>> welcome back. 1:00 p.m. here in paris. live from parentage -- paris, together for the next hour with the latest news and analysis from around the world. our headline this hour -- viktor yanukovych says he remains the president of ukraine and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. --s is ukraine's parliament threaten the crimean assembly with the if the referendum goes ahead. interpol said it is unlikely. disappearance of the malaysian plane was a terrorist act. the secretary general said the two men who used stolen passports had earlier used

iranian passports and he appeals for help. spain marks 10 years since the devastating suicide attacks on madrid trains left almost 200 people dead. >> also coming up in the next hour, we are going to be hearing from save the children about the video campaign, a campaign that has gone viral. dayhows the second of each of the life of a young girl showing what it would be like for british children if civil war had happened in the u.k. as it has in syria. to mark thereleased third year of the anniversary of the uprising against bashar al-assad.

our top story this hour -- ukraine's ousted leader viktor yanukovych says he remains the country's legitimate president and the commander in chief of the armed forces. cut -- press conference was held in russia earlier this morning. viktor yanukovych called on washington not to give financial currentkraine's leaders, accusing them of being bandits. here is what he had to say pick >> i would like to remind you that i remain the legitimate president of the ukraine and as is safe to do so, i shall return to my country. i wish to emphasize that the presidential elections that were due to be held on the 25th of may following the forced coup d'état will not be legitimate.

former resident of ukraine was speaking even as negotiations between the united states and russia over the ukrainian crisis remain today at a standstill. john kerry decided to postpone his trip to russia until russia engaged with the u.s. proposals to tackle the crisis. russia has said it is drafting proposals of its own. for more on the growing tensions between moscow and western countries over the unfolding crisis in ukraine we cannot speak to our correspondent in moscow. with thank you for being us. first of all, there seems to be this growing tension. sergei lavrov indicated russia was drawing up proposals of its own since fundamentally moscow disagrees with the idea the coup d'état should be taken as a given and the starting point for

fixing the ukrainian crisis. undoubtably, the idea that john kerry might show up in moscow and somehow magically flesh out an idl with the russian president and foreign minister, it is not going to turn into a reality. lavrov saidrrogate the russians have their own idea, the undiplomatic way out of this situation. but he has not given any details . basically just rejected the ukraine and eu for crimea and essentially saying they will not go ahead with any meetings with the russians until this referendum on sunday is due to be held inside crimea in which people are supposed to vote on an idea of joining russia. so things are still at an impasse at this stage. also it has emerged this

morning that flights to crimea have been suspended, except for moscow in the crimean peninsula itself. we hear that russian forces are increasingly in control of a number of different institutions on the island -- hospitals as much as anything else. that thear from moscow next stage is that crimea will vote to join russia? >> yes. we also heard legislators in the duma, russian parliament, saying they intend to speed up the process that would basically allow russia to annex -- legally crimea. it will open next week after the referendum is due to be held in crimea. the russians definitely plan to move ahead with this and they would also like to speed up the process of basically handing out passports, ethnic russians

inside ukraine, turning them into russian citizens. and of course, the parliament, the assembly in crimea, which is not recognized by kiev and the west, basically voting on crimean and dependence, as they call it. the russians are moving ahead militarily, not just on the ground. , the russianund forces continue to tighten their grip ahead of sunday's referendum. earlier today, russian forces took over a military hospital and a missile base. as charlotte hawking's now tells us. >> crimean defense official stand guard outside this military hospital. hours earlier, armed men reported to be russian troops and pro-russian militias marched into the building. it is now in their hands. the hospital's head said he was

manhandled and held for a short time. was usedal force against me. i was forced into a yellow bus that was parked nearby. just 20 meters away. and i was kept on the bus about 30 minutes. in the meantime, these same people try to talk the employees inside the hospital. they call them to swear the -- an oath to the crimean people. >> ukrainian media said employees were herded into a hall to meet new management. saidformer civil servant the hospital is already back up and running. >> work at the hospital has resumed. actually, it never stopped. we just had some temporary inconvenience. the situation escalated a bit. the people are sick, worried. >> earlier on monday, unidentified armed men stormed the ukrainian naval post 30 kilometers outside, firing warning shots. was one of the serviceman regarding it.

