hello. our top stories -- the first sighting from a plane of what could be debris of the missing malaysian airliner. and the grim search of bodies continues among the washington state debris mudslide, a victim of one talks about her grief. >> i don't need a body to know. >> to get closure? >> no, i don't. >> president obama leaves europe for saudi arabia. and a mission to reassure one of washington's most important ally ones in the arab world.

one of world cricket's most powerful men told to step down into an investigation into alleged corruption. >> can you hear my voice coming through both sides? >> yes, yes. >> and the incredible moment a woman who has been deaf since birth hears for the first time. it's captured on video. hello, everyone. breaking news. one of the planes searching for the missing malaysian airlines of western australia says the has spotted objects which may be debris. well, the jet left queue ala lumbar pure 21 days ago heading

for beijing. it was suggested it flew down into the southern indian ocean here, first searching western australia within this area as suggested by that analysis. satellites showed objects of interest here, but no firm connection to the airlines. now it's thought this was the route which was actually followed heading to this area. that's because analysts have deduced from combining radar and satellite data that the jet was flying faster than previously thought. so it burns fuel more quickly and that's why the australian search operation is focusing on this new area. it's 1,100 kilometers northeast of the original search zone. the good news is that the this new area, which is bigger than the size of the united kingdom, is a shorter flight time from perth in western australia. that means planes can stay over the search area for longer, up to two to three hours more than in the previous area. so what's the latest from perth? the bbc's phil murtha is there.

what's the information coming from one of the planes, phil? >> well, this is from a new zealand air force p-3 orien, a surveillance aircraft that took off from the pierce air base earlier today. and the crew says, nick, that it spotted about 11 unidentified objects in the new search area. now, these pieces of debris may be connected with flight mh-370. we won't know for sure, probably, until tomorrow when a ship can go to that location and try to retrieve the debris. so we could be looking at a very significant break through. we can be looking at yet another false lead. but as far as the new zealand is concerned, they've relayed this information to ships bearing down on the new search area. and by this time tomorrow, we should hopefully know one way or another whether this is connected to the investigation that's almost three weeks old now. >> but compared to satellite

images taken from, say, 20,000 miles or whatever, this would produce images taken literally a few hundred feet away by the plane in high resolution? >> well, also not only that, this is up to date information. when we've been receiving those satellite images invably, they are days old. so what the new zealand air crew has done today, providing fresh, up to date information passing on the exact location to those ships and it may take those ships a short while to get to that particular area, but what the australians and their international partners are able to do is to try and map out how the current work in that part of the indian ocean to try and predict if those pieces of debris have moved, where they might be. this is a very sophisticated international operation. satellite necessary space are, of course, invaluable, but it's when we get down to the

nitty-gritty of planes, seeing potential pieces of debris that the australian led surveillance mission thinks it might be zoning in on something quite significant. >> thanks very much, phil, at the pierce air force base in perth. quite a number of developments. the air force minister says there was a constant refining of the data coming to them. here is the bbc's mike woodridge. >> search aircraft heading off for another day of scouring the waters of the southern indian ocean and the continuing effort to solve the mystery of what happens to malaysian airlines flight mh-370. but now directed to a new search area, more than a thousand kilometers north of where they've been looking for more than a week and closer to the australian coast. the reason? new analysis by investigators of the data as they seek to understand the 777's flight height, speed, usage of fuel and range after it disappeared.

