aljazeera.com/ajamstream. >> planes looking for a malaysian airliner find nothing, despite this clue from a chinese satellite. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera live from doha. also - israel bombs 29 sites in gaza after being hit by dozens of rockets. >> the most pressing challenge that ukraine faces at the moment, however, is the threat to its territorial integrity and

sovereignty. barack obama shows its support for ukraine's leader, plus... ..the crackdown in the d.r.c., exclusive video in a push eliminating rebel groups in the border with uganda. >> more clues in theories are emerging on the missing malaysia airlines plane. malaysian and vietnamese authorities say they are unable to locating debris. they've been scouring the south china sea, where chinese satellites have captured three specific objects. a navy destroying has been diverted to the west coast as the search area widens to both sides of the peninsula. the "wall street journal" is reporting flight nh370 was in

the air for four hours after its last confirmed location. the plane vanished about an hour after take you have from kuala lumpur as it was thought to be flying over the south china sea. let's speak to our correspondent. more confusion. the chinese government saying they have satellite images, they didn't release it for four days after they were discovered, and malaysians and vietnamese saying they can't find them. >> they are saying it was a breach of protocol. the officials say they should have had the information about images that satellites from china picked up, that could have helped them to direct the search operations to these areas specifically. it was in a bigger area they were looking at. because they waited for so long, they are calling it - malaysian officials are calling it a breach of the protocol.

they dispatched aircraft early today and thursday to look in the spots where the chinese said they took pictures of three objects. they came up with nothing. it's four days after, with current and winds. it's very long shot that they'd be close to where it was, if there were parts of the aircraft to begin with. it's interesting. search area is expanding. we are at the edge of the strait of malacca. and there'll be a u.s. destroying brought over to this said because they are extending the search area because of the wall street journal piece that you mentioned, that they believe it could have been that the aircraft stayed in the air for another four hours. that really, really brings in a lot more area and territory that needs to be searched. they are looking at this side. because of that type of information, and because the head, the chief of the air force

says there were indications, radar signatures showing that there could have been an aircraft 200km off the coast, and that there could have been a u-turn. really no answers, no debris on the water that's been discovered. despite the release of satellite imagery. >> that's scott heidler joining us from penang. ron, the former head of safety for qantas airlines, and he doesn't believe the plane could have flown for hours after disappearing off the radar. >> there are requirements under international convention that signature states to the chicago convention must cooperate in terms of aircraft investigation, and obviously china is signature to the chicago convention. so it is rather curious that they didn't come forward and present that information some time ago.

but the great mystery to date is the fact that the radio communications ceased a short time, and there were no may day calls, seems it's very incredible that the aircraft would keep on flying. if there had been disturbance to the flight path or change your of altitude, passengers would be aware. you'd expect someone would have got out a cell phone or mobile phone message to the outside world. there's a lot of speculation, because no wreckage has been found, the more aircraft, the more vessels searching for the wreckage or signs of aircraft is a good thing. the fact that none has been found in terms of a relatively populous area, and relatively shallow waters, it remains one

of today's modern mysteries in terms of what exactly happened to the flight. >> to other news and fresh pictures emerged of the israeli bombardment of ghazi. the israeli ministry said it bombed 25 targets. it reported rockets. other forces say more than 100 were fired. the palestine jihad group says it fired them after the killing of some of its members. let's get the latest live from jerusalem. what has happened overnight? >> well, i can tell you that this has come as a response to a series of incidents, so there was some tension that had been building over the last few days. as you point out three palestinians, two palestine men,

one jordanian man were killed by the is yaly military in the week. conflicting reports about what happened there, and in one case eyewitnesss say the men were provoked and it was then that the israeli military killed a gentleman who happened to be a jordanian judge. it prompted an apology, something that was unusual, because it rarely happens in these cases, we are told. the hope was that this would in some way prevent an escalation of violence. that's not what we have seen. we did see the 60 rockets fired. israeli military said they found the remains of the rockets, and then the response from that, the rockets fired into southern israel and the israeli war planes hitting the 29 palestine targets. this is a major escalation one that has not been seen since 2012, prompting a strong

response from binyamin netanyahu. trnchs at this moment the israeli army is responding with force fired on israeli citizens in the gaza strip. if they are not quiet in the south, there'll be noise in gaza. that is an understatement. i call an residents to the south to act according to instructions. the israeli military will get the job down. >> the u.n. secretary-general bangladesh issued a statement regarding this, saying that he has condemned the attacks. he is now calling on all actors in the statement, all sides to exercise restrangt in an effort to try to not further destabilize the region, as we have pointed out. this is one of the heaviest barr arches since 2012. whether or not this will mean an end to escalation is not clear. sources tell us that, in fact,

this will depend on the level of casualties. that fm number is not clear. thank you for that. >> kimberley joining us from jerusalem. >> while u.s. activist says the atmosphere in gaza is tense. >> this has been the most significant exchange of fire from either side since the ceasefire in 2011. at this point everyone is waiting to see what will happen next. the statements mentioned a number. referring to crimes here and in the west bank. they specify, of course, that the recent of these was an israeli incursion yesterday in which three fighters were killed. they have been very low, in the

