live from london, bbc world news. hello. i'm with bbc world news. our top stories. an australian navy ship searching for the missing malaysian airliner detected signals consistent with aircraft black boxes. >> we are hopeful there will be a positive development in the next few days if not hours. >> i'm in mumbai, day one of voting, a process that will go

five weeks in the world's democracy. the case in the trial of the south african athlete oscar pistorius denies the murder of his girlfriend. rwanda marks 20 years since the genocide where thousands were killed. hello. within the last few minutes, malaysian authorities have said they're hopeful two separate signals picked up from the indian ocean are the missing plane. it's described as the most promising lead so far for the hunt of the plane that disappeared a month ago with 239 on board. the signals are detective for

black box pings. that has to be confirmed. >> the second detection was held approximately 13 minutes. on this occasion, two distinct pings were audible. significantly by houston consistent with trance missions from the cockpit data recorder. the chinese ship has detected similar signals twice, in line with measures consistent on fine and corroborating evidence. i urge all parties concerned to treat this information responsibly and give time and space for authorities to conduct further verification. malaysia concurs with the statement by the prime minister that all parties must be cautious about unconfirmed

findings and making conclusions. i've also personally spoke on to air chief marshal, houston, who confirmed the above and briefed me on ongoing operations based on all parties concerned. despite this, we are cautiously hopeful that there will be a positive development in next few days if not hours. >> they're speaking just in the last few minutes for the latest on that missing plane. now, the world's biggest election has begun in india. 800 million people are eligible to vote in the country's parliamentary elections which will continue over five weeks. the results are due in mid may. the congress party led by the current members of the party are facing a strong challenge. the leader has won a huge following.

john is in mumbai for us. i was there a few weeks ago. the country seems in a frenzy about politics. i can't imagine what it's like on day one. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. people love politics. india is a fabulous place to be at the minute. people seem unable to get enough of the campaign, squabbles, everything else that goes with the campaign. welcome here to the center of mumbai. this spectacular landmark built in the time of the empire 19th century, meant to be like a station in london only with an i indian twist. if i was to go across the road and ask for a single seat to vote in the election, they'd say yeah, fine, but it will take three and a half days to get

there. that's an indication of geography, size of india. the fact there are 800 million people eligible to vote. 100 million new voter, maybe a million or so polling stations. that is is why the voting has to take place region by region, area by area so everyone gets the chance to vote and they can use these electronic voting systems. you can hear it's noisy in the center of the mumbai where the roar of traffic never seems to die down. whistles is the way it goes. let us go to a stand where voting has just got underway. my colleague has been there this morning. >> reporter: the security personnel are in place outside the polling stations in one of india's most sensitive regions. election officials bring in the all important electronic voting machines. all it takes is a press of a button and india will make it's

choice. this is the early part of the season. these women are plucking the leaves that will be used to produce the world's famous tea. now these massive plantations are set up around the early to mid 19th century by the british. they brought workers from central india to work in these plantations. for success of generations, this has been their home. this is three generations of the family. father, son, grandson. all going to vote in these polls. they live by the plantation in conditions that have seen little improvement over the years. the tin shacks that serve as their homes offer no protection against the heat. no electricity or proper health care. >> the british were here. i've been working here since then. they left. i worked in the first elections

and worked all elections since then. >> translator: we are not asking for much. all we want is someone who will improve things for us. we work so hard, but our wages are really low. the tea industry is making profit, but we get no share of it. >> translator: i'm voting for the first time so i'm really excited. our lives are pathetic. there's no future for me here. i want to work for someone who will give me an opportunity to move out from here and begin a new life for me. >> reporter: close to the tea gardens, this flows from the part of china and is a major source of water. >> we're going to cross quickly to the oscar pistorius trial that's just begun to give evidence. we can hear him speaking.

we can't see him. we'll listen. >> that is that the court must be in a position to hear you. the only way we can do it is you talk about action. would it be possible to do that? mr. pistorius, are you on medication? >> yes. i've been on medication since last year, about the third week of february. i've changed my medication over the course of the last -- over the course of the last 14 months. >> what medication do you use? >> i was put on anti-depressant in the beginning of last year. i started taking sleeping

sedatives and got my medicine changed to medicine. >> do you have difficulty sleeping? >> i do my lady. i'm scared to sleep. for several reasons -- i have terrible nightmares but about things that happen that night. i wake up and can smell blood.

i wake up to being terrified. i hear a noise and wake up. just in a complete state of terror to the point i'd rather not sleep than fall a sleep and wake up like that. i thought for many weeks i didn't sleep as much. april last year i lost a significant amount of weight. i sought medical advice to start medication for sleeping. >> you told me about -- can you

tell the court about that? >> end of last year or beginning of this year i woke up to a panic. my sister stays on the same property as i do so i can phone her in the middle of the night to come sit by me. on that particular night i obviously don't ever want to handle a firearm again. i have a security guard that stands outside my front door at night. i wake up terrified. for some reason i couldn't calm myself down. i phoned my sister to come sit by me for a while which she did.

