i'm geeta guru-murthy with bbc world news. our top stories. after the botched execution of convicted murderer clayton lockett the state of oklahoma is to review how it carries out the death penalty. >>> where are our children? nigerian mothers march today to demand government action two weeks after schoolgirls were abducted. >>> three years after the withdrawal of american forces, polling is on the way in iraq. first parliamentary elections. >>> the man tipped to be india's next prime minister narendra modi votes. india's marathon poll. >>> hello. welcome. prison officials in the american state of oklahoma have halted an execution halfway through after botching the delivery of a new untested combination of drugs. the prisoner, clayton lockett, was said to be shaking uncontrollably 20 minutes after the first drug was administered. prison officials say he died of a heart attack more than 40 minutes later. the state is now reviewing its execution policy. >> reporter: clayton lockett was convicted of shooting a 19-year-old woman and watching as hi

i'm geeta guru-murthy with the latest headlines.rnment barrel bombs caused extensive damage in alep aleppo. >>> the muslim brother hood members will be sentenced to death following clashes last year. >> more now on our top stories. the head of the task force on the syrian weapons says damascus holds arsenal in one spot. they're concerned by recent reports syrian forces have used gas as a weapon. for more, let's speak to jonathan marcus can. jonathan, first of all on the chemical weapons deadline. how concerned should people be? >> people are very concerned. the deadline is less important. clearly the hand over of syria's stocks of chemical weapons has gone better than many might have expected. it is important to see that process through. the difficulty of course is in the wake of that, we now have reports from a number of places of chlorine gas being used. that's an industrial weapon. there are legitimate reasons for syria to have chlorine in its position. if it uses it as a chemical weapon, that's a breach and should be sanctioned.

i'm geeta guru-murthy with bbc world news. our top stories. russia condemns nato activity on borders as western powers impose sanctions over the situation in ukraine. >>> north korea has drills near the border which remains on high alert. >> what now for the middle east? after decades of talks and continuing conflicts, there's no peace deal. >>> storms across parts of the united states, devastated communit community. >>> hello. moscow has attacked the european union for its latest sanctions over russian activities in ukraine. deputy foreign minister called the measures absolutely counter productive. they target 15 individuals. among them is the russian deputy prime minister. he's responsible for overseeing the annexation of crimea. also the office of eu says they're active in eastern ukraine and chief of staff for russia's mass. all will have assets frozen and subject to a travel ban. all this comes amid for violence in the country. bbc hasn't been able to authenticate this but it shows a pro ukrainian rally of 1,000 people under attack. there

i'm geeta guru-murthy.istorius has resumed his testimony about the night he shot dead his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. cross-examination by the prosecution is under way. the court has adjourned for a short break. >>> the australian ship hunting for flight mh370 has picked up two more signals that might come from a flight recorder aboard the missing airliner. >>> an explosion of a busy market in the pakistani capital of islamabad has killed at least 20 people. and around 100 other people have been injured in the blast which happened as traders were setting up fruit and vegetable stalls. the attack happened during a taliban cease-fire which was linked to peace talks with the pakistan government. we report from islamabad. >> reporter: whoever carried out the attack struck at one of the busiest times in the congested wholesale fruit and vegetable market. from early morning, trucks arrive with produce from areas surrounding the capital and trading was under way. the blast sought to be from around five kilograms o

they pull out three important things, geeta.sweetener will be releasing social charges on salaries. a sweetener, it was buried in the reshuffle. they missed their deficit target of 4.3% which they pledged to brussels. more cuts, less spending. and the question, how is he going to sell that to the electorate. i will just show you the figure again. mr. hollande throws it in with mr. vows. mr. vows in the back ground, does have presidential ambitions of his own. it is a gamble for mr. hollande. if he is to pull it off, in 2017 mr. vows could become a challenger. is it "mission: impossible"? an old quote to the former prime minister. when i look at you i don't doubt your sincerity. when i look at your majority i doubt your success. really pointing to the very difficult balancing act that mr. vows has to do in the next few months. he has to get to grips with it quickly because the european elections are upon us in may. >> the french president has been written up here and others waging this war on the weighty. we have seen the plight

i'm geeta with bbc world news. our top stories. >>> david moyes is out after 10 minutes. >>> the situation in the east of the country is still intense the. >>> the death toll of the sunken ferry reaches over 100 people. >>> we meet how chefs are winning over customers. >>> hello. turmoil at one of the world's biggest football games. the manager is sacked less than a year after he took the job. there's no official reason. most experts agree it's because his team hasn't been winning enough. that cost him support of fans and also left his players unhappy from training to tactics. the biggest issue for the club owner was financial. the brand is worth around a billion. we'll have the react in a minute. first, the brief time many in charge for david moyes. >> after 11 months, time has run out for david moyes. weight of expectation that comes with one of the world's biggest club was too much to take. >> the club stood by me. players stood by me. you know to stand by our new manager. moyes held the side earning 11 points.

i'm geeta.he interim president calls antiterrorism operations underway in the donetsk region. >>> five days of cross-examination have just ended in the trial of oscar pistorius. gerrie nel said evidence was becoming more and more improbable. >>> the court in pretoria just resumed. let's take you straight back there. we're expecting now the defense to bring the first of their other witnesses probably expert witnesses as we're expecting, about 17 of them. this is the first one to be called. let's listen in. >> thank you my lady. the next witness roger dickson. i may add he has no objection to be televised. >> the witness may be sworn in. please state your name for the record. >> roger david dickson. >> do you have any objection? >> i have no objection to taking oath. >> you say events are about to be the truth, all truth and nothing but the truth? >> so help me god. >> resume my lady. >> thank you very much. >> you may be seated if you so wish. >> thank you my lady. >> yes mr. roux. >> thank you.

this is geeta welcoming you to our special coverage or continuing coverage of the oscar pistorius trial, the athlete back in court for a second day of testimony. he is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend. he denies that charge and has been describing that relationship with reeva steenkamp. returning to the courtroom now. >> in the chamber i said to him what if somebody got it. i said take your firearm back and gave it under the table. i'm going to keep the firearm with me. i handed him his firearm back. at this point, people started talking again in the restaurant. people thought this was an explosion in the kitchen of some sort. i actually didn't believe what had happened. darr i don't know what i was thinking. i should have -- i believe at that point we really both were to blame. i made mistake for asking for a firearm in a restaurant and he made the mistake of giving me a firearm that was loaded. i believed people hadn't got hurt but angry at him. he told me not to say anything. couple of minutes passed and mr. lufas came to our table and asked what happened. >> just before, di

. >>> i'm geeta with the latest headlines. the oscar pistorius trial continues.nel says pistorius is concocting his evidence. >>> twin bolls have exploded at a bus station. dozens of people have been killed. let's get more on that. with me is from the bbc service. >> how worrying is it it's come this attack so close to abuja? >> first off it's a very overcrowded area. on a normal day thousands walk from there. it's the area where most workers in abuja live. it's massive to have an attack in the area. this is close to the seat of power. it's just a few kilometers, 10 to 15 away from the central business district in abuja. it's very worrying because at the moment from the pictures we have seen, received from the hausa and other social media, you can see dead bodies, so many devastating pictures. one of my colleagues visited the hospital where some of the casualties were taken. of course the hospital was filled up. makeshift beds were made within the entrance of the hospital. they cannot contain lots of people inside the hospital. >> hamar is said to be responsible.