2012 exchange, and there were months afterwards without a single rocket fired from gaza, and during this periodst raily violations, gun fire into the access-restricted area, attacks on fishermen at sea, continued with hardly applause. i don't think there was one day where we did not see this kind of aggression from the other side. >> coming from the news desk. one of egypt's highest profile politicians has accused military chief abdul fatah al-sisi of planning to fix upcoming elections. a pro-muslim brotherhood website leaked comments. here is what was said. >> he has previously said in a news conference that he's not going to run in the election

unless the people and army nominate him. that is strange. what he said is wrong. is there something called army, that is ignorance. i will do so if the army nominates me. then we see the army nominates him and holds a meeting showing abdul fatah al-sisi. it shows a lock of experience, and it's a disaster. the military council reiterated the same thing. i took myself oust of the loop because the election will be a farce. whether other candidates withdraw depends on the nomination of abdul fatah al-sisi. if he runs, i will not run. i will get my papers ready. if he is going to run, i will not submit them. they'll fix the ballot bombs, everything for them. this will be a comedy show. if someone didn't run, it doesn't mean he likes him, it means the election process will not be fair.

>> let's look at who he is. he was a powerful player in the military and other circles for 40 years. he was a fighter pilot in the 1960s. and rose to become commander in 1996. he was a member of civil aviation by hosni mubarak. he was made prime minister, but resigned a month later. he lost out in the 2012 elections. he left after arrest warrants were issued for him. staying with egypt and three al jazeera journalists have been held in prison. mohamed fadel fahmy, peter greste, mohammed badr are accused of having links with a terrorist organization, and spreading false news.

al jazeera rejects all charms and demands their release. the next court appearance was on 24 march. abdullah al-shami is also in custody, and this week cairo's criminal court extended his detention for another 45 days. he's been held for six months. he's been on a hunger strike since january the 23rd. coming up. pope francis completes a year in office. we look at how he's changed perceptions. ♪

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>> malaysian officials say they've been unable to locate debris thought to be from the missing malaysian airlines plane. they've been scouring the south china sea, where chinese satellites captured three suspicious floating objects. >> israeli has bombed three bombs into the gaza strip. it was launched after three members were killed. >> one of egypt's high profile politicians questioned abdul fatah al-sisi's political as spirations. former prime minister says the presidential election is fixed in abdul fatah al-sisi's favour. >> u.s. president obama warned russia that its interference in crimea will be costly for

moscow. he has been holding talks with acting prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk. the referred with russia is taking place on sunday. ukraine's leadership says it will never surrender part of its territory. >> crimea has effectively been locked down. the international airport cancelled all flights. we have more from simferepol. >> the new government is extending authority on the ground. passengers are arriving, welcomed by the self-defence units. anyone suspected of not being a resident gets checked and searched. >> the international airport is open for business. if you want to come or leave, there's only one route available

at the moment. >> for the second day straight all other flights were cancel. the ukrainian national carrier announced all flights to and from kiev would not operate until after the referendum. no reasons were gisent. it could be because here to the ukrainians have lost control to its powerful neighbour. crimean officials say they are in charge. >> i think the presumption that crimea was taken over by russia is wrong. it is under control. defense forces. we are worried that the situation will become like kiev and donetsk. we meet and deal with security. >> it's shared by many who believe they are under threat and this neutral western government. i'm grateful for the guys standing here. otherwise i don't know what

would have happened. we'll express our opinion on the referendum. no one can stop us. the situation is really tense, and we don't need more provocation. >> the referendum is due to take place next sunday. voters are told by joining russia, they'll get more benefits when it comes to salaries, pensions and education. the yes vote is expected to win. as crimea's transition is well under way. >> now a group of pro-government protesters gathered outside tehran, criticising the european union's head of foreign policy. they complained to the embassy saying the meeting was not approved. >> libya's prime minister was

forced to resign after a ship with a north korean flag broke parts of government blockades. north korea says it provided the egyptianship, but cancelled the registration soon after. >> translation: right after being informed by fax by libya, we blame the golden lease country for violation of contract and demanded it to let the ship leave port at once without loading oil. >> a group of syrians and the u.s. are marking a third anniversary marking the start of the war. they are reading out the names of 100,000 people who have died since the fighting began. the protest outside the who's in washington is due until 15 march. we should stop drawing red lines, put an end to it and have

