politically motivates. i ll be here with all the days sport, including 20 years on from. thousands gathered one of the greatest drivers of all time. the president of ukraine has announced that he is bringing back military conscription with immediate effect. to the pro russia insurgency. along with ukraine. paul joining us live from kiev, tell us more, paul. good evening, david, the aannouncement was made today, public bank holiday took many people by surprise, although the parliament here voted in a closed session earlier last month. april, to bring this in, urging the president to actually do it. well, the president alexandar has done it, he put it out in his official grass debt. an official publication, a decree saying that men between the aimings of 18 and 25 of graduate level plus those who are graduated and with military training already, will be now subject to serving at least two years of national service within the ukrainian military. the decree as you say, come
in london. police are accused of trying to settle old scores as a leader is questioned for a 4th day. here with all of thespots. a the top and bottom of the english premier league and in spain, paying tribute to former barcelona tito. scomplafrnling now, seven military observers taken hostage in eastern ukraine a week ago have been freed by their rebel ca captors. five were released. the military is continuing defense in the east. pro-russian groups are calling for peace keepers to be sent to the area. al jazeera has teams across ukraine. paul brennan is standing by in the eastern city of donetsk. joan jonah hull, iwhat happens to them now that they have been released what happens to them next? reporter: perhaps not from the look of them when i saw them on the road side earlier on today, they looked rather tired, quite drawn, relieved, of course, but i don t think they will be heading back to this region any time soon. they will be heading back to homes in europe. said,
protest. a couple behind bars for a double murder, the sentence came down. good morning, kathleen sebelius. anyery. s government under pressure to find abducted school girls. eight more were kidnapped. they said they intend to sell the girls to finally do something against this horrendous organization that has perpetrated such a terrible crime. with all eyes on a may 25 election that will determine who will lead in ukraine, those in the eastern part of the country are looking ahead to a vote this weekend. that s when anti-government leaders in donetsk hope for a vote for autonomy and independence from kiev. this is really the crimea playbook all over again and no civilized nation is going to recognize the results of such a bogus effort. secretary of state john kerry warned of new and more powerful sanctions should russia try to disrupt ukraine s elections. if russian elements continue to sabotage the democratic process and prevent ukraine from hold ago fre
years of resistence. we have the top stories from europe. including nothing but hot air, the call to postpone a referendum of independence. and the dangers of too much tv. the new health warning of increased blood pressure in children. boko haram fighters have attacked, gun men s stormed a town on the border of cameroon. the attack was on monday. they attacked that city for over 12 hours. they did not leave until 1:00 in the night. the city was hit by the military and according to the locals a day or two to the attack the military and the civilians vigilanty moved when they heard that some of the school girls who were abducted was hidden around that area. so the insurgents took advantage of the situation and they came in to the city. and actually when they came to the vehicles and so now they attacked the area, and then anybody hiding in that area were shot and killed. they moved into the city. many were killed. according to the residents, they told us not less than 3
The Office of the President has announced the appointment of the new board of the Seychelles Trading Company (STC).
Imtiaz Umarji has been re-appointed as the chairperson and Jerry Adam .