hello. i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. more sightings of potential debris from missing flight hh-370. it could be objects retrieved within hours. a few minutes ago the prime minister received a call from the prime minister of australia who informed him the australian search aircraft located two objects in the australian search area. one circular and one rectangular. >> ukraine has ordered the

withdrawal of its armed forces from crimea. russian troops from seized most of ukraine's bases there. more than 500 supporters of mohamed morsi are sentenced to death for attacking police. their relatives protest outside court. victims of nye jeer kwraft nigerian insurgency speak out about the brutality. . it vanished from radar screens 16 days ago with 239 people on board. the australian prime minister tony abbott told parliament that search crew have spotted two

objects in the southern indian ocean. one is circular and one is rectangular. objects were also in the australian search area. it's not clear whether or not they are the same. these follow the release of satellite objects. all of this in an area up to 25 kilometers off the coast of perth. >> for the growing international air fleet in the southern ocean, another grueling day of searching and another tantalizing report. >> a few minutes ago the prime minister received a call from the prime minister of australia who informed him that an australian seven aircraft located two objects in the

australian search area, one circular and one rectangular. it is possible that the objects could be received within the next few hours or by tomorrow morning at the latest. >> this is success. an australian naval supply vessel in the search area. this ship may offer the best chance of providing information one way or the other on the latest of what's been a serious of promising but still uncertain leads. australia's prime minister explained what the orion reconnaissance plane had found so far. >> they reported seeing two objects. the first a gray or green circular object. and the second an orange, rectangular object. these are separate to the objects reported earlier today by a chinese search aircraft.

>> two chinese military airport planes joined the search. one did report seeing objects in the sea after they found a grainy image of something in the water. but this usair craft, the most advanced surveillance plane in the world, went to the same area and found nothing. frustration and new hope in two weeks of searching. >> in perth from where many of the search planes are going out. phil, updates on the latest developments in terms of the objects and where they are. >> we understand that orion has

just touched down at the air base north of perth. it could hold vital clues. with this news that it spotted two objects in the southern indian option there must be worlds of caution that there have been false leads before. this could be a vital part of the puzzle. we have had 10 aircraft in the skies over the ocean. a chinese aircraft says it spotted debris too. it might be pivotal. we'll only know when the ships at sea are able to find those pieces of debris, get them on board and send them back for analysis. >> do we know if they are in the same area? >> yes, we do. they're in a vast stretch of open ocean about two 2.5 thousand kilometers. it's an awful long way to go for

the recon cans. it takes four hours to get to the search zone. they have to be mindful that they only have two hours to scour the area. they have to fly very low. it's four hours back. it's a very arduous task. it looks for the australians at least today has been a fruitful one. now of course the real hard work begins trying to locate the pieces of debris and actually for the military from get their hands physically on them. >> of course very important to remember. fruitful of course in terms of trying to locate the plane. disastrous for any families who might have loved ones on board. >> all the way through this this has been a baffling and distressing case. clearly we don't know what

happened to the missing flight. distressing of course because there are 239 people on board. they are anxiously awaiting for news. eus must be excruciating that potentially debris from the flight has been found. of course we won't know until the pieces of debris have been collected and analyzed. at the moment we're expecting more information to come from australia. in the meantime, of course, the search does continue. >> phil mercer, thanks very much. richard wescott and former british airways pilot piers applegart will answer your questions in a live twitter q and a today. tweet your question to @bbc westcott using #ask, bbcrichard. or text your questio

question @bbcwestcott @bbc.co.uc plus 447624800. >> now, a court in egypt has handed down death sentences to 528 supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi, one of the largest mass trials in the country in recent years. after being convicted of charges, including attacking police, there was reaction outside the court. security forces in cairo break up two camps. it includes leaders of the band muslim brotherhood. orla guerin says they are questioning the validity and fairness of the trial. >> the lawyers involved in this case as you say, say they have been denied justice.

