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>> french investigators say they have extracted usable downs and voice is from the black rock recorder -- blackbox recorder. 150 people died when a flight slammed into a mountain. they are investigating the data but worn it is too early to say what caused the crash. trying to determine the cause of the plane crash, french police men, fire, and investigators
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meet a dozen kilometers from the site. the plane fell at an altitude of 1500 meters. at the bottom of the mountain, debris is scattered across several hectares. the main challenge is not to risk anymore lives. >> we hand out vessel equipment to everyone involved -- special equipment to everyone involved. >> authorities managed to recover one of the black boxes and extract the audio of cockpit conversations, but it will be days before investigators can draw conclusions. the second box is yet to be found. >> i am optimistic. first of all, we have a usable audio file. second, at the crashed cited might be difficult to access, but it is one or two hectares large. it's large but not huge. if we combed the area we will end up finding the remaining
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blackbox. a black boxes will to resist severe crashes, so we are confident we will find it. max the goal is to find the remedy. back french and german officials a there is no evidence of an attack. there was a solemn show of unity for the leaders of france germany, and pain. chancellor merkel and prime minister rajoy met with some of the team searching the wreckage for clues. >> we need to understand what
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happened. we know it the families. we know it to relations affected the tragedy. we can learn everything we can about the causes of the catastrophe. >> they would like to say the friend and family they are very welcome here. everyone has an organized to receive them, so everyone has been prepared for those who want to come here for the catastrophe took place. he told us about a tough day for search teams whose priority is to locate the remains of the victims. >> the investigation has been halted for the night on the site of the plane crash, which is several hours from where i am standing.
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you cannot get there by car. you have to take a helicopter were, and it takes between three and five hours during the day. i and heard helicopters flying back and forth from behind me and probably to the site together -- to gather as much evidence as possible. there are two priorities. first is to identify the bodies. as the with one of the expert from the medical team. -- i spoke with one of the experts from the medical team. he told me in would be impossible to identify the bodies from looking at the body parts and that samples will have to be brought back to marseille where there is a proper lab. probably what was the convoy was to storage containers with body part being brought back. >> terribles tough.
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that's terrible stuff. the other thing is to look for clues area they found one of the black boxes being analyzed area a second -- being analyzed. a second black boxes being located. >> it contains a conversation within the aircraft. the data will be usable. people will be able to analyze the data. we have not heard news the second blackbox has recovered on the site of the crash. the other blackbox containing all the data about the flight. this will be a priority for tomorrow as searches will resume at around 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. people who have been on the
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scene, i spoke to one of them telling us it was impressive and shocking to cease much debris -- to see so much debris on the mountains. it looked like no dotting the mountain. >> the -- lufthansa will charter to plane to fly the families to the site of the crash. the name and nationalities of those who died in made public. people from all over the world have him killed, but the biggest number of victims came from germany. 72 people lost their lives, and reading schoolchildren. -- including cool children. next we will -- including
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schoolchildren. paxson has been a long and sad day. -- >> it has in a long and sad day. we saw people gathering outside the school throughout the day laying down flowers and candles and hosting vigils. teenagers crying and hugging. even just walking around the town we have seen a lot of faces of desperation. it has really rocked the town. this is a town of 37,000 people. everybody knows each other quite well. a lot of people are very affect did. -- effected. sex israel's prime minister is expected to get -- >> israel's prime minister is expected to get the go-ahead from the government. he will have a to six weeks to name his cabinet.
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netanyahu's government is expected to comprise far right parties. i am joined by the correspondent in jerusalem. we have got a rough idea of what this government will look like, haven't we? max let' it was no secret until today but it is completely official. the israeli or her has been tasked with forming the next government. it should comprise many far right parties. the center-right party who
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should already be getting the finance ministry. among those vying for the post at the ministries are also the members. it is not to be the reversal. there has been a possibility of calling upon them completely rejected by the campaign. he has come back on a number of promises he made in the run up to those elections. >> you mention concerns about
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the international community because netanyahu is dealing with a personal dispute with barack obama, the u.s. president. but some say the fiery rhetoric over the comment on the arab vote is to pressure him on bringing his government closer to the center and then taking it further right. these two are having a tough time with each other. barack obama reiterated his skepticism concerning the reversal and comment he has not abandoned the two states solution. barack obama says he sees little chance.
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there are conflicting reports over whether yemen's president has fled the country. the rebels continued to advance southwards and appear poised to take over the witty of aden. -- city of aden. he fled out of the country's port of mid-heavy security. his foreign ministers deny he left the country. more on a precarious situation in the arab world's poorest country. >> as him and teeters on the brink of civil war, there is much confusion about the whereabouts of the president. he had been holed up in the southern port of aden and's rebels overran the capital last month. -- since rebels overran the f month. -- the capital last month.
