Spectators, 36,000 athletes get compete in the 118th marathon. This is live from paris. Also coming up for you over the next hour, we will tell you about the life of one of the founders of burmas prodemocracy opposition. He has passed away at age 84 after decades battling military rulers. And the life of Pope John Paul ii set to music. We have three there are three theater shows running in the italian capital prior to the catheterization caninitization. Biden visits the ukraine as ukraineavrov says the is in violation of the geneva accord. Tensions remain high after an attack on a promoderate a checkpoint that left three dead. President has asked for support from russian troops. Alex turnbull has more. A couple of speeches on a card announce a new curfew following the attack on the checkpoints, slovyansk is called a city under siege and they begged for help. We ask for help. If you cant send the army as peacekeepers, please send Food Supplies or weapons or anything else that you can. On sunday, local residents came to lay flowers at the side of the shooting outside of slo vyansk, and they describe the attacker to place her in the early hours of easter sunday. Six people jumped out of jeeps and started shooting, throwing stun grenades. Our people started running in all kinds of directions. When somebody shouted, down. A sniper was shooting those who tried to run into the village. To pictures of two bodies led into trucks, and our correspondence said that they sent people to investigate that the attack may be persuasion of russian separatists to lay down their arms even harder. The local prorussian committee has announced that the geneva deal was null and void. How can the authorities allow this . And you call this an agreement . This means nothing. Mistrust on all sides is rising and the Russian Foreign farstry blames this on the right nationalist who support the Kiev Administration and they have blamed Russian Special forces. Our correspondent, luke brown is in the region and joins us. To bens really seem escalating there, what more can you tell us . Yansk isituation in slov very high tension, three journalists were arrested before been released back onto the streets of the town. In addition to that, a ukrainian activist, has been currently arrested. Footage has been released by the people in slovyansk, showing that she is being held blindfolded with their hands bound. She is big accused of war crimes, this is part of the response to the bloodshed over the last couple of days. Is a flashpoint and that is where the mayor was saying that she wants to call in russian help. But the military Separation Movement is probably the strongest development, this is definitely a place we watching in the next few days. You can see if the current standoff does evolve into more of a cot a right conflict. Separatists have declared a republic there, how much power do they claim to have . Theyre trying to evolve into the situation where they do have a kind of semblance of legitimacy. Received blow days we this from the independent peoples republic of donetsk, stamp that looks official, but it is not much more than this scrap of paper. The independence of the republican 7eleven store building their occupying, all they are trying to do is draft of the terms of a referendum that they want to hold, they the to question whether andration with russia the trade union that they want to set up, that will be a question that they want to ask people, but beyond that and this building, there is independence of the peoples and around donetsk, the region, if they want to be taken seriously, the real question is how they can make this the referendum and seem legitimate. Outside of this historic building, life goes on, quite as before. They want to be taken seriously but a big challenge for them is to really ensure that this referendum that they want, to hold in less than a month time, does include as many eventual voters as possible at the moment, that is not necessarily particularly realistic. Thank you very much for updating us from the eastern ukraine. Another development, russian president Vladimir Putin has approved of a legal amendment to make it easier for russian speakers in the former soviet union to acquire russian citizenship. Russia annexed the peninsula last month as tens of thousands of troops have tens of thousands of troops currently along the border of the ukraine. In other news, south korean prosecutors have detained for more crewmembers, ring the number 270 as the criminal probe continues into last weeks ferry disaster. A Buddhist Monk is among those who have been leading prayers for families awaiting news in jindo. Gueeun hye has a get likened this to murder. He has blamed the captain of jindo very that left 300 dead or missing. This is incompetence will from the commonsense point of view. It was like an act of murder that must not be tolerated. The captain and 2 crew members were arrested on saturday. 4 others have been detained. Seen here in a 2010 video boasting on the safety of the ship, the captain has come under fire for abandoning the vessel and his crewmembers were among the first passengers rescued. The crew did not issue an Evacuation Order for more than half an hour, after the ship began tilting. A transcript from the coast guard showed the confusion aboard. Will you be able to evacuate them . Tell them to wear a flotation ring and abandon ship. Will they be rescued right away . Dont let them evacuate without safety gear, tell them to be safe. It is not known why the ship capsized, but it did make a sharp turn before it began listing. During 470 six people, most of them high school students, only 170 survived. Much to the despair of family members. Strong currents have made it difficult for divers to recover the bodies, and coast the coast guard said on monday they began to use underwater drones to search for the missing. Syrias president ial election will be held june 3, the announcement was made by the parliamentary speaker of the country earlier, and candidates can begin