i know where i'm going to be then. ching, ight! ptions by vitac-- www.vitac.com . this is bbc world news. >> so you wanted to shoot the person? >> you're watching bbc news special coverage from pretoria of the oscar pistorius trial. we're watching cross-examination by prosecutor gerrie nel. >> you're thinking every step of the way. you're thinking about holding your gun, covering yourself. now you want to tell the court

on this i didn't think? is that what you're saying? >> it's correct my lady. >> isn't your defense that you thought that you were in danger and wanted to shoot the person that put you in danger? is is that your defense? >> no, my lady. >> you're saying no? >> is that two questions? >> i'll do it again. is it your defense that you fired at the attacker? >> no, my lady. >> i'll put it different. did you fire at the deceased attacker? >> i fired at the door my lady. >> but listen to my question mr. pistorius. i'm not going to let this one go. is it your defense you fired at

the attacker? >> no, that's not right. >> then what is your defense? >> i defense is that i said my lady, i heard a noise and didn't have time to interpret and fired my firearm out of fear my lady. >> then out of fear, by accident because i don't understand your defense. you can't have two. you understand you can't have two defense? you understand that? >> i understand that. >> now the way i understand the case is that you acted in self defense -- i know it's a bad word, but i'll try to help you

perceive that. you fired at the attacker to kill him. there were no attack. that's not true, correct? >> i didn't fire to kill anyone. >> or to ward off an attack? >> my lady, i didn't have time to think. i heard the noise and thought somebody was coming to attack me. >> your defense has now changed sir. is it self defense to involve in fear action? >> i don't understand the law. i can reply and tell the court what i'm asked and reply what i i thought. >> i wouldn't understand the law. i wouldn't say that. but i hear your defense is not one of self defense anymore. we can forget that. it's now i don't know why i fired. >> i'm not saying i don't know why i fired. i've given the reason why i fired. i thought somebody was coming to

attack me. >> i didn't fire at that person. >> i fired in the direction i thought the attack was coming from. >> you see mr. pistorius, you now have to give a lot of answers. you know why mr. pistorius? because you know exactly. you fired at reeva. the other versions cannot work. >> not true my lady. >> why are you getting emotional now? >> i i did not fire at reeva. >> my lady, the witness is emotional. may we take adjournment again? >> courtroom adjourned. >> there we are.

oscar pistorius once again getting emotional. nel getting right to the trial asking him why were you fierrin? who were you firing at? they're putting it at oscar that he was firing at reeva. he got emotional. the judge granted a short adjournment for a few minutes we believe. gerrie nel has details about the bedro bedroom, about why oscar pistorius did certain things he had given in previous statements. and really honed in on the exact moment before the gunshots were fired. what was in oscar pistorius' mind as he approached the door and fired four shots through the door. nel going over and over again.

saying hang on, your version of events is you fired in self defense is saying that oscar pistorius is change aing it. s -- changing it saying he acted voluntarily. saying you can't have both. nel is going around and around why oscar pistorius fired the shot. that point is the most important issue in this try, the issue of intent. this isn't a trial of who done it? this is a trial of why pistorius fired the shots. cross-examination says he fired in anger at steenkamp. he also accuses pistorius of adding details to his story. he had already given information for plea and bail application. we haven't heard him say a door slammed. we've heard him say he heard a

door slam as he moved to the bathroom. nel was going over and over saying why didn't you mention that to begin with? why didn't your team object and mention it before? oscar pistorius said he couldn't explain that. he was only able to say he did not know why he had not mention had the before. nel seizing on that saying you're adding details later on. you're embellishing your evidence. you're trying to tailor your evidence. this is a key accusation by nel we've heard earlier today that said he's embellishing evidence, tailoring evidence to fix his version of events fixing things at a later date not what he immediately came up with at the aftermath of shooting of reeva steenka steenkamp. there we are. we've had a couple of minutes of break. oscar pistorius may have left the courtroom with his sister

amy. not sure if that relates to the earlier tea break. oscar pistorius becoming emotional before that as well. getting very emotional every time the evidence moves towards the exact moment of the shooting dead of reeva steenkamp. we will be back with the trial. we will bring you as soon as the court reconvenes and proceedings begin again. we'll be back with you. >> karen, thanks very much. a very key part of evidence. the court is adjourned. we'll be back when it reconvenes. dozens have been killed by two bomb explosions in the capital of abuja. the attack happened at the bus station. one witness counted 20 bodies in the morgue of one hospital alone. no one has claimed