>> they told us to surrender. we said no. then they started shooting under our feet. what could we do? we had nothing, so we surrendered. they told us to swear allegiance to russia. yarick refused to swear allegiance and left the base and others chose to stay and serve russia. pro-russian troops continued to block played -- blockade. here at this base, surrounded by -- over a week, the seizures have begun digging trenches. >> spain has been marking the 10 year anniversary of the midget train bombings, europe's worst islamic terror attack. several events have been held around the city in homage to the 100 91 people who were killed and nearly 2000 who were injured in the attacks. they lit candles at the train station, the site of the bombings.

for commuter trains with 10 shrapnel filled bombs concealed in their backpacks. this during morning rush hour march 11, 20 -- 2004. on that 10 year anniversary we can speak to our correspondent madrid.readed -- in sarah, thank you for being with us. tell us a little bit about the mood in majority this morning. because a somber mood people are looking back at a day which really turned out to be a young peopleh many in particular between the ages of 25-65, because there were students, workers, and immigrant workers coming into the central madrid train station, and bombs upnted in rucksacks blew carriages causing absolute devastation. people have been looking back on the people that they lost.

and looking at the ways in which health has been offered to some of the big thumbs. the survivors. many people talked about how it felt to be on those carriages and the sense of guilt that some survived and many did not. as you mentioned, lots of events here to remember those survivors and the people who did not survive and the main one at the cathedral where there were royal family family and the prime minister were among those who remembered what happened 10 years ago. ,> what about for the survivors the families of the victims 10 years on? one of people felt that the most devastating things that happened 10 years ago is that many of the masterminds of that attack were never brought to justice. of course, there was a big trial in which 28 people were put on trial but really the actual felt were notey

convicted. some of the people are in prison serving smaller sentences, but under spanish law they will serve a maximum of 40 euros even though in the cases of at least two of them they received tens of thousands of years of prison sentences. of course, the islamic extremist groups were responsible for that attack, and many of the victims have said they feel that some of the suspects are still in other countries because of the difficulties of extradition treaties. they have not yet been brought to justice. that is something they would happen -- like to see very soon. >> thank you very much, indeed. has accused north korea of developing sophisticated techniques to circumvent its sanctions. in a report published today, using,ng is accused of

located financial countermeasures to make the purchase of prohibited goods more difficult to track. the report concludes pyongyang has been making increased use of those circumvention techniques. the disappearance of the malaysia airlines plane is unlikely to have been a terror attack, according to interpol. the secretary general of interpol held a press conference in which he released the image of two iranians who are traveling with a stolen passport on the missing airline. the image shows the two men boarding it -- the plane at the same time. the secretary-general of menrpol said the two traveled on the iranian passport and then switched to the stolen passports on their way out of: four -- kuala lumpur. >> the more information we get we are inclined to this inclined to conclude it was not a terror incident. and the information recently

about the 19-year-old who wanted to travel to frankfurt, germany, in order to be with his mother. it is part of a human smuggling issue and not part of a terrorist issue. ask for more on the investigation and the search -- >> from more of the investigation of the search for the wreckage of the plane that has been missing for days we can speak our correspondent in kuala lumpur. thanks for being with us. .ell us what the latest is the area being searched was today widened. >> we finally have concrete leads on the passengers. first of all, the authorities identified the passenger who , arded flight 370 19-year-old iranian who was looking to join his mother in germany. actually the woman herself who contacted the police when she got no news from her son.

terrorismn ruled out links of this nature. three other men were also passports.n stolen we still don't know if there is any link between these men and what kind of links it could be. one of them is irani and as well. the search for the wreckage itself? >> the search for the wreckage itself has been extended center this morning. a 10th country, new zealand, has joined the search. sent.s., china -- the u.s. a second vessel and china deployed satellites. it has definitely been widened. definitely the authorities are considering that the plane may and you turned -- u-turned could be on the western coast of malaysia. >> thank you very much indeed.

it was three years ago today a magnitude nine earthquake hit northeastern japan, triggering the synonymy that led to the nuclear accident at fukushima. three years on, tens of thousands have still not been able to return home and outside -- and those living outside the zone continue to live in fear of radiation. even as the country marks the tragic university the government is looking to restart some of the nuclear reaction -- reactors that have been shut down for three years now. -- 60s indoor playground kilometers southwest of fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, parents are still afraid to let their children play outdoors. nervous thanless in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. but we are concerned about our children's health. >> i do hope our children can play outdoors with no worries

one day. >> do you want to play outside? entrance, ane ominous reminder. three years on, residents are still paying close attention to radiation levels. the founder of the facility says the disaster is starting to take a toll on the health of local children. >> obesity is on the rise. they are becoming less fit because of lack of exercise. on top of all of that, they are facing the problem of radiation. school,is secondary nuclear safety has now become part of the curriculum. teachers say children need how best to deal with the ongoing contamination. marks the third anniversary of the devastating tsunami and subsequent reactor meltdown, prime minister shinzo abe is pushing to get some of the mothballed nuclear plants back on the grid. currently, all 48 reactors in the country are shut down. a recent survey showed close to

