smf willn ukraine, monitor eastern ukraine but also the natab region at the state border between ukraine and russian federation. smf continues to reduce tensions and look for peace, a sustainable cease-fire can only be reached by both involved. we will continue to cooperate with the united nations. again, we need this collection and maximum participation. we will continue with partial monitoring an independent objective reporting. they ask all concerned to urgently commit to full implementation of the minsk documents designed to bring peace and stability to the ukraine. thank you, mr. president for your attention. >> i think the ambassador for his briefing. i never give the floor to ambassador tagliabini. >> thank you, mr. chairman and distinguished delegates and ladies and gentlemen, at this moment, [indiscernible] there are two documents that were declined by the group and representatives [indiscernible] there continues to be fighting of some strategic locations. this fighting is severe with heavy weaponry. it is costing the lives of servicemen and civilians together with many persons

is there anything in the timing ten days after the separatists had an selection in eastern ukraine, and also when pratt barack obama seems weakened domestically. >> it's basically a situation where moscow has pledged to the rebels that it will defend them. it will support them, and it will shop them from being defeated. you've got the rebels in ukraine who are talking to russia. and saying that the ukrainian military is about to launch an offensive. you have got to help us out. essentially that's probably what russia is doing. and in terms of the timing, well, this is not particularly good timing for any kind of military offensive in ukraine, whether that be on the rebel side or the ukrainian army side. the autumn months in ukraine, especiallessentially turn the crowds to slush and mud. the clouds become low. it's very difficult to do any kind of decisive push in any direction. so the analysts i've been speaking to here are saying this influx of military hardware is basically more intended to keep the status quo. it's to defend the rebels. it's to stop them losing any significant ground

it is happening in war-torn eastern ukraine. wreckage will be sent to the netherlands. >>> western leaders blasting russian aggression against ukraine. russia has steadfastly denied the troops or hardware there. cnn's matthew chance is in moscow for us there. matthew, the diplomatic reception in australia. walk us through it. >> reporter: starting off in brisbane where the g-20 summit held. frosty reception for vladimir putin from the west. they were virtually lining up to lambaste him for the alleged role in ukraine. president obama saying he was not living up to the cease-fire agreement since september 5th. the canadian prime minister shaking his hand, but telling him to get out of ukraine. blunt exchanges with the u.s. leadership and others as well with vladimir putin. there was a sense at the end he was feeling very uncomfortable. he wasn't front and center in the group photograph. he was often pushed off to one side. a sense of shunned by the host as well, tony abbott, the australian prime minister. he said he would confron

weaponry on the roads in eastern ukraine for weeks now. what is new about what he says is it comes from the top commander of nato himself. and this is someone who politicians in the west will listen to very, very closely, and may well used to -- to decide on future policy. we have a meeting next week in europe of foreign ministers gathering together to decide whether to hit russia with anymore sanctions. they will probably be looking at this new information very, very closely indeed. >>> now the world news palestinian security officials have accused israeli activists of setting fire to a mosque in the occupied west bank. here is more from the scene of the attack north of ramallah. >> reporter: this mosque wasn't just a place of worship it was a focal point for a community. it serviced around a thousand families, and as you can see it is now mostly just ash. let's just take a look at what happened here in this mosque after what investigators are describing as an arson attack, carried out by israeli settlers. you can see holy books have been

and we have about 300 observers throughout ukraine and half of them are now in the eastern part of ukraine. and i'll tell you what we have not been seeing, and that is a withdraw of heavy weaponry as put forth in the documents of early september. now since saturday on three separate occasions what are observers in donest city, are unmarked military vehicles. these are not ordinary trucks. they're command trucks. they were arriving from the east of the country, the eastern direction of the country, and 120 in all, and they were towing some of them, 120 howitzer military pieces as well as multiple rocket launch systems. these vehicles did not carry license plates or insignia. the men inside did not have insignia either. sheila, what we've been observing and reporting on is intense shelling we're looking for more sightings of men in camouflage in other parts of the conflict region. as chief monitor ambassador told the security council the other day is we're not seeing much adherence to that cease-fire and the civilian toll is increasing at the moment. >> we have heard this week from ukraine's

