Control of the crimea region despite diplomatic pressure to end its intervention. 12 years a slave won best film while gravity picked up seven. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. Were going to go live to my colleague in pretoria now for the latest on the trial of Oscar Pistorius, which has just broken up for lunch. Lets find out whats been happening in the last hour or so. Karen . Reporter well, h i pretoria it is raining and raining. People are gathered under umbrellas and shelters like we are. The appetite for this trial is absolutely huge. Journalists taking shelter but they have been out hours for Oscar Pistorius to arrive at court. He did so just before the scheduled opening of the court, 10 00 local time. Now, as it happened, there was a problem with the translator. The trial didnt get under way until 11 30 local time. But already we have seen Oscar Pistorius standing up pleading not guilty. He denied the charges, the four charges he faces in the strongest terms. Now we have he
Heres accounts of the night he shot his girlfriend. Do you understand the charges, mr. Pistorius . I do. I do, my lady. How do you plead . Not guilty, my lady. Reporter live in pretoria. Ill be bringing you all the latest developments from the trial. Plus, seven oscars and seventh heaven for gravity, the biggest winner at the academy awards. Also in the program, aaron is here having a look at the in stability in ukraine and the affects thats having on the global economy. It is mayhem, david. Markets are down. Russias ruble slumped to lows. And with a quarter of all of europes guests coming from russia to ukraine, we will look at the impact if the taps are turned off. Hello. Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, 1 00 p. M. In kiev. Capital of ukraine. A country, its own Prime Minister says is on the brink of disaster. There are calls for International Observers to be sent in to monitor what is an extremely notable standoff where ukrainian and Russian Forces have come face
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