the trouble to the port city of common stock in the turkish health part of the audience. what's known as the gem of cyprus lots of fun outdoor stuff had been turned into a ghost town. as you'll find out citizens from both sides have joined forces hoping to restore the sissy was full of mold. we're here in the middle of the bars behind the bombs while ice the house which all it was warm and forbid them from the bidding because the ticket show me control the area. the greek cypriots george house the set but then since the day in august nineteen seventy four when his mother pack their bags and russia three children far away from the brush and neighborhood. hubby has described the event of which i put into it. progress the bushes. i learned many former inhabitants of the ones cry seaside resort than a chore to send him off today going in our lives north of russia made the bid on a cruise that was completely closed off when the turkish army invaded nature has reclaimed the town and the minute ritual that no one crosses the kids need boundaries. but the trouble with the cost to

three people have been killed and several others injured in twin explosions in the port city of mombassa. a grenade was thrown at a passenger bus while a second blast was near a resort. troops are advancing in the east. the government said soldiers made more gains in what it called an anti-terror praigs. >>> jordan appealed to the international community for help in assisting refugees from syria and is hosting a high-level conference to discuss the crisis. jordan has 600,000 registered refugees, taking the number across the region to close to 3 million. more than 6.5 million have been forced to leave their homes but remain inside syria. we have been at the catholic church in qatari camp and joins us live. what else has come out of that conference. >> this is the third meeting of its kind. it includes the foreign ministers of turkey, jordan, lebanon, egypt and the social affairs minister of lebanon. the last meeting, the second one was in turkey in january. they are trying to, as they say, draw the world's attention to the humanitarian impact of the refugee crisis on the countries hosting

the coastal city of mariupol. first, this report. was calm day after the deadly fighting. ukrainian army units have withdrawn from the center of the portity. outriday a gun battle broke when pro-russian separatists stormed a police station in the city will stop local officials say seven people were killed and almost 50 wounded. claims 20ment in kiev separatists and one ukrainian soldier died. next -- inin doing donetsk, preparations for independence vote. separatists call on more than 3 million people to vote on whether the region should break away from ukraine. they are following the example set by crimea, and it by russia in march. on friday russian president vladimir putin attended victory celebrations. it was his first visit to the crimean peninsula since annexation. >> i am certain that 2014 will go into history, and the history of our whole country, as the year when all of the citizens here, the people resolutely decided to be together with russia. met with criticism. >> the trip is provocative and unnecessary. crimea belongs to ukraine, and course,t recognize, of the illegal and illegitimate steps by russia in that regard. >> we

the blasts follow saturday's attacks in the port city of mombasa is which another three people died. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, like you say, sammy, those two buses were large buses and not the small one common here. two big buses traveling along the road not far from the city center along a very main highway. they both exploded and the deputy police commissioner of nairobi said bombs were on the buses. what's quite typical here of late of bomb attacks has been grenades being thrown, but at this point it appears that the bombs were on the bus. it's not clear whether they were suicide attacks or bombs planted. it's likely the buses were very busy driving down that road, and anybody on the bus is likely to have been hurt. so severe casualties, and for several hours after the attacks the ambulances were desperately trying to reach there and get through the traffic and get people to hospitals. now, nobody has claimed responsibility for this attack right now, but as you've said, this is part of an escalating pattern of attacks just within 24 hours four bombings now, two last

in aiden, the port city, these people say they are marginalised. now they want to breakaway from the north. >> the north invaded us, occupied our land and subdue gated our people. they want to destroy our identity. >> in the capital yemen's powerful tribesman, politician and political parties agreed to create a federation of six regions, each with its own legislation and local government. the oil minister is from the south. he sees federation as the level god against calls for participation. >> the federal system will support the areas, starting from the small districts, where they can build themselves depending on the development. those areas have been neglected. it's time for us now to compensate those areas. >> the level seller is a businessman from the southern province. he now lives in the area where most of the wealth goes to the elite in the north. >> translation: oil revenues go to the elite in the north. investments are controlled by powerful people in the north, powerful tribesman, leaders, army officers based in sanaa. >> reporter: the si

