why use the shell company after shell company after shell company?> well there are all different reasons people would want to use shell companies and some are not mysterious at all. they might be buying with multiple parties or using them for inheritance reasons or investment strategyies but they also have the effect of creating secrecy. i talked to a lot of owners who would tell me i can't wait to read your story because i don't know who my neighbors are. jenna: that's interesting. you're providing neighbors information about who could be living down the hall from them and it's important to point out there are lots of people that are owning this property legally and the use of shell companies is legal but the bigger question is just about the impact it has on the real estate market here at home and also taxes because your story points out that some of these people are getting big tax breaks that wouldn't be available to american buyers for example. >> well the tax rates are available to americans but they've been attractive to foreigners and so has

they fled their homes because the shelling is so intense. this home was damaged when a shell destroyed her neighbour's place. >> we hope the talks succeeded and hope for peace. last night shelling shattered the windows. it destroyed part of the building. at midnight all families children were ducking down women crying. >> reporter: the families tell us the volunteer group that used to bring them food no longer comes. in donetsk city an i think convoy arrived. >> this is the latest humanitarian convoy sent by russia to a region that has a humanitarian crisis. it's hoped that aid will hep thousands. it's the 13th deliver from russia since the fighting began. there has been doubts whether previous convoys were only bringing aid. russia denies it's supplying separatists weapons. >> i have no idea where you can hide weapons, you can touch the boxes yourself and open them up and make sure there's only food inside. >> the poor have no choice but to supplement their supplies. as the dull crunch of shelling is heard, these men say they fish more out

everything was normal and then they came and started shelling us. >> translator: the fact is by shellings, the ukrainians are shelling themselves. >> reporter: a few streets from the school another of thursday night's shell strikes landed in front of this residential block. many residents had already fled other parts of the city. a few returned on friday to survey the damage. and all the time the sound of nearby shell fire continued. >> translator: it's very difficult, when you come out to the street you are afraid. i tremble with fear. i'm scared of a shell landing next to me and tearing me apart. in all my life i never felt as scared as i do now. >> reporter: the experience only these people contradicts those who claim the battle of debaltseve has been the only significant violation of the minsk piece agreement. for now, the only lesson being learned here is that in ukraine, ceasefires work only on paper. paul brennan al jazeera, donetsk. >>> and ukraine is marking the one-year anniversary of the event in central kiev's independence square when over 100 protesters were killed. these ar

a leadup to that i want you to hear the shelling incoming and outgoing sounds of shelling in donetsk happening quite frequently. no let up as all. the fog has slipped in as well. but there's also a great sense of uncertainty about the next 40 plus minutes ahead. in 50 minimums time ukranian president will address the people on television. many think that will be the order he gives the ukranian forces to stop fighting. this is very messy technically. we've spoken to a spokesperson for the separatists who said they've now taken an important part of a town called dubalsova a key to this agreement. they've taken a part of that and expect the ukranian's to surrender. hundreds if not thousands of ukranian troops still inside that town. the separatists claim that it is there under the accord signed in minsk. that's how they've interpreted it. that is a concern. that could be a flash point that could derail this agreement entirely. it could also be a place of intense violence in the minutes or hours after. more shelling impacting getting increasingly close to the city center as the day has g

there was shelling as your correspondents reported in donetsk and dubalsovik.looking for of course tomorrow morning is not only for the guns to fall silent but also as the days tick by withdrawal of very very important withdrawal of heavy weaponry and also the removal of foreign armed individuals. now, to give you an idea of the kind of live fire going on in the past 24 hours, one of our two remaining drone ss was not only fired upon but subject to electronic jamming. that's the kind of stuff we're seeing on the ground right now. >> what does it mean the shelling the shooting that we're seeing right before this cease-fire? is it the separatists trying to hold their positions? is it the ukrainians trying to soften them up before the cease-fire takes effect? what is your guess at this point? >> well we don't want to ascribe any intentions to them. but one of the things we're doing as part of our mandate is getting word out about the minsk package that was agreed to. of course what we'll be looking for. and the other thing, jim, of course what wie very very hopefu

