new reporting for axios on a new hostage deal for hamas. they rejected the deal. prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying there was a ultimatum from hamas on the release of hostages today, but he softened slightly. and israel is currently in contact with hamas. what are you learning here? reporter: i think after what happened in beirut today, the hostage talks will go into the deep freeze. i don t know how long it s going to take, but i cannot see any possibility of renewed hostage talks anytime soon. this is a major blow for hamas and i don t think they are going to, that this would make hamas soft in their position, and agree to what they have not agreed to so far. if anything, it will cause hamas to death in their position and refused to negotiate. all right, barak ravid thank you for that. we appreciate your reporting. we are standing by for dozens of documents the naming jeffrey
started up. european foreign ministers wrapped up with ukrainian president yanukovych and polish foreign minister who is uniquely positioned to have the both trust of east and west sides of this what is turning out to be a geopolitical party has gone to meet the opposition and president yanukovych s proposal to the opposition. of course the country that wields the most influence upon the president of ukraine is russia and it is not clear exactly what they have up their sleeve but they have decided tonight to send an envoy of their own to kiev as well. there are lots of snipers on the loose. that is particularly frightening. this video is showing protesters being shot at. ukrainian interior ministry says it is giving the police arms to be used within the law but with so many killed this week it is hard to believe that guns were not already in the mix and it does seem at this point both side are armed the ukrainian interior ministry also said that protesters have taken 69 or 70 police of