>> thank you for watching. we are in paris and these are the headlines. at least 100 pro-russian separatist seized the police headquarters in ukraine. this comes after a deadline from the ukrainian government passes, warning the insurgents that the military was ready to move in. racesive fire in chile through a historic city for the second night in a row. more than 1000 people have been forced to leave their homes. a private catholic school here in france is set to test the dna

of more than 500 male students and staff in a bid to identify the rapist of a 16-year-old girl who was assaulted. ♪ also, a little something fun for the foodies out there. you can learn how to sniff out the perfect cheese or bake your very own baguette. more on that is coming up. and oscar pistorius breaks down again at the start of his second week on the stand. cross-examination of the doubly amputee starts after his trial in pretoria. we will get the latest.

first, the latest developments in ukraine. the interim president has said kiev was not against a referendum being held on the type of state it should be. the president has said that he was sure the vote would can firm the wish of the people for a united, independent country. the referendum has been one of the demands of separatist rebels. in the city of -- separatists-russian took over the police headquarters there. deadline thatthe came and went earlier today with no sign of movement so far. oliver has more. >> here, the regional administration building is still occupied. there are quite a few

demonstrators outside. the barricades are still there. all is calm. i saw four young police officers patrolling. they said everything is calm here. i give you an idea of the attitude they have. the way that russian television present this is a situation in which the protectors -- clearly, the police believe that and view the protectors here with a more friendly eye than the protesters in kiev. so far, no orders to act against the protesters. veryeeling i got was strongly that if they did get orders, they would follow them. >> you have been speaking to locals. what have they been saying about this new ukrainian government? do they still have the people's support? >> here in eastern ukraine, the

new government has always had very little support. it has made a lot of mistakes in terms of not sending leaders to explain the situation. not being quick enough to give guarantees about the status of the language. recently, other leaders have tried to direct mistakes. it is possibly too late to win over any hearts and minds in eastern ukraine. that does not people that people do not support the separatists. the majority of them are. they do not support the government. the government is very fast losing support in kiev. generallytern ukraine because of the inability to deal with this crisis. then the diplomatic front, un security council held in emergency meeting over ukraine on sunday i was called by russia.

nothing much came out of that. the foreign minister commentated on the crisis in ukraine and said this about a possible referendum. if the idea is to shape the upper house of parliament without involving the region and then submit that text to a referendum -- this would probably not meet the criteria that we have been talking about. the criteria that southeast ukraine has been talking about. as for your hypothetical question, what would need to happen for russian military intervention to take place? i don't even want to speculate. we are not interfering in ukraine's internal affairs. that would not be in our interest. >> british foreign secretary

william hague says that the unrest is clearly being instigated by russia. they're calling for further sanctions against moscow. he made those comments at a meeting of eu foreign ministers. are foreignin correspondent. what can we expect? >> well, it is hard to tell. it is not likely we should expect -- not too many actions. this morning, there were meetings in geneva. starter conversation for de-escalating the crisis in ukraine. she focused on the concern and called for respect for the sovereignty and integrity. william hague stressed the importance of a united front. we are more likely to see

extensions of the sanctions. the eu believes they are responsible. regarding -- the european commission still is assessing to see what effect the sanctions would have. according to age of romantic -- diplomat, they do not want to have to go there. they will also be extending police commissions. they're restoring order. and there are also economic reforms. something which could cause quick impacts. >> what about nato? how have they been reacting? >> very strong.

much more assertive than what is coming out of the european union. m of spoke about the alar seeing men with weapons. there were uniforms that they were wearing. according to satellite images, they are gathering on the ukrainian border. there is one message for nato. stop blaming others and engage in a general dialogue. nobody wants to turn back the clock. >> thank you for that. reporting on that meeting of foreign ministers. nigeria, at least 35 people have died in an explosion that went off at a bus station that was packed with commuters. many were on their way to the capital. there was no immediate claim first possibility. suspicion will likely fall on an islamic militant group. they have been waging an

increasingly bloody insurgency in the northeast of nigeria. here in france, a private catholic school is going to test the dna of more than 500 male students and staff. that is in a bid to identify the rapist of a 16-year-old girl, who was assaulted in a dark school toilet. they explain that the test is the first and a friend school and will end on wednesday. >> it is test today at this from school. testing of a different kind. 527 students and staff are being genetically examined to identify the rapist of a young girl. the assault occurred in september in a dark school toilet. for the director of this goal, this is the only remaining option to advance the investigation. >> all other possibilities are explored for we arrived at the solution. we do not have any other choices or options.

