Week ahead. Our top story, celebrations on the ukrainian peninsula. Voters approved a referendum to rejoin russia. Russian supporters demonstrated in the streets for hours across crimea. The Election Commission reports an 80 vetter turn out. Here are the voter turn out. Here are the results. They are overwhelming. When asked about becoming a subject of the russian federation, more than the 95 votediers. 4 voted for more autoony. The united nations, the e. U. , and the white house condemned the vote. We have a team on the ground. Jennifer glasse talks to people for and against the election in sevastopol. But first the south of the nation where Nick Schifrin joins us live. What is the next step for crimea now . Everyone here is not looking west, but east. You get a lot of criticism for international and domestic monitors critical of the referendum. They have a long list of irreg u latteries, and they say it was conducted do hastily. They have a voter role that was not accurate. They have
Born free in south africa on the eve of the election. We hear from the post apartheid generation. Thailands Prime Minister denies all accusations that she abused her powers. Yingluck shinawatra testified before a constitution court. A group of senators filed a case. If found guilty shell have to stand down. Yingluck shinawatra has been sued in a separate case by the anticorruption party. Six months of protests have so far failed to force her out of office. And well get from from our correspondent in bangkok. What is the case against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra . Reporter all right, this case stems from an action in 2011, transferring her National Security chief out of the post to become the Prime Minister of advisor, which effectively is a powerless inactive position. She accused of using that transfer and manoeuvring a relative by marriage to the position of police chief. In a testimony on tuesday, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said that her actions, whatever she did, was
Society. The war in syria as seen through the eyes of passionate filmmakers. An escalating crisis in iraq. The yislamic state of irq and levant or i. S. I. S. Is gaining momentum as it moves towards baghdad. Rebels fighters took over three more towns. The iraqi army responded with air strikes. Hundreds of thousands of residents were forced to flee as i. S. I. L. Makes its way to iraqs capital. Resident there prepare for violence. Jane is in baghdad. Residents familiar with violence for several years. What do you see as preparations for an invasion of i. S. I. L. . Well, certainly there are a lot more Security Forces around, a lot of iraq yes trying to iraqis trying to leave now that jordanian border falling. It makes it difficult for a lot of people who would have gone by road. As you mentioned, these are drumsic developments. Here in baghdad residents have been struggling with danger for years. Reporter this man was out with his mother when a car bomb exploded. He is eight years old a
Rescue from migrants risking their lives to get to europe. Kurdish peshmerga fighters are on their way to iraq to help defend kobane against isil. A convoy of heavy weapons is already on its way to the northern Syrian Border town. A 600kilometer journey by road. Peshmerga fighters traveling by air are expected to land in kirby in the next identify hours. Few hours, Charles Stratford joins us live. Give us an idea of what happened when they left. Reporter well, it was about three hours ago now that a convoy from erbil here start today move north. It was around about 60 vehicles, including fourwheeldrives, pickup trucks with heavy machine guns, personnel carrier and even buses carrying kurdish fighters. These kurdish fighters were wearing the traditional kurdish dress, carrying weapons. Its difficult to estimate how many men were in the convoy. We hear now that they are in and around the area, which is as i say around about three hours from here. We are also hearing from peshmerga source
Detroits bankruptcy trial and what it could mean for other troubled cities. Thanks for being wher with us. We begin in the ukraine. It comes less than 48 hours since the agreement went into effect between ukraine and the prorussian separatists. The port city of mariupul has been the scene. Harry fawcett has the latest. This was a result of the heavy assault on the edge of mariupul. Closer to the sensor, when prorussian separatists swept in from the east. Whats clear is that this ceasefire is true and well over, a great deal of damage inflicted on Ukrainian Forces positions all around this area. It could be that the russianbacked forces are trying make the most of this and move into the strategic port city. Allowing a clear view of what hours earlier had been a battlefield. It was a battle waged amid the villages of this contested territory. Brought to the door steps of a kindergarten, this one of three Ukrainian Tanks that took up location here. Translator how can the ukrainian army, o