Soldiers. Ukraines president shows passports found in his country to a security conference in munich as he asks his allies for help. Are you guys ready . Yes. Ready one two three. And canadians fight a downhill battle for the right to go at that bog unking. Now for the first time in more than 10 years residents of baghdad are being allowed to go out past midnight. Right now a nighttime curfew which has been in place in the iraqi capital since 2004, is being lifted as the government tries to normalize life in the city. Four neighborhoods in baghdad have also been declared did he mel terrized zones. Meaning even people authorizedded to carry weapons will be prohibited from doing so in those areas. The government says it will be removing concrete blast walls and barricades which have blocked the streets. But it still faces significant security problems. Earlier a bomb killed at least 40 people in the city n. A moment we hope to speak to our correspondent in baghdad. In the meantime, thoug
Rebels after a rocket kills third in the eastern city of mariupol. And we begin in greece where voting is under way. The snap general election that could change the direction of the country sharply. Opinion polls suggest the Left Wing Party is ahead of the up one bent new Democracy Party. They say they will end austerity measures if it wins, al jazerras steve is sue is live for us in agentathens the last election was about change, this seems to be about even bigger change, sue. Reporter gentlemen, very much so, david. It sounds like a 2horse race with the two many parties looking at op its accepted of the spectrum as to how to deal with the a stair tie measures in play due the huge bail out. People are trickling in in an early sunday morning here to place their votes. But as Barnaby Phillips reports from agent thens athens. Those all stir at this measures have been hitting very hard. Reporter they havent come to see see ancient ruins but modern derelict buildings. Very qualified to des
Plus former australian guantanmo bay detainee welcomes a report striking down his terrorism conviction. Libyas u. N. Recognized government has asked the Security Council to lift an arms embargo to fight against isil as well as other armed group. Reporter diplomats address the u. N. During an emergency session. The arms embargo was imposeed by nun in 2011 to protect civilians from libyas former leader muammar qaddafi. Libyas foreign minister has appealed for International Help to rebuild the army. And egypt is supporting libyas request. Its also asking for a navel blockade to stop weapons shipments to fighters. But the councilmembers seemed cautious about arming libya. Our diplomatic he editor james bays explains. Reporter egyptian foreign minister came to the United Nations spends two days trying to lobby diplomat on his his countrys initiative. First trying to persuade thome prison sisis idea. That there should be an military i want sense in libya backed my egypt and the United Nation
Malaysias coastline. The u. N. s special envoy to yemen has arrived in the city of aden to meet the countrys president hadi. Just hours after the Security Council said it was backing him as yemens leader. In a Statement Released on wednesday the u. N. Described hadi as the have legitimate president , hes now in aden after fleeing from sanaa where he feels held under house arrest by houthi rebels. The houthis took power after a coup earlier this month. Meanwhile, there have been rallies across the country i in support of hadi. This was the scene early on thursday. Hadi also met the secretary general of the gulf corpse council. The g. C. V. Is back hadi. Translator i talked with his excellency the president on how to make sure yemen doesnt become a place for terrorist and extremist organizations. As to our support, it will continue as before. The g. C. C. Leaders are very happy for his excellence is escape. Lets speak to mohamed who joins us on the phone from. Mohamed, president hadi has
The winner is. The oscars are handed out. Well tell you who ising home a statuette. We begin in syria where rebels say they have killed 300 soldiers of is sad in the last week. Dozens have been retained. Assads troops had captured the northern suburbs of aleppo if a surprise attack, but within a day they were over run by the rebels. These areas are strategic because the government would have cut the main supply lines for the rebels in aleppo edging the siege on two main pro assad syria villages. The u. N. Special envoy is heading there to try to reduce the fighting. He has had some assurance from the government that it will stop all Aerial Bombardments on aleppo for six wings our diplomatic editor james bays reports. Reporter this will be the fourth time special envoy has visited damascus since july when he took over the job of fining peace in syria. Probably the hardest task in global diplomacy. Hes already received an initial commitment from president assad for a sixweek freeze in al