>> a potential breakthrough in the search for the missing malaysian airlines plane. australia says two objects have been detected in the remote south indian ocean. search teams are now on the way, but there is no confirmation yet that those objects are indeed linked to the wreckage of the flight that went missing 13 days ago. union's meeting today could slap more sanctions on russia over what has been called it's landgrab of crimea. earlier this week, russian president vladimir putin signed a treaty annexing that region

from ukraine. president fires depends --f bogotá, civil rights command to allow the official disavowed his term. he says the president is targeting him for political reasons. you're watching "france 24." thank you for watching us. the potential breakthrough in the search for flight 370. tonyalian prime minister abbott says two objects, one quite big at 79 feet or 29 meters, have been spotted in the remote south indian ocean. let's go live to kuala lumpur where we will listen to the latest press briefing from the transportation minister. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

we have with of the honorable acting minister. we have the minister of foreign affairs. [inaudible] ladies and gentlemen, to start the press conference, i call upon the honorable minister. at 10:00 this morning, the prime minister received a call from the prime minister of australia, informing him that two possible objects related to have beenh for mh370 identified in the southern indian ocean. the australia authorities in

kuala lumpur recently on the situation and the australian foreign minister spoken to the foreign minister of malaysia. the australian maritime safety authority continues quarter mating the search for the missing malaysian aircraft within australia search-and-rescue area. with assistance from th defense force, the new zealand air force, and the u.s. navy. the rescue and coronation sensor -- australia has really -- has received satellite images. an expertreceived assessment of commercial satellite imagery. the images were captured by satellite. they may not be related to the aircraft. the assessment of these images was provided by the australian intelligence organization as a

--sible indication of southwest of perth. four aircraft have been re-oriented 2500 kilometers southwest of perth. the royal australian air force arrived in the area at about 10:50 a.m. sent toaircraft was the area, including a second raf orion, a royal new zealand or, and a u.s. navy poseidon. the poseidon was expected to arrive early this afternoon. the second orion was expected to midafternoon. the new zealand orion was due to depart this afternoon. the hercules aircraft has been markup todrop beta assist in drift modeling.

they will provide efforts the task of relocating the efforts becomes protected. there is on it to a broadcast australia monday, was also expected to arrive in the area this afternoon. the royal navy ship is en route to the area. the ship is well lakota to recover any -- as well it kept to recover any objects of mh370. every effort is being made to obtain the object seen in the satellite imagery. it must be stressed that these discoveries, while credible, discerned.yet to be during the course of operation, the chief of the defense force has spoken to his counterpart from countries including

australia, china, india, indonesia, japan, nepal, new zealand, singapore, thailand, vietnam, and the u.k., and the usa. allwere very supportive and offered their assistance. as the focus of the surge has moved from the south china sea and straight to northern and southern corridors, our national prime minister continues to sobriety -- to provide whatever support they can. a number have been deployed and currently there are 18 ships, 29 aircraft, and six ship bond helicopters deployed. quarter, there are four aircraft, two from malaysia, one from japan, and one from the u.s.. in the southern quarter, there are 25 aircraft, two from malaysia, five from australia, three from china, four from

indonesia, two from india, for from japan, one from new zealand, two from south korea, one from the uae, and one from the usa. all of the ships in the southern border, six from malaysia, one from australia, five from china, and six from indonesia. this includes six helicopters, three from malaysia and three from china. search and rescue officials will continue the search of both corridors. the u.k. is planning to send one ship to the southland corridor. in addition, a number of countries in the northern corridor are carrying out search-and-rescue missions within their territory. china is using every means possible including 21 satellites to search the area within its borders and is ready to send more ships and aircraft wherever they are needed.

in cambodia, four helicopters are conducting search operations within 10 territories. the loas air force is continuing search within loas. singapore is conducting searches in the fusion center. they will notify mariners and help with the search. the tight military -- thai military are conducting searches with all available aircraft and vietnam are conducting search officials within their territory using an unspecified number of aircraft. together, this represents a significant international force deployments, and i am thankful for the cooperation of our partners as we continue to focus on finding mh370. the high-level team i announced yesterday is leaving for beijing this evening. i would also like to confirm the family toe to

were present here yesterday. in addition, the prime minister's special envoy to china and the chinese ambassador to malaysia will leave today for those here in kuala lumpur. also, the department of civil aviation, the armed forces, the minister of foreign affairs, and others. edelman, -- ladies and gentlemen, for the families around the world, the one-piece of information that we want most, that they want most, is information we just do not have -- the location of mh370. our primary focus has always been to find the aircraft, and every passing day, our efforts have intensified. yesterday i said we wanted to reduce the area of the search. we now have a credible lead. there remains much to be done to deploy, and this work will continue overnight. thank you.

