>> a warm welcome for the interim prime minister of you came -- ukraine. as thousands of russian troops remain in crimea. did for tat gunfire in the jobless -- gaza strip. militant strike back with rocket fire on southern israel after warplanes blitz the region overnight. the search for the missing malaysian airlines flight is now in its sixth day. india has joined the mission to find the aircraft and 239 people on board. granting cap.ng

obama has thrown his weight behind ukraine. the u.s. president welcomed the new prime minister to the white house on wednesday. toh leaders called on russia scale back on its military presence in the military region of crimea. sunday voters will decide if crimea should leave the ukraine and join russia. >> sealed with a handshake. u.s. president barack obama pledges support to the ukraine, at the whiteks house wednesday. thetwo leaders met in ongoing standoff over crimea. the parliament plans to hold a referendum on whether they should split from kia and join moscow. a vote to dismiss. >> he completely rejects a referendum patched together in a few weeks with russian military

, basically taking over crimea. >> without going into detail, the u.s. president reiterated -- if russia should back down. >> if it continues the path that is on then not only us but the international community, european union and others will toforced to apply a cost russia's violations of international law. >> meanwhile, thinking washington for its support. >> we fight for our freedom, independence, our sovereignty, and we will never surrender. >> speaking outside the white house later, his message was clear. the threat of war, will stop.n and

>> world leaders scramble to come up with a democratic solution, there is no signs of russia preparing to change course. >> the ukrainian prime minister with ang th the tour speech tonight. the u.s. senate working towards new legislation that could talk -- let's have economic sanctions on moscow. it would also provide much-needed funds for ukraine. to washington by the ukrainian interim prime minister coincides pretty much exactly with the bill in the u.s. senate that is slowly but surely advancing. a bill that would give significant financial aid to the interim government in ukraine and would towards the possibility of serious sanctions towards russia. this explains the russia had him i am us.

that is where a lot of the money will come for the interim government in ukraine. otherwise, he met his new best friends at the state department, and also of course, are barack obama in the oval office with thatighly symbolic visit was the announcement yesterday. john kerry will be traveling to london specifically for talks with his russian counterpart. maybe a last chance opportunity for high-level diplomacy before the crucial planned referendum on sunday. those talks will come exactly two days before the referendum in crimea. for tat gunfire in the gaza strip. militants resumed war fire -- gunfire after militants blitz

the area overnight. tell us more about what has been happening there. >> in the past few minutes we have had reports of more rocket fire. rocketsy there were 60 that came across from the gaza .trip into israel this morning we have seen two and now four more. a smaller response, but still a response today, and that follows artilleryt night i shells and airstrikes. we are definitely seeing an escalation in the gaza strip. >> you mentioned the escalation and the biggest wave of attacks since 20 12. are we standing on the brink of a major escalation that could bring us back to that off rotation we saw a year and a half ago? >> i said yesterday that i hope not. moment,oubt at the

because that was a much more protracted affair. they also involved hamas. this is a much smaller militant group linked to iran and back to the seizure by israel of the shipment of rockets on a ship in the red sea last week. those were iranian rockets. perhaps we are seeing that way out and not something that will not involves and the entire gaza strip and all of southern israel. at the moment i'm i would say things are escalating very quickly. >> thank you for that. reporting from jerusalem. now days of the search for the missing malaysian airlines plane that went off the radar sunday with 239 people on board. a new report shows the airliner was apparently in the air for

four hours after its last confirmed contact and may have been diverted to an unknown location. meanwhile, another potential lead has finished in a dead end. vietnam was unable to localize spotted in the south china sea. lex a fresh lead in the search for flight mh370 that is already looking to be like a dead end. after's pending three hours scouring the seed for potential debris seen in the chat alike -- satellite images, aircraft returned empty-handed. >> we went there but there is nothing. wednesday,ed late photograph showing large fragments floating in the sea. a 777.to belong to -- large enough. is undeterred by the latest news and has asked all

parties involved to press on. 153 of the 239 passengers on board were chinese nationals. >> as long as there a glimmer of searchingll not stop for the plane. >> for the relatives, the lack of news is harder and harder to deal with. this woman's won a two-year-old son was on board. >> i cannot accept this. i can only pray to god for him. i know everyone is sad. i do not know what else can be done. i do not know what else to do. >> and stays since the jets fell off radar screens, nine ships are now taking part in the search. this is not the first time. oil slick spotted nearby turned >> not to be aviation fuel.