it was described as a black mark against the egyptian judiciary. we have had reaction from the muslim brotherhood, the verdict of a kangaroo court. as several legal experts are tell us they believe this case will be subject to a retrial. now, it was the killing of one police officer. it has resulted in death sentences handed down to 529 defendants at breathtaking speed. the verdict was announced at what was the second session of the trial. it began saturday. that opening hearing was cut short by the presiding judge. he was apparently unhappy at what was lawyers discussing politics in court. those representing the victims are the defendants in this case and say they have been denied due process. we expect there will be an appeal in this case. >> only 100 of them are in custody at the moment, aren't

they? >> we believe 150 are in custody according to media reports. the rest either on bail or on the run. the death sentence has been referred to egypt's supreme religious authority, the grand mofti for his opinion. he can accept or reject it. some hearsay he could decide to stall. if he does that would allow time for a retrial to take place. while death sentences are regularly handed down in egypt, in recent years very few have been carried out. nonetheless, there is very shocked reaction to the scale of this trial and a number of people. just two hearings in which 525 lives are at stake. ukraine ordered the

withdrawal of its armed forces from crimea following the capture of a key naval base by the russian military. ukraine said the decisions are taken because of threats to the lives of service personnel and their families. the g 7 group of leading industrialized countries during talks in the hague. miranda reports. just 24 hours ago it was in the hands of ukrainian troops. this naval base now under moscow. ukraine's forces ordered to leave altogether under what it call threats and pressure from the military. >> europe and america are

united. >> for the first time, the russian foreign minister will meet western leaders since moscow's takeover. not invited to the g-7 talks but the u.s. state department says john kerry will speak to his russian counterpart at some stage. with china's president ping also arriving for his first official european talk, the dutch will play a critical role in hosting this cast of key world leaders at that time when the diplomatic stakes couldn't be higher.

>> we saw a brief statement earlier from president obama saying they stand united. what are we actually expecting to see today? >> well, this is a summit about trying to secure stock piles. those will be the headlines if you like. of course the ukraine issue dominated everything here. it's 6:30 local time. later this evening the g7 is going to meet. they will discuss the crisis in ukraine. we understand that president obama and therefore presumably the other g7 leaders will still attend a state banquet tonight hosted by the king. so therefore that meeting is probably only going to be an hour or so in length. and yet we will look closely to

see precisely what comes out of that. presumably one of the things the u.s. might want to try to press upon is try not to toughen up its sanctions, bringing them into line by sanctions, considered to be harsher on eu. >> how much concern is there from the west about president putin's next steps? >> there is concern about his broader intentions and the whole process that has been running the situation as far as the pre kremlin is concerned. common refrain of european leaders as well that they do not regard the an exation as legitimate. i think that of course looks increasingly unlikely with every

day that passes. so they are looking closely at what russia may or may not do next. if russia were to forces into eastern ukraine in any way, shape or form, that would be regarded as a major escalation. you have to assume the leaders here on the sidelines, the g7 will seek to try and work out what moves were put in place. again, they're going to have to try and find the united front. that's if they are to have any meaningful response. >> thanks very much. stay with us here on "bbc world news". much more to come. a neighbor of pistorius said she heard screaming followed by gunshots. business: do more with less with less energy. hp is helping ups do just that. soon, the world's most intelligent servers, designed by hp, will give ups over twice the performance,

