hello. you're watching gmt the. i'm lucy hockings. an operation against pro russian separatists in the east is underway. there are tanks on the road this is the east. the occupying of government buildings are force identifying positions. russia says the country is on the brink of civil war. five days of grueling cross-examination comes to an end to oscar pistorius. we'll bring you evidence outside the court in pretoria. a u.s. navy underwater drone

searching for missings malaysian airliner has to cut short the first dive after reaching the maximum operating death. aaron joins us now. >> indeed. the giant has brought a solar company drone to bring the web to all corners of the world. is this reality or fantasy? google glass go on sale today one day. the price tag, $1,500 u.s. it's midday here in london, 1:00 in the afternoon pretoria and 2:00 eastern ukraine where according to the interim president an operation against pro russian separatists is underway. the operation in the donetsk region would take place in

stages he says which would be cautious. we get a look at tanks on the move and increased helicopter opportunities. there are at least nine cities in the east. >> reporter: waiting and wondering, pro russian protestors look entrenched in the buildings of eastern cities of donetsk. in this high stake standoff, who will make the next move. >> translator: an antiterrorist operation began in the region. it will be conducted stage by stage in a responsible and weighed manner. the objective of these steps i stress once again is to protect ukrainian citizens, to stop the terror, to stop the crime, to stop the attempts to tear our

country apart. >> a demonstration outside the parliament in kiev overnight putting the new government there under more pressure. this man is denouncing ministers and officials for weakness in the face of separatist challenge in the east. the dilemma for the authority, can they restore control in the east without inflaming tensions and sparking russian response? more evidence of tensions running high again in kiev. a leading politician is harassed and pelted with eggs as he leaves a studio. how far with this go beyond ukraine in terms of a standoff between west and russia? no meeting of minds between these two in their last phone conversation. according to the white house, president barack obama told his

counter part russia. putin claimed the claims are unfounded. these go no where. will the kiev authorities now carry through? >> daniel, tell us what you can see at the moment and what you've been told. >> i'm at the check point in the region just north of the troublesome donetsk region. we're 40 kilometers north of that town which is most consoled. this is a check point different from the ones we've seen before. it is manned by ukrainian

government forces. ukrainian police, interior minister from well on men in black uniforms also working for the ukrainian government. perhaps most significantly of all, seven armored personnel carriers from the ukrainian army with the ukraine flag flying. and a ukrainian military helicopter. this is a visible display of force by forces loyal to the ukrainian government. 40 kilometers north of the donetsk region. >> have they told you what their orders are and what they'll do now. >> they're not talking at this stage about what their job s. they couldn't be parked in a more visible place. it's not as if they're sitting down a country lane. they're right beside the check point on the main road to the donetsk region. it's a very, very visible

display of force. at this stage, it is nothing more than that. it is a display they are standing by their vehicles showing that this part of eastern ukraine is very much under their control. >> daniel, does this feel like it's the operation that we've been told would happen by the ukraine to try and remove potentially these pro russian separatists? >> well i think it's certainly going to be part of that operation whether it's going to be a part involved in any use of force or just a reminder that they are in control here, we simply don't know. clearly when the president said that the operations started, then suddenly today we see this public display. we've been looking for armored vehicles. there have been rumors several days. today wasn't difficult to find them. >> daniel thank you very much for updating us on the road there between the two cities.

let's find out what is said in kiev now. we can take you straight there. we're not going to kiev. we're going to donetsk to speak to david, our correspondent in donetsk for us. david, tell us what's happening there. >> reporter: well donetsk is stable although shouldn't be said it's quiet. there's a tension here. i've been talking to people on the streets very worried about what's going on. one man described an on occupation by the russians. another woman was very much for what's going on. she said to me, look at what a strong leader vladimir putin is. you can see there's many opinions. the question is really what's going to happen? what this operation if indeed launched will involve and what would be the reaction of the activists and reaction of russia. we watch carefully. we've been hearing from western capitals as well as kiev itself, a great deal of anticipation of next hours possibly will bring.

