Sentence. Good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford live in new york city. Thailand a weekend of violent protests as street fights broke out over the fate of the Prime Minister. Demonstrators want her out, thinking she is a puppet of her brother. Four are dead, 50 injured as protesters try to take over government buildings. A distinct shift in the antigovernment protests on sunday. For the first time in seven days police in bangkok are fighting back. Heavy use of tear gas as they faced off with protesters at the metropolitan police headquarters. Several thousand protesters crowded the nearby streets. Back and forth surges as they chipped away at the barricade. They were soaked with whelm calcal chemicalladen water. Suthep thaugsuban rallied his protesters. He showed fatigue. This is one group surging into the main complexes. They have three destinations, minister of commerce and two telephone stations. Sunday was victory day before the protesters hit the streets. B
A village was massacred in a church. They need our help. Protests in australia over proposals to cull sharks. Ukraines protesters have been out on the freezing streets for two months, hoping to get a boost from the worlds most powerful nations. They are due to meet secretary of state john kerry in berlin. They want ukraines president to step down because hes steering the country closer to russia, and because of moves hes made. The opposition activist said he was abducted and tortured. They say they were protecting him from being arrested. Translation police said they had an order to arrest mitchell. There were many police cars. We spoke to the doctors, they con firm he was in worse condition and agreed with an investigate. He asked the officers to leave and organise a 24 hour duty to not break the law. The u. S. Government condemns the attack. We were appalled by signs of torture inflicted on protest leaders, who were found after having been missing for a week. We are concerned by repo
Deadly clouds of gas. Ukraines protesters received validation today. They sat side by side with western powers pledging support. John kerry says the u. S. Backs what he calls their fight for democracy. You are looking at live pictures of Independence Square in the capital. Protesters have been rallying for more than two months. Tens of thousands of ukrainians have been demonstrating across the country. The battle putting russia and u. S. On opposing sides. Jennifer glasse joins us with more. John kerry met with the opposition. Did they get what they want . Well, i think they got some words. They got a lot of support. It was important as they met with the u. S. Secretary of state, a big boost. It shows supporters in ukraine, that they do have backing from bigtime international documents, but i think they would like to see more concrete support, and they really kind of need the help. One of the opposition leaders, Vitaly Klitschko, the former heavy wait boxer, places the blame in ukraine
Faces its worst drought in modern history. As the country kicks down the kickoff we look at who is really going to cash in on the super bowl. Ukraines protesters got a big endorsement from the United States. Secretary of state john kerry met with opposition figures on the sideline of a munich conference. U. S. Is considering sanctions. Russia accused western powers of fanning the flames of unrelevant. There are still demands for the ukraine president to step down. Jennifer glasse follows the developments. Ukrainian Opposition Leaders meeting with secretary of state john kerry in munich got words of support. Its not clear what else. They are fighting for the right to associate with partners to help them realise their aspirations. The United States and e. U. Stand with the people of ukraine in that fight. Despite a standoff, a sign theres room for manoeuvre, and Opposition Leader saying a political solution is on the tainable. The only chance to decrease the dictatorship powers of the pr
Not guilty al jazeera camera found Baher Mohamed has been cleared of all charges. Replacing hamid karzai live in afghanistan where preparations are under way for a president ial election. A day that thai protesters never wanted is over. Polls have closed. 49 million were eligible to cast their ballots. Many were unable to do so. Aint government protesters blocked roads, surrounding a ballot distribution center. Four of bangkoks districts were shut down. Thousands of polling stations were closed around the country. There were scuffles when antigovernment protesters met at the station. Fighting occurred in some places there were demands that some pom center be reopened. In her north bangkok neighbourhood Yingluck Shinawatra arrived as the polls opened. Setting an example that she hoped millions would follow on sunday. Its a duty to exercise the right to vote. Doesnt matter who you vote for. We must support the election protest. In other parts of the capital anticipated troubles were brew