hello. i'm geeta with bbc world news. our top stories. david moyes is out after 10 minutes. the situation in the east of the country is still intense the. the death toll of the sunken ferry reaches over 100 people. we meet how chefs are winning over customers.

hello. turmoil at one of the world's biggest football games. the manager is sacked less than a year after he took the job. there's no official reason. most experts agree it's because his team hasn't been winning enough. that cost him support of fans and also left his players unhappy from training to tactics. the biggest issue for the club owner was financial. the brand is worth around a billion. we'll have the react in a minute. first, the brief time many in charge for david moyes.

>> after 11 months, time has run out for david moyes. weight of expectation that comes with one of the world's biggest club was too much to take. >> the club stood by me. players stood by me. you know to stand by our new manager. moyes held the side earning 11 points. no direct criticism for sir alex. his stands meant support was inevitable. his $27.5 million pound investment hasn't increased. by march fans were no longer

standing by their man. liverpool and manchester city led them to take to the skies to mic their point. there would be no silverware to save moyes. he was beaten in the champions league. it was confirmed united wouldn't be playing in the top club competition next season. american owners are under criticism. the next man in may find the shoes equally hard to fill. bbc news. >> our sports correspondent is in the sports center. a former manager of the liverpool brand is saying it's a $3 billion public company. they can't risk 30 to 50 million pounds of profits that makes 120 million pounds.

so you know the chancellor has to be successful this summer. >> absolutely. as you say, this is more than about a football club. this is a huge global brand. the sort of money we're talking puts expectations so, so high. united don't just have to answer to fans anymore. it's been a long time it was just about the fans. there are shareholders and spons sponsors to think about. these do not work. there's a minimum standard that a team like united has to stand by. the fact they failed to reach the champion's league to qualify next season for the first time in 18 years, that's a huge, huge loss to united in terms of the global grand and financially. >> we can see shots there. ryan is taking over as the

temporary manager. is he in the job job spot definitely? >> he's one of the name linked to a longer name position. there's a host of names in there. the netherlands national team manager at the moment seems to be the favorite. another manager ruled himself out where he has a future already with another contract for a few years. could he be a long term replacement? we spoke to black mr that played under ferguson in the late 80s and early 90s. he said he backs giggs. he has the respect of the players. he knows the team well and knows the standard that united should be playing for. >> someone has been saying

also -- actually a lot of players, that whoever get this is job will have a really tough tough -- also reading the news agencies saying the compensation is yet to be sorted out. is that going to be messy or sorted quickly sf. >> ben smiths is outside the training ground as we speak where dave moyes is in talks to broker the compensation deal. there are rumors there was a clause in the contract saying had he not qualify for the champions league, that would give him less entitlement. that's something we'll learn more as the day develops and week develops. united will want to make this as pain free as possible. >> thanks very much indeed.

now the american vice president joe biden says the united states stand as with ukraine amid what he calls daunting allegations and threats. in kiev it's a public demonstration of u.s. support for the man that replaced yanukovych this year. there's no sign to the end of the pro russian opposition in ukraine. the world's super power putting on a public show of support for ukraine. the u.s. vice president joe biden is the american official visiting kiev since the crisis begun. his visit coincides with growing tensions with kiev and moscow following a shootout at a check point in eastern ukraine. they both blame each other for the incident. but now there's a possible new

evidence that russian special forces may have been operating there despite moscow's repeated denials. these photos were provided by ukrainian diplomats and released by the u.s. state department. the bbc can't verify the pictures, but they appear to identify russian soldiers in different cities in eastern ukraine as well as operations in georgia in 2008. in this agreement in geneva to deescalate the tension last week, pro russians continue to hold the buildings in the east. >> if there's not progress we'll remain prepared to propose additional cost on russia for destabilizing actions. >> the crisis appears to be at a cross road.