>> david, wre have had pictures taken from facebook that came from secretary of national security defense council. we can't verify then. he says these are ukrainian troops in kiev getting ready to leave for the east of the country. is it possible to verify what is happening with this operation? >> reporter: well, lucy, i've spoken to the spokesperson of the secretary of the security council that you mentioned. he explained to me these are a battalion of forces take african-american the so called self-defense group, these are people on the independence square in kiev during demonstrations. he said they're headed towards the front. he said the front could be a number of places. could be donetsk, in the south, or in the border of transeaster.

that's a border on ukraine's west. he said pictures are of the self-defense yuunit. he could not say where or when they're moving because this is confidential. he had no information whether far right groups also part of the movement were part of this unit. >> thanks. let's speak now to the secretary of the committee of foreign affairs in ukraine. she joins us on the line from near donetsk as well. thank you very much for joining us here on "gmt." there seems to be quite a bit of confusion about what kind of military operation, if any, is now underway by the ukrainian authorities. can you clarify for us exactly what is happening? >> let me justify what happened

till now. it's very much for the yanukovych region. they were very much involved in his team. when new government came, there was a huge problem top get region under control of the central bodies. for example, all militia doesn't respond to orders of kiev. so we do not have forces, local forces, to secure life the health of the citizens. so more over we have evidence that russian troops, russian soldiers are there. >> i'm sorry to interrupt. can you be more specific? what evidence do you have soldiers are actually russian? >> we have the statement of the

security service of ukraine stating they managed to track telephone communication. they have evidence that they are russian officers given orders to go separatist. you can easily see the police department two days ago. the experts tell us that it is very highly trained people operating there. there are journalists telling us and make the evidence these are russian guided events happening. >> can i ask you about something you posted on your facebook page in which you said that ten pro russian activists had been shot

dead at a road block in donetsk. tell us where you got this information from and what evidence this happened. >> i was told from two sources inside. one of the sources is closed to the groups trying to operation independently from the authorities trying not to surrender. another source is working -- this is a poor telephone connection. so a lot of obstacles for both international and local journalist working. we had fragmented information. we cannot verify as police are not on our side. >> thank you very much for joining us from near donetsk. >> to clarify for you, she is the secretary of committee of

foreign affairs in ukraine. we cannot independently verify the things she told us about the presence of russian soldiers in eastern ukraine or the fact she says that 10 pro russian activists have been killed. we do have teams on the ground. we're working to bring you the latest information we can from the east of the country. 20 minutes we're going to get the view from moscow. we're going to talk to a russian analyst maria lipman about the view from russia, what's made of events in eastern ukraine from the russian perspective. now five days of intense cross-examination have just finished for the south african athlete oscar pistorius. he's been questioned repeatedly about the night he shot his girlfriend reeva steenkamp in the bathroom. the prosecution of gerrie nel ended accusing pistorius of knowing reeva was standing behind the toilet door and he

had deliberately armed himself and shot her. let's take you to karin outside the courthouse in pretoria following the case closely. gerrie nel, karin did not let up until the end. >> reporter: he didn't. he finished cross-examination of oscar pistorius with a very stark summary of how he, the state, believes the event went that night. oscar pistorius must be very relieved. five days of cross-examination, seventh day on the witness stand. now once again i've seen him sitting in the dark as other witnesses now are heard from. at times he had his eyes closed. he must be very relieved. let's hear how gerrie nel ended cross-examination hammering out points he believed happened one by one. >> johnson, berger and both

heard reeva's screams not yours. >> i don't agree. >> they heard when she escaped from you. you shot four shots through the door knowing you're standing behind the door? >> that's incorrect my lady. >> you knew that she was talking to you? >> that's incorrect my lady. >> she locked herself into the toilet. you armed yourself for the sole purpose of shooting and killing her. >> that's not true. >> that's what you did. >> afterwards indeed you were overcome by what you've done. that is true. >> that is true my lady. >> only because it was your intention to kill her. you realize that? >> the opposite my lady. >> reporter: that was the end of oscar pistorius cross-examination. he remained on the stand for his

reexamination by his own lead defense council barry roux. barry roux asked him to clarify with what he meant when he said yesterday he fired four shots accidentally. remember the prosecution raised that and said you said it was accidental but also said you fired at an intruder because you thought danger was coming at you. it can't be both versions. defense tried to clarify that. that had been seen as a weakness in their case. what oscar pistorius did before his reexamination finished was to read out a letter, in a valentine's card reeva steenkamp had written to him before valentine's. she died in the early hours of valentine's day. on that card, it said now is a good day. today is a good day to tell you i love you. so the defense wanted to end on that. that to be the lasting impression of oscar pistorius'

