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A video recorded by a gunman just minutes before he stormed Canada's parliament has been released by police.
In the footage filmed on his mobile phone as he sat in his car, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau explains his motive for the attack, which left one soldier dead.
"To those who are involved and listen to this movie, this is in retaliation for Afghanistan and because (Canadian Prime Minister Stephen) Harper wants to send his troops to Iraq," he says.
"So we are retaliating, the Mujahedin of this world ... just aiming to hit some soldiers just to show that you're not even safe in your own land, and you gotta be careful."
Corporal Nathan Cirillo, 24, was shot in the back as he stood on guard at a war memorial near parliament in the Canadian capital on 22 October.
Video:Family's Tribute To Shot Soldier
Zehaf-Bibeau was shot dead by the Sergeant-at-Arms after entering the parliament building.
"We'll not cease until you guys decide to be a peaceful country ... and stop going to other countries and stop occupying and killing the righteous of us who are trying to bring back religious law in our countries," says the 32-year-old.
Zehaf-Bibeau attacked three weeks after Canada decided to deploy troops to Iraq to fight the Islamic State terror group.
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Gallery: How The Ottawa Attack Unfolded
At around 10am on Wednesday, 32-year-old petty criminal Michael Zehaf-Bibeau killed a soldier standing guard at Ottawa's war memorial
He then ran into the nearby Canadian Parliament building where he was shot to death by the ceremonial Sergeant-at-Arms
By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, in Kuala Lumpur
A year since MH370 disappeared, the Malaysian transport minister has said his country remains committed to finding the plane but refused to pledge that the search would continue beyond May.
In an interview with Sky News, Liow Tiong Lai said that when the current search of the southern Indian Ocean is completed, "we will have to go back to the drawing board".
Families of those on board MH370 are holding the Malaysian government to a previous pledge to "never give up" in the search for the plane.
The ongoing search of a "priority search area" of some 60,000 square kilometres of seabed is due to be completed in May.
Four ships from the Dutch firm Fugro, jointly funded by the Malaysian and Australian governments and coordinated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), are scanning a mountainous seabed.
Mr Liow said: "Beyond May, if we have completed the 60,000 square kilometres, if we still cannot find the plane, then we have to go back to the drawing board, we have to go back to the expert group and discuss further what we should do next."
Pressed on whether he would give up or continue, the minister said that the next of kin needed answers but was not explicit in committing to a continued search.
Vigils have been held to mark a year since its disappearance
"These are important issues not only for the next of kin but for the world and we are trying our level best as you can see and we stand guided by the expert search group.
"We are in the same shoes as the next of kin. We are together with the next of kin. We want to find the plane."
Video:A Year Since MH370 Disappearance
On the first anniversary, the minister again offered his condolences to the families.
"My heart goes out to the families and loved ones," he said.
"My thoughts and prayers are always with them. Malaysia together with others stand together with the families at this difficult time. I would like to commit to the families that we will continue the search."
The Malaysian government and Malaysia Airlines have been continually criticised for their handling of the tragedy.
Family members have complained of a lack of compassion, a flow of misinformation and have accused the authorities of knowingly misleading them.
In an open letter, published this week, one group of families said they were "subjected to a disorganised barrage of information from varied sources, much of which later proved to be incorrect".
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Gallery: Vigils Take Place To Remember Missing Flight MH370 One Year After Disappearance
A Chinese relative of passengers on board the airliner attends a gathering to mark the one-year anniversary of the disappearance in Kuala Lumpur
A child is comforted by her mother during a vigil to remember the victims
Barack Obama has labelled what happened in the Missouri city of Ferguson as "oppressive and abusive", on the eve of a visit to one of the civil rights movement's most historic landmarks.
The US President will speak in Selma, Alabama, later to mark the 50th anniversary of the marches that took place to protest against the lack of voting rights.
The anniversary comes with America digesting the report from the Department of Justice detailing racial bias in Ferguson, a city which saw violent protests over the killing of an unarmed black man by a white police officer last summer.
