cnn legal analyst kelly phelps joins us from outside the courthouse in pretoria.e, at last, have reached this final phase of the pistorius murder trial. what are the expectations here as we await the prosecution's summing up of the case first? >> reporter: well, this will actually be the first time throughout this trial that we hear one clear, coherent version of events from the state. the defense have played an open hand since bail. they've given the details of what their core argument is, but the state have been very closed about the exact precise details of what they are alleging happened. so it will be very interesting to hear particularly the state's closing argument today and finally see them draw all the pieces of the puzzle into one coherent narrative. >> how strong has the prosecution's arguments been, its case in this? >> reporter: i think the prosecution, just like the defense, were actually stronger in cross-examination than they were at putting their own case forward. of course, the big difference between the two is that it is the state who has the bu

these are live pictures of the south african olympian arriving at the pretoria house. actually, they've just come in. they are the latest pictures that you have in the last couple of minutes. closing arguments in his murder trial are set to start any minute. the prosecution will begin followed by the defense. each side is expected to take a day to make its case. we'll bring you live coverage from pretoria a little later in the program. >>> europe's first own patient arrived in spain a short while ago. here's a look at the plane that transported miguel hyras to a military airbase in madrid. he's a spanish priest that contracted the virus in liberia. the air bus is specially equipped. he'll be treated at a madrid hospital. the highest possible alert is in effect. the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention as the ebola virus spreads. the world health organization says the overall confirmed probable and suspected death toll in western africa is now 932. nearly 1/3 of those deaths are in liberia where the president has declared a 90-day state of emergency. nigeria

the final arguments in the murder trial of oscar pistorius have begun in pretoria after months of the trial. nel hopes to poke holes in the testimony point by point throughout the course of the day. the defense will will then close arguments on friday. over to pretoria. >> yes, today the prosecution led by gerrie nel has been trying to discredit pistorius' own version of events when he shot reeva steenkamp last valentine's. he was explaining he was an appalling witness and said it became argumentative. we put the court proceedings to a 30 second delay in case of any graphic images. >> also argue that normal where the division indicated that one could also establish the intention to murder by the instrument or weapon used. what we have here is ammunition. my lady, at paragraph 72, we say objectively evaluated. there was no imminent attack. even the defense would accept that. there was no attack. the accused failed to describe the imminent a attack as since intangible. what was the perceived imminent attack? it's nothing tangible. not the door making a sound, not the door handle opening

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. >> closing arguments finished up friday in pretoria, south africa.rius went to twitter after court saying this, quote, thank you to my loved ones and those who have been there for me. who have picked me up and helped me through everything, end quote. the olympian is charged with the premeditated murder of girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he admitted to killing her on valentine's day last year but says he mistook her for an intruder. if found guilty, pistorius could face up to live in prison. >>> violence is flaring in eastern ukraine as government forces and pro-russian separatists battle for control of territory. this video reportedly shows rocketing hits residential buildings in the rebel stronghold of donetsk. it's not clear who fired the missiles but they were reportedly shot from the direction of separatist-held areas. now cnn cannot independently verify the authenticity of the video. >>> switching now to weather, typhoon halong, it is set to make landfall in japan bringing strong winds and rains. >> for more on its track, meteorologist ivan cabrera

. -- pretoria. today, moscow banned most of food imports from the west in retaliation for sanctions. it comes as nato's secretary-general was in kiev, calling for russia to pull its troops back from the border. with thomas spoke pickering who formerly served as the u.s. ambassador to both russia and the united nations. ambassador, we have nato chief: on moscow to pull its troops back from that border with ukraine, but what if russia just ignores that, as it seems to have ignored the sanctions so far? >> it is quite likely, the buildup we have seen, some 12-15 battalions of combat forces, it doesn't auger well. there is a deep concern that perhaps peacekeeping may be a pretense for moving people in. if you look at the maps, probably one third of the area of the separatists have held has been retaken by ukrainian forces, and so we are in some point perhaps where decisions might be made. they would not auger well for the relationship between the u.s., europe, and russia. >> do you expect that russia mi

