Hello, im ray suarez. Arseniy yatsenyuk was named interim Prime Minister of ukraine, as demonstrators clashed with police. In the dramafilled games, president Viktor Yanukovych left the country, Russian Forces landed and took control of the crimean peninsula, and now that part of ukraine, formerly part of russia is heading towards a referendum in its future status. If crimea declares independence, its assumed its an interim status before it lines up with russia. The u. S. , britain, france, germany, italy, canada and japan promised to take action against russia if it happens. Whats at take for the United States. What American National interest is on the line. When people in other countries argue over a territory and International Border changes. Prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk comes to washington hoping the u. S. Will back its threats with action. President obama hosted his first meeting with Arseniy Yatsenyuk. The interests of the United States is making sure that the people of ukrai
The government tries to control Opposition Strongholds in venezuela. Vladimir putin has started taking the legal steps needed to bring the region of crimea into russia. Russias president informed the parliament of crimeas request to join the federation after it voted to breakaway from ukraine. The actions come despite sanctions being imposed by the United States and the European Union. For the latest from moscow, lets go to fred. It shows how little attention putin is paying to the sanctions. They are of a wristslapping nature until now. They dont seem to weigh in the ballot against crimea, not just for Vladimir Putin, but most of the russian elite that i talk to. That could change your if the crisis deepens and the sanctions tougher, but right now they are laughing it off. Putin signed a decc cree recognising crimea as an independent country, a move to facilitate accession from the russian perspective, of course. Well we are going to know for sure in four hours when Vladimir Putin add
Migrants lives of migrants more dangerous. And torture around the world theres the topic of the week ahead. We begin in ukraine where residents in the east held a controversial vote on autonomy, taking a violent turn when gunmen tried to break up the vote. Amateur video by two different people shows the moment chaos breaks out. Well hshow it to you take a look. Gungun [ gunfire ]. The man you saw was tended to by others in the crowd. At least one is believed to have died. What you are seeing is a prorussian separatist killed in the shooting. Kievs interim government denies its forces were involved. We spoke to a journalist who witnessed the event. They started to shoot in the air, because more and more people came, and they were shouting. They started to shoot in the air, and then at the people. That happened a few times, you know, in a row, and then later on in the afternoon there were four fans coming, and they tried to get the guys inside out, and they were starting to shoot all aro
Planes hunting for the airliner, why Mother Nature may derail the ascertain for flight mh370. Explosions and gunfire. Russia tightens its grip on crimea, in what could be a last stand for ukrainian soldiers. Good morning, and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Ive from new york city. Im Morgan Radford. Its 3am in Washington State where rescue workers have been searching through the night for victims of a massive mud slide. It happened saturday morning, 30 miles north of seattle killing three people. Rescue workers say they heard voices crying for help from beneath the debris. The state governor declared a state of emergency after a mountain of mud flowed. Rocks, debris hit the area northeast of seattle. 2 miles from here. Its pretty much everything that is gone. This man was driving when the slide hit. I was coming down the hill. I saw the darkness, like someone wants to grab you and everything was gone. Like three seconds. Three people were called by a wall of mud, 80 feet wide and deep.
Man touring brazils world cup stadiums and hoping to help his team to victory. Well, the Prime Minister may have been to the east of ukraine, but his visit doesnt seem to have calmed the situation. In the past couple of hours armed men seized a Police Building in donetsks region. The interior minister is warning of a tough fight and special forces are on their way to the area. Its a similar scene 150km away in li in lukhansk. Lets start there. How is the proceeding there . Well, it is a situation that is developing at the moment. What we know so far and can confirm is that the Police Building has been surrounded by men dressed in military fatigues and carry weapons. They have not identified themselves so far. What is feared is whether they have entered the building. Presumably they have, and whether there are any people in that building. It is a Police Building, so presumably there were policemen who were on duty, and its not clear whether they were allowed here. Certainly it is a situ