there was strong support for former president viktor yanukovych in eastern ukraine. well, the demonstrators entered several government buildings in donetsk. the city lies about 80km west of the russian boarder, they are calling for referendums in the east on whether to join russia. >> kim joins us from donetsk. how tense is the situation there? >> things have calmed down here. protesters are still in control of this lockal government administration building here behind me. it's here overnight. they reenforced the barricade with tyres and wires. it stands a couple of metres high. the police are few and far between. they are organised having food brought in, serving breakfast to everyone here behind me now. they are asking representatives from different towns in donetsk. to come here because they want to form a people's council, which was announced last night. once they have done that, they plan to ask the government in kiev to amend the constitution and recognise the area of donetsk as autonomous from the rest of the country, so they can make their own decisions about

it is also laming former president viktor yanukovich. -- it is also blaming former president viktor yanukovich. he will not be happy about that. it is also laming the russian special forces, the fsb. it says that they were brought in in january and probably facilitated the anti-terror operation. russia refused to comment on that, which makes it possible that russia is still behind those killings to some extent at least. the major question that is still open, whether there were shootings from the side of the demonstrators, because there were also policemen killed. until those questions are answered, no party will be fully happy with the results of the investigation. >> just how important is it to the ukrainian people to get to the bottom of these deadly shootings? >> it is extremely important purely -- important. nearly 100 people died in those shootings. it is still a center of mourning for those ukrainians. they come and bring flowers and they wait for the government to investigate. they will still have to wait a month or two until all questions are answered. >> ukraine will be paying more fo

minister viktor orban ran a carefully orchestrated campaign. he commands the biggest majority of any e.u. leader. his party is almost certain to win a certain landslide. >> when viktor orban was elected four years ago he signalled change, particularly after eight years of left-wing conservatives. his critics accuse him of introducing right-wing policies and making hungary an autocratic state. >> the former prime minister, leader of the left-wing coalition is a big critic. >> you have to decide if you want to be for the people or the government. i go for the people. the government has to be controlled, not the people. >> viktor orban's sway over the media and rewriting the constitution to strengthsen state power has raised concerns in europe, with boroughsless accusing -- brussels accusing them of failing democratic standard. >> the ruling party has brought down unemployment rates by forcing people into communal labour labo labour. atilla is a sound engineer. >> i don't earn enough for a living. >> he now swoops the streets. viktor orban may hav

how are they justifying these allegations against ousted president viktor yanukovych? >> it was mainly the head of the secret service's who made -- secret service who mated most clear that viktor yanukovych, in his view, was directing the whole operation, but the main reason he thought that was because viktor yanukovych was supposedly directing that whichrrorist operation, he himself had declared in conjunction with his ministers. in terms of concrete evidence of contact between people and the government and the special forces unit and the riot police, who do stand accused of carrying out the killing -- in terms of direct contact, it is much more with the then interior minister that the investigators say they have evidence. interestingly, in this press conference, although they did give some details about the killings that went on on the 20th of february, where all these people were shot by snipers, they seemed very keen to talk more about the interior minister's links with the gangs of thugs and the people who carried out kidnappings earlier inin the protest movement,

viktor yanukovych has been watching it all play out. he still calls himself president even as ukrainians prepare to pick his successor in an election next month. he says he'll try to negotiate with putin to get crimea back, but that seems increasingly unlikely with each passing day. craig dale. >>> a thai court accepted a suit against yingluck shinawatra. 28 senators a complain she removed a nark security chief three years ago for her own benefit. the case could oust her from office. thailand's accepted the suit. if the court rules the personnel transfer was unconstitutional. yingluck will have to immediately leave her post. last month the lower house elections were annulled. the prime minister is also facing a challenge from the anti-corruption commission. the panel is investigating charges of a dereliction of duty. if the case is forwarded to the senate, the prime minister could be impeached and removed from office. >>> a u.n. report says the 2011 nuclear accident at fukushima daiichi is not likely to cause a significant rise in new c

it's a good lesson for people in power, that if they lead their lives like viktor yanukovych, they'll end up the same way he did. >> at the gym, the strain of doing business in ukraine shows. >> the amount that you have to pay for various ridiculous documents constitutes a large part of expenses. sometimes you have to pay so much that a business is not profitable at all. >> correction - some people do make lots of money. generally at the expense of others. >> lots more still ahead on the program, including -. >> i'm stefanie dekker in the jordan valley. i'll tell you why palestinians say they live in fear of their homes being demolished by israel. >> good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry ujed is -- urged israeli and palestine leaders to not led the talks collapse. a u.s. soldier who killed three of his colleagues at the fort hood army base, they had an argument. ivan lopez, who wounded 16 others is thought to have suffered mental health problems. >> the middle east peace talks have faced many obstacles along the way. o