effect unless the city voters approve the height limit any ballot question to there those must specific the proposed height limits in you vote yes. you want to prevent the city from port property to exceed the heightened limits unless the city voters have approved the vote limit increase in you vote no. you don't want to make the change. i'm here with lewis former city attorney and proponent of prop b 82 >> thank you. >> and joined by on opponent of the measure thank you. i'd like to start with opening comments that from each of you ms. renee your opening statement. thank youo the league. i think we all agree the san francisco waterfront is a truly special place. and if you do we're asking the voters to, yes on b and, yes open b is support by is sierra club 78s be neighborhood alliance and affordable housing alliance and others citizens. prop b is simple and scared u straightforward it says waterfront height limits should be enforced and when the planner of the ports want to exceed those limits they should put the question to the voters. the yes on b campaign is really part of the out growth full only 8 washington we'll have a high-rise twice the size of the old embar

in the port city of mumbasa. several of wounded. january ferguson reports and a warning that some of you might find the images in her report disturbing. this is all that's left of the bus that was started. police sestakers threw a grenade at it while and passenger while riding on a bike. he mergency services arrived to carry away the injured. i sue three people dead after the blast. there were marionn man injured. we took 8 people to hospital. many more took themselves to get treatment. >> minutes later, a second attack in the same city, a bag with an improvised explosive device was spotted near the reef hotel. people passing by managed to take cover before it detonated. remarkably, no one was killed. police say they don't yet have an explanation for who was behind the blast. but kenya has become a target for the some all s /* somali al shabaab. they are trying to punish the government for sending troops to crush the group. in response, the kenyan government launched operation ussalama watch. it has been described as critics as polic

sunday, pro-russian militants stormed a ukrainian police station in the port city of odessa, freeing close to 70 fellow activists. they were arrested as dozens of people were killed in riots on friday. the storming of the police headquarters pounded hundreds of pro-ukrainians to come up in support of their country. >> a standoff in odessa supporters of the key of government took to the streets on sunday night. they protested against the release of pro-russians captured in the city. >> we have -- [no audio] the released prisoners say their fight is just beginning. >> it is a small victory for us, but the war continues. the war has unfortunately just started. >> sunday was the second day of national mourning following friday's clashes between kiev and pro-russian groups. there was a building bombed. prime minister yatseniuk visited odessa on sunday and laid the blame squarely on russia. >> this is the moment when ukraine should unite, when the country should reconcile, not given opportunity to russian-supported terrorists to spread the flame of tension. >> residents of odessa are raisin

even in parts of the east racked by deadly violence in receipt days like here in the port city of mariolo. some feel it will has already in the abyss. donetsk. >> kin vinnell has more on the reaction from the capitol, kyiv. >> the acting head of the presidential administration and ukraine's justice minister came out today saying that this is not a referendum. they say it's illegal. they say it's nothing more than the actions of what they call terroris terrorists. in doing so, they are using the people of donetsk and luhansk. we are told the prosecutor general has warned people across the east they will be criminally responsible for their actions around this refer endsum. mean kwhooil we are told the anti-terrorism operation in the east is in its final stages. at the same time, though, talks to try to stabilize the country are ongoing. eu council president is in town tomorrow in kiev. he will be speaking to both interim president alexander turchynof and yatsenyuk. they are to be held between all political sides, to be held later this week. this is all happening as authorities prepare for t

it comes after twin explosions killed two people in the port city. ferguson reports. >> reporter: bombs on two buses in the capital nairobi exploded 4:30pm. they were travelling close to one another down a busy highway in the city center. dozens were rushed to kenyatta distribute hospital. >> one out of the 16 arrived dead. six are critically injured. all of them are in stable condition at the moment and are being attended to by the medical team. >> no one claimed responsibility, but bombings in kenya increased sippings the country's military entered somalia to fight the group in 2011. in recent months they escalated dramatically. less than 24 hours before this attack grenades were thrown at a bus in mombassa. a bomb was discovered in an upmarket hotel in the same town. kenya's government vowed to step up its counter security crackdown, named operation security watch. attackers are still able to strike targets in major cities at will. >>> the international community has been accused of not doing enough to help millions of refugees who fled syria. tho

