yatsenyuk has his work cut out for him.s to get this country ready for presidential elections. he is going to have to plug that $35 billion hole that they have to meet all their needs with creditors. cut a deal with the imf, the eu and u.s. you mentioned kerry saying the u.s. will pony up $1 billion in loan guarantees. they need a lot more than that. then there is the whole business of trying to keep the country together. even that is something they can't be certain of over the next couple of months. is almost certain to get voted in in the next hubbell a hours. politics just getting underway here. >> tell me a little bit about this man. i have been reading some of his bio. he has got credibility. you say politics versus the protesters in the square. he has a very capable background, yatsenyuk. >> he does. yous really kind of what and i would describe as a technocrat. he is 39 years old, has worked in the ministry of finance, is familiar with how the central bank works. he has been speaker of the parliament. here in ukraine

. >> today ukrainian opposition figures vitali klitschko and arseni yatsenyuk met with angela merkel. >> as the opposition leaders arrived in berlin see me with the german chancellor, tensions remain high back home in ukraine. the government did release protesters on monday as a sign of compromise after protesters ended the occupation of city hall. but protesters remain on force. before arriving in berlin, vitali klitschko said that germany should take a leading role in mediating between the two sides. klitschko and arseni yatsenyuk, seen here, want angela markel to provide financial assistance to ukraine. they called for berlin to abdicate -- advocate travel bans against members of the ukrainian government. >> our chief correspondent joins us from berlin. melinda, good to see you. sanctions, travel restrictions. evidently the two opposition leaders want to see germany gets up on the retaining government. what can germany promised them? >> definitely germany did not promise them either sanctions or travel restrictions during this meeting. they did not get what they wanted in a direct

the new prime minister arsenly yatsenyuk has previously served as a foreign minister and a speaker in parliament. after several months of protest the people of kiev are watching the situation carefully. >> translator: we have just started. we need to renew the local government. >> reporter: the new government, however, will face the hugely complicated task of restoring stability to the country. allegiances divided between russia and the west have been on full display. fist fights have broken out between pro and anti russia protesters. the region is home to russia's black sea naval fleet. more than 60% of the population are russian speakers and have strong ties to moscow. amid the tensions russia president vladimir putin put the military on alert and ordered massive exercises involving most of the military units in western russia. the move prompted a sharp rebuke from the united states. secretary of state john kerry warned moscow against any military intervention in ukraine. >> this is not a zero-sum game. it is not a west versus east. it should not be. it is not a russia or the united

. >> reporter: members of parliament have endorsed a cabinet headed by arseniy yatsenyuk. the decision has done little to bring stability to the autonomous southern republic of crimea. masked gunmen have seized government buildings in the regional capital simferopol. media reports say dozens of armed men have taken over the airport. most people in crimea are ethnic russians who favor closer ties with russia. local lawmakers have voted to hold a referendum to decide whether to break away from ukraine. they scheduled the vote for may 25th, the same day ukrainians will head to the polls to choose their next president. top u.s. and russian officials have discussed the crisis over the telephone. >> this morning i called foreign minister lavrov, and we talked at some length about the transition and the events in ukraine and in the region. and i asked specifically that russia work with the united states and with our friends and allies in order to support ukraine to rebuild unity, security, and healthy economy. >> reporter: but the two countries seem divided on future moves. kerry

yatsenyuk and his credentials. of a technocrat. he has been government quite a bit.er of the parliament, he has been at the central bank, at the ministry of finance. which is one of the reasons why he has been endorsed by the other members of the opposition, and last night by the crowds at independence square as the guy to negotiate, to do with the imf, the u.s., the e.u. that they so critically need to get started on. parliament is going to meet in just about half an hour and they will start considering his candidacy, and the candidacy of all of the members of the new government. we expected to be pretty much a quick procedure. but he is an interesting guy, 39 years old. his job is going to be to get the financial assistance and also prepare this country for an election in three months' time. caretaker for three months, then they have the presidential election and everything could change. from will try to attain various parties, whether the imf, the u.s., the european union, and russia is holding off its aid. meanwhile, russian military are operating the rails in th