america's show of support is increasingly being liked. >> u.s. vice president president joe biden addressed the ukrainian parliament and said the u.s. would offer any help for the presidential elections scheduled for may. they're coming in steadily now. the victims of the ferry disaster many here believe should and could have been avoided. now that divers have worked safe roots into the submerged hull, they're able to retrieve the bodies of those trapped when the vessel capsized last thursday. >> i'm so sorry. that's the wrong report there. we are expecting any time now a press conference from joe biden in kiev. we'll bring it to you live as soon as it happens. that report was on the ferry. we'll come to that in minutes. first of all we're going to bring you a little clip of joe biden addressing the the

ukrainian parliament. >> you're a month away. i respectively suggest what will hopefully and may be the most important election in ukrainian history. that is that you have an opportunity, a chance, to bring about an era of reform and democratic renewal you all hoped for two, five, ten, 15 years ago. to ole the ground work for even more united and more prosperous ukraine. >> that's joe biden. we'll hear from his press conference when it begins in minutes. let's look at other top stories. north korea may be looking to carry out the fourth nuclear test. the activity has been seen at the nuclear test sight -- test

site. the president will begin a two day summit. syria plans to hold a presidential election. new rules prevent opposition pickers outside the country from standing at the elections in june. al-assad is expected to win. the election will hamper efforts to find a political solution. a group of 150 japanese and parliament visited the controversial war shrine. china and south korea condemns visits that believes it glorifies war traditions. president has been working to repair the tensions between the two. more bodies have been retrieved from the south korean ferry that sank last week. the number confirmed to have died is more than 100.

divers find a way into the submerged wreck. it had 470 on board when it got in trouble. 174 survived. jonathan is on the island of jindo. >> reporter: they're coming in steadily now of the ferry disaster many believe could and should have been avoided. now that divers have worked safe routes into the hull, they're able to retrieve the bodies of those trapped when the vessel capsized last wednesday so they can be returned to their grieving families. the conditions down there are still challenging for divers. >> translator: i couldn't see anything in front of me. the current underwater is so fast. your breathing gets faster too. panic sets in. >> they've been taking the families out to see the operation for themselves to demonstrate the efforts

authorities are making. there is so much anger, so much disbelief this happened, that so many lives were lost. a lot of koreans, not just relatives, believe the rescue effort has been too slow. >> translator: it's not true we were too slow. the divers have been risking their lives in this operation. we are doing our best. the ship is upside down. the underwater pressure is high. it's very dark down there. >> they're now sending an underwater robot out to the search site. its purpose is help lift the hull from the seabed. that can only happen once all family as accept there will be no survivors. families agree this next painful step for them can begin at the end of the week. >> jonathan there. i asked if authorities were

confident they had recovered the other bodies, rest of the bodies before the operation to bring up the ship might begin. >> reporter: that will be a tough target when you think you still have nearly 200 unaccounted for. presumably all of those trapped inside the sunken ferry. we were expecting them to get into the restaurant area of the ferry today where an awful lot of people on board the ship were at the time it capsized, where they expect to find a lot of victims. we haven't heard that confirmed yesterday. that total of dead is 108. it's creeping up as they recover the bodies. realistically they're not going to get them all in the next two days. they argue that they need to stop the operation of divers and start the operation to lift the hull. the families have apparently agreed. there are still some families --

it's not that they believe there's still survivors. this has been such an awful experience, so many children lost. some of the families cannot accept their own sons and daughters are can dead. of course with no bodies, it's easy to be in denial. this is a dreadful situation for the government to handle. they're criticized strongly for failure to react more quickly even though they've defended themselves. there's such a mood of national anxiety and stress over this. inevitable many believe this shouldn't have happened. >> stay tuned we'll have more on that. david moyes reign also comes to an end.

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i'm geeta with the latest headlines. david moyes has been sacked ten months after taking over. the u.s. vice president is holding meetings with ukraine's leaders for a show of support for the interim government. more on the football news of the day and alex ferguson is always going to be a tough act to follow. after ten months in charge the success of david moyes has been dumped. the widely anticipated announcement was made on social media. the club sent out a statement over two tweets saying united announces david moyes has left. katherine, we understand david is in talks about how he leaves and any compensation package he