they shell us.s very much, poroshenko. >> reporter: hitting this school even accidentally could scarcely be more counterproductive. the geography teacher has spent 20 years assembling the artifacts here. the souls of my ukrainian ancestors are here she says. it was so beautiful. and now they tell me i'm a separatists and terrorist? it's unbelievable. helping the cleanup effort are these 15-year-old cousins. >> translator: we feel all emotions simultaneously but most of all we feel insulted. we were living here everything was normal and then they came and started shelling us. >> translator: the fact is by shelling us, the ukrainians are shelling themselves. >> reporter: a few streets from the school another of thursday night's shell strikes landed in front of this residential block. many residents already fled. a few returned to surveillance the damage. and all the time the sound of nearby shell fire continued. >> translator: it's very difficult. when you come out to the street you are afraid. i trem

are you also hearing shelling there? >> reporter: right now we're not hearing any shelling from our van take pointtage point jim. but certainly the message that we've been getting from the battalions fighting on the ukranian side they say today was the most fierce fighting they've encountered. we're not sure whether that is leading up to the cease-fire or bad thing for what might come ahead. we heard there were several casualties on the side of pro ukranian force. fighting around the town of mariopol a very important strategic port town and one of the last towns before crimea which will be of course very important for the pro russian separatists to create some land bridge from rush why proper to crimea annexed in 2014. so certainly the vibe that we were getting from the forces that we were out with today, we were on the frontline. their shelling there was constant as well. none of them trust that the cease-fire will hold. they say the ukranian's for their part say that they want to adhere to the cease-fire from their van

. >> not in very good shape especially after enduring many days of shelling. >> if in fact diplomacy fails what i've asked my team to did is look at all options. what other means can we put in place to change mr. putin's calculus. >> and good evening i'm joie chen. for a president who came to power, seeking exits seeking exits from conflict, to use the carrot or the stick? after six months of fighting with i.s.i.l mr. obama has asked congress to step up his war powers against the self proclaimed islamic state. at the same time, he's pressing hard for a truce in the conflict ravaging in ukrainians, and his dilemma giving the ukrainians lethal aid. tonight, "america tonight"'s sheila macvicar. >> reporter: eastern ukraine is deep in winter and for those in the conflict zone, the war is unrelenting. this soup kitchen trying to feed the increasingly hungry targeted again by shelling early this week. this time, from the ukrainian side. sending workers and clients running for the shelter of the basement. across the region, there has been a sharp increase in violence. towns like krematorsk

so, there is no activity around authorizing a shell contractor signing a shell contract. there will be other contracts, however, for us to bring the supply forward for us to have the back office functionality. there will be other contracts. a couple of the areas where we maybe able to shave some time, supervisors, avalos, to respond to your specific question is in our earlier program where we are envisioning rates higher than the pg & e rate, there was a lot of concern about having accidental customers or customers who weren't well informed being opted into this program, right, and response to that, we developed an earn -- early customer and notification program. i would like to suggest that maybe since we are now talking about a program that is easy at or below the pg & e rate we can relax some of those requirements and reconsider that plan. as you see on this sheet, that activity is starting here and it takes some time to go through those steps. so we might be able to shave some time there. where i'm saying we won't be able to shave time is in the steps for example here

there are a lot of troops in that area and a lot of heavy shelling. we then came across the borders. we spoke to separatest fighters at the border check points, who were at the time setting up mortar positions. they were saying that they were preparing certainly for--what they described as a battle in the night hours before this truce is supposed to be implemented. we came in to donetsk it had been very quiet in shelling in the important. there were shells that landed very close to a press conference being given or being prepared to be given by the separatest leader at the time. one of those shells landing in a residential area killing three residents. and then it went very quiet again. but it's literally in the last 45 minutes to an hour we're hearing increasing shelling here around donetsk. in the last 15-20 minutes we heard grad rockets being fired as well. some very different language being given by respective leaders, and seemingly things deteriorating if we like, the closer we get to this time for the truce to start. >> all right, thank you for

