Dutch women who joined the i saw in syria and scientists and stargazers witness a rare cause make a friend as the planet mercury passes between the earth and the sun. With this thought is a football or a shard the red card and sent off this part be the victim of racist abuse in ukraine. Hong kong is reeling from one of the most violent days of antigovernment demonstrations in more than 5 months one protester is in Critical Condition after being shot at close range by police well demonstrators are accused of setting a probation supporter on fire chief executive kerry lamb called the protesters the enemy of the people and said the she will not yield to pressure sarah clarke has more from hong kong. Protesters started blocking roads and ran lines during the morning rush hour at a crossroads inside one home district on the east of Hong Kong Island a traffic officer was filmed as he grappled with a demonstrator and then pointed his gun at a 2nd protester and shot him in the torso the peach
affairs. and said nato was acting aggressively. we ll be bringing you salt bags, news conference live when it gets under way. we hope that s going to happen momentarily. well, earlier, at the summit installed back said the summit would change nato for the near future . and the medium term as well i, we will agree that biggest overall, while we re collect the events that are done since the end of the cold war, and u. s. is of course been much part of that. and then we will invite seen in the scene to join april and that demonstrates with naples door is open. um it demonstrates that the president putin has not succeeded in closing, that was door that he is getting the opposite. the wealthy won t see once less, they thought it was, the boot is getting more and they thought by a finance written joining our alliance. well, talk more about this. i m joined here in the studio by d. w as chief political correspondent, melinda cray. monday, stoughton berg. they re speaking of the bigg
theatres this weekend. welcome to al jazeera america. i m morgan radford. the obama administration is preparing to announce on sunday that it has met its deadline to improve healthcare.gov. today is the obama administration s self-imposed deadline to have its healthcare.gov web site up and running for the majority of americans. it was shut down late friday for overnight repairs, and the goal was to handle 50,000 users all at once and to reduce errors. whether it can handle the capacity won t be put to the test. the latest setback for the affordable care act involves small businesses, which were supposed to use their own online marketplace to figure out the best health plans for employees. that won t happen for another year. instead, it s a full-court press to make sure healthcare.gov, the website for individuals, is working. this week in california, the president stood firm. i m willing to fix any problems there are. i m not going to abandon people to make sure there s
this is al jazeera ah, hello, i m sammy s a dime. this is the news. our live from dell are coming up in the next 60 minutes. egypt says israel and the palestinian armed group islamic jihad of agreed to a cease fire in garza. the conflict in its 3rd day at least 41 palestinians, including 15 children are confirmed dead tube and fire fighters are joined by teams from mexico and venezuela. after appeals for international help to put out a blaze at an all time fall, ukraine s president accuses moscow of nuclear, tara, after shelling as a plant in russian held territory. the government of what all goes well, i ll give you over 30, blah, blah. and just days out from kenya s hotly contested elections. we looked at one of the biggest issues of otis and i am he, december to the school sees a loss for manchester, united in erickson huffs 1st game, but a dream lead debut for men, cities, earling holland, high schools twice in a to know when of a west ham. ah, we begin this news hour wit
rebels control a national guard base after ukrainian forces abandoned the site. six separatists and 11 ukrainian soldiers have died in fighting there. civilians are leaving the area. russia is threatened with more sanctions over the crisis. first, an update. the fact a at a the separatit fighters overran the base is not just a humiliating defeat for kiev and their anti terrorist organization as they call it, it s got serious strategic consequences, because this is the base, the headquarters where they control and coordinate the russian border crossings. this is where they communicate with all the border posts. they are now empties and have no way of communicating with the border guard anymore. that means a large blind spot is opening up on the russian border. it means the people in kiev, the government in kiev, the security services no longer have eyes on parts of the russian border. now the separatist fighters say for them, they re trying to create a humanitarian corri