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Morning? >> im not going to talk until i get cheers too. >> yea, katty kay back from rio, looking tan! >> lets begin in ukraine where the former president is now a wanted man even though he still claims he is in charge. on saturday, victor yanukovych fled the capital as his own party denounced his actions during the past week. his whereabouts remain unknown. parliament took emergency action yesterday restoring the government and giving its new speaker the power of acting president. everything mo...

As weve been saying all morning there. i want to go to our chief foreign correspondent richard engel. hes live in the capital, as i said, kiev. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, david. the parliament here has appointed its speaker as the new interim president, and an arrest warrant has been issued for, i guess we can describe him now as former president yanukovych although he claims he is still president. there were never more than 20,000 demonstrators in the square behind me, bu...

Former president yanukovych although he claims he is still president. there were never more than 20,000 demonstrators in the square behind me, but in less than a week they managed to change the balance of power in europe and central asia. the revolution began with a fiery miscalculation by the government when last tuesday, riot police tried to storm a three-month-old protest camp in the center of kiev. the demonstrators held their ground, setting bonfires to keep the police at bay. police couldn...

Answer for a couple of seconds? we have news from kiev. violence continues in kievs independence square. more reports of more dead protesters. our correspondent richard engel is live in ukraines capital. richard? >> reporter: good morning, mike. we have been watching this unfold all day, and last night, in this square, there had been reports that there would be a truce that the government had promised not to invade the camp, the protest camp where you can hear the protesters speaking on loud spe...

Heather nauert crashed into a camera. are you okay? >> i took quite a wipeout. >> are you feeling okay today? >> a few pulled muscles that i didnt know i even had. >> for someone who falls a lot, i said heather youll have a strange sore neck. >> you guys have been following what is going on in the ukraine. a lot of people are upset about the governments stronger ties with moscow. with that in mind we bring you this news, this disturbing scene out of kiev. a protester in flames during violent cla...

The government of nuri al maliki. theyve been opposing the government for some time. s that also allowed a situation where al qaeda-linked fighters, the islamic state of iraq and syria, have come into that area and thats where weve seen this fighting start. it all began actually when the government tried to shut down a protest camp in anbar province. it was protesting against the government. well, today we have seen a various incidents inside fallujah to ramadi. its been calm most of the day but...

Because the residents there have had to take cover for the best part of a week. this week is really for the first time in years that insurgents have taken control of such important territory. and this all started when iraqi police broke up a sunni protest camp on monday at least 13 people were killed. in those clashes. the iraqi government which is largely shiites has been struggling to contain discontent among the sunni minority. and it really flared, has really flared over the last year on wed...

Come up with an agreement will only encourage them to do so. there are two sides. i think they have the votes in the senate and house to pass this legislation, but if the president vetoes it, then you need a two-thirds override in the senate and house. i dont know if he has that two-thirds vote. he might have the vote but its a sensitive issue and i know the president probably if asked will discuss it at length today. >> wolf, thanks. good to see su as always. well be watching closely the press ...

And weve seen large numbers of the mandela family coming here to the viewing area. they shared this man with the couny for slong they shared him with life and must share him again in death. its a public warning that they must do. we saw graca machel openly cry as she made her way to see the remains of her husband. it was a very painful day, a one of sadness here in pretoria. >> isha, inow they need their privacy but for us, it was great to follow it all. 40 minutes past the hour. police in ukr...

Dramatic developments in ukraine now stormed a protest camp in kiev independent square. clashing with thousands of demonstrators. take a look at that. they have been there formonths. theyre angri protesting against the government. those in the square are pledging theyre not going anywhere. in syria, a new round of kidnappings and in-fighting between rebel groups. human rights activist and her husband and two colleagues were taken near an office in damascus. the captain toors are believed from ...