We are following breaking news now on the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. The Prime Minister of malaysia is expected to speak at a News Conference any minute now, and we are not sure what hell say. Officials say therell be a major announcement. We are listening to the event and will bring you the latest as soon as we get it. Welcome to al jazeera america, im Morgan Radford live in new york city. Its 8am in ukraine, and the start of a fateful day for the people of crimea. In just 24 hours theyll vote on whether to join russia or remain a part of ukraine. Western powers say they wont recognise the outcomeven as International Observers arrive there. Moscow says it will adhere to the outcome of the referendum libby casey explains that an 11th hour appeal to stop the vote failed. A meeting between john kerry and Sergei Lavrov. We have no shared vision of the situation with western countries. Sergei lavrov says sundays vote in crimea is about selfdetermination. Translation we
Good evening. Course. Im jessica aguirre. The official said there are indications that the planes and im raj mathai. Nearly a week of questions, communications were switched off deliberately and that the plane tears and theories. Appeared to be steered in such a now the Prime Minister of way to avoid detection by radar. Malaysia apparently going to the 777, which had 239 announce what the Associated Press is reporting, that missing passengers and crew on board, lost communication with the ground about an hour into its flight on march 8 from kuala lumpur to beijing. Radar signals appear to show the plane climbing to 45,000 feet after it disappeared from radar. The plane then turned west and information gathered from satellites suggests that the plane flew for hours. This presents a whole new series of questions as for where the plane is. Now searchers are zeroing in on a remote chain of islands in the indian ocean. Well keep you posted. Again, we are watching that News Conference closel
Election results some time soon. Look at the rain in japan. The country issued the highest alert possible as the super typhoon heads its way. Authorities fear it could be the worst storm in 15 years. Were tracking the progress for you. Aaron joins us looking at the cost for latest Airport Security crack down. If youre flying to the United States, be prepared for delays. All airlines with direct flights to u. S. Are facing further security checks targeting our gadgets. Who pays for this . The government, airports or airlines, or ultimately all of us, the flying public . Its 12 00 in london, 7 00 a. M. Washington and 2 00 p. M. In the gaza strip. Nine militants have been killed in israeli air strikes. It comes after a wave of rocket fire was aimed at israel. Hamas says seven fighters died in a single strike. The group warned israel will pay for deaths of its members. This is the late nest a sequence of events that began when three israeli teens were murdered near the west bank city of he
New information and indication here is of those two iranian men who boarded this plane with stolen passports. One is 18, who was trying to join his mother in germany. The other is 29 years old, he was trying to get to denmark. Investigators say the mens motive appears to be illegal immigration and not terrorism. But the head of the Central Intelligence agency says theyre not ready to rule out other terrorism links to this plane just yet. Listen to this. This is not the time to relax because we know there are terrorist groups that are still determined to carry out attacks, including against especially against aircraft. At this point, youre not ruling out that it could be terrorism. Not at all. That was john brennan speaking as the search turns to the western part of the malaysian peninsula. This is new information just coming in to cnn. Still, no answers from distressed family members. Tensions boiling over between the families and representatives of Malaysia Airlines in beijing today.
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