"What we saw was that the Ferguson Police Department in conjunction with the municipality saw traffic stops, arrests, tickets as a revenue generator, as opposed to serving the community, and that it systematically was biased against African-Americans in that city who were stopped, harassed, mistreated, abused, called names, fined," Mr Obama said at a town hall-style meeting in Columbia, South Carolina.
He said Ferguson must now make a decision about how to move forward.
Video:50 Years On From Selma
"Are they going to enter into some sort of agreement with the Justice Department to fix what is clearly a broken and racially biased system?" Mr Obama said.
"Or, if they don't, then the Justice Department has the capacity to sue the city for violations of the rights of the people of Ferguson."
Mr Obama will later be joined in Selma by the first family and former president George W Bush.
"Selma is not just about commemorating the past, it's about honouring the legends who helped change this country through your actions today, in the here and now," Mr Obama said at the South Carolina meeting.
Video:Ferguson Racism Report Explained
"Selma is now."
The city has been propelled into the global spotlight again this year with the release of the movie Selma and the controversy over its shortage of Oscar nominations.
In March 1965, the city saw police beat back crowds attempting to march to the state capital Montgomery to protest over the inability of black people to register to vote.
The violent images broadcast on national television helped lead to passage of the Voting Rights Act after protesters were joined by Dr Martin Luther King.
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Dr F D Reese, who invited Dr King to Selma to lead the protests, says some of the legacy has been wasted.
He told Sky News: "The civil rights movement still has more to do because when you deal with human beings, people have opportunities to do great things but then after doing great things, they fail to do certain things that they should do in the future."
The anniversary events will be focussed on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
A unity march of leaders from all faiths will be staged over the weekend.
Video:Selma Still Stirs Strong Emotions
Dr Jerry Light, leader of the First Baptist Church, said: "1965 was a horrible time for Selma but it was a horrible time for all of the South and, just like many of the other cities, we have overcome.
"We are not where we want to be but we are working in that direction."
Selma, which sits on the Alabama River, grew as a cotton port but its economy has suffered with the loss of a major military base.
Some in the city say it suffers a stigma from its association with such a notorious chapter in American history and has struggled to attract investment, but the mayor denies that.
Video:Selma Trailer
George Evans told Sky News: "I think there is still a lot of room for improvement when it comes to race relations.
"There are still people living in the past but I think the mass majority of people in the United States and Selma are interested in moving forward.
"What happened in '65 is what happened in '65, what is happening now is another world.
"The idea now is not to try and get even but to get it right."
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Gallery: Nov 25 - Protests Turn Ugly In Missouri
A man watches a burning building after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri
Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown, reacts to hearing the grand jury decision over the death of the 18-year-old unarmed black teenager, shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri
Islamic State militants have started bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq, the country's tourism and antiquities ministry has said.
In a statement on its Facebook page, the ministry said IS had "assaulted the historic city of Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy vehicles".
The statement did not elaborate on the damage, saying only the group continues to "defy the will of the world and the feelings of humanity" with its actions.
Officials said the destruction began after noon prayers on Thursday and that trucks that may have been used to take away artefacts had also been spotted at the site.
An Iraqi worker at the Nimrud archaeological site
"Until now, we do not know to what extent it was destroyed," the official said on condition of anonymity.
UNESCO has said the destruction, if true, "constitutes a war crime" and called on people around the world "especially youth" to protect "the heritage of the whole of humanity".
Video:Militants Destroy Iraqi Artefacts
Built in the 13th century BC, Nimrud is located on the Tigris River just south of Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, which was captured by IS in June.
The extremists, who control a third of Iraq and Syria, have attacked other archaeological and religious sites, claiming they encourage people to abandon Islam.
Abdulamir Hamdani, an Iraqi archaeologist from Stony Brook University, said: "I'm sorry to say everybody was expecting this. Their plan is to destroy Iraqi heritage, one site at a time.