might now get. >> reporter: yes. it's been quite a messy process. rumors yesterday after his side manchester united were beaten 2 nil where he spent 11 years in charge at the club. they were outplayed, united. it seemed clear david's position was becoming untenable. the news came down this morning. questions from fans from the start of david's ten year here last july, rather he was in fact the right man for the job. he had never won silverware, limited experience in the champions league. here he was expected to drive one of the biggest clubs in the world, biggest brand in the world as well. some say he simply wasn't the right man for the job from the start. >> one former liverpool manager saying this comes down to finances. they simply cannot afford to

lose revenue. give the scale of the business. >> this is a global business. it turn temperatures over hundr -- it turns over hundreds of millions of pounds. he was a football manager. here he was expected to be a business man as well. many say he was handed a poison here because he had to inherit an aging squad from ferguson, the most successful manager during his tenner here. he didn't get help from business owners from the business family. they were unwilling to put investment into the club and unwilling to back david when it came to buying big name players when it came to rebuilding the club. they take a lot of money out of the club to fuel investments elsewhere and they're unpopular.

it became increasingly obviously david was not getting the support he needed from the owners here. many say that and the fact he wasn't the business man this club needed was a big part of his downfall here. >> thanks very much katherine. news just coming in. ukrainian emergency ministry reporting a blast at a station near a place. we're hearing grave news of three deaths and six injured potentially at that petra station. let me bring in the bbc world news editor. give us an idea of the picture as far as we know it in this. >> i think this particular accident, this particular

explosion could be the most peaceful explosion. it could be an industrial accident. a station was being put together and something did go wrong. >> we're hearing four deaths now confirmed. blast happened at 8:40 kiev time. one of the victims is undergoing surgery. 100 paramedics are working there. >> it's hard to see if this is terrorism related. it looks like an accident. in the east of the country, the situation is very, very tense. there's still a lot of armed people who are in possession of large numbers of weapons who are in control of police headquarters, local government headquarters. today in the city, epi center of ukraine, the funeral of the three killed over the weekend. the local people and pro russian

activists say the attackers represented the right wing group from ukraine. they deny they had responsibility for this. the details are murky still. tough language coming from foreign minister lavrov saying there are appeals from eastern ukraine for russia to intervene. that puts russia in a difficult situation. and accusing the ukrainian authorities of dismissing the geneva cooperation. and u.s. accuses russia of failing to deescalate. >> we're waiting for the news conference to begin with joe biden there. it's running quite late at the moment. we've also been hearing today from russia, concerns about gas,

about whether russia is looking for new export markets outside europe. this is strategically important. >> it is important not as a production facility so to say but delivery mechanism. ukraine is the country where there's a big concentration of pipelines that deliver almost half of eu gas from russia to across the pipeline running through the ukrainian territory. ukraine is dependant on russia's gas. the gas has almost doubled. it's now cheaper for ukraine to buy gas in europe rather than russia. >> let me show people the pictures we're getting from where we're expecting the news conference with joe biden to begin. we just saw movement across the screen. maybe activity is about to happen. it is almost one hour late.

we're expecting this to begin almost an hour ago. just to pick you up, we saw the talks of new markets and also concerns about sanctions and saying the diplomatic picture for russia at the moment is not easy. we've got diplomacy in iron, syria. russia is so crucial isn't it? >> it is. you hear diplomats saying you need to talk to russia. of course you need to talk to russia. what are you going to say? russia is entered in diversifying. you either build infrastructure or keep having negotiations with u.s., europe.

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. bbc world news. our top stories. manchester united sacks its manager david moyes out after ten months. a share of support from washington. u.s. sends vice president to ukraine. the situation in the east of the country is still tense. >> the wreckage of the south korean ferry confirmed death toll reaches over 100 people. learning about culture, the dutch and duchess of cambridge visit one of australia's most

sacred sites. turmoil at one of the world's biggest football clubs. the manchester yunited has sackd the manager david moyes less than a year after he took the job. the team had a losing streak after ferguson retired. that caused moyes the lack of support from fans. the biggest issue for the club's owner, the based family that was financial. he didn't think moyes was the guy to trust with the brand worth a billion. we'll have more reaction.

