So there may be a potential break through in the search for malaysia airline. The Australian Government released these satellite images of objects floating in the southern indian ocean. Planes went to the area today to see if those objects are part of a possible debris field. Relatives in the meantime, of the 239 people onboard the flight are anxiously waiting any news. As a father, i have to believe they are alive and well. 13 days officials are being cautious on what is being called the best lead yet. Bringing us up to speed on this. This is a ray of hope. And now it is the main focus of the International Effort this massive effort to track down this missing flight. This is what they are looking for a faint smudge, in one of the most remote places in the world. This is a lead. It is probably the best lead we have right now. But we need to get there, find them, see them, assess them, to know whether its really meaningful or not. Getting there is the first problem. When they were captu
Across the country and the controversy keeping mayors out of the celebration. The grand old opra house celebrating 40 years. In the crimea peninsula, the disputed ukraine territory voting to join russia and it was 97 of people who voted said yes to the referendum and good morning and welcome to al jazeera, im stephanie sy and they are deepening the rift between moscow and the west and russia wasted little time saying it will approve the decision quickly and kievs new government rejected the referendum calling it illegitimate and u. S. And eu say sanctions are the next step if russia does not reverse the stance and we have a team of reporters tracking the developments and phil is in kiev but lets begin with Jennifer Glasse in sevastopol and we have seen a see of russian flags through crimea, what has it been like where you are . Well, here in sevastopol and throughout crimea the legislatures have wasted no time in solidifying the decisions made in the elections yesterday. In the Crimea
Offensive in venezuela to knock down protests and Big Bang Theory and what some are calling the biggest discovery in history. Im authorizing sanctions on russian officials and operating in the armed sector in russia and people who provide support to the russian government and if russia continuing to interfere we stand ready to impose further sanctions. Reporter president obama imposing sanctions against russia since the cold war and welcome to al jazeera im stephanie sy, friction between moscow and washington, the president froze assets of senior russian and ukraine officials linked to crimea and they followed suit with its own set of sanctions but russian president Vladimir Putin is not backing down and said they are an independent and sovereign state and in an hour from now he will address the parliament and putin will discuss his plan for making crimea part of russia and we will bring you the speech live when it happens. Tens of thousands of troops are gathering at the border of Eas
Oh new signs that foul play could be behind the disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370. Someone may have deliberately flown the vet hundreds of miles off course. This comes a week after the flight left malaysia, and as the search area for the missing aircraft. The 239 people on board moves farther west. Lisa stark joins us from washington. You have covered this Aviation Industry for years. What are your sources telling you about foul play, possibly playing a roll here . Reporter possibly, thats right. But of course theyre keeping all of their options open. My sources are telling me that every little bit of data they have right now. They dont have the wreckage. They dont have the black boxes, but theyre looking at raised suspicion that this was no accident. Reporter with evidence that the missing plane may have stayed in the air for hours after it dropped off radar, its direction to the vast indian ocean. They search there had today but turned up nothing. The surveillance jet shows up tom
Officials about the fate of their loved ones. And the Big Bang Theory gets a big boost. What some are calling the greatest scientific discoveries in history. It is safe to say the whole world is watching as the next chapter of ukraines political crisis is now underway. Facing western pressure, russian president Vladimir Putin taking a hard line over crimea addressing a joint session of the Russian Parliament. That speech concluding with leaders signing a treaty making crimea an official part of russia. Vice President Biden going to poland to show support of allies to warn russia of more sanctions. All this unfolding just one day after the president , president obama and the European Union imposed tough new sanctions all linked to the crimea issue. We have reporters around the globe. We begin with Jennifer Glasse in crimea. And jennifer, i understand they were celebrating today as that treaty was signed between crimea and russia . Thats right, del. They came out sunday. They voted in bi