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♪ >> barack obama gets set to host the new ukrainian prime minister at the white house. the high-profile gesture is a diplomatic egg at russia. and it's hold on the region of crimea. the death of a 15-year-old boy prompts new clashes in turkey. the teenager died on thursday months -- tuesday months after he was hit in the head by a police tear gas canister during antigovernment protests. the search for the missing malaysian airline flight has now shifted west.
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hundreds of kilometers from the original flight path. five days after the plane went missing -- the authorities are still no closer to explaining what happened. you are watching france -- thanks for watching. first, barack obama will sit down with the new ukrainian prime minister today. at high-profile meeting at the white house is meant to cement u.s. backing of a new government in the ukraine. here is washington correspondent philip crowder. >> barack obama will be receiving the visit of the ukrainian leader who russia considers to be completely illegitimate. according to the white house, yatseniuk is the prime minister and the interim prime minister but to russia he should not even be in office. according to the white house, this has been organized underscore the united states support for the ukraine and the
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legitimacy of this new government. neythe same time, as ars yatseniuk, there was hope that john kerry would be taken to moscow for some high-level talks with russia. but was the possibility hopes are getting smaller by the hour. according to the state department, russia has not been able to create the environment for this for this, kind of direct negotiation states and united russia. >> that is our washington correspondent philip crowder. that meeting at the white house comes as crimea is heading towards referendums, a referendum that is not recognized by kiev or the west. voters will decide on a direct oldn with moscow, or an
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opportunity to make crimea sovereign with ties to the ukraine. but there is no opportunity to maintain autonomy within the ukraine. there is evidence that russia is taking over the airwaves. the chief foreign at a stir -- foreign editor, rob parsons, explains. >> a small crowd braves the cold to protest the russian takeover of the airwaves. >> there is no way of telling from the channels that are left now, what is really happening here. of thethat is left russian -- are the russian channels which just tell their lies. they just lie to us. this broadcasts in russia and loan voice ofthe protest in the increasingly dominated media environment. >> the 20 ukraine you and commercials that use to broadcast from crimea have all been cut off.
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>> instead of the ukrainian channels, these are now russian channels. >> this is what crimea is getting instead. supporting oft of a crisis that threatens to tear the area a part. the few journalists who report from crimea face brutal intimidation. these images shot by channel five television show one of their crews under attack by supporters of russia. several journalists have been badly beaten. kiev-based tv station. one of his colleagues is still in hospital following a savage attack on his crew a few days ago. >> they beat up the cameraman. the crew tried to take into the hospital at the car was overtaken. they drag all the men out of the car but fortunately, they left one man alone. they really thought that things were over. >> just days remain till the
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crimean referendum on communication with russia. the voice of dissent is all but extinguished, reduced to a few and aainian flags, rendering of the national anthem. >> next, the prime minister of libya has escaped to europe. this is just hours after he was ousted by the parliament. san landed in malta last night, reportedly, to refuel his plane before heading to another unnamed european country. he was voted out of office on humiliateder rebels the government by loading crude oil on a tanker and breaking through a blockade. a travel ban has been issued for an, saying he is suspected of embezzling public funds. clashes brought out -- broke out in turkey after a 15-year-old boy succumbed to injuries caused
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during a protest last summer. the teenager died nine months after he was hit in the head with a police tear gas canister. he has been in a coma since last summer. his funeral is set to be held later today. ankara correspondent jasper mortimer has more. >> he was 14 years old when in last year -- his mother asked them to go out to the corner shop to buy a loaf of bread. he was hit in the head by a tear gas canister. days, in a coma for 269 and he died yesterday morning. first, he was not a demonstrator. he was a victim of the police's excessive use of force. force was found to be excessive by the european union and human rights groups. secondly, the state has failed to investigate this death properly. when prosecutors summoned the police officers, who were in his
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neighborhood, they all said they could not recall who was firing tear gas at this time. the police closed ranks. the poll -- the parents have very outspokenly blamed prime minister erdogan for his death. the mother said "erdogan has t aken my son." for the missing malaysian airliner has shifted west, hundreds of kilometers from the flight path. we go live to where authorities are giving a new press conference on the fifth day of the search. >> we will read out a statement, before we go to the questions and answers. we are now entering day five of the search for flight mh370. my heart reaches out for the
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families of the passengers and that we willssure not spare any expense to find the missing plane. the search has been extended to 27,000 square nautical miles. 4000 -- 4400 square miles and 14,400 square not all miles in the south china sea. 42 ships and 39 aircraft have been deployed to search for mh370. 12 countries have joined the search, with india and japan being the latest to join the team. this is a multinational operation. we are thankful for the cooperation of our friends and neighbors. this is quite overwhelming --
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even more. even more assistance. we hope to bring more experts, and the military data in the store in the west, on land or in the water. this is exactly what we are doing today. we are working with many experts, including the u.s. federal aviation authority, and the national transportation safety board in helping us with the investigation. are there any questions? -- you state your name [inaudible] >> i am sorry? i cannot confirm that. [inaudible]
