the stuff that was stolen with malaysian government money, u.s.l, the fbi, started last summer going after the real estate. they made leonardo dicaprio hand over the picasso that he was given as a gift by the good people who turned up with barrels full of cash to finance "the wolf of wall street." and the justice department has continued to pursue its investigation into this huge heist, this massive theft of billions of dollars in government funds, which ended up resulting in the purchase of all of these things. so a few things here. number one, congratulations on your new yacht. it is lovely! ♪ even to the point where it's attractive. two, yes, it was strange when president trump hosted the malaysian prime minister at the white house just a few months ago, in september, in the middle of this big investigation. white house never mentioned the federal agents who were pursuing the malaysian prime minister as a multi-billion dollar thief in this gigantic scheme. there was worry in advance of the malaysian prime minister visiting trump that, if on thi

three seventy are attending a memorial to mark almost four years since the plane disappeared the malaysian government and a u.s. based company have launched a new search for wreckage m h three seventy disappeared on march eighth twenty fourteen as if live between color longer and beijing with two hundred thirty nine people on board is thought to have crashed in the indian ocean live now to our correspondent florence louie she's in kuala lumpur and florence i understand you're actually at that memorial service is cry for us if you will the the mood with which the families of those on board the flight are coming together. father was a very moving tribute by family members who lost their loved ones on that plane they spoke of how it's so difficult for them to continue. not just because they've lost their loved ones but also because there's no closure there's no sense of understanding what exactly happened and this is what really keeps them growing some of them have told us it's not just that they want to know the truth but they also want to prevent something like this from ever happening agai

now the latest search effort for flight m h three seventy is expected to end by mid june the malaysian government made that announcement the families gathered in kuala lumpur to mark nearly four years since the passenger jet and their loved ones went missing florence louis reports. united by grief and a quest to know the truth families and friends of those on board malaysia airlines flight three seventy gathered in kuala lumpur to mark four years since the plane disappeared grace novenas mother was on that flight and grace has been leading the demand for the search effort to continue in the beginning it was a lot about myself about michael and about. my feeling and my how upset i was at how things were going but as time went on it became more and more about a vision fifty about a more global issue a more national issue about setting a good resort and we don't want something like this happening again m h three seventy disappeared on its way to beijing from kuala lumpur in march two thousand and fourteen. crash investigators say the flight ended in the indian ocean a path that drasticall

, the north korean regime use the nerve agent to publicly assassinate kim jong-un's brother in a malaysian airport. in syria the assad regime continues to kill its own people with chemical weapons years after we passed resolution 2118 to remove the threat. when the security council created a mechanism to investigate chemical weapon attacks, that mechanism was targeted. when it began to shine a spotlight in assad's role of killing his own people. the growing concern in this dangerous and destabilizing activity is russia. russia failed to ensure that syria can -- when they found assad liable for chemical attacks. russia used its veto to shield aside five times last year. it is also provided cover for syria at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. russians complained recently that we criticize them too much. if the russian government stopped using chemical weapons to assassinate its enemies, and if the russian government stopped helping his syrian allies to use chemical weapons to kill syrian children, and oppression cooperated with the organization for the prohibition of

based private exploration known as ocean infinity has been contracted by the malaysian government on a new york your no fee basis but it has to locate the wreckage within ninety days and that deadline will come up soon so there's a sense of urgency in this not an especially considering how fast the search area is and the depth of the ocean but ocean infiniti said they are conducting their search not only based on new information that we and now this is a satellite imagery but also because there is new technology that is now available to that. search conditions however will be more difficult in the coming weeks simply because it's going to be a winter in the southern hemisphere which means they will be freezing temperatures . heavy winds and strong waves which will make search conditions much more difficult. perilous speak now to david gleave who's navy ation safety investigator and research or at least for universities joining us live from london there's a ninety day window then for this new search to ely something a very optimistic. i'm optimistic of the search in the right area the

