i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. the prime minister says nothing of significance has been found as the search for the missing malaysian airliner. >>> voting for the annexation of crimea. it comes as they sign an agreement for closer ties. >> we will show to the entire world that ukraine shares the values and we can together be successful. >>> teenage gunman shoot dead nine people, including women and children in kabul. >>> and turkey's president challenges the block on twitter imposed by the prime minister. >>> nearly two weeks after the disappearance of flight mh-370, reconnaissance planes are searching a remote location in the southern indian ocean for a second day. australia dispatched three military planes to the area. one has already returned. a specialist u.s. navy jet, ps-8 poseidon had also participating in the search. these are the satellite images here taken five days ago that sparked that search. both seems to be awash with water. it is possible they have sunk. this is the area they are of course still sea

i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. malaysia says it is sharing biometric details of passports with china and america. a new blood test in america could predict the yon set of alzheimer's. >>> a deal with iran could be reached in months. how a robot is helping to teach young children with autism. >>> hello. the search for a missing malaysia airlines jet is continuing into its third day. well, this is a picture of the plane on an earlier flight. but a couple of days ago, 239 people were on board the plane en route from beijing to kuala lumpa. an earlier possible sighting of a life raft has proved to be unfounded. the malaysian government is sharing intelligence with the americans and chinese after two pass worts were stolen to board the flight. jennifer, we had a news conference earlier in malaysia. a couple of new details. the government saying they are sharing biometrics and visual information with other governments. the search seems to have very little new detail to add. >> indeed, they have. but what we have gotten i

i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. after mass celebrations following sunday's referendum the parliament in crimea declares independence from ukraine. eu ministers meet to discuss possible sanctions against russia saying the vote was illegal. >>> the search widens for malaysia's missing airliner. in kuala lumpur it has become a truly global operation. >> our priority has always been to find the aircraft. we would not withhold any information that could help. but we also have a responsibility not to release information until it has been verified. >>> just why is the smallest planet in our solar system shrinking even further? >>> hello. the parliament in crimea has declared independence from ukraine following sunday's referendum. the region's defacto prime minister is traveling to moscow formally to request that it becomes part of russia. let's go live now to crimea in simferopol. and ben brown is there. >> reporter: yes. we're outside the crimean parliament in simferopol. very shortly after the final results were announc

i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. interpol named two passengers who boarded a missing malaysian airliner using stolen passports. both iranian nationals. >> neither were reported stolen or were listed in interpol's data bases. >> they are voted to declare independence. they will ask to join russia if it is approved at the referendum. european and american officials will discuss possible sanctions against russia as they could be imposed as early next week. viktor yanukovych says he is still in charge. >> as soon as the circumstances allow me, i'm sure it will not be long. i will be back in kiev. >> and it's not just clowning around. students in britain can take a degree in circus skills. >>> enter approximate poll has named two men who boarded the missing malaysian airliner using stolen airports. both iranian nationals. one an 18-year-old, the other aged 29. these images have been released the last couple of hours. the search for the plane goes on. it's now been widened from its last known location over the south china

i'm geeta guru-murthy with the headlines.it to the peninsula since annexation to russia. there are reports that russian troops are withdrawing from ukraine's borders. >>> australian prime minister says there will be time lift on the search for the missing malaysian airlines plane. >> turkey's prime minister has claimed victory in local legislations. the first nationwide vote since mass protests. he is well ahead of his nearest opposition. james reynolds is in assemble. >> reporter: the country's prime minister leaving for the capital ankara, decided to take the early signs as a personal victory. >> translator: this is the wedding day of the new turkey. today is week 3 day of the new turkey. 7 million united and together as brothers. >> reporter: earlier at a polling station in istanbul, supporters were desperate to get a look at him. >> we are saying we are with him. he is doing his job very well. but there's so many problems. there have been protests. >> in politics, it's not easy to make everybody happen. >> he isn't on the