that just shuts eastern ukraine. ukraine off from the east it does. now, nuclear forces, capable it capable-forces that is not about kiev government, this is about us, he is signaling to us, if we want to try to escalate, he is ready for anything, he knows we'll back down, 8 bank brigades -- tank brigades that tells me he is getting ready for a third big bite, crimea, and eastern ukraine, and you know, putin has a great strength and a great weakness, that weakness he does not understand economics, and strength is he does not understand economics, high does not give a dam, the ruble is crashing, his attitude, is russia suffered worst, we'll get 3 thisthrough this and this juss him more aggressive. >> i wish we had more time. i won't ask you to speculate on the outcome. we have no idea. i want to under line everything that we're talking about here is from general breed love the nato commander, the news is not good, we should not make too much of it, but at the same time this is a balancing act, we want you to know what we know, there have you it. >> we

there is a clear path forward to end the violence in eastern ukraine. russia must withdraw all support to the separatists, remove all its personnel and assets from ukraine and engage in genuine dialogue with ukraine. and the osce must be allowed to do its job and monitoring unimpeded the ukraine-russia border as set out in the minsk protocol. russia's continued refusal to heed the international community's call to deescalate the crisis can only lead to russia's further isolation. thank you. i now resume my function as president of the council. and i give the floor to the representative of ukraine. thank you mr. president. i would like to start by thanking all the briefers for the information they brought from the ground, from the political observation. i would like to thank the security council for having responded to my letter on november 67 and convened today's meeting. in this letter i drew your attention to the dangerously deteriorating security situation in the east of ukraine that threatens our territory integrity and has a tendency to transform t

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at least 4,000 people have died in the conflict in eastern ukraine. >> a memorial service will be held in the netherlands for an air disaster that touch the nation. the ceremony will pay tributes to the malaysia airlines plane that crashed over eastern ukraine in july. 298 passengers were aboard flight mh17, and they died, 193 were dutch. let's go live now to simon mcgregor-wood, who joins us from amsterdam. no doubt, a sombre mood in netherlands. take us through the event of the memorial. >> well, this is the principal national memorial for flight mh17, which, as you say, was such a - it was an extraordinary connection to the dutch nation, given the huge number relatively speaking of victims who were dutch. it will take place here at this conference center on the outskirts of amsterdam. it will be started by the dutch prime minister and be attended by the king and queen. there'll be 1600 relatives of the dutch victims in attendance. several of them will read out, which will be the most moving part of the ceremony, all 298 names of those aboard mh17, who perished, and then the event wi

new footage emerges of the moment after a malaysia airlines flight crashed in eastern ukraine. >>> and the south korean buyer snaps up napoleon's famous hat for a whom $2.2 million. ♪ >>> thank you for joining us, let's start in syria where activists say isil has killed 13 men, they had accused of claim rating with the syrian government. they were killed in isil's syrian strong hold raqqa. the victims had all been captured earlier this month. this follows the release of a graphic video by isil which appears to show the mass beheading of 12 syrian soldiers as well as the american aid worker peter kassig. the 26-year-old was a former u.s. army ranger and muslim convert captured just over a year ago while providing medical aid to syrians who were fleeing the war. he is the fifth western hostage that the group has beheaded in recent months. american journalists james foley and steven sotloff were the first to be killed. followed by the british aid worker david haines as well as allen henning. isil is also known to be holding british journalist john. also killed thousands of iraq and i se

. >>> the unites nation is his warn to go a return to full-scale fighting in eastern ukraine. the u.n. security council held its 26th emergency session on ukraine again without taking any action. nato says columns of russian tanks and soldiers have rolled across the border in recorrect days, james bays reports from the u.n. in new york. >> reporter: the situation in eastern ukraine is getting closer and closer to open warfare. nato says pictures like this show russia is to blame. tanks and military hardware crossing the border. along with russian bad troops. >> we have seen the same thing that osce is reporting. we have seen columns of russian equipment, primarily russian tanks, russian artillery, russian air defense systems, and russian combat troops entering in to ukraine. we do not have a good picture at this time of how many. we agree that there are multiple columns that we have seen. >> reporter: the u.n. security council was called in emergency session, officials from the u.n. and the organization of security and cooperation in europe which has a monitoring mission in ea

there is a clear path forward to end the violence in eastern ukraine. russia must withdraw all support to separatists, and engage in genuine dialogue with ukraine and the osce must be allowed to do its job and monitor unem paided the border that's set out in the protocol. russia's continued refusal to heed the international the call deaccelerate the crisis leads to further isolation. thank you. >> i now resume my function as president of the counsel, and i give the floor to the representative of ukraine. >> thank you. mr. president, dished members of the counsel, i want to start by thanking all the briefers who, the information they brought from the ground, from your political observation, and other ambassadors. i would like to thank the security coup for having responded to my letter, and one of seven to convene today's meeting. i draw your attention to the dangerous situation in eastern ukraine that threatens our territorial integrity with a tendency to transform the conflict, and thus, continues to be a challenge to peace and stability in a whole eur