in turkey, riot police fought with demonstrators in several cities across the country last night. those clashes followed a day of demonstrations over the funeral. now he is the 15-year-old boy who died this week after nine months in a coma. he was hit in the head with a police tear gas canister during anti-government protesters summer. clashes flared up once again between demonstrators and turkish security forces in and stumble. late into the night protesters set up barricades and hurled stones at the police who retaliated with smoke remains. similar scenes took place in the capital and several other cities. started outns peacefully with tens of thousands taking to the streets to mourn the deaths of burke and . von

the teenage boy died on tuesday from injuries sustained in a clash, spiking renewed protests across the country. >> a lot of children have been killed so far. he was the last of them. we do not want anyone to be killed. no one here wants it. they try to kill people and block democratic protests. protesters blame the prime minister for the heavy-handed crackdown on last year's protests. streets, thethe recent corruption and allegations are one more reason to call for his resignation. on the campaign trail, the prime minister accused protesters are trying to sabotage a upcoming elections. he vows to step down if they lose the march 30 boat. the turkish prime minister remains ahead in the polls. at least five people had died in the massive explosion in new

york wednesday. i gas leak triggered the blast -- a gas leak triggered the blast that flatten to apartment buildings in east harlem. several people still unaccounted for. freezing weather in new york has hampered the search efforts. residents of the building say they complained or several weeks about the smell of gas. toll in the violence in venezuela has risen to 25 after three more fatal shootings. those tests came in the central state where a student, a middle-aged man and army captain lost their lives. in the capital of caracas, 3000 students and opponents took to the streets for rival rallies marking a month since the first bloodshed in the arrest. in south africa at the murder trial of the athlete oscar pistorius speaking yesterday in

court, one expert said the double amputee was not wearing his prosthetic legs when he smashed a lock door to reach the girlfriend. the forensic evidence was wearingclaim he them at the time. the damaged bathroom door is in the courtroom to be examined during the trial. he has admitted to killing the girlfriendling his but he maintained it was a mistake. trigonometry and the testimony of a forensics s art -- forensics expert made for a dramatic re-creating of the scene. the pattern door to which the fatal shots were fired through was brought into court. a reconstruction of the toilet to vocal erected behind. the defendants claim that after firing from his stumps he put on artificial legs and only then did he try to break down the door.

the witness agreed it was used after but not with all. >> the marks on the door is consistent with him not having it legs on, and i suspect must be the height at which he was where he hired the shots. >> the police insist the angle could have only been made by someone much shorter than him. he said he found the action difficult when he tried to whether he is wearing his artificial limbs when he tried to break down the door the latest bone of contention. , he testified reeva steenkamp has been less than two hours before she was killed, contradicting the account they had been in bed for several hours. prosecutors and witnesses have painted him as a gun toting individual liable to lose his cool. the trial midway through week

two is expected to hear from over 100 witnesses. >> you can get the very latest on the trial and the new stories we're covering for you on our website. be sure to check that out, france24.com. elephants have been honored with a big day in thailand. you are about to see them being offered feast for an annual celebration day and raising awareness of the importance of the gentle giants. elephantelement day -- day and they were fed a celebratory buffet of pineapples and carrots all arranged on the table north of bangkok. alsolephant keepers apologize to the elephants for any past wrongdoing they may have done. >> moving to the quarterfinals of the champions league. the french champions had done

the hard work in the first leg winning 4-0. equalize seven minutes later. >> yes, we really wanted to win tonight. everything was certainly not perfect, particularly in the first half. we did not play very well but we won the game, that is the important thing. we can focus on the quarterfinals. >> feeling sorry that he did not get anything from this game. and we showed character and show

that we can defend much better than what we have done in the past you games. very proud of the team. barcelona through to the quarterfinals for the seventh year running after beating manchester city. breaking the deadlock after the hour. that was game over. equalize through the 89th minute with a consolation goal. it 2-1 withez made an aggregate win. a boost for barcelona who lost two of the three previous games. >> winning stage four. for cyclists comprise the breakaway. a gap of 30 seconds. sky rider garrett thomas initially kept pace.