and then they came and started shelling us. >> the fact is, they're shelling us. the ukrainians are shelling themselves. >> a few streets from the school many residents had already fled to other parts of the city. a few returned on friday just to survey the latest damage. all the time the sound of nearby shell fire continued. >> it's very difficult. when you come out of the streets you're afraid. i'm afraid of a shell landing next to me and tearing me apart. in all my life i've never felt ascared as i do now. >> the people here completely contradict that the battle of debaltseve was the only shelling since the minsk agreement. now the only lesson being learned here is that in ukraine cease-fires only work on paper. paul brennan al jazeera, donetsk. >> well, meanwhile in kiev ukrainian president petro poroshenko has led a somber service in independent square, it's been a year since a sniper shot and killed protesters there. it was seen as the final bloody act of the dramatic up rising. on the morning of february february 20th last year sniper bullets were fired int

shelling on both sides of this conflict.he u.n. says around 600,000 ukrainians have fled to other countries in the last year. the situation continues to deteriorate. nighttime is the worst. families with access to a basement will be underground again, terrified and powerless to stop the bombs. charles stratford, al jazeera, dondon dondon eastern ukraine. >> still to come this half hour: nigeria's opposition condemns the postponing of elections but calls for calm. plus: >> in london where it is the big movie it night. find out the winners and the losers are expected to be. bafta awards. >> if you feel tired, would you turn around and come back? >> our teams find out first hand how treacherous the migrants journey can be. >> we make them take a trip of death >> it is heartbreaking when you see the families on top of the rail car borderland continues only on al jazeera america . >> a reminders the top stories here on al jazeera. the head of isil has announced as dozens of airstrikes on the group since thursday. he egypt says th

reports from the rebel-held city of donetsk in eastern ukraine say a shell hit a hospital.ctures we've received from the scene. the rebel authorities say at least four people have been killed and many others have been wounded. pro-russian separatists in the region are locked in a fierce battle and have been for the past few days, with ukrainian government troops. more details when they come into us. >>> greece's new government has taken its case to the leaders of the european commissioner and european central bank as it tries to renegotiate the terms of a bailout. prime minister alexis tsipras has been warmly welcomed by jean-claude juncker in brussels. jamie is in brussels for us. it was a warm welcome, they were sort of arm in arm. >> it was a vigorous handshake but difficult talks between the to. we've heard mr. tsipras has come out of those, talked to jean-claude juncker, talked to the leader of the eu member states and head of european parliament. those just finished he got in his car and i saw him drive off. before he drove off what he said was he thought things were

claimed responsibility for shelling the city. now made up of 50 smaller armed faction he. its leader has declared damascus pooh response zone which is near abuja. hashima albara has more. >> reporter: victims are taken to field hospitals. the army has recently suffered major losses in this area, largely controlled by the army of islam one of the main opposition armed groups in syria. after almost four years of fighting in which thousands were killed and entire areas reduced to rubble, the violence continues. in zabadani a dmasks damascus suburb, antigovernment attacks are aimed at driving rebels out of the areas that surround damascus. this is a convoy from the airm of islam on its way to shell areas near the capital. >> our attack and retaliation ton outskirts of damascus and across the country. we send warnings to civilians. >> here its fighters attack government positions in h.ota. >> we do not favor the situation to be like this and exchange shelling from both sides. we don't accept bombarding civilians. unfortunately neither the criminal regime nor the outside. >> the

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this man tries to drive civilians to safety. >> you can hear shelling. at night it was intense, he says. "i have to go" says this man. "it's bad in there, very bad." he followed us along the mud roads. it was a hope of attempting a temporary truce for safe passage failed. >>> shelling intense. few people on the city. sounds like mortar targets that we cannot see. there have been repeated efforts to try to get some of the wounded out. some of these ceasefires have been ignored. they are going into the city to try to deliver aid to the people trapped here. >> they tell us that they are going to an area too dangerous to film. >> we are trying to deliver aid to people at risk. we could nod organise a temporary truce to come here. approximately 25,000 people used to live in debaltseve. after weeks of heavily fighting it's not known how many are living here now. few remain. i walked aid to people every day, shouts this woman, as another shell explodes nearby. debaltseve is of strategic importance to both sides in the conflict. it's a major railroad. it's from

shelling on both sides of the conflict. around 600,000 ukranians fled to other countries this year and the situation continues. >> night-time is the worst. families with access are terrified and powerless to stop the bombs >>> still on al jazeera, boxed in by boko haram, we meet the local men defending the nigeria city of maiduguri >>> and we'll tell you why the biggest ceremony in music was not all song and dance. discoveries yet to come? >> implications for energy and also for climate change. >> "techknow's" team of experts show you how the miracles of science. >> this is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future? >> can affect and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> "techknow", where technology meets humanity. tomorrow, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazee >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weekni