russia denies the international conclusion that they shot down the malaysian airlines flight. to this day, they deny the conclusion of all people that investigated it that they killed the former spy. to this day, no one has pointed a finger at the real murderers of other oppositionon politicias in russia. this is the point of russian security. it is opaque. it cannot be found. pete im quoting om newsweek. areu.k. service re-examining deaths of 14 people with connections to russia that were previously dismissed as natural. how much of a isis is this between the west and russia? and must be the worst since the cold war. gemma: i agree. one thing i have a problem of is this term west." i am somebody who thinks that the cold war is over. i grew up in the soviet union as a german child at the time of the cold war and i think it is good to get rid of these terms and these understandings. i oppose the picture that mr. putin -- mr. posener has shown of russia today. it is difficult for people like me who know russia to argue. there is nothing to excuse. there is a regime of putin, but

in the malaysian authorities won't talk about the case all requests for interviews with investigators and other officials were rejected but we did find a journalist willing to discuss it. i get a phone call from my contact with the police force saying we just figured this out it was this sort of it especially as this visual poisoning attempt it a budget at work and b s you'll get that i was softly it is a lot and he's the son of. kim jong il right kingery as i already yeah he's a half brother gift of us you know what happened so we don't look like he was price it right every thought a fair bit of money one hundred fifty thousand u.s.d. it was bag. investigators determined that two young women one from vietnam and the other from indonesia had each smeared something on kim jong space the components of a chemical weapon the b.x. nerve agent. this too it would be small that even dave read off. the stage get a traditional dad a ball next to the budget for he said he wasn't feeling well he will see it is something it took him to clean it that it took a basically five sheet you say to keep i

malaysians were held hostage in north korea. held in malaysia were released. again, one of those people we think may have been a key person, it may have been this man who create —— recruited the indonesian. he wasn't even interviewed. the police investigating officer said we didn't interview him because we didn't have orders to do it. two others who have a much more minor role in the embassy were allowed to leave. before that left on the day of the killing who played a key role will not even really clear about their identities. the prosecution is saying they are to make people known as james, saying they are to make people known asjames, and saying they are to make people known as james, and there seems to be some confusion in our minds about which one was actually the james who recruited the indonesian. there is a huge amount of confusion that has been allowed to get into the prosecution's case, and everyone knows those agents in north korea and there is no doubt the north korean government will co—operate and find out what the

posed with polonium some ten twelve years ago a look at what happened in eastern ukraine when the malaysian airline a major seventeen was shot down killing three hundred passengers it's all and meant there's a lot of evidence that a russian made missile. the plane down and russia always reacts in the same pattern it's foreseeable it's there's nothing new in it and this happens again right now claiming that they didn't do it accusing others and refusing to accept an international expertise of the whole process there were voices from russia two days ago the deputy foreign minister which is not yet the official position of moscow of the kremlin but the deputy foreign minister said that russia will not accept what the u.n. watchdog for poisoning gases will find out they were not accepted whatever the final you christine the question was why would russia do it now why would they do it is election time why would they do it in the build up to the soccer world cup which is such a. showcase occasionally drop approach even in danger of the circuit world cup i mean we have calls from great britain bor

three seventy are attending a memorial to mark almost four years since the plane disappeared the malaysian government and a us based company have launched a new search for the wreckage m h three seventy disappeared m r c eight twenty fourteen when it was flying from kuala lumpur to beijing the two hundred thirty nine people on board it's thought to have crashed in the indian ocean. mammals army is accused of bullying and intimidating range of refugees near its border with bangladesh al jazeera has begun to refugees who say troops of bullets slingshots and bottles are in. range of muslims fleeing me and my face harassment the troops that pushed them out a back making it very clear they want their engine gone for good this woman shows a suitcase which she says was hit by ricocheting bullets fired into the camp al-jazeera producer tom barrett charity spoke to those who fled from the army troops there said they were intimidated they were using bullhorn and mikes warning them to get out of this area. alcohol bottles and right using even sling shot at some point some of the troops even tried to

