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until monday morning? thank you my lady. we shall resume on monday at 9:30. court is adjourned. as you have just seen, the oscar pistorius trial has been adjourned until next monday morning. you are watching gmt on bbc world news with me stephen. we have been again watching developments at the trial of the south african athlete oscar pistorius. he faced the third day of cross-examination, intention, detailed cross-examination about precisely what happened on the evening which ended with him shooting his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. we ve seen the prosecuting lawyer nel s style as it has been three day, slow, deliberate, relentless as he continued to challenge pistorius version of what happened on that night. it did at times seem to take its toll on oscar pistorius. at one point he said he was suffering from fatigue. to sum it up, we can go to karin to sum up outside the courtroom. over to you. reporter: thanks very much. we ve been surprised by that adjournmen ....
over a year. the s&p closing at a 3 1/2 month high. that s, by the way, just three points away from ending the day at a five-year high that came in at 1462. u.s. equity futures this morning are indicated slightly lower. slightly because of the massive gains that we saw yesterday. you might have expected to see a bigger pullback. the s&p is off by just over three points. so the nasdaq futures are down about five. in europe, the markets there are coming off some of their gains, as well. the ftse is off by just ov over .1%. in germany, the dax is down by about .3%. in asia overnight, markets in japan and china remain closed. they will reopen tomorrow. the other major asian indexes, as you can see, are slightly higher. the one that really stands out there, though, is the korean kospi. that up by 4.7%. so a major gain in the korean market. among the headlines that have been driving action there, growth in china services sector accelerating in december at a fastest pace in fo ....
and venezuela s president and opposition leaders sat down for peace talks intended to quell months of political unrest that has claimed dozens of lives. authorities are trying to negotiate an end to separatist protests in eastern ukraine. pro-russian demonstrators moved in to government buildings on sunday. the interim prime minister is headed to the region to try to defuse the crisis. but officials in his government haven t ruled out the use of force. nhk world s craig dale reports. reporter: the barricades in eastern ukraine keep growing. the crowds and the provisions, too. but these pro-russian demonstrators are facing an eviction order. authorities want them to end their occupation of government buildings. the deputy interior minister says they re trying to reach a negotiated settlement. use of force remains an option. talk didn t work in one city. security forces went in and made arrests. these occupations have stretched on for nearly a week now. demonstrators ....
. i want to go home. gun crocodile. broken as soon as possible. and the lead me, i m scared of war. but we may want peace to prevail when he affirms if they are very comfortable here and they d like to stay. but of course that isn t possible because there are always more people coming out. we don t know yet if, if it were helping people and lead definitely respective of whether they re believer. so go to church of orange with the parish center of st. mark s lutheran church in berlin state. it s district. it s been functioning as an emergency reception center since the beginning of march, when the 1st ukrainian refugees arrived in germany during the nazi era, the building house, the senate of the confessing church, which opposed the war. people made homeless by bombing raids, found refuge here. now the parish is offering emergency accommodation once again, providing food and care for 80 people the longest from youth wrong. oh, for is it was 90 shipper. i m certain i have ....