responsibility. the militant group has targeted the capital before. we have our correspondent with the latest details on the attack. >> bombs went off during the peak rush hour. that area is a busy area on the edge of abuja. many trying to get in the capital during that rush hour. it's possible the bombs were planted on the buses. from the images i've seen, you can see the skeletal bombed out remains of buses. eyewitnesses at the scene say they saw many bodies scattered across that area. people also reported seeing up to 35 bodies and being taken to the morgues in abuja. as you say, nobody has said they carried out this attack. of course their fingers once again point toward the extremely

active over the past few weeks, haram. >> many have lost their lives already haven't they? >> well yes. the message the government is putting out is that the insur insurgents are contained. 1,500 people have been killed, most civilians, this year alone. over the last few days, wednesday, thursday, into the weekend. one senator said more than 135 were killed in a series of a attacks in the remote areas close to the border. as i say, the government seems to be putting out this message that the battle is being won because we're containing the

insurgeon say to the northeast. if this bomb blast was carried out by boko haram it will be a set back and will send a lot of fear across the capital and different states in nigeria. many have felt the attacks in the northeast were not going to affect them. if they have taken the fight again to abuja, it will send a different signal. it's not the first time. there's been several attacks on the building including in 2011 and also attack on a newspaper blown up in 2012 and attack on security insulations. they have targeted abuja before. the government in kiev says it will launch a military operation to remove militants in

the government buildings. russia's ambassador called an emergency session at the united nations where he says kiev is a waiting war on its own people. ukraine says moscow is trying to destabilize the economy. >> pro russian protestors are seen storming a police station in eastern ukraine. the deadline passes from the new central authorities in kiev for protestors to end the occupation of government buildings in the east. this looks like more evidence this remains a highly combustible battle of wills. this standoff in another eastern ukrainian city. are the authorities ready to carry through the operation to launch? it could grant a referendum. is that now have to defuse the situation? how will russia respond? there's a new escalation in

what's the most serious post cold war standoff between russia and the west. from moscow, a warning to kiev and the west overtaking action. >> translator: it's a very dangerous development. those encouraging the current authorities in kiev to act in this way must be held fully accountable. >> at the u.n. security council, ukraine and russian representatives stirred up accusations that agents are involved on the ground. >> it is hard to reconcile the behavior of the russian federation, propaganda of the russian federation, the military actions of the russian federation which range from the massing of 40,000 troops on the border to submersive activitiesn

ukraine. >> these prorussian protestors seem to be standing ground here amid international concern over where the crisis is heading. an underwater drone is used in the search for wreckage of the missing malaysian airliner in the indian ocean. australian officials say they're using a ping detector will stop and the submersible will be released as soon as possible. >> the flight for mh 370 is entering a new phase. for the first time the submersible will scour the ocean floor. the submersible will be operating at limit of capabilities and in a remote area new to man according to the head of the australian recovery mission. it will be a slow and measured process. the experts have therefore

determined that the estranged vessel ocean shield will cease searching with the ping locater later today and deploy the autonomous underwater vehicle bluefin-21 as soon as possible. >> the deep sea sub, bluefin-21 is replacing the ping locater, a sophisticated listening device that detected four signals consist end with an aircraft's black box. it's been six days since the last of the acoustic pulses were recorded. the sea has fallen silent. the mission is now heading deeper into the indian ocean. this is day 38 of the exhaustive search for the plane that simply vanished. further possible clues have been found. the australian navy is investigating a slick of oil detected in the target zone. >> i stress the source of the oil is yet to be determined.

the oil slick is a approximately 5,500 meters downwind and down sea from the vicinity of the detections picked up by the towed pinger locater on ocean shield. >> a week ago, australian officials suggested that the final resting place of flight mh 370 might soon be revealed. the language now is far more measured and cautious. there's a warning the underwater drone may not find any trace of the missing plane in the far unchartered reaches of the indian ocean. bbc news, perth. >> stay with us on bbc world news. much more to come. turnntcair thing to the ecollecw in go cairo's