registering and for the first time more than one candidate can stand. While the election war is raging may be a tough challenge. We report. Despite the ongoing turmoil, the years of fighting with 150,000 people killed, bashar assad has never considered setting stepping down. He will run for a third time and there is lachance he will lose in what many call a sham election. In 2012 he produced constitutional limits to approve a referendum, paving the way for the first president ial ballot with more than one candidate standing, but the new regulations made it difficult for critics to stand against him. Because of residency rules candidates may have will have had so will have had to have lived in syria for at least 10 years, preventing the regimes opponents from running as most are in exile. They must be 40 years old and citizenship, and how can i ballot take place in a wartorn country, with some regions controlled by the government and others by insurgents . Those living in rebelheld areas and refugee camps will not vote in the election and the opposition is expected to boycott the ballot as they believe that bashar assad needs to step down in order to make way for a democratic transition. Egypts upcoming president ial election, it has shaped up whoeen annex army chief answers to the islamic government and a leftist who says he has the ideals of the 2011 uprising. Alcici is the frontrunner for the vote and his sole rival is sabati, who came in third in the 2000 levin election won by mohamed morsi. The Muslim Brotherhood will not contest the election. They have been blacklisted as a terrorist organization. It is related to sars and saudi arabia has confirmed that three more patients have contracted the deadly middle eastern mrs virus. A total of 79 people have succumbed to the disease in saudi arabia, since it was intensified in 2012. A sudden uptick of the disease has killed one third of the people infected. Saudi arabia, concerned over this these new cases ofmrs, these new cases of mrs. Number ofgs to a viruses a family of viruses including sars, and has taken a hundred lives in just under a decade. The minister of health was quick to reassure and said there was no evidence to justify ordering measures such as travel bans and said that this may be part of a seasonal pattern. Idea of wider searches in april and may, we have no idea. Mrs has no antiviral atment but it does Scientists Say it originated in camels, which are in the region. Some hope it will simply die out, others see that it will eventually mutate. The five leading companies known for the vaccination we know some of them are going to visit us soon. Saudi arabia, the birthplace of islam, is inspected to receive them in july and more in october. Some 36,000 athletes will compete in the Boston Marathon this monday, putting the worldrenowned race back in the spotlight after it was the target of a bomb attack last year that left three dead. Race organizers have expanded the field by 9000 runners, to allow those left on the course last year another chance to compete. Otherfelt like any premarathon sunday in boston, a march day in the april calendar. The finishe crossing line but the atmosphere was filled with sorrow. The bombing last your killed three people. But even that has him little to keep them away from the 43 kilometer race. The bad guys will not take this away from us and all the people who get involved. What happened last year, i was only angry at the fact that the affair and image of what boston was ruined. Friends, itpeak my is all about renewal and reclaiming are likely our rightly place. I think Everyone Wants to come and celebrate running, this year. Registrations have been frenzied for the marathon, 9000 more than last year. 36,000 participants. This year, the racecourse will be cluttered with supporters, as more Police Tactical units and undercover officers are expected to be stationed and on the roof. Would behe only it only correct to say happy birthday, your royal highness. The queen of england turns 88 this monday although it is not clear how big the best of these will be for elizabeth the second, the British Sovereign celebrates her birthday in june when the weather is better. A new portrait was taken by photographer david beatty. He says he is excited to have captured the mischievous glint in her eyes. Into the eye of the diplomatic storm, the american Vice President will soon arrive in the ukraine as a separatist leader urges the russian president to send in troops and iscow claims that kiev failing to implement last weeks international accord. Akin to murder, the south korean president has lambasted the actions of those in charge of the capsized ferry, with more than 200 people still missing and presumed dead, several crewmembers are now in custody. And runners are back on the streets of boston, one year after twin Pressure Cooker bombs exploded, killing three spectators. There he 6000 athletes you ready to compete in the 118th running of the marathon. Time for our press review. Im joined by kyle. Of course, we have been reporting on the release of 4 french journalists in syria. This is still big news in france. This is across the french newspapers, and we are talking about the conditions, i was going to say the prison conditions because they were actually detained for 10 months, this is 10 months for the most part without seeing the light of day. Caves, andound in there are reports about them being attached to one another in chains for six weeks. Photosy have a number of of the group of four journalists, released on sunday, into the arms of the french president and the foreign minister, and the papers really talk about the conditions that they were living in for the 10 months, and i suppose that you could summarize this as being pretty arduous, indeed. What other information is coming out, do we know if the french government paid their ransom or not . There is not a lot of information coming out on that front, and the government has been tightlipped about the whole thing. Glibly, we