>> new results indicated that mh-370 flew at a higher speed than previously thought, which in turn means it used more fuel and could not travel as far. because of ocean drift, this new search area could still be consistent with the potential of -- identified by previous satellite images over the past week. this work is ongoing. and we can expect further refinements. . >> the australian authorities gave their assessment of the new data analysis and the prospects of the intensive search operation being able to verify. >> the information provided by the international investigative team is the most credible lead we currently have in the search for aircraft wreckage. however, this information nodes to be continually adjusted for the length of time since the aircraft went missing and the likely drift of any wreckage on the ocean surface. >> the australians have now said

that a plane has spotted objects in the sea, but their identity is yesterday to be established and the sightings need confirmation by a ship. >> now, the number of people confirmed dead in a massive mudslide near seattle has risen to 25. rescuers say they expect that figure to rise substantially over the next few days as they recover more bodies from the wall of mud. 90 people are still unaccounted for. the authorities warn that the bodies of some victims may never be found. bbc's david willis is in oso. >> as the pain-staking search continues, telephone calls for the emergency services were released revealing the panic as the mudslide tore these homes apart. >> hundreds of trees have fallen outside of my house. sounded like an earthquake was happening. >> are there any injuries? >> yes. there's people yelling for help. >> amongst the rubble, rescuesers found the body of a

4-month-old girl, sanoa, whose grandmother also died in the disaster. the search operation is taking its toll on volunteers. they've recovered more bodies than the figures indicate, but those bodies have yet to be formally identified. and in the next few days, the death toll is expected to rise significantly. comforted by her british friend heather rogers, nicole rivera told me four of her loved one res missing. both her parents, her 19-year-old daughter, delaney, and delaney's fiancee, allen. >> other countries and places where there have been tragic mudslides and lives lost, many, many times bodies are not recovered and those areas are then claimed as a memorial ground. and i have a feeling that may be the case in this situation. and i'm okay with that. for me, i don't need a body to know -- >> to get chose your?

>> no, i don't. she is beautiful. i'm honored to be her mother. i'll miss her very much. i'm going to do everything in my power to help as many people as possible in honor of her and allen and my mom and dad. >> the tragic story of this tight-knit community is sewly starting to unfold and the briefing has barely begun. david willis, bbc news, washington state. president obama is due to arrive in saudi arabia shortly for talks with king abdullah. he left shortly eastern europe which has been dominated by the crisis in ukraine. he'll need to refocus on one of washington's oldest allies in the middle east which has been strained. i'm joined by mohammed from bbc

arab arabic. how bad are relations between the united states and saudi? >> the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia is going from bad to worse over the past three years, not just because of syria, but because of iran and egypt, as well. the tension started in 2011 with the start of the arab uprising bht saudi arabians were disappointed that the americans have dropped their ally in egypt, hosni mubarak at the time and benali in tunisia. then the syrian crisis started developing in iran. the saudis are the arch -- of iran and they're not happy about the nuclear talks going auto right now. they're not happy about iran backing the bashar al assad government in syria and they are going into a proxy war with them, backing the armed rebels there. and so it's -- and they feel that the americans are disengaging from the region

after withdrawing from iran, from afghanistan. the less dependance on the oil, the gulf oil with the fracking and the new knowledge of the discoveries in the united states. so they feel the americans are disengaging from the region. this is why barack obama is going there, to try to reassure them. >> nevertheless, the saudis are looking around for other people, other countries with whom to build strong reliances particularly because of iran. because they're part of the american position? >> yes. now, the relationship between the saudi arabia and u.s. over about seven decades was based on the u.s. providing the security of saudi arabia and the gulf and the saudi arabia pumping oil. now, with the tension and the lack of trust that has built up recently, saudi arabia has started to look outside with pakistan is, of course, a nuclear power. and saudi arabia is looking at

that direct to try and do it on their own with preparing themselves for a total u.s. disengagement. >> mohammed, thank you very much, indeed, for that update on the challenges facing president obama in saudi arabia. within the last few minutes just before he left italy, he apparently made clear to cbs television that russia must pull back its troops from the ukrainian border. that just in before he left the vatican and italy for saudi arabia. the turkish government has blocked access to the video sharing site youtube. it took similar action a few days ago to cut off the microbloging website twitter. the authorities are unhappy that an audio file has been uploaded to the website which features the prime minister's most senior advisers discussing military action in syria. but just as with the twitter ban, people are finding ways to access youtube in turkey.