"Hatra, of course, will be next," he said, referring to a beautifully-preserved city in Nineveh that is more than 2,000 years old and is a UNESCO world heritage site.
The destruction at Nimrud came a week after IS released a video showing militants armed with sledgehammers and jackhammers smashing priceless ancient artefacts at the Mosul museum.
That attack sparked widespread condemnation, with some archaeologists and heritage experts comparing it with the 2001 demolition of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan by the Taliban.
Video:Iraqi Forces Begin Tikrit Assault
Last year, IS destroyed the Mosque of the Prophet Younis - or Jonah - and the Mosque of the Prophet Jirjis, two revered ancient shrines in Mosul.
The group also threatened to destroy the city's 850-year old Crooked Minaret, but local residents surrounded the structure, preventing the militants from approaching.
Iraq's national museum in Baghdad opened its doors to the public last week for the first time in 12 years in a move Prime Minister Haider al Abadi said was to defy efforts "to destroy the heritage of mankind and Iraq's civilisation".
IS has imposed a harsh and violent version of Islamic law in the territories it controls and has terrorised religious minorities.
A US-led coalition has launched a military campaign against the group, and this week Iraqi forces began an offensive to try to retake the city of Tikrit, on the main road linking Baghdad to Mosul.
The Defence Ministry is investigating claims British troops shouted sexist abuse at female football players during an England match.
Members of the British Army based in Cyprus watched the England women's team beat Australia 3-0 in the Cyprus Cup tournament in Nicosia on Friday.
Two England supporters at the match, Rachel O'Sullivan and Sophie Downey, said of the roughly 50 troops at the game, a group of 10 hurled abuse at the players - mainly targeting the Australians - throughout the match.
Ms Downey said: "We've been to lots of games before and we can engage in banter, but this wasn't banter - it was constant, gender-specific abuse.
"There were around 50 troops watching the game and a group of around 10 of them were directing constant insults - they were on the side of the Australian dugout so it was more focused on their players.
"We weren't sure whether to tweet about it because it's the Army and we didn't want to offend people - I'm a very proud English person and I'm very proud of what the Army do - but I was ashamed of them today."
Ms O'Sullivan and Ms Downey, who both cover football for the Girls on the Ball website, claimed the soldiers abused the Australian substitutes as they took off their tracksuits before going on the pitch.
The Australian players were mainly targeted, it is claimed
They also said they targeted one Australian defender in particular.
Ms O'Sullivan said: "One Australian player, number six (Uzunlar), they were harassing her over and over and over again, throughout the game.
"They were making horrible comments, shouting at her, whistling - it was uncomfortable to hear.
"These are teenage girls and they were sexually objectifying them."
Ms Downey and Ms O'Sullivan said they complained to the commander in charge of the contingent after the match.
They said he apologised, saying he had not heard the abuse.
An Australian supporter at the game, who wished to remain anonymous, also complained about the alleged abuse.
"This was a stunning one-off that I've never heard before in women's football," the football fan said.
"They were calling the girls t****, telling the referee 'I'd like to blow you'. I said something to the Army sergeant, 'This isn't a complaint as an Australian supporter, it's a complaint as a woman'. It was beyond the pale.
"He was apologetic after the game and offered to apologise to the players."
An MoD spokeswoman said: "Behaviour of the kind described is totally unacceptable and is not tolerated in the Armed Forces where abuse, bullying and discrimination have no place.
"We are investigating these claims and if it is found that any UK personnel have fallen below the high standards we expect then appropriate action will be taken."
An FA spokesperson told Press Association Sport: "We've spoken to the (England) players, manager and assistant manager after the game and none of them have said they heard anything during the game worthy of reporting or complaining about.
"They appreciated the British Army's support and were happy to have photographs taken with the Army boys at the end of the game."
