We begin now with some stern words over ukraine. Ukrainian Prime Minister accusing russia of wanting to start another world war iii if speaking world war. By russia on ukraines territory. Will lead to military conflict in europe. The world has not yet forgotten world war ii. A russia already wants to start world war iii. Highnsions are running east of ukraine as the government is carrying out what it calls an antiterrorist operation. Program russian separatists have seized have seized control of several cities. We go to Douglas Herbert who is covering events for us now. Youre just north of the eastern city. You have seen Ukrainian Special forces. Describe for us the Current Situation at this hour. Hour is really in the past that we came upon the first sign that we can see of this antiterrorist operation in kiev. We came upon a large unit of Ukrainian Special forces. These were highly disciplined soldiers that the military camouflaged. Their fingers on the trigger. These were soldiers t
Kidnapped from his cherished parish not far from the border of northern nigeria. What more do we know about the circumstances surrounding the priests disappearance . Beene kidnapping has confirmed. The minister said this happened in northern cameroon, a region classified as red because of the kidnappings in the village ofkoza. Koza. The priest was in his parish when kidnappers went in and took him away from his home. So far, we have not heard any claim of responsibility or this. This is an area where an alarmist Islamic Group is known to operate. What is the likelihood they might be behind this abduction . France is saying they would not be surprised at all. The group kidnapped several groups several members of a French Family earlier this year and released members of the family two months later. Other factors also point to them. They are not putting it more strongly than that for now. The kidnappers spoke english, which is the lingua franca in ,eighboring nigeria, a huge multilingual
He makes his inaugural address from a wheelchair following the sick to he was too participate in. Also coming up, the scandal rocking the nba. Withers players protest black socks and armbands after the owner allegedly made racist comments telling a woman not to bring africanamericans to the games. Work is underway for what is meant to be the tallest building in the world. That is the kingdom tower in saudi arabia. It should end up at an epic one kilometer high. This hour in egypt where 700 people, including the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, have been sentenced to death over support of ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi. The court that handed down the verdict also changed 500 other death sentences given last month into prison sentences. For more on the situation, lets bring in jpeg jacob in cairo. What is the chance the new death sentences could be commuted like the 500 sentenced to death last month and changed again today . They justmentioned, commuted the last 500 sentences.
We first begin with the story of the syrian elections with syrians are broad abroad begin counting their votes this wednesday and a boat that is widely expected to return Bashar Alassad to power. Lebanon in particular held voting amid allegations syrian officials may have pressured refugees into voting. An estimated 200,000 of the 3 million syrians living abroad are eligible to vote, but the Syrian Opposition and its allies declared the election to be a sham. The rest of syria will be going to the polls next tuesday. For more on the story, lets. Ross what was the turnout like today in lebanon where there are many Syrian Refugees about . It was pretty tumultuous. Thousands of Syrian Refugees and the embassyed up at today. It was the only polling station in the whole country. Ashas been extended tomorrow an emergency measure because. Here were so many people schoolchildren had to cancel exams in the area because they said they could not get to their schools. The traffic was intense, and
An update from our correspondents. I will be with you for the next hour of news. Coming up in the program, france, making the grade in their world cup a view. Big in thecoring passing role on argentinas 21 victory. Oncean Antonio Spurs are again nba champions. Tony parker and tim duncan defeated the defending title for titleholders. We will have that and more in our sports update. But first, Embassy Evacuations and possible u. S. Iran cooperation. Leaders are scrambling for ways to confront the ongoing military offensive in iraq. Western embassies began evacuating staff from baghdad despite the governments claim that they were repelling the assault. From isis they say they have killed scores of iraqi soldiers as they advance on the capital. The Group Released photos reportedly documenting the massacres. The exact number of those killed has not yet confirmed. Thomas waterhouse has more. By theh video released Iraqi Defense ministry shows the latest missile attacks on buildings and vehic