Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 04 April 2015 | 18.46
Hardline Somali al Shabaab extremists who have carried out an armed raid on a university in eastern Kenya are responsible for a catalogue of deadly terror attacks in the region.
With the raid in Garissa the latest, here are some of the other atrocities committed by the group:
Guests flee the al Shabaab attack on the Maka Al-Mukarramah Hotel
March, 2015: At least 24 people, including six militants, were killed during a siege at the Maka Al-Mukarramah Hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
February, 2015: A suicide attack at the Central Hotel in Mogadishu killed 25 people and wounded 40 others. Government officials were meeting in the hotel at the time, and Mogadishu's deputy mayor and two legislators were among the dead.
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Gallery: Terror Attack At Kenyan University
A siege by militants at a university in eastern Kenya has ended after four gunmen were killed. At least 147 people have been killed, with 79 confirmed as wounded
Somalia's al Shabaab terror group has claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attack, which began when many students were sleeping
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Video:Survivor Found Among Kenya Victims
A survivor of the Kenya university massacre which saw 148 people killed has been found two days after the attack.
Kenyan medical staff are reported to have found Cynthia Cheroitich during the grim task of dealing with the bodies of those killed by members of Somalia-based terror group al Shabaab.
The 19-year-old said from her hospital bed that she hid in a large cupboard, covering herself with clothes, refusing to emerge when some of her classmates came out of hiding at the demands of the gunmen from the al Shabaab group.
She said she drank lotion to stave off thirst and hunger.
She said she didn't believe that rescuers urging her to come out of her hiding place were there to help, suspecting at first that they were militants.
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Gallery: Graphic Images From Kenya Massacre
This man was captured at the scene by Kenyan authorities
Mohamed Mohamud has been named as the mastermind behind the attack
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It was only when Kenyan security forces had one of her teachers appeal to her that she did she come out, she said.
Cheroitich, a Christian, said: "I was just praying to my God."
Meanwhile, more details have emerged of those arrested or sought over the attack.
Video:Kenyans Protest After Massacre
Police named militant Islamist Mohamed Mohamud, a quietly-spoken former teacher, as the alleged mastermind of the massacre in Garissa.
The alleged al Shabaab member, a Kenyan of Somali origin, is also wanted in connection with a string of recent cross-border killings and massacres in Kenya's northeastern border region.
While Mohamud, thought to be in his late-50s, did not take part physically in the Garissa attack, survivors described the attackers as men like him: speaking Kenya's Swahili language well, with some suggesting they may have been Kenyan too.
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Gallery: A Look At The History Of Somali Terrorist Group Al Shabaab
Al Shabaab ("the Youth") emerged from a group called the Union of Islamic Courts which controlled Mogadishu before being forced out by Ethiopian troops in 2006
The group has been banned by both the US and UK but has 7000-9000 fighters, many of them foreign, and it is thought to have close ties with al Qaeda
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Kenyan police have arrested five men in connection with the university massacre and four gunmen were killed on Thursday at the end of the day-long siege.
The name of the three suspected organisers were not given, but the two arrested on campus included university security guard Osman Ali Dagane and Tanzanian Rashid Charles Mberesero found hiding in the university's ceiling with hand grenades.
The attack at the university, which is near the border with Somalia, left 148 dead, including 142 students, three police officers and three soldiers, and was Kenya's deadliest attack since the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi.
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Survivor Found Two Days After Kenya Massacre
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Video:Survivor Found Among Kenya Victims
A survivor of the Kenya university massacre which saw 148 people killed has been found two days after the attack.
Kenyan medical staff are reported to have found Cynthia Cheroitich during the grim task of dealing with the bodies of those killed by members of Somalia-based terror group al Shabaab.
The 19-year-old said from her hospital bed that she hid in a large cupboard, covering herself with clothes, refusing to emerge when some of her classmates came out of hiding at the demands of the gunmen from the al Shabaab group.
She said she drank lotion to stave off thirst and hunger.