mean this is the politicization of a crime and we've seen this before it reminds me of when the malaysian plane was shot down over ukraine with this within a day or the next day i was at the u.n. headquarters up in new york and samantha power the u.s. ambassador time was accusing russia of being directly implicated in a crime the british ambassador in a background briefing i went to do the same i suggested to him that when an american ship shot down an iranian plane in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight killed almost three hundred people that turned out to be an accident that's what was decided in the end and why couldn't the ships shooting down of this malaysian plane have been x. the point here is that there's an opportunity to go after russia and they're not going to leave that opportunity the press of course follow barr's johnson's lead not rods with screaming headlines blaming russia again and you know the point is this should be a crime tried in a court as a right is suggesting it's a criminal case but if it comes about two years from now the idea is planted already in the publi

different from its intended direction is not clear how or why that happened after a two year effort the malaysian chinese and or strayed in governments suspended the search then in january ocean infinity a private exploration company hired by the malaysian government began a new search it will be paid if it locates the wreckage within ninety days it's not yet known if the search will continue if the plane is not located within the stipulated time families of the passengers have never given up hope but they understand that this could well be the last attempt even if the aircraft is found retrieving the wreckage could require substantial time and effort extensive marketing will have to be undertaken to determine the spread of the wreckage i imagine that c.c.t.v. robots recent dail to take pictures and video all of the wreckage so they can come up with a lifting plan decide which of the most important parts to look from the surface and then come up with a plan to do that perhaps then will there be some concrete answers to one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time florence louis al-jazeera k

then the plane veered well of course malaysian military radar plotted m h three seventy over the strait of malacca west of its last known location after the loss of radar satellite data showed the plane flew out over the southern indian ocean a story in malaysia and china scoured a huge area thought to be the crash site but found nothing now u.s. based seabed explorer is on the case at least three pieces of debris that are confirmed to be from the missing plane have been discovered on the beaches in moorish us the french island of reunion and tons and there from kuala lumpur for us only reports. united by grief and a quest to know the two families and friends of those on board malaysia airlines flight three seventy gathered in kuala lumpur to mark four years since the plane disappeared. was on that flight and grace has been leading the demand for the search effort to continue in the beginning it was a lot about myself about my. my feeling and my how upset i was at how things were going but as time went on it became more and more about a vision fifty about a more global issue a more nati

they are set to hold another of elections this year and so the malaysians government came out with a saying they had never hired cambridge analytica to help them in the last round of elections in 2013. the fallout continues. in other business news, at japanese the fallout continues. in other business news, atjapanese carmaker toyota is hitting the brakes on tests of self driving cars on american roads after a woman in arizona was killed at the weekend after being hit by an uber vehicle in autonomous mode. that accident is under investigation. american retail giants are asking president trump to reconsider in posing trade tariffs on china. the likes of walmart and target say any tariffs will increase the price of everyday goods for consumers at president trump is reportedly announcing further ta riffs reportedly announcing further tariffs against china worth $60 billion this week. debra elms is the executive director of the asian trade centre and as tensions rise between the world's two biggest economies, she explained why even more tariffs against china could be announced. the origin

malaysia airlines flight three seventy's marked the fourth anniversary of the plane's disappearance malaysian authorities now say the search for the aircraft is expected to end by mid june the aircraft banished while heading to beijing from kuala lumpur with two hundred thirty nine people on board. in sydney thousands of people gathered in the streets to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the city's gay and lesbian mardi gras parade admits the rainbow colors and extravagant floats was pop superstar cher making a surprise appearance it's the first parade since australia legalized same sex marriage. a massive storm system has knocked out power for more than a million homes in the eastern united states the storm known as nor'easter has pounded coastal areas with massive waves and caused widespread flooding inland residents have had to deal with heavy snow at least five people have been killed by falling trees or branches and federal government offices in washington d.c. were closed for the day. i am thankful perfect storm battering the beach towns of massachusetts. here waves higher than two