this time in the port city. people, most believe to pro-russian activists, were killed after they tried to storm a police hel headquarters. the vladimir putin made his first visit to crimea since russia annexed it in march. we have this report from richard galston on the scene. believeswhich bbc shows ukrainian troops fighting a pitched battle with pro-russian separatists in the center of the city. the military sending in reinforcements they say were needed to dislodge a group of separatists who had earlier occupy the police headquarters. hearing the gunfire, other pro-russian activists rushed onto the streets, trying to stop the reinforcements getting through. this man's venture into the road proved disastrous. chest.hot in the it's not known if he survived. at the police headquarters, the epicenter of the battle, evidence of the intensity of the fighting. or was no one left inside. left inside.no one this seems to be the most serious incident so far in this city. there are still bodies on the streets, waiting t

four people died in the port city of mombasa on saturday when it could make such a consecration. no one has yet claimed it was too busy for the broth but for the disappointing two forces that if the money from this group house to bath. there's been an increase in london attacks the air the government decided they wanted to make room for money at the party of clayton minchin said yesterday if it goes. the welsh was shot last year but that was constructed by ruby which any shop that sixty seven people in an indoor shopping mall. now that i'm cool with that caveat that you cannot somali population. one after the troubled country. it's that the intervention in the sand isn't it sad that my own father had his oscar winning actress who can tell the government has responded by listing all of the two thousand people on suspected terrorism charges. i bought it now seems to be donated to the violence. we call life nigerian president goodluck jonathan has pledged to find the missing school girls were kidnapped by islamic militants. speaking to the first time about the incidents the president

right now the violence is continuing down southwest of here by about 500 miles in that key port city. the significance of that is just how far this pro-russian insurgency and separatist movement has traveled since it began here. go ahead and take a look at the video right now. we have some pro-russian separatists trying to storm a local police station to get their comrades released. they were arrested after that deadly night of violence back on friday that ended with more than 40 people dead. the ukrainian police did back down and ended up releasing a number of those pro-russian separatists. we're also hearing groups of pro-ukrainian supporters are now taking the streets for what could be another long and violent confrontation. ukrainian prime minister meantime is squarely blaming the russians and their intelligence services for beginning to instigate this violence now in the port city of odessa. obviously the ukrainians have long said it's the russians behind the insurgency that's seen militias take over a number of buildings all throughout eastern ukraine in a number of cities where

the seven other people in other violence a policeman was killed in a cairo bomb attack was in the port city of alexandria two people were shot dead during clashes in violence comes less than four weeks before the presidential election. army general john c c has a contender but may dismiss him as just a paper contest from the egyptian capital khartoum state because this report. i mean sometimes it's the rank outsider in this two horse race. he's getting himself as the candidate to represent each its revolutionary youth and is counting on their pets he's hit pitching his electro program. taking election promises. this would appeal to them. one of my priorities would be partially in charge of the legislative branch will be to cancel the law banning protests committed to peace and civil candidates in the section and more importantly his manifesto interesting revelations meant a great freedom and social justice and into monday represents the aims of the revolution and the dreams of young people. he'll start placed the mission the principles of the u s for four weeks to have lost their friends an

boiling over, especially in the port city of odessa. here's clarissa ward. >> reporter: fresh violence gripped ukraine's third largest city again today. as pro-russian demonstrators stormed odessa's police headquarters. they demanded the release of pro-russian activists who were arrested after violent clashes on friday left more than 40 dead. "they didn't give them anything to eat," this protester said. "no water, that's not humane." the police did not resist the crowd for long. and dozens of detainees were released, emerging from the building triumphantly. today ukraine's interim president lashed out at police for failing to maintain order and accused russia of engineering the clashes. >> "the destruction and division of the country is russia's intention," he said. >> reporter: but here in eastern ukraine, many blamed the violence on the government in kiev. the military offensive to take back towns that have fallen to pro-russian rebels has been greeted with anger and resistance by locals. >> "i make an appeal, russia, help us," this wo

four people died in the port city of mombasa on saturday. what if they make such a consecration no one has yet claimed responsibility for the post but for the disappointing to forces that if the mahdi from this group house to bath there's been an increase in london attacks in kenya the government decided to make room for money at all plenty of clayton said yesterday it to coat. well it was shot last year by the way station to nairobi with any shop that sixty seven people in an indoor shopping mall now that the growth of ten yes but you cannot somali population. one after the troubled country opponents of the intervention in its tenants had pizza and then my arm got caught up in his oscar winning actress who can tell the government has responded by misty autumn two thousand people on suspected terrorists in charge is i bought it now seems to be donated to the pilots could be compromised he said nigerian president goodluck jonathan has pledged to find the missing school girls were kidnapped by islamic militants. speaking to the first time about