exit polls predicted a clear lead for the governing party led by prime minister viktor orban. for most hungarians, the result was little more than a foregone conclusion. the only question was whether he would secure a 2/3 majority, enabling further constitutional changes. hope there will be a big turn out the government can do a more effective job. the size of the popular consensus matters. if there are a lot of voters, the new government can begin with white bread support. -- whidespread support. popular ass remained with many hungarians for cutting income taxes and utility prices. most voters do not seem bothered by his government's constitutional changes, which have place greater restrictions on the media and the legal system. many do not trust the center-left opposition to do a better job. survey showed the alliance trailing behind the conservatives. the far right party is forecast to take as much as 20% of the vote. tough anti-foreigner rhetoric has alarmed many in hungary's large jewish community. fear ofers in budapest further erosion of democracy. >> i think the far ri

that is one of the blistering accusations leveled against ousted ukrainian president viktor again called on thursday. ukraine's interim government release the first findings of an investigation into the month of unrest and violence which ended in over a hundred deaths in kenya the report also accuses russian secret service agents of bringing in weapons and explosives to live in a protest is on independence square. russia promptly began to decline i once every twenty of men in black uniforms opened fire with live ammunition in the ukrainian capital kiev allegedly members of the regime's riot police cadet caught on that morning some fifty people were killed at least ninety died in three days of carnage. soon after the bloodshed on independence square. president viktor yanukovich fled the country the opposition maintained from the start of the court issued came from the very top the preliminary report by ukraine's new authorities reaches the same conclusion stolen land under the cover of being an anti operation was in fact the organization of mass killings of people and was conducted direct

with the end goal of ousting president viktor yanukovych. thank you very much. live for us in the ukrainian capital. still ahead - between a rock and a hart place. why hundreds of afghan experimenters are serliving in limbo. why health is taking a back seat ahead of elections, stay with us, back after the short break. >> >> welcome back, a reminder of the top stories. the number of syrian refugees registered in lebanon. the u.n. describes the figure as a devastating milestone. it means one in four people are refugees. u.s. soldier shot dead three other soldiers. 16 people have been injured at the ford hood army base. in 200913 were killed by an army psychiatrist. armed men have kidd inned two women from a popular resort. officials say a chinese tourist were taken late on wednesday. >> returning to the top story, one million refugees registered. one million syrian refugees. >> we spoke the to secretary-general , and he says the true figure of the number of refugees is higher. it is many more tan the one million. it could be half a million more syrians who have fl

international meeting aimed at helping ukraine's government to cover staff to let my former president viktor yanukovich would bring out the london bid to take off. jointly organized by friction united states are being introduced on how to train under a tree filled with laughs at the cross international borders. us attorney general eric holder a strong message for those holding dilemma that putting america on the job of like saying you can run but you can find one that is a popular destination for many former soviet union or in the dark the store there well despite the british home secretary theresa may promised to them by the ukrainian and work towards fighting corruption stemming from manitoba to thirteen. meanwhile the kit government's new acting prosecutor general i like my phd i think she is the teaching of former president of taking thirty two billion dollars the following three months of white bread for tenth in a financial times interview marking his quoted as saying he believed the money being used to fund the purchase of uncertainty in ukraine eastern region. this morning one. leadi

as for viktor yanukovych, he did his duty as he felt necessary.f course, i spoke with them many times during the crisis and after he ended up in the russian federation. we spoke about the possibility of the use of force. you can think what you want about it, but this is what he told me, in response. as he put it. i thought many times about using force. and then he said, i could not make myself do it. sign that kind of order to use force against my own people, my own citizens. as for the special force, for sure you and your friends did an honest and professional job. you did your professional duty. it makes me and others respect to you and your comrades, your other servicemen, but eventually what happened to you and your colleagues in kiev right now, this will hurt the ukrainian state back. you cannot -- you should not smear them. you should not avoid giving them medical assistance when they are in hospital. i know people from there who are in the hospital right now. they are not only not treated, but they are not even fed. we get no response. if t

control by the altar national forces over to viktor yanukovych who fled, burned up the agreement. who initiated the next stage of the crisis? it was a russia. they wanted the agreement to hold. you can't go back to it. there's a report this morning that viktor yanukovych mayfly to eastern ukraine today or tomorrow, which will be a whole new dimension. the point of it is, putin did not want -- this is reality, a fact. putin did not want this crisis. you did not initiate it. but with putin, once you get something like that, you get mr. pushback. that is what you're saying. even as americans admit, he holds all the options. we have none. that is not good policymaking, is it? >> let's turn to president obama . >> is vladimir putin provoking a and will youre, and western leaders allow him to get away with that? >> i think what is absolutely clear is not only have russians gone into crimea and annexed it, violating the sovereignty of ukraine, but what have also done is supported, at minimum, nonstate militias in southern and eastern ukraine. and we have seen some of the activity that ha