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eboni: a malaysian official says a u.s.ian airlines flight 370 will likely end in june. the news came as family and friends of passengers on the doomed flight marked the fourth anniversary of the plane's disappearance. it vanished march 8th, 2014, while flying from kuala lumpur to beijing. 239 people were on board. leland: in the wake of the las vegas concert shooting, folks around the country, around the world, gave a total of 31 1/2 million dollars for family members of that shooting, and now, the charity is preparing to give that money out to the victims and families in their very first payment. dan springer in los angeles with that. hi, dan. >> yeah, hi, leland. this being the worst shooting massacre in u.s. history, the task of collecting donations and distributing all that money has been a big undertaking. and we're now told that the first checks will go out on monday. 58 people were killed and more than 700 were injured when gunman stephen paddock opened fire on october 1st. the fund-raising for the victims began alm

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period the malaysian government and a u.s. company have launched a new search for the wreckage that makes three seventy disappeared in march two thousand and fourteen as it flew from kuala lumpur to beijing with two hundred thirty nine people on board it's thought to have crashed in the indian ocean. u.s. envoy is on the three day visit to bangladesh to assess the hendra crisis lisa curtis is in charge of south asia at the white house as national security council. her visit comes at a time of new accusations of bullying and intimidating real henge of refugees near its border with. the united nations estimates around seven hundred thousand two hundred have been forced to cross from myanmar into cox's bazar since last august. the former head of the vatican bank has been indicted on embezzlement charges the vatican hole. and his lawyer responsible for losses of more than sixty million dollars from real estate sales in the third person died during the investigation the charges relate to real estate assets sold by the bank between

was found unconscious in a drain now many many malaysians like arena say alley sense it should have been much harsher something the country's attorney general agrees to as does a prominent malazan lawyer who spoke to us via. being with us was shocking to see. the state she is committed to the sixty she was causing to be so anxious to treat you. for the pretty pressure to get somebody out of the ship she's . to be somebody respected. somebody was going to. give you the new strength if i was running low. to see. you. because you now more than fifty thousand people have supported that appeal they've signed this change dot org petition calling for equal justice for the rich and poor and it says even if she's a doctor and that's the mill a quiver of a british lady and has connections it doesn't give her the right to treat people like that now the court case has raised the issue of domestic workers rights in the country especially foreigners and it is worth mentioning that syria sent young was indonesians not that i come into his tweets and that if all countries stopped work permits and made s

we're standing outside the malaysian office for cambridge analytic at this is the address stated on the firm's website and as you can see it's an unassuming house in a suburb outside of kuala lumpur we've also conducted a company search with the registrar of companies cambridge analytical is not a registered company in malaysia but one of his top officials has been filmed in a sting operation at mit saying that the company has done work in malaysia the last general election was in two thousand and thirteen the problems about newsbin the pollution has been part and parcel of all politics here for the longest time and the peers are aware as well i think in terms of outreach and so on we don't see huge levels already as we've seen what's happened in the us a largely because i think many people have not really come quite the terms with the extent to which this was involved in research but i think people are wilkinson about the broader base issues with respect to be selected in terms of the credibility of the candidate in terms of the how well the election rules are going to be adhered to in

others are saying this is a disagreement between some local malaysian folks and visiting vietnamese peopleoks like the fight is out of him. he stands up barely, tries to grab his shoes, and it looks like these guys are giving him a break and saying okay, you're done. get out of here. we're not going to harm you anymore. wrong. >> whoa! just stay down dude, stay down or leave. >> he doesn't. it appears he continues to antagonize the situation, and down goes our man in the blue shorts again, apparently he said enough to trigger more people after him. this is brutal to watch. >> they're not going to stop until they've killed him. >> yeah. >> can't you just walk around with a taser and get all of them? >> police did get involved but not on this night. they only got involved after they saw the video. they were able to make 17 arr t arrests. charges are pending at the moment. no reports on the severity of the injuries as a result of this. >>> ryan is going for a cart ride inside a mall. >> he still hasn't been spotted? >> see it next "right this minute." >>> and still to come, a pool pro shows o