>> going to your background, when were you born? >> i was born on 11th -- 22nd of november 1986. >> your family situation, how many siblings, where do you fit in? >> i'm the middle child. i have two siblings. a brother who's 18 months older than i am and a sister 24 months younger than i am. >> and the relationship between your brother and sister? >> we've grown up really close. we're a tight knit family. >> the situation with your

parents? >> my parents -- my parents separated when i was young. my mother passed away when i was 15. >> how old were you when your mother passed away? >> i was 15 my lady. >> as a little child, could you explain and sketch to the court your situation at the home? what does the relationship with your mother and father? >> i grew up in a loving home. my father wasn't around. he has always worked away from home. we grew upmostly with my mother. she was very caring, soft hearted person. she was a fantastic parent.

when my parents got separated when i was young, we didn't have financial means where -- it was very difficult. the family was never made to feel like we needed anything. my mother worked at a government high school as a secretary. we got the holidays with her. throughout the period when i was in primary school, sixth to high school -- seventh to high school we lived with my mother and moved around a fair deal. and my mother got remarried when i was 14. >> how old were you when your

parents accept rated? >> -- parents separated? >> i was six years old. >> we know about the difficulty with your legs. can you explain to the court exactly what that is? >> i wouldn't say there's a difficulty with my legs. i'd say i've got are prosthetic legs that allow me, help me overcome disabilities, difficulties. it's difficulty for me when i don't have my legs on. i don't have balance. i have limited mobility. >> meaning, mr. pistorius -- when you were born, what was the

situation? i know it's here say. we'll come in with the point you know. >> when i was four i had a -- i was born with a birth defect. i was born with a missing fibula which is one of the two bones between the knee and ankle. >> were you missing on both sides? >> same on both legs. my parents consulted with many medical practitioners. they thought the best would be to amputate my legs, both my legs between the ankle and knee joints. they did so when i was 11 months old. when i was 13 months old i got my first prosthetic leg which was not really a prosthetic leg with a foot. i learned how to stand up with them and move around. i walk add when i was 17 months

old. fairly regular i had to get prosthetics made. i was growing. the technology in those days wasn't very good. it didn't allow the prosthetic features weren't comfortable. i got them done fairly regularly. >> what was your mother's approach to you born with this disability? >> my mother was very supportive. i remember when my brother went to school. she said to me she wasn't going to -- she was care free. she said she wasn't going to do two trips. she was going to find a sport for me to do. she never made me different. she didn't want me to see my disability as something to hold me back. she kind of allowed me to pursue

sports and things. she didn't chase after me. if i fell, she let me get up myself. she didn't baby me. she treated me exactly the same as my brother and sister. >> where did you go to primary school purposes? >> i attended primary school, school on the western end. >> and during your time at the primary school, were there any difficulties with the disability? >> the prosthetic leg are -- legs were very heavy. they didn't allow me to be mobile like i was later years when technology got better. it was i guess difficult -- kids always i think said that -- it's

not they -- when it comes to opinions, something different isn't always seen as something. i think that was difficult for me growing up. not thinking i was different you know, then surroundings i was treated differently. over time people's perceptions of me changed. they saw how i viewed myself. you know, they didn't see me as being different at times. >> any difficulties in primary than other children? >> complications -- >> such as? >> there were one or two occasions i got bullied or pushed around. my parents always taught me to stick up for myself. >> if you go home now and tell your mother or father that you were bullied that day by another

child, what would their approach be? your mother's approach. >> my family believed in standing up for yourself and for standing up for what you believe in. i come from a family where we were taught we don't come cry to our parents at the end of the day. my mother, i remember a situation my buttons got torn off my shirt. my mother sent me to school the next day and say if my shirt came back that way the next day that she'd send is it home with the other kid's parents. it happened the next day. i got called to the headmaster's office -- >> what was wrong? >> i stood up for myself and got into a physical altercation with the other kid. i got called in and my mother