garion people say and viktor orban would remain at the head of the table for four years but that's notnecessarily news that would cause celebration in brussels you know mr all but it's not against hungary you have not the right to say that that these people here are fighting against hungary an interest. victor is a politician that doesn't deserve any respect. to infringement against what we are defending here is hungary and democracy or been has faced criticism for writing the constitution without consultation and cracking down on the state media that like him or not isn't going anywhere anytime soon in fact with two thirds of the electorate behind him or been has the highest approval rating of any leader the center right leaders unwillingness to bend the knees to brussels has to find his first term there are issues on which congress completely happy to go along with what brussels suggests but there are particular issues where hunger says we have a national interest here that's no different from any other member state he lost or french. britain's. an identical answer at the same time h

the area has seen several rival protests sips the out of thing of president viktor yanukovych. we have more. >> pro russia protestors stormed the administration building, having marched down from the symbolic len anyone square. a small group able to get inside the building and standing on one of the ball con niece, called on the thousands gathered outside to come in. right now, the riot police line is holding firm, not letting people inside, but what people want here is really quite varied. some want to join moscow right away. others want more autonomy for the region. they're waving a new flag they've created for the region, indicating that they want to be not only separate, but be able to have the chance to choose whether to look westward or eastward, saying that ousted president viktor yanukovych is still the legitimate leader of ukraine and say authorities in kiev are not listening to the demands. this is quite pivotal given that the run up to the presidential election in may, because many here say they're going to boycott that election because they say it's just not legal.

warrants have out too for viktor yanukovych and his service chief.ell, i'm joined by andy from the service. you were monitoring this press briefing or the briefing about this new report in kiev. let's focus on the men we saw in black that day, i think the 20th of february, firing at the protesters. who were they? what are they saying about them? >> the riot police who were given orders to shoot at protesters. they say they have evidence when these people were taking these masks off. and they know their faces as well. the two main points given at this press conference is the orders were given to shoot and ousted president viktor yanukovych yesterday denied he had given orders. he denied any of his close allies had. >> importantly, records were kept of orders. >> yes. these were what we find out today from this press conference. they say they've got permission for people who hand down weapons. so it's only preliminary the results. they will provide more information as they get it. but in the meantime another very important point raised which is the rol

the city has seen several protests since the ousting of viktor yanukovych in february. we have more. >> (technical difficulties) >> obviously we do not have that, we hope to get back to that report later. >> afghanistan is counting the 7 million votes cast in its presidential election, dispit threats from the taliban durn out was -- despite threats from the taliban turn out was high. the election marks the end of hamid karzai's 12 years in power. whoever replaces him has to decide whether to keep troops in afghanistan beyond this year. >> joining us now is a former chief of staff. thank you for being with us today. >> thank you for having me. >> let me get your thought. how big a hotel was it for afghanistan. >> it was huge. it was history rick. the afghan -- historic. the afghan people rose to hope and expectation. a major challenge lies ahead. that's the political outcome. the investment of international community has been vindicated by the resilience of the afghan people that fight taliban and terrorism lay down their life. it is now up to the political leaders to ac

against what we are defining here democracy prime minister viktor orban a third term despite being branded a power abusing autocrat by brussels we try to find out the secret to his popularity. rallies break out across the u.k. against a known as the bedroom tax which critics say is pushing. into poverty. in the morning this is international with the twenty four hours a day in eastern ukraine protesters have stormed government buildings in three major cities mass demonstrations against the country's new leadership started peacefully on sunday but quickly escalated many locals see their government as illegitimate and in the morning greater autonomy for their regions of course reports. it seems that the tensions escalate chain in eastern ukraine indeed where protesters in the police three major cities protesters who say they do not recognize this foresees in kiev and they do not consider them as the judgment and legal power off the country governmental buildings these are regional government buildings in the city of donetsk and hulk of and the whole faceoff ukraine's national security in the

levy shelter facts found and disgraceful ukrainian president viktor yanukovich beat on display here is national museum off the train your confusion period complex in the portraits in the future democrat to be coaxing from start to secrete goats. so i was about all the grandparents of the tree which was windy that day should be a lot of expensive for the trees. lawrence. cox said. but i didn't expect to see so many retreats that created the midst of the president's visit both sets the country. this gets too much expensive or treats help yourself. i went to the sinful to take advantage of the area. like many pr teams are still unfolding recent years. this will cause the hundreds that i got all these items i e a is a miracle indeed. because so much was still in the great quickly and we were late while the commission was working in one room in god and everything was in fact and as told in a note to announce a bid to end up old truck and move them to other locations with the report admitted or not. he was interior was like and the trustee i could but to rupture night to agree to continue pr

