mr. oscar pistorius got sick listing -- listening to the details of the testimony. s killed inp what prosecutors say is a kizza premeditated murder but what oscar pistorius says was an accident. france's highest appeal court is to will today on whether nicholas sarkozy's diaries were seized illegally in police raids as part of an investigation. that investigation to establish richest woman -- france's richest woman made illegal donations to his campaign. if the use of the diaries is ruled illegal they could be used in other cases pending and that surround the former french president. minutes past 1:00 p.m. here in paris. the latest headlines. viktor yanukovych says he remains the president of ukraine and the commander in chief of its armed forces. this as ukraine's parliament threatened the crimea's assembly with dissolution if it goes ahead with a sunday's referenda. all flight to crimea have been banned apart from those that come from mesko. interpol says it is unlikely the disappearance of the malaysia airplane was a terror incident. interpol chief said two men yo

what he has been at pains to explain to oscar pistorius's senior counsel, as far as he's concerned, mr. pistorius was not wearing his prosthesis when he was at the bathroom door. this morning throughout the arguments here we have been listening that some of the marks were caused by mr. pistorius's prosthesis. but the prosecution said they have punched hold in the process in which police collect their evidence. there is a short adjournment now. >> both yesterday and today, milton, it's the issue once again of the credibility of south africa police processes. >> reporter: very much so. and the issue of gender violence in south africa. and also the legal system in south africa is under scrutiny through this trial. >>> other news at this hour, six people known to have died in a huge gas explosion which doll monthly issued two apartment blocks in new york. eusz raily military planes bombarded the gaza strip. 29 sites were targeted. one strike caused power cuts across gaza city. >>> lease in hong kong arrested two suspects, including a 37-year-old woman, for a knife attack on a journalist. p

mrs. obama also talked about freedom of speech. >>> oscar pistorius expected to take the stand in his own defense this week. his trial for the murder of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp enters its fourth week today. prosecutors say they'll call four or five more witnesses before wrapping up their case. that means pistorius could be testifying by wednesday. >>> pope francis is set to start investigating the child sex abuse issue. anytiming the first members of a special commission to advise him. after of this eight are women, including an irish activist who claims being assaulted by a priest as a child. the only american on the panel is card fall sean o'malley, the archbishop of boston. >>> erupting here at home, the latest battle over gay marriage. the time in michigan. hundreds of same-sex couples signed marriage licenses right before an appeals court on saturday put on hold a federal judge's ruling that tossed out the state's ban on gay marriages. the marriages are in limbo until a federal appeals court weighs in. >>> also in limbo, apparently, springtime. as much of the country braces f

the colonel told the court that oscar pistorius had blood on his arm after shooting ms. steenkamp. mrdenies intentionally killing his girlfriend. let's go to nomsa who joins me from outside the court. the defense lawyer has been challenging the police are the way they have handled the evidence, nomsa >> reporter: that's correct. the police work is under scrutiny today because the defense attorney has been pointing out some discrepancies in the way in which evidence was handling. he made allegations that the police stole two expensive wrist watches belong to go oscar pistorius and how the evidence was actually preserved. he went back to how the door, which has bullet holes and is in the courtroom, how it was put together in storage. as we heard from the colonel he told the court that he locked the door in his office because that was the safest place that he could put it in the police station. and he also says it was not tampered with. we also heard from barry roux saying there were some movements. things were shifted and moved around in the crime scene because the what we have seen. th

mr. pistorius is crying. >> reporter: today, oscar's lawyer tried to explain that away. >> mr. l the court he could not speak. he was, indeed, only crying. >> reporter: there's sad drama unfolding outside the courtroom, too. reeva's parents suing oscar for wrongful death. before the shooting, he made millions in endorsement deals from nike to oakley. >> behind the scenes, reeva steenkamp's family and oscar pistorius' family are in negotiation for settlement. >> how much do they want? >> they're looking at between 200,000 and 600,000 u.s. dollars. >> reporter: reeva's parents said they didn't want to sue oscar but had no choice. their financial situation is dire. they live here along this dirt road 600 miles from petoria. that's their modest home right over there. reeva supported them. she paid their electric bill, she paid for their food. in fact, things got so bad, their cable tv service was about to get shut off. and on the day she died, reeva told her mom, i'll send money for the cable bill tomorrow. >> all the photographs, this is my favorite one. >> reporter: reeva's parent