two crowded buses were hit by home made bombs, days after twin explosions killed people in the port city of mombassa. >> reporter: bombs on two buses in nairobi exploded after 5:30pm on sunday. they were travelling down a busy highway. dozens were rushed to kenyatta general hospital. >> one out of 16 are dead. six are critically injured. all are in stable condition at the moment and are being attended to. >> no one claimed responsibility. bombings have increased in kenya since the army interned somalia to -- entered some articlia to fight al-shabab. they have escalated. >> grenades were thrown at a bus, and a bomb was discovered in an upmarket hotel in the same town. kenya's government vowed to step up its security crackdown, named operation security watch. attackers are able to strike targets in major cities at will. >>> with one in four south africans out of work job creation is a major election issue. 20 years ever a the fall of apartheid black people are more likely to be jobless than whites. >> millions of south africans were cut out of the world of business during apartheid. >> cha

. >>> in crain, pro-russian activists attacked a police station in the port city of odessa. today's unrest follows deadly clashes on friday in which at least 40 people died. police have now released most of the people who were arrested and jonah hull reports from odessa >> reporter: anger has been building since friday, permating the shock, if you like. and building n particular, because people on sunday were allowed into the remains of the burned out building in which so many people died on friday and they had gone from that building en masse to the central police station where around 100 people we believe were being held who have been arrested after that violence on friday. we are talking here generically about pro-russian supporters arrested and pro-russian crowds who then gathered outside the police station, angrily demanding the release of their comrades, shouting, "freedom, freedom, and fascists" at the police who they see as representing the government and the authorities in kyiv vnlt the anger bubbling over to the point where they got access to the building through a

a tip from a toast which is one of the focal point a cause for an anti kiev sentiment the like the port city of it was to get control of most of the city with auntie kim forces keeping all that is one central square. at least two people to confirm that killed in the fights and friends to this report. units in the role of the year long so i made. on leaving the scene of devastation as well. two boxes he could not recall i am also going to confront our smoldering shells at the moment. in the sense of its main street of the city some two hundred and fifteen system so the answer that happened a few hours ago meant to be a natural gone to the goal is to be the tree to comprising many members of the private sector to support the autoimmune replete with any acts across ukraine the national guard for sneaking into the city bonnyrigg. detective explosions going off in common to most. the minister to building was taken here three weeks ago politics proton recall referendum to base the other day. sp you buildings we report it on tv think that's just the veil we also have to get the pretty homey. i made

the town, the city of slovyansk where they have been held. this is good news in a story turning rapidly sour with the violence spreading across to the south of the country to the porte than 40 people killed. most of them consumed by the flames of a fire that broke out in the trade union building where pro-russian activists were hunkered down, reportedly that fire started by molotov cocktails thrown from the opposition. here in eastern ukraine, things still very tense as the military continues an offensive to try to take back towns throughout this area from pro-russian rebel control. nor cbs "this morning: saturday," i'm clarissa ward in danyansk ukraine. >>> and an attack on benghazi libya and the obama administration's response to it. the latest from mark al fwhertbert in our washington bureau. >> reporter: good morning. speaker of the house boehner plans to select a committee to investigate investigate. committees like this are rare. in fact, the last one was created seven years ago. until this week speaker boehner said he saw no reason to create one to investigate benghazi but that ing chaed after the release of e-mails by deputy national security adviser ben rh

the fighting erupted in the port city of maripol. of 60 gunmen tried to capture the police station there. stopped by police and military according to the foreign minister two days before rebels planned to hold a referendum to break away from ukraine. >> nato and ukraine's foreign ministry condemning vladimir putin's visit today to crima. putin arrived in the port of sebastapol by sea taking part in victory day. ending world war ii. the second victory day celebration by putin today. he also attended show of military muscle in a massive parade in red square in moscow. video of what a syrian group says shows rebels setting explosives before blowing up a hotel yesterday. this video posted by a group called aleppo news network showing men placing bags in tunnels then cuts to a view of the hotel, we can see the explosion syrian state tv said rebels blew up that hoet yes. a human rights group said it had been used as a government headquarters it also damaged sites nearby. >> more outrage about the growing scandal involving an arizona vetera

