Ukraine crisis:Mariupol city libreated

The Ukrainian government says it has regained control of the city hall in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, from pro-Russian separatists.

Several people are said to have been hurt during the overnight operation in the city, where three pro-Russian protesters were recently shot dead.

Reports are coming in of a Ukrainian army operation outside the separatist stronghold of Sloviansk.

Separatists are occupying key buildings in at least a dozen eastern towns

In another development, the funeral is taking place of a pro-Ukrainian politician, Volodymyr Rybak, who was abducted and killed in the Donetsk region.

Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama has accused Russia of flouting a deal on Ukraine reached in Geneva last week, under which illegal armed groups, including those who have seized public buildings, would return home.

Mr Obama told a news conference in Japan that Moscow had failed to halt actions by militants in the region and warned that the US had further sanctions against Russia "teed up".

A contingent of US troops has begun landing in Poland for military exercises amid concerns among Nato's eastern members about Russian intentions.

Moscow has said it will respond to any attack on its interests in Ukraine.

Unrest began in Ukraine last November over whether the country should look towards Moscow or the West.

MALAYSIAN MISSING AIRPLANE:Search at critical juncture

Malaysia's acting transport minister: "The narrowing of the search is at a critical juncture"
The search area for the missing MH370 plane has narrowed and will be at "a critical juncture" in the next two days, says Malaysia's acting transport minister

Hishammuddin Hussein said an underwater drone would finish searching the area within the next week.

The Bluefin 21 mini-submarine has so far found nothing after six missions.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing in March as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing carrying 239 people.

The Bluefin is mapping the area of the sea bed within a 10km (six miles) radius of where acoustic signals were detected believed to have come from the aircraft's flight recorder.

It is operating at a depth of more than 4,000m (13,000 feet).

Mad Men's season seven premieres with just 2.3m viewers... losing out to Game Of Thrones with an audience average of 6.3m

It may have been one of the most popular shows in America but it seems Mad Men has fallen out of favour with its fans as the show’s season seven premiere only drew in 2.3 million viewers, on Sunday evening. 

The 1960s drama features Hollywood hunk Jon Hamm as the rather unstable advertising executive alongside busty Christina Hendricks as Saffron and the ever-gorgeous January Jones as Betty Draper.

But it seems even this trio of Hollywood stars couldn’t draw in the viewers on Sunday - not only was the program in direct competition with Game Of Thrones, which averaged 6.3 million viewers, but also with MTV’s star-studded Movie Awards.

but on  the same evening the than the  sci-fi GAME OF THRONES attracted 6.3 million viewers which is 34% more theMAD MEN'S SEASON SEVEN PREMIERES.It is a clear win for GAME OF THRONES

Johnny Depp Wears Torn Hat, Gives Wiz Khalifa Shoutout at 2014 MTV Movies

Maybe Grumpy Cat was venting his frustration over Johnny Depp's hat? The Transcendence star presented the Best Movie trophy at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, April 13, in a partially-torn, raggedy old hat that looked… well, shabby.

20 hurt in school stabbing spree in Pennsylvania

MURRYSVILLE: A 16-year-old boy with a "blank expression" stabbed and slashed 19 students and a police officer in the crowded halls of his suburban Pittsburgh high school Wednesday before an assistant principal tackled him.

At least five students were critically wounded, including a boy who was on a ventilator after a knife pierced his liver, missing his heart and aorta by only millimeters, doctors said.

The rampage — which came after years in which U.S. schools have geared much of their emergency planning toward mass shootings, not stabbings — set off a screaming stampede, left blood on the floor and walls, and brought teachers rushing to help the victims.

The motive was under investigation. Police didn´t immediately release the name of the suspect, who was taken into custody and treated for a minor hand wound.

He later appeared before a judge, shacked by his hands and feet and dressed in a hospital gown. Charges were expected to be filed soon.

The attack unfolded just minutes before the start of classes at 1,200-student Franklin Regional High School, in an upper-middle-class area 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of Pittsburgh.

It was over in a matter of minutes.Witnesses said the boy with the knives at first tackled a freshman and stabbed him in the belly, then got up and ran wildly down the hall, slashing other students.

Nate Moore, 15, said he saw the first attack and was going to try to break it up when the boy got up and slashed his face, requiring 11 stitches.

"It was really fast. It felt like he hit me with a wet rag because I felt the blood splash on my face. It spurted up on my forehead," he said.

The attacker "had the same expression on his face that he has every day, which was the freakiest part," Moore said.

"He wasn´t saying anything. He didn´t have any anger on his face. It was just a blank expression.

"Doctors said they expected all the victims to survive, despite large and deep puncture wounds to the abdomen in some cases.

The wounded campus police officer was treated and released. Authorities credited an assistant principal with subduing the assailant. They gave no details, but students identified the educator as Sam King and told local news organizations that they saw him tackle the boy after the youngster stabbed the campus officer.

King´s son told The Associated Press that his father was treated at a hospital, though authorities have said he did not suffer any knife wounds.

Chile soldiers hunt escaped inmates in quake-hit Iquique

Chile's army has been deployed to the northern city of Iquique after some 300 inmates escaped from a women's jail following an 8.2-magnitude earthquake.

More than 100 prisoners have returned, many of them voluntarily, since fleeing the jail in the chaos that followed Tuesday evening's quake.

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, in Iquique to assess the damage, has declared Arica and Parinacota region and Tarapaca region disaster areas.

There have been six reported deaths.More than 2,000 homes were damaged in Alto Hospicio, a town near Iquique. Fires destroyed some businesses in the area and fishermen found their boats sunken and damaged in Iquique harbour.

Some 40,000 people in Tarapaca remain without power, said Ricardo Toro of Chile's National Emergency Office (Onemi).

USA Washington DC mudslide death toll climbs slowly, yet hope remains for life saving

Rescue workers are working hard and digging through mud and debris of mudslide.A search dog indicated a  victim near Darrington,Washington on Saturday march 29  .A landslide crossed the North fork of the stillaguamish River and caused many deaths increasing death toll and physical damage to the area.