. >>> new this morning, russia forces on the move in eastern ukraine. stirring fears of a new war there. ukraine officials tell cnn this is in preparation of an offensive. >> russia has negotiated a peace plan and systimply fuelled a wa. >> and russian war planes capable of carrying nuclear weapons to crimea. we have matthew chance with more on this. the russians don't have much to say. >> reporter: they are saying that this is propaganda. they are rejecting the allegations that the russians are making their way to eastern ukraine to support the rebels. that is what they have said all along. they always denied anything but political and moral support to the pro-russian separatists. particularly from international monitors on the ground. osce is the organization taking care of that. days ago, they reported 43 unmarked military trucks heading in the area of donetsk. that came before the nato warning thatsighted russian troops. on the russian side, we are getting complete denials. >> matthew chance in moscow, thank you. >>> secretary of state john kerry is

russian forces on the move again into eastern ukraine. preparations, ukrainian officials tell cnn for a new offensive by pro-russian separatists. >> we have seen columns of russian equipment, primarily russian tanks, russian artillery, russian air defense systems and russian combat troops entering into ukraine. >> and nato says they've observed something even more alarmi alarming. russian warplanes capable of carrying nuclear weapons deployed to crimea. >> annexed by russia illegally earlier this year, if confirmed the step could violate multiple international treaties. >> we see forces that are capable of being nuclear that are being moved to crimea. whether they are or not, we do not know, but they do have the kind of equipment there that could support that mission. >> reporter: russia's foreign ministry immediately denied the claims calling them, quote, unfounded. the new weapons accompanied by renewed fierce fighting between ukrainian forces and separatists has all, but ended a brief, shaky cease-fire. stressing alarm in both public a

there is a clear path forward to end the violence in eastern ukraine. withdraw all support to the separatists, remove all fromersonnel and assets ukraine and engage in genuine dialogue with you'd yain. and the -- ukraine much and the osce must beyond andto do its monitor the border. russia's continued refusal to heed the international community's call to deescalate crisis can only lead to russia's further isolation. thank you. i now resume my function as president of the council. and i give the floor to the representative of ukraine. mr. president. distinguished members of the security council. i would like to start by all the, for all the politicaln, from your observation and to my colleagues him i would like to thank the secure council for oning responded to my letter november 7 and convened today's ming. in this letter i drew attention dangerously deteriorating security situation this the east ourkraine that threatens territorial integrity and has a transform the conflict and thus continues to be a challenge to peace and stability in europe and beyon

. >>> rebel elections get underway with eastern ukraine. russia says it will recognize the results. kiev says it's illegal. we'll have a live report. >>> offering extremists a second chance, a two-part look at why denmark believe some jihadis deserve rehab, not jail. hello and welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. you're watching cnn. i'm natalie allen. u.s. officials say more than a dozen federal investigators will be in california's mojave desert for about a week examining the huge eight-kilometer site of virgin galactic's spaceship disaster. the national transportation safety board says friday's flight was heavily documented with six cameras aboard the experimental craft when it suddenly broke apart high above the desert and crashed killing one pilot, injuring the other. still, the agency says it could actually take one year before its investigation is complete. >>> virgin galactic founder richard branson says the dream lives on and met with reporters saturday. here's some of what branson said. >> we are determined to find out what went wrong and we're working

well in eastern ukraine. they don't control a single region. they have donetsk and the capital cities around them. >> it's an enormous mess. there are almost half a million people displaced. and that doesn't count the people who have left the area. thousands of people have left altogether, we have thousands of people who have died. >> but the ukrainian army, which started out, mustered strength, and then the rebels brought in their own forces, so now in the eastern ukraine, it's a bask case. the coal mines are flooded because the power stations were cut and they couldn't keep the water out of the coal mines, and just lik like crimea, this is a burden for russia. >> there's talk of everything from killings to torture, and what's up in that part of the world? >> yes, out of a pre-pond rance of violences is what's coming from the rebels and the people who disappear, torture, other things happening inside of the rebel-controlled area. >> thousands have disappeared, according to this report, and the argument from