we expect them to arrive at the courthouse in pretoria any time now. they called the south african athlete a, quote, deceitful witness. they went on to say he cannot escape a guilty verdict. >> he was a deceitful witness. the court should have no difficulty in interjecting hits poor version of events. the essence has been absolutely devoid of any interest. we can clear it that he's not taking any responsibility. after aches arguments that his attitude is else' always the victim of circumstance. >> as expected, defense lawyers painted a very different picture of pistorius. robin and kelly had a conversation about that. >> absorbing, long, intense day. kerry really coming out in terms of court. he really seemed to catch enone's intention when he fwauks irn at this of interest. this is the continuation of the main strategy that they have to ask which is to say that each of the inconsistencies taken by themselves may be insignificant, but when you put them altogether and weigh them in the balance, there's a track record that leads to the only actual princi

the spin box not surprisingly strong favorites in pretoria. that's all for now. >> thank you raul. >>> the sarajevo film festival tries to stay true to its original aim. trierg to stay true. >> it wasn't always this, the glamour and glitz of the red carpet, hosting celebrities and international film makers. the first effectively in 1999 was due to take place, but it was postponed are. >> we knew it would be the right thing to do to fight for dignity. we needed something humane and that was a creative and cultural action. we weren't the only ones who did that in some parts of the war. >> nine day festival which is much mean regional even. >> brad and i said the first time we came, it was the best festival we ever have been to, people are here to share, to be with each other, to be together, to make art. >> the energy and the enthusiasm that is in this city is second to none. >> it has a lot of growth potential just because it's sarajevo. >> launched the career of many balkan film makers. >> a high quality, strong industry which helps developing

the south african president jacob zuma called a meeting in pretoria to resolve the crisis. we go to lesotho, with tania page. >> calm on the streets and cracks are wide open. the army may have withdrawn to its barrack, but the prime minister is in south africa, where he accuses the military of totalling to seize power. the deputy prime minister has taken charge. they told al jazeera, he is not trying to destabilize the country. >> this is not a coup. let's get if straight. i'd not still bee a deputy prime minister, the prime minister would not be a prime minister. if there is a coup that has tape place in lesotho. >> this is the first police station the military raided. one police officer was kill, three injured, and so was a soldier. the military says it was not an attempted coup. it was seizing weapons it believed would be supplied to the army. >> anyone with such a government creates a crisis. i'm calling on the military to put down their arms, sit and follow the right procedures. the army that we spent so much time training and putting together. >> the 2 year-old coalit

they beat argentina 13-6 in pretoria. this effort the only try of the game. quite a contrast to last year's run away 73, 13-home win for the springboks. >> have a look at the stand engs. saturday's other games saw australia preventing new zealand from claiming a record-breaking 18th consecutive test win. the game in sydney finishing 12-12. australia face a game in new zealand's eden park stadium, where the home team won the last 32 tests. >> we have the history. that's history. we are not living in the past in that sense. none of the team, or not many of the team involved in the history of eden park. there has been plenty of provincial success from the teams. they have won there, not in the context of new zealand. >> britney leads the way in the final mound of golf's lpga championship. looking to win a second major tile, and has a one-shot lead after shooting a one-under 71 on saturday. behind her is defencing champion, pb park, 9-understand and joined in second place by norway's susan petty son. >> it's described by a fan as not so much a horse race as a war