a firm stand against the atrocities that are happening now. hopefully barack obama can take a stand against the regime putting an end to the chemical warfare, to the torture, barrel bombs and everything in syria. >> syrian president bashar al-assad made a rare public appearance, and visited the town that had the rebel strongholds. a shelter for displaced people was captured three months ago by rebels. nearly 9 million syrians have been forced to leave their homes. >> al jazeera obtained pictures of fighting in the eastern democratic republic of congo. they have launched a push to eliminate rebel groups. the congolese is calling this

operation clean out. al jazeera obtained these pictures of the fighting in the benne region. with the u.n.'s help, the democratic republic of congo plans to neutralize rebel groups in the east. these presidential guards are looking for members of the alliance of democratic forces. they find four bodies, a boy and three women, claiming they are all adf rebels. they had been fighting the ugandan government. they were mostly defeated by 2004. the survivors established bases in the eastern d.r.c. this is not the first time the congolese government has eradicated them. but attempts in 2005 and 2010 failed. the adf managed to intregate themselves into the cross-border economy. they have taken advantage of corruption within the d.r.c.

security forces. they have been accused of abducting 800 people since last year, and,000 aned fled, fearing kidnappings by the group. the operation to root out the adf was launched in february, resume k in earnest. the congolese army it confident it will clear out the forces and then it plans to turn attention to other rebel groups. >> now, anti-government protests are continuing across venezuela after a month of unrest. several south american foreign ministers offered to mediate the crisis and met in chile to discuss solutions. we have more from sandy ago. >> as the arrests continued unabated, in chillie foreign ministers held an emergency

meeting to diffuse the crisis before it spirals out of control. >> of course we want the region in peace. if there's a situation of crisis or conflict, we have to help. >> the block says it will send a commission to venezuela, no later than april 1st to accompany, support and advise all sides in the conflict. >> we feel totally satisfied the resolution and the battle. piece and political stability. in fact, it was venezuela that proposed the emergency meeting in the first place. >> while venezuela's government may welcome his involvement. many of his opponents view it with suspicion. they are far more interested in

defending the institutional order. >> perhaps, but as the meeting ended, foreign ministers did not shirk the issue. >> we propose a way to build and recover piece in venezuela. with respect to democratic freedom, human rights and freedom of expression. >> so far the main opposition forces in venezuela refused to negotiate with president nicolas maduro, until prisoned protesters and political leaders are released. the rooegonnal blocks efforts to bring all parties to the table has remained in deadlock. they at least offer a claimer of hope. >> there were protests in argentina, where the largest

trade union shut down traffic. as members marched on the plaza. they are demanding higher salaries, the currency has been losing value. the government has been forces stores to freeze prices. now, pope francis marks his first year as head of the roman catholic church on thursday. he's the first non-european pontiff to hold the position in more than 1,000 years, and has been credited with breathing new life into the catholic church. we have this report. >> good evening and history was made. it was the first time the catholic church had a leader from south america. it's clear his nationality stood out.

strong statements against equality were matched by a choice to live in a modest guest house rather than the grand papal apartment. he witnessed poverty and crime, and one of his first acts as pope was the kiss the feet of inmates from a young offenders institution. from the rich and powerful to the less blessed. pope francis's appeal seems global. then you have a pope that you can identify yourself with. >> he's in a position to understand. when we talk to him, then he - he can easily connect with us. this is like he's with us. >> pope francis inherited a church beset by child abuse. over the past year he's been able to change your the image of

the church. how much real change your has he achieved behind the scenes at the vatican. critics would say not much. a u.n. report published in february accused the church of failing to properly deal with child abuse. the vatican bank is being audited. no results have been released. while issues of gay rights and divorce as softened, there's no sign of reform. >> you cannot do this kind of thing quickly without making disaster. suddenly he's a man who will do things, and in good time. >> a year on, there's little doubt that the pope has the right intention to change your the church for the better. as the doves are released by him and attacked by a seagull, the best-laid plans don't always work out as intended some see

pope francis as a superhero, capable of turning the church around. he had an deniably great first year, he hasnd performed that just yet. >> the gaming industry produces defendants for the bafta video game awards. >> did we lose them? >> yes. >> we are not in the clear. >> zombie thriller "the last of us", was a big winner, taking home five awards. it beat global blockbuster "grand theft auto 5", and an indi hit. it's growing in popularity, becoming a major rival to film, music and tv. >> everyone is growing up with video games. i think the stories coming

online. everybody is doing something and pushing the medium. there's so much - so many different people. yes, it's 100% art. the generation accepted it 100%. a reminder that all of our news can be found on the website aljazeera.com. >> the acting crimean president is in washington to see the president. what can he ask for and what will he get. that's the "inside story."