that was where the bbc world service came into it. it takes those longer formats with more air time to allow the sort of space required to explain issues of by a density, sectarianism, where religion or theology might or might not play a part in stories of the day. i got to make many documentaries on anti-semitism in europe, on the dalai lama, on revolution and reform in islam in turkey, and elsewhere. that was in the year 2000. he gave me room to explore, ask the questions, and suggest tentative answers. my thesis was that reformists were on the top in iran. that was undermined, when many were jailed. even with the news bulletins, i would get the second slot on the story, the one they give some context to the news piece above it. the domestic news bulletins at the bbc did not have that sort of luxury, neither do they overhear. the world service i jointed. it was a deeply rewarding, enriching, and challenging a few years. i should mention that the newsroom manager did call me in and tell me to come back again after those first four wee

the bbc's david stern is there. sked him what's happening. >> reporter: well, it's not particularly pro-russian as anti-government group. it's a group which is based in the second largest city in ukraine, the eastern city. they have taken over the first two floors of the city administration building. the mayor's building. and they are demanding that the -- the regions in the east be allowed to hold a referendum about extensive autonomy or possibly independence. it should be said that they are there, they are well armed and they're wearing masks. but people are allowed to come in and out of the building at will. there's more of an occupation than i guess you could say a seizure. >> i can see it's a beautiful day. spring is there, david. what about those political tensions behind the scenes in that critical part of the ukrainian industrial base, in the east of the country? >> reporter: nik, i have to say, it's not only behind the scenes. it's out here in donetsk. just a few moments ago a military jet flew over the cent

the bbc's jonathan head is on the island of jindo.how the government is now responding a week on to pressure from the victims' families. >> reporter: the procession of police boats bringing the bodies of the victims of the boat at the dock behind me has continued through the day. likely to go on for some days yet. then eventually an operation to lift the hull of the ferry up to the surface of the sea. the government is under intense pressure to bring those believed to be responsible for this disaster to justice. and they've moved against more members of the crew, arresting four of them in the last 24 hours. that's a total of 11 including the captain who are under arrest. all of them on the bridge at the time the ferry got into trouble. the authorities are investigating their role in what caused the ferry to capsize and in the failure to evacuate the hundred of passengers told to stay below. the government really is responding to a national mood of anger and anguish. we've seen that on display at memorial services held for those who di

the bbc has this report. >> 12 miles off the south korean coast, the first hint of this disaster. the fairy full of schoolchildren slowly sinking into the sea. boats time rescue arrived, several floors were already underwater. one by one, they climbed out of cap in windows, each rescue a small victory against the sea. down below, others waited in the water for rescue. they jumped into the sea to survive. they were the lucky ones. the speed and scale of this disaster was no match for rescuers. hundreds of passengers still trapped inside and the ship began to sink. an hour later, only this remained. dryland brought warmth and comfort for survivors, and the first stories of what happened. passengers had felt at the end heard loud bangs -- had felt a sudden and heard loud bangs, and whatlassmate described happened. quick the announcement told us that we should stay still, but the ship was already sinking and there were a lot of students that did not get out of the ship. >> this video, apparently filmed by a survivor, seems to show the passengers in light jackets waiting patiently on b

he loved the idea of the bbc. ere's not that many weeks go by where i don't think about cameron and what happened to him. >> 44 people are injured, and 19 killed in what the u.s. military says is a tragic case of friendly fire. an investigation determines that a soldier on the ground called in their location as a reference point for the bombing of iraqi forces. but in the chaos of war, the bombers accidentally hit where he was standing with the american and kurdish forces and the bbc news crew. >> i hadn't realized that fred had switched his camera on pretty much immediately after the bomb had landed. i didn't actually realize how much he had recorded of the incident. >> when something like that does happen, you need to do your job. otherwise, the stark raving futility of having put yourself in a place like that to start with is just -- doesn't bear thinking about. [ shouting ] >> it's very important that journalists, television people, producer, cameramen do go to these places and record these things. the easiest