as for viktor yanukovych, he did his duty as he felt necessary.f course, i spoke with them many times during the crisis and after he ended up in the russian federation. we spoke about the possibility of the use of force. you can think what you want about it, but this is what he told me, in response. as he put it. i thought many times about using force. and then he said, i could not make myself do it. sign that kind of order to use force against my own people, my own citizens. as for the special force, for sure you and your friends did an honest and professional job. you did your professional duty. it makes me and others respect to you and your comrades, your other servicemen, but eventually what happened to you and your colleagues in kiev right now, this will hurt the ukrainian state back. you cannot -- you should not smear them. you should not avoid giving them medical assistance when they are in hospital. re who areple from their in the hospital right now. they are not only not treated, but they are not even fed. we get no response. if the gover

let me continue and for ukrainian president viktor yanukovich. tensions have risen in ukraine since the kremlin addicks the crimean peninsula last month. nato's secretary general has been instructed not to intervene in ukraine between in doing so risks grave consequences and the rush of isolated internationally. as you israeli president shimon peres has made his chinese counterpart she didn't seem to be seen. the two leaders are expected to discuss cooperation in fields of science and technology to chinese billionaire li ka shing lost it in a two hundred and thirty million dollars to the user of technology institute to play for boston based in pay raises. there's a scheduled to hold talks with chinese vice premier shine shine his light brightness that benjamin is in your last visit to china in may twenty thirteen when he next to the country's top leaders to extend to restart peace talks with palestinians as soon as possible. traditionally china has maintained a blend of middle east. missy has had close relations with the palestinians decades the

accused viktor yanukovych of conspiring with moscow. there been frequent pro-russian rally since yannick over its was toppled in february and in the wake of moscow's takeover of crimea, the standoff between russia and ukraine has only intensified. >> you are watching "france 24." let's go to kigali were president paul kagame is speaking of a ceremony to mark 20 years since the genocide in uganda. let's listen. [speaking in foreign language] [applause] guests,ur distinguished i don't have enough words to express my appreciation to all of you who have come from near and far. asbe with us on a day important as this. whoso thank all of those rwanda's with us in incredible journey of rebuilding. rememberthered here to lives, theost their those whoand comfort survived. pay tribute to the victims, both the living and those who have passed, we also salute the unbreakable rwandan owe theo which we survival and renewal of our country. [applause] [speaking in foreign language] [applause] [speaking in foreign language] [applause] to our parents, ch

some believe that viktor yanukovych is the lij wait president of ukraine. there's pore for the idea of serialisation. people here believe it would give autonomy from give, and the ability to join moscow. >> chanting referendum, a group of protesters moved to the city council. police were ready and waiting. numbers of pro-russian protesters are dwindling, and opinion polls show it's the same across the region. later prounity sentiment is growing. football fans from the east and west meet to support opposing teams, sumonning up a united chance. >> since the revolution, fans who were stark enemies like us and odessa are friends and play football toot. >> translation: we are united by the idea of nationalism. >> walking side by side is easy for those moving in the right direction. >> all of eastern ukraine is watching politics play out in kiev. it's their response that decides the future stability of the country. >> we'll have more from europe a little later in the newshour. >> lots more to come here on the al jazeera newshour. activists in the u.s. planning pr

so with the reelection of viktor or banners prime minister it seems hungry will continue its somewhat unorthodox relationship with the e.u. and not just blindly to brussels is chuen peter all of the r t s hungary. and the chairman of the euro skeptic bruges group think tank says that the secret of organs popular appeal is not increased saving against the e.u. but in fact in protecting its own nation's interests. u.p.a. union do not particularly like him because he believes the national states of the nation states of the you should have the right to choose should have the right to run their own countries as they see fit vava than being told what to do by the european union austerity can never work if the country has to be in the euro or pegged to the euro it just cannot work unless there is monetary easing and devaluation of the common sea otherwise it just has no hope it will cause more harm than what it can seek to actually so we see how the debt situation spiraled out of control in countries like italy and greece and spain hungary has been kept out it has its own economic policy whi