. >> milton, thanks for joining us from pretoria. >>> what does japanese art of origami and robots havemmon? not much until now. harvard university has created a robot that folds itself into existence and actually able to craw. here's our science reporter. >> it takes four minutes. the self-folding device turns into a robot. it's made of layers of different materials that have folding hinges made into them. one of these layers shrinks when heated. when that contracts, it folds in on itself and up pops the robot. it has motors and batteries built into it. self-assembly devices i could be useful getting complex machinery into war zones or space explorations where flat sheets could be transported and folded into existence when they arrive. they want to share the technology with other engineers and non engineers that want to build their own useful devices. they say this could enable anyone to build a machine that folds into use. >> amazing. >>> tropical storm iselle is hitting hawaii hard. driving winds now there knocked do you think trees and caused big power outages on big islands. it's t

this is a live look inside the courtroom in pretoria. the chief prosecutors is delivering his final arts right now. he says the pistorius lied while on the stand and the defense presented two different arguments. he added that the defense has promised to call witnesses to prove pistorius sounds like a woman when he screams which never happened. the defense will give their closing arguments tomorrow. the double amputee is accused of intentionally killing his girl friend. pistorius claims he shot and killed her by mistake thinking she was an intruder in his home. >>> lawyers for the suspected boston marathon bomber say he has no chance of getting a fair trial in massachusetts, so they will try to get his trial moved out of that state. in july a judge gave attorneys until today to make the case. tsarnaev is a waiting trial and faces the possibility of a death penalty. >>> this morning police in prince william county are asking for your help to find a man who tried to rob a bank in woodbridge. police say this man rode his bike up to a driver

in south africa, and the south african president jacob zuma called a regional security meeting in pretoria to resolve the crisis. paim has -- tania page has been covering the story from lesotho's capital maseru. the deputy prime minister will take over the reins of the country and run it while the prime minister is in south africa. he denied that it is a coup. the prime minister tom thabane insists that the military attempted a coup. the military denies it. this is where it started, the police station behind me, where the military came, where shots were fired. a police officer was killed, three injured, and a soldier injured. it seems as if it could have been injured by an attempt by the government to sack the sitting commander of the military. he refused to give up his post. quite a confused picture, particularly for the people here of maseru and lesotho. we talked to some, they are afraid that this is far from over. they want a return of the democratically elected coalition government, and do not want to see a repeat of what happened in the 1990s where south africa sent troops on the gro

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jeff rossen, nbc news, pretoria, south africa. >>> the death of james brady has been ruled a homicide. >> he died on monday. you'll recall nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins us in the studio to explain. this is taking us back to 1981. >> although james brady just died this week, there is no statute of limitations on murder in either the federal or the state system, and the authorities have ruled his death a homicide from this event that you are looking at right now. the 1981 shooting of james brady, the attempted assassination of president reagan, of course, is what he was charged for, and the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity. now, we're a long way from knowing what the federal authorities are going to do with this. whether they're going to do anything with it. they, in theory, could file murder charges because, as i say, there's no statute of limitations on murder. but they have to make some pretty serious decisions here. number one, if they did that and they were going to have a trial and they were going to get another verdict of not guilty by reason o

. >> kelli phelps outside the courthouse in pretoria. how are they doing in the closing arguments?reporter: i think arguably, this is the state's most confident moment in the trial so far. they have really come out strong from the beginning of closing arguments and actually allege that the court should outright reject pistorius' version of events, there are too many contradictions. if you reject his defense, what is left are the circumstantial defense. they say it makes up a gruesome set of events. >> the past few hours, hearing what is under way in the courtroom, we have learned something key about the defense and what they will present from what the state has said. >> reporter: yes. they have been referring to the defense's heads of arguments that will appear probably tomorrow. one thing that was revealed is they have, in fact, tailored their defense. they have not added another alternative defense of incapacity. this will be quite difficult for the defense. they will need to explain why they have taken the last minute change of direction. >> can you quickly tell us, what are the