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this is "bbc world news". i'm geeta guru-murthy with the latest headlines. australian search planes found two new objects in a vast search area in the indian ocean. looking for missing flight mh-370. it is hoped the objects, one circular and one rectangular, will be retrieved in the next seven hours. supporters of president mohamed morsi have been sentenced to death. a correspondent learned of horrific brutality against young women. the attacks in the northeast of nigeria recently intensified. for than 500 civilians have been killed this year, including 29 boys in an attack on a boarding school. we talk to some of the people who have been traumatized by the violence. >> reporter: young men gathering

outside the army barracks after it was attacked by bokha oran. they are standing over a heap of butchered bodies of suspected members. some shot by the army, others cut down by vigilantes. i went to meet people who survived the violence and have fled the war zone. these girls were abducted. whilst in captivity, they witnessed horrific brutality. 19-year-old janet tells me the fighters tried to turn her into a killer. >> they went to gaza and brought fight people to the camp and started slaughtering them. then they told me to slit one of their throats. i told them i couldn't do it. then the wife of one of the men did it herself. >> reporter: she sees a chance to escape. >> one of the captives stood up

and said you only die once. who is ready to make a run for it? six of us jumped into one of the cars they had at the camp. they chased us on motor bikes chasing the car. then i realized all three in the back seat had been shot dead. >> it must be stkeuf for you now even with all these memories of terrifying things that happened. >> translator: sometimes i have nightmares because of all the people i say being killed. all the blood and the sight of people struggling as they had their throats slit. it still haunts me. >> reporter: the scene of devastation at the secondary school. a way of on showing they are against secular education. they stormed the school overnight and 29 teenage boys were killed.

i'm heading off to meet a teacher that was there the very night it was attacked. he's living in a safer part of the country. but he's so terrified he doesn't want to be on camera and he doesn't want us to say what part of the country he's living in. >> there was fire here and there. second fire on cars. >> buildings were on fire? >> cars, yes. >> reporter: he said he had no idea the students were under attack. it wasn't until morning that the teachers saw all the bodies. >> we were crying. we cried. >> so the teachers were all crying? >> yes. some of them would be lawyers.

some will be doctors and so on. so they had ambition. lots of ambition. >> reporter: since that attack last month, close to 100 schools shut down in the northeast. this war is having a devastating impact. most people are far too terrified to speak about what they're going through. the oscar pistorius murder trial ended its fourth week. the court has been hearing from a neighbor who said she heard scream, followed by gunshots on the night reeva steenkamp was killed. the south african athlete is on trial for intentionally killing his girlfriend a year ago, a charge he denies. what's happened in court today? >> reporter: yes. today what we had is the witness who is oscar pistorius's

neighbor. she told the court on the morning of cole tynes day last year she was woken up by gunshots. she said she had the flu. she was contemplating to drink water so as not to wake up her husband with a cough. she looked at her husband's bedside. the clock at 3:02 time on display. that's when she heard three shots. she said they were in quick succession. she heard two voices. a woman screaming in the beginning and then joined by a man screaming. and she said after the three shots, the woman stopped screaming. >> how much does this tie in with the previous prosecution evidence we have heard so far? >> at the moment what they have said. remember, she is a witness who has come to support her husband

who testified much earlier at the beginning of the trial, the story seems to be pretty much the same. the defense is trying to punch holes in the different versions at exact times of when they heard the shots. and remember that according to the defense it was the cricket bat they heard and thought were shots. he was bashing the bathroom door, having realized he made this terrible mistake of thinking his girlfriend was an intruder. the versions are pretty much the same. >> milton, thank you for now. thank you. maryam is right here. money is in the air in europe. the chinese leadership in town.

>> there is hope. there is hope for european leaders that the chinese president has arrived in europe to start his long-awaited tour of the region. he's currently in the netherlands. he will also visit belgium, france and germany. he will meet with european leaders in the hope of signing a serious of trade deals. as sanctions ratchet up in russia, we ask how businesses are trading. in recent years, russia has been seen as an increasingly exciting place to trade. suddenly things are changing and quickly. the impact could hurt european businesses far more. >> maryam, thanks very much. just to bring you these pictures which have just come in to us. of the first moving pictures that have been released i believe of -- well, we're trying

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>> our top stories. more sightings of potential debris of missing flight mh-370. malaysia says objects could be retrieved within hours. a few minutes ago the prime minister received a call from the prime minister of australia who informed him that an australian search aircraft located two objects in the australian search area.

