the united nations gives the go-ahead to send a 12,000 strong peacekeeping force to the central african republic. the country faces mounting sectarian violence. mounting ties between france and mexico. the president of france is in mexico in a bid to relaunch relations between two -- the two countries. ♪ coming up in the program, we had to the east democratic republic of the congo where former enemies are being reconciled through farming. years of renovation, the paris zoo is finally reopening it doors to the public. the ambitious revamping hopes to a more stress-free environment. we take a closer look. it's "things in the eastern ukraine and the standoff between the government and separatists. wednesday, ever given a 48 hour ultimatum to stand down or face removal by force. that deadline is now coming to an end. for the latest, we go to our correspondent covering events for us. julia, the protesters have held a sort of meeting. you were there. what came out of it exactly? protesters are holed up in the regional government building. started byonference remembering the group of seven tha

. >> reporter: his government has now asked for united nations' peacekeeping forces as pro-russian protestspread to cities throughout eastern ukraine. in donesk protesters occupy the regional administration building as supporters rallied outside. in mariopel hundreds of separatists took over the regional building. anshots were exchanged between ukrainian special forces and pro-russian militias. at least one ukrainian security officer was killed and another five were wounded. the security council held an emergency meeting sunday. they said the events of retaliation were kiev's governmental transition, one that doesn't approve. >> we have pointed out on several occasions including in this chamber that the terrible actions lead together coup deforce are threatening once and for all to tear the fragile fabric of the mosaic based society. >> samantha power did not share the russian view. >> we know who is behind this, indeed, the only entity in the area capable of these coordinated professional military actions russia. on monday we'll conclude the $1 billion loan guarantee for ukraine. this will

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amid the horror, an untold tale of bravey of a united nations peacekeeper took place. mark has returned to bring us this story. >> rwanda, 1994. two wars at the same time. a civil war between the ethnic government army and rebels and the genocide war. amid the horror, a story of bravery and courage. this map saved hundreds of lives. he is a captain from the west african state of senegal. his job was as an u.n. military observer. he bent orders not to get deeply involved. he made it his personal mission to rescue as many people as he could. on one occasion, he made his way to this house. the rwandan prime minister's children were hiding inside. the prime minister had just been murdered next door. outside soldiers were now hunting down the children. he knew there was no time to lose. >> he decided to load the kids up, hide them under tarp and so on and just drive. >> the prime minister's daughter, just 15 at the time has never spoken before about how he drove her to safety. >> along the road, there were military checkpoints, we were not allowed to talk. had to pretend we

not the government ukraine's acting president has called for the deployment of united nations peacekeeping troops in the east of the country. this is to turn the furnace and russia holds veto power of the un security council monday pro russian separatist to keep hiding from police headquarters and town hall and a cd of hanukkah. yes as the occupations are the work of russian special forces but as the correspondent oliver credit reports. locals are also getting involved. i have to say what we see in the uk to take the cta peak mining town with old routes that building said that in a very bad state of the rat people that want to be complaining to us that to the center received a drubbing page will have lost so much of the real value because of the form of the ukrainian credit card see a great deal of dissatisfaction minutes into the wind it's bad that these so called little green men are appearing at the telling people if they beat join russia. then things might be trapped inside a fine poet photo ground among the local population or month. some of the nickel population anyway locals would d

foracting president called the deployment of united nations peacekeeping troops in the east of the country pro-russian insurgents have occupied buildings in nearly 10 cities. and a telephone conversation with the u.s. secretary general, suggesting an antiterrorist operation could be conducted shortly -- jointly. lew said the united states is prepared to slap more sanctions on russia over the incursion into ukraine. secretary lu signed a $1 billion debt guarantee agreement with the ukraine. >> we're fully impaired -- prepared to impose significant sanctions as they prepare to escalate the situation in the ukraine, including apparently through support through a campaign through the militants in eastern ukraine. >> ukraine central bank raised the discount race to nine point five percent. it was 6.5%. thefirst change in benchmark since august. check in the other top stories we're following for you at this hour. search crews sent a robotic submarine into the indian ocean to begin scouring the seabed for the missing malaysia an airline. the move comes after no signals from the black foxes have b