evidence on the stand. a loving relationship they say, a relationship that has nothing to do with the image the prosecution has tried to put forth. their allegations are that oscar pistorius shot reeva steenkamp on purpose after a heated argument. we're hear now from another defense witness, a scientist talking about the light and sound conditions that night. oscar pistorius, a very relieved person to be off the witness stand. can't imagine a. lucy? >> thanks for updating us outside the court. stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come, a team at the top of the gathering of thousands. it will be a stadium of silence today. the football club remembers 25 years since one of football's greatest tragedies.

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. the u.s. navy has told the bbc an underwater drone has found no sign of malaysian airline flight mh 370 during the first mission deep in the indian ocean. the drone's initial deployment was cut short, exceeding the operating limit of 4,500 meters. it was able to gather data which revealed no trace of the last plane. matthews told the bbc the aborted mission was not a major setback. >> there was no material problem. no failure of the system. it was just an oversight in the programming. something we weren't expecting with the water depth. we've adapted and we'll relaunch the system as soon as the weather clears. we have analyzed that material that sonar results. we've got an idea of what the bottom type is.

there are rocks and other things there. of the area we covered there was no evidence of aircraft at that site. we still have 70% of that first assigned search area to go look at. once we relaunch the system, that's what it will go do. >> what extent are you confident or otherwise wreckage will be found using this underwater technology? >> it could definitely result we don't have evidence of the aircraft and need to step back, reassert the search plan and figure how to conduct the more strategic long duration, more intensive surveys. >> no challenge is not mountable. certainly it's going to take tenacity if our initial instincts and detections don't point us from the right drer

direction. >> how long are you going to look? >> my task is to pursue high priority areas. after that, it's something the various countries are going to need -- the governments are going to need to assess and figure out the right involvement and path ahead is. >> how important is the international component in all of this in terms of getting help from asia for example? >> this is certainly challenging. i can tell you everyone from the malaysians, new zealand, japanese, chinese involved, everyone, all countries and people involved are dedicated to putting their best effort forward and trying to resolve this. >> mark matthews talking to phil mercer in perth. let's bring you up to date. the owner of a nine story factory building which collapsed killing more than 1100 will be charged with murder.

there are 40 standing trial over the collapse of the plaza. if convicted he could face the death penalty. berlusconi has been ordered to visit the elderly as his conviction. because of his age he was sentenced to house arrest or community service. players of liverpool club should be buzzing with excitement. today it won to bring it within touching distance of the title. today at the home field north of england, the atmosphere is quite the opposite. thousands are gathering to remember one of football's worst tragedies. >> reporter: before the 15th of april 1959, hillsborough was the name of a football stadium. that changed 25 years ago today. 96 liverpool fans who had gone to watch their team never

returned. fatally injured on the overcrowded terraces. one of them was 28-year-old alan mcgloun. he had two young daughters amy and claire. all grown up, they'll return for the memorial service. >> it's like going a funeral. you've got the pain and heart ache. it seems ten times worse on the 18th. >> you realize you're not alone. people are feeling the exact same. none of us want to be there. obviously you've got to lose someone to go there. >> reporter: bruce remembers the disaster vividly. in goal for liverpool, he was in front of the terraces where the crushing hand. 25 years old, bruce is later, h with the families. >> you'll always think of that

day. we have memorial services every year. i think about them. i go to church and pray. this year it will be better because i've gone there. >> the service five years ago, the frustration of the crowd boiled over. >> the greatest achievements occurred without a ball being kicked. it's when they saw that day on the 20th anniversary. i remember that day. i was cringing. i thought this is the wrong thing. it was right once again. >> it led to the creation of an independent panel that paved the way for new inquests. >> yes, there's hope. people need to remember now is as difficult as ever for the families. we need to bear that in our minds as they go through the next few difficult weeks and