this will enable us to find the offender. >> this genetic testing has been foiled in controversy. place,can, in the first refused to take part. however, those who refuse to do so become potential suspect. for the students, the testing could not have come sooner. >> i do not know why it has taken this long. it is just not right. it has been seven months that this person has been in the school. that is terrible. >> everyone is taking part without any problems. we feel solidarity with the girl who was raped. we all want to find the perpetrator. >> traces of dna were found on the victim's close. they will attempt to match to saliva swabs taken over the next few days. if they'll come back negative, back to the drawing board.

the cross-examination of oscar pistorius is again under way today in pretoria. the south african track stars under investigation for the murder of his girlfriend last year. he said he shot her dead by mistake, thinking she was an intruder. we are now in the second week of the witness stand. the prosecutor was once again very aggressive in his grilling. to tell us more, let's bring in james flanigan. it has been another emotional day there. the court is adjourned a few times due to him crying again. >> yes, it has. we have been back and forth in the way that we were poor the start of the trial. oscar was very emotional. he has held it together the last few days. today, it was a bad day. i think because harry nell is turning the screws.

he is winding up to the end of cross-examination and things are getting very tough for oscar pistorius. he has said i do not believe your crying and breaking down. you are crying and breaking down because you are making mistakes. whatnconsistencies between he says from one day to the next, even from one minute the next, are so obvious. you do not a legal mind to see them. he really is tying himself up in knots. harry started the day very confrontational he, saying that today is the day i will prove you cannot be true. these events cannot possibly be true. he really is circling him like a wounded animal. he is very emotional. his family is looking very bleak. i would not be surprised if we

saw the end of cross-examination today. harry really is getting to the point where he is going to confront the story us -- pis torius and accuse him of murdering his girlfriend with intent. he has told him what he believes to be true, that they argued and that she wanted to leave. that is why she was on the floor. this was evidence of an argument between the two of them. presumably she fled to the bathroom and locked the door because she feared him. he has already told us that he did not fire warning shots. he worried that the bullet might ricochet off the door and into him. us that he had no idea what he was doing, he was so stressed. he was not thinking when he fired the bullet. not even considering who might be behind the door, just gripped with fear.

the fact that he has told us he made a conscious decision not to fire a warning shot is very damaging. that shows that in that moment, he was thinking. he was seeing the consequences of actions and worried about his own safety. he is making some terrible mistakes today. >> thank you so much for that. people have0,000 been forced from their homes in chile. firefighters are working to control massive blazes for a second night in a row. at least 12 people have been killed so far. we have more. >> a raging fire that stubbornly refuses to go out. over 3000 firefighters and soldiers have been fighting a fire in the hills for days. they managed to contain it in many areas, but dry hot winds stoked the embers.

it spread across the hillside neighborhoods. >> we have not been able to save the houses. people live on the crest of hills. they put their houses where they wanted. the development is not planned at all. >> the fire broke out on saturday afternoon in a hilltop neighborhood. it spread quickly as hot ash traveled from rooftop to rooftop. some six neighborhoods were burned to the ground. the historic city center which is a world heritage site has been spared. at least two dozen homes have gone up in flames and more than 10,000 have been evacuated. many residents have lost all of their positions. the was focused on wetting attic. i was doing that's my house would not burn. i did not think of moving anything out of the house. >> the president declared the entire city a catastrophe zone.

authorities hope to control the fire in the next 48 or 72 hours. most famous luxury hotels is shutting down for a three-year renovation. it has welcomed guests from picasso to james joyce to degaulle, but they say they need a new makeover. g welcoming its final uests, they are closing for renovations. visitors stopped by to soak up the last of the atmosphere. >> i would come here. it was my paris home. i preferred it to an apartment. i had the reception and the warmth. it is true the renovation is needed, very much. >> the four-star hotel made a revamp to complete with its many

rival. over three years of renovations, a swimming pool, and doubled the size of the rooms. it is a short break. built in 1910, it was once home to know both prize-winning writers. then came the second world war. the palace was occupied by the germans. when the fighting ended, the hotel hope to return the 14th. -- deportees. fear that the hotel will not be the same after the renovations. >> i hope it does not lose its soul, that it does not become a pretentious hotel. it is a place that has soul. >> most of the staff will come back in three years time. they hope that the famous bar will once again attract the stars. >> timeout to take a look at the