one circular and one rectangular. 500 supporters of mohamed morsi have been sentenced to death for attacking police. they say it wasn't a fair trial. the 70s anniversary of the great escape. the 76 allied officers who tunnelled their way out of a nazi prisoner of war camp. hello and welcome. australian search planes found two new objects in the vast search area in the indian ocean for missing flight mh-370. it is hoped the objects, one circular and one rectangular, will be retrieved in the coming hours. well, it's not yet clear if

these are the same as the possible debris spotted earlier by a chinese aircrew. the plane went missing 16 days ago with 239 people on board. a short while ago authorities gave this update at a press conference. a few minutes ago the prime minister received a call from the prime minister of australia who informed him they have located two objects in the search area, one circular and one rectangular. it is possible they could be received within the next few hours or by tomorrow morning at the latest. they have been identified for operations today. >> the acting malaysian transport minister there.

australian prime minister tony abbott said the naval ship may be able to retrieve the items within the next few hours. >> the australian maritime safety authority has advised that objects have been located by a royal australian air force p-3 orion. i can't advise the house that success is on scene and is attempting to locate and recover these objects. the objects were spotted in the search area about 2,500 kilometers southwest of perth at 2:45 p.m. our time. the crew on board the orion reported seeing two objects. the first a gray or green circular object and the second an orange rectangular object. these are separate to the objects reported earlier today by a chinese search aircraft. a u.s. navy poseidon, a second

royal australian air force orion and japanese orion are also en route to or in the search area. the smoke you can see is from a marker dropped to note where an object has been spotted floating in the ocean. it in turn helps toe determine the wind speed and current which in turn makes it easier for the ship to make contact. it gives us an idea how the search is being carried out at the moment. more now from lucy williamson. lucy, quite a few developments today. obviously for the families the way it goes on is very difficult if the plane goes down in the deep waters. >> it seems as if we're always on the verge of a break through. never more so than now perhaps. an australian ship in the area

trying to pick up whatever was seen by the aircraft crew and bring it back for assessment. if indeed what was seen apart of the airliner it will be a break through. it will mean we know where it went down, where it ended up. that will help the search for the black box that could tell us the story of what happened. of course none of that is certain yet. more than two weeks after the plane went missing, the families are still waiting to know what happened to it and to know whether in fact, they are going to know what happened. >> do we have an idea how many ships are in the area? >> the australian ship is there. several ships are en route to the area. a british ship is en route from the maldives. an american ship with specialist

equipment designed to trace the black box recorder. that is en route. and other countries sending vessels as well. it's the australian ship at the moment where the focus is. of course if in the next few hours they can retrieve these objects it will put us on the path to understand if we're searching in the right area north. >> more now from egypt. death sentences given to 528 supporters of the former president of muhammohamed morsi. bbc arabic is here. only 150 or so were in court. but they have been given death againsts. families are protesting. >> it seems an important point in egyptian politics. many people are raising issue about last saturday.

today the sentence. secondly, as you mentioned in our intro that people are protesting. the families are protesting. but more significantly the political aspect of this court. egyptian authorities seems to be sending a strong political message that the the way we will solve the issues. in return, would the reaction of the muslim brotherhood. the new generation. all of these are questions raised after this verdict. now, we want to see a couple of days. still there's a chance. and we don't know even know if they will approve the sentences yet. there are a couple of hundreds not in the court yet. >> they are on the run. >> exactly. >> in terms of the political

reaction, how is the position of the brotherhood to protest otherwise? because the fear is, as you say, you radicalize more people, you get more violence. there's been such a tough crackdown. >> indeed. it is the biggest political movement if we can say. either in egypt or other places. however, this group here is all on the opposition side. having that said now, they can recruit more and mobilize more to say we are victims of what's going on. on return, there are a younger generation we have seen now. they feel themselves isolated, frustrated. and the muslim brother had has not responded to their political needs. having that said they might be more radicalized.