united nations is a serious escalation. the secretary-general reminds all parties that any attack on united nations peacekeepers is unacceptable and constitutes a war crime. >> on wednesday, ban ki-moon warned up to one million people are facing famine in south sudan unless immediate action is taken by the international community. a former defense minister of also door is facing deportation from the united states for his role in atrocities during the 1980's copper including the murder of archbishop oscar romero and the massacre of more than 1000 people in el mozote. judge michael horn found general josÉ garcia helped hide the involvement of soldiers in the 1980 killing of four u.s. church woman in el salvador and said -- at the time, the united states was happily backing the salvadoran military. garcia received political asylum in the united states in 1990. the judges decision was issued in february, but released to "the new york times" last week. immigrants and their supporters from across new england locked the entrance to a detention center in boston on thursday. they were protesting obama administration's record deportatio

perpetrated against the tutsi in rwanda and failed in its responsibilities to reinforce the united nations peacekeepingon in rwanda. >> former new zealand ambassador colin keating gave the apology at an open session of the united nations where they adopted a resolution calling all countries to prevent and fight against genocide. joining me is the first lady of rwanda, her excellency jeannette kagame and grace hightower. it's such an honor to be in the presence of both of you. your excellency, part of your journey has been to empower your people and to help the orphans, the widows and the many who are left after the genocide. i know it it has to be heartwarming to have people like grace and others reach out and say we are there to help uplift this country. what is the challenge you face now? >> at the moment, of course, after inheriting such a devastated country where the infrastructure was totally destroyed, human and physical, everything was a priority, understandably and currently really what the country is trying to work on is to sustain the recovery that we've -- that we are experiencing now. we ar

. >>> ukraine's acting president is at the united nations to deploy peacekeeping troops in the eastern part of the country where pro-russian insurgents are occupying buildings in nearly ten cities now. after a deadline for the insurgents to leave the buildings expired, a pro-russian mob stormed the station in yet another city near the russian border while gunmen took control of the military airport. the ukrainian government has not commented on the deadline, but one news agency is reporting an operation of some sort has begun. >>> pahoping to find signs of a missing malaysia airlines flight. the air search for the missing jet will be called off in 72 hours. the u.s. navy's pinger locator will be replaced by an unmanned sub. the sub can create a three-dimensional sonar map and chart any debris on the seafloor. officials cause against raising hopes that the plane would be found. they also say searchers found an oil slick in the search area yesterday. they don't know yet if it came from the plane. >>> investigators plan to use a black box style device to figure out how fast a fedex truck

. >> the united nations security council voted to send almost 12,000 peacekeepers to the central african republic. sting to come - details of a new force to stop fighting between christian and london. >> i'm on board a vessel to be used to destroy syria's chemical weapons. >> welcome back. the top storieson al jazeera. a deadline ordering activists outside of buildings in donetsk has lapsed. >> the prime minister is in the region to discuss the crisis. >> talks to end the unrest in venezuela have been held in caracas and broadcast on state tv. president nicolas maduro is hosting headers, but not the groups. in south korea, the united states has launched a joint air defense exercise. they condemn the two-week long drugs. fighting between rival factions of the taliban left 12 dead in waziristan. there are meetings in north waziristan. a previous ceasefire agreement expired on thursday. we go live to islamabad, and there's a lot of descension within the taliban at the moment. what is the main source of disagreement? >> well as you correctly mentioned, there was a ceasefire which was a preco