we look back at david moyes' brief time in charge. >> after 11 months, time has run out for david moyes. the weight of expectation that comes with one of the world's biggest clubs was too much to manage despite backing for the man he replaced. >> the club stood by me. players stood by me. stand by your new manager. >> moyes inherited the side that won the premium league by 11 but found it hard to step out of ferguson's shadow. no direct criticism from sir alex, but his refusal to stand meant his approval. 27.5 million pound investment hasn't paid dividends. in january, the club record 37 million pounds with a spanish

flair. by march, fans were no longer standing by their man. liverpool and manchester city led them to take to the skies to make their point. there would be no silverware to save moyes. lee cup semicup failure beaten in the champions league. some confirmed united wouldn't be playing in the top composition next season. the american owners are under pressure from the fan base and acted accordingly. the next man in may find ferguson's shoes equally hard to fill. bbc news. >> the bbc ben smith joins me from outside the manchester united training ground. >> reporter: miserable morning in manchester. fans gathering are digesting the news the club sacked their manager. second time now they're looking

for a new manager to replace ferguson. they're trying to recreate what he did. >> we're seeing live pictures of ryan giggs that takes over. who are the players and fans likely to be backing as the new boss? >> i think ryan giggs will certainly have a chance to go for that job. whether he gets it or not is whether or not the owners give him the go given he doesn't have experience at this level at all. names mentioned here, louis hull. i think what manchester united want as is a man to bring back the pride and play the kind of attacking football that made them famous under alex ferguson.

it's been a difficult season especially 11 months. 11 defeats in 22 matches. it was something the owners couldn't allow to continue. that's what cost david moyes his job. >> why is this such a huge global story? there are fans around the world. this is a massive financial brand isn't it? >> reporter: it is. it's more than just a football club. it's a massive business. manchester united commercially are the biggest football team in the world. they claim to have the biggest fan base this the world. that stretches the entire globe. they'll be in united states this summer. they're very aware their popularity is based on success on the field. if you let that go, perhaps you risk losing that great support they have around the world and huge following that makes them such a football super power. i think while results are behind this decision, this commercial aspect can't be underestimated.

that's part of the reason the family decided to sack david moyes today. >> that announcement finally breaking in the last up couple of hours. ben smiths there. the u.s. says russia has days not weeks to follow through on commitments to diffuse the situation in ukraine. joe biden meets interim leaders and urges them to seize the historic opportunity to build the united ukraine. there's no sign to the end of occupation of government buildings in several towns and cities in eastern ukraine. joe biden addressed members of the ukrainian parliament and said the u.s. would offer any help for the presidential elections scheduled for may. >> you're a month away. i would suggest although i'll be criticized by the press for saying it, what will hopefully be and may be the most important election in ukrainian history. that is that you have an

opportunity, chance to bring about an era of reform and democratic renewal that you all hope for two, five, ten, 15 years ago. to lay the ground work for more united and more prosperous ukraine. >> joe biden speaking earlier. with me the bbc global news head of ukrainian service. we're waiting this press conference from joe biden at the moment. it's running very late. what is the significance of his presence and words? >> i think the timing is important. it comes at a tense moment when the eastern truce was broken. there were protestors in eastern ukraine, more occupation of police in the headquarters. the situation hasn't deescalated at all. in addition to that, there were strong words from russian foreign minister mr. lavrov

accusing ukraine of sabotaging the geneva agreements doing nothing to follow the latter of the geneva accords. similar responses from ukrainian politicians saying it's russia undermining the deal because it doesn't influence or tell its own supporters to give up the buildings, give up weapons and disarm basically. there seems to be an unstable situation. the timing of the vice president being there is important. the messages he's giving of supporting the ukrainian elections, supporting the unity of ukraine, those messages are very good for the ukrainian leaders to hear. how are the ukrainian leadership realizes it's not in control of all the country. the view of eastern ukraine is very critical.