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in this half hour t latest on the situation in eastern ukraine. a bbc correspondent has seen evidence of ukrainian forces and armor heading towards the town controlled by pro russian separatists. it comes after the ukrainian president said terror operations were underway against separatists who seized government buildings. we're looking at, not mars, it's the moon putting on a show. is there truth to the myth and prophesy around a blood moon?

also on the program, aaron is here talking about the value of airports. >> absolutely. sidney, australia has finally announced a second airport. yes, in 60 kilometers from the city. we're taking a look at the debate how much a run way adds to the economy. china opens a new airport every 23 days. the interim president of ukraine says an operation against pro russian separatists is underway in the east of the country. our correspondent is outside the town where separatists have taken over government buildings. daniel has sent us these

pictures. it shows ukrainian forces and tanks there, a helicopter as well. they have armor with them. they are not on the move. daniel says they are waiting there, clearly a visible display of force. he's not been told what orders they're under or what they'll do next. at the moment they're sitting tight there. as you can see, visible sign of force from ukrainian forces. let's take you to moscow where we'll speak to the chair of the moscow center of society and regions program. thank you for joining us. we've seen these pictures from our correspondent daniel san ford. it seems some kind of operation is underway by ukrainian forces. what is the reaction going to be from mr. putin? >> well i think right now the goal, russian goal in the short run, is to strengthen bargaining

position in view of the forth coming talks in geneva. russia will try to send a message ukraine is on the brink of a civil war. we don't know the developments between now and thursday. maybe this is government blood. government cannot control parts of the territory where protestors seized government buildings. this will be the message. this will be russia's bargaining position. this is a country with i illegitimate government that cannot control if it does not control the country falling into civil war. >> we spoke to the secretary of the committee of foreign affairs in ukraine a moment ago. she says she has evidence the people occupying buildings and

also east of ukraine are in fact russian soldiers. what does moscow say to those allegations? >> moscow denies military interference in the eastern ukraine. indeed we cannot say with certainty what degree of russian intervention there is on the ground now. but i think we can likely suggest there's intervention. russia lays serious claims on ukraine. russia shows high interest in how events in ukraine will unfold. russia is talking about domestic arrangement, that it needs civilization. russia talks about ukraine that has to have a neutral status never to be a member of nato. russia has concrete interests it lays down on paper which means there's certainly at least some degree of interference. >> we know that president putin and president barack obama have spoken in the last few hours,

last night. does president barack obama do you think have any influence at this point on vladimir putin? >> i don't think anyone has influence on russia at this point, not on president putin. he's determined to reach his goal. as much as we can speculate about his goals, i think his goal is ukraine will not fall under the influence of europe in any way, will be barred from my attempt to make it a member of nato, for european union to move closer to russian border. that's the goal to keep ukraine as a buffer state. i think the russian government is ready to go far to achieve this goal and will not concede to any pressure. >> president putin's goal is now known. are they on his side? >> they're not overwhelmingly

but not totally. people in ukraine are fully in favor of what the government is doing, supportive of the presence. his approval rating has gone up. popularity, people are ready to vote for him for president if elections were held next sunday. this is actually a major change in what is beginning to look as a putin fatigue a few months ago to a year ago. >> thank you very much as always for joining us. aaron is with us to take a look at business and google tastic. >> it is. big purchases. we don't know the price. very interesting detail. good to see you lucy. hello there. close up and far away. google hopes to put the web everywhere. the tech giant has bought a small solar powered drone to tighten aerospace for an undisclosed sum. drones are seen as a new way to reach remote areas and certainly

with the likes of facebook and amazon exploring how to use them. meanwhile, google goggles go on sale in the u.s. for $1,500 a pair. it's a one day only sale. last year, 8,000 pairs of the internet connected goggle glasses were sold to tech enthusiasts. look at what i've got. the one and only big enthusiast. get them off. we'll talk about those in a second. i know you love them. let's talk about this drone. the idea is sit up in the atmosphere and go to remote areas. is that reality or fantasy? >> this is one of a number of big projects google has from self driving cars to google glasses. they want to bring the internet everywhere. they've got an enormous amount of money.