She said she didn't believe that rescuers urging her to come out of her hiding place were there to help, suspecting at first that they were militants.
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Gallery: Graphic Images From Kenya Massacre
This man was captured at the scene by Kenyan authorities
Mohamed Mohamud has been named as the mastermind behind the attack
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It was only when Kenyan security forces had one of her teachers appeal to her that she did she come out, she said.
Cheroitich, a Christian, said: "I was just praying to my God."
Meanwhile, more details have emerged of those arrested or sought over the attack.
Video:Kenyans Protest After Massacre
Police named militant Islamist Mohamed Mohamud, a quietly-spoken former teacher, as the alleged mastermind of the massacre in Garissa.
The alleged al Shabaab member, a Kenyan of Somali origin, is also wanted in connection with a string of recent cross-border killings and massacres in Kenya's northeastern border region.
While Mohamud, thought to be in his late-50s, did not take part physically in the Garissa attack, survivors described the attackers as men like him: speaking Kenya's Swahili language well, with some suggesting they may have been Kenyan too.
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Gallery: A Look At The History Of Somali Terrorist Group Al Shabaab
Al Shabaab ("the Youth") emerged from a group called the Union of Islamic Courts which controlled Mogadishu before being forced out by Ethiopian troops in 2006
The group has been banned by both the US and UK but has 7000-9000 fighters, many of them foreign, and it is thought to have close ties with al Qaeda
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Kenyan police have arrested five men in connection with the university massacre and four gunmen were killed on Thursday at the end of the day-long siege.
The name of the three suspected organisers were not given, but the two arrested on campus included university security guard Osman Ali Dagane and Tanzanian Rashid Charles Mberesero found hiding in the university's ceiling with hand grenades.
The attack at the university, which is near the border with Somalia, left 148 dead, including 142 students, three police officers and three soldiers, and was Kenya's deadliest attack since the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi.
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Written By Unknown on Jumat, 03 April 2015 | 18.46
By Sky News US Team
After exhausting and contentious talks, Iran and six world powers have agreed on a framework for a deal that would curb Iran's nuclear programme.
The apparent breakthrough came after talks were twice extended beyond a 31 March deadline to reach an outline for a deal.
Speaking at the White House, President Barack Obama called it a "good deal" that would address concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called it a "win-win outcome".
The deal needs to be finalised by the end of June.
John Kerry (2nd L) and others watch a tablet in Lausanne as Mr Obama speaks
Among some of the key points to the pending deal was Iran's agreement to halt construction of any new uranium enrichment facilities for 15 years, US Secretary of State John Kerry said.
Iran would also reduce its current number of centrifuges from 19,000 to 6,104, and all enriched uranium would be capped at 3.67%, which is standard for civilian nuclear power.
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Iran also agreed to reduce its current stockpile of low-enriched uranium from 10,000kg to 300kg for 15 years, Mr Kerry said.
The top US diplomat called Thursday's breakthrough a "critical milestone" in the quest to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
He added, however, that many technical details needed to be worked out ahead of the 30 June deadline for a final accord.
Western powers have been working to reach a deal that would stop Iran from developing the capacity to build a nuclear weapon, in exchange for easing international sanctions that are crippling its economy.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said an end to the nuclear-related sanctions would be "a major step forward" for the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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"We have stopped a cycle that was not in the interest of anybody," Mr Zarif said from Switzerland.
"I hope that at the end of this process we will all show that through dialogue and engagement with dignity we can in fact resolve problems, open new horizons and move forward."
According to the framework agreement, the sanctions would only be lifted after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had verified that Iran took all agreed steps.
Mr Obama hailed the breakthrough as "historic".
"It is a good deal - a deal that meets our core objectives," he said.
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"This framework would cut off any pathway that Iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon."
Preempting critics of the pending deal, the President added: "If Iran cheats, the world will know. If we see something suspicious we will inspect it."
The American leader also spoke by telephone with Mr Netanyahu, perhaps the sharpest critic of the diplomacy with Iran.