But the spokesperson added: "The FA will investigate all allegations of discriminatory abuse. If anyone did experience any form of discriminatory behaviour we would urge people to report it by calling 0800 085 0508, emailing reportdiscrimination@thefa.com or downloading the Kick It Out app from the App store of Google Play."
It's seen as the success story of the Arab uprisings. In four years Tunisia has gone from revolution to reform - a stable democracy in a region blighted by conflict.
There may have been bumps along the road but it's been a relatively peaceful transition culminating in the first freely elected president in the country's history.
So many are asking why Tunisia is currently the biggest exporter of foreign fighters in the world, with thousands of young men travelling to Syria and Iraq to fight with the extremists.
Ex-IS recruit 'Khalil' tells Sherine Tadros 'everything was calculated'
Khalil (not his real name), 24, says he fought with Islamic State in Iraq's second city Mosul. Eventually he left, after being shot in the leg during battle.
But Khalil was not recruited to be a fighter. He says he was sought out by the group and offered money for a specific task.
Video:Life Inside Islamic State
"They told me you are doing something focusing on telecommunications, which is your specialty, so nobody can hack our communications. And in case someone is listening in, you would be notified," Khalil told Sky News.
"In terms of their structure, it was very strong. Everything was carefully calculated … even if you were going to the battlefield they would arrange things so a group would fight and another would pray and then they would swap ... there were even a group of therapists available."
Khalil describes himself as a moderate Muslim and admits he was attracted to join IS because it sounded adventurous, but after six months he started having doubts.
The Tunisian government says there are around 1,200 men who have left to fight in Syria, Iraq and now increasingly Libya, while other organisations say it's more than double that figure.
Tunisia has a history of exporting fighters to other countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. But since the toppling of former president Ben Ali's regime in 2011, the numbers have spiralled. The declining economy has certainly contributed to this phenomenon but not all the fighters come from poor backgrounds.
Mounir, 19, like hundreds of others here, was radicalised by Muslim preachers in his neighbourhood despite not being particularly interested in religion.
Video:Removing Extremists from Mosques
Seven of his friends have died fighting alongside extremist groups, including IS in Iraq and Syria. Although he says he's never gone to fight, he admits he and his friends do think about it.
"All of my friends have dropped out of school at an early stage. Their understanding of social science, politics, even in religion is very little. Even in schools they don't teach us about deep religious issues, you study simple Koran verses to please your parents, nothing complicated," Mounir told Sky News.
Although they are operating less visibly now than in 2012, ultra conservative - or Salafi - mosques and associations in Tunisia actively recruit and traffic young men through a network of intermediaries that facilitate their entry into Syria and Iraq.
Under the 23-year rule of former president Ben Ali, Islamist movements were persecuted, mosques shut down and thousands imprisoned.
Some Tunisians blame the moderate Islamist Ennahda government, which took over after Ben Ali was ousted in 2011, for the spike in numbers of foreign fighters.
They may not have agreed with the former president's crackdown but are also weary of the influence of hardliners within the Ennahda party.
Video:Returned Tunisians Imprisoned
One imam taking matters into his own hands is Sheikh Farid Beiji, a moderate cleric. He works with the government to identify extremist mosques and preachers.
For him, deradicalisation is possible by using the Koran to counter extremist ideology, but he admits it doesn't always work.
"We have studied how to turn young people from violence to non-violence... but for those who have reached an advanced state in adopting Islamic State's thinking, they don't listen to anyone," says Sheikh Farid.
Hundreds of fighters are returning home. A crackdown on so-called extremists under the new president has resulted in mass arrests, but with an increase in attacks on the police, some think the government's strategy is backfiring.
The heavier the crackdown, the more fuel you give to extremists to recruit young men, especially in prisons.
What's happening today is sure to have repercussions in Tunisia and elsewhere for generations to come.
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Mr Nemtsov's funeral was held last week
Two suspects have been detained over the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.
Russian state TV Rossiya-24 quoted the head of Russia's Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, as saying President Vladimir Putin has been informed of the detention.