. >>> we begin with the trial of oscar pistorius who has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his girlfriend. >> do you understand the charges, mr i do, my lady. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty, my lady. >>> in other news today, are urb that says the troop buildup is for the protection of its own citizens as diplomatic efforts to calm the situation intensify. >>> at the oscars, "12 years a slave" has won three awards, including best drama as "gravity" picked up seven. >>> hello and welcome to pretoria. a republican challengely rainy day outside the high court. this is where the trial of oscar pistorius for murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp has gotten under way. 13 months since the 14th of february, 2013 in which he fired four shots into the bathroom of his home inside was his girlfriend reeva steenkamp who was just 29. we have been watching the comings and going inside and outside the court thanks to a televised feed granted permission about a judge last week. and we were able to see oscar pistorius come into the court. when he was read out his charges, plead not guilty. >> do you understand the alternative count? >> i

boxer kevin lorena said he was injured after oscar pistorius accidentally set off a gun in a crowded restaurant. he said mr. pistorius asked the friend to take the blame. the prosecution is trigger happy and reckless with guns. a firearms specialist later testified pistorius fully understood he was only allowed to shoot if his life was in danger and knew the importance of identifying the target. messages between the couple have also been read out in court. one from reeva steenkamp to pistorius said i'm scared of you sometimes. >> the prosecution says oscar pistorius murdered reeva steenkamp in a fit of jealous rage. he said he shot her thinking she was an intruder in his bathroom. if convicted, he could face a life sentence. >>> just before we go, let's remind you of our top story. pope francis has welcomed president obama to the vatican as the two leaders met for the very first time. that meeting will continue as we are seeing pictures of it now. he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i tak

mr. pistorius? >> i do. i do, my lady. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty. >> oscarius on day one of his murder trial denying committing murder. joining me now is alan dershowitz, kelly phelps. welcome to both of you. alan, it's a fascinating case, because in the end it will come down to pretty much what i just discussed with my last guest. the sense that oscar pistorius is trying to say he was paranoid for his own safety, that is why he did what he did. it may not be plausible to someone outside, but there, it is a plausible defense. what do you make of it? >> well, absolutely, and you're previous guest, the one who was the reporter from south africa, couldn't have been more incorrect when she said this is going to come down to the law, a debate about the law. and legal. the law is relatively clear and undisputed. this is all about the facts. this is all about the forensics. it's all about the angle of the bullet, it's all about whether the judge believes that he was in fear of his life and made a reasonable mistake of fact. the judge is not going to want to say thi

boxer kevin lorena told the court he was injured after oscar pistorius accidentally set off a gun in a crowded restaurant. he said mrus asked the friend to take the blame. the prosecution, hoping to portray him as trigger happy and reckless with guns. a firearms specialist later testified pistorius fully understood he was only allowed to shoot if his life was in danger and knew the importance of identifying the target. messages between the couple have also been read out in court. one from reeva steenkamp to pistorius said, i'm scared of you sometimes. >> the prosecution says oscar pistorius murdered reeva steenkamp in a fit of jealous rage. he said he shot her thinking she was an intruder in his bathroom. if convict he could face a life sentence. >>> before we go, let's remind you of our top story this hour. president obama has met pope francis for the first time only a year since the pope took office. they are two of the world's most powerful and influential men. they shook hands in the vatican's apostolic poll lass before heading into a meeting which lasted almost an hour. they do disagree, on many issues includin

relatives of both oscar pistorius and his girlfriend reeva steenkamp present. >> do you understand the charges, mr. pistorius? >> i do. i do, my lady. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty, my lady. >> thank you. >> reporter: the prosecution moved swiftly to bring its first witness. michel berger described how she and her husband heard screams and then shots on the fateful night. >> translator: he screamed terribly and she yelled for help. then i heard a man screaming for help. three times. three times he yelled for help. >> reporter: if the judge finds oscar pistorius guilty of premeditated murder and does not accept his claim that it was a tragic accident, he could be jailed for 25 years. >> now, we're going to show you the scene coming live to us from court. of course we know that we will see much of the proceedings on television in live direct feed. now, this is the defense lawyer barry ruge cross-examining the neighbor, michel berger, the prosecution's witness. she was questioned by them earlier. >> because i see a number of times you have corrected. >> my lady, i can do for the court. i'm willi

