accuratelyial address. edward snowden wants to return home to the u.s. no one claims enough votes for victory in the african union s elections a rescue mission in mines in eastern ukraine where there has been a huge explosion. it happened at a coal mine in the city of donetsk. 30 are dead dozens trapped below ground. let s speak to john hendren. what happened. how many people are trapped on the ground. the report we have it 30 or dead. 70 people are trapped under the ground. the ukranian member of parliament said 32. we know there were about 200 peel working in that mine is the 7am when it exploded. it s one of the oldest and best-known mines in ukraine, and appears the coal is used for the benefit of the ukranian republic. people who are in control of this part of the country, that may explain why we are getting a bit of an information lag. only confirming one dead and 14 injured. this is in line with history of this. this is the third time in recent years that we have h
squad. and the latest in lesotho, where no one has enough photos to claim victory in the african elections. so then a rescue mission is underway at a mine in eastern ukraine where there has been a huge explosion. families of dozens missing are gathering outside the mine in the city of donetsk. according to reports, 30 are dead, others dropped below ground. u.s. president obama says the israeli prime minister has no viable alternatives for dealing with iran in a speech to the congress. world powers would see sanctions dropped for strict limits on iran s ability to produce fuel. binyamin netanyahu claimed that it would lead to a nuclear-armed iran. reporter: this was unprecedented, a leader of a kunt country, giving a speech criticising the white house. here to talk about iran and the ongoing negotiations over its nuclear programme. this deal has two major concessions, one leaving iran with a vast nuclear programme, and, two, lifting restrictions on the programme in a
now representatives from libya s court-appointed government in tripoli have reportedly held talks. a new round of political dialogue will take place in mow morocco. the talks are expected to start on thursday. let s speak to james bayes who joins us from the united nations. the security council has been meeting, we heard from the libyan envoy to the u.n. but also the u.n. representative for libya. reporter: yes, the secretary general special representative has been speaking to the security council with regard to libia. he is trying to facilitate these talks. talks that are supposed to take place in the next 24 hours in morocco. he told the security council what is at stake. the overall situation on the ground is deteriorating rapidly, and libya can no longer afford to allow the political crisis and armed conflict that has gripped the country for much of the past year cannot to fester longer. james meanwhile we heard from the libyan representative to the u.n., who had
artwork from north korea. now the u.n. envoy to libya say the situation on the ground is quickly deteriorating. they have addressed the u.n. security council video i can t via a video link to libya. they would hold talks with the rival tibruk-based government. now they say that there have been further airstrikes of tripoli s airport. right now we re here at the airport for meetings. as you can see hyped me, there s are blum of the smoke of the airstrikes. this is yet another attempt to prevent us from going to the meetings and sabotage the effort of the libyan government. i stress that we re still going and we ll represent the government that will unite libya. now the u.n. envoy has called for an meet cease-fire after tit-for-tat violence from both sides. isil affiliated groups have clashed with forces loyal to the government in tripoli. and jets from the tibruk-based government has also targeted in sirte. james, they heard about the situation in libya from the libya r
officials say that more than 30 people have been killed after an explosion in a coal mine in donetsk. the plast occurred underground. it happened in the early hours of the morning and could have been caused by a technical fault. the rescue operation has been hampered by concerns about poisonous gas. our correspondent is at the mine where the explosion happened and has been telling me more about the casualties. reporter: an official has confirmed to us that 33 people have been killed. they say they brought seven of the bodies out. we are told by the officials that around 30 people are still trapped inside the mine which i m standing outside of now. some rebel soldiers are standing guard outside. and although you don t get a huge sense of emergency here there aren t lots of emergency vehicles and this has been a pretty tragic incident we believe the explosion at the mine happened in the early hours this morning. just to recap, a representative of the rebels saying 33 people