"I would like to inform you that the work that has been conducted has resulted in two suspects in this crime being detained today. They are a Gubashev, Anzor and a Dadayev, Zaur," he said in a video posted on state TV Channel One's website.
No further details were provided about the suspects, but RIA Novosti news agency quoted Mr Bortnikov as saying that both were from the Caucasus.
No charges were immediately announced.
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Gallery: Boris Nemtsov: Funeral Of Murdered Putin Opponent Held In Moscow
People stand in line at a memorial service before the funeral of leading Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov in Moscow
Several hundred Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued to pay their respects. Mr Nemtsov was shot dead by an unknown gunman last week as he walked with his girlfriend
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Mr Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and long-time critic of Mr Putin, was shot dead near the Kremlin in Moscow on 27 February.
It is not clear if either of the suspects was believed to have fired the shots that killed the politician, who was reportedly working on a report about Russian military involvement in the eastern Ukraine conflict at the time of his death.
Leading Russian opposition figures have suggested the murder was politically motivated, although authorities deny any involvement, saying it could have been a provocation aimed at tarnishing Mr Putin's image.
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Gallery: Thousands in Moscow to honour opposition politician
Russia's opposition supporters carry portraits of Boris Nemtsov through Moscow with the words "He fought for a free Russia," "He died for the future of Russia"
Riot police stand guard during the march in memory of Nemtsov
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Russia's top investigative body said it was investigating several possible motives and was looking into possible connections to Islamic extremism and Mr Nemtsov's personal life.
The chief witness to the killing was Mr Nemtsov's Ukrainian girlfriend, Anna Duritskaya, who has now left Russia.
His death sparked protests through the streets of Moscow, with people carrying placards declaring "I am not afraid" and "He died for Russia's future".
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Gallery: Profile: Who Was Boris Nemtsov?
Rose to prominence under Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s and grew into a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin. He was also an environmentalist, a nuclear scientist and father of four
In 1997 he was made deputy prime minister and put in charge of economic reform. The economic crisis of 1998 cost him his job in parliament and any presidential hopes he had
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On Tuesday, hundreds of mourners queued to see the 55-year-old's body lying in state in central Moscow ahead of a burial at the Troekurovskoye cemetery on the outskirts of the city.
Former British prime minister Sir John Major was among the European politicians and diplomats who attended the funeral.
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Two Suspects Held Over Boris Nemtsov Shooting
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Mr Nemtsov's funeral was held last week
Two suspects have been detained over the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.
Russian state TV Rossiya-24 quoted the head of Russia's Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, as saying President Vladimir Putin has been informed of the detention.
"I would like to inform you that the work that has been conducted has resulted in two suspects in this crime being detained today. They are a Gubashev, Anzor and a Dadayev, Zaur," he said in a video posted on state TV Channel One's website.
No further details were provided about the suspects, but RIA Novosti news agency quoted Mr Bortnikov as saying that both were from the Caucasus.
No charges were immediately announced.
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Gallery: Boris Nemtsov: Funeral Of Murdered Putin Opponent Held In Moscow
People stand in line at a memorial service before the funeral of leading Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov in Moscow
Several hundred Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued to pay their respects. Mr Nemtsov was shot dead by an unknown gunman last week as he walked with his girlfriend
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The apparent assassination has shocked Russia. President Putin has blamed the killing on enemies trying to discredit the Kremlin
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Continue through for more pictures of the memorial service and funeral
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Mr Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and long-time critic of Mr Putin, was shot dead near the Kremlin in Moscow on 27 February.
It is not clear if either of the suspects was believed to have fired the shots that killed the politician, who was reportedly working on a report about Russian military involvement in the eastern Ukraine conflict at the time of his death.
Leading Russian opposition figures have suggested the murder was politically motivated, although authorities deny any involvement, saying it could have been a provocation aimed at tarnishing Mr Putin's image.
