Canadians fight a downhill battle for the right to go toe bag goning. Nigeria has postponed the legislative and president ial elections to take place on the 14th. Its been pushed back by six weeks and will be held on march 28th. Theyve said the new date is because of security concerns especially in northeastern nigeria. Lets get the latest now from yvonne in the nigerian capital. Any more details about why this vote was delayed . Reporter well the election boss hear in the capital said to the assembled journalists that the decision to reschedule nigerias election was based on the heads of various security agencies. He was advised by security chiefs they could not guarantee the safety and security of millions of voters and several hundred elections staff deployed to places across the country, in particular the northeast of the country where we have seen deadly violence perpetrated by the group boko haram. He said other than the commission was very keen to go ahead with the poll but the
Eastern ukraine. We understand at least three people have been killed but many more are wounded. Jordans King Abdullah arrives back home after the horrific killing of a pilot by Islamic State with calls for revenge echoing through the streets. What are the kings options now . Aaron is here and greeces european charm offense has hit its first major block. Its time for tough new talks with greece. Greeces finance minister met with the hard boss of the central bank. Tomorrow stakes are higher with meetings in berlin. Well find out what greece nowments and whether or not europe will agree. Its 12 noon here in london, 7 a. M. In washington and 8 p. M. In taiwan where at least 19 people have been killed when a plane crashed into a river. The Transasia Airways commercial flight was carrying more than 50 people. They were mostly chinese tourists. The plane had taken off from taipei and headed to kinmen islands, just off the chinese city xiamen and came down on the keelung river. This is the dr
Cup of nations semifinal against Equatorial Guinea as being like a war zone after its winning players were targeted by the home fans. These are some of the ones i found a mirror a broken plate, and this one of dozens hundreds of stones thrown their way. Also in the program, looking at how the ongoing conflict . Ukraine is devastating its economy. It is a mess. The country is in its deepest recession since world war ii. The value of its currency has fallen off a cliff and the ukraine government is spending 8 million fighting the rebels. Stay tuned because were going to find out whether or not the ukrainian economy is beyond reviving. Its 12 00 p. M. In london 7 00 a. M. In washington, 3 00 p. M. Ins moscow. Where the french president Francois Hollande and german chancellor, Angela Merkel will hold talks to try to end the escalating fighting in Eastern Ukraine. Theyre meeting with president Vladimir Putin follows their talks in kiev where a new peace plan was presented. The u. S. Secreta
Sundays final or going to stay home and stay away from what should be a showcase and joyous event. Kicking out the clutter. We investigate the meaning of the stuffed paradox. Welcome to the program. German chancellor Angela Merckle said a diplomatic solution is still the only way to resolve the crisis in ukraine. She was speaking ahead of talks with the french president hollande and russian president Vladimir Putin taking place in moscow in a few hours time. That meeting follows a visit to kiev where they put forward a new peace plan. No details of that plan have been released but some reports suggest it could include a redrawn ceasefire line and greater autonomy for the breakaway regions. However chancellor merkel says she will never decide on questions of territorial integrity over the head of another country. While there has been continued fighting over the past few days in Eastern Ukraine, prorussian rebels have surrounded the town of debaltseve. Now you can see in the territory he
And 160,000 people are forced from their homes by flooding in malaysia. The search teams looking for the missing asia air passenger plane say theyve spotted the first potential signs of wreckage. An indonesian helicopter has seen two oily spots in the search area, and an australian search plane has spotted objects hundreds of miles away. It is still too early to know whether either sighting is connected to the missing aircraft. The search is centered on the java sea off the coast of sumatra. Its now been called off for the night. The planes last known position is in this area and you can see the total search area has been divided into several sections. Well, the plane was flying from surabaya airport in indonesia all the way up to singapore. Its a flight which should have taken just two hours. In the last hour, indonesias Vice President gave us this update. 30 ship operations in this area and 50 airplane and helicopters. The operation in the sea, especially in bad weather like this, bu