report on the budget profits for the port. this year the port will have potentially 3 hearing dates. we'll start off on april 30 at 1 pm and the legislative chamber of the cityhall. this year's budget committee has asked for a presentation in advance of the actual budget presentation. something they're calling a state of the ports effectively you'll be looking at the whole part goals and where are we thinking are to your budget will take us, our resources and how that will hope us to achieve our goals in the next 2 years. so we welcome anybody from the public that would like to attend and support us and the actual budget will be heard on, ominous get down here, wednesday, where did it go. i , where did it go. i lost my dates. wednesday, may 14 i believe it is. yes. wednesday march may 14 with the primary port budget hearing and then if there's any reason to need to come back the committee has reserved wednesday, may 21 as well. if any of you would like to join us and be supportive we would very much welcome that. this was, again, our 2nd time presenting and helpful getting approval for a two-year budget and were looking forward to the dialogue with members o

if you think you are inside the rebel headquarters in the southern port city of bari who pull the cafeteria in what was that the council now doubled in the field he said. drop off point for the main supply new physical comedy that is not sticking at least four hundred people every day. i ask her if they get any support from russia. you know now. this is what we would have between aggression and dance with the stockton to the ceiling these other cases of eastern ukraine suprising sometimes covered by alec love us and sometimes surgical masks. as a seal it in my report. it does appear that there's a broad support for the safety of the referendum on sovereignty of the independence of the street to the end of the opera. officials of the so called suffered tremendous because republican kids into the calling people to comment that says that the tenants referendum on the eleventh. that is they didn't care what have we seen on the ground salt brought to support it. we'll be able to tell only up to this referendum is held. we hope that the residents here for twelve will go ahead. i went there at six

brother with president monica more thing from power last year great defense forces down to the south western port city of odessa of governments trying to stop the pro russian rebellion from spreading to the bus. what started out as the alternate site treatment than twenty years older to collect back the origins of the undersea link between britain and continental europe. jenny jump up and cabin she got ill and as she would start to inject aware of the fatah ftc has given his first tv interview since announcing he's running for president the former army chief is the frontrunner in the boat that is set for the end of the month speaking last night the aussie seeking details about what effect would be like with him in charge. a correspondent writes on the county was listening in to an interview he joins us now from cairo and saw different about what to think of it tell us about how cc style and a politician and perhaps a new president while the defect is that he be given as the meanings of the engine until you what you will really stiff. he was almost giving all those to whom truth and then. with the time

they're clean victory over pro russian militants collect east control of ukraine's the southern port city of death at forty people mostly pro moscow active this site there friday trapped in a fire at the building they were occupying. death on sunday. ukrainian prime minister are steady at the new plane to brush up for the bloody riots that left to sell men's backs. new figures on the afl's on the destruction of the country and splitting the country. this is the russian plan. odessa was holding on for two months until the russians sent a few more people to heat up the situation. this is far too valuable for russia. it is even more valuable for us because it's our task our country and our people. oh yes the same date near the seven production of that during friday and the rest were released after hundreds of fellow activists stormed into the odessa police station. the police chief was replaced with ee bonds haven't checked the province to bring those responsible to justice. the more basic ones will be prosecuted. where the ukrainians are celebrating their victory least in the ukrainian flag