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headlines. the oscar pistorius trial continues. gerrie nel says pistorius is concocting his evidence. twin bolls have exploded at a bus station. dozens of people have been killed. let's get more on that. with me is from the bbc service. >> how worrying is it it's come this attack so close to abuja? >> first off it's a very overcrowded area. on a normal day thousands walk from there. it's the area where most workers in abuja live. it's massive to have an attack in the area. this is close to the seat of power. it's just a few kilometers, 10 to 15 away from the central business district in abuja.

it's very worrying because at the moment from the pictures we have seen, received from the hausa and other social media, you can see dead bodies, so many devastating pictures. one of my colleagues visited the hospital where some of the casualties were taken. of course the hospital was filled up. makeshift beds were made within the entrance of the hospital. they cannot contain lots of people inside the hospital. >> hamar is said to be responsible. has anyone else been said? >> it has to take days before they release video before they say we carried out an attack. all fingers are saying that it's

them in the attack. of course where it has been taken place, the area is not a high security -- it's not a place there's a lot of security. you can see lots of people live there. it's not a surprise to have attack there. >> many thanks indeed. we're going to return back to pretoria now because oscar pistorius is back in court for the continued cross-examination by the prosecutor gerrie nel. let's listen. >> i don't agree. i haven't repeated anything. i object to what was said about my cross-examination my lady. i have a different view of the emotion. i might think differently about why it became emotional.

without disrespect, emotions cannot be blamed on me today. >> my lady, that's not the first time he's questioned exactly the same aspect. it was friday. it was thursday. it's become repetition. the emotion response is is the same. it's causing a delay. it's not that i don't let mr. nel to test and test again. i don't believe we're getting to anywhere getting to that emotional aspect of the evening. it is repetition. >> well, i don't think it is a repetition. i would have stopped mr. nel if i thought it was a repetition. >> mr. pistorius, i'm going to argue that you got emotional

because you got your defenses mixed up. that's the reason you just got emotional, nothing else. what do you want to say to that? >> that's not true my lady. >> mr. roux is correct on one occasion i said you wanted to shoot reeva. you didn't burst into tears. you said no. why emotional today? >> i don't know my lady. >> i do. mr. pistorius, i indicated to you how you got your defenses mixed up. that caused the emotion. nothing else. >> i don't understand the difference in defenses. that's not the reason. >> that's why you cried. you don't understand the implications. that's why you got emotional. we'll carry on. now i have to start. for me to take it further, i'll start again.

now mr. pistorius, before we got to the noise in the bathroom, you screamed again. am i right? before we got to the noise of the perceived opening of the doors, you screamed. am i right? >> i did shout my lady. >> okay. what? >> for the persons to get out. >> can you remember what you screamed, shouted? >> i think i just shouted get out. >> are you sure? >> i'm not sure my lady. that's what i remember. >> if i put many the record all you can remember is that you shouted get out. am i right? >> let me just think about it

ch. that's correct my lady. >> if you shouted get out, would that have caused reeva to respond? >> i don't think so my lady. >> but on friday remember we were indeed -- i challenged you on the fact that why did reeva not respond? did you not address her as well in the bathroom? >> i addressed her in the bathroom after i fired -- after

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. if you tell this court you're trained to deal with this kind of situations, the court will not accept easily that you made a mistake. >> i never said i was trained to deal with this type of situation. >> what did you say you were trained for? >> you were referring to combat mode which one would be trained. not this situation. >> were you trained for combat mode? >> no. we've spoken on the range of about what one would do if you have a burglary, if there's

danger, the manner you would go in. >> we have that, when you should shoot or not shoot, things like that. but remember -- it's a part of it whether you should shoot or not. >> that's correct. >> you said when i was trained. what did you mean by when i was trained? >> it was in response to a question posed to me about combat mode. he testified on the occasion his range. i can't remember one or more. we had a conversation as to what one would do if one was in a situation where they were in danger. not necessarily at home or how one would go about. there's a lot of police training there. they do a lot of conflict types

of situation training there. we had a basic conversation about what one would do. that's my understanding of the question that was asked. >> now mr. pistorius, are you saying that your door made a particular sound if it opened? >> that's correct. >> that's the sound you heard? >> no. that's not what i'm saying. >> what did you -- >> i heard a noise inside the bathroom and perceived that noise at to be the noise of the door opening. >> see that is tailoring. you know this makes a noise. now you say that's the kind of noise you heard. was it not the kind of noise you heard? >> it was a similar noise. >> but it never opened, that we know? >> that's correct. >> couldn't have been that noise at all? >> that's correct. >> you say you think it was that noise is tailoring the version. >> that's not true my lady.

