New york city. Al qaeda was not involved in the attack of the american consulate in benghazi, thats what a New York Times investigation found. The new report says the attack was led by militants who the u. N. Tried to recruit as allies. Since the attacks some republicans argued that not only had alqaeda planned the attack, but the Barack Obama Administration covered up the connection. The report says the benghazi residents joined in the attack, fuelled by an antiislam video, as well as misinformation. The attack was not meticulously planned. It wasnt spontaneous, and there were warning signs. A diplomatic cable described growing problems with security and suggested that the focus on alqaeda distracted from more serious threats in the country. Jim walsh is from mit and specialises in International Security and says the security approach wasnt enough on local threats. We assumed that the bigger groups would control the smaller groups or give us advance intelligence. They had more allegia
Hands on training, College Students inventing new lifesaving devices. And we begin in ukraine where there are new developments tonight. President Viktor Yanukovych announced a truce in order to start new negotiations. But as you can see in Independence Square in kiev, fires are still burning. This has been the scene of intense fighting between police and protesters in the past. At least 26 killed, several injured, some critically. Police will stop trying to break up protest camps. President obama says he is closely monitoring to make sure consequences result. The barricades were already burning when changes were announced. After the police tried to force them from here on tuesday night. The hope is negotiations can avoid further bloodshed. The violence left over 25 dead on both sides and hundreds injured. This volunteer medic said she alone treated more than 50 people. Translator yesterday was simply a nightmare. Many people were injured from grenades. There were pieces of plastic and
Life after war former fighters find new lives in the democratic republic of congo. We begin in ukraine where theres no sense of who is running the country. The president is out of the capital, after being impeached by parliament. No one is sure if he is still in ukraine. His arch rival tymoschenko is free after two years in gaol. She made her way to independence square, where she urged protesters to remain until the struggle is over. The camps from quiet, but many protesters remained. The main question now is somewhere the president. He has, in fact, abandoned his residence and was seen claiming he was the victim of a coup. Whelm talk to Rory Challands at the Winter Olympics in sochi, an event eclipsed by event in ukraine, first to Andrew Simmonds in kiev. Where is Viktor Yanukovych, do we know of his fate . No one knows where he is, but an incident in the east of the country has been described where a plane a president ial charter plane. It was stopped from taking off. Armed men, body
A push to recognise and reconcile children who were virtually stolen by their families. It was heart breaking to walk by empty cages top predators falling victim to a virus. The race to save a sanctuary full of big cats. We begin with breaking news in lebanon, where a series of explosions has claimed seven lives. A pair of bomb blasts ripped through a suburb south of the capital beirut. Its a predominantly shia muslim community. Four civilians and one military officer were killed, along with two suspected suicide bombers. Reports say it was a car bomb and a motorcycle bomb exploding subtle aniously outside simultaneously outside an iranian embass which. Around the World Governments in crisis. In ukraine 25 are dead, and hundreds injured after police went into kievs Independence Square and cracked down on antigovernment demonstrators have been camped out since december. In thailand fighting in the streets. In venezuela. Deadly protests. This is a live look at kiev. We have this report m
Different currencies are in every day use. And from bali less and less tuna is being caught due to overfishing. Hello, ukraines opposition claims that Viktor Yanukovych left the capital. His residents, 15km from kiev is empty and unguarded. In Parliament Mps are leaving to discuss the crisis now. The opposition wants Viktor Yanukovych to resign and elections to take place in may. Protesters are still in independence square, as you can see, in kiev, despite a deal aimed at ending the crisis. Translation today president Viktor Yanukovych left the country and basically removed himself from fulfilling his duty as a president. No one knows whether he is. According to the constitution, in this case supreme counsel, hes going to make a decision to remove Viktor Yanukovych as president. We propose that Viktor Yanukovych resigns, and that will trigger early election. According to constitution, it should take place not later than 25 may. Again, i would like to remind everyone, and ask everyone t