of city in the english championship for example in two thousand and ten the club was bought for malaysian poses to change the club blue kids blue bird emblem to keep up with the dragon that's absolutely tragic they did this because red is considered a lucky color in east asia fans were outraged but maybe it was lucky because the terms of the premier league for the first time in fifty two years it wasn't really their club anymore though was it all the english teams such as blackpool leyton orient and portsmouth have also seen their fortunes plummet thanks to greedy owners who are just trying to make a quick buck this couldn't happen to a club like brasil dortmund for example their one hundred fifty four thousand members can veto anything from ticket prices to changes to the club's crest but there are many people who think the fifty plus one rule is a bad thing. why would they think that the premier league may have its fault but it's pretty competitive a different team has won the premier league every year for the past nine seasons not since two thousand and nine has a team retain the title

a ukrainian military pilot blamed by russia for the downing of malaysian airlines flight mh17, has reportedlyways denied russian allegations that he was behind the tragedy. dutch investigators concluded that a russian missile destroyed the jet, killing 298 people in 2014. police investigating a series of bombings in the us state of texas say they have no clear idea what motivated the attacks and they have no suspects. four devices have exploded in the city of austin this month. two african—american men were killed in the initial attacks. a third device wounded an elderly hispanic woman. australian actor margot robbie has taken time out of a publicity tour for the peter rabbit film to get close to another small furry animal. the co-ca. it is about the size of a cat and has been described as the happiest animal on the planet. —— quokka. they are only found in western australia, and have brought a big boost in tourism with people flocking there in search of the perfect ‘selfie'. an international team of chemical weapons experts has arrived in salisbury to examine the nerve agent used to poison t

there's a huge clamor at the minute to get a race in indonesia in particular we've got our first malaysian writer on the grid this year the first writer from that part of the great a kid called has if siren who has already proven to be incredibly popular and is doing good things for the sport they're the team that he's signed for the monster take three team have seen like a three fold expansion in the social media in the month that he's been with them so it's you know that's already starting to feel the impact of it we were expecting a sell out crowd at the malaysian race we're going to thailand for the first time in october we were there last month for a test and we get a bigger crowd there than for the test and we do for some races i think in terms of week by week we're going to see a lot of unpredictability there's a lot of. area very fast writers that. some of the fighters started given some of the smaller teams bikes that are on par with the likes of what mark has and of its whose or all of them so there's a lot of very fast writers on very very good machinery and maybe they can't win

we could hear about the malaysian election and the timing of that.here's a huge rally coming through in consumer stop -- us stocks over the last couple of weeks. stock down 9% but he has been up by 37% over last couple of weeks. many thanks, juliette saly in singapore. let's talk about trade. justin trudeau said he will not flinch in the face of president trump's protectionist threats. told mike mckee he remains confident the three nafta companies will reach a positive accord. >> part of the story has been about reassuring tens of thousands of skilled aluminum workers across the country that we are working hard for them and we have secured the exemption on 232 because it makes sense. you cannot say that canada is a national security risk to the u.s. and we are partnered on so many different issues. and the level of complex integration in our supply chain means that tariffs to canada would be harmful to american workers as well. we have made that argument but we continue to work for it on nafta. i am very optimistic we will get to a win-win-win. >> ho

airlines flight brought down the malaysian airlines flight over ukraine.dictators, and internet had apparently decentralise power. but now he says that actually, what has happened recently shows that the powerful are in fact trying to re—centralised power and do so ina trying to re—centralised power and do so in a more dramatic way than we had seen before. when you centralised information, it is even more powerful than centralising anything else. it does say there are some things we can do, like regulation. anti—trust means breaking up these big virtual monopolies. he also talks about the idea of opening up a marketplace of algorithms, these mathematical equations that drive how social media behaves. buti equations that drive how social media behaves. but i think it will bea media behaves. but i think it will be a long battle before we sort this out. shall we have a quick look at fruitjuices? any parent will be interested in this. funnily enough, fruit juices interested in this. funnily enough, fruitjuices are still supposedly pa rt fruitjuices are still s

