Week ahead. Prorussian demonstrators taking over a City Council Building in the ukraine east. The country, for the first time, fought back. Gun fire killed an officer, and wounded five others. Meanwhile prorussian separatists showed up at another government building in eastern ukraine. They seized the building putting up a barricade made of wood, fire out front. They are fighting terrorists and soldiers were sent to confront armed prorussian militants. He explained his decision. Translation the National Security and Defense Council made a decision to start a fullscale terrorist operation engaging the prorussians in ukraine. We will not allow a crimean matter again. Viktor yanukovych accused the c. I. A. Of being behind the move to confront proRussian Forces. Russia called ukraines order outrageous and warned it could turn into a civil war. Kim vinnell has been following the crisis and reports now. The clock is ticking in eastern ukraine. After launching a military operation in slovyans
Royals down under. Now nato says it will strengthen its military presence around Eastern Europe after prorussian advances in the east of ukraine. The interim government sent hundreds of troops to restore order. But now they are demanding more regional power. Jackie roleland has the story. Reporter ukrainian fighter jets zoom over the city of donetsk. Its a clear message that they control the skies. But down on the ground prorussian separatists dont seem to be listening, with the Regional Parliament parliament already in their hands, they now add the City Council Building to the list of conquests. We have come into this building so that kiev accepts our demands. The demands of the ordinary people of the donetsk region. To allow a law on a local referendum. Reporter Council Members insist its business as usual. About 100 kilometers north of here, in the city of kramatorsk, the Ukrainian Army seems to have suffered a setback. After retaking control of an airstrip on tuesday, the army has
The First Quarter. Profits down at yahoo but the numbers beat the street thanks to a great performance by alibaba. And russia warns ukraine it stands on the brink of civil war after kiev launches military operations to try to win background from the separatists. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hello and a warm welcome to todays edition of Worldwide Exchange. There is a huge amount to get through in todays show, an awful lot to talk about. Coming up, could the mobile phone as you know it soon be ancient history . Googles planning a modular smartphone that consumers can customize with various hardware features. Well take a look at that. Bank of america set to report numbers from the bell today. Find out why this is a top stock pick. And a fatal ferry industry. Well be in seoul later in the show. First, asian stocks are up. First quarter gdp came in at 7 another 4 , thats down 7. 7 from last quarter of last year. Lets get a breakdown of
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Country deal with its disasters. Taking a look at eating and sleeping habits of grizzly bears to help humans fight fat. A massive rescue operations taking place right now off the coast of south korea, the coast guard saying a passenger ferry with 400 people onboard started to sink on the way to a resort island. Dozens of helicopters plucking people from the water. Three passengers are dead, nearly 300 more are missing. South koreas coast guard received the rescue call this morning. Passengers heard a lawsuit bang and then the ferry started to tilt. It is now mousily underwater. We have the latest on the rescue operation. One by one, they stepped off this rescue boat. Others had to be carried by stretcher, all of them draped with blankets to ward off hypothermia from the frigid waters. It capsized off the Southern Coast of the peninsula as it neared a popular tourist destination. Most of the people onboard were High School Students on a field trip. The ferry named the sea wall was also