>> ladies and jeremy, we will now have a q&a session. willdies and gentlemen, we now have a q&a session. ok. >> and now seems we have -- is thevidence are there other countries that requested that we deploy more? >> i listed all the assets that we have deployed, and we have not dnc it's a fight those de-rts -- -we have not intensified those efforts. we have the lead from the australian authorities.

yes. ith from 88.9 fm. i know we want to find aircraft, but judging from the commotion that we saw yesterday, i think it is fair that we should address these couple of things. the way this incident is shaping up, some of these incidents that lead to be nothing, number one, the plan is found, everybody is ok, and we can move on. number two, the plane is found, everyone has paris, we know how to move on. number three, someone went activity, we also had to go from there. the fourth one is that there is no evidence, no crew for a long period of time. how do we go forward? they're in mind that mortgages need to be settled, life needs to go on. what would your position be as the leader of this operation? thank you.

>> as of today, i can only tell you what i'm comfortable with saying. at least there is a credible lead, and a credible lead requires us overnight. that we have verified and cooperated -- and corroborated. as long as there is hope, we will continue. and that is why it is a priority to find this aircraft and particularly the black box. but to be fair to the families, we must also show that we must never, ever give up hope. question is -- when was the duty of this particular flight released? [inaudible] was it released before february or after february? [inaudible]

--re is no change >> would you pass the microphone over to the gentleman? thank you. language]ng foreign >> you are watching "france 24 ." the malaysian transport minister there at the latest daily media

briefing on the disappearance of that flight 370. there has been a potential breakthrough in the search for the missing plane. australia says now that it has spotted two objects in the south indian ocean, a very remote part of the world. two objects, one of which measures about 24 meters or 79 feet long. now a search process is underway to try and find those objects, to confirm if they are indeed parts of the wreckage of this missing flight. to give us a bit more on that search that is on now at the moment, let's bring in our alex perry in australia. alex, tell us a bit more about how these objects were spotted in the search that is now underway to try and locate them. >> the australian maritime safety authority says this is the best leave they have any search for this missing plane. together with personnel from new zealand and the united states, authoritiesy -- the

have been scouring waters around australia for signs of debris. they are not sure whether these pieces are indeed part of the plane, but images of the parts were picked up by satellite imagery earlier today. since then, aircraft has been set to search the area, which is about 2500 kilometers southwest of perth. we are looking at two white objects. one is 24 meters long, one is five meters long. this is certainly generating a lot of interest and hope among residents and the international media. it is a furry promising lead --this ongoing story mystery. twice these pictures were taken four days ago on march 16. given the fact that it has been supportive, one of the remotest parts of the globe, 2500 kilometers southwest of perth, how difficult is it going to be to try to find these pieces? is a going to be like looking for a needle in the haystack?

>> that is right. the satellite imagery and the pictures -- the promised earlier aircraft were being dispatched to go and find these pieces. conditions are reported to be moderate in the area, so it should not be hopefully too much longer until they locate the pieces, but it has been reported as well that visibility is poor close to the area, so it could be some time until these objects are recovered postop the government has sent ships large enough to hold the pieces, so they are prepared for this collection. >> thank you for that, alex. alex parry reporting on a potential rake through any search for the missing malaysian airline. >> to ease the pressure, hentrich, you aren't -- hannah strick, you are seeing the champions league on wednesday, first game on the evening trial,

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for the quarterfinals. he made his mark on 60 minutes with this -- an unstoppable piledriver, which flew into the net. 4-3 down on aggregate. hell just before halftime. held just before halftime. safely true, 5-4 in aggregate. runaway, pledge work to do. mario gomez he lies in a 1-1 leg.in the first 14 point clear over the rest of italy and fully 27 points ahead of fourth-place. ambitions extend beyond the europa league. >> i repeat, we should be playing in the champions league. our biggest regret needs to be

our elimination by the champions league by turkey. and with that said, we are in the europa league and we will him to honor the competition. >> still waiting to lift his first european trophy, and the veteran expected top second leg in florence. >> well, to be truly honest, we cannot deny that they have some great players. internationals, so it is normal that they could plus, theiroblems, coaches on his way to the top. >> the coaches the biggest threat while they are likely to take a risk on fitness. homenly will lean on advantage in são paulo.

is,el benitez, the manager led to victory last year's competition. league chasing champions qualification for next season, but for the moment, and he says is focused on the europa league. >> this is our most important match for the moment. league, it is a european competition that is watched by everybody, and it is important for the growth of our team to be able to move forward. the players benitez will be banging on for -- banking on for gold. >> well, what i am expecting for my players is to see a team playing at the same level as porto. they have some excellent players, but we think we can match them. they might be waiting for us to

play on a counterattack. we are going to have to be able to manage that tactically and keep our emotions in check. >> the record of the city of são paulo is good for their row, but they need goals now, and 30 miles legal to turn the tables on porto and replace them in the quarterfinals. contract extended his with last season's triple winners for three years until 2017. he joined in 2009 and joined success with domestic and european trophies. the has the late winner in last year's champions league final. british number one andy murray and his coach have agreed to enter a two-year partnership. under his coach, murray won olympic gold and last year's wimbledon. the reason for the split is down to murray's decision to concentrate on some of his own projects including playing more events around the world.

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