In the capital. The Southeast Asian games heads to myanmar for the first time in 40 years. Well have a live report ahead of the opening ceremony. Riot police in ukraine have stormed kievs city hall in an attempt to force out protestors camped outside. Earlier they fought with protestors as they tried to clear out acamp of the square. After Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign an agreement with eu for trade agreement. Tim friend joins me from kiev. Its a fluid situation and within the last half hour or so the riot police have pulled right back. Theyve retreated. Theres not a van in sight. One of their advance have moved into the square earlier. And you cant really see any evidence of the riot police themselves. And just beneath us here, the protestors have started at least to try to build new barricades. So and a number of people in the skill in Independence Square is actually more than we witne witnessed on tuesday. Heres my colleague, robin forester walker with the detail of the events.
Attacks as president obama convinces turkey to allow its long time enemy to battle the enemy in syria. A sinkhole in hawaii. Some say a Tropical Storm is to blame. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. This morning, Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison. He was taken from a holding cell and transferred to a pretoria prison. The olympian was convicted of killing his girlfriend, model reef stein. The prosecution called for a minimum 10 year sentence while it is defense wanted Community Service and house arrest. We are joined live from pretoria, south africa. There are questions regarding how long he is going to serve in prison. What can you tell us . There are absolutely. In fact, his lawyer commented to journalists and the awaiting crowd that he may be out in 10 months. Under South African law, the minimum of the sentence you have to serve for culpable homicide is sixth which that sentence. Its possible also that he could be placed under house arrest for all or a portion of his r
A much harsher sentence to prove to society that they can still have confidence in the Justice System of this country. Judge masipa said that sometimes people dont understand the difference between the interests of society and the Desire Society has for retribution. Thats correct. She mad a distinction between vengeance and punishment, and says that people need to understand the two. And also saying that people dont always get what they want. And she also said in her judgment that she hopes that the sentence that she has given to Oscar Pistorius will bring closure to Reeva Steenkamps family. And she also said nothing she does or says today will bring her back. Reporter indeed, thank you very much. Our colleague here in pretoria, has been in court all through this trial. But there we are, on day 49 of the whole proceedings. Weve been here since march 3rd. We finally learned Oscar Pistoriuss fate. He will serve five years, or hes been sentenced to five years in prison, but could be out o
Oscar pistorius as he spends his first night in jail . Also ahead, how cells from paralyzed mans nose helped him to walk again. Its pioneering surgery the bbc had exclusive access. Well show it to you. Also in the program, aaron is here. And hes looking at the tragic death of the captain of industry. Christoph dimajri, last night he was killed in a plane crash at this moscow airport. He was the man credited for turning total into the worlds Third Largest oil company. Were going to go live to moscow to find out about this huge loss to industry and about totals total focus. Hello, its 1 00 in pretoria, where Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Lets go live to the courtroom in pretoria where the drama unfolded and my colleague karin giannone. Reporter after seven and a half months of this trial, 49 days of legal proceedings, we have it. The verdict and the fate of Oscar Pistorius is known, and a short while ago, the athlet
A new study finds drinking soda every day can age you just as much as smoking. A 20ounce soda equals an extra 4. 6 years of aging. Fox friends starts right now. Good morning. It is tuesday, october 21. Were going to start with a fox news alert. He shot and killed his model girlfriend and moments ago blade runner Oscar Pistorious was sentenced to prison. But did he get less time because of his celebrity . We are live with those breaking details. The president responds to all those democrats who are avoiding him out on the campaign trail. These are folks who are strong allies and supporters of me, and i tell them, i said you know what, you do what you need to win. Why does he keep talking, the democrats are wondering. Is the president hurting his own party more than helping you . You be the judge. The worlds most infamous intern takes center stage. I fell in love with my boss in a 22yearold sort of way. It happens. But my boss was the president of the United States. And thats not all she