bill black, cnn, donetsk, eastern ukraine. >> well, negotiators have until monday to hammer out a deal over iran's nuclear program. >> but will they reach a deal? there's no sign iran or any of the world powers are willing to make any significant concessions. it's possible an extension will be granted. earlier, cnn set up an open mike to ask people in tehran if they would support an .agreement. take a listen. >> translator: no one wants conflict. peace better than anything else. >> 100% i want relations with america. there's nothing wrong with having relations with america, as long as they don't use us. >> translator: i have two sons and they're sitting at home unemployed. if there's an agreement, the world will open. beam can travel. we'll have more jobs. >> translator: i tell my government not to sign an agreement if iran's rights are not honored. we should never back down. even if we give up our nuclear program, the other side won't accept it. whatever happen, they think of something new. >> translator: i think all of this is just a game. it's a farce. iranians know this. it's all a

ukraine the governor of an eastern province has ordered the removal of 117 lenin statues in less than one month. nationalists see them as a symbol of former soviet oppression. and moscow's continued dominance of their country. >> our reporter went to the province in order to track down members of a far right nationalist group. they say that violence is the only way to solve the crisis in the east. >> honor to ukraine, honor to its euros. the men chanting this are members of the far right party on the mission in the region of eastern ukraine to destroy statues of the first soviet leader. they have pulled down more than 60 of the monuments in the past few weeks. >> we are doing this because lenin's statues are symbols of totalitarianism. he was responsible for the deaths of millions of ukrainians. >> the governor ordered the purge of the lenin statues, many of which can still be found in the region's more remote villages. the deadline for their removal is november 24, but not everyone is behind the move. this village is home to 3000 people and many residents are not bothered by the meme

hours in new york. >> the situation in eastern ukraine is closer and closer to open warfare. nato says pictures like these show russia is to blame. tanks and military hardware crossing the border, along with russian combat troops. >> we have seen the same thing that o.s.c.e. is reporting. we have seen columns of russian equipment, primarily russian tanks, russian artillery, russian air defense systems, and russian combat troops entering into ukraine. we do not have a good picture at this time of how many. we agree there are multiple columns that we have seen. >> reporter: the u.n. security council was called in an emergency session. officials from the u.n. and organization of security and cooperation in europe, which has a monitoring mission in ukraine, warned that a ceasefire in september was close to breaking down. in the chamber, where issues of international peace and security was to be resolved, there was a war of words between russia's representatives and counterparts from ukraine and the u.s. >> the root of the problem is the same, russia's flagrant violation of ukrain

and let's go to eastern ukraine in donetsk. what has nato said about this, and what have you seen yourself on the ground? >> well, nato said it has seen military columns enter from russia into ukraine. they don't know the numbers. in terms of what kind of military equipment, forces on the ground, tanks and artillery. we ourselves have seen yesterday military columns of about 40 vehicles moving in the direction of donetsk in broad daylight. at the same time there has been intensified fighting in the area. there has been shelling from the early hours of the morning in today and throughout the day and the evening. >> thank you very much. let's get to reaction. rory, what are the russians saying about this? >> they're denying it. whenever accusations have been leveled that moscow is supplying the rebels or funding troops across the record, they say it has nothing to do with us, move on please. the message has been blamed as much as the domestic audience as well as the international audience maybe more domestically than internationa

the west is responding to the kremlin support of pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine. the deal comes at a good time for china. the third quarter saw growth in the world's second-largest economy slowing to rates not seen since the 2008 global financial crisis. >> china's economic growth rates may be slower, but it's real growth remains considerable. the size of the chinese economy is no longer what it used to be after more than 30 years of rapid economic growth. >> china's latest deal with russia secures the natural gas it needs by the end of the decade. the delivery of 67 billion cubic meters is still under half that -- what moscow supplies to europe. >> the value of the ruble has fallen sharply in the past week as russia's central bank allows the market to set its value. around 3% against the dollar. let's take a look at what's happening on the stock markets around the mid-and in the trading day -- the midpoint in the trading day. oil companies are gainers as energy prices rise. that is helping shares in france. club med is up. a quick look at some of the days compani