arrived and told is headmaster she doesn't believe it's wrong to stand up for what he believed in. she wouldn't be back. she gave the shirt to the kid's parents and told him to bring it back when it was prepared. >> what type of sport did you participate in at primary school? >> i did most sports. i wasn't very good at any of them, but i tried most of them. i tried football and cricket. i started tennis when i was about ten and played fairly well. i enjoyed many sports, did many sports outside of school. my brother and i did canoeing and wrestling. we were just taught to -- you know my mother wanted us to be more rounded and experienced, get over my physical limitations by experiencing different

sports. >> your mother -- did she have security concerns? >> my mother had a lot of security concerns. we obviously grew up in a family where my father wasn't around much. my mother had a pistol. she would often get scared at night and phone the police. we didn't stay in the best of subur suburbs. will there was often crime in the area. on a couple occasions they did break into our homes. more often than not just her being scared. she would call us to go sit in her room. many times we'd wait for the police to arrive. >> mr. pistorius, can you speak up a little bit if possible, please. where did she keep her firearm? >> my lady she kept her firearm under her bed, in her, under her

pillow in a padded leather type of bag. >> you said something about pillow? >> she kept her firearm in a padded bag under her pillow. >> and where did you go to high school? >> i went to boarding school. >> how did that happen you went to boarding school? >> in my five year i wanted to go to boarding school. i had been with a friend of mine at primary with me to watch one of his older brothers play cricket on a saturday afternoon, and i accompanied him and fell in love with the school and what it had to offer. when i got home i discussed with my mom and said i'd really like to go to that school.

she discussed it with family members of mine, and the next year the following year, i started attending. my brother moved schools and joined me there. >> and at high school, what was your relationship with the other scholars? >> i had a mixed group of friends. many of them i still speak to today. i wasn't a part of any specific group. i had friends that were very talented sports and other friends that were very gifted academically. and i was pretty much seen as one of the boys. i started sports fairly on and spent much of the academics, i

tried to do my best. i enjoyed the time i had there. >> what sport did you participate in? >> i did rugby and water polo. at a later stage i moved over. i did water polo and later point moved over to athletics. >> when did you move over to athletics? how did it come about? >> i had been playing a rugby game, and i had a knee injury. i was seeing someone at the university. he suggested to me i needed to go to the coach at the university to help with my fitness. i met with him september 2003.

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. we wouldn't really stay anywhere in particular. >> and school holidays? >> school holidays we would usually go to a family's -- to family or friend's house and spend time with them. some holidays we'd spend with my father and christmas. we didn't see much of him at that point. after my mom's passing he moved down to the cape.

we saw him maybe once or twice a year. we had close extended family. if we weren't with friends, we were with them. >> when did you really become seriously involved in athletics is this. >> i really enjoyed athletics -- i started in my first year at the university. i started running for the university. i got offered to run internationally for south africa on para olympics level. i wasn't making class, struggling to find time to make academics and on the sports front. it was pretty much that year i had to make the decision if i wanted to do this i'd have to make a living out of it.

so i tried to turn professional at that point, be but there wasn't much in para olympics sports at the time. it was a bit of a struggle. i would say that's more or less that point i started taking far more seriously. >> at that point in time did you only compete at the para olympics level or disabled level or -- >> since i started athletics i only competed on that level. it consisted in meetings, regional meetings, some provincial meetings. on that occasion when they were paralegara olympics meeting, i participate with them.

when times got better every year, i was more deliberate with my work ethic. in 2007 i had an opportunity to run internationally for the first time a broad. that's when i started running. everybody races competitively internationally. >> and when you got the prosthetics legs, any advancements there, any improvements? >> on the running prosthetics -- the running prosthetic legs i started running with -- i had been asked from the time i started using them, about ten years. although there's been a lot of advancements in parra olympic sprinting, there's brands you may use. the one i'm with is no

advancement or technology that's improved upon them. >> now, if if you can take the court through the progress in your athletic career, when did you say you really started to excel? >> my lady, i think in 2009 probably. i ran in 2004 at para olympics in athens. in 2005 i came in sixth at south africa. six athletes in the country over the 400 meters. in 2006, i went to the world championships for athletes with disabilities in the netherlands.

