>> it is 1 p.m. here in the newsroom. you're watching live from paris the headlines. ukraine up accuses russia of trying to start world war iii. ukrainian prime minister said a moscow's attempted military conflict in ukraine will lead to a military conflict in europe. ukrainian army moves to blockaded pro-kremlin rebels in the mid east. standing shoulder to shoulder, the u.s. and south korea showed their united fronts against pyongyang's nuclear program. info.erican president's

we begin now with some stern words over ukraine. ukrainian prime minister accusing russia of wanting to start another world war iii if speaking -- world war. >> by russia on ukraine's territory. will lead to military conflict in europe. the world has not yet forgotten world war ii. a russia already wants to start world war iii.

highnsions are running east of ukraine as the government is carrying out what it calls an antiterrorist operation. program russian separatists have seized -- have seized control of several cities. we go to douglas herbert who is covering events for us now. you're just north of the eastern city. you have seen ukrainian special forces. describe for us the current situation at this hour. hour is really in the past that we came upon the first sign that we can see of this antiterrorist operation in kiev. we came upon a large unit of ukrainian special forces. these were highly disciplined soldiers that the military camouflaged. their fingers on the trigger.

these were soldiers that were ready to fire. there are standing on either side of the highway, very vigilant. one soldiers were lying down full-size of the highway with either sidescanning for any signs of movement for separatist forces. this is an area very much on edge. there is a lot of talk about the possibility of an imminent russian invasion. while we were watching these forces, they actually moved further down the road. we followed them and they were moving in the direction. we try to approach and speak to them. they were visibly nervous. one of the soldiers with his kalashnikov at his ready came walking toward us, told us not to provoke them. deployed probably

about a kilometer down the road. these are soldiers very much under orders not to speak to anyone but to keep a very tight watch on the surrounding countryside at a time when the separatists are hunkered down at their own checkpoints. i counted five checkpoints on the eastern part. as we progressed further up the road we came upon much more professional more paramilitary style militia, much more heavily armed. they one point asked the passengers to get off. people withome arms darker skin. a lot of people will to you when they see people with eric or skin it will immediately say they are caucasian, meaning from

the caucasus. arenteers from chechnya rumored to be coming in to help these separatists. anything butirm there is very much a sense of real edginess and nervousness throughout this region right now on both sides of the divide, whether talking about the ukrainian special forces or the russian separatists at their checkpoint. there is not that much dividing the two sides. they are testing them, they are probing their position. >> thank you for that update. douglas herbert reporting from north of -- in the east of the country. u.s. secretary of state john kerry warned moscow against carrying out further military movement on the ukrainian border. he accused russia of using propaganda to destabilize the region.

thomas waterhouse reports. >> yet another press conference from the u.s. secretary of state concerning the crisis in ukraine. this time he made is clear that the clock was ticking for russia. >> president putin and russia face a choice. if russia chooses the path of de-escalation, the international community, all of us will welcome it. not, the world will make sure that the cost for russia will only grow. as president obama reiterated earlier today, we are ready to act. >> a fresh threat from washington just week -- just a week after an agreement was reached in geneva. and on the ground, it is a very different story. >> the world has witnessed a tale of two countries, two

countries with vastly different understandings of what it means to uphold an international agreement. , russia hasys refused to take a single concrete step in the right direction. >> he also accused the kremlin washington isd -- keen to pull moscow back in to check just hours after president bush and followed his own warning. >> if the current kiev government has started using the army against its citizens inside the country, this is clearly a great crime -- great crime against the such people >> united states has already imposed some sanctions against people. washington threatens more punitive measures against entire sections of russia's economy. >> barack obama is in sold as

friday. -- in sold this friday. friday.oul this dominating the agenda. satellite images shows north korea is looking to carry out its fourth nuclear test. speaking at a press conference, obama said washington and seoul stand united against north korea's nuclear program. korea, regard to north the united states and south korea stand shoulder to shoulder, both in the face of pyongyang's provocations and in our refusal to accept a nuclear north korea. threats will get them nothing other than greater isolation. we are united on the steps pyongyang needs to take to illuminate its weapons program and live up to their international obligations. >> that was barack obama

