Bid to topple the government. And the biggest e waste site in the world where young people risk their lives to make a living. And we start in ukraine, two disturbing stories of intimidation right in the middle of the countrys political crisis and one involves journalists attacked by police, the other a 35yearold political activist demetri says he was beaten, tortured and part of his ear cutoff and also that he was crucified and we are live from kiev and what does he say happened to him . And we are still trying to establish the full scope of what exactly happened to him but what we know comes from a brief interview he gave last night. As you mentioned there he had been missing for more than a week. Many people were fearing for his life after previous reports of abductions and cases of torture has surfaced and said he had been abducted by men with russian accents and subjected to horrific treatment at the hands of his kidnappers and this is what he had to say about his experience. Translator i was crucified and holes in my hands and part of my clear is cutoff and cut my face and not a spot on my body not beaten and i could not tell who they were because it was always dark where they kept me but the accent is russian and i cannot see very well because i have been in darkness so long. Reporter this was a man who was behind of the protest where thousands of cars converged on the homes and offices of the most, important, influential people in ukraine. He was a very wellknown figure and leading there a massive convoy of cars and a thousand vehicles to the home of Viktor Yanukovych, the president and he was known by the authorities to and according to his associates had received a series of threats and phone calls leading up to his eventual abduction. Many people here believe that of course the authorities may well be responsible but there is an air of suspicion as well and the men responsible as i mentioned earlier spoke with a russian accent and there are questions to be raised about this and the case of other protesters who have been subject to brutal treatment of the hands of the authorities but also in a report by Human Rights Watch its clear that more than protesters have been effected too. That report suggests that dozens of journalists and medal staff have also been brutally attacked over the course of the last few months and many of these cases and examples will undoubtedly be presented to the likes of john kerry, the u. S. Secretary of state when he arrives here on the weekend. Pressure on Viktor Yanukovych is growing and criticism of his treatment of protesters is mounting also. And the man who is sick with the flu and thank you very much indeed. And australias Great Barrier reef watchdog has given the go ahead for mud to be dumped near the marine park and 300 cubic meters of mud and enough to fill the Great Pyramid in egypt and then some for a coal and unlocking coal projects. And the World Heritage site, one of the biggest Tourist Attractions is estimated to be worth 5. 7 annually to the alls australian economy and theying fought it and lost and said it will harm the corals and the echo system and double shipping traffic in that area and Andrew Thomas sent us this report. Already a u. N. Agency is considering whether to describe the Great Barrier reef in danger and another huge threat to the reef has been approved and 3 million cubic meters of mud and sand dredged to deep this and they wanted it deeper so it can export more material and says 30 years dredging elsewhere had no negative impact on the reef but environmentalist disagree and they say that whether in another place it killed fish and turtles and they said runoff from land after flooding led to that and whistle blowers said it came from dredging operations are at least partly to blame and the watchdogs supposed to protect the reef will be different and 47 environmental conditions will be exposed and not dumped over coral reefs. Its important to know the Disposal Area has sand, silt and clay and does not contain sea grass betz. Reporter that is not enough and the material at sea that is dumped blocks off sea and killing life. We will see the condition of the reef only get worse and this is just the part of the wedge. The 3 million cubic or 5 million tons of dumping is only the first of a number of proposals to expand ports and allow more dredging and dumping across the waters. Reporter the more projects that are allowed in other words the more fish suffer. The Great Barrier reef is supposed to be an independent watchdog looking after the interests of the reef. Critics point out that it is a Government Agency and the government has made it clear the priorities are economic. This decision environmentalists say amounts of putting the interest of the coal industry above those of the greatest natural resource, Andrew Thomas al jazeera sidney. The United States is accusing syria of being too slow to hand over chemical weapons and 4 are left at shore so far and this is the u. S. Defense secretary chuck hagel. The United States is concerned that the Syrian Government is behind in delivering these chemical weapons precursor materials on time and with the schedule that was agreed to. We believe that this effort can continue to get back on track even though we are behind schedule. But the Syrian Government has to take responsibility of fulfilling its commitment that has been made. Reporter the syrian handling the chemical weapons may be slow but its still going ahead and the pictures show an norwegian shipment on monday and they were first moved out in december. The first round of syrian peace talks will end on friday resuming in a weeks time, not much progress so far. And diplomatic editor james is a t the talks in geneva and the chemical weapons are happening and are there concerns of those at the u. N. About the tardiness of it . Yes, i think there are concerns and concerns for some weeks now, diplomates i have spoken to, u. N. And u. N. Officials and officials from the o pcw, the special