mr. putin said russia had to act to protect crimea from nationalists, as well as anti-semites. the oscar pistorius murder trial is scheduled to resume right about now in pretoria, south africa. a police ballistic expert is planned to return to the stand. he said he used laser to track the bullets that were used to kill reeva steenkamp. a senior u.s. official has told cnn a change of course appears to have been programmed at least 12 minutes before the co-pilot signed off for the last time. it's a move likely made inside the cockpit, and thailand has released new information supporting the belief that the plane did make an abrupt turn to the west. for now, an unprecedented search is under way. it involves more than two dozen countries and covers nearly 3 million square miles. the relatives of those onboard flight 370 have now endured 12 days of conflicting reports, false starts and conspiracy theorys. for many, sadness and anger -- anguish is turning to anger and disbelief. most of the passengers were chinese nationals. ever since the plane disappeared, many of their family members have spent their

oscar pistorius has resumed in pretoria. earlier the witness charl peter johnson was questioned by the defense lawyer mr. roux. ggested those two witnesses discussed their testimonies between themselves before giving evidence in court. my colleague karen giannone is live in pretoria. i noticed that first episode was feisty. it's moved on to oscar pistorius's history with guns really. >> reporter: it did. a fourth witness was called, david. a friend of oscar pistorius, kevin lerena, a boxer who had a meal with pistorius and friends in january '13. that's when a gun was passed under the table, a loaded gun which accidentally went off. that is the other charge that we heard today, the witness was to do with that charge specifically. obviously the prosecution's tactics here trying to show oscar pistorius as somebody with a history of irresponsibility, recklessness, gung-ho with guns, and that adding to the burden of evidence that they want to prove the case. going back to how the day started, witness number three, you mentioned him charl peter johnson, the husband of the first witness who was undergoing such a gril

and then oscar carried reeva's body down these stairs and into the living room. >> mr. pistorius himself used his firearm to kill reeva steenkamp and that's a fact that cannot be disputed. >> reporter: attorney nathi mcnube spoke to dateline. >> who did he phone to tell him please come help? was it the police? >> well, we know for sure that it was not the police. i don't think it's in dispute that he phoned his friends. his friends were the first on the scene and then the police after. >> the lead detective got to the house, saw reeva was dead, had been hit three times, in the hip, right elbow, above her right ear. in the bathroom he found two iphones. as you'll see, those might become key evidence at the trial. he listened as oscar said he thought he was firing at a burglar. he didn't buy it and oscar was charged with murder. >> double amputee olympic runner oscar pistorius was charged overnight with the valentine's day murder of his girlfriend. >> it was, simply, shocking. oscar pistorius was admired around the world, of course, but in south africa he was a white-hot celebrity.

oscar pistorius becoming physically ill in court. and court was adjourned for a short while. after that, when court was back in session his lawyer was asked if mrstorius would be okay for the court to continue. >> i'm so sorry. we have lost the line there obviously to pretoria. but i think as we two the gist there of what nomsa was saying. oscar pistorius was somewhat unwell whilst listening to the autopsy report. he was vomiting in court. the judge asked if he was okay to continue? his lawyer responded that he wants to proceed. of course we can't broadcast any of the details of the autopsy. it is just not appropriate for public hearing at this time. out of due respect to reeva steenkamp and her family. >>> much more to come. aaron is right here with all the business news. very big news you've got for us today. >> yeah. absolutely. you just mentioned the word vomit. not very nice. i went to the zoo yesterday and watched a big gorilla vomit. >> aaron? >> i'm telling you the truth. that's what happened at the zoo yesterday. big bananas. hello, even. chiquita is combining with fyffes to create the world's biggest banana company. it is expected to

mr. pistorius. robin? >> reporter: hi there. well, this has been some of the most compelling physical evidence we've seen in these past eight days. that door essentially through which oscarmp assimilates the scene behind which the exact mirror image of the bathroom. and then that cricket bat. and then we've seen the bat trying to establish the angle by which the cricket bat hit the door. and what we're also seeing is the state trying to prove. or at the beginning of trying to prove that oscar pistorius had his prosthetic legs off. that he was on his stump bhs he was trying to hit this bat against the door. and, of course, this goes against his statement, his affidavit during that bail hearing that he had his legs on. so what we're seeing is the beginnings of an understanding of what the state's narrative is going to be, around all of this physical evidence of course, remember, this forensic expert hasn't yet been cross-examined. and, of course, pistorius' own legal team will interpret the same physical evidence perhaps una different framework and a different way. this is very much the beginning of a long process. for everybody in court, and of course, for the judge, this