70% of japanese in favor of ending nuclear energy. africa where oscar pistorius has arrived at court of trial.venth day they are expecting that the trial today further testimony from the pack colleges to carry out the autopsy on the body of the czech star's girlfriend. yesterday mr. oscar pistorius got sick listing -- listening to the details of the testimony. was killed inp what prosecutors say is a kizza premeditated murder but what oscar pistorius says was an accident. france's highest appeal court is to will today on whether nicholas sarkozy's diaries were seized illegally in police raids as part of an investigation. that investigation to establish richest woman --

france's richest woman made illegal donations to his campaign. if the use of the diaries is ruled illegal they could be used in other cases pending and that surround the former french president. minutes past 1:00 p.m. here in paris. the latest headlines. viktor yanukovych says he remains the president of ukraine and the commander in chief of its armed forces. this as ukraine's parliament threatened the crimea's assembly with dissolution if it goes ahead with a sunday's referenda. all flight to crimea have been banned apart from those that come from mesko. interpol says it is unlikely the disappearance of the malaysia airplane was a terror incident. interpol chief said two men you -- the two men whose -- who used stolen passports had earlier used the reigning passports. spain is marking the 10 year

anniversary of the devastating suicide attacks on madrid's trains. the attack left almost 200 people dead and two date remains a europe's worst terrorist atrocity. it is time now for a look at the papers. are marking japan the third year anniversary of the deadly earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant disaster. let's start with "the japan times" that says three years on, some 367,000 people are still in temporaryg housing. editorial talk about rebuilding shattered lives. three years on, life is still nowhere near back to normal for many victims. and there are growing concerns about the events of march 11, 2011, are fast fading or those who were affected by the disaster. actually carried out a survey before the

anniversary. it surveyed about 500 people that had to evacuate. it is very interesting what they had to say. fewer respondents said they actually wanted to go back to their hometown them before. 35%, for instance, living in the fukushima perfector wanted to go back and 73% sound reconstruction was too slow. quite critical. >> the japanese government has also been drawing criticism for its stance on nuclear energy. >> one paper says in the aftermath of the fukushima disaster, the democratic party of japan, their administration devised a specific land to wean japan off of nuclear energy. but that legislation was put to rest when the party lost power in 2012. papers in japan are critical of the government, as is papers outside of japan. the christian newspaper in japan francis as japan cannot escape nuclear energy. they interviewed a man who won

the nobel prize in literature in 1994 and he has harsh words. he said the nuclear disaster in fukushima was useless -- very critical of prime ministers shinzo abe. he has not heard his message -- learned his lesson from history. >> other papers focus on the phone tapping scandal involving the former president. >> it emerged his phone has been tapped, conversations he was having with his lawyer. yesterday a lot of the press was outraged over the phone tapping that was ordered by a judge. "liberation" came out in defense of the judge ordered the phone tapping. because lawyers were critical of the decision saying big -- it illegal because with clients they have professional secrecy. but the paper said lawyers do not have it right. ' rightsend the lawyers but they said the reason why sarkozy and his lawyer were tapped was because they were

suspect it of tampering with the justice system. the paper reminds us they were suspected of bribing a senior prosecutor for insider information. so, that is why it comes out to defend the charges. >> "the wall street journal" focusing on a growing trend. >> foodborne, specifically big and south korea. it started out online. -- food porn. people eat in front of the cameras and into racks. very lucrative. one guy are in 1800 a month but gained a lot of weight. >> and you get rich but did not get in. thank you very much for a look at the international and french press. stay tuned for sports. >> champions league last 16, bayern munich defended as they host arsenal. the match could have been so different but for a near penalty. f beforekeeper sent of

second-half goals. thomas mueller put reigning european champions in control. mueller in a poignant mood. uoyant mood. >> we won't let anybody stop us. we know we have great results in the bag and we want to play excellent football tomorrow. with a good feeling with the fans, a good atmosphere. we did not have as many rounds of 16 and knockout game so we went to enjoy this, what we are looking forward to. arsenal goalkeeper sent off. is a crucial? >> i don't think it is key but it will be helpful, as i told you. even if it is called later. in a situation --

similar situation to last season. but a better one because we lost 3-1 last season at home and is the teame moment that is of course full of confidence because they are doing well. but we have a great opportunity am absolutelyi confident that mentally we will be ready to play our best. won.d the weekend, arsenal the dreaded -- madrid hosts ac milan the second half of their type. a late header from diego costa. the win in milan means they are

just 90 minutes from a place in the quarterfinals for the first time in 17 years. diego said it is true we have a slight advantage. younst a team like milan can never be overconfident. we have to play a great game, as if it is the final underscore is 0-0 and try to possess the ball as much as we can and try to win. given the qualities of the players, that means they can play good offensive football and at the same time they can launch a counterattack so we have to be very aware because we have quick toyers, and if we've managed control the midfield we can control their space. if we don't play against a great team like they are, we will suffer. a tough time.ng

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