the bbc has not been able to confirm independently. ously this is a potential -- makes it more difficult to see this agreement in geneva carried out now especially since we've been seeing and hearing the statements coming out of moscow and out of washington at this moment. >> david, what about the effectiveness of ukrainian forces and security forces given that it was made clear a couple of days ago after the end of easter the counter terror operations were back in business? >> reporter: that's right nik. they said they had gone on pause. there was an incident over the weekend in fact on easter sunday. the government said they were going to start the antiterrorist operation as they referred to it again once the easter holidays were over. of course there's great out dos on how successful this can be. we saw the beginning of the operations the previous week that ran immediately into difficulties. forces were surrounded by civilians that couldn't move forward. in fact a number of ukrainian military giving up their weapons. in fact the arme

drop those who read this blog so the bbc every day. also the consensus. the winter with. it's a warm greeting to all of the regime to sew seems to do was to promote well almost. this recipe is the basis of surveillance. so it didn't work so what. we have lived alongside some of the blues of usually daddy the deal. all the tools of the debacle. words by its fourth grade for this moment i'm a bath. you know. dr the muslim buddhist or to stall out. i was in the first bombing just a moment of darkness. she shook her. he is. just for me. mostly years went on. she will let you know. expressions then again you know what it just brings so much. this exhibition is an amazing excavation of history and art together it's a short subject in itself. and the war or so and it went down in northern ireland. this tree. you know is for children. and they still argue debate to be discussed. and that is part of that. gracie really interesting relation to reality. you know my favorite buddhist costumes are designed to tell the truth certain photos i did but it ends with a smile. it's very inti

the bbc is in jerusalem. for reaction from the israeli and palestinian meeting. >> this is the subject that dominates the newspaper headlines in israel. if you look at israeli newspapers first, this is the jerusalem post with a straight forward headline, israel calls off talks with palestinians. there's a bit of analysis from the head of the world jewish congress. the reading is the world has seen the view of the president of the world jewish congress, the palestinians are not serious about peace a. there's a slightly different approach in this, the widest circulation daily newspaper in israel. this has an image on the front page if if you can see, the head of the palestinian president with. the hamas president in garza. reconciliation, punishment is the simple headline. it says underneath negotiations suspended of course as we know. from israel, there's the newspaper that generally supports the prime minutes administer netanyahu. some speculation about what will happen now in terms of punishment measures tha

what made you send it in to us on the bbc. >> it was just a lucky coincidence. the night after i took the picture, i came home and turned on bbc and asking for the pictures. >> you had an accident in 1996? >> in 1996, i had a car accident caused by a drunk driver. later an emergency room mishap. the doctor misread the x-ray and made me paralyzed. before that i was a snowboarder, skier. for not being able to move. for rebuilding myself as a person in a wheelchair took a long time. so what i learned from that is i was imprisoned by being paralyzed. i lost my world. and now to be able to travel and have mobility to get around town is my freedom. and also to take risks. a big thing for me is risk taking. if i can't take a risk, i have lost my freedom. so if i don't push my limits, i'm not free. if i'm not home or in hospital, i've lost my freedom. >> you've been traveling for six months? >> six months, yes. >> was bangkok the toughest place to get around in a wheelchair? >> honestly, i think paris was. it was absolutely the most difficult. the language barrier, old i

let us investigate to find out reason. >> i'm joined by the bbc afghan service. y we can concentrate on the death of anja and the shooting of her reporter colleague. more broadly, for the moment, what does it look like the atmosphere is in advance of the voting? >> security is very tight. 400,000 troops have been deployed across the country to security polling stations and protect potential voters. and 50,000 of them are international forces. and that one interior ministry has employed 30,000 women. so they are expecting some attacks. >> even with 350,000, 400,000 security officials. >> we have seen over the past two weeks. and security officials are trying to block some of the main rooms. there are extra check points. the taliban have threatened that they will carry out attacks. >> we have to underline what has happened here is only 12 million have registered. and even registering has been a risk. >> it has been a risk. and registration centers have been attacked in the past. out of these 12 million, if of of them come out and vote, this will be seen as a success