of fries or the leaders of the incumbent governments their president of the country or klitschko yatsenyuk or targeted they are out of control. well more than a dozen policeman have reportedly being taken captive by the russes they're seen being lined up and taken to the militants camp and some of them were wounded where we obtained footage said to show one man needing an ambulance but the rajah's apparently refusing when they realize he's a special forces officer in life on the following video disturbing. the beer. could be a. bit of. amid the ongoing mayhem the foreign ministers of france germany and poland have wrapped up their talks with the ukrainian government and off he says the city has more on the reaction from europe. the ministers are in the middle of discussing whether or not to impose sanctions on ukraine everybody is here now i say for distillery foreign ministers of germany france of poland who are in kiev and they will be giving feedback to the ministers who were here in brussels and in order to decide how to move forward now there are initial reports of some sort of a comp

fries or the little result of the incumbent governments their president of the country or klitschko yatsenyuk. they are out of control of those leaders of the opposition who claim they have control. more than a dozen policemen have reportedly been taken captive by the rioters they're seen being lined up and taken to the militants count some of them were wounded and where tain footage a one man who needed an ambulance but the right has apparently refused to call one when they recognized he was a special forces officer and you might find the following be easier to step. forward. because the fear. disappears. when you. live. and for more perspective now on the clashes and how it came to this point mary did rescue she is the is it our chief editorial writer on the columnist at the independent and also a commentator on russia mr jeffs welcome to all see very nice to see you here so nationalists as well as the right has that far right they say that they will be no d.d. whatsoever with the government so what do you go from here. well it's very difficult to say because there was some hope last night

many still saw it as a hint that ukraine would take up much of the talks here and we know that mr yatsenyuk is also scheduled to meet separately with u.s. secretary of state john kerry while ukrainian officials who are also taking part in the conference there are not scheduled to meet with any of these people individually and many are criticizing these countries for perhaps conducting this one sided approach to the situation so the ongoing security conference where you are now in munich ukraine hardly surprising taking center stage there but also not much of a surprise either syria or so being discussed you could. well clearly syria is one of the most important issues talked about right now since so well the first attempt to get both sides of the conflict to sit down and negotiate peacefully has just happened in a geneva while. the u.n. special envoy on syria lakhdar brahimi just said earlier that little progress has been made but they're really getting them down to sit even in the same room is considered by many as a diplomatic success no nevertheless mr labral was asked the question why i

the little result of the incumbent government their president of the country or klitschko yatsenyuk or targeted they are out of control. more than a dozen policemen have reportedly been taken captive by the right is seen being lined up and taken to the militants camps some of them were wounded and we have taken footage said to show one man leading an ambulance but the right is apparently refusing when they realize he's a special forces officer well you might find the following video disturbing. the beer will. be are. some of the responsibility for this latest escalation of the crisis should be shouldered by the ukrainian president putin of roic a kalashnikov head of the major russian foreign affairs think tank truth is not what they're looking for they are looking for the national revolution as they lead their all of the extreme. right wing right sector says they they have been dreaming about this moment for a long time they have been gathering forces and actually a part of the responsibility lies also on president lee in the call that shit he couldn't not know about this danger grown

jobs have been chosen by activists in my done one of the key figures of the form opposition in the yatsenyuk was booed after being suggested as prime minister. i know even he then labeled a suggested cabinet as a social the coming karzai government the whole process of putting together the ministers a list as appeared as a struggling with the shouting crowd cheering and jeering the suggested candidates many protesters are already unhappy with who's on the list. we used. as a quote on their sprawl and reduce she's a. little. bit of diplomat you brought your mother. i am afraid of you to tell you now the name of the leader of a radical far right group did not appear on the list dimitri yet office was on the list of suggested candidates but was crossed off at the very last moment sees alexia chefs' he has been assessing the shifting moods for us in the ukrainian capital. i on saturday she was met with an ovation on my. dreamt of seen you in the forests that changed everything your heroes here is the best of this country has i. twenty four hours later it was a protest within a protest some openl

orders of fries or the leaders of the incumbent government the president of the country or klitschko yatsenyuk or targeted they are out of control of all of those leaders of the opposition who claim they have control so actually in this situation the very prospect of negotiations between opposition leaders on the government as well seems very very vague because this is not going to bring immediate results and solve the crisis in ukraine right but we are seeing now the rises are using live ammunition there and throw molotov cocktails as well what's the fine line between protesters and blatant criminals. well actually we are now talking about. militants rather than peaceful protesters because you know they have been using they have been murdering people and this is not the mains to achieve consensus this is not the means to achieve any peaceful resolution so whenever there is a threat to the lives of the ordinary people in the street this is a considered a criminal action so we can no longer qualify and classify those people as peaceful protesters this is actually criminal activity and those on