>> this has been dominating our headlines around the world for weeks. people are are wondering why this is so important nationally? >> this is a country internationally recognized. of whether the fairly small group of people say we want to join a different state should be respected at the expense of territorial integrity. this rewrites a lot of international law. russia argues the west rewrote that law in accordance. it can be questionable. what's the reality of this situation in the united states along with the uk and russia have the viability of ukrainian borders. after ukraine gave up nuclear

weapons in 1994, the security of ukraine was to be expected. one of the companies that signed up to that deal, russia federation, went against the own guarantees and annexed part of the ukrainian territory. this is why the response is strong. russia has little support even among allies that do not support the annexationn of crimea. >> let's now go to the press conference. >> we just celebrated easter. easter is supposed to be a season of peace, of family, a time when we all come together.

but today there are some who are trying to pull ukraine apart. ukraine is in the struggle for its very future. when i left the hotel this morning, the hotel management asked me to sign their book that they have before i left. i told you mr. prime minister, i signed ukraine united, joe biden. i wish it were that easy just signing my signature. the truth of the matter is we, the united states, stand with you and ukrainian people on ukraine united. we do not recognize, we do not recognize russia's actions into crimea.

today, as i said, there's some trying to pull ukraine apart. you have the struggle for your very future. there's been a lot of talk about g.o. politics east and west. here in ukraine people know that it's about something much more fundamental. it's not about you. politics is about unity. it's about independence. at the most basic level, it's about restoring respect and dignity. for months, ukrainians braved bone chilling cold weather and stood down sniper bullets. i know not every ukrainian feels the same way about the madon. i understand that.

it's my view all ukrainians can have agree on the core idea that government exists to serve the people. the people do not exist to serve the government. the people of ukraine should have the right to choose their own future. i offer my personal sympathies to the families of those who laid down their lives for this cause. these heroes remind us of the true cost of a better future and the nobility of those who reach for it. i came here to kiev to let you know mr. prime minister and every ukrainian know that the united states stands with you and is working to support all ukrainians in seeking a better future. the road ahead obviously as we

discussed at lent both here and in washington, mr. prime minister, is difficult. and you should now as i told you at the outset, you will not walk this road alone. we will walk it with you. today the prime minister and i talked about the work before us. we discussed the most acute problem and most acute matter facing the ukrainian people. the ongoing threat to country's sovereignty and territorial integrity. ukraine is and must remain one country. down to the black sea one country. one united ukraine. the united states supports a strong united ukraine with

productive and peaceful relationships, with both the east and west. with both russia and europe. that's a goal that i know you share mr. prime minister. no nation, no nation has the right to simply grab land from another nation. no nation has that right. we will never recognize russia's illegal occupation of crimea and neither will the world as was demonstrated by the overwhelming vote that took place in the security council in the general assembly. no nation should threaten its neighbors by massing troops along the border. we call on russia to pull back these forces. no nation should stoke in stability in its neighbor's

country. we call on russia to stop supporting men, hiding behind masks in unmarked uniforms sewing unrest in eastern ukraine. we have been clear that more provocative behavior by russia will lead to more costs and to greater isolation. the united states has demonstrated as ukraine has that it supports diplomatic efforts to deescalate this situation. mr. prime minister, your government is taking important steps to uphold the agreement reached in geneva just last week, including putting forward a broad amnesty bill for separatists which you've done. who give up amnesty that give up

buildings. you have sent help to move the process forward. you met with the head of that delegation as i did yesterday. we've heard a lot from russian officials in the past few days. now it's time for russia to stop talking and start acting. act on the commitments that they made. to get pro russian separatists to vacate buildings and check points, accept amnesty and address politically to get out on the record, calling for the release of all illegally occupied buildings. that's not a hard thing to do. and the senior russian officials to work with the osce in the east. these are commitments made that should be fulfilled.

we need to see these kinds of concrete steps. we need to see them without delay. we will not allow this to become an open ended process. time is short. it is to make progress. in this time of testing, the instability in the east is only one of several challenges ukraine and the government must confront. it also has challenges in politics, economics, and in energy. today the prime minister briefed me on preparations for the presidential election march 25th and aspirations for constitutional reform and a presentation on may 15th. the united states for this

election is providing substantial assistance to make sure there are clean and closely monitored. so that nobody on the 26th of may can question legitimacy. i'm encouraged and genuinely encouraged to see so many people in the east rejecting violence, choosing the ballot box over bullets to determine ukraine's future. i was pleased to hear about ukraine's significant progress on constitutionally reform. this may be the most important election in the history of ukraine. this is a chance to make good on the aspirations of the overwhelming majority of ukrainians east and west and

every part of this country. for ukraine that empowers local governments and respects and protect temperatures different linguistic and cultural positions. fundamentally holds together as a single state united and sovereign. to such possibilities ahead mr. prime minister. ukrainians have also made clear that after the era of staggering public theft, not debt, public theft, that they will no longer accept corruption from public officials. your former leader had to run in hide for fear after seeing what theft had taken him and others.