>> fist, it was twitter. now it's youtube. turkey's government has been cracking down on social networking sites which the prime minister accuses of spreading misinformation. this is what the prime minister says is happening to teshgky. turkey. in his policy aes new video, the country tries to bring down -- the people try to defect. uniting the nations against conspiracy is his goal. what appears to have -- the ban on youtube is an audio recording between two ministers which was posted on the site. they were allegedly discussing a possible military operation in syria. turkey's foreign minister said this is a declaration of war against his country. >> translator: i've been a facebook and a youtube user for

years. i'm uneasy over these developments. >> translator: i wonder how far they will go to curb our freedom. first twitter, now youtube. what's next? facebook? how far will they go and when will this end? >> translator: this don't kay what people think. this is an authoritarian ruling. >> the prime minister faces local election these sunday. he blames the social networking site for damaging his reputation. but his ethics to wipe out this site don't appear to be working too well. marie goy, bbc news. let's move on. while president obama is on his way to saudi arabia, see yixi pg

is in europe today. >> after two days enjoying french hospitality, xi jinging arrives in germany. his stay in europe has multi billion dollar deals. but for president xi, today's talks are far more important. why? let me tell you. trade between china and germany, it's worth $200 billion a year. that right there, that is more than china's trade with france, britain and italy combined. german firms thought they were ahead of the bar, they moved into china more aggressively by their european rivals. volkswagen was the first european carmaker to set up in china over 30 years ago. rival bmw sells far more cars in china than it does at home in germany. however, that growth is slowing and some german bosses want to see less reliance on china and more focus on other emerging

markets like africa. one growing chinese industry is still set to be bigger than hollywood in a few years and we're going to be talking to a chinese filmmaker later on about the potential growth of chinese films in the interim. can it be a global brand? we're going to do that on gmt. also the first set of quarterly results for three-month numbers under a new boss, they are due today. in a couple of hours' time. analysts expect an ongoing slump to have continued with sales in the three months to february. down some 60% on last year. john chen, who you just saw there, he was tasked with saving the smartphonemaker from extinction. took over last year and actually saw a jump in the company's share price that shows investors think he can possibly turn the firm's fortunes around. as soon as those numbers are out, we'll bring them to you. also the new ceo of microsoft right here, nadella, has been outlining his strategy for the

future of the company at an event in san francisco. the big news, the company announced was the company's offered software, the suite, will now be available -- stop laugh -- will now be available on apple's ipad. but the question, is it a smart move or an admission that microsoft has lost the battle for the post pc world? we'll be hearing from the bbc correspondent at that event. you want to do markets? yes. i've been told, show the markets. european markets are up following, of course, the gains that we saw earlier in asia. what's going on? if you like my suite, tweet me. i'll tweet you back. you can find me @bbcaaron. that's it. >> i have an office suite or an office two?

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evidence from the witness stand. he's always maintained what happened was an accident. the bbc is in pretoria. >> as usual, the crowds were here as oscar pistorius arrived at court this morning. but within half an hour or so, we've all learned that the trial has been suspended since april 7th. there was almost an audible groan since that announcement was made because there has been a build up thinking oscar pistorius might have been called as the first witness in his defense. nonta, what exactly did she do and why? >> she told the board members trial would not continue today because one of her assessors has taken ill. that means the court cannot continue with just one assessor

because that means the court is not properly constituted. >> they are outside the court in pretoria. now the india, the country's cricket boss has been ordered to step aside. he'll be kep out of the role during an investigation into corruption claims during last season's india premier league. should investors be temporarily replaced by a -- last year, indian police suspended several players for allegedly spot fixing. that's conceding a specify number of runs in exchange for money from bookmakers. let's go to the bbc's nick marshall who joins me from the bbc sports center. mr. shenevesen, he's not guilty, of course, but he's been removed until this case is heard. what are the implications for indian cricket? >> nick, you're right. this is not a guilty verdict by any stretch of the image.