when they came to power so this was information and now we have these new prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk one of those people who . you know the aggressive attacks on my dad. now he's making this irresponsible statement let me quote and i just read it in ukrainian and it made me very angry and here's what you said russians dorm start a war with us is this the way to avoid. you know government business on your first day. isn't that confrontational so i think there this government will end up badly . not only because the economic situation is bad but also because. there there was no case in history when he konami problems will be solved by entering confrontation with other countries. dimitri babich political analyst and me trace thank you very much indeed for sharing your views with us weber shedded and stay with us on c international as we close the form to all the latest developments in ukraine more expert opinion is also available for you on line as. a transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. this is also international welcome biog there's growing discontent

a hint that ukraine and the situation there may take up a large part of the talks especially mr yatsenyuk was already scheduled another meeting separately with the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and many are now criticizing this format saying that there are lots of and they believe important issues which perhaps should be the priority because syria for instance also u.s. global surveillance programs news about them created a huge wave of criticism here in germany and of course issues like the u.s. plans to build an eighty missile defense system in europe and so many are saying that perhaps even though it's clear the events in ukraine or of extreme importance perhaps they shouldn't be the issues to kick off this conference. meanwhile in kiev the protest is arming themselves further. they're coming out with potato cannons to use against security forces built from the sun filled with gas from hair spray or other results it may look funny but it's capable of launching at the taser at high speeds and can result in injuries protesters are enjoying major support from both europe and the you

i was not i you know one of the key figures of the formal opposition are a semi yatsenyuk was booed off to being suggested as prime minister even he then labelled the suggested cabinet as a kamikaze government the whole process of putting together the minister's list as appeared a struggle amid the shopping crowd chairing and jaring the suggested candidates demonstrators also warned the new leadership they will face the same fate as the old one if it doesn't meet my downs their minds alexi had a chef ski currently gauging the mood right now in the ukrainian capital i on saturday she was met with an ovation on my gun and. i dreamt of seeing you in the forests that changed everything your heroes here is the best of this country has i. twenty four hours later it was a protest within a protest as some openly voiced their refusal to having yulia timoshenko return to power with us a new book on when they lived immunity off themselves that's when they will be responsible for what they're doing people who are now at my don and all of the others across ukraine they all can survive on very little

i spoke to arseniy yatsenyuk.osition leader leading protesters on independence square. now he has a situation in crimea. that is ukraine's peninsula in the south. one of the parliament buildings there has been seized by a a group of about 60 armed men who have raised the russian flag above it, an indication of the urges to secede from ukraine that we're seeing right now among ethnic russians. when it was the opposition -- rather, president yanukovych was in power, it was ethnic ukrainians who were talking about seceding. legald he would use all means to resolve that. he still has to be voted in. then he has the financial crisis. the u.s. is ponying up one billion -- $1 billion in loan guarantees. he is the man who has to cut the deal with the imf. he thinks it is possible to avoid the haircut for ukrainian bondholders. he said he will be an extremely unpopular leader because he is going to have to take on extremely unpopular measures like raising gas prices, cutting expenses, so that they can meet the conditions t

. >> arseniy yatsenyuk is the new. 47 million people but today the power isn't in this room, it's with a crowd. a few thousand feet outside. >> call this the kiev caucus. before the politicians were installed on thursday they were first paraded for the people the night before. for approval, or rejection. >> i think all of the people here in independence square should be choosing the politicians. >> translator: yes, we want the square to choose, she says. we want to see young politicians and new faces in the government. and if this was a nominating convention, only one man was working the rope line. just three months ago, 26-year-old flaw26-year-old26-yg wedding photos. now he personally helped, i delivered an ultimate mat ultim. if yanukovych didn't step down, the square would convince him. >> do you agree? >> it wasn't my speech. it was the entire ukrainian people talking, he says. god just chose me as an instrument of fulfilling this plan. and parasuk delivers a new warning. if the new government acts like the old government they'll share the same fate. the square will be listening h

ukraine opposition leader arsenyi yatsenyuk said, i'm concerned that the rurgse russie not part of the agreement. >> i understand his feeling because russia should be a helping hand to ukraine, and we tried in my time, we thought that movement of ukraine to democracy would enhance our movement to the same direction. but somehow crÈme marin chose to step on different path. and that is very awkward and upsetting for me and many people. as for agreement itself it looks like a good agreement but of course everything will depend on the ability and resolve of ukrainian people to see that this agreement is fully implemented and lived up to by president yanukovych. and there is little trust so ifully understanifully understaf the square so to say. signature it's a little bit unclear to me personally why he did not it is not there. it is probably also a personal problem a guy who was sent there by president putin. he is kind of a fern, quite a character, i know him for many years. so it could be as well is personal, you know, political stance. but of course, i wouldn't expect unfortunately toda