i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". russia tightens its military control of the crimea region despite diplomatic pressure to end its intervention. >>> "12 years a slave" won best film while "gravity" picked up seven. >>> hello and welcome to "bbc world news". we're going to go live to my colleague in pretoria now for the latest on the trial of oscar pistorius, which has just broken up for lunch. let's find out what's been happening in the last hour or so. karen? >> reporter: well, h i pretoria it is raining and raining. people are gathered under umbrellas and shelters like we are. the appetite for this trial is absolutely huge. journalists taking shelter but they have been out hours for oscar pistorius to arrive at court. he did so just before the scheduled opening of the court, 10:00 local time. now, as it happened, there was a problem with the translator. the trial didn't get under way until 11:30 local time. but already we have seen oscar pistorius standing up pleading not guilty. he denied the charges, the four char

i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. australia's deputy prime minister says nothing of significance has yet been found as the search for the missing malaysia airliner continues. >>> russia's upper house of parliament votes to al next crimea. ukraine sign an agreement on close economic and political ties. >> in signing this treaty we will show the entire world that we are together, that ukraine shares the european values and that we can together be successful. >>> teenage taliban gunmen shoot down nine people in kabul. >>> turkey blocks access to twitter hours after the prime minister threatens to wipe it out. >>> hello. nearly two weeks after the disappearance of flight mh-370 reconnaissance planes are searching for a second day. one has already returned. a specialist u.s. navy jet poseidon is also on the search. they are checking out visual checks of the area. so far they have found nothing of significance. the australian prime minister said the possible debris may have sunk. that's actually the deputy prime minister wh

i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. more sightings of potential debris of missing flight mh-370. malaysia said objects could be retrieved within hours. >>> a few minutes ago the prime minister received a call from the prime minister of australia who informed him that the australian search effort located two objects. >>> 500 supporters of morsi are sentenced to death for attacking police. . >>> ukraine ordered withdrawal from armed forces of crimea. >>> victims of nigeria's islamist speak to the bbc about their brutal treatment. >>> within the past half hour, the malaysian government has said australian search planes have found two new objects in the vast search area in the indian ocean, one circular and one rectangular. it's not yet clear of these are the same possible debris spotted earlier by a chinese aircrew. a u.s. navy crew poseidon has been unable to find any of the objects spotted by the chinese crew. it went missing 16 days ago with 239 people on board. >> a few minutes ago the prime minister received a call fr

i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. the search widens for the missing plane. malaysia says it is sharing biometric of passports with america and china. >>> iran's foreign minister says a deal on its nuclear program could be reached within months. >> an astronaut from japan takes over control from his russian colleague. >>> hello. ed search for a missing malaysia airlines jet is continuing into its third day. well, this is a picture of the plane on an earlier flight. 239 people were on board the plane en route from beijing when it simply vanished from radar saturday morning. in the latest developments, an earlier reported sighting of a lifetime raft off the vietnamese coast has been proven unfounded. the malaysian government is sharing intelligence with the americans and chinese after it found two stolen passports were used to board the flight by two passengers. well, the latest news conference, the transport minister explained why they are calling on international help to try to identify the men. >> i have been linking

i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. more sightings of potential debris from missing flight hh-370. it could be objects retrieved within hours. >>> a few minutes ago the prime minister received a call from the prime minister of australia who informed him the australian search aircraft located two objects in the australian search area. one circular and one rectangular. >> ukraine has ordered the withdrawal of its armed forces from crimea. russian troops from seized most of ukraine's bases there. more than 500 supporters of mohamed morsi are sentenced to death for attacking police. their relatives protest outside court. >>> victims of nye jeer kwraft nigerian insurgency speak out about the brutality. >>>. >>> it vanished from radar screens 16 days ago with 239 people on board. the australian prime minister tony abbott told parliament that search crew have spotted two objects in the southern indian ocean. one is circular and one is rectangular. objects were also in the australian search area. it's not clear whether or not t

