the search continues for 16 people, still missing. >>> a libyan naval vessel has been hit during heavy fighting in benghazi. the ship was docked at the benghazi port, hit by a shell during heavy fighting. >>> russia says rebel leaders in eastern ukraine have been given a mandate to negotiate with kiev. confirmed alex sacracenco as leader of the eastern ukraine republic. rory challenge are reports. >> comments made by the deputy foreign minister here, he says that the leaders of luhansk and donetsk now have a mandate with which they can negotiate with the authorities in kiev. so russia really sees the these elections as an act of legitimatization. but it's quite a narrow one because it's only really moscow and these two break-away regions themselves that recognize these elections. the eu doesn't, the u.s. doesn't. and certainly the government in kiev doesn't. so really, they raise more questions than they answer. because what happens next? does this turn into a frozen conflict, the like of which we can see in transnnistria, increased military activity there and what happens to the minsk protocols? the eu says that these elections are a violation of

the rule. a libyan navy ship docked benghazi port has been hit during heavy fighting. residents living near port have been urged to leave the area. there have been ongoing clashes in the city for weeks now between the party and islamist militias. british banker has appeared in court in connection with the gruesome murders of two women in hong kong. wesing was arrested after the bodies of the women were found at his apartment. they were thought to be sex workers from indonesia. both vics stabbed in the neck and one of the bodies found insood a suitcase. today was a day of mourning in pakistan for the victims of a massive suicide bombing near the border with india. 60 people were killed in the attack when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive by paramilitary checkpoint. >> this family lost five of its members in sunday's attack. friends and neighbors tried to control the relatives as they 12ruggled with the atrocities. among them is this 15 years old. she was lucky to survive the suicide bombing but lost father and wounded mother battling for er life at the local hospi

the waters. bernard smith, istanbul. >> ship docked at benghazi's port, smoke rising in the vicinity of the port. there are reports that the ship is sinking. >>> in yemen at least four houthi rebels have been killed by tribesmen in the district in central yemen. an improvised explosive device exploded near the rebels. in iraq, muslims have been targeted in a series of attacks. 45 people have been killed in the last two days and as al jazeera's imran khan reports there are fears of further violence. >> already violence has struck the capital. on sunday, a parked mini van exploded. tents have been set up here to greet muslims who will arrive monday night. >> two men came into the tent, drank tea and ate biscuits before leaving, said they were going to do shopping. the van exploded afterwards. >> this holiday is particularly significant for muslims. in 2013, the focus of the commemoration reached record levels with 15 million visiting over the muhurem period. >> those i.s.i.l. rats are trying to infest us, infest us with sectarian violence, i'm not scared to be here at all. >> his words are common h

the elected parliament. and benghazi tried to help their rivals defend the airport but fails. both benghazi and triply are so insecure, now the parliament held it's meetings in the port city. it operates from triply. libya has been under the control of two rival governments. enganged in daily fighting. now the supreme court has ruled on how to move forward. it has declared the u.n. backed parliament that was elected in june, is unconstitutional, and should be dissolved. the ruling was uh welcomed by members of the rival parliament in tripoli. >> following today's ruling they are proceeding this morning. we are now waiting for the committee, that prompted to present the first draft of the constitution on december 24th. this is what all the libyans are waiting for. the constitution. >> eastwood to brook. rival militias also formed two losely affiliated blocks one backing the government and seen as more moderate, the other backing the leaders in tripoli and seen as more religiously conservative. violence and rivalries have deeply split people, the country has fallen into chaos since the 2011. since the regime was forced out, rival brigades have the authority. consecutiv

benghazi as a whole. >> yes or no? >> no, i think the report is full of crap. >> why? deputy director of the cia, when i asked him if he knew who changed the talking portsith senator ayotte and mccain and they said the fbi changed the talking points when it came to references of al qaeda, only later we found out that mike morel was involved in changing the talking points, the deputy director of the fbi, when he was sitting in front of a congressional panel and he was asked to change the talking points, he sat silent. you are saying the intel community is lying to the house intelligence committee, the administration is not exonerated -- >> no, i am saying the house intelligence committee is doing a lousy job policing their own. anyone who has followed benghazi knows that the cia deputy director did not come forward to tell congress what role he played in changing the talking points and the only way we knew he was involved was when he told a representative of the white house i am going to do a hard review of this, a hard rewrites. not say he substantially rewrote the talking points. and who told susan rice the compound consulate was substantially strong a