was unable to close the gap at the end. enough to take the overall race lead. jersey now in green and second overall. three seconds down. winner hasan open crushed out of the indian worlds tournament. kevin anderson grabbed the first set on a tiebreaker. falling back to push it into a deciding factor. saw his 13 winning match drink -- streak end. the number 17 bases roger federer. andy murray crushed out in the fourth round against big serving canadian. the british number five seed started number one in california. making some clever shotmaking.

the number 10 seed. he will play alexander of the ukraine in the quarterfinals. olympic champion matthew meyer cemented his reputation as a true speed specialist by winning the final downhill race of the season. there were tricky twists and turns but did not deter him from nailing the opportunity. he was eyeing the first world cup win of his career and having dealted this section he with the snakelike middle section before hammering down past the finish line. olympicntly crowned giant slalom champion crossed seconds -- 1100 of

a second slower. he settled for second. already winning the downhill title and corrected -- collected the crystal globe. laurie goodman gave the home crowd plenty to shout about as she stole the show in a final downhill race. swisshiskey or -- tehe remained cool and calm after flying down the testing course. flagbeth gurgle flying the for austria. the reigning champion. giving --ran was given a fitting farewell. she finished third. the race was marred by a national -- nasty crash when she flew off the course in the upper section and into the safety net.

she has won the downhill crystal globe. the lead in the overall standings. >> hello, and welcome to today's web news where we will take a look at some of the stories making headlines. coming up on today show, reporters without borders

releases the annual enemies of the internet list. american web users raise thousands for homeless man and a pencil drawing of the record-breaking oscar selfie. as is the case every year, reporters without borders released the annual enemies of the internet list. there has been a slight change this year that instead of highlighting the countries, supporters without borders is theing agencies that are at heart of state surveillance and censorship programs. this draws attention towards the online freedom in seven countries. in a number of the entities working within democracies and have spied on the communications of millions of citizens across the globe. in india the national security

agency and the government communications headquarters in the united kingdom. said the mass surveillance programs employed are all the more intolerable because they will be used or were already used by authoritarian country to justify their own violations of freedom of information. also highlights described as surveillance dealerships. andnology against crime many others. they said they facilitate online surveillance by bringing experts in communication or online content walking together with government representatives, all territory in -- from authoritarian countries. >> when american hidden camera

pranks to the magician better known as the magic of raw hot gave a winning lottery ticket to a homeless man he got more than he bargained for. when the store clerk counted 1000 dollars in winnings, the homeless man began to cry and turned and said i would like to share it. >> you aren't it. you won the lottery. like the video has gone viral, racking up over 12 million views since it was posted online last week and has generated a great deal of common tree from web users, twitter users and praise the acts of generosity. launching a fundraising appeal on the platform to help get eric back on his feet. it has proved extremely

successful. in just a few days 2000 web users have pledged money, racing around $35,000. around $35,000. users are also asking him to film the moment he can't over the money. the now famous manic is now totally unaware of the campaign and the impact he has had. south african web users have been hosting under the police retaliate twitter #, employing methods by police as they carried out an arrest last week. citizens have been outraged by this and have posted to youtube. several officers publicly stripped and beat a man.

it is not uncommon for celebrities to ensure parts of their body which is why a british insurance company put together this affect, imagining what the world's most valuable man and woman would look like. he would have cristiano ronaldo's legs. stewart's voice. she would have julia roberts 22 million smile. french photographer has imagined star war characters in the real world. incorporating them into the urban landscape. atth vader deep in thoughts a dubai construction site. fiction meets reality in the connection -- collection of shots available to view on the artist website.

american artist heather rooney has produced a pencil drawing of that record-breaking oscar selfie. she filmed the impressive undertaking.

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