. >> even in parts of the east racked by deadly violence in recent days like here in the port city of marioufel. the region will tip into the abyss, some people feel that has already happened. joe ah hull, al jazeera, donetske. >> the eu as well as the united states, the state department says it was an attempt to create further division and disorder in the country. kyiv described it as a disaster. kim vanel reports from the capitol. >> says the security service and the prosecutor-general has warned local councils, representatives there that they could be criminally liable for the reaction around the referendum. becoming polling stations, either they were threatened with the use of violence that's coming from justice minister. all the authorities in kyiv are calling this referendum illegal, they say it's illegitimate,ing in more than an attempt by terrorists to cover up their crimes. using the people in donetske and luhansk. prefilled ballot paper near slovyansk, the justice minister is saying. the eu says it will not recognize the volt. obviously authorities here in kyiv they say beca

fighting in the south of ukraine in the key port city of odessa which has avoided any violence up until now. the reports of as many as thirty people dead in a fire in the port area dozens of injuries there as well the situation remains volatile and ideas today for the first time ukrainian ministry forces moved against pro russia militias in the east is his heels of yet two minutes the helicopter went down to as there were a number of casualties. we will be going online. the reason for not to tell as kiev moves to restore its control in the contested areas. there are questions about by elections later this month and of international diplomacy can pull this country back from them in a village near donetsk residents blocked the path of ukrainian army tanks. he demanded the soldiers turned back can go home. he has launched a major operation to re gain control that separate is held areas. but so far the effort as bogged down in resistance and disarray since libby and the separatist militia prepared for an assault by the army. it's unclear how much of the city government troops have captured

the port city of odessa far from the border and now the center of the deadliest violence.e in street fighting and in a fire witnesses say was started by activists throwing molotov cocktails.

in parts of the east racked by deadly violence like here in the port city of mariupol. the government in kiev says the votes will hit the season some feel that has happened. >>> the state department says the referendum is illegal in an attempt to create division and disorder. the interim government described the referendum as a disaster. we have this report from the capital kiev. >> reporter: the justice minister came out saying the security service and the prosecutor general have warned local councils, representatives that they could be criminally liable around complicity for the referendums. it's despite some principals of schools reason pressured to becoming polling stations, that they were threatened with the use of violence. all the authorities in kiev call this il. they say it's illegitimate, nothing more than an attempt by terrorists to cover up their crimes and they are using the people of donetsk and lugansk. yesterday ukrainian forces seized 100,000 pre-filled ballot papers. we have not been able to verify that. that is what the justice minister is saying. and

kids offensive in the eastern city of stone gods deadly scuffles breaking up the southern port city of the desk or at least three killed there. and at least three hundred and fifty dead after a landslide berries villages in northern afghanistan. it's happened in remote and the next time province near the borders with tajikistan china and pakistan. local authorities fear the death toll could rise steeply. i know. call welcome back to what you just joining us this is the world this week which in the company. and i to mary of the international new york times. also of with this tradition of ice to cool sites. we are pleased to join in on him the heel of the french news agency afp and every this crazy heat of the bloomberg news agency. we discussed made in moscow in parliament session. icicles are either made a nice tumble this year tobacco. if you don't do well. if you know annie was very violent and we cannot we went into government protests and mobilize for new housing and police and streets were closed on transportation is for stop the need felt almost like a cbc to her. the state of em

of people involved in the supply of the city of rome who did base themselves in ostia -- all the transient ships' captains and the crews and all the people who worked in the portand the supporting industries -- shipbuilding and so forth -- made ostia a very thriving city. keach: the economy of ostia was much more complex than teotihuacan's, and at the other end of the spectrum from copan. everyone in ancient ostia was a specialist, making or selling things or providing a service. in front of the theater, around the edges of what was once an enclosed park, shipping agents from cities all over the empire kept their offices. here they could meet customers, organize cargos and schedule their ships. each shipper was identified by a mosaic sign in the floor in front of his office. the sign may depict the cargo in which he specializes. these are wheat measures. or it could say where the shipper is from. this one is from turres, now sardinia. the elephants are a symbol of the subratans from libya. efficient transport and specialization brought ostia's economy to a high level of complexity, and surely had a profound effect on people's lives and the character of their c

we go to the port city of odessa. ma hamid reports. >> the trade union building was set on fire after a day of violent flashes between pro-russian and prounity fighters, the intensity of their smoke sent some jumping for their lives out their windows. dozens of others died suffocating. ukrainian police had been deployed earlier in the day but were unable orestrain either side. the clashes in o odessa underlie the problems that face the interim government. ukrainian forces launched a new offensive in the so-called anti-terror operation in the town of slovyansk here in the east. black sea town of oh december ot started earlier in the morning as ukrainian forces destroyed several pro-russian checkpoints norts of thnorth of the town. claimed by portable surface to airline missiles. proof the interim government says of moscow's involvement on the ground. this man is said to be a ukrainian pilot who survived from one of the helicopters. he is apparently being cared for by proseparatists. >> he was abandoned by his own people

