Its no contest, really. A very warm welcome to the program. The japanese government is trying to verify a new message apparently recorded by the journalist being held hostage by the Islamic State group. The message from kenji goto says the new deadline or release a convicted suicide bomber. If shes not handed over it will kill a jordanian Fighter Pilot whos also being held hostage. In the past few hours, japans chief cabinet secretary has had this to say about the ongoing negotiations. We are working continuously with the jordanians. The situation is constantly changing. So in that sense, we dont believe that we should comment on the position of the government. But we can say that things between japan and jordan are moving forward, in the atmosphere of trust. Now, this is the second japanese hostage under threat this past week. On sunday isis claimed they killed Haruna Yukawa after claiming 200 million in. Reporter another morning has brought another audio tape reportedly from kenji go
In disneyland. Why has the disease made a comeback 15 years after it had been eradicated . Also a shake up of British Airways frequent flyer scheme. We all love to collect those points. Easy to get from either flying or buying anything from petrol to a loaf of bread. But whats not easy is trying to use them, right, to get a free trip . Now theyre following an industry trend and flipping things around. Yes, making it easier for us to use our points, but more expensive to collect them. Its 12 00 noon here in london 7 00 a. M. In washington and 8 00 p. M. In kuala lumpur where the malaysian authorities have declared the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight mh370 an accident and said there are no survivors. The government did add that the search for the missing aircraft remains a priority. This stipulation will now allow compensation payments to relatives of the victims. Just to remind you, that airline disappeared in march of last year, en route from kuala lumpur to beijing with 239
We have not done anything that could jeopardize the search effort. The german chancellor Angela Merkel warns of catastrophic consequences. Nations divided on how to deal with the drugs issues. Hello, everyone. Day 6 for the seven of the missing malaysian jet is deepening. Still no reliable clues why it disappeared en route from kuala lumpur to beijing. In the words of the transport minister in the last couple hours, the plane has vanished. Satellite released satellite images. Here is one from last sunday which could have been can debris. Malaysia says they were put out by mistake and are inaccurate. The wall street journal suggested the plane may have flown for up to four hours after its last contact at 1 30 last sunday morning. Officials said the usual transmissions which happened in packets over a period stopped at 1 07 last saturday morning. So they have no secret engine data on what happened next. Well, responding to suggestions it may not have been carried out they had a service o
Planet in our solar system shrinking even further . Hello. The parliament in crimea has declared independence from ukraine following sundays referendum. The defacto Prime Minister is traveling to formally request that it does become part of russia. They have announced all ukrainian property is to be nationalized so ukrainian law is no longer valid in the region. It has approved partial mobilization of its troops. Lets get the very latest from my colleague ben brown with all the very latest developments. Reporter yes. Hello and welcome from the crimean par lament in simferopol. To formally ask the Russian Federation to annex crimea to absorb crimea into the Russian Federation. I spoke to one deputy a short time ago who said he expected that process to take about a month. Within that time he said crimea would officially adopt the russian raoubl as its currency and would switch to the moscow time zone as well. All of that follows the resounding victory for the russian speaking majority he
Acting defense minister are on their way to crimea as pro russian activists enter the naval base in sevastopol. South african president jacob zuma under pressure for benefiting for a multimillion dollar upgrade to his personal residence. Plus, more than 20 years after the death of hollywood legend Marlena Deitrich, some of her personal belongings go to auction. Hello everyone. There have been emotional scenes at the airport in kuala lumpur in malaysia as frustration boiled over among families of people on board the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. At least two people thought to be relatives of passengers were bundled away when they complained about the lack of information. 12 days after the plane disappeared, theres still no sign of the missing aircraft. 26 countries are involved in the search operation covering two giant arcs to the north and south of the planes last known location. The bbcs jonah fisher is at the media center where that confrontation happened. A warning, his report c