>> nick, we can hear the shelling behind you. there was another one. and often those sirens, often in conflicts like this when there are humanitarian cease-fires for a brief period, a truce of just a few hours, are the people there even being afforded that opportunity to get out of areas in which they're trapped? >> reporter: well, we've seen periodic moments, particularly one town to the northeast of where i'm standing where yes, indeed, there was a brief pause in the fighting to allow people out. that happened periodically as well because the shelling wasn't constant on the main exit road. here in donetsk, the violence here has been escalating for months, frankly. this shelling behind me is more intense than i've personally witnessed since coming here. but people can potentially get out if they have a pass from ukrainian authorities. we've seen long queues at the exit areas here. some feel trapped. some feel they can't afford to leave. some don't want to leave their homes. but we have ourselves this morning seen what shelling did to one family's home

the fact is by shelling us the ukrainians are shelling themselves. >> a few streets from the school another thursday night shell strikes lapped in front of this residential block. many residents had already fled to other parts of the city. a few returned on friday just to survey the latest damage. all the time the sound of nearby shell fire continued. >> it's very difficult. when you come out to the street you are afraid. i tremble with fear. i'm scared of a shell landing next to me and tearing me apart. it's such a terrible fear. in all of my life i never felt ascared as i do now. >> they quickly contradict those who claim that the battle of debaltseve has been the only violation of the minsk agreement. there is no way of knowing when school 58 might reopen. for now the only lesson being learned here is that in ukraine cease-fires only work on paper. al jazeera donetsk. >> in kiev president petro poroshenko has led a somber service at independent square, marking a year since snipers shot and killed protesters there. >> on kiev's maidan or independent square where last winter's anti-governm

. >> also on the program government strongholds in the syrian capitol are shelled. >> we agree to disagree. >> europe's top economic power is skeptical about the greek government's plan to cut its debt burden. >> i ask the government please to reopen the text messages. i'm really crying. >> deaf people signal their suffering in democratic republic of congo after the government switches off the internet. >> the u.s. secretary of state is calling for immediate ceasefire in eastern ukraine. john kerry met president poroshenko in kiev, kerry saying the u.s. wants a peaceful solution but will not close its eye to say russia's actions. it is part of a diplomatic push to end the fighting. angela merkel and president hollande plan to fly to moscow friday. nato has been meeting in brussels to decide on a new rapid reaction force planning to strengthen it's eastern european flank. >> in driving snow, john kerry was the first to arrive in kiev on thursday, offering u.s. support ukraine and warnings to russia. >> we cannot close our eyes to tanks that are crossing the bored herb from russia into ukrai

they fled their homes, shelling is intense.s home was damaged when a shell destroyed her neighbour's place. >> translation: we hope the talks about succeed in the hope for peace. last night shelling shattered all the windows on the fourth floor, destroying part of a building. last night children were tucking down. women crying. >> the volunteer group that brought them food no longer comes. in donetsk. an aid convoy arrived. >> this is the latest humanitarian aid convoy to a region suffering a humanitarian crisis it's hoped thousands will be helped in donetsk and beyond. this is the 13th delivery from russia since fighting begone. there are doubt whether previous convoys from bringing aid. russia denies it was supplying weapons. >> i have no idea where you could hide any weapons, you could touch the boxes and open them up making sure there is only food inside. >> the poor have no choice but to supplement the supplies. >> as the dull crunch of shelling is heard a few kilometres away the men fish out of necessity than for pleasure

as another shell explodes close by.f strategic importance to both sides in this conflict it's a major railway hub linking territory the separatists control with russia. it's believed up to 8,000 ukrainian government troops have been deployed to try to defends the town. they are suspicious about what they say are separatist spies. this armored personnel carrier blocks our path as we left town of the soldiers questioned us before letting us drive on. this road is the only way in to the town from the ukrainian military-controlled side. and while the fighting intensifies, it is the only route out. for many civilians who remain inside. charles stratford eastern ukraine. >> let's go live to to rory challe end or celled he want in moscow. we have john kerry and joe described end the u.s. president heading to kiev. clearly the u.s. is contemplating a much more active involvement in this conflict. >> reporter: yeah, i think martin this conflict is now reaching a very significant turning point. it's in a position now where the u.

