♪ >> coming up for you this hour, french far right mayor, elected just two weeks ago, but he is already causing a stir, he has taken away funding and lodging for an antiracism group. they say that it is because they campaigned against him. we will go to heart island, the the uniteds grave in

states. one million bodies have been buried there over the past century and a half. campaigners are seeking better access to the island as the records on earth of who is resting under the soil. the first of several government openings in eastern ukraine are still under the control of pro-russian activists. the takeover was ended by the police yesterday, but armed separatists are reportedly still in place. russian is accuse agents and special forces of being behind the occupation. it is now warning that moscow could be repairing for military action. key avenue has been stepping up compared to the annexation of crimea. joining us now from the border of ukraine and russia, what have you been seeing from where you are? is ukraine stepping up border control? >> ukraine has stepped up border patrol to a certain extent.

large concrete quadrupeds that might come along this road. trench, butso dug a it is not very long. who are crossing our saying that although the controls are a bit more stringent than usual, they are not really any big problem. there are far fewer people crossing at this crossing point, we are told. right now there are normally at this time of year more. there is a café here and i have been listening in the café to heated argument between the ukrainian couple and a passing russian. the ukrainians saying they love their country, the russian saying that he likes ukraine as well but does not like a fascism and ukrainians desperately trying to convince him that these are lies told by russian television and that the people

in power at the moment in key avenue not fascist at all. kiev are not fascist at all. they seem to be having difficulty convincing the passerby that the russian television is lying to him. >> interior minister said the situation would be solved by negotiation or force in the next 48 hours. quite a change town. >> it is. now he has been overseeing the antiterrorist operations where they did arrest several dozen people from the region of the administration that -- administration building their. much less willing with the belief for separatists to render that way. they still say that negotiation seems hetion, but it

is losing patience. what ukrainian officials have told us is that they are scared to start arresting people or do anything that could lead to violence. of course, any outbreak of violence, whoever is blamed or gets hurt could be interpreted by the russians as a provocation or an excuse to intervene. that is what the authorities really fear. in thek you for that. meantime, four-way talks on the ukraine are due to be held next week to try to find a diplomatic way out of the crisis. the european union policy chief, catherine ashton, sitting down with sir gave a broad. next, the cross-examination of oscar pistorius is underway in pretoria. tuesday he broke down uncontrollably while talking about how he found the body of his girlfriend on the floor of

his home. he says he shot her through the door after mistaking her for an intruder. today the chief prosecutor hit hard from the start in the cross-examination, demanding the athlete openly say he killed his girlfriend. sportsman known throughout the world. >> i think i was, my lady. i made a terrible mistake. >> you made a mistake? you kill the person, that's what you did. >> i mean -- i made a mistake. >> you killed reeva steenkamp, that is what you did. >> i made a mistake. >> what was your mistake? >> that i took her life. >> you shot and killed her. you killed her. or you take responsibility for that eschenbach say yes.

say that i shot and killed reeva steenkamp. >> that trial has adjourned for lunch. we will be bringing you the latest on what is happening there as we get it here. a bombher world news -- in pakistan has left at least 20 dead, the worst attack in several years there. 70 people were hurt when the massive blast ripped through a fruit and vegetable market on the outskirts of islamabad. the exposure was linked to government negotiations with the taliban and picking up the pace. authorities are trying to resolve years of deadly fighting that has killed thousands in the troubled northwest. the official in charge of the search for the missing malaysia airplane says he is optimistic that the airplanes wreckage will soon be found. the plane reportedly went down in the remote south indian ocean over one month ago. now a ship searching for flight 370 has detected two more

underwater signals that could be linked to the plane. the analysis of the sounds detected in the same area last week has shown they are consistent with the airplanes black ox is. tell you that ocean shield has been able to reacquire the signals on two more occasions. ocean shield has now detected all transmissions in the same broad area. yesterday's signals will assist in better defining a reduced and more manageable search area on the ocean floor. inelieve we are searching the right area, but we need to visually identify aircraft wreckage before we can confirm, with certainty, that this is the final resting place of m h 370. >> indonesians have gone to the polls in parliamentary elections, expected to boost the

main opposition. they are picking a new parliament there. polls are closed, the early results seem to show indonesians that their party is in the lead, the party of the jakarta governor who was seen as a popular presidential candidate, but those early results show that the party does not seem like they could get enough votes to independently field a presidential candidate. well, the nuclear talks on iran are continuing in vienna. the u.s., france, russia, china, britain, they all want iran to scale back their nuclear program. speaking earlier today, the u.n. atomic energy chief said that iran is indeed into -- implementing last year's nuclear deal that has been in place for the last three months now. john has more from vienna on the potential threats to the agreement. >> they have been fine up until now.