The Israeli prime minister told Obama a deal based on the agreement "would threaten the survival of Israel".
Iran has said its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.
Hardline Somali al Shabaab extremists who have carried out an armed raid on a university in eastern Kenya are responsible for a catalogue of deadly terror attacks in the region.
With the raid in Garissa the latest, here are some of the other atrocities committed by the group:
Guests flee the al Shabaab attack on the Maka Al-Mukarramah Hotel
March, 2015: At least 24 people, including six militants, were killed during a siege at the Maka Al-Mukarramah Hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
February, 2015: A suicide attack at the Central Hotel in Mogadishu killed 25 people and wounded 40 others. Government officials were meeting in the hotel at the time, and Mogadishu's deputy mayor and two legislators were among the dead.
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Gallery: Terror Attack At Kenyan University
A siege by militants at a university in eastern Kenya has ended after four gunmen were killed. At least 147 people have been killed, with 79 confirmed as wounded
Somalia's al Shabaab terror group has claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attack, which began when many students were sleeping
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Video:Footage Emerges From Kenya Massacre
Video has emerged of the massacre at a university campus in north-eastern Kenya in which 147 people were killed by Islamist extremists.
It shows students running for their lives and hiding behind bushes as bullets whistle through the air.
Four masked al Shabaab gunmen rampaged through Garissa University College at dawn on Thursday in the group's deadliest attack in the country.
They were eventually killed by security forces 13 hours later after a lengthy gun battle.
The suspected mastermnd of the attack, Mohammed Mohamud
The attackers, who were strapped with bombs and armed with AK-47s, singled out non-Muslim students and gunned them down without mercy, survivors said.
They took dozens of hostages in a dormitory as they battled troops and police before they were hit by gunfire and exploded, according to Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery.
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Gallery: Terror Attack At Kenyan University
A siege by militants at a university in eastern Kenya has ended after four gunmen were killed. At least 147 people have been killed, with 79 confirmed as wounded
Somalia's al Shabaab terror group has claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attack, which began when many students were sleeping
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The militants, who have links to al Qaeda, have in the past vowed retribution against Kenya for sending troops to Somalia
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The militants shot dead dozens before setting Muslims free and holding Christians and others hostage at Garissa University
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Survivors said the masked attackers singled out non-Muslim students and gunned them down
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He said most of the victims were students, but two security guards, one policeman and one soldier were also killed.
At least 79 people were wounded on the campus, which lies 145km (90 miles) from the Somali border. Some were flown to the capital Nairobi for treatment.
One suspected extremist was arrested as he tried to flee, Mr Nkaissery told a news conference.
One survivor, Collins Wetangula, told The Associated Press he was about to take a shower when he heard gunshots coming from a nearby dormitory, one of six on the campus.
"All I could hear were footsteps and gunshots. Nobody was screaming because they thought this would lead the gunmen to know where they are," he said.
He added: "The gunmen were saying, 'Sisi ni al-Shabab'" - Swahili for "We are al Shabaab."
Video:Militants Kill Dozens In Rampage
He said he heard the attackers arrive at his dormitory, open the doors and ask if those inside were Muslims or Christians.
"If you were a Christian, you were shot on the spot," he said. "With each blast of the gun, I thought I was going to die."
He said fortunately soldiers then arrived and took him and around 20 others to safety.
Another student, Augustine Alanga, said the attack began at about 5.30am as morning prayers were under way at the university mosque, where worshippers were left alone.
At least five heavily-armed gunmen opened fire outside his dormitory, sparking panic, he told AP. He said some students remained indoors but scores of others fled with the attackers firing at them.
Police say the massacre may have been masterminded by Mohammed Mohamud and are offering a large reward for information leading to his capture.
Video:Nov 2014: Al Shabaab Bus Massacre
Also known by the names Dulyadin and Gamadhere, he was a teacher at an Islamic religious school, or madrassa, and claimed responsibility for a bus attack in Makka, Kenya, in November that killed 28 people.