>> did you hear movement in the toilet? >> i heard what sounded like wood moving my lady. >> not people -- sounded like wood moving. a sound made when opening. what is wood moving? >> i don't remember using the word clip sound my lady. >> what did you say what sound did your door make when you opened it? >> it made a noise, the frame and the door opening against each other. >> is that what you heard? is that a wood moving sound? >> wood abrasion. sounded -- my lady, i heard the noise come from the toilet which i perceived being the door opening. >> so i'm not interested in your perceptions now of what you perceived. i'm interested in what you heard please. what did you hear? >> in retrospect, i probably heard the magazine rack moving.

>> you know what, um -- i just don't want us to later disagree. you heard the magazine rack moving. is that what you heard? >> i guess that's what i heard my lady. >> then i'm going to show you. my lady, may i converse with the people behind me? >> yes.

my lady, may take a while to get it. i think it's important that we have it. will the court grant me just a moment? my lady, the photograph will be exhibit vv. there it is. that is part of exhibit vv

photograph 27. now you see mr. pistorius, if you look at that photograph, from the bottom up as one can see it. bullet a is aimed at toilet. do you see that? look at this picture. do you see that? >> yes, my lady. >> now the evidence is that that stuck her in the right hip. she then fell on the magazine rack. did you hear that? >> did i hear his evidence? >> yeah, that he said that. >> that's correct many my lady. >> you heard the magazine rack. that's why you changed. you know where the magazine rack

is. you changed to go for that particular noise after a. >> my lady t magazine rack wasn't found where c and d was. it was found in the corner of the toilet. >> mr. pistorius, listen to me. i'm saying you heard the magazine rack, and you changed your aim. >> that's incorrect my lady. >> because i was waiting for you to say you heard the magazine rack. you did. when she fell on the magazine rack. you changed your aim. >> my lady, i wouldn't have possibly heard her fall on the magazine rack. one of the shots missed. i wouldn't have heard anyone fall inside the toilet where i was shooting. >> i'd say i don't what you're answering mr. pistorius, but the magazine rack we know you heard. that's why you changed your aim.

>> that's not true. >> that is 100%. a entered in the hip. she fell on the magazine rack. you fired c and d. now before we carry on, when you fired those shots -- i want to ask -- every time there's a break i want to also catch up. you never aimed -- you aimed at door, am i right? >> we've been through aimed and pointed at my lady. i said i never aimed at door. >> you never aimed at the door. you just pointed to your gun in your right hand towards the door? >> that's correct my lady. >> and you discharged the

firearm? >> that's correct my lady. >> remember that your pathologist said that it was quite a good grouping. are you saying that grouping b, c, d just happened by coincidence? >> no, i'm not my lady. >> what then? >> my lady, that's my pathologist understanding of a close grouping. >> now -- please carry on. >> four or five meters distance. it's not a good grouping at all actually. even more so my lady. >> what would your expert say? >> i have no idea what my ballistic expert would say. >> are you sure you have no idea what they'd say? >> regarding what my lady? >> regarding the shots.

>> no, i don't. they don't discuss it with me. they have taken the photos of reeva out of my file so i don't have to look at them. >> was that discussed with you? >> i don't understand. >> was it discussed you fired in the sequence? >> no, my lady. first time i heard that evidence was from professor simons -- i believe professor simon's evidence was the first time i heard the order in which the bullets had struck reeva. >> before we move on, i have to just cover one aspect as far as the did -- you shot at the intruders and said they should get out of your house. you never said to them that