all of it coming from their basic business, search appetizing. they seem eager to spend that money in strange places. they've competed vigorously with facebook to buy this company. they too wanted to be in this. it's interesting. it's a project that says something about engineering expertise but also about the desire to be loved. google wants to be loved. it spends money on lobbying. it wants to tell people it can bring internet everywhere. it has another project using hot air balloons to distribute the web to remote places. that adds to the aspects. >> that's interesting. you love drones. you let me play with those earlier. what do they do, supposed to do? >> this is important to remember about google glasses. it's another project. it's not a product out there.

it's an experiment, live experiment, people with paying $1,500. >> is it worth it? >> it's worth people, software developers making apps. these basically do a lot of stuff -- it puts up a menu. you say glass, take a picture. what it does is put a smart phone in this little window. i'm seeing what you might see on a smart phone. i can see twitter coming in, get it to take a picture, record video so forth. >> on this one sale today, it will be big enthusiasts and companies that will buy them to develop apps. do you think this is one of the things we'll see price drop and out there everywhere kind of thing? >> this is a web app. wearable technologiy lis the ne big thing. we've got wristbands to monitor your health, smart watches.

this is really exciting people. i think it needs a lot of work before it's acceptable. there's a lot of hostility building up. some say it's spying on me. google has got quite a lot of work to do. what we're seeing today with this one day sale is part of the experimentation. more people are trying it. more people to get data to work out, how to make it better. here's the thing. it may never actually hit the shelves of the general public. >> it's interesting. you want to leave them with me? >> i think no. they'll end up on ebay. >> you go that way. thanks. you can keep walking around. let's move on and talk about this. nearly 70 years after the idea was first touted if you will, debated, forget that. australia has finally approved a second international airport in

sydney. it's out in the sticks, almost in the bush. it's built in a place in australia nearly 60 kilometers from the city at a cost of $2.5 billion with funds mostly coming from the private sector. the boss of australia's national carrier said the benefits would be felt nationwide although new airports bring economic benefits. they can take years to agree for example expanding the european hub remains controversial and goes on. competition is fierce. here's a quote from the ceo. he says the debate over sydney's airport has gone on 23 years while china opens a new airport every 23 days. let's get more from perth australia. we have the expert and airliner chief. let's bring you up to date.

is the sydney airport full at the moment? do they need another? >> good question. at peak times sydney airport is full. it has a curfew. that curfew is estimated to cost the state of new south whales a billion a year. it has sorts of limitations. it's a major hub. 40% of international visitors come through sydney. when sydney goes down or has a big problem, australia's airline network gets undergridlock. it's a bottle neck in the aviation stream in australia. >> you mention the word cost. let's be frank. this comes down to what airports add to oveconomy.

>> china basically opens an airport like we build bus stops right? >> look indeed, you're absolutely spot on. it's countries who get it. dubai, hong kong, singapore. they get it. of course seoul and south korea. beijing, they get it. they understand. the bottom line, one 8380 is worth for instance london, greater london, worth 200 million pounds a year in benefit. about 5,000 jobs. so do the multiplication. this is massive, massive business. if an airport says we don't want another run way, don't want to do this or that. guess what, passengers go elsewhere. >> on that note, let's talk about the flip side of getting it, not getting it or struggling to get it. london here.

one of the busiest airports in the world. two run ways only. it is full to the brim. many say london, because of the debate raises because it's a new run way or airport going to go on for year, london is starting to miss out. >> look indeed. so many people are saying look instead of going to london, for instance from australia. people say we're go dubai and go to one of 35 destinations in europe. one of the main ones is paris. great hub. that's taking business away. it will continue to do so until they get another run way. >> absolutely. that debate will rage on. we'll talk to you soon. thank you. jeff thomas joining us live on skype from perth. a lot going on. tweet me. i'll tweet you back. find me at aaron bbc.

thank you so much. here on bbc world news, still to come. life after syria. we meet the children forced to make a living to support families torn apart by war.