it will take viktor yanukovych as part of the federation, and somehow be able to negotiate russian traps stepping out of ukraine. that could be sort of a long-term, somewhat long-term strategy of the kremlin. >> i only have about 30 seconds left, secretary of state john kerry says he'll meet with diplomats from russia, ukraine and the e.u. is anything going on in the negotiations. >> the next 10 days could be late. the russians, if they move in fewer than 10 days, right now the issue is deterrence. they lost an opportunity to provide defensive antitank and defense weapons, now the west needs to take stronger action to deter russia. >> i see nina nodding her head. good to have you both on the show. we look forward to having you back. >> after 12 years of war, and frequent taliban attacks, afghanistan held what most observers say was a very successful election on saturday. according to the officials, as many as 7.5 million afghans, 16% of the 12 million eligible voters passed boll ots. taliban claimed they made thousands of attacks and killed dozens of voters. security says that was a gros

it's a good lesson for people in power, that if they lead their lives like viktor yanukovych did, they'llp the same way. >> back at the gym, the strain of doing business showed. >> the amount that you have to pay for ridiculous documents constitutes a large part of expenses. sometimes you have to pay so much that a business is not profitable. >> correction. some people do make lots of money. generally at the expense of others. >> the french president and his former partner promised to keep things professional now they have been reunited in government. francis hollande has appointed him in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at rejuvenating the cabinet. >> france has a new prime minister mann very well vows, a man who is populist and popular. he's built his reputation on being tu op security and-- tough on security. he's ambitious, has his eyes set on the presidency. he nonetheless an approval rating 60%, three times as high as the approval rating of president francis hollande. clearly mr vaus is a threat to the president, he's a political rival, but the fact that he's been brought into the deposit

they accuse viktor yanukovych of ordering snipers to fire on the protesters. moscow has long denied involvement. cnn has more on the report. >> reporter: they presented very little evidence publicly. they did show diagrams and booklets made up and showing trajectories of bullet shots and firing lines, that kind of thing, but didn't really give any of that key evidence to show why they thought russia's security service was so closely involved in this, because not only is the ukrainian government including accusing 12 members of the riot police of taking part in killing protesters, acting as snipers perched on rooftops, but they say that 32 members came into the country prior, and those are the ones said to have fired on the orders of president vect viktor yanukovych. they say they were flown to crimea so they could avoid detection. >> 12 members of the ukrainian security forces have been detained as part of the investigation. >>> in saudi arabia, a last minute payment of so-called blood money will save a woman from execution. she has been on death row for sever

. >> in recent months the east has become supportive of viktor yanukovych.here have been calls for it to become part of russia. lately it is divided. >> it's a symbol of the soviet past. russian ukrainians rallied with the youths, and banners, repeating calls that they've been left behind. >> we are here against the government in kiev. we do not recognise it. we have been here three months and don't want to be governed by them. >> some believe that viktor yanukovych is the legitimate president of ukraine and want to join russia. there's growing support for serializition. kiev believes it will give it not only more autonomy but the ability to join moscow. chanting referendum, a small group of ro testers -- protesters calling to become a separate state. numbers of pro-russian protests are gindling. it's the same across the region. football fans from the east and west of the country meet to support their opposing teams, summing up the united stance. >> sense the revolution, the fans, stark enemies like us and fans from odessa are friend and play together. >> we

the ousted president, viktor yanukovich, tried to persuade russia to return the peninsula to ukraine.it is his first statement since fleeing to russia and february. he defended his actions during the revolution that overthrew him. i personally never gave any orders to shoot. as far as i know, the weapons were never given to those except inoops defending the state buildings and the state bodies. they just complied with their orders. haveinciples, which i always followed, are that no authority, no power is worth a drop of blood. to venezuela now where the roman catholic church is accused government of nicolas maduro of trying to install the government, after two months of for tests that have stricken the streets of venezuela. the bishops announced the use of force and torture and the torture of detained visitors. the assessment followed assessments that the vatican may get involved. last night, antigovernment or testers clashed once it -- protesters clashed once again on the streets, this after the leader of even his women opposition was barred from -- the leader of the national opposit

hungary's parliamentary election it looks like four more years in power for acting prime minister viktororban has already declared victory for his euro skeptic right wing party it leads by a large margin with more than forty five percent of the vote let's take a look at some of the highs and lows of his leadership so far criticism of oregon's government has been largely triggered by his grip on the media he banned election campaigns through platforms other than state controlled outlets and move to change the country's constitution reducing the power of a top court drew the use either i or have been accusations as government show democracy and civil liberties or about also high taxes in several key sectors to reduce the budget deficit. below the three percent mandated by the e.u. and some of his policies have been praised by hunger ariens orbán claims credit for reviving the economy hungary is repaid an emergency i.m.f. loan that also came out of recession and reduced inflation he gained support by taking on foreign energy firms especially as it's led to cuts in a household utility bills