as another shell explodes close by.s is of strategic importance to both sides in this conflict, it's a major railway hub linking territory the separatists control with russia. it's believed up to 8,000 ukrainian government troops have been deployed to try to defend the town. they are suspicious about what they say are separatist spies. this armored personnel carrier blocked our path as we left town the soldiers questioned us before letting us drive on. this road is the only way in to the town from ukrainian military-controlled side. what & while the fighting intensifies it's the only route out for many civilians who remain inside. charles stratford, al jazerra eastern ukraine. >> let's go live now to moscow and talk to our kroepbt correspond e there rare i rory challe end with. we have john kerry and joed by an driving in kiev and the defense ministers meeting in brussels among them chuck hagel, of course. >> reporter: yeah, we are reaching a turning point aren't we hear, martin. it's a situation where what was previous

now the highway is under threat and also shelling, damascus is the target of shelling as we know and many people, seven people killed and 30 injured. they also try and continue to threaten and i think now the syrian army has relearned today that it's focusing on part of the inside of damascus was surrounded and is not taken now by the syrian army and duma, now the syrian army and we do estimate that three brigades at least and supported by artillery and air force did advance on the north side. if they take it, i think it could be very from a military point of view, very important success. >> ok. >> then duma, the army is trying to bring the population out of the there and did. i think the army is using all its forces now -- >> ok, let me jump in there. let's talk quickly about the army of islam this rebel group claiming responsibility for the latest shelling and attacks in damascus. are they just another rebel group trying to seize control or is the regime taking them for seriously? >> no, no, no, the regime knows -- maybe the regime did have certain groups to make a settlement and l

you heard him talk about a backdrop of further shelling and you have to wonder is this shelling just know an effort to further intimidate with just hours to go before this cease fire, or does that shelling send a different message there will be no cease fire? what's the best guess? >> well the best guess is that there is a cease fire in three or four hours, and this is the russians and separatists making a last run before a cease fire comes in. that's the good news. the problem, though is that the worry is that all right, if the cease fire collapses, what happens to help the ukrainians? i think it's very important that the leaders in germany and france and britain and us that we come up with a strategy that involves diplomacy and some defensive equipment so that the ukrainians can find ways to defend themselves in what we're talking about, this air-to-ground missiles. secondly additional sanctions. the problem is that putin doesn't seemed to be moved by additional sanctions. maybe the defensive equipment will do the trick. i have my doubts. the ukraineian economy is in bad shape. job

shells exploded. it was judgment day. we started to round up the kids in groups and tell them fairytale's. it was thunder in winter. summer was coming soon. >> the missiles had been fired from a separatist held down. in front of you now is where the weapon landed. the long distance weapon from the artillery machine. it flew from a southern direction. >> the attacks are significant because kramatorsk is home to the ukranian military's demand. they denied responsibility for the attacks. the fighting is intensifying by the day in this region. in a separatist base we find this ukranian army prisoner. he coughs his face his tank hit in the battle. outside hang the pictures of dead separatist fighters and a father greaves for his son. >> of course i'm proud. he was leaving his mother land people family. >> another attempt at ceasefire talks are scheduled for wednesday. sons and doctors continue to be killed in the violence every day. police in the philippines say the results of a preliminary d.n.a. test show that a senior membe

the family is now a shell, numb in mourning. the tiny coffins ready for tomorrow. >> translator: i went to get them a towel in the other room. the lights went out. everything flew into the house. what cease-fire? i curse every day those who killed my children and all those of the country. people who want to live peacefully we lived, grew up, took our children to coolschool. these are not people. >> reporter: the father dennis is alone talking to himself. peeling vegetables for the wake. my grandchildren were killed she says. innocent. mr. poroshenko your cease-fire. any quiet the cease-fire may bring with ring hollow numb and mere hours too late here. >> it's difficult to see the conditions they're dealing with. the u.s. ambassador to ukraine tweeted a short time ago that the separatists are arm. separatists have a large fighting force with more tanks, armored vehicles heavy military and rocket systems than some nato and european countries. photos showing what he says are russian military systems being deployed in eastern ukrain

