1. UPDATE: Malaysia Airlines offers compensation to relatives.
The relatives of those killed on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will receive the equivalent of $5,500 in compensation from the airline.
Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya made the announcement today, saying the airline may increase the payments as the search for the plane’s wreckage continues, News.com.au reports.
“This unprecedented event in aviation history has made the past 18 days the greatest challenge to face our entire team, ” Mr Yahya reportedly said.
The passengers’ families will also receive “continued support” from the airline, he said.
Earlier today, MM wrote:
The Prime Minister of Malaysia has confirmed that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ended its journey in the Southern Indian Ocean.
The plane carrying 239 people plunged into the Indian Ocean.
In a statement last night in Kuala Lumpur, Prime Minister Najib Razak said intelligence from British satellites and investigators showed that MH370 is likely to have “ended” in the southern corridor of the ocean.
For more, read this, and to read his statement go to this post here “No survivors on MH370”
2. Bail denied
In Egypt, bail has been denied for Australian journalist Peter Greste and his two Al Jazeera colleagues.
In the third hearing overnight, police witnesses were questioned about the arrests. Most said they stand by their original statements.
The ABC reports that in a recess, Greste said prison conditions were tough and that the prosecution had failed to provide a shred of evidence.
3. Oscar Pistorius trial
The trial of Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has taken a dramatic turn with text messages revealing that Reeva Steenkamp was scared of his temper.
The court heard that a message sent less than three weeks before he shot her dead read: “I’m scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me,” while a later text read, “I can’t be attacked by outsider for dating u and be attacked by you the person I deserve protection from.”