Patrol car. And nigerias booming hair industry, how braids, weaves, and wigs are boosting the countrys economy. Hello, it began as a pro democracy revolt. Russias Foreign Ministry hopes to host a meeting between Bashar Alassads government and syrias divided opposition. But its unclear who will officially take part. And there has been no let up in fighting in syria. There have been airstrikes in the Northern Province of aleppo. 39 people are thought to have died in the past few days. Areas controlled by else fighters are being targeted. Elsewhere in Syria Government wa warplanes have hit the southwest. At least five people are said to have died after government jets bombed a residential area. And Government Forces have bombarded the rebelheld town of douma. The air assault has killed at least five people. [ sirens ] lets get more now from our correspondent Kimberly Halkett in washington, d. C. For us. What more door know about these planned possible peace talks . Well, what i can tell y
90 of the votes have been counted. An overall majority. They are saying austerity is over with and that may have deepseated implications beyond greeces borders. Coming out of athens, our reporter. Ahead of this syriza party will meet with the independent party ipl. It will give the combined total of 162 votes. They have 149 as mentioned. That would be the joint coalition. That has led to 100 count. As you can see, it is extremely business. People have the power. They are chanting this. Of course also the president promised Alexis Tsipras is 40, younger than us. They will negotiate the 250 billion euro bailout. [indiscernible] they do not want to take any pain. That creates cracks. It is unpopular in greece and is seeking as a protest. Europe is popular. Correct. Grace greece wants to stay in the european union. If they do not take some pain the question is to borrow the money and face the vote. And clearly very important election this year in spain, italy, and portugal. That you as wel
Shipped to south korea. Plus. Im florence lee in myanmar, where the government plan to cancel temporary i. D. Cards threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of people in limbo hello, sepp blatter is avoiding appearing in public following massive corruption allegations at f. I. F. A. , and pressure on him to resign. A spokesman for the president of the governing body blamed touche u lens for turbulence for not attending an f. I. F. A. Conference in zurich. Five other f. I. F. A. Officials were arrested on wednesday for what the u. S. Deppartment of justice described as the world cup of fraud. And investigations will begin into how the 2018 and 2022 world cups were awarded. A statement says u. E. F. A. Is about to decide whether to boycott elections on friday. Viva and adidas sponsors are voicing concerns. Cocacola says it has tarnished the reputation of the world cup. F. I. F. A. s officer complains why the president is not showing up at the conference in munich. President blatter apolo
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
Surprise. And each of their reactions is more priceless than the last today, saturday, march 8th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. We do want to get you right to todays top story, and that is the Malaysia Airliner that we first learned went missing overnight. We first heard last night that it had gone missing. As the hours go on, the airline says it still has not found any evidence of wreckage. Lets bring you the latest as we know it. There is a massive effort under way right now to find the plane. Searchandrescue crews were deployed as soon as authorities realized the plane was missing. And air Traffic Control lost contact with that plane about two hours into what was supposed to be a sixhour flight. And there were 239 people on board the plane, including 3 americans, one of them an infa