A spokesman for Somalia-based al Shabaab said the college attackers were members of their al Qaeda-linked group.
Al Shabaab has been blamed for a series of attacks in Kenya, including the siege at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in 2013 that killed 67 people, as well as other violence in the north.
The group has vowed to retaliate against the government for sending troops to Somalia in 2011 to tackle militants staging cross-border raids.
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Video:Footage Emerges From Kenya Massacre
Video has emerged of the massacre at a university campus in north-eastern Kenya in which 147 people were killed by Islamist extremists.
It shows students running for their lives and hiding behind bushes as bullets whistle through the air.
Four masked al Shabaab gunmen rampaged through Garissa University College at dawn on Thursday in the group's deadliest attack in the country.
They were eventually killed by security forces 13 hours later after a lengthy gun battle.
The suspected mastermnd of the attack, Mohammed Mohamud
The attackers, who were strapped with bombs and armed with AK-47s, singled out non-Muslim students and gunned them down without mercy, survivors said.
They took dozens of hostages in a dormitory as they battled troops and police before they were hit by gunfire and exploded, according to Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery.
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Gallery: Terror Attack At Kenyan University
A siege by militants at a university in eastern Kenya has ended after four gunmen were killed. At least 147 people have been killed, with 79 confirmed as wounded
Somalia's al Shabaab terror group has claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attack, which began when many students were sleeping
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The militants, who have links to al Qaeda, have in the past vowed retribution against Kenya for sending troops to Somalia
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The militants shot dead dozens before setting Muslims free and holding Christians and others hostage at Garissa University
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Survivors said the masked attackers singled out non-Muslim students and gunned them down
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He said most of the victims were students, but two security guards, one policeman and one soldier were also killed.
At least 79 people were wounded on the campus, which lies 145km (90 miles) from the Somali border. Some were flown to the capital Nairobi for treatment.
One suspected extremist was arrested as he tried to flee, Mr Nkaissery told a news conference.
One survivor, Collins Wetangula, told The Associated Press he was about to take a shower when he heard gunshots coming from a nearby dormitory, one of six on the campus.
"All I could hear were footsteps and gunshots. Nobody was screaming because they thought this would lead the gunmen to know where they are," he said.
He added: "The gunmen were saying, 'Sisi ni al-Shabab'" - Swahili for "We are al Shabaab."
Video:Militants Kill Dozens In Rampage
He said he heard the attackers arrive at his dormitory, open the doors and ask if those inside were Muslims or Christians.
"If you were a Christian, you were shot on the spot," he said. "With each blast of the gun, I thought I was going to die."
He said fortunately soldiers then arrived and took him and around 20 others to safety.
Another student, Augustine Alanga, said the attack began at about 5.30am as morning prayers were under way at the university mosque, where worshippers were left alone.
At least five heavily-armed gunmen opened fire outside his dormitory, sparking panic, he told AP. He said some students remained indoors but scores of others fled with the attackers firing at them.
Police say the massacre may have been masterminded by Mohammed Mohamud and are offering a large reward for information leading to his capture.
Video:Nov 2014: Al Shabaab Bus Massacre
Also known by the names Dulyadin and Gamadhere, he was a teacher at an Islamic religious school, or madrassa, and claimed responsibility for a bus attack in Makka, Kenya, in November that killed 28 people.
A spokesman for Somalia-based al Shabaab said the college attackers were members of their al Qaeda-linked group.
Al Shabaab has been blamed for a series of attacks in Kenya, including the siege at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in 2013 that killed 67 people, as well as other violence in the north.
The group has vowed to retaliate against the government for sending troops to Somalia in 2011 to tackle militants staging cross-border raids.
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Written By Unknown on Kamis, 02 April 2015 | 18.46
Investigators say they have found mobile phones amongst the debris of the German passenger jet that crashed in the French Alps.
However, the devices have so far not produced any clues about what happened when the Germanwings A320 went down, killing all 150 people on board.