speaking in seoul earlier. israel says it is holding peace talks with the palestinians after a unity deal between rival factions were reached. israel says it cannot negotiate with the government backed by hamas that does not recognize israel's right to exist. the move comes just a's after a u.s. deadline to reach a framework for peace in the decade-long conflict. >> peace talks between israel and the palestinians are suspended, not called off. the security cabinet decided to free the process after the party signed it unity -- signed a unity pack with hamas. however if the palestinian unity deals fails like similar agreements in the past -- while israel says the

palestinian pact brought peace talks to a halt, hamas blames the australian that blames the israeli and government. the choice between settlements and negotiations and he choose that she chose settlement. >> palestinian leaders say they too can take steps against israel, like joining various international organizations. this may enable them to prosecute israeli jeep that israeli leaders as war crimes in international court. the option will be discussed in a meeting this weekend. the u.n. also approved a united approach. >> relatives of passengers aboard a missing relationship minor have held an overnight protest outside of the malaysian embassy in beijing. they are demanding more information from officials.

the protest followed a chaotic meeting between airline staff and relatives who have been waiting for nearly 50 days without any sighting of the plane. let's bring in rachel rubel who's is in beijing following events for us. the family members of those on board are fed up at this point. tell us more about what prompted this protest. >> the family members of the passengers on board the flight are very frustrated and upset with the malaysian government over what they say is a lack of transparency from the government in the investigation of what happened to the flight. this all came to head yesterday and it reefing at the hotel where many of the family members are staying here in beijing. they were told they would hear from a member of the embassy who would give them answers to their questions but then no one showed up. 100 of the members then marched over to the malaysian embassy silentght, holding a

protest and demanding to hear from an official to give us answers to the question. as the police showed up and blocked off the neighborhood around the embassy, not allowing any journalists in to take videos or talk to any of the family members, we do not know if they were able to get answers to the questions. the malaysian prime minister is vowing to release a parliamentary report into the disappearance of the flight. family members say it is not soon enough. malaysian flight 370 went missing on march 8 with 239 people on board. where to search efforts currently stand? >> unfortunately there really isn't anything new. of the underwater vehicle that has been searching the area in the southern indian ocean about 2000, mutters west of western australia, where investigators thought they heard the possible twos from the black box weeks ago, they have been searching the area for signs of the missing flight.

they are about 95% done with the search. there has been absolutely no trace of the airplane. malaysian and australian governments are vowing to continue searching. late that 50 days later we are moving nowhere closer to funding out what happened on the day it disappeared. >> family members are no closer to having any closure in this. of rachel reporting from beijing. thank you for that update. day, aarks world malaria disease that kills over 630,000 people every year. dies everyne child minute from the disease. eric from aoke to global partnership that corn its efforts to tackle the disease. he talks more about the progress being made. >> major reduction in death over the last 10 years, 600,000

today. is a majorvention tool to fight mortality. it is one of the best public health investments today. that is why we celebrate world malaria day today, to encourage the world to invest in malaria. >> who is most affected by this disease? >> children under five and mostly africa. it is a disease of poverty, affecting poor communities in rural areas. >> what are the main obstacles to fighting malaria? is accessibility, awareness, what are the main obstacles? >> global funding, as is the case very often. we can defeat malaria today. it has been shown in many countries.

we can protect the populations. with financial resources we can defeat the disease. >> a cabbie completely emanated. >> absolutely. within 30 years the disease can be wiped out from the surface with proper funding. >> you are watching live from paris. here are the headlines. ukraine accuses russia of trying to start world war iii. moscow's attempts at military conflict in the country will lead to a military conflict in europe. the ukrainian army moves to blockade pro kremlin revels in the mid east. this is as tribes take back separatist held areas. and standing shoulder to shoulder, the u.s. and south korea show their united front against pyongyang's nuclear program. it american president on his tour of asia.

coming up next after the break, we will have a press review. stay tuned. live from paris continues after the break. >> it is time to take a look at what is grabbing headlines we arethe world and going to start with reactions to this unity deal. >> there is an interesting article that points out that the leaders have announced they are going to work together after years of animosity. it turns out their rank and file have been cool operating for a long time. this is a very interesting article that points out that 40% of all palestinian men have done prisons and- in red the solitary he doesn't disappear once they are released

as you can see in the title, the palestinian factions made peace in these israeli prisons. other papers are also reacting to this. what was agreed between hamas on wednesday, it is an important step. this is a new beginning. you can see a photo of palestinians in the gaza strip celebrating this unity. but you can see the title, it is a very different story in israel. israel breaks off peace talks over this unity deal, basically have signed ano agreement with terrorists. that is why they don't want to negotiate with them anymore. this paper is very critical of the u.s. and its support for palestinian state, despite palestinians and/or smit of terrorism. -- endorsement of terrorism.

