on al jazeera america >> israel says palestine fighters are continuing to launch rockets following this barrage on wednesday. we'll be live in jerusalem. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera live from doha. i'm elizabeth. also on the program. planes looking for a malaysian airliner from clues from a satellite. >> the crimea election -

predicted to be a farce. >> crack down of the d.r.c. the congolese army's push to eliminate rebel troops near the ugandan border. >> we begin with breaking news from israel. the military reports that fighters in gaza are launching rockets towards israel. let's get the latest. we are being joined live from jerusalem. what more can you tell us about this? >> well, i can tell you in the last hour or so there are media reports that there has been five rockets fired out of gaza. we know one hit in israeli territory. we are told that there are no reports of injury or fatalities, but that there are rocket alarms in two israeli cities.

and its citizens are told to take shelter. this happened in the last hour or so, as a response to action by the israeli military. there was a response - israeli military fired inside gaza. 29 targets, we are told, to bases of hamas and the armed wing of islamic jihad. this was a response to rocket attacks from islamic jihad. it fired 90 rockets into southern israel. the israeli military confirmed, saying they found the remains of 60 rockets, five hitting heavily populated areas. there's a lot of back and forth and tensions in the last 12 hours. we know this has foected tens of thousands -- affected tens of thousands inside israel who have been told to remain there as the

situation escalates. >> there's a security meeting to take place later today. >> well, the question had been up until an hour ago, would there be further response from inside gaza. and, of course, we have seen that. there have been at least five rockets. this is the challenge for hamas. it's to try to keep calm. the question had been would there be further retaliation. many speculated whether it was term difficult of injuries. we continue to hear that that is not the case. now we know that there is this emergency cabinet meeting, that the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is convening, as the israeli military and top cabinet officials discuss the next steps. outside of israel there has been strong condemnation of rocket attacks.

ban ki-moon condemned this. we heard from mahmoud abbas, saying he is calling on the israeli military. there are strong statements coming out, but now it seems an active situation. >> thank you very much, we will, of course, go back to kimberley as the situation develops. >> some developing news from egypt now, and the army accusing the muslim brotherhood organising an attack. masked gunmen killed one soldier. the muslim brotherhood is banned now in egypt. >> a lot of egypt's prominent politicians accused military chief of planning to fix

upcoming elections. the comments of the former prime minister were leaked by a pro-muslim brotherhood website. >> he has 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, it's ignorance. he said i will do so if the army nominates him. and then we see him nominating him. it shows a lock of experience. it's a disaster and the military council reiterate the same things. i have taken myself out of the loop because the election will be a farce. of course, whether other candidates withdraw depends on the nomination. i said i will not run, but i'll get the papers ready.

i know they'll fix the pallet boxes, and everything for him. this will be a comedy show. if someone didn't run for the presidency, the election process will not be fair. >> the upons to the leak has been given. here is what he said? : >> what is he? he's a powerful player in the middle east. he was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the 1960, and rose to become commander of the egyptian air force in 1996. he was appointed americans of civil aviation in 2002 by hosni mubarak, as anti-hosni mubarak

protests intensified. shav eke was made prime minister but resigned a month later. he narrowly lost in the 2012 elections. he left egypt after arrest warrants were issued for him. >> staying with egypt three al jazeera journalists have been held in prison for 35 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr are accused of having links to a terrorist organization and spreading false noose. al jazeera denies the charges and demand the release of its staff. >> abdullah al-shami from al jazeera's arabic channel is also in custody. this week cairo's criminal court extended his detention for another 45 days. heats been held for six months, and has been on a hunger -- he's been on a hunger strike since

the 23rd of january. >> more clues and theories are emerging on the missing malaysian airliner. they have been searching the south china sea, where this satellite image was taken. the floating objects spoted floating a day after the plane went missing, but only missing in the past 24 hours. search planes found nothing bit the time they got there. >> u.s. sends teams to the west coast coast as the search widens. they are looking in the straits of malacca and the andyman see. the "wall street journal" is reporting flight 307 was in the air three hours after its last confirmed location. it vanished an hour after take off as it was thought to be flying over the south china sea. let's spoke to scott heidler who is in penang in malaysia for us.