in the new small cabinet eight of the 16 ministers will be women. i put to bbc'sugh schofield in paris that it's remarkable segolene will be joining the cabinet of her former partner and father of her children. >> reporter: the two had fallen out big time. there's been reconciliation probably due to the fact that he's left valerie trierweiler. so she comes back in this cabinet this ecology/energy role. she's filling a place there which the greens could have had but aren't going to have. the greens who were a coalition partner in the government which was there up until two days ago, the greens have worked out, saying they can't work with the new prime minister because he's too right wing. segolene royal to come in and look at this transition which hole lapped announced towards replacing nuclear and fossil fuels. obviously a long-term project. that is apparently to be a priority. >> can one imagine what relations are going to be like now? after all, the president has had his issues when it comes to women in recent months. >> as i say, they are on the face of it back

the looming u.n. deadline? frank gardner, bbc news in spain. offor more on the process destroying those weapons, i am joined by amy smith. syria can still make the ?eadline >> they have been asked for years to join the treaty. the nonproliferation treaty, since they joined the chemical weapons convention, some say that it has swung in their favor. they may be dragging their feet and perhaps gaining an advantage. but they are also under considerable pressure to get this bulk of chemicals. >> are they dragging their heels or are there reasons why it might be hard for them? >> it has always been a dicey endeavor. and the battle lines in that conflict are constantly changing. the syrians have claimed that their convoys and some of their chemical agents have been attacked. some of the claims remain unverified. there are opcw inspectors with them. the only people making some of , there are doubts that the claims are what they say they are. >> what if syria fails to meet not only this deadline but the ultimate deadline at the end of june for getting ri

let me bring in the bbc world news editor. ve us an idea of the picture as far as we know it in this. >> i think this particular accident, this particular explosion could be the most peaceful explosion. it could be an industrial accident. a station was being put together and something did go wrong. >> we're hearing four deaths now confirmed. blast happened at 8:40 kiev time. one of the victims is undergoing surgery. 100 paramedics are working there. >> it's hard to see if this is terrorism related. it looks like an accident. in the east of the country, the situation is very, very tense. there's still a lot of armed people who are in possession of large numbers of weapons who are in control of police headquarters, local government headquarters. today in the city, epi center of ukraine, the funeral of the three killed over the weekend. the local people and pro russian activists say the attackers represented the right wing group from ukraine. they deny they had responsibility for this. the details are murky still. tough language c

i would like to take to you london, pictures that we have coming in from the bbc. now this just speaks to how important journalists around the world feel this story is. what you're looking at here is staff of the bbc, a huge, huge news organization, that is outside of broadcasting house in portland place in london. as you can see many journalists have black tape over their mouths, that's one of bbc's lead presenters on bbc world. you can see his work here in the united states and other journalists are holding up signs saying that journalism is not a crime. that's the main thrust of that. now we come to new york and what's happening today. we come to new york right now. we she had point out that our al jazeera staff has been deta detained without bail since last year right before christmas. one of the journalist's brothe brothers: >> he is a professional journalist and is no way associated with a political group. seeing my brother in this situation is absolutely the worst feeling. i cannot even describe it in words. he is a very fine and warm person who is always con

the bbc team has had rare access to aleppo. ur panel and camera man spent four days there, only western broadcasters to have visited the city since last year. joining us now from turkey, he is there live. is it clear from what you saw ian, that bombs are dropped randomly not just areas occupied by fighters? >> reporter: it's a very good question. here's the problem. the rebel groups are based on opposition held parts of the city. many come from the city. these are residential neighborhoods. the government can legitimately claim in many cases that it's trying to hit rebel positions. the trouble is the scale of the attacks that they've conducted inevitably means civilians are hit. whatever it is you're trying to target, throwing a barrel bomb that isn't guided in any way, you have no way of knowing where it lands. here's our report. engulfed by darkness and fear, the heart of syria's biggest city. it becomes so dangerous drivers must turn off lights to avoid attack from above. even in the dead of night, the war grinds on. the gove

much to the library and thank you to pbs as well for allowing us to give a wonderful production of the bbc. it's wonderful to come back to philadelphia. it reminds me that actually the dates are right that in 1790 it must be the case that washington was still living in philadelphia american historians, is that right? gas? and when he goes on tour with thomas jefferson to promote the bill of rights the constitutional amendments as well as becoming more acquainted with the country as he charmingly put it the to famously founding fathers didn't get along very well. they visited newport rhode island as you know. this sounds to me like, it sounded to myself like the kind of cross between a stuffy professor and keith richards. [laughter] they go to newport rhode island in the blazing august of 1790 and famously they have a wonderful visit and a letter has been written to them by the leader of the tourists center. it's really a beautiful place if you have never been there and it has inside this extraordinary -- made of deer skin which sounds very american but there's this extraordinarily beautifu