pro-russian separatists have taken over buildings in at least a dozen cities in eastern ukraine and the unrest has now spread to the key port city of odessa in the south. with crimea already in russian hands, vladimir putin has raised the specter of what he calls new russia. a band of territory that would give moscow some prime black sea real estate and leave ukraine landlocked and divided. nbc's keir simmons has more for us tonight from eastern ukraine. keir, good evening. >> reporter: hey, brian. good evening. another military helicopter was shot down over the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk today. these pictures unverified by nbc news appear to show it being targeted. it is the third such attack in just a week. while four ukrainian soldiers were killed as the government here tries to wrestle control back from pro-russian militia. meanwhile, a mob of 2,000 stormed a military prosecutor's office smashing doors and throwing files on the floor as divisions deepen and spread. funerals have been held south of here in odessa where 40 people were killed in that union fire -- that union building fire before the weekend. while

the port city of odessa far from the border and now the center of the deadliest violence. nearly 50 people killed there in street fighting and in a fire witnesses say was started by activists throwing molotov cocktails. separatists say they'll ask the people to stay ukrainian or join with russia. they plan a referendum next weekend. crimea was annexed by russia in march. prime ministers and diplomats are calling for calm and an end to the fight. officials of ukraine say they're out of power to stop the uprising. russian leaders say they're not supporting it. odes odessa, dozens of people locked up for fighting against riot police and today crowds of supporters stormed the jail and forced police to set them free. cnn's phil black is there. >> reporter: we have seen a lot of anger on the streets of this city since that fire and those clashes on friday. claimed so many lives, a big crowd gathered outside the police station, most were happy to stand in the rain and scream, demanding the freedom of the 60-plus people held inside. prohch rurian activists arrested after those str

today there was violence in the port city between pro-russia profesters and ukrainian forces. lear how many people were killed. in nigeria new evidence that the military was warned of boko haram's plan to kidnap hundreds of girls but did nothing to stop it. people protested across the country today, angry with the nigeriian government's response. and a team of british experts, security experts there now going to be helping teams from america to try to find these girls again. >> thank you very much richelle. the break through tonight in the violent conflict in south sudan. the country's president as agreed to a ceasefire with the rebel leader. the violence has killed thousands, and more than a million people have fled their homes. yesterday the united nations issued a report accusing both sides of committing crimes against humanity. the ceasefire is set to take effect within 24 hours. mark blanchard -- lauren is in washington, d.c. tonight. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> how important was this meeting today? >> it's very important as you pointed out it's the first time they

hearings we spent time working with the mayor's office, you know, the ports budget is conciliated into the mayors overall budget into the city there were city overall adjusts and work order changes that implicated the ports balance negatively you remember we when met our requirement to designate port capital needs and the percentage of 20 percent we fell below that with the negotiations of the mayor's office but through the budget analyst process through the board of supervisors the budget analyst recommended seven hundred thousands of savings we are that successful in having the board direct that back to our port capital projects that brought us back into balance so kudos to elaine. the budget committee has heard the budget and it will go on to the, if you will, full board with a tashtd date so i believe they can't act before july 17th or before august that's itself update weighing the testimony we'll have more line item details but it went very, very well. okay. next i want to report on the pilot donor program almost a year or 89 months ago the port worked with the san francisco america's cup organizing committee to have a

we drove down today our team to be up to the port city of maori opal another key port city sort of like the gas output further east but that was the scene last night about a private bank owned by a regional of millions billionaire got there and i was burned down. thanks for taking pic's to long lines outside a lot of banks the ones that are still operating. people try to withdraw money up because they just don't know what's coming next and in the cities themselves is a sense of lawlessness a lot of people are staying inside me kept yelling a lot of time to try to not that many people out on the street. because every word every time you turn on the radio here you see are reports of sporadic firing some of the shot that we are unconfirmed reports of a fatality they're always doing the firing of rebels the ukrainians no one can quite verify it's hard to be everywhere at once. it's definitely that sense that no one is in control at this point. dozens harbor reporting. we will sell them at markets. the leader of poker iran claiming responsibility for the perfect introduction of more than two