for confusion with the satellite images released by china, four days after they found them. >> absolutely, that has not sat well with the malaysian officials. they dispatched claims when they got the information. along with vietnam, and some singaporean aerial surveillance aircraft. they didn't find anything, mainly because - probably because it was four days after the satellite images were taken. likely the debris blew away. or if it was part of the aircraft, it could have sunk. officials here, malaysian civil aviation officials came out saying it was a breach of protocol. that china shouldn't have sat on that information or the images. for it to be the most useful, it

had to be investigated, retrieved and terrified. that is something that probably should have been scuffed in a press conference. >> meanwhile, an interesting line out of the u.s., saying that the plane could have been flying for four hours after the went off the radar. >> yes, this is something coming through in a wall street journal article. what it - it quotes unnamed u.s. officials saying there's data that they were able to analyse. it's a burst of data sent approximately every 30 minutes. so the airlines, the manufacturers could get a good reading of the wear and tear on the engines of the aircraft. performance and things like that. they analysed the u.s.

officials, analysed the material saying the plane was flying for four hours. it was a 2200km radius. that's why that and some other information that came out from the military radar here, that's why they extended the search for the aircraft, and if this is verified, this information coming from the article in "the wall street journal", it will be expanded further. the main reason they have started the search on this side of malaysia, the west side, before it's focused for most of it on the east side, they are on this side because of other evidence issued by the air force chief that the plane could have made a u-turn, and there was a raid or signature of a commercial aircraft 200km off the coast here of where i am in the straightof malacca. it goes all the way up into the an drk ean sea. there's u.s. assets brought over

here, a destroyer on its way in the next 24-48 hours, to continue with the search. they want this information from "the wall street journal." it may be expanding further. >> thank you for the update. >> kamal hyder joining us from penang in malaysia. >> u.s. president obama warned russia that its interferns will be costly if it doesn't back down. he's been holding talks with arseniy yatsenyuk, acting prime minister, and condemned plans for the referendum. ukraine's knew leadership says it will never surrender part of its territory. >> crimea's international airport has about in lockdown, cancelling flights, except those to and from moscow. more from simferepol. >> the new pro-russian authority

extended authority. passengers arriving at simferepol are welcomed by the self-defence unit. anyone suspected of not being a resident of crimea gets checked and searched. >> the international airport is open for business. if you want to come or leave crimea, there's one route available at the moment. >> for the second day straight all other flights were cancelled. the ukrainian national carrier announced all flights to and from crimea would not operate until after the referendum. no reasons were given, but it could be because hereto the ukrainians lost control. even though crimean officials say they are in charge. >> i think the presumption that crimea has been taken over by russia is wrong. it is under control of the self-defence forces.

we are worried the situation here is becoming tense. we can figure out our needs and security. >> it's a point of view found by many. i'm grateful for the guys who are standing here to protect us. otherwise i don't know what would have happened. we are going to express our opinion on the referendum, and no one can stop us. the situation is tense. and we don't need more provocation. >> the referendum that will seem crimea's fate is due to take place next sunday. voters are told by joining russia, they'll get more benefits when it comes to pengses, salaries and education. the yes vote is expected to win. the referendum is a technicality. the transition to russia is well under way. >> coming up in the program - as

pope francis completes one year in office, we look at how he's changed perceptions of the catholic church, plus... >> did we lose him? >> yes. >> master of the game takes top honours as the best video game award.

>> good to have you with us. these are the top stories. israel says more rockets have been fired at it from gaza. the u.s. raily air force bombed

the strip following rockets attacks. the palestine group said it fired them after israel broke a truce by killing three of its members. egyptian state tv reports masked gunman killed one officer wounding three. the army accused the muslim brotherhood of organising the attack. u.s. investigators suspect a missing malaysia airlines plain flew for four hours after losing kak. aviation exports are basing the theory on data downloaded from the engines. >> that theory has been dismissed and said it was upunusual that kyna -- unusual that china did not release its

satellite images earlier. >> signature states must cooperate in terms of aircraft in terms of an investigation. china is a signature to the chicago convention. it is rather cure youse that they didn't come forward and present the information some time ago. the mystery is the fact that the radio communications ceased in a short time, and there was no may day calls, it's incredible that the aircraft would keep on flying. if there'd been a disturbance to the flight path or change your of altitude, passengers would be aware. you'd expect some would have got out a cell phone or a mobile phone message to the outside world. there's a lot of speculation because no wreckage has been

found. i think the more aircraft, the more vessels searching for the wreckage or any signs of the aircraft is a good thing. the fact that none has been found to date in a relatively populous area in terms of maritime traffic and relatively shallow waters, it remains one of today's modern mysteries in terms of what happened to the flight. >> two people have been killed in turkey during large demonstrations. one man was killed during fights with police at istanbul, and elsewhere. he reportedly suffered a heart attack. the violence began hours offer the funeral of a 15-year-old boy, who died after spending months in a coma. he was hit by a tear gas cannister during anti-government protests last year. al jazeera obtained pictures of

