News from europe, including rothers that one of russias most wanted men, is dead. Could this man be the cocaine king of the ball kens . And 11 days on, thailand only now reveals data which may help explain where the missing plane was headed. Plus, three years into the conflict, the u. S. Expels syrian officials and closes its diplomatic offices. Well, its been another someday of fast moving developments many in crimea. Ukraines Prime Minister has accused russian soldiers of opening fire on its forces. One soldier has been killed after armed men stormed the base on the outskirts. This within hours of russia effectively annexing the territory. Being absorbed into russia, in a speech that last has minutes he said the United States and its allies could not decide the fate of the world. Our first report is from barn by phillips in crimea. In the port many consider Vladimir Putin to be a hero and this to be a wonderful day. We are happy, everybody happy. Not only me. All people are happy. We are russia. And we are russian every time. For russians are celebrating these are worrying times for the minorities and then theres a question of the ukrainian soldiers stranded in their bases. Into something more serious, at a base there are conflicting reports of what happened, ukrainians say the russians attacked and killed. Ukraines Prime Minister treated it as an ominous development. Today militias starting to shoot at troops and it is not acceptable, the first urgent thing that needs to be done, the defense ministers of ukraine, russia, u. S. , and u. K. Need to discuss the situation, and make a decision regarding the escalation of the military conflict. A political dialog needs to start regarding the legality and the punishment of the violation of International Law by the Russian Federation. We found a defiant by tired major inside. I asked if and his men would now leave as the russians are demanding. This is my answer. We will not leave this place without the proper artist, and we will not obuy the crimea government or whoever. The russian soldiers outside didnt want to be filmed al jazeera, crimea. Paul brennen is joining us from the cap tom kiev. So what the reaction has been from kiev on that shooting in crimea. Little reaction on the shooting at the moment. Its really just unfolding frankly. Too early really for many to be aware of what is happening. And the details are developing as the minutes pass. I can tell you now on the Defense Ministry website, here in kiev, they are giving a few more details. They say the soldier that died received a chest wound. And that a captain who was wounded was wounded with a Bullet Wounds to his neck and his chest. But is undergoing hospital treatment. And that a third soldier was wounded or injured in his leg. So two wounded and one fatality at this base. Also, reports from ukrainian tonight, quoting a defense min industry source saying that the soldiers at those ukrainian basis have been authorized now to open fire if they feel that their own safety is under threat from people trying to get into the bases to apack them. So a dangerous escalation, and a surprising escalation, given the fact that there was supposed to be a verbal agreement for a trues, at least lasting through until friday. Why the details of exactly what was to happen to these soldiers trapped inside the selfautonomous region, what exactly their fate it would be, it was supposed to be a status quo situation, all that was worked out. Okay, paul, thank you. Paul brennen reporting from kiev. Well, the attack in crimea came just hours after president Vladimir Putin sign add treaty making it part of russia. In which crimeas voted to join the Russian Federation, from moscow, peter sharp reports. A day that will be remembered in history. It is undoubtly the highlight of Vladimir Putins presidency, he had restored crimea to the federation with bewilders speed. And he was clear why russia did what i did. President of crimea is a battle call, called on russia to protect their lights and still happening in kiev. And other ukrainian cities. Naturally, we cannot dismiss such a request, we cannot leave crimea in farrell, it would have been a betrayal. At moscow, ukrainians arriving on the morning train from the west of their country were reluctant to talk, there are fears that the crisis can deepen. I would like crimea to stay with us, whats to stop them making kiev part of russia, it is such a mess. But for the president a message of reassurance. We dont want to damage you, we always respected your identity and sovereignty. Dont believe the threats other regions will follow, we dont want that, we dont need it. As president putin added his signature to the document and unification, an awareness to the kremlin that there will be a price to pay. The russian president has effectively bypassed the diplomatic off ramp as a return of crimea is nonnegotiable, with the stroke of a pen, president putin has put russia on course for one of the most serious confrontations with the west, since the seve yet invasion of afghanistan in 1979. In moscow thousands gathered in red square. 