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and it is in this context that ukraine's government has suggested to the united nations the idea of an international peacekeepingforce here under a united nations mandate. it is something of an extraordinary suggestion, one that perhaps does point to just how desperate the government here is. we can only imagine the appetite within western governments to see their soldiers here on the ground facing up against russian forces just across the border. but the other big hitch in this potential idea is that such an operation would need approval from the united nations security council. russia has a veto on the security council. it is impossible to imagine a scenario where it would allow western forces to be here on the ground so close to its own border, within this territory where it clearly believes it continues to have a sphere of influence. but for the ukrainian government, the question remains, what can it do, because every day this situation continues to escalate. its authority diminishes. and so far, tough talk hasn't worked. talk of amnesties and negotiations, that hasn't worked either. but what is clear from t

united nations. in our view peacekeeping activities are often essential, but they need not be eternal. finally, we are striving to mobilize the u.n. as a vehicle for the promotion of human dignity and human rights. and a form in which the united states can continue to stand up to repressive regimes. with the strong backing of many in congress, including all of you here today, we have exposed russian duplicity in ukraine, fought back against the global crackdown on civil society, provide add flat form the victims of oppression in north korea, cuba, iran, syria, venezuela, and elsewhere, and pursued such vital objectives as universal access to education and end to gender-based violence, support for religious liberty, and defeat of hiv-aids. madam chairwoman, for almost 70 years american leaders have found it in our interest to participate act actively in the united nations and other international organizations. in this era of seemingly nonstop turbulence, diverse threats, and border shrinking technologies, we can accrue significant benefit from an institution that seeks every day to prev

set in pain ukraine's natural gas united nations takes over from african peacekeepers in the central african republic the force of nearly twelve thousand will only be operational in september also those on the biggest day of voting yet in india's general election seats up for grabs. fourteen states including the capital today chilled european leaders to ukraine's crawling down stats could threaten supplies to europe. the situation emergence as the russian president in a letter that comes just one day after moscow announced he would have to pre pay for its natural gas that is until it settles its readers this thursday with russian troops to mass at the border ukraine's interim present offering a conditional amnesty for pro russian settlers who continued to occupy government buildings the stand of ninety km from the russian border government protesters stormed the state security building in the eastern ukrainian city of nuance on sunday. they're refusing to leave. those who support the western my time can see these things work a week in training. the building was a long fight scenes. w

a developing story, ukraine's acting president has asked the united nations to deploy peacekeeping troopsn the eastern part of the country where prorussian insurgents are occupying buildings in ten cities. shortly after a deadline to leave the buildings has expired. while gunmen took control of a military airport ukrainian government has not commented on the deadline, but one news agency is reporting an operation of some sort has begun. >>> happening now, the search for the missing malaysian airlines jet, flight 370 is now going under water. a robotic submarine made in the u.s. is now mapping the ocean floor in a very deep, very remote stretch of the southern indian ocean. it has been six full days since crews heard any pinging noises whatsoever in that area, which could mean the black box recorders have run out of battery power. however, a new lead found over the weekend, a an oil slick found in the same area where the pings were heard last week will take a few days to analyze a sample of the oil that was taken from the ocean to determine if it was linked to the plane. >>> new details on

also coming up, the united nations prepares to vote on a peacekeeping mission to the central african republic as violence leaves 30 dead. >> back in court - the trial resumes of three al jazeera journalists held in prison in egypt now for 103 days. and myanmar's censors. how rohingyas have become non-people. >> hello there. thank you for joining us. it's the biggest selection on the planet. over 800 million people are eligible to vote. the process of choosing a new government in india will take over a month. well it's a truly ma'am oath undertaking. the vote is being held in nine phases from april 7th to may 12th, with results expected on may 16th. nearly a million polling stations will be ready to receive more than 800 million registered voter. they'll elect members of parliament into the 543 seat came ber. 272 seats are needed for an outright majority. no political party is expected to achieve this. >> we go to new delhi, the numbers are really astounding. just remind us what are the main issues for the 840 million indians voting in the elections? >> there's so many subjects to tal

the united nations prepared to vote on a peacekeeping mission to the central african republic as violence30 dead. >> back in court the trial resumes of three al jazeera journalists held in prison for 103 days. >> and the power

