Sending troops into ukrainian territory. And syria speeds up its efforts to rid itself of chemical weapons. Are english and scotts dancing to the same tune . Plus crisis talks on pompeii as rains destroy walls that withstood a volcanic rep shun almost 2,000 years ago. And the diplomatic war of words instancefies around ukraine, inside there has been a confrontation between ukrainian soldiers and prorussian soldiers. Warning shots were fired at an air base in crimea. We have the report from the base. And i believe we can actually cross to hoda who is there right now. Hoda what more can you tell us about this tense standoff that happened at bell bank . Well its more that tensions are very high here and everybody is quite jittery. From what we understand is ukrainian soldiers walked out of the base just behind me, towarding the airstrip about 200 meters to my right, and thats where they were facetoface with russian socialeds. The russian soldiers seemed to be jittery as well. So one of th
After decades of civil war. Rival rallies raised tensions between pro russia and pro kiev supporters in ukraine. Art wars. The north american add vert thats got italy up in arms over its renaissance masterpiece. Vietnam Police Authorities found debris in the sea they think could be linked to the missing malaysian passenger plane. There are still no confirmed reports about where it is or what happened. Interpol voids concerns about concerns at the airport, saying two stolen passports were used by passengers to board the plane. It is not known if that is linked to the disappearance but footage is being checked. One man said he thought his passport wouldnt be used again. May be some people come to steal my passport and i think my passport cant be used again, because when they come back to italy, i talk with police, Italian Police and i think nobody can use. Military radar indicates the missing jet may have turns back before vanishing. Based upon that, teams looking for the plane have wide
Poverty. Tensions escalating on the ground in ukraine where proukrainian activists were attacked by prorussian groups in the crimean city of sevastopol. R Russian Troops in control of the region. John kerry warned them any moves to annex it would close the door to diplomacy. Jennifer glasse is following the developments in ukraine. Vladimir Putin Says Russian ukraine wont go to war at all, but 16,000 proRussian Troops occupy the region in the west. Is russia gaining ground . Reporter morgan, they are gaining ground. They surrounded another base today. Thats a border point, a border base there. Basically the coast guard. These are lightly armed very lightly trained folks. The ukrainians retreated inside the base. This is the 11th base they have taken control over since they arrived seven days ago. Theyve surrounded and blockaded Ukrainian Forces on the bases and ships at sea. Basically the Ukrainian Military can do virtually nothing here in crimea. Russian forces very much in control of
Venezuelans protesters. Sarah palin rallying conservatives. Good morning to you and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford, live in new york city. U. S. Officials joined the ascertain for the missing Malaysian Airliner. The National Transportation safety board is sending a team of experts. The u. S. Navy is sending a ship to the south china sea. In less than 24 hours, its expected to reach the site where investigators believe the plane may have come down. Radar indicates that the plane may have turned back before disappearing. Investigators still cant figure out why there was no may day signal. A twist in the mystery officials are looking into how two passengers with stolen passports were able to get on board in the first place. They are investigating two more passengers who made it on to the flight, but names didnt appear on the flight manifest. All the names are with me, dedicated to the intelligence agencies, and i have spoken to the International Intelligence agencies, to
Victims include the attackers mother who was a teacher. More than 600 people attend the children. Teachers and Police Officers took survivors to safety. Police are reportedly questioning a brother of the shooter. President obama spoke to the nation. Weve endured too much of these tragedies and each team i learn the news i react not as a president but as anybody else would as a parent. And that was especially true today. The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. European Union Leaders have agreed to consider all options to help syrias opposition forced oust president assad. Adopting a statement on syria on friday, the statement says the eu is appalled by the deteriorating situation. For a real political process to take place. The European Council remains actively engaged and asks the Foreign Affairs council to look im quoting, at all options to support and the eu has been increasing sanctions on the Assad Administra