Prisoners detained without trial. Plus im phil lavelle at the Venice Film Festival where theres a syrian wedding taking place, but its not quite what it seems. Find out what i mean shortly. Hello, there, welcome to the program. A ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine is now in its third hour, and so far it appears largely to be holding. But after nato meeting in wales, pressure continues to pile on russia. Well hear the latest from there in a moment. But first paul brennan reports on the ceasefire deal signed in minsk. Reporter central donetsk, late afternoon. Lennon square is once again a place where children can go roller blading. The Contact Group convinced in minsk under a heavy burden of expectation. Ahead of the talks there had been confident predictions that a deal would be possible. The military conflict in east ukraine is no longer winnable. At the nato summit, the ukrainian president described his interpretation of the plan. There are 12 practical steps to establish peace and stabilit
70 killed in three days. Plus. Im harris in la paz bolivia, where modern technology is being used to do more than improve the quality of life of the citizens of this country. We begin in iraq where the u. S. Carried out a new round of air strikes against fighters from the Islamic State group. U. S. And iraqi forces bombed areas where they are trying to protect the haditha dam. Its the first time the u. S. Hit factoring in the superiedominated sunni dominated area of anbar. Defense secretary chuck hagel commented on the situation. First the Iraqi Government asked for support in the strikes. Second it was the Iraqi Security forces on the ground who conceived of the operation. They, too, the Iraqi Security so far as air force is conducting strikes. Haditha dam is important facility for iraq. Lets go to jane arraf in baghdad for us. What is the latest on the battle for haditha, and why are the americans focussing on haditha . Haditha is important infrastructure, the dam, the secondlargest
Thats what ive heard at board of state meetings and else are. America tonights look at how Public School standard could play out in the ballot box. We begin with overcoming disability. We explore the differentliabled, beginning with a young woman leading a challenge against limits set by congress. I was an advocate for myself. I thought if i can do it for myself, i can do it for others. America tonights Sheila Macvicar with an exceptional young woman overcoming disabilities. Good evening, thanks for joining us. This is a critical week for the president. He maps out a strategy to take on Terror Forces across the globe. The most immediate question is how far mr obama will go to bring Islamic State in iraq and syria under control. The u. S. Launched air strikes against i. S. In order to stop them taking control of haditha dam. The president will meet with congressional leaders on tuesday to urge support for the next steps against i. S. , pressing them to back his previous call for half a
Will face justice. And a cry for help from el salvador farmers. Russian president , Vladimir Putin, is offering a plan to end the conflict in eastern ukraine. He says his proposal could be approved on friday where the two sides hold talks about possible ceasefire. Vladimir putin spoke on the phone with ukrainian president poroshenko. He said he and poroshenko hold very similar views on how to end the war, which has killed at least 3,000 people. Translator aiming to end the bloodshed and stabilize the situation in ukraine southeast, i believe the warring parties could be immediately agree upon and implement the following, firstly, end the active offensive operations by the armed forces in ukraine southeast in the areas of donetsk and luhansk. The ukrainian president says he hopes the Peace Process will be launched on friday. Translator how can anyone be against peace . How can anyone reject the fact that people must stop dying . How can we stop these awful events today . It is just barb
Why doctors are hopeful of a breakthrough. A ceasefire between ukranian Government Forces and separatists has been breached. A government checkpoint in the port city of mariupol came under fire overnight. Its the first serious violation of the truce declared on friday. Harry fawcett has this report from mariupol. Reporter it took a little more than a day for ukraines ceasefire to go up in flames. This was the result of a heavy assault on mariupol, closer to the center than anything that came in the proceeding days, when prorussian forces swept in from the east. What is clear from the event of the last couple of hours is that the ceasefire is over. What we did see was a deal of damage inflicted on ukranian forces, positions around the area. It could be that the russian backed forces are trying to make the most of that. Earlier the ceasefire appeared to be holding, allowing a view of what hours earlier had been a battlefield. It was a battle waged amid the villages of this territory. Bro