i won multiple goals there. in 2007 i ran in the south african national championships again. championships i finished second. in 200 was a difficult year because i had a court case with the prosthetic legs i ran on to prove they didn't provide any advantage. i was busy months. i missed the qualification by -- >> why did you miss it? >> i didn't have the time to train. >> what was the problem with your prosthetic legs? >> even though agent lets had used the legs many, many years, there were none that ran the speeds i ran. i ran internationally and fast

olympics. there was a dispute between the prosthetic federation with our sports and myself. i went to testing they asked me to do in november 2007. they came back and said i had an advantage using the prosthetic legs i ran on. we did two testings. there were no tests done on the prosthetic legs themselves. i decided to dispute it. in order to do so i had to be the subject of a lot of testing. i spent many weeks in america during 2008 testing at a university in houston. it was a joint effort with scientists from around america, international scientists. with information gathered they

found that i didn't have an advantage using the prosthetic legs i happen ran on. we took it to supreme coucourt arbitration in early 2008. their finding was a decision that the prosthetic leg didn't provide an advantage. at that point in time you had a month and a half to qualify. so i missed qualification less than a quarter of a second. it was a devastating time for me because i really -- it was a goal of mine i had set myself on. i really started working considerably harder after that. every year i was trying to find ways to improve myself, be better, more focused, lighter, stronger. after 2008 i started from scratch. i got new training personnel.

i kept the same coach since i began athletics. i've still got him. i just started working harder and harder. in 2009 i ran some international able body races and 2010 the same. in 2011 i represented south africa at the world championships. we broke the four by 400 meter relay. we got silver in the finals. personally i got to the semi finals. then in 2012 i ran representing south africa in para olympics. >> did you experience any difficulties in your running career? >> i think every athlete,

professional athlete, has difficulties with injuries. with traveling, with priorities. i guess with running with prosthetic there's often medical problems that come. fatigue of certain muscle groups. i had a lot of problem with skin irritation inside my prosthetic legs. you know, just times that the skin on my stump would come off because of amounts of running we'd do. i'd run with a bandage that was bloody. i would rewrap it. when i took it off it would pull the skin off again. there were sometimes difficulties with traveling and that sort of thing. >> what difficulties with traveling? >> the prosthetic leg i wear has a high back. if you sit in a confined space

with your knee at an acute angle, it cuts off that circulation from the back. you can get blood clotting which i got on several flights. some of them involved hospitalization on landing. that was on rare occasions. traveling having prosthetics legs for long trips -- if i had been on an evening flight wear aing the prosthetic legs the entire day, at night i'd like to take them off to let my stumps breathe. if you catch an international flight, you have to be careful because if something happens on the plane, i wouldn't have the luxury of putting on my legs quick enough. having a prosthetic leg on, it doesn't breathe very we.

you get skin irritation problems and things like that. you have to be careful with traveling. as far as skin and health issues. >> if you're on your stumps, what is your balance like? >> i don't have balance on my stumps. i can stand on my stumps. i can't stand still on my stumps. i put my prosthetic legs next to my bed. in the morning i put them on. when i go to bed at night i take them off. i seldom have time when not wearing prosthetic legs. if i'm in my room, i wouldn't put them on. if i just wanted to stretch or wanted to fish something close proximity. i didn't have very good balance.

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2004 i got involved in a foundation. i went and spent some time with people who had lost legs from land mines. we did some up there.

as a result we formed a foundation. there were many patrons on both foundations that included celebrities and presidents and thing things. mandela was a patron of our foundation. we provided assistance to people that had lost their legs to land mines. one of the things we found this people who had lost their legs hadn't lost as a result of war. they had lost in the last couple of years. young teenage areas and adolescents who hadn't been able to work that had never been involved this the war. over the years i started doing more and more projects. initially i would show the people having a disability you could lead a normal life and

contribute in your society in rural areas. later it was just about changing people's deceptions. most of my work, people are embarrassed about having a disability. one day i went to the local radio station and called for people in the town to come and race me. we set off a piece of the road. we got municipality to close off the road. i raced the fastest guys in the town, and i won. people that had prosthetic legs weren't ashamed. they started pulling up their pants saying i've also got a prosthetic leg. what started off there was a simple project and something that i found important to myself. about three or four years ago i

approached the university. the officials materials department there, one of the best in the world. they do a lot of work. they lended me the department. i came up with the prosthetic foot. if somebody falls a sleep next to a fire which many times is the case in africa. feet being built were heavy, weren't durable, cost a lot of money. i had the criteria of things i wanted to come by developing this foot. together with the university we developed a foot. for that i received an honorary doctrine last year from the university. >> that is for? >> for my work, my humanitarian