the fact of the matter is i'm p presumptuous to ever tell a man what the country is. north and south are sick and tired of the corruption. mr. prime minister, ukraine's new law and government procedures i should say represents the first important step in dealing with this. the united states is ready to help ukraine take further steps to build transparent institutions, to win back the trust of the people, and just as corruption can have no place in the ukraine, neither can antisemitism or bigotry. let me say that again. neither can anti-semitism or bigotry, no place, none, zero.

the united states condemns in the strongest possible terms all threats and attacks on ukrainian, jewish communities as well as others as you do as well mr. prime minister. mr. prime minister, you and i also discussed the efforts to stabilize and strengthen ukraine's economy. just last week the united states government signed the bill proposed by the administration for a $1 billion loan guarantee agreement with ukraine. the united states is also been a driving force behind the imf, working to provide a multibillion package to help ukraine address the immediate needs and get ukraine on the stronger path. i expect the imf package to be finalized imminently. i congratulate you and your government here in the ukraine

for making the difficult -- and they are very difficult -- economic reforms to get this done. the prime minister and i also spoke about energy. an american team is currently in the region working with ukraine and neighbors to increase ukraine's short term energy supply. i've been on the telephone with many of your neighbor a s as yo know talking about increasing that supply. more teams are coming to support long term improvements so that no nation -- let me be precise so that russia can no longer use energy as a political weapon against ukraine and europe. with the right investments and right choice, ukraine can reduce energy dependence and increase energy security. we will stand with you to help in every way we can for you to

accomplish that goal. finally, even as we pursue diplomacy, we're also providing non lethal support to ukraine's security services to deal with challenges that have arisen. we're providing communication gear, bomb disposal technology for ukraine to deal with explosive threats. our security support now totals nearly $20 million. mr. prime minister, i know we'll be talking again. i'm confident you will continue to be as consistent and persistent as you have been in order to bring about the kind of change is needed. we will stand with you. it's been inspiring to watch you and your fellow country men for

all obstacles placed in your way. you continue to move forward with resolve, genuine resolve. i'm proud to affirm that you do so with friendship, partnership, and strong support from the united states of america that will not go away. god bless your country, and god willing, we will in fact see a much better day for your country. >> thank you mr. vice president. let me go to nato language. >> okay this is the ukrainian prime minister. we've heard a very strong statement there from joe biden, the vice president there outlining $20 million worth of security support and bomb

disposal technology, transportation and security support. basically saying that the u.s. is prepared to help build transparent institutions now within ukraine and that no nation has the right to simply grab land from another. they'll never recognize the russian take over of crimea. joe biden calling for independence and for respect and dignity of ukraine. saying the united states will also provide very significant support for the elections due in may so that no one can question the results of those elections. also making strong statements towards the end there that the u.s. would never accept anti-semitism or bigotry of any kind. we see allegations of that from

the russians. again saying this is not about politics. about about unity and independence saying his view is people throughout ukraine were sick of corruption throughout the country. he was wanting to see unity in ukraine from now on. this is bbc world news. much more of course in the coming hour. i'm geeta guru-murthy. thanks for staying with us. the conditions in new york state are great for business. new york is ranked #2 in the nation for new private sector job creation. and now it's even better because they've introduced startup new york - dozens of tax-free zones where businesses pay no taxes for ten years. you'll get a warm welcome in the new new york. see if your business qualifies at startupny.com still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8.

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our top stories. paying the price. manchester united manager david moyes is sacked after months. joe biden arrives in kiev and pledges united states help for ukraine. >> we stand with you and all ukrainian people on ukraine united. i'll say at the top we do not recognize, we do not recognize