90 of the people here are said to have backed president putin and despite the global condemnation, his Approval Rating continues to rise. Putins not just popular among these people, he is extraordinarily popular. Peter sharp, al jazeera, moscow. The speed of the actions took the community by surprise. In the bittish parliament, foreign secretary was the first to respond. No amount of sham and preverse democratic process, or skewed historical references can make up for the fact that is this is an into a sovereign state, and a land grab of part of its territory, with no respect for the law of that country or for International Law. He also announced the first unilateral action. In warsaw, american Vice President threatened russia with isolation. It is a simple fact that russians political and economic isolation will only increase if it continues down its current path. And it is and it will, in fact, see additional sanctions by the United States and the e. U. So much for the limited ones impose sod far. Russian officials have reacted with contempt. Tough decisions await leaders on thursday, will they start to hit those closest to president putin. Russias that threatened retaliation if they do. In portugal said russia is breaking the law. The declaration of independence also went against International Law. And the encorporation into the Russian Federation also goes against International Law. From washington president obama called for a g. Seven meeting next week, where russians membership of the g. 8 will probably end. The International Community is threatening russia with economic and political isolation. The policy that will punish russia come with a price. Its not clear everyone is willing to Simon Mcgregor wood, al jazeera. Much more ahead including troops patrol the capitol after two days of running street battles. Plus, the press under pressure, why journalists in sudan say their livelihoods are under threat. And coming up in sport, we will be inside stanford as a returning hero hopes to cause Champions League heartbreak for chelsea. But first, the reports of the chef chan fighter who claimed responsible for deadly attacks in russia has been killed. He was expected of being by hind an attack which killed 40 people. Most recently. The website posted news of his death, and the russian government has yet to report on it. In moscow for us, so, this time around, is it likely to be true . It seems so. As you noted he does get regularly reported dead and there have been very very false alarms. But this time, he has been reported dead by his own organization. The caucuses, on their website they declared that he had becomed martyred, certainly means he is dead, usually in some violent way. And that they have elected a replacement for him. So there arent any further details how he divided when he dies under what circumstances who killed him. But i think we can assume he is dead. It also doesnt mean much, because they seem to have a lot of young people coming up from the ranks and leaders get killed regularly by the Russian Security forces and are constantly regularly replaced. Tongue we will get any reaction from this from the russian authorities. Well, i think that if they killed him, they will brag about it. They usually do. But it may not be that the Russian Security forces killed him, it may have been a fight within his own ranks. It may have been the promos cow checkians. So i think we just have to wait and see what kind of announcements are made. One of the most wanted men in the ball cans has been arrested after an International Man hung. He has given himself up to police after an operation involving the c. I. A. He faces charges including trafficking 5. 7 tons of cocaine from south america to europe. Here is al jazeera. Used to private planes to the trappings of the super wealthy lifestyle, but the man guiding one of the worlds most wanted drug worlds of this jet are not his personal bodyguards they are drugs officers bringing their prize home. He had been own the run for years. His latest destination, and a meeting with his lawyer. I met him this morning and now there is hearing which i just attended to desite if he would stand custody for the time being. This was is what earned his wanted status, nearly three tons of cocaine, intersected on a boat in europe five years ago, the plan was to smuggle it to western europe. Serbian officers launch add huge operation, they arrested a number of his accomplices back home. Earn though he is now in custody, authorities are still chasing those they say worked with him. Right now we have International Arrest warrants. We cant tell you much more as it will jeopardize our efforts to catch them. Cocaine brought him money, and power, its now brought him home to face court and if convicted potentially the rest of his life in jail. Phil lavell, al jazeera. 500 migrants from africa force their way into the spanish enclive. They try to scramble over the separation boarder fence, in one of the biggest crossings in years. More than 1,000 people are estimated to have made it across since the beginning of the year, at least 15 people drowned in february, while trying to swim to the spanish island. Near the island. 62 of those rescued were children. The court ruled that being part of the fund did not breech the right to decide how tax money is spent. Greece is one of the biggest bail out recipients. International dependent inspectors have allowed greece to access more bail out loans. Al jazeera emma hayward is in paris. In a very noisy rally here in paris, where two of the main unions are taking part in this day of action, at the heart of this is something called the responsibility packet. It is a measure that the government wants to introduce to bring down the number of people out of work here, and boost the economy. Certainly, what it will mean is that employers pay less in Social Security contributions to employees and in response, may will have to create jobs. Now the unions many here believe it is not a good idea. The responsibility packet is a present for the bosses. We dont trust them on the number of jobs they are going to create. By touches the social charges you open up the system. Of the pension system, that they like to attack with the pension we report, and we are here to say no to it. This comes ahead of a big week here. People will go to the polls in local elections the first