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Gallery: Thousands in Moscow to honour opposition politician
Russia's opposition supporters carry portraits of Boris Nemtsov through Moscow with the words "He fought for a free Russia," "He died for the future of Russia"
Riot police stand guard during the march in memory of Nemtsov
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Russia's top investigative body said it was investigating several possible motives and was looking into possible connections to Islamic extremism and Mr Nemtsov's personal life.
The chief witness to the killing was Mr Nemtsov's Ukrainian girlfriend, Anna Duritskaya, who has now left Russia.
His death sparked protests through the streets of Moscow, with people carrying placards declaring "I am not afraid" and "He died for Russia's future".
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Gallery: Profile: Who Was Boris Nemtsov?
Rose to prominence under Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s and grew into a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin. He was also an environmentalist, a nuclear scientist and father of four
In 1997 he was made deputy prime minister and put in charge of economic reform. The economic crisis of 1998 cost him his job in parliament and any presidential hopes he had
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On Tuesday, hundreds of mourners queued to see the 55-year-old's body lying in state in central Moscow ahead of a burial at the Troekurovskoye cemetery on the outskirts of the city.
Former British prime minister Sir John Major was among the European politicians and diplomats who attended the funeral.
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Exactly a year ago, Wang Le was preparing for his mother's return from a holiday in Malaysia.
Zhang Chi had been to Kuala Lumpur with a friend. She sent her son a text message just before leaving. "At Kuala Lumpur airport" it read. She then boarded her plane for Beijing: Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
"I miss my mum every day," Wang Le says.
"Many moments I think 'Hmm, maybe I should call her now'. I want to call her, but I cannot. Too many memories."
We have joined him for dinner at his father's Beijing apartment. Wang Le and Wang Yongzhi spend every weekend together.
The two men, father and son, look after each other. Really though, it is clear that Wang Le is his father's support. Wang Yongzhi appears to be a broken man.
"Some times he misses my mum too much and he puts a bowl here and chopsticks here and he feels like he's having dinner together with my mum," Wang Le says.
They show me to a bedroom. "This is my mum's room," Wang Le says.
"Everything is not changed. The same as when she lived. Everything the same," he says.
Video:January: MH370 Declared An Accident
The room is precisely as it was a year ago. Zhang Chi's makeup sits on a dressing table. The bed is made. Some washing hangs in the window.
The only change is a collection of white origami birds. Wang Yongzhi makes one almost every day in memory of his wife.
"Today is your birthday" he has written on one. "It is February already" another says.
As if to cruelly compound their grief and remind them of their loss, the apartment is under the Beijing flight path. Overhead every few minutes is the noise of a jet.
Video:Apr 2014: MH370 Facts 'Concealed'
They know it makes no sense to leave the room untouched, but then none of this tragedy makes sense. Over and over again, they have asked themselves how a plane can simply disappear.
MH370 disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur airport in the early hours of 8 March, 2014, bound for Beijing.
A total of 239 people including crew were on board the flight. Searches first took place in the South China seas before radar data concluded it had veered west off course and over the Malay peninsula. The searches then shifted to the Andaman Sea.
However, painstaking analysis of satellite data from British company Inmarsat eventually concluded that the plane had flown south for up to eight hours before coming down in the southern Indian Ocean off the western Australian city of Perth.
Video:MH370 Crash Declared "Accident"
An initial surface search of that area involved 22 military aircraft and 19 ships from eight countries. They covered search areas of more than 4.6 million square kilometres.
Since then the focus has been an extremely challenging search of the seabed within a 'priority search area' which was determined by further satellite analysis.
Currently, four ships from the Dutch firm Fugro are scanning a mountainous 60,000 square kilometre seabed.
The search is being jointly funded by the Malaysian and Australian governments and coordinated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).
Video:Renewed Efforts To Find MH370
A little over 40% of the area has been searched with no sign of the plane. The search is due to be complete by May.
"Of course she knows we miss her. She is my mum and we have a very, very good relationship just like friends and we can talk [about] everything. We like to 'date' every week," Wang Le tells us.