dote whatever it takes to secure the freedom of french citizens. The papers are awash in speculation about how the hostages were finally liberated, if there was a handover or if they were rescued. It is reported that the French Intelligence Services were involved, but to what extent and for how long, it is not yet clear. The speculation as to whether there has been a ransom paid as well. And the french president continues to say as previous governments have said, the french governments do not pay ransoms. Aresituation in the they quoting people familiar with past cases, that they can truthfully say that there is no ransom paid by the government, too, for example, the kidnappers but this could very easily have been arranged through a thirdparty, they could have had people in other countries, for example, neighboring turkey, neighboring to syria where these coordinates these journalists were kidnapped and held, there could have been arrangements with a thirdparty exchange, in exchange for the freedom of the captives. We dont know any of this, this is speculation but this is based on previous incidences where there were these kinds of arrangements suspected, to free the captives. Ok, us move onto some world news. More revelations about the south korean ferry, which sank last week. Yes. The south korean press is really covered with revelations that it had that have been coming out of the transcripts that we have seen, between the ferry and the maritime services, and we see, for example, in the south korean daily, there are reports about the length of time it took for there to be any decisions taken, 12 minutes, for example, for there to be any response to the distress call made by this very. Ferry. Its a halfhour to discuss how an evacuation would take place, daily outh korean of course, they are calling the whole thing a complete shambles. Five hole lost time there. Vital lost time there. Hundreds dead and hundreds missing and the captain has been charged and the korean times writes about heroes and villains, many villains in this story. Calls theean times lack of ethics and the lack of crew, theyamong the talk about the extreme negligence and the ugly behavior, of the people involved, that goes for the majority of the crew. There are reports of crewmembers just getting off of the ship, without evacuating the passengers. Inside information among the engineers, really, where they were sending each other messages and talking to one another about how to best get off the ship and abandoning ship without looking for the crew. And the korean times also said that there were heroes, a young woman crew member who gave up her life jacket so that passengers could be saved. Another student who refused to leave the ship, to save younger people, a teacher who stayed on the ship at the cost of his own life, sacrificing himself to help out a lot of the students on board. Times the south korea says that there are a lot of exceptions to the grisly side of the story. Back in france, a key anniversary for french women, 70 years since they secured the vote. Yes, indeed. It will seem to some rather recent because france was not the first to get the vote for the french women, it was back in 1944 under charles de gaulle, when he made the announcement and a year later, in the municipal elections in 1945, that was the first win women were able to participate. Much later than other western countries. In 19191918, the u. S. And the u. K. In 1928. 15, 16 years between the u. K. Badly lagging behind their. Thank you very much for that look at the papers. And now it is time for sports news. A slim lead in her title sublimee alive after a oneknow when 1nil win. Last years runner up is sixth and a 21 defeat against bastilla. Possible to always win 2nil or 3nil says claudio, most important was to win against nice. The team did a good job. Ayedplayers plaie together. 80 , second place. For me it will be 100 when the championship is finished. I think we will secure second. Manchester united will send out missed out on Champions League football for the first time in 19 years after a defeat at the premier league. Arsenal was at the top after liverpool to a big step toward getting the First League Title in 24 years with a victory at norwich. The victory in the first half was exceptional and the second half, we had to show character and resilience and determination. Victory, incredible and a big congratulations to the players, because that is us if we finished in third, it guarantees Champions League football. And a way to get at the end of the season everyone thought it would be a struggle for us, especially with the effort that they have paid, to be at the stage now. At least granting up and having Champions League football, it is wonderful. Stuttgart struck a blow to their hopes to boost their chances of survival. They started one above the drop zone and they were two up when he handed ibrahim an cross and adam zala had a consolation. They are six behind dortmund as stuttgard is three clear of hamburg in the finish. The us join open champion beat his fellow swiss Roger Federer to take the monte carlo title. Against the seventime vashti seventime 17 time champion has lost all of his matches, and he had his second win in 50 matches against better. Federer. The first of three spring classics in the gold race just over 30 kilometers of the 252 kilometer race, to falkenberg remaining. Van hekker was ahead after attacking. And as the race can initiates final 15 k, they came unstuck with riders drifting back. But maintained their persuit of the pursuit of the leaders. Alexander valverde he hit the accelerator with devastating force to shoot clear of the field. In his2 champion koski wake. Adding to his triumphant 2010 and the triple crown in 2000 levin. Australias guratz in third. Lewis hamilton continued his domination of formula one, easily allowing Nicolas Rothberg to get his third victory in succession. He is still behind rossberg in standings. Last years winner in china finished third. And thegg99nnwcca7gucbcru