that's up to hungary returned its right wing prime minister to power and most of the votes counted viktor orban as party has already secured a two thirds majority in parliament held an economic savior at home here is why he has been a thorn in the side media laws he introduced in twenty ten triggered censorship concerns the new constitution that he rushed through two years later led to more accusations of power abuse and another thing that got him on the wrong side of the e.u. and the i.m.f. heavy taxes on foreign banks as well as telecoms and energy companies however his reforms have been largely welcomed by the electorate he claims to have transformed his country from an old banger into a racing car and into the prime minister's leadership hungry is managed to dig itself out of recession plus cutting utility bills and income taxes has proved hugely popular and on top of all the jobless rate as even fall into a five year low peter all of a takes a closer look at the controversy surrounding the garion leader. garion people say and think to open remain at the head of the table for. the dea

. >> translation: we will remember viktor yanukovych as the best of our presidents. >> joining us through the building act visits hoped it would be annexed like crimea. because authorities have not acted fast enough they have set up a people's council and will elect their own representatives. there are similar scenes elsewhere. a state security building was stormed. three people were injured and dosens arrested. by nightfall police lowered their shields. a sign that kiev is losing control of the east. >> over the weekend ukraine's state security service confiscated hundreds of rifles, grenades and petrol bombs. amateur video provides an up-close look at violence inside a syrian refugee camp in jordan. syrian refugees and jordanian security forces are blaming each other for the fighting. the violence left one dead and dozens injured. they used tear gas against stone-throwing refugees who set fire to tents and cars. in war-torn syria rebels have been on the run, but they are making gains in a port city. syrian forces continued to pound rebel conditions in aleppo. the fighting is forcing chr

on in the crisis, nationalists seized public buildings in protest against the now ousted president viktorovich. and that's leading to armed groups attacking people who are trying to protest peacefully. yanukovich fled ukraine in february after more than 100 people were killed in clashes with police in kiev. 20 people have been arrested in a county wide prostitution sting in sonoma county. santa rosa police say three operations conducted simultaneously in petaluma, rohnert park and santa rosa at local hotels and motels were set up to target specific elements of criminal behavior. the operation was set up after law enforcement officials noticed an increase in the solicitation for and the purchase of commercial sex in the area. ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------------------ ecstatic uconn fans have been celebrating the huskies and international basketball title on the campus anin storrs, connecticut breaking streetlight smashing at least on campus window and overturned furniture inside the student union. campus police reports and made 31 arrests and a scho

president viktor orban is expected to win another term.igh stabilized financing and cut gas bills. the opposition accused him of changing the constitution, and nationalist policies scare away foreign investors. >> good sunday morning to you. i'm meteorologist eboni deon. strong to severe storms have been rumbling across the plains. i want to show you into parts of texas where we are watching a cluster of storms. there's warnings in place, in addition to a severe thunderstorm watch pt it will remain in effect until 2:30, stretching from east central areas through to louisiana. it's an area in orange where the warning is in place. we have just about another 20 minutes. the storm is moving to the east at around 40 miles per hour. with it you can't expect blinding down pours and winds. maybe small hail. the threat is not just for parts of eastern texas, it stretches all the way in to the western panhandles. that will clood later today. heavy rainfall will be widespread. you can see we have persistent showers and storms from mississippi, jackso

. >> ousted president viktor yanukovych was removed. separatist movement. >> reporter: the government is now asking for u.n. peace keeping troops to help ukrainian forces to carry out an antiterrorism operation. but each passing hour is threatening the viability of kiev. kim vanel, al jazeera, donetske. >> treasury secretary jacob lew, says the u.s. will continue to hold russia accountable for its action he in the country. >> we are fully prepared to impose additional sanction he on russia, including apparently through support through a concerted campaign by armed militants in east ukraine. during the g-7 meetings that took place there was broad and strong unity on increasing there sanctions and cost in response to escalating action from russia. >> that u.s. loan guarantee will be part of an $18 billion aid package from the u.n. monetary fund. the pentagon calling action he made by russian action he over the weekend provocative. a fighter jet buzzing a navy ship. aircraft was unarmed and never posed a threat but called those action he u

back to worldly matters, russia's relations to ukraine is on the skids after viktor yanukovych was ousted from power. russia also has a history of interpretation with its neighbour georgia, especially in the remote region south of that country. we have the latest in georgia. >> close to the borders of turkey and armenia lies georgia. once home to a strategic base to the russian military, it's economically deprived. this town has an armenian majority. most people don't speak georgian. activists say locals are cut off from georgia. >> always needed to motivate people, to be more integrated. >> this regional capital is a more mixed town. for ethnic armenians, saying his loyalties are with georgia. . >> translation: we are born here, my father and my son. >> they've had a turbulent history, his muslim et cetera nifty was deported by stalin. >> with the mosque and church, it's an example of the multi-ethnic society. that diversity, though it could be a strength, it has been a greatest vulnerability. following conflicts russian forces control 20% of recognised georgian territory. armenia, russi