he's stepping aside completely while they look into, let's say, the transparency of the indian board of contract for cricket. avrlt of fans, a lot of the illegal fraternity, you're asking the question why is there an issue at all where we're looking into spot fixing and corruption allegations? well, he will step aside. it's interesting to note that the supreme court recommended his indian cement company not be held in any position on the board of control for india. so you can see what's happening now is an illustrative purpose of trying to clear the deck the, so a bit of a spring cleaning may be in place for the board of control. now, two teams were under the cloud of spot fixing allegations and corruption. they are being investigated. they were called to that side. those two sides will actually be

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our top stories, the first sighting from a plane of what could be debris from the missing malaysian airlines. president obama leaves europe for saudi arabia and a mission to reassure one of washington's most important allies in the arab world. one of cricket's most powerful men told to step down until an investigation into alleged corruption. facing its own storm of controversy, the biblical epic

"noah" finally opens in cinema, but not all. >> hello, everyone. we're within the last hour, it's been reported that one of the planes searching for malaysian airlines 370 says it's spotted objects which may be debris. the missing airline left 21 days ago. first satellite indications suggested it flew down down an arc into the southern indian ocean here. searching within the indian ocean has been here. but a fresh look at the data suggested the plane was flying faster than previously thought and that means it burned more fuel and may not have traveled so far before crashing into the sea, hence, it has ended up

potentially somewhere in this area. much closer to western australia north of the roaring 40s in areas of sea which tend to be much calmer. mike woodridge has the latest. >> search aircraft heading off for the new search area, the continuing efforts to solve the mystery of what happens to flight mh-370. one plane reporting it spotted objects in the sea, so far unidentified and needing to be confirmed by a ship. the new area is more than 11,000 kilometers north of where they've been looking. new analysis by investigators of the data that they seek to understand flight of the 777 after it disappeared. >> yesterday, this processed new results which indicated the mh-370 flew at a higher speed than previously thought which in

turn means it needed more fuel and could not travel as far. because of ocean drift, this new search area could still be consistent with the fleck is identified by previous satellite images over the past week. this work is ongoing. and we can expect further refinement. >> the australian authorities earlier gave their assessment of the new data natural and of the prospect for the intensive search operation being able to verify what it is. >> the information provided by the international investigative team is the most credible lead we currently have in the search for aircraft wreckage. however, this information needs to be continually adjusted for the length of time since the aircraft went missing. >> weather conditions seem to be more favorable now in the new search area asthma labor ya and the world waits to see whether there is, at last, a break

through. so there's been one line of detail that something has been found and it may be connected to the aircraft, whatever has been seen from there. and in perth, that's where the whole operation has been coordinated by the australian air force. here is the bbc's phil murtha. i asked him at the base what is known about this new sighting. >> this is from a new zealand pc aircraft that took off from the pierce air base earlier today. and the crew says, nick, that it spotted about 11 unidentified objects in the new search area. the debris may be connected with flight mh-370. we won't know for sure probably until tomorrow when a ship can go to that location and try to retrieve the debris. so we could be looking at a very significant break through. we could be looking at yet another false lead. but as far as the new zealanders

are concerned, they've relayed this information to ships bearing down on the new search area and by this time tomorrow, we should hopefully know one way or another whether this is connected to the investigation that's almost three weeks old now. >> but compared to satellite images taken from, say, 20,000 miles or whatever, this will at least produce images which were maybe taken literally a few hundred feet away by the plane in high resolution? >> not only that, this is up to date information. when we've been receiving those satellite images invariably, they are days out. so what the new zealand air crew has done today, providing fresh up to date information passing on the exact location to those ships and it may take those ships a short while to get to that particular area. but what the australians and their international partners are able to do is to try and map out how the current work in that

