned or taken to court by the u.s. treasury department if they engage in any financial transactions. that's one key matter that the u.s. government is trying to work on right now. the other issue that the u.s. insists should not be linked is that cuba is listed as a terrorism under u.s. laws. the obama administration's argument is that that is larger issue and something that is going to have to be investigated, which th

. >> roslind jordan live for us from washington, d.c. thank you. meanwhile, jordan's army says it has carried out more airstrikes against isil targets. as roslind was mentioning, the campaign was began with a rally on friday. >> the murder of pilot moaz al kassasbeh has called for revenge. those who were against joining the u.s. in raids against isil last september is now for it. >> isil has confronted us face to face in our borders. you do not represent islam. >> for kassasbeh's murder shows that jordan has always been isil's target. >> jordan is the next target after syria. if they occupy all of syria jordan is next. we have to strike this criminal group in its hideout. >> it's people fear being dragged into conflict. >> i swear we are not afraid. we're proud and we stand behind the king, and we'll offer our men and women to fight terrorism. >> the queen surprised the crowds when she showed up at the rally. people have come from all over the country to honor the pilot. >> this by all means is a rally in support of the government and it's decision

roslind jordan has the latest from washington. >> the lead negotiators in the u.s.cuba normalization talks said on friday that they felt the second round of talks had gone well, but there is a major sticking point. the cubs want to be remove from the u.s. state sponsor terrorism list because they don't sponsor terrorism or action. the u.s. has started a review, but they have not agreed whether this issue should be part of the talks. >> what we're saying, yes it is not a pre-condition it is not a condition. but we're saying it is important, a very important issue for cuba. i can say that it is a priority for cuba that we hope is addressed, and is solved in the process towards the establishment of diplomatic relations. as i already said it would be very difficult to say that we have established relations with our country still on the list that we believe very very firmly that we have never belonged to, and we do not belong to. >> today was productive and encouraging. in open, honest, and sometimes challenging yet always respectful conversation we addressed the require

roslind jordan, al jazeera. >> revealing names of those suspected of war crimes in syria. >> fighters from the somali group al-shabab say that they carried out two attacks. government officials are among the dead. and find out if details in sport. >> this video was up loaded on social media. it appears to show fighting. rebels sow to keep supply lines from turkey open. >>> a new report found that there has been a rise in human rights violations. investigators have spent years documenting events, but the sir syrian government is calling the report biased. >> the four commissioners have been working on documenting human rights violations for three and a half years. the situation gets worse and worse, but their new report goes much further than any of the previous eight ones. after meeting with the security council, they told reporters they have a confidential list of the perpetrators of war crimes, and they may make it public. >> can i ask you about your lists of purpose perpetrators. >> to date we have prepared four lists, which have been submitted to the human rights commission for sa

. >> roslind jordan live in washington, d.c. >>> two al jazeera journalist who is are out on bail after 411 days in jail in egypt are released from jail, their retrial is set to resume on february 23rd. peter greste was also charged but he was--he's been released. >>> well baher mohammed spoke about being reunited with his family after being in jail. >> it's hard to describe it. you can feel it, but to describe it with words i can't. it's finally i'm home. for the children, it was different. it was something different. as soon as they saw me, they saw me on the stairs. they jumped on me. so i took to hiding with them. i started crying. this is the first time my children started telling me stop going to work. don't leave again. you spend too much time at work. don't go again. we want to you stay. >> there is nothing to worry. in the case there is no evidence against us. there is nothing against us at all. i'm sure we didn't do anything wrong. so let's wait and see. this is what i prefer. let's wait and see. i don't think anything wrong will happen. >> now to bangladesh, the country's war