fighting in the eastern democratic republic of congo. the government has launched a push to eliminate rebel groups based there. we have this report. >> the congolese army is calling this operation clean out. al jazeera has obtained these exclusive pictures of the fighting in the region near the ugandan boarder. the li dongyi -- the democratic republic of congo plans to neutralize the east. they find four bodies, a boy and three women. they claim they are adf rebels, the group had been fighting the ugandan government sips 1996, but were defeated by 2004. the survivors established bases in the eastern d.r.c. this is not the first time the congolese government tried to

eradicate them. attempts in 2005 and 2010 failed. the adf managed to integrate themselves into the cross border economy between the d.r.c. and uganda. they have taken advantage of corruption reason the d.r.c. security forces. the adf has been accused of abducting 800 people, and thousands have fled, fearing attacks by the group. >> the operation to route out the adf was lunched in february. but resumed in earnest days ago. the congolese army is confident it will clear out adf forces by the end of the week. >> six people have been confirmed dead after an explosion that flattened two new york city apartment buildings. a gas explosion has been blamed for the attack of buildings in

harlem. emergency crews are searching for anyone trapped in the rubble. more than 60 people are injured. >> north korea has denied trying to buy illegal oil from libyan rebels. they were forced to resign after a ship broke past a government blockade. north korea said provided the ship for the flag, cancelled the ship's registration, soon after. >> right after being informed, we blamed the logistics company for violation of contract and demanded that the ship leave port without the oil. >> pope francis marks his first year as head of the roman catholic church on thursday. he's been credited with breeding

new life into the catholic church. we have this report from the vatican. >> a good evening and history was head. it was the first time the catholic church had a leader from south america. it's clear his nationality was not the only thing that would make pope francis stand out. his popularity was immediate. he practised what he preached. strong statements against inequality, matched by a choice to live in a modest guest house. rather than the grand papal apartments. he witnessed poverty and prime, and one of his first acts as pope was to kiss the feet of inmates. his warmth draws crowds to his weekly audience and modest ways earnt him the covers of time magazine and rolling stone.

pope francis's appeal seems global. >> then you have a pope to whom you can identify yourself with. he's in a better position to understand that, you know. when we talked to him, then he - he can connect with us. so this is like he's with us. >> pope francis inherited the church beset by corruption and child abuse scandals. how much change your has he achieved. >> his critics would say not much. a u.n. report accuses the church of failing to deal with cases of child abuse. the blank is being audited, but results not released. the pope's tone on issues like gay rights and divorce softened, there's no sign of religious

reform. >> you kont do this kind of thing weekly without making disaster. >> it's a man who will do things. but in renewed time. >> a year on, there's little doubt that the pope has the right intentions to change your the church for the better. >> as the doves released by him, the best laid plans don't work out as intended. some see pope francis as a superhero capable of turning the church around. he hasn't performed that miracle just yet. >> and anti-government protests continue across venezuela, after a month of unrest several south american foreign ministers offered to mediate the crisis. they met in chile to discuss solutions. we have more from santiago.

>> the arrests and political confrontation continued in venezuela. an emergency meeting was held to try to diffuse the crisis before it spirals out of control. >> we want the region in piece. if there's a situation of crisis or conflict, as south american brothers, we have to help. >> the block says it will send a commission to venezuela, no later than april 1st to promote a dialogue, support and advise all sides in the conflict. >> we feel totally satisfied with the resolution and the battle we have undertaken. peace and political stability in the country. >> in fact, it was venezuela that proposed the emergency meeting in the first place. >> while venezuela's government may welcome the involvement.

many opponents view the south american bloc with suspicion. they believe with exceptions they seemed more interested in defending the institutional order, the fact that nicolas maduro was elected, rather than questioning the way his government uses and abuses his power. >> perhaps, but as the meeting ended foreign ministers disappoint address the issue. >> we have proposed a way to build and discover piece in venezuela. human rights and respect for treated am of expression. >> so far the main opposition forces refuse to negotiate until imprisoned protesters and political leaders are released. >> efforts to bring all sides to the table may be a long shot.

it will at least aufr a claimer of hope. >> now, the caming industry's top produce defended in london. for the annual bafta awards. >> did we lose them? >> yes. >> zombie thriller "the last of us" took home five awards, including best game and adventure, beating "grand theft auto 5." it is growing in pop awe -- popularity. >> everyone is joined up with video games. we develop a triple a. everyone is pushing the media. there's so much to hold on to.

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