part of the indian ocean to try to predict that if those pieces of debris have moved, where they might be. so this is a very sophisticated international operation. satellites in space are, of course, invaluable. but it's when we get down to the nitty-gritty of planes seeing potential pieces of debris that the australian-led surveillance mission really thinks that it might be zoning in on something quite significant. >> phil mercer in perth. now to the united states where the number of people confirmed dead in a massive mudslide near seattle has risen to 25. rescuers expect that number to rise substantially over the next few days as they discover more bodies in the mud. 90 people are still missing. the authorities warn the bodies of some victims may never be found. david is in oso. >> as the painstaking search continues, telephone calls to the emergency services were released, revealing the panic as

the mudslide tore these homes apart. >> hundreds of trees have fallen outside of my house. it sounded like an earthquake was happening. >> are there any injuries? >> yes. there's people yelling for help. >> rescuers fourth the body of a 4-month-old girl whose grandmother also died in the disaster. the search operation is taking its toll on volunteers. they've recovered more bodies than the figures indicate, but those bodies have yet to be formally identified. and in the next few days, the death toll is expected to the rise significantly. comforted by her british frequent, nicole rivera told me four of her loved ones are missing, both her parents, her 19-year-old daughter, delaney, and delaney's fiancee, allen. >> in other countries, in other places where there have been tragic mudslides and lives lost,

many, many times bodies are not recovered and those areas are then claimed as a memorial ground. and i have a feeling that may be the case in this situation. and i'm okay with that. for me. i don't need a body to know -- >> to get closure? >> no, i don't. she's beautiful. i'm honored to be her mother. i'll miss her very much. i'm going to do everything in my power to help as many people as possible in honor of her and allen and my mom and dad. >> the tragic story of this tight-knit community is slowly starting to unfold. and the grieving has barely begun. david willis, bbc news, washington state. to turkey where the government has blocked access to the video sharing site youtube, it took similar action a few

days ago to cut off the microbloging website twitter. authorities are unhappy that an audio file has been uploaded to the website which apparently features the prime minister's most senior advisers discussing possible military action from syria. but just as with the twitter ban, people are still finding ways to access youtube. here is murico with details. >> first, it was twitter. >> fist, it was twitter. now it's youtube. turkey's government has been cracking down on social networking sites which the prime minister accuses of spreading misinformation. this is what the prime minister says is happening to turkey. in his policy's new video, the country tries to bring down -- the people try to defect. uniting the nations against conspiracy is his goal.

what appears to have prompted the ban on youtube is an audio recording between two ministers which was posted on the site. they were allegedly discussing a possible military operation in syria. turkey's foreign minister said it constituted a declaration of war against his country. >> translator: i've been a facebook and a youtube user for years. i'm uneasy over these developments. >> translator: i wonder how far they will go to curb our freedom. first twitter, now youtube. what's next? facebook? how far will they go and when will this end? >> translator: they don't care what people think. this is an authoritarian ruling. >> the prime minister faces local election these sunday. he blames the social networking site for damaging his reputation. but his ethics to wipe out this site don't appear to be working too well.

marie goy, bbc news. ukraine's deposed president, viktor yanukovych has called for every region in ukraine to hold its status on the country. that's according to reports in russian media. he says such a move would help stabilize the political situation. these are his first comments since crimea voted to become part of russia. although he did not make specific mention of that vote. mr. yanukovych fled to russia last month after he was ousted by popular protests. meanwhile, president obama says russia, quote, must move back its troops from the ukraine border. in an interview on american television, he said that russian president vladimir putin to assemble forces on the border of ukraine may be an effort to intimidate the country. but he also said it's possible they have additional plans.