could face imprisonment i think i know a few important people who secretly love to use a bit of malaysian law making good of you to join us here on this friday on r.t.e. international still to come in this program a glossy magazine praising the crown prince of saudi arabia hitting shelves across america the timing is significant will lift the lid on that. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. we've signed one of the greatest. but there was one more question and by the way who's going to be our coach. you have to be the center of the. you are the rock at the back. we need you to. go. alone. and i really. appreciate. the. latest edition. with us today wiki leaks founder julian assange has been cut off from the outside world since monday by the ecuadorian embassy in london where of course he's been holed up for almost six years sources close to the whistleblower have told me that ecuador and officials placed electronic jamas inside the embassy also not being allowed to receiv

there's a huge clamor at the minute to get a race in indonesia in particular we've got our first malaysian writer on the grid this year the first writer from that part of the great a kid called has if siren who has already proven to be incredibly popular and is doing good things for the sport they're the team that he's signed for the monster take three team have seen like a three fold expansion in the social media in the month that he's been with them so it's you know that's already starting to feel the impact of it we were expecting a sell out crowd at the malaysian race we're going to thailand for the first time in october we were there last month for a test and we get a bigger crowd there than for the test and we did some races i think in terms of week by week we're going to see a lot of unpredictability there's a lot of be. every very fast writers they share some of the fact that my fighters started given some of the smaller teams bikes that are on par with the likes of what mark has and of its who's or all of them so there's a lot of very fast writers on very very good machinery and w

different from its intended direction is not clear how or why that happened after a two year effort the malaysian chinese and or strayed in governments suspended the search then in january ocean infinity a private exploration company hired by the malaysian government began a new search it will be paid if it locates the wreckage within ninety days it's not yet known if the search will continue if the plane is not located within the stipulated time families of the passengers have never given up hope but they understand that this could well be the last attempt even if the aircraft is found retrieving the wreckage could require substantial time and effort extensive marketing will have to be undertaken to determine the spread of the wreckage i imagine the c.c.t.v. the robots we sent dale to take pictures and video all of the wreckage so they can come up with a lifting plan decide which of the most important parts to look from the surface and then come up with a plan to do that perhaps then will there be some concrete answers to one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time florence louis al jazee

based private exploration known as ocean infinity has been contracted by the malaysian government on a new york your no fee basis but it has to locate the wreckage within ninety days that deadline will come up soon so there's a sense of urgency in this not to especially considering how fast the search area is and the depth of the ocean but ocean infiniti says they are conducting a search not only based on new information that's a real analysis of satellite imagery but also because there is new technology that is now available to that. search conditions be more difficult in the coming weeks simply because it's going to be in the southern hemisphere which means there will be freezing temperatures. heavy winds and strong waves which will make search conditions much more difficult. so the u.s. now with police in the state of michigan have arrested a nineteen year old student who allegedly shot his parents dead on a college campus heavily armed officers searched for hours across the city of mount pleasant to find james eric davis jr he was eventually spotted on a train. now a growing numb

it was cofounded by a stat epson of the malaysian prime minister. that is your business flash.en as rallied to it strongest level against the dollar since 2016 following gary cohn's decision to resign. manus: japan's money managers are betting the penny use can go back to subzero territory as the strengthening currency restricts the bank of japan's ability to scale back the debt purchases. laurence is with us this morning. paribas.nb whatever issues powell might have to contend with as he sits in this new paribas. hotseat and gets used to tax and tariffs, the bank of japan is facing a war. they are trying to reduce the stronger yen. the headwinds are building? laurence: it is not really what they need, the stronger yen. it is not getting any easy for them to combat that. we are going to have less issuance from the finance but the bank of japan has a lot to reinvest because of maturing bonds and they would like to increase their balance sheet with new qe. the question is -- are there enough bonds for the bank of japan to buy? in the near term, there really may not be and that is