abe risks inflaming tensions with the japanese rivals and isolating it from their friends. bbc news. the second world war is still causing tensions between these two big powers in asia. when we think of african slaves, we often think of the american south. before they landed here, almost one million were shipped to cuba. on awere forced to work sugar plantation. two centuries later, many still live on the island little or no knowledge of their origin. one community in western cuba has managed to keep the songs of their forefathers alive. these melodies have been traced back to one village in sierra leone. >> these have been kept alive in cuba for generations. the singer never knew where they came from. now, they have uncovered the roots. >> so unique and separate. but i think is incredibly unusual. >> an australian academic has discovered that the songs, still performed in cuba, come from a village in sierra leone and are part of an initiation rite of a secret society. the language that the cubans are using is almost extinct in africa. after piecing together two centuries of hi

i'm geeta guru-murthy with the latest headlines. bbccess to rebel held parts of aleppo in syria. barrel bombs cause extensive damage. >> the pro kiev mayor of the eastern ukrainian city has been shot and critically wounded. >>> now a court in the egyptian city has recommended that almost 700 people including followers of the band of muslim brother hood be sentenced to death following clash as last year. 683 men including the leader mohammed badie were convicted over clashes where one was killed and others wounded. a correspondent is outside the court in the city. >> reporter: there's a great deal of grief and anger here. they don't know which men, which husbands and fathers have now been condemned to be hanged. many told us their relatives are innocent. they had evidence they were elsewhere at the time the riots took place. they say the courts never heard that evidence. some collapsed when they heard the verdict. some women had to be carried away in shock. there's a security presence here. riot police were brought in. for the moment the

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the bbc's nick bryant has this report from ft. hood. >> in the community surrounding ft. hood, foxboro, rituals of mourning people hope they would never have to repeat. >> we have an active shooter on ft. hood. >> now another multiple shooting in which a soldier fired on his comrades. it took place at two building on the sprawling base over the course of a terrifying 20 minutes. the gunman walked into one building and opened fire with a semifinal pistol and then drove to another and started shooting again. when confronted by female military police officers, he turned his gun on himself. he's been identified as 34-year-old specialist ivan lopez, who served in iraq and was being assessed for posttraumatic stress disorder. >> we have very strong evidence he had a medical history that indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological condition. going through all of the records to ensure that, that is in fact correct. we believe that to be a fundamental underlying causal factor. >> it's less than five years since a gun rampage at ft. hood left 13 soldiers dead. major nadal hasan

i should say thank you to pbs as well for allowing us to make a wonderful co-production with the bbc. it's always really wonderful to come back to philadelphia. it reminds me that, actually, i think this is right, goodness, historians ought to get their dates right, but in 1790 it must be the case that washington was still living in philadelphia. american historians, is that right? yes? and when he goes on tour with thomas jefferson to promote the bill of rights, the constitutional amendments as well as the becoming more acquainted with the country as he charmingly put it, the two famously founding fathers not getting on terribly well, and they visit newport, rye, -- rhoe island, as you know. this sounds to me, you know, i sound to myself like the kind of cross between a very stuffy professor and keith richards. [laughter] i'll use his voice. [laughter] and they go to fewport, rhode island -- newport, rhode island, in the blazing august of 1790 and famously, they have a wonderful visit and a great letter has been written to them by the leader of the synagogue there which is really a b

you about: let me ask why he was invited to oxford, what the debate was about, and thanks to the bbc,have some footage that we can see years later, but set the stage. >> in 1964, there was an election, and the republican candidate, barry goldwater, had uttered a controversial phrase, where he said extremism is no vice and moderation is no virtue. there were organizations like lan, and oxford picked it up and thought it would be good for their debate that they were holding in december, and so the invited born president malcolm to come over to participate in the debate, and he agreed. he was really interested in extending the organization and getting the word out about the changes he was interested in making in his life and also as politics, so he jumped right on it. tell me more about that. what did he hope to get? >> he wanted to use the bbc to get his message across to the black and asian and brown dais --diaspora, and he knew it was a ready opportunity to expand his message outside of and hee filtered domain, knew he would have a better shot outside. tavis: what do we know about wha