i believe the leadership of the muslim brotherhood will stick to old statements saying we are a nonviolence group. we carry on protests. this will be a brother between the newer generation and whether they carry out more protests. >> thank you. >> within the last few yours, acting president of ukraine ordered the withdrawal of forces from crimea. the president said the decision had been taken because of threats to service personnel and their families. every ukrainian base in crimea is now under russian control. earlier today they stormed the naval base using automatic weapons and stun grenades. a spokesman in kiev says they were let out with their hands tied. president obama, meanwhile, is in the netherlands to meet the g7 group to discuss ukraine.

the group will hold talks on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit. not long after arriving, president obama gave a news conference reaffirming his support of the support to ukraine. >> europe and america are united in our support of the ukrainian government and the ukrainian people. we're united in opposing a cost on russia for its actions so far. the prime minister rightly pointed out it would bring significant consequences to the russian economy. and i will meet with my fellow g7 leaders later today and we will coordinate with the netherlands and our european partners. as we go forward. >> president obama there. let's go out to daniel sandford is there. not clear how far the west is going to go in terms of sanctions. but already i see that banks saying 9 billion rubles have

been withdrawn by depositors since u.s. sanctions were announced last week. how much more can they take? >> i think they are willing to pay a great price. it was part of the calculation that they made when they decided to annex crimea to russia. i think so far none of the consequences that the western have brought about the sanctions have surprised anyone here in russia. president putin had been warning ministers and officials they shouldn't be keeping their money offshore. people are probably moving their money out of banks and into banks where there will be a free throw of money. that is certainly what they will be hoping for now.

still some concern there might be further action from the russians. the the russian defense ministers just turned up in crimea, the first russian cabinet minister to turn up in crimea. deputy leader of the back sea fleet, ukrainian naval commander by trying to persuade outsiders to come over to the russian side. >> okay. damage sandford in moscow, thank you. well, now that the ukrainian government ordered al troops to leave crimea, its future looks unclear. we look at some of the ways it will change as it becomes part of russia. >>. >> a lovely cup of coffee. the equivalent of $2.50. but soon it will become 100 rubles as it gradually replaces the ukrainian one. a week ago there was a sign

nailed to this local parliament building. now the new letters read the republic of crimea state council written only in russia. and the russian flag flying priedly above. most crimeans like natasha have their ukrainian passport. as of net month they will have to officially declare it for the russian federation and be turned foreigners here. otherwise, they will be issued with a russian passport. their nationalities officially changing within a matter of weeks. >> if you want to watch ukrainian television, you have to get it by cable or satellite. the media here has already made the shift. for now it's the same time in

crimea as mainland ukraine. but in a few weeks time that will zoom forward by two hours as crimea adopts the moscow time zone. >> mark lowen reporting there from crimea. >> they died in a gun battle in hadramout. u.s. spokesman said african union-led forces would remain with the u.s. working in an advisory role. >> the national front in france has done better than expected in the first round of voting in

municipal elections. it went through to the second round in some 200 places across the country. all of this a sign of disenchantment. stay with us here on "bbc world news". much more to come. a neighbor of oscar pistorius said she heard screaming followed by gunshots on the night he killed his girlfriend. check it out. i can't believe your mom has a mom cave! today i have new campbell's chunky spicy chicken quesadilla soup. she gives me chunky before every game. i'm very souperstitious.