real big election there. Nearly twoyearold presidency, of course, he has very much struggled in the polls, he is the most unpopular post war french president. And in eastern france, activists from Environmental Group green peace have forced their way into a Nuclear Power plant. They climbed on to a tower and then hung banners calling for the closure saying it is a risk to europe. Irans Nuclear Program is being discussed in vienna. Meeting representatives of six world powers for talked. Al jazeera is there. There are yet more challenges and the e. U. Chief foreign envoy as they try to focus on a final settlement on Irans Nuclear activities. First, a spat and a canceled dinner over kathryn ashtons meeting over human rights activists during her last visit to tehran. And then the crisis in crimea, and its threat to these talks because of a potential split between moscow and washington. And so you know, as i said in my earlier answer, there is no indication that its having a negative effect. A strong denial, but the risk remains. Could moscow cut a separate deal. Even before the crisis erupted president putin was reported to be discussing a deal with iran in which moscow would buy iranian oil in exchange for money, goods and help in building new Nuclear Reactor p p no one is optimistic about a quick resolution here, despite an interim agreement reached late last year, when irans shelved higher grade uranium enrichment in exchange for modest relief from punitive economic sanctions. Thats fit europe for now, lets go back to doreen. Lauren, the search for the missing malaysian passenger jet moved into the 11th day, thailand has shared new information, radar equipment in Southern Thailand may have detected the flight just minutes after its communications went down. It asked evidence the plane may have turned around towards the strait. Thailand said it didnt share the information earlier because it wasnt specifically asked for it. Well, relatives of chinese passengers aboard that flight, are threatening to go on hunger strike. They are demanding answers about the missing aircraft. Mcbride has this report. The frustration of not knowing boils over into anger. Respect life, return our relatives can everyone read it. This was a meeting between relatives of the passengers and Airline Staff at the hotel in beijing, that has become the focal point for any information. The relatives believe that information has been with held until now. What we want is the truth. The malaysians are counting days but we chinese are counting seconds. The families are at the point of collapsing. From frustrating Airline Staff, a plea for understanding, for the answers they simply dont have. I can accept the criticisms and mistakes you have pointed out, but the problem is that some information and material we really have no way to access. As china extends its rout that it could have taken, the relatives believe valuable time has been lost. It is almost inconceivable that the plane could have come down over land, without anyone knowing about it, but the areas now being searched are some of the best remote along chinas borders. The government in china says every possibility has to be explored. Its investigators have ruled out any hijacking by chinese passengers onboard the flight. China has investigated the backgrounds of all chinese passengers on the flight, and has found no evidence phailine to destructive behavior. In chinas view that now puts the focus back on the other crew, and the pressure for solving the mystery back on malaysia. Al jazeera, hong kong. The Obama Administration is expelling syrian diplomates from the United States and suspending the operations of its embassy across the country. In a statement the new special envoy to syria, says its unacceptable for individuals appointed by that regime to conduct diplomatic operations in the United States. Why was this made at this particular time. Well, apparently back on march 10th. The embassy announced that it was not longer going to be open to provide services to either syrian citizens or to people who wanted to go to syria. Now, because of that, and because of the on going civil war in which it doesnt seem that either the Syrian Government or the rebels are gaining any significant ground, the u. S. Government decided that there essentially was no reason for the embassy to be in operation. Now we should stress this point, this does not mean that the u. S. Is breaking off diplomatic relations. In the statement provided by the special envoy,s in a case of standing with the syrian people, by maintaining diplomatic relations. All right, rosalyn, thank you. Four Israeli Soldiers have been injured while patrolling the syrian boarder. Thats according to the israeli army. More from jerusalem. This follow as bomb that was detonatedded involving an israeli army jeep. We know there were four soldier whose were injured when that bob was detonated. As a result, way are told this is why the israeli army decided to take action, saying that the bomb in its believe originated in syrian territory, and therefore, it holds syrians responsibility for the actions against the Israeli Soldiers. Now, this has been a site of increased tensions in recent weeks, we do know that earlier in the month, in fact, that the Israeli Military fired artillery against two men that it says were planting bombs inside the Israeli Occupied golden heights. As for this latest bomb, there have been no claims of responsibility, and it is still unclear what the motivations for detonating this bomb might be. A libyan rebel leader is accusing of the United States of pie rassey, and saying washington is helping steal oil from the libyan people. Thats despites threats from the Central Government to attack the s