another perfect sunset over the holy city cannot disguise the stormy future. bbcerusalem. >>> north korea has completed its second live firen =[ exercise in less than a month near the disputed border. the drill was conducted west of the korean peninsula and come as intelligence agencies warn of increased activity at the site. >> reporter: while concern mounts that north korea might be preparing another nuclear test, itself conventional weaponry that has again been making the southern neighbor nervous. having been given notice the north was preparing for another drill, the defense ministry made it clear even if no shells crossed into the waters, firing in the direction of the disputed sea boundary would still be considered provocative. >> translator: if shells cross over, we will sternly respond. >> the drills began 2:00 p.m. local time. it counted 50 artillery rounds fir fired, more limited than last time when over a 100 landed in the waters. south korea then fired back across the line. this time as no shells crossed over, south korea did not respond. north korea

the finish. bbc of the misoysterio particles in the universe. it's never actually been seen. a new experiment offers best hope of detecting dark matter. rebecca takes a look at the particle deep underground in the united states. >> reporter: in the black hills of south dakota, the home state gold mine, home to one of the deepest laboratories in the world. three kilometers down scientists have the best chance yet of finding dark matter, a mysterious substance born in the big bang. the challenge is it's never before been seen. scientists believe dark matter makes up more than a quarter of the universe. this is a complete projection mapping out in blue where thought to be at its densest. across the tangles, galaxies merge, it's essentially the invisible scaffold. nobody knows what black matter looks like. imagine i could use this lenses to look at mysterious particles. >> scientists think they're everywhere hanging in space. because the earth is constantly in motion, it would look like streaming through

more from the bbc there for us now. quite a lot to come, then. >> reporter: absolutely. of celebrations here in stratford upon avonn. information, today tourists are coming into the birthplace where it all began. the house behind me, the timber frame building, that is where william shake peer was born. every year 8 million tourists come here and to the surrounding area. it's important for the economy here as well. something like 15,000 jobs depend on tourism in stratford-upon-avon and the surrounding areas. some would say that today the ambassador for uk trade and investment, digby jones, has urged businesses to invest in the arts. and to really talk up shakespeare and stratford-upon-avon as a means to attract investment into the uk. shakespeare is known across the globe. and right here in stratford-upon avon is home for the royal shakespeare company. let's get a little taste of the bard's words in german. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: thank you very much. i'm also joined by diana owen. director of the birthplace trust. what is it about shakespeare that is

the bbc a company her on that trip -- accompanied her on that trip. >> close to 100,000 people died in the bosnian conflict, a conflict that also saw a rape used as a powerful weapon. amid all the horrors of bosnia, the name srebrenica stands out where 8000 men and boys were massacred. the foreign secretary and angelina jolie came here as part of their campaign against sexual violence in conflict zones. it began two years ago after william hague saw a film she had made about bosnia. in three years of war, between 20,000 and 50,000 women were raped here. even today, few are willing to speak openly. >> the people who raped you -- have they ever been brought to justice? are they still at large? >> she tells me her attackers are still free. she has even found them on social media. many women have died, she says, .ithout the injustice it is that legacy of the conflict that ties into the initiative angelina jolie and have been working on. >> one of the women mentioned -- the way she worded it was, "we feel like we are sinking." they are so broken and yet so dignified. they are just extraordi

i'm peter with the bbc world news. our top stories. the families of the missing visit the scene. south korea's president has harsh words for the crew of the ferry. >> some of the crew men were incomprehensive from a common sense point of view. it was like an akin of murder that must not be tolerated. >>> demascus announces plans for presidential election. >>> russia blames extremist for a situation in ukraine and warns kiev is losing control of the situation. >>> and kidnapped and forced to marriage. how abduction is damaging young live lives. >>> okay let's start this half hour of bbc news taking you live to the scene. the island in south korea where the families of those missing from the ferry that capsized there, they've been visiting the scene of the accident off jindo island in the past couple of hours. divers have removed 64 bodies from the ferry. the president park geunhye have criticized the captain and crew and said it was like an akin of murder. >> beneath the surface lies the stricken ferry, the scene of this national disaster. four more crew members are detained bring