I ask if he and his father blame anyone for what has happened. "We don't know what happened exactly, we don't know the truth so [to] blame anyone is not helpful," he says.
"For me I just think if my mother can see me, she can watch me somewhere. She doesn't want to see her son very sad every day so maybe she is happy to see me work hard and take care of my father, my grandmother, my whole family."
Islamic State militants have reportedly removed artefacts from the ancient archaeological site of Hatra in Iraq and government officials fear the site is about to be demolished.
Iraq's minister of tourism and antiquities Adel Shirshab said the government is investigating reports of looting and demolition at the UNESCO world heritage site.
Saeed Mamuzini, a Kurdish official from Mosul, added that militants removed artefacts from Hatra on Thursday, and began destroying the ancient city earlier today.
Hatra is located 68 miles south-west of Iraq's second largest city Mosul and was declared a world heritage site in 1985.
Visitors at the ancient city north of Baghdad in 2002
The site, which was founded more than 2,000 years ago, is the second ancient city targeted by IS militants in recent days.
On Thursday, Iraqi officials said IS had "assaulted the historic city of Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy vehicles".
UNESCO said the destruction of Nimrud "constitutes a war crime" and called on people around the world to protect "the heritage of the whole of humanity".
Nimrud is located on the Tigris River just south of Mosul, which was captured by IS in June.
Hatra is a UNESCO world heritage site
The extremists, who control a third of Iraq and Syria, have attacked other archaeological and religious sites, claiming they encourage people to abandon Islam.
Speaking about the destruction at Nimrud, Abdulamir Hamdani, an Iraqi archaeologist from Stony Brook University, said: "I'm sorry to say everybody was expecting this.
"Their plan is to destroy Iraqi heritage, one site at a time."
Last week IS released a video showing militants armed with sledgehammers and jackhammers smashing priceless ancient artefacts at the Mosul museum.
The attack led to widespread condemnation, with some archaeologists and heritage experts comparing it with the 2001 demolition of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan by the Taliban.
An Ohio man accused of plotting to attack the US Capitol called a television station and said he would have to gone to Washington and shot President Barack Obama in the head if he had not been arrested.
Cincinnati television station WXIX-TV said Christopher Lee Cornell called the station from his Kentucky jail, confessed to being a supporter of Islamic State (IS) and said he planned to kill government officials in retaliation for US airstrikes on the militant group.
The station broadcast part of the interview on Friday, not long after the 20-year-old's attorney argued unsuccessfully that it could violate Cornell's right to a fair trial.
When asked what he would have done had he not been arrested in January, Cornell said he would have taken one of his guns, "I would have put it to Obama's head, I would have pulled the trigger, then I would unleash more bullets on the Senate and House of Representative members, and I would have attacked the Israeli embassy and various other buildings."
Cornell, who repeatedly identified himself as Muslim, said "the continued American aggression against our people and the fact that America, specifically President Obama, wants to wage war against Islamic State" was the reason for his planned attack.
He said: "They might say I'm a terrorist, but you know we see American troops as terrorists as well, coming to our land, stealing our resources and killing our people, raping our women."
Cornell said support for IS is widespread in the US.
"We're here in Ohio, we're in every state," he said.
"We're more organised than you think."
The federal indictment against Cornell charges him with two counts that carry possible sentences of up to 20 years for each conviction.
They are attempted murder of government employees and officials and solicitation to commit a crime of violence.
Cornell, who grew up in the Cincinnati suburbs and lived with his parents, also faces a firearms-related charge.
He has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial.
Cornell was arrested outside a gun shop near his home in January after the FBI said he purchased two M-15 assault weapons and 600 rounds of ammunition.
In court documents, the FBI said Cornell planned to "wage jihad" by attacking the Capitol with pipe bombs and shooting government officials and employees.
Cornell's father said his son was coerced and misled by "a snitch" trying to better his own legal situation.