agency based in the hague providing technical help for this process. Until now they have been concerned but not wanted to blame the syrian side for stalling because they said to me, well, we know this is a very difficult operation and it would be difficult for any country to try and get chemical weapons from their storage bases to a port, the port of latakiar through a country that is effectively at war but the u. S. Has now broken the silence and spoken out publically and condemned the Syrian Government, saying that they are stalling and it wants to see faster progress and its worth seeing this in the bigger picture, in terms of the International Community there are to ways that the u. S. And western countries are engaged on syria and one is chemical weapons that deal and the russians americans broke it on that and would like to see syria moving faster and the other is the process in geneva and it was broken by the russians and americans and again there are claims here that the Syrian Government is stalling. Reporter just a quick few days before we move to the peace talks themselves, we heard from a russian diplomate who says that june 30 deadline for the destruction of all of the chemical weapons is still realistic. Now, the talks themselves, breaking up today, resuming in a weeks time does anybody have any where . No, not really. But that is still being described here and i think it shows the low expectations that many have as quite possibly progress because no one walked out, both sides sat here and listened to each other. They listened often to each other yelling, one side yelling at each other and blaming the other for so many deaths and happened both sides of the table accusing the other of brutal tactics and killing people and deaths and they had to sit and listen to the other side and clear the air. They did on thursdays session sit down together and at the beginning of the session decided to stand in silence, both sides remembering all that had dad fighting in both sides in syria in a conflict that has gone on for almost three years, after in the plan is for them to go away and go away and speak to their own people for the government of syrias delegation to go to damascus and the opposition will speak to the wider constituency of the opposition and find out what they think about what has happened here so far and also i think in this weeks break they are going to have they will be speaking to other players in the International Community and the u. S. And west will be speaking a lot to the opposition and expect on the other side the government of syria will be hearing a lot from the russians and the iranians on the way forward and ambassador brahimi leaving this hopes to have a more structured session going point by point and through the different obstacles when they come back in ten days time. Reporter live in geneva. South sudans neighbors say the cease fire agreement could be violated without Peace Keeping forces and the authority of development has 8 countries and they are incurring what they call a progressive withdraw of forces from front lines. Thousands of people have been killed in the conflict and more than 800,000 have been forced from their homes. Hundreds of thousands of refugees they feel its too dangerous for them to go home despite the cease fire and no food, no shelter because of the resent violence. And we report from a town on the border with uganda where tens of thousands have fled for sur supplies. No where to go and little to eat and they are under a tree sheltering from the burning sun waiting for their names to be pulled out. Today is a good day for them. Aid has finally arrived meaning that mothers wont have to worry about how they are going to feed their babies at least not for another week. Among the half a million sudans have went to the border town but has taken u. N. More than a week to reach them and she is 8 months pregnant and expects to give birth within days and two other children and also taking care of her three nephews who are orphaned by this conflict. Rachel fled bor with little more than the clothes on her back and she went south as shaktar away from the fighting as possible and doing this for the sake of her children. These are her only belongingings unable to accommodate her in their home they allowed her to stay under her tree. Here on the ground is where rachel and her children have been sleeping for weeks. Translator there is no where we can go. We have no today and water. And we sleep on the ground. Reporter where do you expect to give birth . Here. Yeah. Reporter and she was already in a poor town and the people here live in small huts with no Running Water or electricity. Despite that when the fighting broke out the locals here tried to accommodate the thousands of fellow country men and women who sought refuge here and offering what little they had. This is the second time david has had to flee his home. In 1991 he was shot when bor was attacked by fighters and his face was disfigured, his life forever scarred and finds himself displaced once again, too scared to go back. I can eat but sometimes Drinking Water is very difficult, getting water is very difficult. Reporter with so many towns across south sudan all but destroyed they realized that many of the displaced have no where to go back to and a longer term strategy is needed. The initial plan was three months and looking at expanding that and recognizing there is going to be significant needs in the country for six months and even a year in the future. Reporter one of the criticisms people have when it comes to emergency relief is that it doesnt solve the root of the problem. So while the people here are happy that food has finally arrived and unless the towns are rebuilt and security is ensured they will be dependent on handouts for a long time to come. And im with al jazeera, south sudan. Reporter stay with us if you can on al jazeera, we have this coming up, the head of the u. S. Central bank steps down after 8 years and we