Its guns. The rock and roll of winter sports. Snowboarding isnt just for youth. We meet the more mature canadian snowboarder aiming for gold. Jamie is here with a look at all the markets. They are discussing the turmoil in the markets. It is a pretty heated discussion. Many of the emerging economies blame the u. S. For allowing Interest Rates to rise too much causing money to drain out of their economies. A very warm welcome to gmt. Midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, d. C. , and 2 00 p. M. In kiev, where the sound of sporadic gunfire has punctuated a day of desperate political maneuvering by president yanukovy yanukovych. Early elections now scheduled for the end of this year. Effectively downgrading the power of the president. And the National Unity government. But will it be enough to satisfy the thousands of protesters still in Independence Square. The initial reaction suggests maybe not. And eu officials in kiev remain cautious about the claims that a truce deal has b
. Three years after the start of the syria conflict, were live on the jordan syria border examining the ever worsens plight of the millions of people who have had to flee the fighting. Hello, everyone. Day 7 since the disappearance of that malaysian airliner with 239 people on board. The search area had to be widened yet further. Rescuers began their search in the South China Sea. They have expanded that area several times. The first of the straits of malacca. Now the u. S. Said it is shifting focus towards the andaman islands and the indian ocean after electronic evidence from ping signals from equipment on board the aircraft for several hours. The acting transport minister gave this update on the search. Ladies and gentlemen, theres been a lot of media speculation today after comments from unnamed u. S. Officials suggested the plane may have traveled for some time after losing contact. As is standard procedure, the Investigation Team will not publicly release information until it has
To find the aircraft. We would not withhold any information that could help. But we also have a responsibility not to release information until it has been verified. Just why is the smallest planet in our solar system shrinking even further . Hello. The parliament in crimea has declared independence from ukraine following sundays referendum. The regions defacto Prime Minister is traveling to moscow formally to request that it becomes part of russia. Lets go live now to crimea in simferopol. And ben brown is there. Reporter yes. Were outside the Crimean Parliament in simferopol. Very shortly after the final results were announced of the referendum yesterday. 97 of voters voting in favor of annexation into russia. And 83 turnout. Straight after that vote was announced, then they would a meeting here in the parliament behind me. Mps voted, again, overwhelmingly formally to declare independence from ukraine and formally to apply to russia to be absorbed into the russian federation, an exed
Gangs. A dazzling display of color in the night sky as the northern nights make a rare appearance across the uk. And also aaron is here. How times have changed in india. David, you know asias Third Largest economy was once seen as a Rising Economic star with growth in double digits. Indias economy has plummeted in recent years. We go to mumbai to see what can get indias star shining again. Welcome to the program. Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, 2 00 p. M. In the capital of ukraines autonomous region of crimea. The question is this. Who is taking control of that region . Armed militia have moved into the civilian airport in simferopol. Ukraines interior minister says they are russian and this is an invasion. The government has called on the u. N. Security council to hold a special session on the situation in the country. They will speak to our correspondent. And both kiev and moscow for the the latest on those. Reporter unsettling images for the new authorities in t
Arrived in rome. Hes meeting with pope francis in a few hours. What will be up for discussion for these two religious leaders. Aaron joins us now. Another tech Company Going public today. Its being described as the whats app of takeaway food. Just eat. Boy, have shares taken off. Heres a question. Is an online site really worth 2. 5 billion . Stay tuned . Were going to find out. Hello. Welcome to gmt. It is 2 00 p. M. In tripoli, lebanon, where the 1 millionth refugee from neighboring syria has been registered. It underlines the scale of the humanitarian crisis. Half of syrias population has been displaced in the war. Lebanon is shouldering the biggest burden. We are three years into this conflict and more and more are fleeing. 2. 5 million syrians have registered as refugees abroad. The actual known is unknown. It is thought to be much higher because many people havent registered. Many have fled to syrias neighbors. Lebanon have taken in the most. They have received only 14 of the fun