lawmakers in ukraine unveiled an interim government wednesday to be led by prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk. he is a leader who topped u.s. diplomat victory and clearly favors an elite phone call released before ouster.ch's >> i think he is the economic experience, the governing experience. >> in venezuela, five intelligence agents have been arrested for the shooting deaths of protesters amidst violent antigovernment protests that have killed at least 16 people. three other agents and six police officers were arrested on monday. on wednesday, president nicolas maduro held a national peace conference aimed at quelling the crisis, but the opposition did not attend. >> a new report by amnesty international finds israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank are killing palestinian civilians with impunity and what could amount to war crimes. according to you and data, 45 palestinians were killed in the west bank between 2011 and 2013, including six children. amnesty international researcher saleh hijazi describe the reports findings. the impunity they enjoy, and because there is lack of proper inv

americans have preferences between sort of the key opposition figures that they prefer, for instance, yatsenyukr "the boxer" turned politician vitali klitschko who has to stay home and do more homework and opposition are relying on being cohesive at the time they try to maintain pressure on the ukraine president and many would prefer to see him stand down but knowing that the americans have their own choices about who should be in the future government and who should be the future prime minister it could cause frictions among the opposition group but at a very, very critical time. regarding the russian allegations, i don't think the russians will be rubbing their hands with glee over this but it does go to repeated russian allegations that the americans are meddling too much in ukraine's affairs. the suggestion is look if the americans have this attitude then the russians do also. the president of ukraine is off to sochi and probably meeting with the president vladimir putin and see who they would like to lead the government. >> reporter: thank you for that and we will be live in sochi a little

his name is arseniy yatsenyuk, the prime minister designate. inis about it -- to be voted as the interim prime minister of the country for the next few months. parliament is still chewing over this decision. >> how front and center is crimea to the management in kiev? >> very front and center. i was standing in the parliament here in kiev. meanwhile, in the crimea, the parliament had just been seized by a group of about 100 gunmen. i asked the prime minister about that and he said it is the first crisis he has to deal with and he will deal with it immediately. can, will do everything we everything possible, we will use all tools and legal means in order to stabilize the situation in crimea. for three months, during the unrest on the streets, the worry was that some of the regions in the west of the country would secede because they did not like resident yanukovych and they did not like the russian influence and now we have the opposite situation. at this point, it is just a threat of these regions in the east and the south seceding. this new pr

inside parliament, opposition leader arseniy yatsenyuk assured us there won't be any mob justice if yanukovych is up. >> to find out whether the former president committed the crimes against humanity. >> reporter: many expect him to become ukraine's prime minister in a new government and he insisted parliament is in control. are you in charge of the whole country? >> this is the revolution. and revolution always has complications and repercussions. >> reporter: after months of protests and terrible bloodshed, ukraine's troubles aren't over yet. charlie and norah? >> holly williams thanks. >>> new word this morning of a deadly attack in nigeria, suspected islamic militants killed dozens of students at a college in the northeastern part of the country. survivors say the attackers set a build inging on fire with students inside. some were burn add live and some of those who escape had had their throats slit. >>> the man known as el chapo is chicago's public enemy number one. prosecutors around the country are hoping to put drug kingopinion joaquin guzman on trial. those cities include el paso san

some undesirable elements but they are only a minority component the idea that somebody like mr yatsenyuk because the new acting prime minister is an extremist is ridiculous i've met the man many times i was within three weeks ago at the munich security conference i'm aiming to travel to kiev in the next few days myself he is not an extremist neither is to achieve neither is my old friend the other deputy prime minister from paris terrace you could form a foreign minister or an ambassador so courser all wanted to extremist and ultra nationalists it's been a revolutionary situation revolutions a.o.f. i do you say to all of the interests of those people in ukraine are represented by what's happened what about those in the east and those no i would agree with i would agree with i would agree with you that certainly for instance the rushed abolition of the language law of yannick code which i think was a mistake the new government needs to be inclusive it needs to reach out it said it will respect all the laws on minorities in the council of europe and o.s.c. undertakings if you remember crim