observers free without conditions. >>> three people have been killed in two bomb attacks in the kenyan port city of mombassa. there has been no claim of responsibility but the government blamed similar attacks on the armed group al-shabab. >> jane ferguson's report contains images you may find concerning. >> this is all that is left of the bus. police say attackers threw a grenate at it while riding past on a bike. blood sustained the street as emergency services arrived to carry away the injured. >> i saw three dead after the blast. many were injured. we took about eight people to hospital. many took themselves to get treatment. minutes later a second attack in the same city, a bag with an improvised explosive device as spotted near the mombassa reef hotel. people passing buy managed to take cover before it detonated. unremarkably no one was killed. police say they don't have an explanation for who was behind the blast. kenya has become a target for al-shabab. it's trying to punish the kenyan government for sending troops into somalia to crush the troop. mombassa is a major port for the east af

heavy fighting broke out in the port city of mar bell. o capture the police station there. but were stopped by police and the military according to ukraine foreign minister. advise comes 2 day before pro russian rebel plan to hold a referendum to break away from ukraine. in the mean time nato and ukraine foreign ministry condemning putin visit today to crimea. first visit to the disputed territory since rulings a annex in march. putin arrived in the port of is he boss total by sea to take part in victory day celebration that marked nazi germany surrender to the soviet ending world war ii. it was the second victory day celebration by put intoday. $18 takened annual show of military muscle at huge parade in moscow red square. >> pilot is safe tonight with only a cut on his nose thank thanksfully after marine corps plane crashed in arizona. you can see the charred wreckage of the carrier jet still smoking in remote area just south of phoenix. crash happened around 3 after the plane had some kind of engine problem. the aircraft businessed out

and one yesterday in the port city. and left several peoples and many buildings closed.sian president vladimar putin was donning skates for a hockey match. he participated in a moment of silence to honor those killed yesterday. >> turning to benghazi. a new house committee. one big question remains. before the work gets underway. how big of a role will house democrats have. that loves five spots for democrats and the debeat is unfollowing and they should appoint one member. >> reporter: the big question looms. will democrats sign on. minority leader pole peel could select 1, 5 or no one for the investigation focuses on hillary clinton and those around her. that is among the kangaroo court and identified as such. don't dig my what they are doing. >> the manle plans to get down to business. gowdy and susan brooks are former prosecutor. and jim jord onon a judicial overnight. all have law degrees and linwes more land led investigations for the house committee. law makers are eager to get sta started >> how can you call it a kangaroo court before you set it up. nancy pelosi

as we get new video of pro-russian separatists clashing with ukrainian riot police in the port city of odessa. we're getting reports of at least one person killed there. analysts say the new violence could mark a tippingpoint in the conflict, possibly bringing the country closer to civil war. now this as pro-russian militants reportedly shoot down two ukrainian helicopters as troops tightened their siege of the separatist-hold city of slaviansk. they hold their ground barricaded in government buildings as russia calls forage machine u.n. security council meeting set to begin at noon to discuss this very crisis. jon: authorities averting quote unimaginable tragedy in a small minnesota town, arresting a 17-year-old student. they say he was planning to kill his family and bomb a junior and senior high school. mike tobin live in chicago with more on this. police think, mike, that this teenager was actually very close to carrying out this attack? >> reporter: in large part, jon, because of the extensive planning that went into this. nearly a year of planning went into this meticulous plot t

. >>> two explosions hit the kenyan port city of mombasa. striking a balance between too much and too little. we're in australia to find out how much sunshine we need every day. >>> first, ukraine's prime minister is blaming police in the city of odessa for failing to stop friday's violence that left 40 dead. three days of mourning have been declared across the country. he says the security forces were inefficient and broke the law. odessa's regional police chief has been fired and the state prosecutor has been told to start a full investigation of every police officer involved. more than 40 people were killed during riots in the city on friday. most were pro-russia activists killed after being trapped inside a burning building. whereabouts in odessa are you, and what's happening there? >> reporter: steven, i'm outside a police station in the center of the city. it's a branch of the local city police where a large angry crowd has gathered outside. it appears as though they were demanding the release of a number of people who were arrested on