hi everyone. i'm lucy hockings. our top story is on "gmt." as operation gets underway against pro russian separatists that seized buildings in eastern ukraine, our correspondent says evidence of crane yan forcukrai heading towards the town. five days of cross-examination have ended in the trial of oscar pistorius. cross-examiner gerrie nel says pistorius' evidence is more and more improbable. the crisis caused by syria's

civil war, at least one in four of the population is a refugee. desperate families send their children on the streets to beg. we report now on the child rose sellers of the area. >> on a beautiful day like this, families come out to enjoy the berut sunshine. this 5-year-old is working. if she doesn't sell her roses, her family won't eat. she does it with a cousin who's ten. their families fled. they can get aid but not enough to pay the bills. children work a ten hour day on the streets. >> translator: am i happy? does it matter. we're a family of eight. i have to support my brothers

and sisters. i have my fate. >> translator: i used to love going to school. i hope the war ends in syria. i want to go home. >> for now, home is a solid single room. her father says on the street he's always out of sight watching the children. he does that much for them. >> translator: it eats me up inside. we have to find food and rent. when she gets tired i take over. i don't sell as much as her. people buy more from a child. >> begging street children didn't arrive until syria's civil war. there are a lot more here now. the few aid agencies working

this area say the overwhelming majority of families that send their children onto the streets are syrian refugees. flowers, flower, he says. 11-year-old ali is out until the early hours every night. no family member comes to keep an eye on him. he's alone here. most people don't buy. >> translator: my brother is two. my mother is pregnant. my dad is sick. it's up to me to bring bread to the table. >> the rose sellers get arrest add, robbed, preyed upon by pimps. the streets are no place for a child. ali and thousands like him have little chance of going back to school. their stunted lives are casualties too of syria's civil

war. bbc news berut. in the last couple of hours, sky watchers in the americas and caribbean have watched a rare moon show. it turned orange and then to blood read, total lunar eclipse. it's the first stage of a sequence of four complete eclipses that happen within two years. very unusual. let's talk about it with our correspondent. you're a space junky. >> really, i am. >> now tell me exactly what happen happened. >> when you have the sun, earth, moon in line, you'll have a total lunar eclipse. here we have the instance the earth is in between the moon and sun. what happens is that the moon passes into shadow behind the earth. a very interesting feature happens. the sunlight streams through the earth's atmosphere and has to go

through a long wedge of atmosphere. as it does that, sunlight gets scattered. you end up with red wave lengths. they get bent on the surface of the moon. the moon turns the fantastic color. it's color you see sun rise and sunset. you're looking at the sun through the wedge of the atmosphere. the more dust in the atmosphere, we've had a lot of volcanic eruptio eruptions. sun is deeper redder. that's why it's called a blood moon sometimes. you get a copper hue which i like. >> it's anywhere in the pacific. where's the best place? >> the nice thing about a lunar eclipse versus solar eclipse. in the solar eclipse you get a narrow band you can see the eclipse at its best. in this instance, there's a sway of the earth's surface. it lasts longer as well.

a total solar eclipse you get perhaps a few minutes. here you get an hour. time to get the camera, ring up everyone you know. if you have no batteries round them up. >> terrific pictures from all over the world. you can actually look up. will there's no safety risk. >> there's no safety issues here unlike looking at a solar eclipse. we'll touch on this issue. i know you were interested in this idea we get a sequence of four to six months apart. each one. we've got one in october. another total lunar eclipse in april next year and fourth in september. people as they always do, they try tie these to some event taking place on earth. reality is it's just the way the planets turn around each other.

the way the rocks in space turn around each other. >> it's once every 300 to 500 years. >> today something is happening on earth. people will say there's an eclipse. there's mathematical yo mat cur mathematical curiosities. >> i read that police say crime goes up, the lunatics. >> you spend time going -- there's no link whatsoever. have a link at pictures today. we've got quite a few on the bbc web pages. twitter is an excellent place. i've seen pictures taken from smart phones. good show. >> what else do we have to look forward to? >> we'll have an annual solar

eclipse later this month. that's quite neat. that's where the moon doesn't quite block out the entire sun. so what you get is the ring of light all the way around the moon. that looks spectacular. in some ways more spectacular than the total solar jieclipse. in the solar eclipse, birds stop singing, everything goes dark. wind changes. i've never been in that. i'd love to be. some chase them all over the world when they occur. >> absolutely beautiful. thank you for joining us. plenty of pictures on the website. it's worth going to to social media. people are posting absolutely beautiful images of this blood red moon. a quick reminder of this top story. the interim president of ukraine

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