have asked help to stop the shelling. government offensive almost two weeks old. 200 people in duma have reportedly been killed. >>> and talks between the syrian government and oings opposition fighters have broken down in homs. for ensuring the safety of civilians. abdullah al shami has more. >> this has been the scene. constant bombardment is clear indication where the rebels stand. the government has asked to give up but they're not leaving. >> we're here to fight. we'll stay and defend our people. >> opposition fighters give up opposition, to get back to work. it also meant u.n. workers could deliver supplies to thousands of people trapped in the area. but simply hope for an agreement at this time. >> why isn't anyone caring for us. we suffer in silence while the whole world watches. >> for people in homs the end of that suffering must seem a long way off. abdullah al shami, al jazeera. >> covering up allegations of an iranian involvement of the bombing of a jewish center. prosecutor found dead last month. from buenos

will both sides stop shelling each other? where i'm standing sze intermittently heard shelling. both sides. the strategic hub. the raw emotion of fighters on both sides furious at civilian casualties. we saw one particularly tragic horrific incident that shook one family in separatist-held areas last the night. it was here thursday night when this family got their first running water for a week and quickly made the kids' bath. the 2 and a half-year-old, age 14, another 7, their godmother explains. then the first shell hit. direct here on the bath itself. all three were killed. their parents were both in the front bedroom whose windows didn't even shatter. this civilian area is still being shelled here 34 hours before a cease-fire. >> get down! >> reporter: the family is now a shell. numb in mourning. the tiny coffins ready for tomorrow. >> translator: i went to get a towel in the other room. the lights went out, everything flew into the house. what cease-fire? i curse every day those who killed my children and all those of the country. we lived, grew up, took our children to sch

also coming up shooting practice during ukraine's cease-fire, but there has been real shelling around debalseve. >> meeting in aden calling for u.n. security action. plus: >> reporter: i am nick clark reporting from the far east of russia. find out why we are following this tiger that just made its way through the snow here >>> hello. danish police say the man responsible for attacks on two targets in copenhagen was a danish born 22-year-old with a background in criminal gangs. he was shoot dead early on sunday morning after he opened fire on them. earlier, he had shot dead a guard outside a synagogue. >> followed a manhunt followed by saturday's attempt in which one person was killed and several police officers injured in from copenhagen nick spicer reports. >> police remain vigilant after what's being described as their biggest ever operation in recent history. the prime minister thanked them on sunday morning and said it was time for the country to come together. >> we are not in a fight between it'slam and the west. this is not a battle between muss let mes and non-muss let melimn

we visit add hospital in donetsk, at least one person killed in a shelling there three shells hitting that hospital. we also went down to the front lines south of donetsk and we heard a lot of shelling there. we spoke to a rebel commander who said he was prepared to lay down his weapons when given the command, but only then. we are also hearing reports of a lot of heavy shelling around the city of luhansk and then of course there is the disputed town of debaltseve, which the separatists claim they have completely surrounded, a lot of heavy shelling and fighting in that area, too so despite some agreement and this push for a new truce, a lot more to be done and the fighting here at eastern ukraine continues. >> thank you for that from donetsk. >> still to come on this program, al-qaeda fighters stormed two army brigades in southern yemen. >> make natural resources work for the people. >> for the people, why not just one, but two conferences on mining are underway in south africa. >> let's look at the top stories here at al jazeera. another ceasefire has been announced for eastern ukrai

california, a very big shell of a building. i'm trying to remember what was happening in the embarcadero side when the last appeal came before us. what was the design for that building just trying to compare you know today's design that we have before us to that? >> that was an entirely new 10 story building. so it was a contemporary design on both sides. >> they used a shell of the building but it would be built above the current height. >> no. it was demolition of the entire building and construction of a new building and much at taller. >> i'm trying to figure out this process for this current design. was there an approach to planning with a particular design and based on this being a historical resource there was encouragement to preserve the historic side and then allowance to dramatically change the embarcadero side or that was the planning that came before planning from the get-go? >> tam from the planning department. we responded to the plan that was given. >> wondering other examples in san francisco where the building