well, president obama is due to arrive in saudi arabia shortly for talks with king abdullah. he left italy a short while ago after a european visit dominated by the crisis in ukraine. he'll need to refocus with relations with one of washington's oldest allies in the middle east which has been strained in recent months, especially over syria and iran. i asked mohamed from bba arabic how bad relations between the u.s. and saudi have become. >> the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia is going from bad to worse over the past three years, not just because of syria, but because of iran and egypt, as well. the tension started in 2011 with the start of the arab uprising whtd saudi arabians were disappointed that the americans have dropped their ally in egypt, hosni mubarak at the time and benali in tunisia. then the syrian crisis started developing in iran. the saudis are the arch foes of

iran and they're not happy about the nuclear talks going on right now. they're not happy about iran backing the bashar al assad government in syria and they are going into a proxy war with them, backing the armed rebels there. and so it's -- and they feel that the americans are disengaging from the region after withdrawing from iran, from afghanistan. the less dependance on the oil, the gulf oil with the fracking and the new knowledge of the discoveries in the united states. so they feel the americans are disengaging from the region. this is why barack obama is going there, to try to reassure them and mend the fences. >> nevertheless, the saudis are looking around for other people, other countries with whom to build strong reliances particularly because of iran. because they're part of the american position? >> yes. now, the relationship between the saudi arabia and u.s. over about seven decades was based on the u.s. providing the security

of saudi arabia and the gulf and the saudi arabia pumping oil. now, with the tension and the lack of trust that has built up recently, saudi arabia has started to look outside with pakistan is, of course, a nuclear power. and saudi arabia is looking at that direct to try and do it on their own with preparing themselves for a total u.s. disengagement. >> mohammed, thank you very much, indeed, for that update on the challenges facing president obama in saudi arabia. still on come, oscar pistorius leaves south africa after his murder trial was adjourned unexpectedly. we'll have the details.

one of the planes searching for the missing malaysian

airliner says it has spotted objects which can be debris. president obama en route to saudi arabia from europe. and a mission to reassure one of washington's most important allies in the arab world. to india where the supreme court has ordered the country's cricket boss to step aside. he'll be kept out of the role during an investigation into corruption claims during last season's indian premier league. he will be replaced as head of the border patrol for cricket in india by testing. indian police arrested several players for allegedly spot fixing. that's conceding a specified number of runs in exchange for money from book makers. nick marshall mccormick is in the bbc sports center and i asked him about the implications for indian cricket.

>> nick, you're right. this is not a guilty verdict by any stretch of the imagination. he's stepping aside completely while they look into, let's say, the transparency of the indian board of contract for cricket. a lot of fans, a lot of the legal farthraternity are asking question, why is there an issue at all where we're looking into spot fixing and corruption allegations? well, he will step aside. it's interesting to note that the supreme court recommended his indian cement company not be held in any position on the board of control for india. so you can see what's happening now is an illustrative purpose of trying to clear the deck the, so a bit of a spring cleaning may be in place for the board of control. now, two teams were under the cloud of spot fixing allegations and corruption. they are being investigated. they were called to that side. those two sides will actually be banned from this year's ipo 2020

tournament. the organization has said they can't do that. let's have a listen to that now. >> we could not stop a team from playing that it could also heavily the success of the ibrbl and would affect millions in the ticket loving public. and i'm very glad to say the court has not in any manner interfered or passed any order which interferes with any team participating in the ipl. >> now, away from this dark, dirty, alleged underworld of cricket, india has a match to play. they're in the world 2020 competition, as you know. they're playing today against the host nation, bangladesh. they've been training hard for this one. they've won their first two match necessary group two. bangladesh faced early elimination after losing their opener to the west indys. now, india have beaten the west indys and pakistan. on friday, they knew it would be good enough to get them through

to the semifinals. quick update for you, as well. australia have -- the westerners, 179 to win in their match at the world 2020. >> thanks, nick. now, the trial of the olympic athlete oscar pistorius has been adjourned for 10 days. he's widely been expected to open the defense case by giving evidence from the witness stand. it would have been the athlete's most details testimony so far. he's always maintained what happened was an accident. >> as usual, the crowds were here. the crowds and media as oscar pistorius arrived at court this morning. but within half an hour or so, we've all learned that this trial has been postponed until april 7th. there was almost an audible groan as that announcement was made because there have been so much of a build up towards