the united nations prepared to vote on a peacekeeping mission to the central african republic as violence leaves 30 dead. >> back in court the trial resumes of three al jazeera journalists held in prison for 103 days. >> and the power of the sun. ambitious plans to fly a solar plane nonstop around the world. >> hello there, thank you for joining us. it's the biggest election on the planet. over 800 million people are eligible to vote. the process of choosing a new government for india will take over a month. let take a detailed look at what is a ma'am oath undertake -- ma'am ath undertaking. the vote is held in nine phases from april 7th to may 12th. nearly a million polling stations will be ready to receive more than 800 million registered voters. they'll elect members of parliament into the 537 lower seat. 277 seats are needed for an outright majority. no party is expected to receive it. >> >> let's go live to new delhi. the numbers are astounding as you expect from the world's biggest democracy. what is at stake in the leb elections? >> a great deal is at stake in reputatio reputations

ukraine's acting president now calling on the united nations to send peacekeepers to help subdue thessian troops just across the border, russian officials reject accusations that the demonstrations are a deliberate attempt to destabilize ukraine. this was the scene, more than 100 pro russian separatists swarming a police station. the police chief forced out and beaten. a demonstrator injured. another key building and yet another eastern ukrainian city overtaken. tensions between the u.s. and russia are growing after a russian fighter jet made 12 close-range passes near an american warship in the black sea on saturday. the pentagon calling the 90-minute close encounter provocative and unprofessional. >> reporter: kate, there's a big challenge that means this peacekeeping idea likely won't get off the ground. sending in an international force like this usually requires approval from the united nations security council. that's where risussia has a vet. what ukraine is admitting in suggesting this idea is that it still needs more practical international support to stop this country from

united nations. in our view peacekeeping activities are often essential that they need not be internal. striving tore mobilize the u.n. as a vehicle for the promotion of human dignity and human rights in a form in which the united states and others can continue to stand up. with the strong backing of many in congress, we have exposed russian duplicity in the ukraine , fought back against the global crackdown of civil society, provided a platform for the victims of oppression in north korea, cuba, iran, syria, venezuela, and elsewhere, and pursue such vital objectives as to education,ss support for religious liberty, and the defeat of age i.e. -- of hiv aids. american leaders have found it in our interest to participate actively in the united nations and other international organizations. in this era of seemingly nonstop turbulence, threats, and border shrinking technologies, we can accrue significant benefit from an institution that seeks every day to prevent conflict, promote the -- promotes development, and protect human rights. i urge your favorable consideration of our 2015 budget r

. >> the ukrainian government asked the united nations to authorize a peacekeeping force for their breastive east. -- restive east. the death toll from monday's bombing of a bus station in nigeria has topped 70 with over 100 21 dead. the station is just on the outskirts of the capital. the nigerian government has blamed the militant group boko haram. prosecutors say the suspect in this week instead the shootings at two jewish centers in kansas will face hate crimes charges. fraser glenn miller is unknown white supremacist with ties to neo-nazi groups and the ku klux klan. he previously served time in prison on weapons charges and plotting to assassinate the founder of the southern poverty law center, touch monitors extremist groups. miller is accused of shooting three people dead at a jewish community center and retirement home. on monday, family members remembered 14-year-old reat underwood and his grandfather william lewis corporate who died in the attack. proxy was with us for wonderful 14 years. blessed.ry i have heard from his friends and talk to his best friend and they love him, too.

also coming up, the united nations prepares to vote on a peacekeeping mission to the central african republic as violence leaves 30 dead. >> back in court - the trial resumes of three al jazeera journalists held in prison in egypt now for 103 days. an

segment from this morning's "washington journal" talking about funding the united nations, their daily operations and their peacekeeping missions. >> host: in our last hour here, we take a look at how taxpayer dollars are being spent, and today we're taking a look at how the u.s. funds the united nations. joining us from new york this morning is louie sharp know, with the reuters and the united nations bureau chief up there. louie with, i just want to begin with what is the united nations and why was it started? >> guest: well, the united nations, if we take a step back, there was this thing after world war i called the league of nations that woodrow wilson created. and it got off to a bad start because the united states never actually ratified the treaty to join the united nations. so this organization, which was the precursor to our current-day united nations, never really got off the ground. and was unable to prevent another war like world war i. there was a big crisis in the 1930s when italy, fascist italy invaded ethiopia, and the league of nations was incapable of doing anything. basically fell apart. so after wo

so in the united nations the body gets the go ahead spending twelve thousand strong peacekeeping force in the central african republic a country torn apart by sectarian violence. and in israel's court mediated talks in a bid to end months of

the united nations gives the go-ahead to send a 12,000 strong peacekeeping force to the central africanthe country faces mounting sectarian violence. mounting ties between france and mexico.