mrs. obama has tried some chinese calligraphy at a high school. on sunday she'll visit the great wall of china. >>> mounting legal bills are forcing oscar pistorius to sell the house where he killed girlfriend reeva steenkamp. pistorius' legal team said his murder trial extending beyond the expected three weeks is forcing him to, quote, urgently dispose of what they call his biggest asset. meanwhile, pistorius may take the stand next week to testify about what he claims was an dental shooting. >>> now some weather on this first full day of spring, for all of us, we hope the folks in vermont believe us because parts of that state got plenty of snow yesterday and some areas in new hampshire got up to a foot. for those who haven't quite had enough of winter yet, they should know that more stormy weather, oh, is on its way through the weekend. oh. >>> well, meanwhile, nearly all of california is now experiencing drought. and almost a quarter of the state has extreme drought conditions. forecasters say not much relief is in sight. with the state's expected to have above normal temperatures through the spring. the drought is being blamed for steep food

mrs. steenkamp, what would you like to see happen to oscar pistorius?hink would be a just outcome in this case? >> we just want the truth. we want the truth of what happened. only she and oscar were there. and she's not here anymore. and that's all we want is the truth. we want the truth, and i -- it's not going to matter anything to me whatever happens to him because she's not coming back and it's not going to change. it's not going to change anything as far as that goes. and that's the most important thing in my life. is trying to live without her now. not going to help me. i don't wish him any harm or -- i just want the truth. >> well, mrs. steenkamp, i hope you and your husband reeva's father, get that measure of truth and peace. thank you so much for being with us this morning. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. thank you. >>> we'll take a turn now to the weather and al. >> "today's weather" is brought to you by new fast acting advil. nothing works faster. >> and we've got a changeable weather situation going on down through the gulf coast. you

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mr. mipistorius? >> i do, my lady. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty, moo i lady. >> he heard it right there. oscar pistorius pleads not guilty to the premedicated murder of his girlfriend. he says he mistook her for a burglary. the first witness at his trial was a next-door neighbor who described what she called the blood curdling screams the night that reeva steenkamp was killed. let's get back to the news. it has so much of the world on edge this morning. >>> russia is tightening its grip on ukraine's crimean peninsula. they are discussing other ways to implement a diplomatic chokehold on moscow. will the threat force vladimir putin to withdraw his troops from ukraine? can you force vladimir putin to do anything? ukrai ukraine warns it is on the brink of disaster. our matthew chance is in kiev. christian amanpour joins me in new york. the facts on the ground indicate that ukraine has effectively lost the peninsula. tell me, what es t's the mood i capital? >> reporter: there is a great sense of anger among many of the ukrainians. you speak to men in the square and they say they are pretty much prepared to

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mr. johnson to lurn to the stand tomorrow. then it brought out kevin lerena, a professional boxer who was out for a meal with oscar pistorius january he was on the stand to talk about what oscar pistorius allegedly shot a gun under the table. >> you saw the gun being passed under the table? >> the movements, the action. i didn't see the gun. >> you heard what it was said? >> one up. >> what did you understand what up? >> that there's one loaded in the chamber. people that carry guns, i suppose carry one up. >> and what happened next? >> a shot went off. a shot went off in the restaurant and then there was complete silence. once the shot went off i looked down, i was in shock and i looked down on the floor and exactly where my foot was stationary, there was like a hole in the floor. >> the court has now adjourned while the defense prepares to talk to mr. lerena. you can always keep up to date. bbc's andrew harding is there tweeting live from the court once it's back in session. he's @bbcandrewh. stay with us here on "bbc world news" with me nik gowing. still to come, thousands in north korea risk their lives to escape, but now some