i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. mass celebrations in crimea after a landslide vote to break away from ukraine and join russia. eu minister thes vote to discuss possible sanctions against russia, saying the vote was illegal. moscow says it complied with international law. >>> the search for the missing airliners in kuaula lumpur. >>> just why is the smallest planet in our solar system shrinking even further? >>> hello. the parliament in crimea has declared independence from ukraine following sunday's referendum. the defacto prime minister is traveling to formally request that it does become part of russia. they have announced all ukrainian property is to be nationalized so ukrainian law is no longer valid in the region. it has approved partial mobilization of its troops. let's get the very latest from my colleague ben brown with all the very latest developments. >> reporter: yes. hello and welcome from the crimean par lament in simferopol. to formally ask the russian federation to annex crimea to absorb crimea into t

i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. president putin signs a bill allowing crimea to become part of russia. he's due to make a special address to parliament shortly. >>> the search for the missing malaysia airlines plane covers 2.2 million square nautical miles. >>> a suicide bomb attack in northern afghanistan has killed 15 people, including women and children. . >>> and the rolling stones have canceled their first concert in their australian tour following the sudden death of mick jagger's girlfriend l'wren scott. >>> hello. after sunday's hastily organized and hotly disputed referendum, russia seems determined to absorb crimea as speedily as possible. president putin is set to address both houses of the russian parliament around now. let's have a look at the pictures we're getting in as members of the duma settle awaiting president putin to start speaking. there is speculation that he could sign a bill incorporating crimea into russia by the end of the day. it might still to be approved by the constitutional court bef

i'm geeta guru-murthy. do stay with us for more coverage. low pressure looks like it will start to shape up here and really intensify some of the thunderstorm activity. for the south, a very different story. largely clear skies across northern argentina and a day too. you can see during the course of tuesday, looks like some of the showers will thrust their way farther north. i think the south of the continent the quieter half. a lot of autumn sunshine across patagonia and for buenos aries. maybe a few towards ria di janiero. it should hold on to comparatively fine weather. a few showers into salvador. still some of that heavy rainfall around. again, affecting parts of paraguay and bolivia. hefty showers in the gulf of mexico in the next 24 hours. they will pull around from the coast itself. a few showers for the coast of guatemala. perhaps a few for costa rica and panama. a lot of fine weather, sunshine. trying to stay fit but miss real pleasure? the pleasure you crave just got real. light & fit greek nonfat yogurt. irresistible flavors, li

i'm geeta guru-murthy with "bbc world news". our top stories. russian soldiers at airport in crimea fired warning shots as troops marched towards the base. >> reporter: i'm standing between the russian front line and the ukrainians who came up the road. the russians are sitting in their armored vehicles with machine guns on tomorrow. >> the russian president vladimir putin said it was seized by arms an and anti-constitutional coup. >>> in other news, the pistorius trial resumes day two of the cross-examination of a key witness. >> reporter: live from pretoria bringing you all the developments from inside the high court where the second witness has just begun giving evidence. >>> hello. a tense military standoff continues in crimea as the west tries to work out how best to respond to the russian military takeover. now to ben brown in sevastopol. >> reporter: hello and to "bbc world news" for me ben brown in crimea where the tension has just ratcheted up another notch because warning shots have been fired by russian troops at ukrainian soldiers th

i'm geeta guru-murthy.earch for the missing malaysian airlines flight mh-370 covers 2.27 square miles. the search is bigger than politics. >>> a special address to the russian parliament this morning. he signed a draft bill allowing crimea to become part of russia. >> hi there. coming up in "sport today", after wins on monday, afghanistan and hong kong are vying for a place in cricket world 20 20 second round. didier drogba, will he shatter his former club's dreams in the champions league? batter up. it's time for baseball down under. mlb season opens in australia for the first time. that's all coming up in 30 minutes's time. >>> now, the rolling stones canceled the first leg of their australian tour after the death of mick jagger's partner l'wren scott. l'wren scott was found dead in her new york apartment yesterday. she had apparently committed suicide. our north american correspondent reports. >> she dressed hollywood's a list and dated one of the world's most famous rock stars. a towering figure at 6'3"