have seen the white house also coming under fire for their reaction to this area >> this is for different reasons. they are actually reacting to things that barack obama said while he was in japan. while he was there he reassured japan of things that there's security treaty covers disputed islands between japan and china. you can see the editorial here in china daily, they are saying obama has lost balance by favoring the troublemaking japanese prime minister chin bo daley. he is not a big fan of the japanese prime minister. you can see that obama has handed over the wheel of that us-japan security treaty. just about to drive off the cliff there. india,s talk politics in

where phase six of this election is going on. >> there is a lot of attention today on the range of moody. he could become prime minister. here you can see a photo of a crowd that greeted him yesterday. he is heading into history books, he is becoming a living legend. independence sent reporters to his hometown. thatsay he is so revered it is hard to sort fact from fiction. there are some the legends. and they talked about one in particular that everybody knows. that is reportedly when he was a little boy he found a baby talk and i'll in a lake nearby. he wanted to keep it as a pet than his mother said no because think about the crocodile's mother. this legend he brought the crocodile back into the wild. here's another interesting article in the wall street journal. officialst election

and how they really have to brave the elements to get votes to indians. pullingsee a photo of officials. they have to cross crocodile infested man grows in height through the jungle so voters can cast their ballots. world'sicle says the biggest democracy is also the worlds biggest obstacle course for the selection of officials. >> from one set of elections to another's. europeans are getting a lot of attention here in the french press. ironic about these european elections is anti-european parties are likely to do very well across europe. you have skeptic parties that are expected to win about 50 feet in the european parliament. -- 50 seats in the european parliament. this isn't likely to paralyze parliament because of a rise in extremist parties encourages and alliances that encourages

alliances. >> a lot of papers are focusing on the new minister. >> why are we talking about her today? because conservative magazine published an article claiming that she is running a very tight ship. according to this article she is imposing a new code of conduct with very strict rules. one rule in particular getting a lot of attention. she basically no longer allows women to wear shirts with plunging neckline. it is important to note that this was just a crazy rumor. the press is all over this story. the huffington post takes a closer look at plunging neckline. plungingu define a neckline. according to this article it depends on who you ask. it turns out they have been around in france since the 15th

century. they have a useful devolution of plunging neckline and the forms of paintings of various queens. you can see it in the huffington post today. they actually wonder what is the protocol in a working space. a lot of people that they interviewed, they say women should go by the rule that the more skin you show, the less power you have. this is a very fiery debate. judging off of how we are dressed, i think we are fine. interesting for the look at some of the headlines around the world. it is time now for a look at sports. >> carlos with what could be a priceless wake up for the italians.

let's get some reaction from portugal. rocks we finished in victory. we wanted to stop them from scoring. it happened unfortunately. the most important thing is we won. our team proves we are very tough to beat in our own stadium. obviously european games are different from our italian championship matches. but we showed we have great collective strength in a game worthy opponents scored very quickly. we were playing against a team who, just like us in italy, two very well in front of their own fans. we saw tonight how strong they could be. our goal remains the same, to win. the storming to possibility in the next game.

the president wants to reduce -- revisit the idea of forcing clubs -- this was previously dismissed because of eu employment laws. he said the proposal would help national teams in nurturing players. the fee for secretary-general continued his pre-world cup inspection tour. the city refuses to spend public money where fans can watch a big screen. it is a mistake. there must be a fan fest in each of the 12 cities in brazil. it is not something we are asking for. it has to be. -- they areities

listening to what i am saying. >> pre-world cup stadiums have yet to be completed. he insists it will be alright on the night. that all thedoubt work we are doing, all the questions we are asking, all the concern, we are making sure the event will be a success. them.s what i told he would be up to put his -- his national brazilian national team on the shoulders. >> he may be in for a few more sleepless nights yet. search for david

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