so, it is in this context that we've now heard this idea for an international peacekeeping force under united nations mandate. two big obstacles there, the idea that the foreign governments would like to see their troops on the ground in eastern ukraine, potentially facing off against russian forces across the border, but also the idea that such a resolution that would be needed would get through the united nations security council, which is where russia has a veto. it is very difficult to imagine that happening successfully. but what ukraine seems to be saying, certainly, is that it needs more international assistance in preventing the further fracturing of this country and overcoming the threat it believes still comes from moscow, victor. >> we'll see with all these hurdles if that international assistance comes. phil black for us in kharkiv. thank you, phil. >>> all right, boston strong one year later. i can't believe it's been a year. marking the first anniversary today of the marathon bombings. we're going to tell you what the city is planning today to mark this occasion, next. [ male announcer

united nations. it provided a tiny, week, pathetic peacekeeping force for rwanda, and then it would appear failed to monitor what was happening on the ground at the time. so, i think that we have to look to the security council for this failure. >> do you think the security council in other countries like the united states, france, belgium, have learned the let'son and will keep its promise that that will never happen again? no. i don't. i mean if you have a look at the central africa republic today, the urgent need there is for the protection of civilians. as it was in rwanda in 1994, the force commander of the peace keepers, lieutenant general romeo dela from canada had pleaded for 5,500 reinforcements in order to protect civilians at risk. at the time, there was 70,000 peace keepers in former yugoslavia. and i think that the security council's priority was quite obvious to the extremists in rwanda that they could get away with this killing machine that they set in motion. >> the argument at the time, though, was that the scale of the genocide, the amount of suffering inflicted was not clear to a

host: when you started to talk about the budget for peacekeeping efforts by the united nations, we showed our viewers that the white house, in their 2015 budget request, wants 2.5ress to give the u.n. billion dollars for peacekeeping efforts. how does that compare to the overall total peacekeeping budget? guest: as i say, it is roughly a quarter of what the overall peacekeeping budget is. the united states is the number one funder, then comes japan, germany. other countries that have veto power like russia and china, for example, pay a miniscule amount of the u.n. budget. they are viewed as almost developing countries. france and britain are also big contributors. they are not up there with the u.s. and japan, but they pay quite a bit. the united states has been -- they are asking congress for this money. a few weeks ago, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., samantha for whyade the case this money should be coming. one of the operations she mentioned was the newest u.n. peacekeeping operation, just approved last week, for the central african republic. has warned that violence there is so that

so in the united nations the body gets the go ahead spending twelve thousand strong peacekeeping force in the central african republic a country torn apart by sectarian violence. and in israel's court mediated talks in a bid to end months of political unrest. many in the country say they're fed up with high crime or economics. welcome to fostering cat mr my molly home. it began in eastern ukraine. the standoff between the government and pro russian separatists protesters remained holed up in buildings in the cities of the mets and the demands on wednesday they were given a forty eight hour ultimatum to stand down or face removal by force. that deadline is now coming to an end. most think outside of the tag is internet's he has more. they want a referendum on the stages of this region and that nothing short of old that they have done a treat to see free up to those of the building in order but that what is said to him in charge of the main benefit social benefits and pensions to come in and do the job site of mine a concession that is all that makes us up well let's talk about a man squ

soldiers from the central african republic nearly a week after peacekeepers from chad they are opened fire on a crowded market. united nations has published results from its investigation. a un spokesperson says the pack in a capital d. but for the civilians dead and another three hundred wounded was unprovoked. chad says its troops. if i don't post my personal reason. this is the story demand for german products is on the rise german industrial orders were not for the fourth consecutive month to his release full february suggests growing momentum in europe's largest economy kennedy's federal statistics office is that the domestic demand is driving growth most orders came from within the eurozone up six percent of us did. in contrast orders from the rest of the will drop sharply the three day strike by lufthansa pilots is going to eclipse the first flight has already taken off again from singapore need to pray for the most flights scheduled for saturday are expected to run smoothly departments union called the stoppages to demand better pay and secure worth generous early retirement benefits management nearly four thousand f

