Day protesters reaching Thaksin Square. A leading figure in Northern Irelands Republican Party has been arrested for murder. Time to get help torontos mayor taking a leave of absent to deal with his drug problem. Talks are underway in ethiopia between south sudan and rebels in an effort to end the civil war. Fighting intensified over the past two weeks despite an assess fire being signed in february. Thousands have been killed and more than a Million People left homeless since the conflict began in december. Ahead of those talks, the u. S. Secretary of state arrived in united states, and financial sanctions on those responsible for the violence. Our correspondent is live for us in addis ababa. The long hiatus after the talks. What allowed it to happen . A poll anies, we appear to have lost audio contact. Well try to get him back. First, this report by anna cavel. Reporter the tone of the political conflict was set when the president addressed the media wearing military fatigues. The go
Communit community. Hello. Moscow has attacked the European Union for its latest sanctions over russian activities in ukraine. Deputy foreign minister called the measures absolutely counter productive. They target 15 individuals. Among them is the Russian Deputy Prime Minister. Hes responsible for overseeing the annexation of crimea. Also the office of eu says theyre active in Eastern Ukraine and chief of staff for russias mass. All will have assets frozen and subject to a travel ban. All this comes amid for violence in the country. Bbc hasnt been able to authenticate this but it shows a pro ukrainian rally of 1,000 people under attack. There have been continued take overs in buildings by armed men. The bbc is told europe is prepared to go further with sanctions if russians continue to show disregard for what they Call International obligations. Duncan is in brussels and told me the other names on the 3 c1 well this is the are list here with 15 names on it. Its certainly not as wide a
An answer to that centurys old, just who is the face behind mona lisas smile . The organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says it is sending a new factfinding team to syria to investigate the allegation of using chlorine gas to attack. Tell us more about these alleged chlorine attacks. Well, we know that the opposition is claiming at least three attacks used by the government where the government used chlorine. The chlorine was dropped from military helicopters in barrel bombs, and they were dropped in three different areas. The Factfinding Mission will be working in very challenging circumstances. Its going to be very risky and very difficult for these members of the Factfinding Mission to actually determine what exactly happened. The Syrian Government says it did not use chlorine, however, they are being to provide a Factfinding Mission in the areas they control. We have seen more and more attacks inside syria. Rue la, what can you tell us about that . Yes, today there
An oil giant is caught up in the sanctions against russia. It may be british. Bp owns a 20 stake many the giant rosneft. Now the u. S. Has added this man the boss of rosneft to its sanction list saying hes in Vladimir Putins inner circle. We asked what impact this could have on bp. Hello. It is midday in london, 7 00 washington, 3 00 in moscow. Theres been a twist . The tug of war over ukraine. Russia described the unprecedented increase in u. S. And nato activity near borders. The defense minister told his u. S. Counter part to tone down the rhetoric promising russia had no plans to invade ukraine. Meanwhile eu followed washington and announced new sanctions targeting top political players in russia. On the ground the situation remains unchanged and unstable. Nick childs has this. Sloviansk today looking very much like a pro russian strong hold in the ukraines unsettled east. This local resident absolutely supports the separatists here and possible recession. This man says hes for a u
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