x hello, it is 1 p.m. in paris. the headlines for you. two journalists are shot in a anise and. one is killed, the other seriously injured -- to journalist are shot in afghanistan. getting down to business, france's new government holds his new cabinet meeting. the pressure is on as the fed government rose increasingly disappointed in president hollande and his team. the hunt for the black boxes of the missing malaysia and plan intensifies, as the flight recorder will soon run out of batteries.

>> we begin this edition in afghanistan where there has been a deadly attack. two western journalists have been shot in the east of the country. news agencyed press has confirmed its photographer was killed while its reporter, kathy gannon, was wounded in the shooting. claim there has been no of responsibility, but the attack comes on the eve of afghanistan's presidential elections. the country's taliban has vowed poll which will see president hamid karzai step down after over a decade in power. >> it's the talk of the town am a behind the opec windows of the black diamond beauty parlor, saturday's election is on everyone's lips.

>> it's everyone's responsibility to cast their ballot. these candidates look good to me. but let's see what will happen. >> the next president should be smart, should have a good brain, and should respect women. with hamid karzai constitutionally barred from seeking a third term in office, eight candidates are in the running to become afghanistan's next president. time finance minister and two democrats are considered the front-runners. officials have issued voter cuts to two thirds of the population. campaign rallies have attracted tens of thousands of afghans. talk amongstots of ordinary people about who is going to win. there has been huge media coverage. >> security is a prime concern

for organizers. the taliban has stepped up attacks over the last few weeks. steered clear of disrupting the campaign. rallyacking an election the have chosen not to do. they realized that killing large numbers of afghan civilians is politically damaging to their reputation. >> still, nearly 200,000 troops are being deployed across the country. with the clear winner in the first rounds unlikely, afghanistan have to wait until the summer before the final results are known. talks areeast peace in jeopardy. let a response to the palestinians ratification of 15 international dimensions earlier this week. israel's announcements were met with anger this friday in the west bank. there you see live images from the region.

voicedle, washington disappointment on both sides, calling their moves unhelpful. usa crude terry at -- u.s. secretary of state john kerry talked about the peace process. ane u.n. has accused chadi forces of unprovoked action in the republic. on anre wounded unprovoked attack to the market last weekend. findings werey this friday, day after chad announced it was withdrawing its troops in the central african republic. chad is one of the largest contributors to that force in the country with about 850 troops on the ground. out real, notarry cosmetic, constitutional reform.

that is moscow's message to kiev . saying ukraine must prove its dependents from the west. let's bring in shaun walker, who joins us now from moscow. the russian foreign minister speaking today. what exactly did he have to say? it was yet another case where we see how russia is talking about events in ukraine and kiev almost as if they were two different countries and situations. he accused the interim government of being under control of the west and said other countries need to stop meddling in the internal affairs of ukraine. they say that is exactly what rush is trying to do. russia with a straightforward set of demands and wants to see carried out by his government. it wants to see russian introduced as the state

language, and in general putting forward a list of demands that in the west is seen is exactly state.ling in the russian talk about that presence along the ukraine border there. is there still any danger of a military incursion on the part of russia? bighat has been the question ever since the annexation of crimea. yesterday we saw the deputy foreign minister say -- talk of child is can terms from the west, that americans should do some yoga and get some fresh air and stop worrying about it. it's not something that has come out of nowhere. we have had reports handed down to the troops on the border, we have a course had the situation crimea. using similar rhetoric he used

in crimea about the rights of .ussians being violated what we have heard in the last few days is a bit more of an emphasis on russia using it as a bargaining point trying to get its point forward in trying to perhaps use that threat to troops as a way to get its political goals. >> iq for that, shaun walker reporting there from moscow. turkey'se latest in battle over social media. this friday the court ruled that youtube violated human rights. it has ordered most of the restrictions to now be lifted. the ruling comes a day after twitter went online again. the turkish prime minister's criticize the ruling that lifted his government's twitter ban, saying he was bound by it does not -- but does not respect it.

shedding light on america's shady interrogation methods. the u.s. senate intelligence committee has voted to declassified long-awaited report on cia interrogations. the decision will give the world its first official look at the agency's tactics in the aftermath of the september 11 attacks. critics say the use of brutal methods amounted to torture. here is dianne feinstein speaking about the report, which he calls shocking. brutalityort exposes and stands in stark contrast to our values as a nation. it chronicles a stain on our history that must never be allowed to happen again. this is not what americans do. the report also points to major problems with the cia's management of this program and its interactions with the white house, other parts of the executive branch, and congress.