the whole situation with ukraine, the annexation of crimea, everyone is worried how as awill play out bargaining tool to get some sort of leverage. there is also a deal being negotiated that at the moment between russia and iran. a huge oil deal. this would automatically trigger sanctions in the u.s.. was november when they concluded, a positive thing, i suppose, that iran is also talking about [indiscernible] and if they were to lift sanctions, that would be a confidence building measure. >> that is john clemens, vienna. members of the opposition and nicolas maduro have agreed to hold talks that will be mediated by the vatican. laying the groundwork for that

eventual meeting tomorrow, putting an end to two months of antigovernment protests that have left close to 40 dead. more than 600 have been hurt in the worst political unrest in venezuela in a decade. the president of catalonia says he will push ahead with the fight for a referendum on independence despite the spanish government blocking the bid for a vote. tuesday, spanish mp's overwhelmingly voted to reject the request and plan to let the people of the eastern region ofakaway have led to months constitutional debate. jennifer lush has more. >> a resounding rejection after a seven hour debate. the parliament will make it 299 to 47 against. today i am speaking with the conviction that together we all win. separated, we all lose. >> catalonia has a long history

of integrating central authorities. health systems and police, the economic crisis raised tensions between madrid and barcelona, fueling nationalism. us to be an independent country. i want to leave spain. asy are nullifying us people, as citizens. i think we would be better off on our own. >> roughly half the people support independence, but a much higher number want the right to vote on the matter. they say they already have too much momentum to stop the voters. >> the catalan people cannot be stopped by the spanish parliament. ,he will of the catalan people as long as it is strong and there is a broad majority, we will endure. they are pressing ahead with the referendum, and if it is

shut down they are expected to use the next election, which must be held by 2016 as a proxy vote on independence. next, greek reunions have launched a new general strike against austerity. thousands of protesters took to the streets in the first of two separate marches against parliament. train services are shut down, as well as other public services. the unions say they want to put an end to the painful belt tightening policies imposed by the government in exchange for that vital bailout money for greece. here in france, the new prime minister has unveiled his plan to get the country's economy back on track. we have more on his first big speech. boostexpected, plans to the french economy dominated his speech in parliament. many presidents insist the government must close this chapter.

private companies means supporting jobs, investments, and exports. so, yes, we will act to encourage companies. tothe governor has planned slash the country's notoriously high labor costs i-30 billion euros, reducing the corporate tax to 28% by 2020. the aim is to boost competitiveness by making it easier to hire people and make investments. dropping employer costs to zero for minimum-wage workers. a drop in he ocean, considering the whole thing. payroll charges are very high in france. >> by reducing casts, we may become more competitive on the market with increased orders. then we will need more people. until we start receiving orders, we cannot start hiring.

>> promising to ease the burden of employers, the prime minister did not mention the local labor market as flexible, which would they have been calling for. >> it has been two weeks since the far right candidate was elected in the french northern already making a stir. this week he took away funding and lodging from a group that fights racism. they say he is kicking them out because they campaigned against the national front. elected, he is already causing a stir. is this big council decision that says political groups cannot use public buildings. i am just applying the law. >> the first to pay the price? an antiracism human rights. >> there was a lot of improper

allocation and it is my responsibility to curb it. accordingse pretense, to the human rights league, which has led campaigns against the national front. are certainly not friends, to say the least, but this is a heavy-handed measure to take. >> it has residents talking. >> this was the first thing they should have done. >> it is right to make residents here aware of this. >> already making his mark, he is one of 11 national front mayors to win election last month. >> another look at the headlines for you. pro-russian separatist still controlling the state security headquarters in eastern ukraine. next week the eu, russia, and ukraine itself plan to look at the crisis there. a cross-examination of oscar pistorius is underway at his