course, the french staged an intervention d the united nations stepped up, but to ensure that militants remain vanc wished, we need to support peacekeeping. that's what the peacekeepers are there to do. in sudan, protect people -- south sudan as a country, newly independent country, has historic relationship with us, with many college students around the united states, even high school students now are exercised about the plight of people in that country. the united states led the effort with many people here in this committee, including you and frank wolf and virtually all of the members to bring about this country. and now it's the united nations that are there at a time when we are winding down our mission in afghanistan and of course have ended our mission in iraq. it is incredibly important to u.s. interests that peacekeepers do that work. e gap between the -- what we owe the u.n. in terms of peacekeeping and what was appropriated i think is explicable in a couple ways. one i mentioned already the mali mission came on the books after the regular budget submission. but second, the -- our assessment rate right now is 28.4%, and there'

the united nations security council has unanimously approve the creation of a un peacekeeping force in the central african republic ten thousand troops and some two thousand police will be sent to the country to tackle for secretary and violence that has already killed. nine people have died in a car crash in the us state of north california a tour bus carrying high school seniors to university burst into flames after a truck careened off a freeway and slammed into it several other people airlifted to hospital as well. now the u.k. taxpayer will be stuck with a bill for almost three and a half billion dollars to modernize the nation's nuclear arsenal even though polls suggest the majority of the population thinks it's a total waste of money renewing the us build trident missiles will happen over a fifty year time span and is likely to leave the u.k.'s nuclear capability utterly dependent on washington. explains. these case nuclear weapons arsenal is aging it's only reliable until the late twenty thirty s. which means the government elected in twenty fifteen will have to decide whether

the united nations security council is ready to send close to 12,000 peacekeepers to the central african republic. today's council vote means the u.n. force will take over from 5,000 african union troops in september. the mission is to quell violence between christians and muslims across the country. nato warned russia today to pull back its 40,000 troops along the border with ukraine. secretary-general anders foch rasmussen spoke in prague and said any further russian intervention could have grave consequences. >> you have a choice to stop blaming others for your own actions; to stop massing your troops; to stop es ca lightsing this crisis and start engaging in a genuine dialogue. >> woodruff: rasmussen also said nato is considering its own deployments within eastern europe. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov shot back that even talking of deploying troops near russia is a violation of existing agreements. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin issued his own warning over natural gas. he said ukraine must start paying in advance or deliveries may be halted. in washington, there

peacekeeping base. they were led to believe they were going to hand over a petition regarding the work of the united nationsupon arrival part of that group broke off. they went towards the area of the base, which is where we're protecting civilians, and they open fired. we immediately returned fire and we have use legal force to repel the attack. >> reporter: the u.n. made a statement condemning the violence and said that it constitutes war crime. it reminded the government in south sudan that it has a responsibility to protect the people of its country. but the government said that it is the u.n. who provoked the crowd. >> they shot bullets in the air. shooting pull let's in the air provoked the situation. and the fight ensued between the youth, the enemy force, an. >> the past week has seen a wave of armed incident in south sudan. on tuesday in unity state the town of bentiu was retaken. it's rich in oil and strategically important to both sides. the hello and the government are supposed to be observing a cease-fire b but just this week they were told they were targeting the area and it's oil. >> on tuesd

