The International Criminal court. Plus the beat goes on in a state of war. Al jazeera travels to the border of the democratic republic of congo and the Central African republic. Hello, the russian government says it will not go to war over crimea, but it also refuses to accept the threat of more sanctions from europe and the United States. And the Russia Parliament says that it is up to the crimean people to do if they want to break away from ukraine. Peter sharp reports from moscow. [ applause ] reporter a standing ovation for the crimean deputies arriving at the russian parliament. Their overwhelming vote on thursday was applauded here, seen almost as a declaration of independence, nesz age from their murussian brothers, welco home and a promise. Translator everything is clear from this side of moscow, no hesitations. I assure you our total support. Everyone is just excited about this, because this is a festive occasion. Reporter festivities extending to red square and no doubt here
Video. In the past couple hours the u. N. Arab league told the opposition what it must attend peace talks in switzerland and they are trying to build a framework for negotiations to end the fighting and involving rebel fighters and politicians is difficult and the comments are a day after reports of an israeli air strike on a weapons basin side syria. Im going to meet representatives from russia and the United States in what we call the trilateral and we have been working together for quite some time now. And i think that probably in the afternoon or the second day, the representatives of the rest of the p 5 will join us and other countries. There are some very, very serious efforts being developed everywhere to try and make this conference possible. But, you know, we will say it when it happens. Reporter lets go to al jazeera and in beirut in lebanon where they are going in the coming hours and they say geneva two will not happen or go ahead without opposition but that are divided whe
Pinpoint and check people worldwide. And not just a pest how this creepy crawley is helping to design the robots of tomorrow. Beginning the newshour. 20 are dead after an aattack in sanaa. Gunmen are believed to have infiltrated the building through the eastern wing. Building. The situation is now under control. There are reports of sporadic gunfire and explosions. We spoke to the editor in chief of the yemen post. It has not been safe in the capital. This was expected. The regime warned that they could escalate. What is behind the attack is unknown. I would not be surprised if al qaeda is not linked to the attack. Or that we dont see more of al qaedas links because it seems more unorganised than an organised attack. There are casualties between injured and killed. The government is downplaying the incident, saying that they have everything under control. But how is he on the ground. Its delicate and the government is as weak as it is to me. We feel that. The government now is being se
Of democracy . But first, a few hours ago, a bomb exploded at a checkpoint near baghdad. The countrys security sunk ever further into chaos. The iraqi Prime Minister is looking for someone to blame and accused qatar amend saudi arabia. The latest attack was the city of hilla. The twisted frame of the security checkpoint is testament to the power of the blast. During rushhour traffic, the driver of a minibus detonated his cargo. The drivers and passengers didnt stand a chance. This is the main entrance into hillah south of baghdad of the at least 50 cars were destroyed. One man clearly shocked describes the scene. The checkpost was very crowded when the bomb went off. There are so many victims, Police Officers and other citizens. This Police Officer is going through Peoples Telephone address books looking to go contact relatives and tell them of this attack. Violence continues to blight iraq and his Prime Minister is in no mood to mince words. He blamed the governments of saudi arabia a
72hour humanitarian truce. And humanitarian support or encoursion they send trucks to wartorn Eastern Ukraine. So we begin in iraq where two battles are unfolding one political and one a humanitarian disaster. In baghdad a new Prime Minister has been nominated to replace Nouri Almaliki and he has the support of the United States and iran but they call it a violation of the constitution. Meanwhile we have Kurdish Forces backed by u. S. Air strikes continuing their battle against Islamic State fighters in the north. Thousands of people have fled their homes in fear of Islamic State fighters advancing on their towns. And we have a repetitive of the u. N. General of iraq and ahead of the u. S. Assistance mission there and is live from bulgaria and good to speak to you and we see Nouri Almaliki growing increasingly isolated both within and outside iraq, what is he likely to do next . Well, first let me say the political process has moved forward there is a new nomination for a Prime Ministe