Conversation about ukraine and europe. Im paul beban at the Winter Olympics in sochi. Cost overruns and scandal will take second place to the pageantry. Even in the plane, new york was pulling us down. And i had a great time. Ringo remembers the day the fab fouring landed in america and beatle mania took off. Hello, the people of [ inaudible ] are finally starting to get the help they are waiting for, after months of shelling reduced the syrian city to ceasefire. Aid should start arriving on saturday. Here is the latest. Reporter these are some of the most warweary residents of holmes. They have been trapped in the rebelheld city without regular access to food or medicine and have come under near daily shelling. Their evacuation is part of the surprise deal brokered between the go and the opposition by the united nations. According to state tv they have been used as human shields by what it called terrorists. But its estimated around 2500 residents remain under siege. It has been a key
Afghanistan chooses its next government. From europe. Fiefersurvivors of srebrenica. In ukraine, prorussia protestors occupying a government building have unilaterally declared an independent country. From donetske, kim vanel reports. This is a celebration of independence. Thousands of prorussia demonstrators, listening to songs of the sof yes era, those inside by midday called donetske an independent republic. Not only here today have they announced donetske is now an independent republic, theyve also declared inside a resolution, passing on to Vladimir Putin asking for his help. Their first demand, a referendum whether to join russia. Translator we are addressing you Vladimir Putin as the last hope for our future and the future of our children. In russia we see the last remaining defender of the cowltd culture of the russian world. S. Responds with violence. Ukraines acting president though says russia is to blame, accusing it of sending provocateurs across the border. The second wav
From you from the premier league and a world sprinting champion is banned for doping. Details later in the program. But first, in ukraine, a second day of military action is underway as the government in kiev tried to take back separatist strongholds in the east. Prorussian groups are calling for peacekeepers to appeal to moscow to send troops. Seven military opinibservers taken over a week ago reporter on a roadside north of donetsk, they embraced freedom with an over powering sense of relief. A carefully choreographed handover. You cant imagine. Its happiness, deep relief. The situation was really tough. The last two nights, as we saw the situation developing, every minute gets longer and finally, with the cooperation of all of the key players, it went perfectly. I thank you very much. Reporter the men looked calm but tired. The tension of their captivity and the nerves as their freedom came closer was obvious to see. They had been detained by the selfproclaimed mayor of slovyansk. T
The president was forced underground. Is it to be radicalization all around in the arab worlds most populous state . Egypt, the crackdown. That is the debate. We will also be checking in with james in our media segment. Lets say hello again to claire. Thank you. These are the headlines. Mollys new president thanks his neighbors for their help. Egyptian Security Forces clashed with armed groups in a town near cairo. More than 50 people have been arrested. And it ran will never iran will never develop nuclear weapons. That is what prsident was on he promised the American Media and ahead of that is what the president promised the American Media ahead of the u. N. General assembly. We start with the inauguration of the new president of mali. He pledged to focus on security andonciliions. After the nightmare we have experienced in our recent history, i would like to promise the following, never again. To our neighbors who trembled due to the crisis in molly do mali to the countries that suf
Stalemate as neither side is Strong Enough to win. He said the Syrian Regime may call for a ceasefire at the peace talks in geneva. A stalemate according to syrias epiprime minister. After two and a half years of unrest, he told a british newspaper neither side is Strong Enough to win and he will call for a ceasefire if another round of delayed talks in geneva take place. Neither the opposition nor regime is capable of defeating the other side. This will not change for a while. Last week, russia and the United States agreed on a deal to destroy syrias chemical weapons arsenal. The plan needs approval from the Un Security Council and syria must sign up to it. Members of the council have been meeting in new york. The British Ambassador gave little away about how the talks are going. We are having constructive discussions i think progress is being made. We will keep meeting until we reach agreement. Secretary of state john kerry appealed to the council to move quickly to approve the deal