united nations barges on the nile river yesterday. four people were wounded, including u.n. peacekeepers. the convoy was delivering food and fuel to the city of malakal when attackers opened fire and launched rocket-propelled grenades. both the military and rebel groups denied responsibility. the attack came days after hundreds of civilians were slaughtered in the city of bentiu. president obama issued a new warning to north korea today not to carry out a fourth nuclear test. he spoke during a visit to south korea amid reports of new activity at the north's nuclear site. e united states and south korea stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of the provocations and in our refusal to accept a nuclear north korea. threats will get north korea nothing other than greater isolation. >> woodruff: south korean president park said if the north does carry out another test, further international talks on its nuclear program would be pointless. the two presidents also joined in silent prayer for victims of the south korean ferry disaster. the number of confirmed deaths rose today to 183. meanwhile, t

in the central african republic, and the general of the united nations, ban ki-moon cannot get the nations of the world to give him the peacekeepingorces there. are we learning everything, i'm not sure. >> is that a true comparison, to comapart the 800 people killed in roou wand a. >> it -- rwanda. >> it didn't start with 800,000. it started with nobody. the day before there was no one, except randam massacres of the tutsi. and the first day we think there was 10,000, and it took all the 100 day to get 800,000. in the meantime thousands and thousands are killed daily in the central african republic. the political leaders turned religious communities that live together peaceably into enemies, the muslims started killing. the christians, the maoists, your audience know christians have the stronger hand. they are going around killing muslims and driving them out. if it's not 800,000 today, how many days will it be, how many weeks will it be before we say oh, my god, this is going on. >> in roou wanna, some could pretend as president clinton did. the world didn't know, but president clinton did. today everyone knows, there were report

. >> united nations are accusing chad of killing soldiers in the central african republic. they are now withdrawing 800 peacekeepers. they are part of mission aimed at stabilizing the conflict. they are accused of supporting seleka muslims. we have more from chad's capital. >> the 6,000 troops on the ground now in central african republic have been unable to stop the killing. so losing more peacekeeping troops in central african republic is not what is needed. what is needed more. losing 800 troops is not a good thing. and in addition to that the european unions have been having difficulty finding funds and gaining interest to get the funds to have enough peace-keeping forces on the ground. the e.u. is barely able to get together 1,000. lozing forces on the ground is not what is needed. that's what people in shaked feel. >> shod a feeling upset because they are accused of these things. they deny that they have been supporting seleka and feel that they are doing this as a protest. >> marli is the latest west african groundry to report ebola. eight patients are being treated in the guinea capital. 90 have decide. doc

peacekeeping base. we were led to believe they were going to hand over a petition regarding the work of the united natio nations. upon arriving at our base, part of the group broke off and went towards the area of the base which is where we are protecting civilians and they opened fire. now, we immediately returned fire, and we have used lethal force to repel the attack. now, when i say that, yes, it looks as though perhaps as many as 46 internally displained civilians inside the base lost the their lives. >> the u.n. secretary-general called it a war crime. >>> in ukraine diplomats reached a compromise yesterday that calls for disarming all illegal groups, but now the ukrainian prime minister is promising constitutional amendments as well to empower the east. russian says kiev doesn't get it and they are misinterpreting the agreement, and on the ground armed protesters around budging. jacky rowland has more. >> reporter: pro russian none straighters are deeply skeptical about the agreement reached in geneva. some feel they've been sold out by russia. since they were not part of the talks, they are not bound to

well i don't really see foreign peacekeepers and united nations of a car going into ukraine simply because the procedure would be blocked by russia and it would be quiet legal for it to do that nobody needs these people there at the moment at the moment what is needed is clear heads and basically is taking a step back and preventing this bloodbath i think what the west people in the east the west and europe in the europe generally don't understand is that america is playing a very dangerous game america is a wounded animal bankrupt with a terrible the comic situation it wants europe to be dragged into a confrontation it needs this confrontation to write off trillions of death this is what the europeans some understand some don't there is a reluctance on the part of the governments in britain and in germany to go the full way as the americans want them and introduce crippling sanctions although of course we had foreign secretary william hague frett the new today that the britain is prepared to suffer the consequences of itself by introducing sanctions against russia i don't think this will

stories making headlines around the world this hour the united nations security council has unanimously approved the creation of a un peacekeeping force in the central african republic ten thousand troops and some two thousand police will be sent to the country to tackle the sectarian violence that has already left thousands dead by september its plan to the un peacekeepers will place french and african troops that have been deployed since last year. really police in jerusalem have arrested five people after a protest against conscription turned violent hundreds of orthodox jews who threw stones and bottles at security forces and torched rubbish bins israel has recently passed a law which will gradually increase the number of orthodox jews serving in the army . u.k. taxpayer will be stuck with a bill for almost three and a half billion dollars to modernize of the nation's nuclear arsenal. even though polls suggest the majority of the population think it's a waste of money renewing the u.s. bill to try to missiles will happen over a fifty year time span and is likely to leave the u.k.'s nuclear capability dependent on washington.

