Fighting is intensifying in Eastern Ukraine hours before a new ceasefire is due to take affect effect. These are pictures of prorussian separatists on the outskirts of debaltseve. They said, we are confident these are Russian Military not separatists. Well, these are the areas currently held by fighters. Theyve also been reports of shelling and live fire in the town of luhansk. However, the main battle seems to be control of d debaltseve. They are under intense fire. Many are forced to leave their homes in Eastern Ukraine due to the constant shelling. Its been seven months since dmitri and his wife and son left the bombing of ukraine. They are now in a college dormitory, they didnt have a spoon or fork when they arrived. But they dont complain. He got work as a builder. A representative from the company came hear saying that he needed men. I work as a shop assistant. The dorm houses 53 ukrainian refugees atet moment down from a peak of 128. Since december 1st theyve been paying their o
The white house is Benjamin Netanyahu. Airplanes that debuted during the First World War this year marks 100 years of the fighter plane. Welcome to the program. Its a rare sight on the streets of nos scow, thousands are protestors marching together. These are pictures from the russian capitol. The march was in memory of Boris Nemtsov, a vocal critic of president putin and he was shot dead friday night. Rory challands joins us from moscow. It has turned into a vigil after a protest march tell us whats happening on the streets and the atmosphere there. Youre right this is a rare site in modern moscow. Not since the anti putin demonstration of 2011 and 2012 have we seen so many people coming out to voice their opposition to the kremlin. Of course, the main reason for why they were turning out was a mourning reason, it was for a memorial for Boris Nemtsov the opposition politician killed here in moscow on friday night. Because it was a memorial pro discretion, this was a quiet affair. Yes,
Stronghold. A new report saying the oceans worth billions, are in danger of collapse. O welcome to the programme. European leaders will hold an emergency meeting in brussels on the growing crisis in the Mediterranean Sea. More than 1,000 arrived on unsafe overcrowded boats. Its feared the number of migrants could reach 200,000 by the end of the year. Laurence lee is standing by in brussels, where the emergency meeting will take place. First to Barnaby Phillips who is in catania, where thousands have been arriving. Bring us up to date with the latest on the situation today. What has been happening where you are. The most recent arrivals were getting off an italian customs boat. They were brought in this morning, 220 people. We under all from subsaharan africa. Almost all men, but a handful of women, including some pregnant women amongst them. We watched them taken off the boat into Processing Centers into the port throughout the past hour. This is the context and the reason why there is
South africa. Hello. Eu Foreign Ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss further sanctions against russia. Pro russian separatists in ukraine have claimed an overwhelming victory in the selfrule referendum. Russia says the result ares must be respected. Within hours of the polls closing here in donetsk, organizers say 89 of voters chose selfrule. A similar vote with similar results was held in the neighbori neighbori neighboring region. The president has called for participation in the region. Translator the implementation comes with rule in a civilized manner without outrage of violence or dialogue. Represents of kiev, donetsk. Thats lavrov there speaking at the eu meeting. The British Foreign secretary hague condemned the referendum. These votes, attempts of referendum have zero credibility. In the eyes of the world they are illegal by anybodys standard. They dont meet anybodys standard of being properly con ducted in proper referendum or election. The people organizing them didn
We are live in johannesburg. Arrival protests in tie land following problems that forced the Prime Minister from. And music it is. How a deal with apple could make this man the first hiphop billionaire. The Worlds Largest block of islamic countries has described the kidnapping of more than 270 school girls as barbaric and inhumane. The organization for Islamic Corporation says groups like boko haram is about islam. Boko haram has threatened to sell the girls into slavery. They. Al jazeera raji has more from the capitol. The Nigerian Military broke its silence issuing a rare detailed statement trying to exonerate soldiers from allegations that they had advanced warning hours before the attack but failed to act accordingly. Instead, the military said what they did receive were calls for reinforcement once the attack was underway, that it had to dispatch reinforcements to more than 120 kilometers away in a very rugged and difficult terrain that soldiers were ambushed, that they were recei