today. there has been a build up thinking oscar pistorius might have been called as the first witness in his defense. nonta, what exactly did she do and why? >> she told the board members trial would not continue today because one of her assessors has taken ill. until the 7th of april. that means the court cannot continue with just one assessor because that means the court is not properly constituted. the role that these assessors play is that they will be helping the judge in order to reach a verdict, whether guilty or not guilty. they can challenge the judge, basically on matters of the law, but they can only help the judge to reach the guilty or not guilty verdict. after that, they get dismissed. then the judge will decide on sentencing if oscar pistorius is found guilty. >> so they sit either side of the judge. they're pretty low profile

throughout. there is not simply just the matter of being able to substitute and carry on as normal. >> then they can say, well, they need to appoint another one to go to all the court papers to see who said what in terms of which witnesses have testified and to see if the assessor would have new questions. assessor are also allowed to ask questions in court through the judge. people in afghanistan are putting worries about security and economic troubles to one side just for a moment. to celebrate the new year. the president of pakistan, iran and turkey is joining celebrations marking the start of spring. our chief international correspondent lee ducet is on the grounds of the international palace. >> it's a rare atmosphere inside

the presidential compound. this as politicians from across this region have come to celebrate the persian new year. in the corner, you see india, pakistan and other central asian states, all here in a -- really a festival atmosphere. it's rare that this happens in what is one of the most heavily fortified areas of kabul, the presidential compound. look at the traditional high walls which have been fortified by razor wire and checkpoints. this is where president karzai has lived and worked since the fall of the taliban in late 2001. and indeed, this is the new year starting, not largely in a mood of secelebration, but one of worry. how will the presidential elections transition set to take place in a few days time pass off? will they be peaceful? and what about the departure of

all foreign began troops by the end of the year? >> one of the year's most controversial movies is the biblical epic, "noah." it's opened in many parts of the world, but it is banned in several parts of the middle east. russell crowe is in the title role. it's been criticized by jewish and christian groups with strain from the biblical test. >> a great flood is coming. we built a vessel, we built an arc. >> this $1125 million hollywood adaptation of one of the bible's most famous stories has actor

russell crowe at the center of it all. him taking on the role of noah was a serious adjourn taking. there's obviously a lot of responsibility when you do something like this. there is a lot that goes into it. you're always going to run into some level of criticism. >> the film has been banned in some countries in the middle east because it's seen as violating islam in that it depicts the prophet. less where, a range of different conservative religious groups has criticized the picture in advance of seeing it. in many religious communities in the u.s., there is concern over any version of a biblical story like "noah" that might stray from a literal interpretation. >> they should look at the script, and see the real script, the real text. >> russell crowe maintenance there's been a lot of judgment of "noah" by people that haven't seen it. >> now that people are asking and talking about how intense their experience is, it's a very

respectful film. you know, i've had people -- stuff that we've been doing, arguing with me about things that they don't believe are connected to noah. and it's like, read your bible. >> the cast has been left to defend the film in the wake of the ban in the arab world. >> religious text always brought huge amounts of controversy. i was to be expected to a certain extent. but i'm really part of the movie. i think when people see it, they'll see it's a very inclusive film. >> it's the end of everything. >> beginning. >> now that noah has finally opened, close attention will be paid to how it performs at the box office. that will give some indication as to how the movie going public is likely to respond to other religious films that are already in the pipeline. >> 50 years ago, well before the days of modern super heros, biblical stories were a

hollywood staple. they're hoping the controversy does well. it will involve efforts being made once again. bbc news, new york. >> and where did he park his ark? >> you're with me at bbc world news. thanks for joining me. bye-bye. only famous. and older. and gorgeous. and not like ours at all. go and smell the roses! 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. haha, that's a good one! haha! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right.

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