united nations base that was attacked by gunmen. 58 people died there. the u.n. says thursday's assault macons toot a war crime. but the south sudanese government is saying that u.n. peacekeepersves provoked the attack by firing in to the air. anna is in the south sudan capital. >> reporter: this is a town that has changed hands between government and rebels several times since december. it's been in south sudanese army control since late january. a few months later, and the situation is still volatile. >> we are ready for any venture true at, what happened yesterday is that a group of 350 men, well, and even some children, decided to walk towards our peace-keeping base. we were led to believe that they were going to hand over a petition regarding the work of the united nations. upon arrival at our base part of the group broke off and went to the area of the base which is where we are protecting civilianses, and they opened fire. we immediately returned fire and we have used lethal force to repel the attack. >> reporter: the u.n. made a statement condemning the violence saying what happened there constitutes a war crime and reminded the government of south sudan that it has ha

peacekeeping basis. we were led to believe they were going to hand over a petition regarding the work of the united nations they opened fire. we immediately returned fire and have used force. >> the u.n. made a statement saying what happened in bor constitutes a war crime. it reminded government it does have a responsibility to product its basis in the country. for their part, the ministers of the government say the u.n. peace keepers provoked the crowd. as a result, the fighting between the enemy's force and one side. >> the past weeks have seen a wave of armed incidents in south sudan. on tuesday, in unity state, the opportunity of bentu was retaken by rebel forces. the state is rich in oil and, therefore, strategically important to both sides. the rebels an the government are supposed to be observing a cease fire that was brokered in late january. just this week, the rebel leader told reporters he was targeting south sudan's capitol and its oil fields. anna kabel, juba, south sudan. >>> 9 suspected fighters have been killed in an airstrike. the drone fired a missile and hit a car thought to be carrying

peacekeeping base. we were led to believe that they were going to hand over a petition regarding the work of the united nations in bor. upon arrival at our base, part of that group broke off action and they went towards the area of the base which is where we are protecting civilians and they opened fire. now we immediately returned fire and we have used lethal force to repel the attack. >> the u.n. made a statement condemning the violence saying what happened in bor constitutes a war crime. it recommendmind the governments have a responsibility to protect basis in the country. for their part, the ministers of the government say that the u.n. peacekeepers provoked the crowd. >> the force shot bullets in the air. shooting bullets in the air provoked this situation. and as a result, figa fight ens between the youth, the enemy's force and the peace on one side. the past week's have seen the town of bente taken by rebel forces. the state is rich in oil and, therefore, strategically important to both sides. the rebels and government are supposed to be observing a cease fire brokered in late january. this week, the r

united nations, the international community writ large to include the united states and the efforts of those countries themselves that have substantially recovered now to the extent that they are able to send peacekeepingforces to assist in exporting security beyond their borders. theup secretary general, ban ki-moon, in fact, called sierra leone one of the world's most successful cases of postconflict recovery. so i think it's easy to forget in the kind of impressive events that there are some notable cases on the african continent of success across all of the different dimensions in the strategy that i noted up front of we have slow but steady progress in our view in 'em -- in terms of restoring governance in countries like mali, somalia and democratic republic of congo, and the same model pertains here. the mix of regional partners, the united nations, other exterrible alaskas and dod playing our own role if providing key enablers. examples as enablers, i know we'll spend a fair amount of time on this in the q&a would include planners or other specialized personnel and capabilities. there are a small footprint in targeted support working with willing partners to develop our own strategic approach an