debora patta is at the courthouse in pretoria. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's ironic that pistorius has spent his entire life downplaying his disability but is now emphasizing it in a bid to escape a murder charge. defense attorney barry roux is trying to portray him as a tragic hero who is desperately vulnerable on his stumps. >> a little boy without legs you experience daily that disability and the effect of it. you experience daily that you cannot run away. >> reporter: what's happened now is that the defense maintains that oscar pistorius has an exaggerated response to danger and that is why he shot and killed reeva steenkamp by accident thinking she was an intruder. the prosecution, however, argues it was cold-blooded murder and that pistorius is a liar. >> thank you. >>> a michigan man faces life in prison this morning for the shooting of a 19-year-old woman on his porch. 55-year-old theerodore wafer claimed self-defense when he shot a 19-year-old. the jury disagreed. he was convicted of second-degree murder and manslaughter. he said he feared for hi

debora patta is at a courthouse in pretoria where prosecutors say pistorius' testimony can't be trusted. >> reporter: the next two days are pivotal in the trial as both sides get a chance to sway the judge's verdict when it comes to closing arguments. it's high noon for oscar pistorius, and he arrived at court this morning feeling the pressure. for the first time the fathers of both pistorius and his girlfriend reeva steenkamp, were in court to listen as the chief prosecutor kicked things off. it was clear in his mind what the truth was. oscar pistorius was a deceitful witness who had systematically lied to the court. >> in keeping with the profession of an athlete, we argue that the accused was on a relay run. he started the relay run with the baton. you have to hand over the baton to the next athlete in order to complete the race. but if you drop that baton and if you stumble and drop that baton like he did, you cannot complete the race. you started the race by giving evidence. >> reporter: the state is arguing that pistorius is a rageful narcissist who had a fight with his girlfriend

. >> you're taking a live look at pretoria, south africa where closing arguments in the oscar pistorius murder trial are taking place for a second day. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. the violence in ukraine intensifying as nato issues a warning to russia. >> a major vote by the ncaa shaking up college sports and giving more power to the conferences. >> first a look at our top story, a state of emergency in effect in hawaii, being slammed with the first of two stores, tropical storm iselle followed by julio. >> israel resumed airstrikes after hamas fired dozens of rockets. >> president obama authorizing u.s. airstrikes in iraq. >> to stop the advance on erbil, i directed our military to take strikes against is i will con voice should they move toward the city. >> he said the goal is to help stop the surge by islamic state fighters and begun a humanitarian mission dropping supply to say thousands of iraqis taking ref final on the mountain. >> retired army major mike lyons joins us. what is the risk for the u.s. getting involved, both the

today, jeff rossen is at the courthouse in pretoria. >> reporter: good morning, savannah.reaking news in the case. moments ago, it is over. closing arguments just ended. the trial is stretching to six months. it is done. the fate of oscar pistorius now sitting squarely in the judge's hands. this after an electric day in court with team pistorius. fireworks at the defense table. oscar pistorius said he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp thinking she was an intruder. he heard a noise and got scared. if that is true, why walk toward the danger and fire? >> you trained as an athlete to react to sound. sprinters. we all know it. you train. all those factors. and he stands with his finger ready to fight if necessary. and he stands there. >> reporter: and then there is the physical disability. without legs, pistorius is more vulnerable. prone to react to danger. >> the constant reminder, i do not have legs. i cannot run away. but the moment you confronted with danger or perceived danger, it comes to the floor. >> reporter: but what about the what's app messages betwe

jeff rossen is at the courthouse in pretoria.orter: good morning, carson, this is the end. you said the final phase of this trial. it is under way right now. no more testimony. just a battle of the experts, really, the lawyers. the prosecutors nicknamed the pitbull and oscar pistorius attorney in this epic final fight t. closing arguments, very soon the bladerunner's fate will be in the judge's hands. we haven't seen oscar pistorius in a month. today he walked through a crush of media outside court. pence. >> we refuse to take any responsibility and places the blame for hissing as somewhere else. >> reporter: the prosecutor launching right into his closing argument that pistorius is a cold bloodied killer who murdered his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp in a fit of rage. >> he shot her with four shots through the door, three shots, he used high performance black talent ammunition which had the effect of ripping lou a body. >> reporter: tis porous says it was an accident. he mistook reeva for an intruder. remember his tearful tes