many worry that it will be the latter. bbc>> just look ago cross the vast country, we're not half way through elections are we? what sort of disruption if any has there been from the groups who traditionally tried to disrupt things? >> reporter: well tim, it's been a surprisingly peaceful election so far. there have been a couple of incident, bomb explosions. last weekend there was an attack on poll officials in a region dominated by insurgents. by in large, what has surprised many people is the incredible turnout in the several phases we've seen up until this point. it's been well over 60% in many parts of the country. some going up to 70. in a couple of instances 80%. the other thing of course which everyone is talking about is how smooth it's all been. it's quite an incredible effort to try to make sure more than 800 million are able to cast ballots in the constituencies cast high in the jungle or deep south along the coast. so far it's gone really well. we're just over the half way mark. we have a few days left before we f

where the little things mean everything. >>> you're watching "bbc world news." hockings. >>> in this half hour, killings, looting and sexual violence. officials say the crisis in the central african republic is getting worse by the day. ban ki moon has called for strong action. but what are leaders prepared to make. >>> britain's best known choreographer matthew borne is on a mission to get more boys dancing. we'll find out how he's doing that coming up. >>> aaron is back, the tech world all a flutter. is this to do with amazon? >> this is what everybody is excited about. could the online retailing giant be jumping on the tv streaming bandwagon? we'll find out in a few hours' time. the question is why does a company that dominates online retail feel it needs to compete with video on demand. >>> i want to bring you up to date with breaking news we are getting from cairo. we are now hearing that one person has been killed in that third blast at cairo university. this is coming to us from the reuters news agency. these are pictures that we received earlier from cai

let's go to the bbc's david stern who joins me from kiev. david, the details coming out suggest really a level of planning and opportunism using pro vac ters to shoot. >> that's right. it was a wide-ranging press conference. obviously this reaches all the way to the top of the government. mr. yanukovych but also some of his top ministers. we heard against russia. the russia secret service is providing weapons and also helping with the planning. this can be very inflammatory. ministers have said they have the evidence to back this up. they have extensive evidence, including phone calls and paper trail, other things including photographs. obviously there's quite a bit there. we have over 100 people who have died. but they say, for instance, one gun killed seven people. >> we are out of luck today. david, we have lost you. the signal has gone down. there you can see the events from february 20th. david, are you back with me? can you hear me? >> reporter: yes, i can hear you. >> pick up from 15 seconds ago. we lost you at that point. >> reporter:

the school is run by the cleric who's also at the city's red mosque. let's go to bbcining me from islamabad. why on earth take this risk of naming after osama bin laden? >> reporter: well they are known for views already. i've been here recently and interviewed the cleric running the same library. it's not a big library. there would be 2,000 books in the library. most are islamic books, related to interpret. there's sheets hanging on the door. this move has not come as a surprising move. they're known in the past for radical activities in 2007 where students made their own martyr brigade to enforce their interpretation on the rest of the city. they have been patrolling the streets of islamabad with sticks in hand. they're also associated with the red mosque vacated by pakistan's military in 2007 with the militants of pakistan, taliban and other organizations. >> brief me though, after the week long standoff that led to deaths in 2007 at the red mosque, there's been no moderating of position of those in charge? >> reporter: no. they are still as defined as they were an

the shadow never goes. bbcin. >>> now with a few weeks to go until the start of the world cup, brazil has trained one in five that needs to provide security at the venues. federal authorities in charge are using police and military staff as needed. it will allow the private security. brazil is under orders from fifa to have 25,000 private security guards ready to act as stewards at upcoming world cup. the deadline of may 21st when fifa takes over control is marching closer. around a fifth of those needed have been trained. fifa and nine security companies it's hired say they're confident they'll reach their target. it's at schools like this one where candidates receive the specific training and documentation needed. >> translator: we're being trained in how to deal with the public and provide information they need. >> translator: i'll be able to put into practice everything i've learned in theory. >> training includes welcoming and directing fans to their seats as well as dealing with disorderly behavior. as th