will look back at Ben Bernankes legacy and look at what lies ahead for his successor. Dictating terms from behind bars, why prison officials in brazil are forced to strike deals with inmates to keep the peace. And why these footballers in spain boycotted their cup quarter final. Its a familiar scene but reaching a crucial time, opposition protesters in thailand have been marching through the capitol to days before national elections. They say they will boycott the vote and say they still want the government to resign and progovernment demonstrators cancelled their rally to avoid a consultation and wayne reports from bangkok. Reporter they had received information that they are gathering and could come under attacked and planned friday outside the capitol bangkok to show support for the government, to show support for the election but to try to avoid any violence they have decided to cancel that gathering. Instead they will focus their attention on supporting the election which is to be held on sunday. The antigovernment group, the protesters are saying they will not try to stop people voting on sunday but it is clear they want to disrupt the process as much as possible. On sunday they say they will stage the largest rally to date, that is a Long Campaign and people injured on both sides of the political divide and ten people have been killed. But protesters are vowing to continue their fight. The protesters move to topple thailands government have not worked yet but the party is continuing. It has been three months since they started and while at times the numbers have looked low the pressure was enough to see the Prime Minister call in early election. But that wasnt enough for the protesters who were vowing to disrupt sundays vote. Translator we could vote against the government but it would not guaranty justice in the next government and past elections it was clear they bought votes. Reporter as the days draw to a close, many of the protesters settle in for another night on the streets. Its at this time that protest guards increase security. In resent weeks there have been several gun and gernade attacks. Translator we have to be careful in the nighttime because there are people who try to hurt us. Reporter some attacks have taken place in daylight. [gunfire] on sunday a protest leader was killed in the shooting by mystery gunmen. And he was also shot that day. One bullet went through his cheek. He says the attacks wont scare him or other protesters away. Translator im not scared at all. I will rejoin the protest when i leave the hospital. We have to reform thailand. Reporter despite the spor violence saying if they come together in numbers widespread violence would breakout and possibly civil war. Its difficult to see how thailands political crisis will end and it has been dragging on for years and the two sides seem more apart than ever and they believe the election is the only way to prove who has the right to run the country but the people here believe the election will prove nothing. For now the two sides sing the same anthem but have very different views of who should be in charge of the country and how it should be run. Well, as the election day draws nearer it seems to have the election cancelled or postpone will fail and seems the election will happen but even if it does it seems clear they will be legal challenges afterwards and possibly even a case that the election will be declared null and void because of the disruptions that it has faced. Reporter we were telling you a little earlier about protests over dumping near the Great Barrier reef off the gold coast and we return there saying hello to richard and getting a look at the weather in that world. Across the north and the east and as we run this on the satellite image its looking disturbed up there with areas of low pressure, certainly up towards the north, this trough has given some significant rainfall as you can see. More than 100 millimeters at the point but this area of clouds further towards the east which is giving more significant rainfall. And this has been associated with what was a Tropical Cyclone dillan and it has weakened moving inland but produced wild weather. Coal ports in the northeast were closed because of the seas and major storm surge because of king tides and spring tides but with additional impact of that particular area of low pressure. Now the good news of course really is the rain is needed because more than two thirds of queens is in drought at the moment and the rain will be useful and expected to disintegrate as it moves in land over the next day or so. Elsewhere the temperatures are rounds 40 degrees. Now this time of the year we should look at temperatures of about 30 degrees and 26 and very hot in the coming days and looks like the weather will continue over the following few days, david. Reporter richard thank you very much. The u. S. Chairman will be leaving the central bank on friday. They have been turbulent the last years for ben bernanke and on the receiving end of one of the worlds worst financial crisis that began in 2007 and his successor will take over and we examine bernankes legacy. Reporter in charge of the worlds most influential central back and he was appointed chairman of the u. S. Federal reserve in 2006 by george bush and no idea a global meltdown was coming, an expect on the Great Depression and one of the key players trying to stop another developing. He knew the things not to do. So he might not have known exactly what to do but he could eliminate a bunch of things be disaster in the past and he is perfect for the job and we are very lucky. Reporter being in trouble he poured money in and helped banks in trouble and urged congress to provide enough money to stop a collapse. With modest Economic Growth it looked as if he knew the way out i think its clear that in retrospect that the severity of the financial crisis and a number of other problems including the dysfunction of the Housing Market have been more severe and more p