Lt. Col Jean-Marc Menichini said the phones had yet to be fully examined, but declined to elaborate.
Earlier this week French magazine Paris-Match and German tabloid Bild reported they had seen a video of the final moments of the flight recorded on a mobile phone.
Paris Match, which has not published the video, reported: "The sounds of the screaming passengers made it perfectly clear that they were aware of what was about to happen to them."
Video:Lufthansa Chief Exec At Crash Site
A lead investigator into the crash later called on anyone with footage of the disaster to hand it over to authorities.
Special mountain troops are continuing to searching the area for personal belongings and the second black box flight recorder.
Investigators believe the 27-year-old co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately steered the plane into the mountainside after locking the pilot out of the cockpit.
It has also emerged Lubitz had been treated for suicidal tendencies before he got his pilot's licence and had torn up sick notes.
Germany is to set up a task force to examine safety issues such as the cockpit door mechanism and medical testing for pilots.
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It follows a meeting between Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt and the German Aviation Association, which represents airlines.
Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr said on Wednesday it will take a "long time" to establish the events that led to the crash.
"We are learning more every day about the causes of the accident," he said in a statement near the crash site.
He refused to answer questions on what Lufthansa knew about Lubitz's mental health.
On Tuesday French President Francois Hollande said all 150 victims will be identified by the end of the week.
Video:New Details Of Co-Pilot's History
This contradicted an earlier report in Bild that said relatives may have to wait months for this to happen, with no guarantees they will all be found.
The violence with which the Airbus smashed into the French Alps last week has severely hampered the identification of the remains of those on board.
Flight 4U 9525 was on its way from Barcelona to Dusseldorf when it came down. So far not a single body has been found intact.
A New York police detective who was heard on video berating an Uber driver will be transferred from the police anti-terrorism division.
Patrick Cherry was also stripped of his gun and badge after the video went viral and caused embarrassment to police.
"No good cop should watch that without a wince. Because all good cops know that officer just made their jobs a little bit harder," Police Commissioner William Bratton said.
The video was taken by a passenger in the cab, who commiserated the driver
"In any kind of encounter, discourtesy like that and language like that is unacceptable."
Mr Cherry pulled over the Uber driver on Monday in Manhattan.
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It is not clear exactly what spurred the traffic stop, but Mr Cherry is seen on the video accusing the driver of committing various traffic violations while the detective tried to park his car.
Mr Cherry swears, shouts at the driver and insults his accented English as the driver gives compliant responses, calling the detective "sir" and apologising at one point for interrupting to say, "OK".
"I don't care what you have to say. Do you understand that?" the detective says at one point.
At another point Mr Cherry asks: "How long have you been in this country?"
"The only reason you're not in handcuffs going to jail ... is because I have things to do," the officer yells.
"This isn't important enough for me. You're not important enough."
The three-and-a-half minute video appeared to have been captured by a passenger in the car, who commiserated with the driver when the officer had stepped away.
There has been no public comment from Mr Cherry.
City Detectives' Endowment Association President Michael J Palladino called Mr Cherry "a person of good character and an excellent detective".
"He really should not be judged by one isolated incident," he said.
An "unknown number of student hostages" have been taken by masked terrorists who have killed at least 15 people after storming a university in eastern Kenya.
Two police officers are among the dead following heavy gunfire and explosions in a campus building at Garissa University.
At least 65 others have been wounded.
Somalia's al Shabaab militant group have claimed responsibility.
"We sorted people out and released the Muslims," said spokesman Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab.
"There are many dead bodies of Christians inside the building. We are also holding many Christians alive. Fighting still goes on inside the college."
Video:Gunmen Storm University Campus
One of suspected gunmen was arrested as he tried to flee, according to Kenya's interior ministry.
The Red Cross said "50 students have been safely freed", while the interior ministry said 280 of 815 students have been accounted for.
Kenya Police Chief Joseph Boinet said: "Gunmen forced their way into Garissa University by shooting at the guards manning the main gate at around 5.30am.