the bbc is in the eastern ukraine and has the latest for us. >> in eastern ukraine, it takes courage. out to, they have come call for a united ukraine. just wait five minutes, this man says, then, we will show you. attacked withoups firecrackers and baseball bats. the police did nothing to stop this. they have been battered into submission. the violence is escalating. ukraine -- he is fighting for his life in the hospital. who wasfilmed the mayor considered pro-russian. are blocking kiev his office and he has become a critic of the old government and a supporter of the ukraine. you will not find many of those here. we found pro-russian militants had sees the council building and the local police station. the crowd sang about the ussr. the militia that seized control here said that they had no trouble at all taking this building. they said they came and walked in stop there was no security and no one to stop them. theimir told me that operation will not stop here. maybe, in brussels or berlin. confidentth guns are that most people here are on their side. steve rosenberg, bbc news, east

that was a question by the bbc poll to mark out our freedom 2014 season. etween december 2013 and february 2014 discover people who live in countries traditionally considered to be free don't necessarily feel more free than others. >> need only has never been a simple nation. what does it mean in our modern digital age? the internet and social media mean we can communicate more freely than ever. we are also under more surveillance than ever before. >> our "bbc world" service poll began by asking people about freedom and the internet. more than two-thirds toll us they think the internet means they have greater freedom. but more than half also told us they thought it was an unsafe place in which to say what they think. edward snowden's revelations really had an impact on the public consciousness in terms of their understanding of the fact that anything they do online can potentially be monitored. >> these days the prying eyes of the state seem to be everywhere. governments say they surveillance to fight crime. what do the public think? in our survey we asked

the capital of abuja. more than 17 people were killed. bbc will russ reports. >> reporter: a witness captured the aftermath of the attack on a mobile phone. the explosion went off during the morning hours. the timing was clearly meant to cause maximum damage. eyewitnesses say a man planted the bomb on one of the buses. >> people were trying to get to work, i spotted a guy holding a bag and he went on to the bus. after a few minutes, he stepped off. then there was a huge explosion. before you knew it, people were dead. >> reporter: this is all that's left of the vehicle and here's the crater caused by the explosion. trucks left the scene loaded up with corpses and more than 120 people were taken to hospitals. the president visited those caught up in the blast. he condemned the attack which he blamed on islamist militants. boka haram said it wants to establish an islamic state in northern nigeria. amnesty international said more than 1500 people are being killed this year alone. it's hard to know who's safe. the targets have been so widespread.

from afghanistan, the bbc's karen allen has this report. >> the chilling aftermath of a targeted attack on the eve of historic elections in afternoon. this was part -- afghanistan, this was a convoy escorting election workers to safety. two female journalists were sitting in the back. a policeman stepped up, drew his gun and opened fire. anja niedringhaus, an award winning photographer died instantly. her colleague, veteran reporter kathy goneon was badly wounded. two seasoned journalists from the "associated press" who knew afghanistan so well. >> anja niedringhaus and kathy gannon were the two journalists in the world that spent more time than any others covering afghanistan. for years they have gone in and out of the country telling the story of the people and the heartbreak and the combat of that country, so it is with bitter irony that we learn they were attacked there. >> friends and colleagues remember anja's love, but it's her photographs that broad her claim. this was a german photographer exhibiting her work in berlin. >> sometimes i feel bad because i have the chance to get b

within the last hour members of various organizations gather outside of the headquarters of the bbc. they're standing in solidarity with jailed al jazeera journalists to protest for the freedom of journalism. >> reporter: it was a remarkable event. we had journalists who come from not very far away, of course, just inside the building behind me, the bbc headquarters. they came out and they were joined by al jazeera staff and journalists from much further fields, from brazil and many other countries. it was quick. they just stood there for a minute in silence, covering their mouths holding signs saying journalism is not a crime. campaigning for free journalism and campaigning also for the release of the journalists. after the event i spoke to peter horacks the director of bbc global news. i asked him because essentially al jazeera, bbc are competitors, competitors with cnn and other organizations around the world. i asked him why it matters to journalists everywhere that three al jazeera english correspondence and producers are in egypt. >> i think we're united behind the slogans that

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