attention hereur to france. the new government is holding its first cabinet meeting this friday. new prime minister manuel valls after president was forced to reshuffle his team. france 24's nicholas rushworth has the details. hollande government headed by new prime minister manuel valls needs to build momentum. immediate challenges for the ruling socialist includes gaining parliamentary support for its so-called responsibility pact on tuesday will be vital. it is the pillar of president hollande's plan. the government said it will reverse rising unemployment by

the end of 2014. in terms of one for all, there has already been as bad about who was in charge of foreign trade. the prime minister he won. long popular as interior minister, he has seen his popularity fall. only 43% of the french elite he can kickstart the economy. the mood is more rose overall, with another survey showing only optimistic4%, were about the country's economic future. the same survey in january was at artie percent. -- 38%. at this pointande remains as unpopular as ever, with three out of four saying they do not believe he can get the job done. health ofpdate on the

retired racing champion michael schumacher. according to his manager, he has shown moments of consciousness and awakening. he -- three months ago suffered a serious head injury while skiing in france. his condition was stabilized after he was placed in a coma. in late january, doctors began the process of withdrawing sedatives to try and wake him up. so far they are seeing some signs of progress. an underwater hunt which is currently ongoing in the indian ocean. this for the black boxes of missing flight 370. the pressure is high, as there are just days now before the planes data recorders will run out of batteries. once that happens, it will become even more difficult to locate the wreckage of the malaysian jetliner. regional correspondent has more on this new phase in the search efforts. commenced had just what they call an underwater

search. the device is being trailed by an australian ship northwest in the indian ocean. it has the capacity to search ping that is coming from the black box, but as far as we know, the black box will run out of batteries in the next two or three days. at that point it will be difficult to search because there'll not be that electronic ping coming through. you have to point out that they are searching an area that is the most probable location of the plane, but there's still no concrete data coming through, no sign of any wreckage where the flight may have ended up. most probable they say is somewhere in the indian ocean, but they cannot be sure. they're running out of time to fund the black box. meantime they continue to scour the seas for any sign of wreckage, but so far nothing has come through. there a lot of currents and a lot of debris that may not be

part of the plane. it is still a very difficult task ahead. >> a very daunting search effort currently going on, and time is running out for those black boxes. it doesn't necessarily mean that if we see this window of a few days expire and the data recorders and not been found, there have been cases where they were able to find the black boxes in other incidents. >> if you look back to the air france crash of 2009, it took them two years to locate the car hit and the black box in that search. as you pointed out, in that search they had siding of the wreckage on the surface of the sea in one day, and it still took them two years, knowing that small area to search for the black box. at the moment they're still running a little information. given the probabilities that the plane could have gone down in that area. unless there is some wreckage found over the next few weeks,

it's going to continue to be a very difficult task ahead and they would have to rely on equipment to scan the seabed and look to see if there are any large pieces of the wreckage they can pick out such as the body of the wreckage or the cockpit. ahead.ry difficult time people thinking of the families of the passengers on board the plane, and they're looking something. they will continue searching and continue putting a lot of effort and expertise and assets into the search. it is hard to see how many months or years to complete a difficult search in this location. >> an era in u.s. television will soon be coming to an end. talk show host david letterman has announced he will step down in 2015 when his current contract expires.

letterman will be wrapping up three decades of his late-night show that first aired in 1982, making his run the longest of any late-night talkshow host in television history. he thanked all those he worked with and of course managed to squeeze in a joke. >> i just want to reiterate my thanks and support for the network. all of the people who have worked here, all the people in the theater and on the staff am everybody at home, thank you very much, and what this means is that paul and i can be married. wondered howver the zebra got its stripes? researchers think they have solve the mystery once and for all. apparently it is all an effort to stay above free. free. >> even naturalist charles

darwin was left scratching his head. stripes helpd the them win into their environment. they create a strobe effect to deter in a me such as crocodiles. the last theory has it, according to researchers him a they found much less blood from zebras in flight guts than other species. sleeping sickness is a virus flies.tted by tsetse their hair is thinner and shorter than other similar species, so they need more protection. the study doesn't answer the fundamental question, is the zebra white with black stripes, or black with white stripes? the headlines. to journalist are shot in afghanistan. one is killed, the other

seriously injured. the attack comes on the eve of the country's presidential election. sleeves, theeir new french government holds its first cabinet meeting. the pressure was on, the french public demanding results from president francois hollande. the hunt for the black boxes of the missing malaysian plane intensifies as the black box battery life will soon run out. time to take a look at what is grabbing headlines starting here in france. were going to talk all things politics. >> we got the first cabinet meeting after this week's government reshuffle. it will be hosted by the prime minister, manuel valls. he is about to hit the ground running, and he has his work cut out for him. ahead to ae work high risk construction site.