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this is "bbc world news". i'm geeta guru-murthy with the latest headlines. australia search planes found debris in the vast search area for missing flight mh-370. they are identified them with markers and will be retrieved in the coming hours. more than 500 supporters of former egyptian president

mohamed morsi have been sentenced to death. families have been outside protesting. return to our top story this hour, the news of teams searching for the missing malaysian airlines found debris. it could mean an end to the waiting in which the families and relatives which they have been suggested to. one of the organizers is the prom social activist and daughter of former prime minister. she won't to jennifer pak. >> it is haired time for many of us. especially those of the families affected. >> we all do feel bound together with this plane.

it is kind of a national tragedy. >> there have been a lot of criticisms how malaysian officials have been handling this. and other countries have been preut ca critical. your father was the leader of this country before. what do you think of this criticism of malaysia? >> well, it was chaotic in the beginning. i think they are just being very cautious. the worst thing is to give people hope and dash them immediately, you know? if the rest of us already feel like we're on a roller coaster, imagine what the families feel. so i think they are doing the best they can. >> more than two-thirds of the passengers are from china. a lot of them are very angry. >> i suspect there is some sort of cultural problem here.

perhaps they are used to a certain form of government. >> gave us all a moment of silence. i think at this juncture i'm just praying for some evidence to be found where it is. then we have a clue of what might have happened. then we take it from there. but i think it's going to be a long process. marina there in malaysia. phil mercer is in perth from where the search operation is of course being coordinated at the moment. phil, we've got some details about what has been spotted by the australians, haven't we? >> yes. two pieces of debris that have been spotted by an australian surveillance plane. one a gray or green circular piece.

the other an orange rec tanninger. they were find 2500 kilometers southwest of perth on their way to try and locate these bits of debris are on board. they dropped flares and gps into the ocean. that should help to narrow down the search. what the sailors are contending with are some of the toughest seas in the world. so until that debris is in the hands of investigators, we won't know for sure how significant this particular find is. >> how long before it the ships reach the hour? i know tony abbott said hours. and it could be tomorrow morning. >> it could be given here in the west of australia it's

approaching 8:00 in the evening. only time will tell when the naval vessel can get to the precise area. trying to find these relatively small pieces of debris in the ocean could take all day. they might not find them. if they do manage to retrieve them, it could take several days to make the long journey back here to the city of perth in western australia given they are having to contend with those icy and unpredictable waters in the indian ocean. >> richard wescott and british airways pilot will answer some of your questions about the missing flight on a live twitter q and a. tweet @bbcwestcott or

#askbbcrichard. many, many questions. we will keep you up to date as far as we can. >> an eight-car commuter train derailed at chicago's o'hare airport overnight injuring 32 people on board. it failed to stop at the airport underground station. the train hit the buffers, then mounted the pavement. the exact reason for the crash is still being investigated. a neighbor of the south afternoon an athlete heard screaming, folded by gunshots on the night he killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he denies intentionally shooting her, saying he mistook her for

an intruder. >> most of us familiar with the story of the great escape. many of us know the story of the great escape thanks to hollywood because allied officers tunnelled their way out of a high security nazi prisoner of war camp in poland. today marks the anniversary of that escape. 76 servicemen crawled through that tunnel code named harry. "bbc world news". is. >> it was quite remarkable. when you think that that tunnel was dug by people without tools,

with a deep security or secrecy. there was work going on in the room next to me making uniforms and things. >> three items were dug. only one was used. the filmmakers did their best to portray the conditions down 10 meters down in the unstable sand. the prisoners excavated 200 tons of sand and used 4,000 board to shore up the cramped passages. it stretched over 100 meters beyond the outer fence and lies beneath the feet of those who visited the spot where over 70 men made a break for freedom. >> it was only the following day when we heard roughly how many had gotten through. then the germans counted, recounted us to try to establish

how many people were missing. admittedly they got little help from us because we kept moving around to confuse the counting. >> today veterans will join members of the modern raf to remember the 50 escapers executed by the gestapo. only three managed to reach the uk. >> before the great escape, escapes were, again, you escaped. you were caught. you were put into solitary confinement. you were released. you got a round of applause. after the great escape, it stopped being a game. it became literally deadly serious. >> dangers underlined by the guard tower just a few feet from the tunnel.

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