referred a number of cases to the body cases that date back leading up to the follow the president viktor yanukovych. some 100 protesters were killed. for more analysis on that situation, we can speak to jeffrey sack, the director of the institute at columbia university who joins us from new york. thank you for speaking to us professor. what is your position on events in ukraine? >> clearly russia is creating a lot of trouble and it is a very dangerous situation. i think president obama is correct to be ratcheting up the sanctions and i hope, i really hope russia does not make a terrible mistake and what would be ahistorical blender for russia to cross the border into eastern ukraine. i think being -- thinkgs would spin out of control. russia will pay heavy price if it continues this kind of provocation. we saw interest rates rising in russia, bond ratings being lowered because of the increased risk. russia is not a strong economy. it will end up feeling a lot of pain from this. >> if russia does feel a lot of pain, how do you think the authorities might react? do you think they could be

. >>> viktor yanukovych said crimea would not become part of russia had he remained in power.nd he also said he did not give the order to shoot the protesters in kiev. >> translator: i personally never gave any orders to shoot, and as far as i know the weapons were never given to the troops. they just complied with their order. my principles which i always follow is to authority, no power is worth a drop of blood. >> -- yanukovych adding he was surprised they never condemned the gunmen who shot at his car as he tried to leave the country. >>> three explosions have gone off in egypt. two people were killed and seven other were hurt. the bombings apparently targeting egyptian police and military. there are daily protests by those who continue to support ousted president mohammed morsi. >>> and what may have been a bomb left over fromward killing seven people in thailand. police say construction workers found it buried undera building site, they were trying to take the bomb apart when it exploded. >>> south korean confirming an unmanned drone came down on its border. a similar dr

. >> it's more than a month since viktor yanukovych fled the country. many are camped out in independence square, reluctant to leave until order returns to ukraine. >> things are moving quickly. the square looks like a war zane. the country faces elections in eight weeks. >> with russia encouraging a call in the east, it's far from assured people will get the government they want. the danger is in eight weeks time the country may not be united in knowing what it wants. >> still ahead this half hour - reassurance mission at the n.a.t.o. missing in brussels. the alliance stresses why it's relevant. and an honest woman is better than a corrupt man. that's a message from a candidate in >> welcome back, you're watching al jazeera, live from doha, a reminder of our top stories. three bomb blasts in nairobi killed six people. dozens were injured. the attack happened in the somali populated area. >> the u.s. secretary of state met binyamin netanyahu for the second time in 12 hours. john kerry is attempting to salvage talks with palestinians. he's on his way bac

the main problems is that the police force and other authorities were formed when ousted president viktor yanukovych held power in the country. unfortunately they are demonstrating an inability to defend citizens and withstand terrorism and separatist movements. >> the government is asking for u.n. peace-keeping troops to help ukrainian forces carry out an ain terrorism operation. each passing hour is threatening the credibility of kiev, with protesters unable to see how the government will act. >> tensions between russia and the u.s. rise. let's cross to moscow and join our correspondent peter sharp. i understand the russian foreign minister has been talking in china a few moments ago. what did we hear him saying? >> that's right. you are on friendly ground, china one of the few allies that russia has with the ukraine crisis growing. basically, what he said was that he thanked - prayed china for its objective and balance position on the ukraine, and he ruled out - this is quite important. he ruleded out u.n. participation in peace inform keeping troops being sent in to urine ukraine, say

another not asking viktor yanukovych to come back, or a return of the, as you are calling it, the democratically elected president. he was democratically elected four years ago, became a dictator and was overthrown. we saw the images of corrupt mansions and the extend of theft was outrageous. he's not popular in the east. we are talking about an instigated. >> we are running out of time. >> i'll let you - thank you. >> thank you for your thoughts there. >> all right. 10 years ago a group of farmers in the philippines were shot dead at a sugar estate opened by benigno aquino. no one was convicted of the deaths. textures were rising. we have this report. >> this is the place they called home. >> this man and her husband remember how armed men stormed into their home and drove them away. they want to own their family. though the incident may have been painful. the struggle has been a long one. it began almost 10 years ago when they survived an attack that killed almost seven farmers during a protest on the sugar estate. they worry that harassment of farmers may lead to more violence. >> translation