also likening him to hercules. he has 12 high-risk labors ahead. what are they? they're pretty broad and wide ranging. he has to invert the unemployment curve and give some muscle to the deal with business owners to cut labor costs in our to boost employment. and he has to give clear details about just how the government is going to make good on a pledge to cut spending by 50 billion euros. he also has other challenges, political challenges. he has to find a healthy balance with the president. france while and and he -- francois hollande and he are not known to be the best of friends, but they have a very important election coming up in may and he needs to ensure that the left supports him. she was the ecology minister

22 years ago exactly. take a look at her track record, her degree of arenas. you can see her here in her little green electric car she has been zooming around paris in. what does her track record look like over the last 22 years? >> is pretty good. changets to bring real notrance's behavior and systematically put production first. >> we are seeing the tension turning to tomorrow's presidential elections in afghanistan. >> getting a lot of attention across the world. on the wall street journal's front-page, they talk about how afghanistan is determined to get the ballot boxes through, taking no chances. you can see a photo of the ballot boxes being ferried by donkeys across afghanistan.

they are very closely guarded thereby soldier with a weapon. the international new york times focuses on what is going to happen to the outgoing president, hamid karzai. after the vote, he is not going to fade away, even though he will be out of office. he is likely to retain influences in the new afghan administration. >> afghanistan is just one of several countries that will be voting this month. wille guardian says april be the most democratic month the world has ever seen, talking about a combined in electorate of one billion people. one in seven people across the world will be voting in april. six countries are holding elections. indonesia,, india, hungary, algeria, and iraq. what thet shows challenges are and compares the different countries according to how free and fair the elections are going to be. >> let's focus on the elections that will take place in india.

>> i pulled out an interesting article talking about how election fever is at its fullest right now, and talking about how all sorts of electronic election based games have popped up on people smartphones during this election season. goingeature candidates through different obstacle courses, playing cricket, etc. iny have been a huge hit india. depending on which candidate you choose, it could maybe be some sort of hole. this is what the game developers say, at least. their games are a good way to her have get a preview of how the election is actually going to play out. >> we are running out of time, let's look at the independent. they are focusing on a certain extinction in the u.k.. certain names are becoming extinct. you have gertrude and bertha for girls names, and boys names,

willie, cecil, and roland. these names were not given to babies in 2012. .uk has compared records of names over time and has found that certain names are becoming extinct or endangered. it said don't worry, extinct names can be resurrected. >> thank you very much for that. his boards update. we begin with football in the latest league action. >> aging to the europa league semifinals. 1-0 ahead of next week's second leg in portugal. porto edged sevilla.

>> we played the game that we wanted to play. backs to the wall, man-to-man. as we wanteds good to be, but in the second half we were able to show the real physical impact and finally managed to score a goal, which of course is a great result for us. it allows us to consider things very positively for the future. the striker limped off in the second half against chelsea. he could also miss the semifinal leg if they progress. barcelona have reacted angrily

to a fee for transfer ban punishing the club for breach of rules. the world football's governing body announced on wednesday to ban them for the next two windows. the club president denied any wrongdoing and said he and the club would move to get the band suspended until an appeal is heard. >> we are indignant. we are victims of a great injustice. with a punishing us 35-year-old matter. fifa is punishing the essence of our club in a method fifa has avoided repeatedly. barcelona was also find 350,000 euros. they will take it to the

arbitration board if required. we are working day after day for the club to be greater. we are in a situation, but we are fighting it. when last for arbitration later if necessary. we think we are the victims. we think it is unjust. barcelona has always been a model club. not a great week for barcelona after their 1-1 draw in the first leg of their champions league quarterfinal in madrid. he has been ruled out for six months with a ruptured achilles tendon. the 23-year-old will undergo surgery after he was injured in training on thursday.gg99ññ÷wc

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