"The gunmen shot indiscriminately while inside the university compound.
"Police... engaged the gunmen in a fierce shootout; however, the attackers retreated and gained entry into one of the hostels."
A gunfight between security services and the perpetrators lasted several hours, according to the Red Cross.
The area has been sealed off and the army called in to try and "flush out" the attackers.
The National Disaster Operations Center said on Twitter that students have been evacuated from three of four dorms.
The gunmen have been cornered in the other.
Students reported seeing five masked attackers.
Collins Wetangula, the vice chairman of the student union, said he was preparing to take a shower when he heard gunshots coming from a dorm.
"All I could hear were footsteps and gunshots; nobody was screaming because they thought this would lead the gunmen to know where they are," he said.
"The gunmen were saying sisi ni al-Shabab (Swaihi for we are al-Shabab).
"If you were a Christian you were shot on the spot. With each blast of the gun I thought I was going to die."
Grace Kai, a student at a neighbouring college, said there had been warnings of an imminent attack.
"Some strangers had been spotted in Garissa town and were suspected to be terrorists," she said.
"Then on Monday our college principal told us... that strangers had been spotted in our college. On Tuesday we were released to go home, and our college closed, but the campus remained in session, and now they have been attacked."
Kenya's northern and eastern regions, which border Somalia, have been most affected by attacks blamed on al Shabaab Islamists from Somalia.
The militants, who have links to al Qaeda, have vowed to take retribution against Kenya for sending its troops to Somalia.
Al Shabaab was responsible for the deadly attack in 2013 on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi.
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Lufthansa chief executive lays flowers near the site of the crash
Mobile phone footage taken from inside the Germanwings flight during its final moments has reportedly been recovered from the crash site in the French Alps.
European newspapers Paris Match and Bild have reported that the video, which Sky News has not seen, was discovered on a mobile phone found among the wreckage of flight 4U 9525.
Paris Match, which has not published the video, reported: "The scene was so chaotic that it was hard to identify people, but the sounds of the screaming passengers made it perfectly clear that they were aware of what was about to happen to them.
"One can hear cries of 'My God' in several languages."
The newspaper added that metallic banging can be heard in the footage, before the screaming gets louder and the video ends.
Video:New Details Of Co-Pilot's History
A lead investigator into the crash later called on anyone with footage of the disaster to hand it over to authorities.
Prosecutor Brice Robin said videos were not yet an official part of the probe, but that anyone with footage "must hand it over immediately to investigators".
It comes after Lufthansa revealed the co-pilot accused of deliberately crashing the Germanwings plane told officials at a training school he had gone through an "episode of severe depression".
Andreas Lubitz, 27, informed instructors in 2009 that he had to break off from his pilot training for several months because of his illness.
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Gallery: Tributes Laid Near Crash Site
A memorial, carved in French, German, Spanish and English, in memory of the victims of the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash, in the small village of Le Vernet, French Alps
The chapel prepared for the families of the victims and the medico-legal tents for investigators at Seyne les Alpes near the crash site
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Investigators gathered near the scene
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After resuming training six years ago, he provided the school with medical documents which showed he had gone through a "previous episode of severe depression," Lufthansa said.
Dusseldorf state prosecutors said on Monday Lubitz had been treated for suicidal tendencies before getting his pilot's licence.
Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr said it will take a "long time" to establish the events that led to the crash.
"We are learning more every day about the causes of the accident," he said in a statement near the crash site on Wednesday.
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Gallery: The Victims Of The Germanwings Crash
American Emily Selke, a recent graduate, was on the plane with her mother Yvonne. Raymond Selke has described his wife and daughter as 'amazing people'. Pic: Facebook
Iranian sports journalist Hussein Javadi was on his way to Austria to cover a football match. A friend said he was 'a kind, loving, caring man'. Pic: Maysam Bizær/Hossein Javadi
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"It will take a long, long time for all of us to understand how this could happen."
He refused to answer questions on what Lufthansa knew about Lubitz's mental health.