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we are still -- the chances lot on --l depends a we don't know where the aircraft is. aircraft, thenhe we can -- >> let me just add to that. i would like to confirm that our immediate focus is to try to find the aircraft. and then next, we get the aircraft in the black box. it is unlikely that we'll will be able to answer a lot of speculative issues. with what is out there. our focus is on -- focusing on that as the main priority. can you confirm if the airplane has crashed? >> we are focusing both on the south china sea and in the
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straits of -- in the statements i have issued, there are 42 ships and 39 aircraft, and these are searching the two areas i mentioned. -- the primeof minister indicated that the area of the search and rescue is going to be expanded. he extended this to the straits of -- [inaudible] >> i fully understand that. this is unprecedented, what we are going through. green countries together -- this is not something that is easy. we are looking at so many aircraft. for the search and each time, the process, it appears that the search-and-rescue becomes just a
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search. but we will never give up hope. this is what we owe to the families. and the longer it takes for us to find the aircraft, i think are the family members ones -- as i said in my early statement, they are the ones who suffer so much. >> [inaudible] this relates to any particular nation. china obviously still agrees because so many other nationals are involved. -- a crisis ofis this magnitude, sometimes they're driven by emotions and motivations but the goal is to
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find the aircraft. >> can you tell me when was the last known location of the plane, where the airplane was on the radar? >> thank you. so -- on the front of the wasr, the last known time local. [indiscernible] this is the possible -- why possible? we are all gathering data, including seawater data. at the moment we are still cooperating with the faa and ot her agencies -- and the position is --
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[indiscernible] >> no, no, no. [indiscernible] still a possibility, we are still cooperating. [indiscernible] bbc.co >> we're still doing -- we have been very consistent. on saturday, the prime minister indicated that we would suspend our operations. on that day, also, we made a statement to say that there is a temper --ity of and we extended into the straits of malta. the aircraft are in these areas and as of today we have not found anything but we are
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extending it further. inhave been very consistent what we have been seeing in the last few days. over there. [indiscernible] >> i am afraid not. >> the aircraft communication -- can you report on when and where the last transmission came from, and is -- are there any signs at this spot? radar, our radar -- we look at our radar and this was itut 121, and -- 1:21, and disappeared at 1:15 in the morning.
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this is because there is a second reroutedr. they did not pick it up at that time. -- this was defense analyzed and there was the indication of -- the indication of possibility an aircraft back. that is the reason why the search went up. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] >> we stated it was a possibility. the definitive answer. [indiscernible] >> sure. >> what was the altitude -- can
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you tell us what was the altitude and what is the information, the aircraft data. was there anything at that point, at 1:30? radar and commercial -- >> the commercial radar -- 1:30 it21 but at disappeared from the radar. >> there awas no indication, nothing? >> nothing at all. >> the last -- after several centimeters, the last call from 295, 200aft, came from land. northwest of the
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>> can you repeat that? news -- webreaking are breaking it. 0215. i am not saying -- it is a sum of zero. we are still working with experts. i am sorry? >> no. --it is a block 290. >> the difference with the second rerouter, they are talking to the aircraft with a transponder. they did feel that the aircraft, the airline was out by the flight, and the second -- but on the radar, they did not give the identification. [indiscernible]
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hang on.-- we have more indications of the data we have, the primary data does not tell you about the aircraft. it talks about a clock. that requires attention to detail by experts, who we brought in today. yes, i promise you. they have said that bodies have been found? >> that is not true. there is increasing significance, you are searching east and west and you not -- do not seem to see what is on the radar -- >> i don't think that is true. i don't think so. far from it. if this is confusion you want it
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to seem to be confusion. we have made it clear that we have an very consistent in our approach. in these two areas. and we have searched these areas. asking the indian government to help you? >> the indian government has come on board, as part of the international operation. i think that this is something that should be commended. it is not a moral operation we are looking at and until he complete the operation we will do whatever it takes to find it. thank you. [indiscernible] >> no, no. hi. --the faa [indiscernible] >> we have discussed with them, today, we have a working
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mechanism that we have to work with them. they will come up with a list of toms that they could be able have with us and by tomorrow we should be able to sit down with them and we have to plot the mechanism so that it can be perfected, so that we can work together to find the aircraft. there are so many things -- >> the military has also given data to be analyzed. [indiscernible] -- the faa issued a problemswarning about from -- do you have confidence in the big triple 7 the yare y are flying?
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>> when the aircraft is flying, it can fly to all the places issued by the state of design, the -- of all of course. >> and there is nothing wrong with that? >> at the time of flight, the aircraft -- november did you look at this report issued by the faa? >> i cannot tell you. ensure that the aircraft co mplied with all of the specifics of the manufacturer. on this specific plane -- did you look on this specific plane for that? >> this specific plane, i will
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have to check. aircraft -- we complied with all the policies. >> the policies -- [indiscernible] >> yes, we are. --data [indiscernible] >> five days into this investigation, there is no progress. >> there is a lot of speculation that we have answered in teh lashe last few days. >> you have just been missing to the malaysian transportation minister and other authorities talking about the fifth day of what they call an unprecedented surge for the missing malaysian airlines lane, some of the numbers are incredible.
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