when it comes to the nerve agent vx, malaysian authorities have already said they believed that was thekim jong—nam. the state department have decided to impose further sanctions on north korea stopped the timing could not be worse. we are also hearing the north korean leader kim jong—un gave the south korean delegates a letter for donald trump and it will be delivered to the trump white house in just a few days time by the south korean delegates. we are not being told what is inside the latter. it could signal a huge response from here in the peninsula. the british foreign secretary has said the government will take whatever measures necessary if it's found the suspected poisoning of a russian former spy in salisbury was ordered by moscow. sergei skirpal and his daughter yulia are in a critical condition in hospital, whilst the uk's weapons research facility is working to identify the substance used. tom symonds reports. a father and a daughter apparently struck down in public on a sunday afternoon in salisbury. the bbc revealed today that yulia skripal had been visiting her father ser

could face imprisonment i think i know a few important people who'd secretly love to use a bit of malaysian law making. health officials report that one man has been killed and another injured in israeli artillery fire in southern gaza the israeli military says it altered a tank to fire against two suspects who approached a security fence at the gaza border is bracing for possible violence as thousands gather for the annual land day rally it's an event that's typically marred with clashes with israeli forces pulled a slew of reports. tensions are running high as palestinians commemorate land day the preparations are massive and the numbers of people expected to turn out and demonstrate are huge. like that. but. we know that for example in gaza alone some one hundred thousand people are expected to attend the day pray is along the israel gaza border fence and from there to hold protests and demonstrations the israelis are on high alert for any kind of potential violence and as far as the palestinians go they have set up tents in five different locations we are expecting that these protests a

a ukrainian military pilot blamed by russia for the downing of malaysian airlines flight mh17 has reportedlyallegations that he was behind the tragedy. dutch investigators concluded that a russian missile fired from the ground destroyed the jet, killing 298 people in 2014. students in miami returning to class after the spring break have held a campus—wide moment of silence for the six victims killed in a bridge collapse. the pedestrian bridge, built on the florida international university campus, came crashing down days after it was built. investigators are still looking into what led the bridge to collapse. doctors have restored the sight of two patients with the most common form of blindness in the uk. more than 600,000 people in the uk suffer from age—related macular degeneration, and doctors hope the treatment could be widely available within a few years. the team at moorfields eye hospital, here in london, used surgery to insert stem cells at the back of the eye. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has the story. before his pioneering stem cell treatment, douglas waters was com plete

when it comes to the nerve agent vx, malaysian authorities have already said they believed that was thewas the agent used to kill kimjong—nam. the state department have decided to impose further sanctions on north korea stopped the timing could not be worse. it comes just as north korea has decided it is willing to and the discussions with the us and also willing to get rid of its nuclear weapons. how it reacts to more sanctions imposed on them, we will have to wait and see. we are also hearing the north korean leader kim jong—un gave the south korean delegates a letter for donald trump and it will be delivered to the trump white house injust and it will be delivered to the trump white house in just a few days time by the south korean delegates. we are not being told what is inside the latter. at the moment that is all we know. it could signal a huge response from here in the peninsulas because people are hoping this could because people are hoping this could bea because people are hoping this could be a breakthrough for peace here. the british foreign secretary has said the government

twe have seen a consist pattern of this when they shot down a malaysian airplane, forth example, whe sent little green men into ukraine, when they took over crimea. they always lie and say they didn't do it. we are seeing a similar pattern here. laura: what do you make of president trump, who was rather silent yesterday, but today he is saying that russia should have umbiguous answers provided to the questions. is that tough enough? john: in and of itself it is certainly not tough enough. i think its good that he said that because he has been quiet before on these things. but we have seen in the past how we reacted to the crimea takeover and chemical apons in syria and the murder in lond of litvinenko and these types of things, and the our system.inst there has not been a serious response. therefore, putin, being a bully, hipushes and pushes unti -- he is phed back against. laura: as an expert in the cia, what wou the response be to this poisoning by nato? john: the western allies have to be together on this. as intelligence officers, we are not policy makers, so it is not up to us t