murder trial in pretoria. to athlete has been demanded admit that he killed his girlfriend, but he simply says he made a mistake. authorities say they are optimistic that the missing malaysian airliner will be found within days. ships searching for it has detected new underwater signals that are consistent with the black ox is. look at what newspapers have been saying around the world. obviously, a lot of attention today on these new tensions and ukraine. >> the front page of "the wall more on theal," communist lawmakers that had supported victory in a code which and lawmakers from the far right nationalist party. they say this comes as ukraine is moving to a certain troll. ukrainian police had regained

control of government buildings that had been occupied by pro-russian protesters. >> many people think it history is repeating itself. >> people think that vladimir putin is back on the offensive. that russia is following a crimean script in eastern ukraine. this time, western and european diplomats should not claim to be surprised, as "the wall street journal" made it clear they thought the ball was in their court. can say them play -- see them playing chess vladimir putin, putting a kind of time bomb into the just board there. there. the chess board >> indonesia, representatives? photos of ballot boxes being loaded in, the title says the calls mount for fair elections.

a lot of international papers are focusing on these elections. in australia they have pointed out that indonesia is amongst the so-called fragile five. what is interesting is all of these countries are running national elections this year. australians say that this is an opportunity for the country to distance itself from this odious comparison. according to the australians, indonesia is not as fragile as some of the other countries in this group. for instance, in financial and diplomatic circles, there is a optimism for success. >> the first big speech in parliament yesterday for francois hollande? five how is the press reacting? many are convinced. they talk about how he is on the

offensive, marking his territory. they also pointed out that there was a clear change in tone. that this was a real turning point in his presidency. the pro-business paper goes even further, saying that he managed to erase two years of his predecessors. >> some papers were obviously not that convinced. >> not surprisingly. even though this is all about him, do not be mistaken as to who was pulling the strings here , they say. a mouthpiece for the president. the editorial called it a missed opportunity, that he did not sneeze. a left-leaning paper, this was surprising, they were critical of his speech, calling it good in form, but decrying the substance.

they said that he told a selective truth and that there were a lot of things he left out. >> the french press is also focusing on something and usual from last night. during an evening broadcast of live tv news, there was an interruption? >> that's right. the anchor for the news bulletin on the national broadcast, last night his bulletin was interrupted by a very specific andgory, artists technicians who work in the cultural world, cinema, theater, music, and broadcast. they benefit from a very protected status, very privileged status in france. that statushat could be scrapped as the government tries to cut public spending, they stormed his set in protest. now, one of the anchors -- sorry, not anchors, editors in

chief for the show, they defended the decision to cancel it altogether. saying that if they had not, it would have sent a precedent. already stormed back in 2003. at that time he had leveled as a representative and defended themselves. >> interesting. thank you for that. sports news, now. the latest in the champions league, where it was apparently a rough night. >> it was heartbreak on the french side, the quarterfinals on the way goes, chelsea on the bridge, the goals had a tight finish. not just short of a remarkable comeback, the germans moving towards victory, completing on wednesday. one apiece.

everyone. to spirit we need to get everything in. we were happy together and score the match win. >> a disappointment? is appointed, to be honest with you. i think we have the opportunity to score a goal, but we did not. we knew it would be difficult, and it was. i would rather be dead now. we learn from him that he said he would try better for next time. arena,vyweights at the playing out over the lake, last

month united chose three. >> we are not going to play for 90 minutes with no attacking, then attacking. it is impossible. love to try as much as possible to do it in the beginning, like we did it in manchester. action.e is one no more or it will happen again tomorrow. today, again, that is how we can attack in manchester. >> the david morris side was given a boost in juices.

leaders have taken on barcelona in an all spanish course. setting,n the third they do have history on their secured from a cap in 2003. >> we will see where that fits with all the hard work. the very style coming out on top. >> today it seems like this was one of the most interesting. >> he played alongside grant and

booked away from the potential semi final. this two-time olympic gold medalist added more to his achievements in the freestyle events at the french national championships on tuesday. injury, the for favorite in the men's 50 meter and olympic champion in london, just half a second ahead of the rest of the field.

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