. >> shelling rocked the city of donetsk. separatists were likely trying to gain ground in strategic cloey icic locations. >>> in mariupol the fighting was heavy. >> reporter: as the cease-fire inched closer no let up in the violence. a ukrainian armored vehicle takes aim at separatist positions close by. we're in a village near mariupol where the shelling is nearly constant. this is the last front line position of the ukrainian army. they tell us that the separatists are about 1,000 yards in that direction. they also say the separatists have tried to overrun this position several times but have been repelled every time. the ukrainian army deployed additional armor to the front line sometimes hampered by old, run-down equipment. meanwhile, the killing continued. this 58 year old is literally shell-shocked, after a rocket landed next to her house, killing her neighbor. she believes it was fired from a ukrainian position. we don't need the ukrainian army here she says. we don't need any army. everyone who came with weapons star

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many are trapped and subject to heavy shelling. many fear that the region will see an increase in fighting. peace talks have broken down. a cease-fire is nowhere in site. as the attack demonstrates, the local population will continue to be caught in the crossfire. david stern, bbc news. >> heavy fighting between militants and forces from three countries on the border of nigeria and cameroon. the army says they killed more than 200 militants in a battle in northeast nigeria. reports from the town say they have had intense clashes with fighters. you are watching bbc world news america. should the american government have more power to oversee internet providers? the battle lines are drawn and consumers have a lot at stake. >> the egyptian court has sentenced 230 people, including one of the leading activists in the uprising of 2011 to life in jail. >> it was very much a leading figure in the revolution, having been a symbol of hope. he has come to symbolize the repression that followed. now, he responded to the life sentence with an

there was certainly a lot of incoming and outgoing shelling still going on there. as we've seen in the last week or so, there have been a number of attacks or strikes that it places in the center of town, and this one on the hospital, an attack on a trolley bus and where there was a humanitarian aid food handout going on, a number of people killed in that attack. it comes at a time of increased escapes in fighting not only in donetsk but throughout the region. >> charles stratford live for us from ukraine. >> coming up on the program. >> pharmaceuticals farming food ago degree business, everything is affected. >> we'll find out who's been taking a train to brussels for the trade deal. >> a controversial french comedienne in court accused of condoning terrorists. >> there's more to financial news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, could striking workers in greece delay your retirement? i'm here to make the connections to your money real. >> "real money with ali velshi". tonight at 10:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> a recap of our top stories

the fact is by shelling us the ukranians are shelling themselves. >>reporter: a few streets away another shell strike landed in front of this residential block. many residents had already fled to other parts of the city. a few returned friday to survey the latest damage. and all the time the sound of nearby shell fire continued. >> it's very difficult when you come out to the street you are afraid. i tremble with fear. i'm scared of a shell landing next to me. it's such a terrible fear. i've never felt as scared as i do now. >>reporter: the experience of these people completely contradicts those who claim the battle has been the only significant violation of the minsk peace agreement. for now the only lesson being learned at school 58 is that in ukraine cease fires work only on paper. >>> it was a year ago today that antigovernment protests turned deadly in kiev. snipers opened fire on demonstrators. today the country paused to remember. thousands gathered to honor the victims that day and the thousands who have died since the battles began in the e

we're in a village where the shelling is nearly constant.his is the last front line position of the ukrainian army. they tell us the separatests are a thousand yards in this direction and say the separatists tried to overrun the position several times but repelled every time. fathering a last-minute assault, the ukrainian army deployed additional armor to the front line. sometimes hampered old rundown equipment. meanwhile the killing continued. this 58-year-old woman is literally shell shock after a iraq landed next to her house killing a neighbor. she believes it was fired from a ukrainian position. she said we don't need the ukrainian army. we don't need any army. please make them go away from here. ukraine's army has dug in. local commander said he doesn't believe any truth will hold. we know about this so-called cease fire he said. we have had agreements before. the separatists broken them frequently. we will stick to the agreement and stop the violence coming from their side. deescalation looks and sounds different than what we saw on t