The white flag of retreat ukranian forces pull back as prorussian separatists make gains on the battlefields. We begin with a developing story out of pakistan. The countrys state television has returned to air after this was overrun by protesters, the station is under army protection, and protesters are voluntarily leaving. Protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister nawaz sharif. The protesters seem to be getting bolder and bolder. What has been happening in the last few hours, kamal hyder. They are getting bolder, partly because the Security Forces under the civilian administration have failed to contain this problem. Thousands of police men have been involved. However, they have not been able to control the protestors, and as you mentioned, there were serious scenes outside, the crowd entering no the state tv building there were acts of vandalism. It was the timely inference by the military, entrusted with guarding sensitive buildings in the area. The Quick Response t
They pull back as separatists continue to make gains on the battlefield. Pakistans Prime Minister and the army chief are meeting to discuss a security situation in the capitol islamabad. Pressure is mounting on him with thousands of occupying the streets calling for his resignation. Earlier protesters managed to briefly over run the state broadcaster and they moved in and followed orders to leave the facility but many protesters are still intent on this after three days of clashing with police. We are live in islamabad for us with the very latest and lets begin with this important meeting with the Prime Minister and the army chief. What is likely to come out of it and any signs of the protesters backing down . Well, no one knows what is going to come out of this meeting but its a meeting because if you remember on sunday evening the top military commanders met and they asked the government this issue should be dissolved as soon as possible because this was a grave crisis, one that has
Hours after ukrainian president s Petro Poroshenko accused russia direct and open aggression, authorities lost control of the luhansk airport. One month after Vladimir Putin called for talks on statehood for Eastern Ukraine. Al jazeera am peter sharp has more from southEastern Ukraine. 30 kilometers to the west is russia. This is russias second huge humanitarian convey, destination donetsk. The drivers of this military base tell us the drivers have yet to be cleared by the International Red cross but that didnt stop the first convoy pushing across the frontier and wont stop this either. Kiev says its not going to accept this convoy unless it goes through the red cross checks but whats clear is this convoy will roll and i think soon whether kiev likes it or not. The eu warned the kremlin on the weekend it would impose tough new sanctions within seven days unless russia curbed its issues with ukraine. There wont be a military solution in this situation. This is the view of the other eu m
Palestinians say there is as danger to long term peace. Outrage in hong kong, lawmakers shout shame as a Community Leader after china rejects open nominations for the election. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im libby casey. A town in iraq is waking up free from the Islamic State group. Amerly had been under siege. Major allies overseas, including Prime Minister David Cameron are debating the next steps in going after the i. S. Group. Phil ittner is live in london. The u. S. Is claiming victory in the battle for amerly, but the president facing criticism from senators for his strategy in iraq and syria. What are they saying . Well, del, theres been heavy criticism of president obama in the pace and decisiveness of actions in regard to the this had become a siege. They were surrounded by Islamic State fighters. U. S. Planes along with the british, french and australians had been dropping humanitarian aid to the community. In washington, president obama still coming under