you're armed? now, you knew they were in the toilet or thought they were in the toilet right? >> i thought there was a possibility one or more persons was in the toilet. >> how were they getting out of the toilet? >> through the window, my lady. >> through the window. and then go where? fall down two flights -- two stories? >> this question was posed to me on thursday or friday where we discussed the two possibilities. mr. nel put to me they gone out the bathroom or gone out the window. we've already covered this. >> i'm doing it again. how did you -- at the time you said get out of my house, out the toilet. at the time how did you think they'd get out? >> i wasn't thinking my lady. >> i wasn't thinking isn't good

truth for you mr. pistorius. i wasn't thinking is so reckless at least. i wasn't thinking, i just fired. that's what you're saying? >> that's not what i'm saying. >> what are you saying then? >> i'm saying as i said ten minutes ago, at the time i couldn't think of other words to say except get out and for reeva to phone police. those are the lines i remember distinctively repeating. if they came in the window surely they could get out of the window of the toilet. >> mr. pistorius, one of the ways of getting out was to come through the door. >> that's correct my lady. >> you never gave them a chance on your version. that door never moved. >> that's correct my lady. >> you said to people get out and you never gave them a chance to do that. >> i shouted and screamed for people to get out.

>> you didn't know who was in the toilet, am i right? >> i didn't my lady. >> you didn't know how many people were in there? >> that's correct. >> didn't know if they were arm aed? >> that's correct. >> didn't know if it could have been a child? >> that's correct. >> could have been unarmed? >> that's correct. >> could have been a burglar unarmed? >> that's correct. >> you gave them no chance. there's one other aspect i want to test you on. my lady, may i ask the investigating officer to go towards the door? may i ask the officer to go inside the toilet, open the door and go inside? he's in position of the keys. put the key in the lock and lock

the door, please. just close the door. can you? no. okay. just put the key back and open it up. take the key out. put the key back in. and close it. lock it. >> you never heard that mr. pistorius? >> no, my lady. >> captain is there my lady. can i address another demonstration? >> that door opens to the outside am i right? >> opens to the bathroom my lady. >> captain, would you sit on the toilet? i just want to make a demonstration. it's not a joke or trying to be.

>> i'm not sure what you're demonstrating. >> if reeva was on the toilet. to close that door, she would get up and go out. can you close it from inside? if it's open like that. if you want to close it, you can stand inside but you have to reach to get it. you're taller than she is. thank you my lady. that's the two things i wanted to show. it opens to the outside. you never heard the locking of the door? >> no, my lady. >> why would you not have heard that? >> i don't know. maybe the door was slammed and locked at the same time. i don't know why my lady. >> we have to think in all those things to make your version probable. we have to think it slammed and locked at the same time.

otherwise you would have heard it because you were quiet. >> i was shouting. i wasn't quiet. >> let us then deal with your shouting. you shouted and screamed in the passage. you shouted and screamed in the bathroom. >> that's correct my lady. >> you then fired the shots afterthat? >> that's correct my lady. i've heard your evidence about this. the first shots were heard when you discharged your gun? >> that's correct. >> your version now would be the screams that are heard before the shots. >> i don't understand --

>> they heard a woman screaming before the shots. that must be yours? >> my voice was the only voice screaming that night my lady. >> so what they heard must have been your voice? >> that's correct my lady. >> so even on your version, they couldn't accept. they say the light was on. >> which part of their evidence, which step -- two individuals came different evidence. could we maybe talk about which said which evidence? >> no. both said immediately after the shots they looked and lights were on. both. take it from here. why? they said lights were on. even on your version accepting what they said, lights were on. >> that's correct my lady. >> i think they both did say

that my lady. >> so they must be lying. >> they must be my lady. i don't remember the lights being on. i can't remember with when i switched the the lights on as i said before. >> that's a quick answer. i can't remember the lights being on. that's what you said. >> that's correct. >> is it possible the lights were on? >> no. after the shooting i don't know when i put the lights on. immediately after the shooting we worked through the time frame. if i remember correctly what try to put in moments became ten minutes. that's what i'm asking. >> now this is the best part of your argument. there's no way that the moments for the lights came in ten minutes. why do you say that? >> i don't follow that question. >> you said moments for ten minutes. >> mr. step's evidence my lady. time wasn't of relevance.

it wasn't the set points. if i remember evidence, they said it was put to me on friday, that they were shouting between the gunshots which was -- it's different on versions. i was crying out and screaming. i didn't say mr. step was lying when they said that. >> i know you want to argue. that's been how you've been giving evidence. they must be lying about the light. >> they said they saw the lights on immediately after the shooting. that was the first shooting. that's incorrect. >> then screaming. they were concerned between the shots. was that also you?