daily press review. we have nicholas with us in the studio. you're going to focus exclusively on the tensions in ukraine. let's start with the french front pages. >> let's go to le figaro. you can see the headline. ukraine goes on the offensive against pro-russian activists. it is arguing that what we have is a situation that is a lot more complex and a lot more explosive than evidence we saw in crimea. they're arguing that there is a threat -- ina war like the one we saw the balkans. the breakdown of yugoslavia two decades ago. they point out the obvious thing that this is the largest country between the eu and russia. let's go to the catholic data. lacroix is leading with a title

about ukraine escalation. is it a way of moscow being able to set the conditions for diplomatic talks that we will see on thursday in geneva? it says that the people of ukraine counted on europe. they mean the european union. and, of course, they must not disappoint the people of ukraine. >> you looked at the ukrainian press and the russian press. >> the kiev post has an opinion page. they're looking at the guardian in the u.k. this is by james meek. the headline is that most ukrainians are neither loyal russians or loyal fascists. most of the discussion is polarized and that is serving putin well. it is bolstering has ideal .

a the one hand, you have ukraine that is a boil vessel to russia or a ukraine that is fascist. the communistta, mouthpiece of years ago. an expression there about fascism. antifascist fighters take the initiative. the argument there is that these freedom fighters have taken up the cause to fight against the group that is in charge in kiev. it says that russia is being portrayed -- the cowboy in the black hat. staggering propaganda from the west. >> also, you saw another opinion piece arguing that russia is in a weak position. >> this is another striking argument. this is in the moscow times. annexation of crimea can only damage the russian economy.

sanctions can only damage the economy. they are weak militarily as well. a new cold war will be suicidal for russia. the writer says that while the world looked at russia as a land of gulags and then in the 1990's, that there might be hope and real change -- latitude now is that russia is a country full of horrors and it will not change. >> what has the american press had to say? washington has a major challenge. >> it does indeed. there was a lack of coverage in the american press. if you go to the washington post, there is an editorial saying -- be too late to prevent war in ukraine. another quote from the editorial board is " if ukrainians are forced to fight for their

country, they should be helped." by that, they mean with small arms. i want to look at the huffington post. i thought that was the comedy page initially. it did not turn out to be the case at all. it is a story about the deputy prime minister. he wants to annex the moon. we can laugh, but there are serious things at stake here. the argument is that we do not want to make several trips to the moon. we want to have a permanent base, a presence in space and do some mining up there. they're are considering no limits to russian ambition at this point. this is something we will see throughout the week. >> thank you for that look at the daily papers. up next, all the nitty gritty of one of the most famous cyclist races. that is the hell of the north. sports starts now. >> second season in france --

the goal hinder on sunday. two goals down to salvage a point. lead cut to 10 points with five games left to play. 33rd leaguerlands, title. it all starts like clockwork. first goal on five minutes. back on mobile terms. -- level terms. firsgt goal. links up. put them ahead again. scored their third after more good work from paulson. held on to win 3-2.

perfection to win the cycling race on sunday. dry conditions in france for the peloton. it is known as the hell of the north. they had to deal with 28 sections of cobblestones and tight bends. a constant supply of dust. three-time racer, defending champion, taken out by his teammate. back onto the roads, losing control in the process. taking out six of the writers. they also arrived the crash. four-time champion was swelled up. all staying hot on his heels. pedals -- of dutchman who won the tour

qatar was on a mission and built up a 22nd lead. that proved enough. his first ever win in this energy sapping classic. a flying start, taking a win in race two in marrakesh. lopez took his car to the front and never looked back. his french counterpart rounded out the top three. he then showed off his driving showing offmore, his overtaking ability, passing others for the lead. after that, cruise control. he took the second flag to get to his new career off to his perfect start. >> i could not dream of doing

better. it gives me confidence. just one point, in a circuit. seems like more of a rally. i hope to be in good shape for the rest of the season as well. has won the fourth title of her career. she overcame a spirited rival in poland. she gets a key break here. that was one on the tie-break. this is our first time playing in a wta final. recovered to force a decider. cornet won the first three games. they reached match point -- on her way back and secured a final break. second player to save a match point for a wta title.

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