ukraine, thank you very much. >>> well, the conflict in eastern ukraine has heightened tension between russia and the west. and there have been more than 40 dangerous incidents involving forces from russia and nato space over the past eight months. that's according to reports compiled by european think tanks, which says that the number of incidents is approaching cold war levels. let's glet'slet's go to raleigh, who is in moscow. >> the network and think tanks, many operating in the region of european defense and security and foreign policy, says that three of these 40 or so events, they're particularly concerned about the casualties or significant escalation. now, one of the talks is the near collision, mid-air collision between a civilian airliner and a russian surveillance plane that was flying with its transponders turned off, but also talks about the strange incident where h estonian officer was snatched by the russian, as estonians say, from estonian territory, and then there is the swedish hunt for the mysterious russian submarine that they could never find in the end. they talk

that does not solve the issue of what is going on in eastern ukraine. there's fighting, there could be acts of sab stage, more problems of that -- sabotage, more problems of that nature. they are guarantees against it. >> reporter: on the front lines in poland, restaurant owner says a gas disruption could raise energy costs and tighten his budget. his pizzeria relies on gas for heating and cooking. poland relies on russia for two-thirds of its natural gas imports. >> it's a big problem, a big problem. in the same moment, the economy will go down. >> in an attempt to fix the problem, polo is taking aggressive action to free itself of russia's energy dominance. poland expect liquified gas or lng terminal to be built by the middle of 2015, helping pollen wean off 10 cubic metres of natural gas that it imports from russia. half that gas will come in by ship. on a polish island, in the baltic sea, the polls are building an enormous plant to import and process natural gas. construction began three years ago, in part inspired by russia's decision to turn off g

. >> there are once again, growing fears of a return to all-out fighting in areas of eastern ukraine. that follows a weekend of intense shelling around the region of donetsk. kiev accused moscow of sending in dozens of tanks and other support for the rebels. there are tanks on the ground that are thought to be operated by pro-russian rebels in that region. the cease-fire was hanging by a thread. the ukrainian government says the rebels could be gearing up for a fresh offensive in the city of donetsk. for more on that, we can speak to ian kerns, a research director at the european leadership network, who joins us now from london. clearly, all hope of a cease-fire -- looking extremely dim at this particular moment looking at those events in the east of the country. >> good evening. that does seem to be the case. these recent reports of additional military equipment arriving in the eastern ukraine from russia do indicate a possibility of further escalation in fighting, possibly even a handful of moves to expand the territory which they currently control. >> indeed. all of those denials b

released a report on the human rights situation in eastern ukraine. it says at least 4,300 people have been killed in fighting between government forces and pro-russian rebels since mid-april. the report also says a number of internally displaced people has surged to nearly 470,000 as of wednesday. the figure rose by 190,000 over the last 2 months. u.n. high commissioner for human rights zeid ra'ad al hussein said that all parties must work harder to resolve this protracted crisis peacefully in line with international laws. >>> people in the u.s. say a car safety device that was supposeded to save lives ended up takiing them instead. now they're confronting officials at the japanese firm that made the product. ai uchida joins us from the business desk. >> right, catherine. families of at least five people say the air bags exploded and killeded their loved ones, and they want someone to take responsibility. well, executives have confronted a u.s. congressional hearing and apologized for three deaths. senior vice president for global quality assurance t

at least 4,000 people have died in the conflict in eastern ukraine. >>> in netherlands memorials for the victims of the plane that crashed. ukraine said that the plane was shot down by pro russia separatists. russia strongly denies those allegations. we go to amsterdam. >> the formal part of the ceremony is now over. the dutch queen and king, and various politicians are staying for what is described as a an an informal session to listen to the relatives of those killed on mh 17. it wases a very moving ceremony. several relatives spoke of their loss and off their grief, including a 13-year-old girl, who spoke incredibly touchingly about the loss of her mother. she said, i tell people that i'm doing okay, but inside my heart is breaking. i suppose the centerpiece of that ceremony was the reading out in very solemn tones of every name of the 298 passengers and crew on board. so an extremely emotional event which is continuing behind the scenes, as i say, with opportunities with those relatives to talk with king and queen and various politicians. >> now can there be closure for some of t

