. >>> now this morning i talked to joe rowlands. >> if the pinging has stopped it wouldn't be surprisingince we're beyond the 30 days that the batteries were expected to last, but i do think that they will continue to pull the pinger locater through the water hoping to reestablish the connection. there are reasons that with weak batteries that they may come back, fade, and come back again. and also they have to be in the -- close enough area to pick it up as you'll recall the range of the pingers is only like two miles. >> and searchers say they will keep listening until there is no doubt that the batteries have indeed died. >>> oscar pistorius testifying again today. he went into graphic details about the fatal moments. >> i started screaming for the burglar or the intruders to get out of my house. i shouted for her to get on the floor. and call the police. i fired four shots at the door. my ears were ringing. i couldn't hear anything. i think it was at that point finally that -- that it first dawned upon me that it would be reeva that was in the bathroom on the toilet. >>> and albuquer

joe biden is in ukraine tonight. to help the international monetary fund. but pro-russian separatists are in eastern ukraine. jacky rowland has the story. >> vice president joe biden is expected to reiterate the respect for the government in kyiv as it deals with the rebellion in the east by pro-russian activists. the deal reached in geneva last week calls on these activists to come out from behind their barricades in exchange for greater autonomy. heightened tensions and mistrust between the two sides. pro-russian activists have called on russia for help. it concludes it has no other choice but to intervene. >> we have been put in a very difficult position but those who are deliberately leading to the start of a civil war are engaged in criminal policies. we are not just going to condemn them, we are also going to curb these policies. >> but there are still plenty of people in the east who want to remain part of a united ukraine. a few of them held a rally in the small town of khartsyzk. they wanted to know why a russian flag was flying on top of their town hall. >>> the splits in this small town reflect the divisions in

joe biden is kyiv to meet with leaders of that country. this comes after a deadly attack in the east. as jacky rowland reports, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. >> the vice president arrives in the region when peace efforts are faltering. tries to deal with a rebellion in the east by pro-russian activists. the deal reached in geneva last week calls on these activists to come out from behind their barricades in the exchange for a promise of greater autonomy. a little bit more violence on sunday have heightened tensions and mistrust between the two sides. pro-russian activists have called on moscow for help and russia is hinting it could do nothing but help to intervene. >> we are being put in a very difficult position. but those who are deliberately leading towards the start of a civil war are engaged in criminal policies. we are not just going to condemn them, we're also going to curb these policies. >> reporter: there are still many in the east that want to become part of a united campai campaign. heckled local officials. about 200 meters, down the ro

. >> vice president joe biden, visited ukraine, to ease rising tensions in eastern ukraine is falling pawrt. apart. jacky rowland has the story. >> he's exk expected to reiterae american support for the negotiationegotiation. the deal reached in geneva last week calls on these activates to come out from behind their barricades. a couple of violent incidents have heightened tensions and mistrust between the two sides. pro-russian activists have called on russia to intervene. >> there are more and more calls for russia to save them from this position, we are put in a difficult place. those who are determined to engage ukraine in a civil war, we are going to curb these policies. >> there are still plenty of people in the east that want to be a part of the united ukraine. some of them held a rally in the town of khartsyzk. a rival demonstration by pro-russian activists. further proof u.s. interference in ukraine, the visit by biden. they denounce the u.s. intervention in ukraine as illegal. they want russian rule. jacky rowland, al jazeera, eastern ukraine. >>> russian descral ban -- centl bank, could cost russia ab

rowland al jazeera in eastern ukraine. >> barnaby phillips sent this update a bit earlier from kyiv. >> joe biden's visit to kyiv is a very welcome show of support for a very beleaguered ukrainian government that has already lost crimea and seems in danger of losing the eastern part of the country as well. if you talk to people here in kyiv about what they would like from this american visit well, it is american military hardware, even a commitment for america to send troops here but there's not the slightest sign that the americans are inclined to do that. they are talking about more economic assistance. they're talking about energy assistance, ways in which ukraine can be weaned off its dependence on russian natural gas which of course is one of the underlying causes of tension in eastern europe. but obviously that is a long term measure. in the short term the americans are talking about non-lethal military assistance and they are talking about a further escalation of sanctions against russia if last week's geneva accord is not implemented. but that geneva accord it has to be said is looking very ropey now with mutual a