work in prosthetics and prosthetic developments. >> now, you're become more in athletics. does that have imp pact on your friendships? >> it definitely did. i had less time to spend with my friends. i was away from home for seven to eight months of the year. in 2012 i had just over 100 international flights between may and december. it has a huge effect on friends. i started earning decent amount of monies. it chang-- of money. it changed dynamics. i got to experience many amazing things i'm blessed and lucky for. i'm hard to come back after not seeing people five or six months

and they're dating different partners or engaged. to bring them up to speed is sometimes not always easy. i had to change a lot of friendships i had. >> now, you were also involved in a boating accident. >> my lady that was in 2009. i was at the time injured. i had a prosthetics injury. on that day, on the friday night i went down to watch some of my friends compete at events in port elizabeth. i came back the following morning and phoned a friend of mine staying with me at the time. i asked him if he wanted to come with me to the river.

we arrived there mid afternoon. after struggling to get the boat into the water, we were on the water just before 6:00. we met some of my family and friends at another place on the water. on returning, there were a couple of people on my boat. some were in a rush to get back to the house to cook dinner. my cousin was in another boat and i suggested that they go with him as we were just taking a cruise up the river. it was just my friend john and i in the boat. at a point we were just chatting, sitting and chatting. at a point he stood up to light a cigarette or make a phone

call. at that point -- i looked forward and couldn't see anything. the river runs east to west. we were heading back west. the sun was setting in front of us. i could only see the sun on the water, and couple of seconds later, i just remember the sound of the propeller and the boat. i hit the steering wheel. the propeller went into the air. i remember the sound of the engine. when i woke i felt it was very warm in the boat. it was very dark where we were. i remember my face was very hot. the boat was really half full with water. my friend john was in the front of the boat busy picking up

things. he asked me if i was okay. as he turned around i remember him looking at me, and i could see he was shocked. my face was very hot. i grabbed my face. it had itching sensation. i realized most of my face had been smashed from my nose down. it was pretty much just muscle tissue and cartilage. i phoned my cousin who was on the boat in front of us. i remember thinking i needed to stay calm. i phoned him. his phone just rang. i ended up phoning my uncle. he wasn't there at the time. i remember if the boat sinks, he

could keep on phoning. he picked up. i said i was in a boat accident and needed help. and i just remember the boat sinking. i was standing on the front of the boat when the boat went under. then i remember my friend john swimming with me in the water. i remember the water was hot and cold around us from all the blood. then i remember being dragged onto my cousin's boat. i remember people shouting and screaming in the back. and then i remember -- i don't remember getting off the boat, but i remember walking from the boat to a car. i don't remember much of the trip in the car. then i remember climbing into

the ambulance. my cousin was with us, one of my cousins was with us. she was a fifth year medical student at the time. she was telling the paramedic what to do. there was a lot of confusion. i remember he gave me some injection. when i woke up, i was pretty much drowning on the blood from my head injury. they strapped me down to a stretcher. when i woke up it was to revive me. there was tissue and blood coming out of my mouth and nose. then i don't remember anything after that. i remember waking up. i was in an induced coma several days. i woke up in the hospital. that's all i remember. >> any impact on you because of the boat accident? >> massive impact my lady.

i think i was just a lot more vigilant of losing my life after that. i became fearful. i became quite withdrawn. i remember reading in the media that i had been drinking at the time of the accident. people were joking about it saying that i was drunk and this. they didn't understand i nearly lost my life. >> were you drinking? >> no, i wasn't drinking my lady. i just remember being more serious about wanting to take my sport seriously after that. >> did you get back to your sport -- >> i ran when i was 17. i had a terrible season. i went to europe.

in february my athletic season started in may. i had it closed four or five weeks. i had lost a lot of muscle and weight. i wasn't able to leave home several weeks. i had a lot of stitches. i think i had 170 stitches in my face. so just a lot physical standpoints that took away from my athletic season. by the time i got to europe i wasn't -- >> oscar pistorius, when you take your prosthetics off, how do you treat it? what do you do with it? >> keep them close by. i usually let them air at night. most the time i leave my pants

on my prosthetic legs. in other words i can take my trousers off to my ankles and can take my prosthetic legs off thereafter and leave -- >> this is bbc news, special live coverage of the oscar pistorius trial. the athlete giving evidence for the first time. coverage continues. good job! still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories.

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hello. you're watching bbc world news. i'm tim wilcox. our top stories. an apology to his dead girlfriend's family and first words since the start of his murder trial. oscar pistorius takes the stand to give his side of the events after the death of his girlfriend last year. >> i have dreams i wake up and smell blood. i wake up to being