and viktor yanukovych comes clean in a new interview. >>> and then the financial free-for-all.es the green light so more private cash can flow to political campaigns. which party stands to gain the most? this is "way too early." >>> good morning. i'm thomas roberts. this is "way too early," the show that loves a selfie, especially when it's not sponsored by the phone you're taking that with. we have some serious news to start off with. an army specialist is suspected of killing three people before killing himself in a shooting rampage at ft. hood. the dead were active military, 16 are in local hospitals. the soldier identified by nbc news is 30-year-old ivan lopez. he opened fire at one building, then got in a car firing as he drove

and of defending the overthrow of legitimate government in the country following the removal of viktor yanukovich from power the stupid climate rush is in eastern ukraine overnight the key if authorities say pro russian activists attacked the base of the ukrainian national guard and our new poll in the gunbattle that achieved three rebels were killed local news web sites speaks afford it. ukraine's interior ministry said earlier that home protest has demanded that soldiers switched sides and back. the revolt the troops refused the government said a major security operation was underway in the area. leopold city administration was seized by rebels of the weekend. it's not known if it's still under the control of the period the awesome tobacco played on facebook that thirteen of those who assault of a school with detachable than sixty contained one ukrainian tv channel says it still chokes on activist challenging trips to give up their weapons the depth to confirm that the bloodiest event so far in the pro russian revolt voting is underway in algeria as presidential elections with the pi

indicating that while they may be falling, those who do still look to viktor yanukovych still very active. they're mobilized, and they are showesure their demands are beig heard. >> in south africa an emotional oscar pistorius taking the stand today. he said he thought he was protecting his girlfriend when he shot and killed her. >> i would like to apologize and say there hasn't been a moment since this tragedy happened that i haven't thought about your family. i wake up every morning, and you're the first people i think of, the first people i pray for. i can't mention the pain and sorrow and the emptiness that i've caused you and your family. >> pistorius said that he thought she was an intruder. if convicted he'll receive up to 25 years in prison. >>> main focus on changing the city's police department. protests have been taking place across the city since the shooting of james boyd, a mentally ill man. the commission wants authority to recommend punishment for police officers. >>> there have been 23 fatal police chute negotiation albuquerque since 2010. boyd's d death is sparking quest

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. >> in november 2013 the protests in kiev were about president viktor yanukovych refusing to sign an association agreement with the european union. soon it turned to something else. the excessive use of force by the police and other security forces led to a significant radicalization of the protest movement, calling for an investigation into the deaths of 121 people, including 121 protesters, police and other officers between december and february. the report says the interim government should ensure accountability for all human rights violations, independent investigations, prosecutions, sanctions of those responsible for the violations. >> the u.n. team looked at the situation in crimea. the report says measures by the new crimea authorities make it difficult for people who want to keep ukrainian citizenship to stay. the unhcr says permitting forces carry out security operations violates human rights. they should, he says, disarm and disband paramilitary units, and enshaw law enforcement is carried out by the police. >> the situation in the east of ukraine is tense after pro-russia

pro-european demonstrators forced president viktor yanukovych out of office for favoring ties with russia. then, people in crimea voted to join the russian federation, and president vladimir putin quickly moved to annex the ukrainian republic. it's been messy, and so as volunteers clean up the remains of the standoff in kiev, some people are hoping for a fresh start. the campaign to choose a successor for yanukovych is now under way. polls suggest billionaire petro poroshenko is the favorite among 23 candidates in next month's presidential election. >> my country urgently need modernization. in this fear of social life, in this fear of security. >> reporter: poroshenko told reuters he wants ukraine to join the european union. so does one of his competitors former prime minister yulia tymoshenko the leader of the right wing freedom party is also a candidate, oleg tanibak wants to create a government that can privilege russia. whoever becomes the next president will inherit a nation deeply divided over whether ukraine should build stronger bonds with russia or europe. >> translator: we won'

more than a dozen buildings most of them ended up providence the home of the ousted former president viktor yanukovich. brush as repeatedly denied the presence of special forces troops in eastern ukraine although independent reports indicate that russian troop units and special forces have bonded and recruited pro russian insurgents in the region photos released last week by the ukrainian government and endorsed by the us state department show what appears to be the same man the crimea in eastern ukraine. whatever protein on april seventeen admitted that he had lied when he said that russian troops were not active in crimea ahead of a sham referendum over the peninsula's annexation by moscow. putin said on march for the so called self defense unit in crimea were volunteer militia flatly denying that russian troops were operating in the area the ukrainian government says it has arrested more than two dozen russian citizens in eastern ukraine where received training from russian intelligence service armed separatists continued manned barricades unoccupied buildings in eastern cities including