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asked the planes are trying to fire rockets at the president. up until now aden is still standing. the president is trying his hardest. >> other reports say the president has fled. at the moment is it -- it is unclear where the president is. they made significant advances, capturing the airports wednesday. they have made gains further south. bases a city over the weekend and have reportedly taken control of an airbase to kilometers from aden. the east is still in government hands, but central aden is threatened by al qaeda. on tuesday they asked for military intervention against the rebels act by iran -- backed
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by iran. saudi arabia has reportedly been billing along the border. there are fears this could become a regional war between saudi arabia and iran. for more on the situation i am joined by the yemen specialist who writes. thanks for being with us. what are your initial thoughts? do you think the president has left the country? there is conflicting information about whether or not he jump on a boat or whether he is still in hiding somewhere. >> maybe he is in saudi arabia. maybe he is in england or the united kingdom. >> the previous president also left the country. he would have been fleeing for his life. the rebels gradually ask running
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their domination over the country -- gradually expanding their domination over the country. are they going to take over the whole country do you think? back they will take over the country, but we are facing a civil war. >> is this a proxy war between iran and saudi arabia? that is not good news for the yemeni people. >> human policies -- both of them want to be a super port. most of them are fighting against each other. but is that -- >> is that relatively modest or something
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that happened over time? is that modern or something that date back a long time? but it's a very long time. that's what about the united -- >> with about the united states question mark president obama launched an intense campaign to try to get al qaeda out of yemen. does the u.s. have an obligation to act as well? >> they are placid. they have already failed. both of them are in front. it is every day more than 40% of oil production. the united dates are dependent on this production. it's very and ported -- very
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important area. they need to secure the territory. >> it's time to bring you the business news. we start with a news and food industry. marcus: heinz is gobbling up kraft. shares in kraft are soaring on this news. together, these companies will create a giant with sales around $28 billion every year. the firms say the deal makes sense, predicting annual savings of around 1.5 billion dollars. a closer look at the agreement. tax heinz ketchup, macaroni and cheese, maximal coffee, all quintessential food brand and soon part of the same company.
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they are joining his in a $45 billion merger. these two already with iron heinz two years ago and will invest another $10 billion in the new company. the nebraskan billion or shared his joy over the deal. >> this is my kind of transaction. >> the merger will create the largest food and beverage business in the world and will employ 46,000 people. the companies are coming together at a time when they are struggling over taste area.
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>> we are going to move to a cold shower in rapid recovery in france. there were nearly 13,000 new people looking for work in february. that brings the total number of unemployed to just shy of 3.5 million people. it sparked hope the labor market is turning the corner. business is looking up, but growth is not seen to be strong enough to cut jobless figures significantly. they still say this year has darted on an up the note. >> these numbers are extremely volatile on a month to month basis.
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if you look at the first few months we can the us table as a nation of employment numbers. we could imagine this is the start of inversion for the following corridors. >> we are going to move to another eurozone economy. the greek government suffered a financials that fact. european officials rejected the request to pay greece from the eurozone rescue fund. greece saw that money, saying it was wrongfully charged from its coffers. senior officials agree the greek government has no legal grounds to ask for this cash back. greases negotiating to get more bailout from the rest of the eurozone. the talks have fallen short of a solution. that money has been welcome relief, as there are growing concern greece is running out of
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cash. the government needs to find 1.7 billion euros. then there is a repayment to the international monetary fund for a 2010 bailout loan on the ninth of april. some short-term debt are maturing by the 14th of april. we have a number of key date looking ahead. there is this fear greece might not be able to pay back those ills if it doesn't get more cash in its coffers. let's go to wear that has left the market this wednesday. we have seen kraft shares trading higher by as much of 36%. that wasn't enough to make them happy on the other side of the atlantic. the nasdaq taking a real dive.
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the dow jones industrial average down one in six or send. this game is durable goods orders came in weaker than its acted. we saw orders falling. those are big ticket items like planes and cars. let's bring you up-to-date with the euro. we saw shares in negative territory on this side of the atlantic. concern that greece might not be able to pay it bills. >> thank you very much indeed. we are going to take you a short break and leave you with web news. i will be back shortly after with the investigation into yesterday's air crash. stay with us. >> welcome to the web news. we look at the stories making
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headlines. coming up, web users come out in support of angelina jolie. the latest viral fundraisers sweeping the u.s.. and another round of amazing trick shots. web users have in posting under the #in southern france. the spanish counterpart have taken to twitter to offer condolences to the family and friends of the crew. american actress angelina jolie had her ovaries and fallopian
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tubes removed. it is a preventative measure against cancer. she shared her news in the new york times. she had already undergone a double mastectomy two years ago to cut her risk of rest cancer. her recent announcement generated widespread commentary. a lot of able have taken to social media with messages of support. posts supporting her bravery and going on with preventative surgery. a lot of web users say she is in its ration to women with cancer everywhere. -- she is an inspiration to women with cancer everywhere. she has been praised for relaying her news to the media. this will help raise local awareness about surgery for cancer.
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in the article published tuesday she said she wanted women to find out more about the different types of cancer and the preventative measures available. the twins lurch challenge as these willing participants placed opposite ends of at whistler's licorice in their mouth and eat until their lips touch. those who refuse that dare have to make a donation. this is proving very popular in the state. the first to take on the challenge is the tv presenter.
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others followed suit like lena dunham and allison williams. hundreds have shared between fleur challenge -- the twizzler challenge on twitter. they hope they will enjoy the same success as the famous ice bucket challenge last summer to raise funds for the neurodegenerative disease. thousands got involved dumping a bucket of water and sharing online. if you have always wanted to visit the taj mahal you had better get a move on. it may be closed over the next five years as of dilution.
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