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday all 150 victims of the plane crash will be identified by the end of the week.
This contradicted an earlier report in Bild that said the relatives of the victims may have to wait months for their loved ones to be identified, with no guarantees they will all be found.
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The head of the Criminal Research Institute at France's National Gendarmerie told the newspaper it would take forensic teams between two and four months to complete the DNA identification process.
The violence with which the Airbus A320 crashed into the mountainside in the French Alps last week has severely hampered the identification of the remains of those on board.
Recovery teams scouring the crash site have said not a single body has been found intact.
Some 78 different DNA profiles have been isolated so far from around 400 body parts, although none have been directly linked to the victims.
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Family members have been asked to provide forensic teams with DNA samples to help in the identification.
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Lufthansa chief executive lays flowers near the site of the crash
Mobile phone footage taken from inside the Germanwings flight during its final moments has reportedly been recovered from the crash site in the French Alps.
European newspapers Paris Match and Bild have reported that the video, which Sky News has not seen, was discovered on a mobile phone found among the wreckage of flight 4U 9525.
Paris Match, which has not published the video, reported: "The scene was so chaotic that it was hard to identify people, but the sounds of the screaming passengers made it perfectly clear that they were aware of what was about to happen to them.
"One can hear cries of 'My God' in several languages."
The newspaper added that metallic banging can be heard in the footage, before the screaming gets louder and the video ends.
Video:New Details Of Co-Pilot's History
A lead investigator into the crash later called on anyone with footage of the disaster to hand it over to authorities.
Prosecutor Brice Robin said videos were not yet an official part of the probe, but that anyone with footage "must hand it over immediately to investigators".
It comes after Lufthansa revealed the co-pilot accused of deliberately crashing the Germanwings plane told officials at a training school he had gone through an "episode of severe depression".
Andreas Lubitz, 27, informed instructors in 2009 that he had to break off from his pilot training for several months because of his illness.
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Gallery: Tributes Laid Near Crash Site
A memorial, carved in French, German, Spanish and English, in memory of the victims of the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash, in the small village of Le Vernet, French Alps
The chapel prepared for the families of the victims and the medico-legal tents for investigators at Seyne les Alpes near the crash site
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Investigators gathered near the scene
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Emergency crews stand aside as relatives pay their respects at the memorial for the victims
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After resuming training six years ago, he provided the school with medical documents which showed he had gone through a "previous episode of severe depression," Lufthansa said.
Dusseldorf state prosecutors said on Monday Lubitz had been treated for suicidal tendencies before getting his pilot's licence.
Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr said it will take a "long time" to establish the events that led to the crash.
"We are learning more every day about the causes of the accident," he said in a statement near the crash site on Wednesday.
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Iranian sports journalist Hussein Javadi was on his way to Austria to cover a football match. A friend said he was 'a kind, loving, caring man'. Pic: Maysam Bizær/Hossein Javadi
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"It will take a long, long time for all of us to understand how this could happen."
He refused to answer questions on what Lufthansa knew about Lubitz's mental health.
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday all 150 victims of the plane crash will be identified by the end of the week.
This contradicted an earlier report in Bild that said the relatives of the victims may have to wait months for their loved ones to be identified, with no guarantees they will all be found.
Video:Co-Pilot's Motives 'Not Relevant'
The head of the Criminal Research Institute at France's National Gendarmerie told the newspaper it would take forensic teams between two and four months to complete the DNA identification process.
The violence with which the Airbus A320 crashed into the mountainside in the French Alps last week has severely hampered the identification of the remains of those on board.
Recovery teams scouring the crash site have said not a single body has been found intact.
Some 78 different DNA profiles have been isolated so far from around 400 body parts, although none have been directly linked to the victims.
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Family members have been asked to provide forensic teams with DNA samples to help in the identification.
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China has called for both sides to compromise in nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, warning that all previous efforts will be wasted if a deadlock continues.
Negotiations have resumed in Lausanne, Switzerland, hours after midnight deadline passed without any definitive agreement being reached, although negotiators agreed to a one-day extension.