>> on the first shots -- >> they said between the noises they heard screaming. was that you? >> which shots my lady. they said they heard screaming between the shots. the second shots. that's what they said. >> between the first shot and the second shot there was screaming. was that you? >> which series of noises my lady? >> you see, i don't see why you don't understand. i think you don't want to. they heard sounds, heard a woman scream again. they heard sounds again. is that -- can you remember that? can you? mr. pistorius, there's a problem. you're quiet looking at the court. just answer -- >> i'm thinking my lady.

if i've missed just tell me. remember the steps the gunshots were the second grouping. the second noises they heard. >> yes. they heard screaming before then. the second sounds. who is that? >> that was myself my lady. >> why? what did you scream? >> screaming out for reeva to phone the police. >> by that time on your version she was already shot. >> that's correct my lady. >> after that, did you still scream out for her to phone the police? >> yes, my lady. >> up until the time you screamed for her to phone the police up until the time you broke down the door? >> no, i screamed for her to phone the police at the time i walked back to the bed. >> now were the screams up until the time on your version that you hit the door with the bat? >> yes. >> what did you scream? >> i screamed reeva's name. >> why? >> i wanted to know where she was my lady.

>> so you screamed reeva's name out during the time that you hit the bat? >> when i hit the bat on the door, i was screaming out her name. >> so they heard a woman, but it was you. >> that's correct my lady. >> thousand, have you had your voice tested? >> i have my lady. >> and did you listen to your voice? >> yes. i haven't listened to my voice, but i watched. i've watched where i've been on field playing football with people and shouted and out screamed out. i haven't watched or listened to recording. by the recording done, my voice

can be high pitch. >> you have recording of your voices being high pitched? >> i don't have a recording like that. i'm not sure my lady. >> are you telling me you don't know if your legal team is in position of reporting where you're screaming high pitch voice? >> yes, they do have a recording like that. i don't have it though. >> now, do you have any idea why that was never played to witnesses to identify your voice? >> i'm not sure my lady. there might be a special list to come -- >> that's not the question. the question is do you know why that recording was never played to the witnesses so they could say if that's what they heard or not? >> i don't. that was never done my lady. >> where you're sitting, wouldn't that be the best thing to do? they heard a woman. to play it to them to say that's what they heard. >> my lady, my council, what they decide to ask and don't

decide to ask is up to them. i think they've got far better things to look at. they've got people a lot closer that weren't 170 meters away that heard completely different things. many statements said they didn't hear that. >> i'm not going to take you on on that. even if you say. that we know what everybody heard. for you -- don't you think it would be prudent to play the recording so witnesses can say if that's what they heard or not. just you. not anybody else. >> i don't know my lady. >> you must have a view. >> i'm not an attorney. >> you must have a view. people can listen. >> mr. nel, if he doesn't have a view, he doesn't have a view. is it not up to the legal representative to do that? >> yes, my lady.

i will not pursue it further. i've asked what his view was. he's given instructions to his legal team. that's my angle. >> he says he doesn't have a view. >> thank you my lady. >> mr. pistorius, shall i carry on? mr. pistorius, as you listened to the recording of you screaming -- >> no, my lady. >> were you screaming at a high pitch voice? >> yes, my lady. >> you went in a studio to scream at a high pitch voice? >> that's not true. >> where did you do? >> the place i reside at the moment my lady. my lady, if i can say i've never screamed like that before. i don't know -- i can't remember what i sounded like on that night after the gunshots had gone off.

i was screaming out, screaming after reeva, screaming for the lord to help me. i ran onto the balcony and screamed and shouted for help. i don't think one scream was the same. you don't scream in a monotone fashion in desperation. you scream as loud as you can. >> one thing we know is that if -- the state witnesses were correct in hearing somebody scream. that happened. >> that's correct my lady. >> it wasn't only crying. as the lunch break approaches now inside the court in pretoria, that's where we'll leave the trial for the moment. gerrie nel continues cross-examination in the last few minutes. we've heard the version of events where witnesses said they heard high pitch screaming.

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