oscar pistorius under way in south africa. he entered his not guilty plea yesterday for the murder of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. >> do you understand the charges, mr not guilty, my lady. >> dramatic testimony from a neighbor outlined the terrifying moments leading up to the shooting. >> just before the gunshots, it was blood-crudling. it was something that leaves you cold. it's something that you can't portray in the court. you can't explain it. you just know that a woman's life was really threatened. >> he says he thought steenkamp was an intruder. >>> from the parade of papers, los angeles times raising questions about how the military screen recruits. one in five soldiers had a common mental illness such as adhd, panic disorder or depression before enlisting. in addition nearly 8% of soldiers contemplated suicide before joining the army. >> the herald ledger, two corvettes swallowed by a sink hole at the national museum in kentucky will soon be back on display. >> that's not good. >> crews used a crane to pull them from a 30-foot sinkhole that swallowed them up last month. amazingly only minor damage to the 2009 blue devil zr-1. '93 ruby red co

oscar saying, please, just say it was you. i don't want any attention around me. just say it was you. >> you swore again, mr. johnson. >> reporter: the pistoriusense team is doing its best to create doubts about the testimony of another witness, charl johnson, a neighbor who said he heard screaming and gunshots the night reeva steenkamp was killed. >> mr. johnson, i must stop you. you don't know what you're doing to yourself. >> reporter: the defense argues johnson communicated his version of events with his wife, michelle burger, who also testified and that similarities in their testimony imply they discussed what they would say in court. >> once witnesses start to introduce dishonesty then i wonder about it because right from the beginning it should have been honest. >> reporter: now, as damning as this testimony might be about another shooting incident, it could prove some of the charges against oscar pistorius, what we don't know, yet, is how this might prove he intended to murder his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. george. >> okay, hamish, thanks very much. >>> we turn to that new crackdown by one airline on oversized carry-ons. united says

mr. prosecutor? what are the main points you're trying to make here and why do you think you're effective? >> let's start with what you just spoke about which was the girlfriend testifying, the ex-girlfriend of oscar pistorius pistorius would shoot and kill his girlfriend. and he was hot head with a temper that flared up and always had his gun with him. that's a bad lethal combination and makes it much more plausible inside this courtroom that yes oscar pistorius is capable of doing what the prosecution has accused him of doing which is murdering reeva steenkamp. >> let me toss the ball over to you danny. you have two phones. you cheated on me with reeva steenkamp. you had a gun a lot. what do you do with that as a defense? >> well, in america you don't let that get in. but apparently in south africa you can bring in character evidence to show that the defendant was generally a bad guy. look, we all know, the rules of evidence here in america, this character evidence that he cheated on her or that he was a guy who liked to carry a gun around not only is it improper character evidence, it's not relevant. again, we know he had a gun. we know he intentionally fired it. the question was his mistake as to who wa

oscar pistorius murder trial until monday. the judge granting the prosecution's request to consult with the remaining witnesses through the weekend. >>> first lady michele obama heads to china for a week long visit. mrsschools and talk about the importance of education. >>> and two winning tickets were sold in last night's $400 million mega millions drawing. one in florida, the other in charles county, maryland. the numbers drawn were 11, 19, 24, 33, 51 and the mega ball is 7. >>> i didn't win. before we return-to-flight 370 i want to bring you into the latest on crimea. as john just reported hours after russian president putin annexed crimea they stormed the military headquarters after a june soldier was killed. we have reports from crimea and washington. let's start with nick peyton walsh live in crimea. what's the latest? >> reporter: we are hearing that the june naval chief who was at that base stormed by hundreds of pro russian protesters some of them reportedly armed he's gone missing according to the june defense ministry. that's raising some concerns. seems that base has changed hands more or less peacefully despite the aggressive assault against it initially. and pictures of unarmed june sol

mr. james brown. now jagger is producing a movie about the godfather of soul, so he took our godfather of soul, willie, behind the scenes. >>> let's start with day three in the trial of oscar pistorius to the case. jeff rossen is covering that trial in pretoria. good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. happening right now, new issues with security. one of the witnesses says he is actually getting threaten, his words, threatening phone calls from random numbers, angry he's testifying against oscar. one voice mail, i'm quoting, why are you lying? you know oscar didn't kill reeva. the judge also has security detail herself escorting her to and from court. her office wouldn't confirm nor deny she's been getting threat. it goes to show you how much is at stake here as there's more drama on the stand this morning. for the first time this morning, oscar pistorius walked into court without being mobbed. silent and stoic. very different from tuesday when the courthouse chaos caused him to be late for his own trial. >> i don't see your client. >> sometimes he's blocked in by the media. >> reporter: minutes later oscar finally arrives. >> sorry i'm late. >> that's fine. tak