more than 4,000 dead in a conflict that's ravaged eastern ukraine for months. despite the truce with government forces on paper, on the ground sporadic fighting has continued. organizing elections amid such precarious security was risky. despite the dangers, though, rebel election officials say turnout was high. critics have suggested voters were intimidated by rebel gunmen or perhaps encouraged by an old soviet trick. cut-price vegetables at the polling stations. "we hope ukraine can restore relations with donetsk, especially the economic ones," says this voter. they're in dire need of reconstruction. but in fact this vote may have deepened divisions. ukraine's pro-western government along with the u.s. and the european union has condemned the elections as illegal. he but moscow says it will recognize the results. the ukraine, east and west, are once again at loggerheads. >> a big concern is that this election is basically, natalie, a step away from the reunification of ukraine toward the establishment of these sort of separate, semi-independent entities that

tensions with russia surged again on sunday's election in rebel-held eastern ukraine. moscow backed the vote, but stopped short of formally recognizing the region as independent. >> woodruff: on the newshour online right now for nearly two years, our "ask larry" column has been answering your social security making sense questions, but as one of our readers pointed out, most of those questions have been directed at married retirees. what about those who have never been married? our benfits guru breaks down the four things they need to know. that's on our making sense page. all that and more is on our web site, pbs.org/newshour. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, election day is finally here. join us for analysis and the latest results on-air and online. plus, we'll bring you a special report at 11:00 p.m. eastern. good thing we got that extra hour's sleep over the weekend. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >>

rebel leaders in eastern ukraine have a mandate to negotiate with kiev after elections on sunday which confirmed alexander as leader of the so called donetsk people's republican but eu says it will not recognize the vote. conflicts in syria interrupted the education of children and hundreds of thousands of families displaced and on the first part of education in crisis hit countries charles strafford reports from northern iraq. >> reporter: this is the school and the 16-year-old stopped studying two months ago and this is a place of refuge from the people who fled from fighting in syria and the people came here because there is little room to stay in the camps and more than 400 schools like this in the northern iraq and kurdish region. >> translator: i wish all these people could go back to their homes. i feel terribly sorry for their families but i miss school. i want to complete my studies so i can go to university. >> reporter: desks piled up in the courtyard to make space in the school for families to sleep and people who climb on them are not receiving an education either. >> tran

phil black joins us live from eastern ukraine. phil, one of the points in the cease-fire agreement says, i'm quoting here, both sides, both the russian rebels and ukraine, should adopt a program of economic recovery in the donetsk region. is poroshenko violating this agreement by the decree? >> add it to the list. both sides accuse each other of breaching the agreement in many ways and fundamental ways. ukrainian government is angry that the separatist decided to persist with regional elections a couple weeks back, elections that kiev doesn't recognize, they say has taken place outside of ukrainian law. there's the most fundamental of breaches which you touched on. the fighting continues. the cease-fire has never been really been respected. you really get a sense of that as we did when we visited the front line effectively on the ukrainian side. some of its most forward positioned military unit. that's where we went to. this is what we saw. fighters in the mist, this armed camp is an exposed outpost of the ukrainian military. abou

voters go to the polls and eastern ukraine. what does it tell us about who didn't relations with the west? next. -- about putin's relations with the west? next. >> time for the latest company news. offers toing company oi. the luxembourg-based holding company already owns in portugal and is pushing across europe. in the 23 billion dollar deal earlier this year. saudi arabia's national bank plans to raise $6 billion this the second largest ipo behind alibaba. it marks the biggest ever share sale in the middle east and is national investors. it was 50% overprescribed. shares in the largest lender will be lifted in the index, which is set to open for foreign investors next year. binary has updated its profit goals for the second time this year. the company says any slowdown in the european economy could push people in its directions, and effort to attract business customers could pay off. we spoke to the ceo. >> will prices are falling. we are hedged to march 16 at about $93 a barrel. upo we have taken factors three percentage poi

released a report on the human rights situation in eastern ukraine. it says at least 4,300 people have been killed in fighting between government forces and pro-russian rebels since mid april. the report also says the number of internally displaced people has surged to nearly 470,000 as of wednesday. the figure rose by 190,000 over the last two months. u.n. high commissioner for human rights erad al hussein said all parties must work harder to resolve this crisis peacefully in line with international roles. >>> people in beijing are once again dealing with heavy smog. the clear blue skies they saw last week during the apec summit were just a temporary break from the gray they're used to seeing. meteorologist robert speta explains. >> yes. let's start off talking about what is happening out here. we do have the typical high pressure overhead. that makes for very stagnant, still air. but let's go to some images coming out of beijing because what we are seeing on the ground right now is this very thick smog. just one week, as you mentioned, just after th

fresh fears that tensions in eastern ukraine may escalate. a former nato commander reports a dangerous new phase after reports of russia rolling in. >> it's somewhat shocking to be honest and it's simply irrefutable. this is not hot air coming out of brussels. this is lying coming out of moscow. >> thousands of any way jeerans are forced to flee after boko haram attack a town where they abducted 200 school girls this year. >> and faces of war, depicting those who fought in iraq and afghanistan. tonight we show you the results. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. right now world leaders are gathering in brisbane, australia, for a summit of the g-20 nations but so far it's not, it's ukraine, not the economy which is taking center stage. president vladmir putin has strongly criticized western sanctions imposed on russia, yet international pressure is not letting up. with nato's new secretary-general accusing moscow of violating international law in ukraine and of carrying out threatening actions against t

ukraine. ♪ well, we begin in nigeria where an explosion has gone off at a secondary school in the northern state and dozens of people have been killed and dozens of students gathering for a morning assembly when it happened and they are under a state of emergency with similar attacks from boko haram in the past and al jazeera is joined live from legos and where does the casualty toll stand? >> well, the police are confirming that 47 people have been killed and 79 injured but hospital authorities are expecting the figure to rise and usually when they come in they are conservative estimates and people are facing deaths as a result of the bombing in the state and actually suicide 3w gathering with students before classes start and detonated his device with the students and killed more than 47 people as the official figure stands at the moment. >> school attacks are becoming more frequent and why and what is happening with the security situation there? >> well, over the last few months, so far j

signed by all parties. >>> residents in eastern ukraine vote for the leadership of the sel self-declared people's republic. ukraine says it will not recognise the results >>> the united states and the african union are rejecting the army take over in burkina faso, and the opposition is calling for more protests after colonel isaac zida declared he was the head of state. >>> helicopters are reported to be bombarding areas in northern sinai. apparently helping to clear the way for a buffer zone along the border with gaza. the operation was prompted by the killing of 33 soldiers in a suicide bomb attack. many have been forced out. commanders are trying to stop weapons being smuggled from gaza to sinai >>> abdul fatah al-sisi has been talking about the continuing protest by mohamed mursi supporters. condemning his removal of the president and a military coup led by abdul fatah al-sisi. >> al jazeera continues to demand the immediate release of our three journalists detained in egypt for 309 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are falsely accused of helping muslim brothe

. >>> keeping law and order in eastern ukraine has been a major challenge. while military police are trying to keep things under control, rebel fighters have been meeting out their own formal discipline, but it's also off out the justice system as hairy fawcett explains. >> reporter: heading out the donetsk with the military police. they are on their way they say to check up on a group of rebel feeders hold up in an air field east of the city. the concern that they have been going it alone. they will be given a choice either submit to military discipline or lose their weapons. inside, though, a helmet camera shows a different story. it's all smiles as the guests are shown around. there is talk of trying to get a ban begunked planes up and running in the rebel cause. for the heaved the unit a successful confirmation of the authority of the dpr's defense ministry. >> we want to make sure people in the area is okay. everything is fine. went to make sure they don't have any complaints. because sometimes it could be complaint on the mill tire i guys, you know, in

they have played decisive roles in the battle for eastern ukraine as well. and the government in ukraine believes based on their experience of dealing with these sorts of irregular forces and the points at which they have shown up, they believe this latest influx points to an imminent military operation, a widened offensive by separatist forces backed by russia, they say. what they say they don't know is the scale and the intent of the operation, whether it could be just and limited operation to try and seize key pieces of infrastructure, like the airport outside the main city of donetsk, or perhaps a bigger push through the south to try and form something that russia doesn't yet have, that is a direct physical connection, a land bridge between the crimean peninsula and the russian mainland. these are just some of the scenarios that have the ukrainian government worried. and all of this in the context of what is very much an ongoing conflict despite a ceasefire that was declared back in september. it has been all, agree, ceasefire in name only. both sides ha