But after Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi left the meeting, a rare statement from his delegation said: "It is important to give political guidance to the negotiations ... it is important to narrow down the differences.
"If the negotiations are stuck, all previous efforts will be wasted.
"All parties must be prepared to meet each other half way to reach an agreement."
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Mr Wang was one of three foreign ministers to leave the negotiations in the hands of representatives, with Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and France's Laurent Fabius also departing.
The significance of their absence was not clear.
Iran's foreign minister said earlier he was hopeful Tehran and the six world powers - the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China - could begin drafting a preliminary deal after the negotiations were extended.
Mohammad Javad Zarif described the late-night talks as "very good", saying: "We hope to start drafting the text on Wednesday."
Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said: "We have made some very significant progress over the last few days, but it has been slow going.
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"We decided to break last night. Some of the staff had been working through the previous night. We wanted people to be fresh as we started the last few issues that remain.
"We are now working on them this morning. I'm optimistic that we will make further progress this morning, but it does mean the Iranians being willing to meet us where there are issues that we still need to deal with.
"So fingers crossed and we hope to get there during the course of the day."
Western powers aim to stop Iran from having the capacity to develop a nuclear bomb, in exchange for easing international sanctions that are crippling its economy.
Stumbling blocks related to Iran's enrichment research and the speed of lifting the sanctions are threatening to scupper an agreement.
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The aim is to reach an understanding that could serve as the basis for a final accord to be reached by the end of June.
The talks, which have lasted nearly two years, have already been extended twice since an interim agreement was reached in November 2013.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who opposes the negotiations, said the agreement being put together in Lausanne sends the message "that Iran stands to gain by its aggression".
A gunman who smashed a window and unveiled a flag at the offices of Turkey's ruling party the day after a siege in which a prosecutor died has been arrested.
Turkey's Dogan news agency had earlier reported that two people had been seen entering the office of the AK Party carrying weapons.
Police sealed off the road around the office in an industrial suburb of Istanbul but later said just one man had been detained.
It came the day after prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was taken hostage in revenge for a teenager's death during anti-government protests in 2014.
Two members of the banned Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) were killed when security forces went into the office where he was being held.
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The prosecutor, who was responsible for the investigation into the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, also died.
The arrest in Istanbul came on a day when a number of left wing activists from the DHKP-C were held in the southern Turkish city of Antalya.
Counter terrorism police carried out a series of early morning raids and took 22 suspected radicals into custody.
The Dogan news agency reported authorities had received a tip-off they were planning further attacks.
A lawyer for the suspects told Dogan that the claims were baseless and the group would release a statement later in the day.
The DHKP-C is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and the United States and has carried out a string of attacks in Turkey in the past.
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Meanwhile, ceremonies to remember Mr Kiraz started on Wednesday morning.
A memorial to the prosecutor took place at the Istanbul Caglayan Palace of Justice where he worked and the hostage drama unfolded.
Hundreds of lawyers, prosecutors and staff stood in respect on every floor of the giant building - said to be the largest courthouse in Europe - and unfurled a giant Turkish flag from the top floor.
His funeral was due to take place later at the Eyup Sultan Mosque in Istanbul with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu due to attend, the official Anatolia news agency said.
No one has yet been arrested over the death of Berkin Elvan, who died in March last year after spending 269 days in a coma from injuries inflicted by police in anti-government protests in the summer of 2013.
Mr Kiraz's captors demanded he hand over the names of the suspects and force them to confess.
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Urgent diplomatic talks are being held in a bid to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, with a deadline to secure an agreement fast approaching.
Significant differences reportedly remain between the two sides meeting in the Swiss town of Lausanne.
For nearly a week the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China have been trying to break the deadlock in negotiations aimed at stopping Iran from having the capacity to develop a nuclear bomb, in exchange for an easing of international sanctions that are crippling its economy.
But stumbling blocks of enrichment research and the speed of lifting sanctions is threatening to scupper an agreement that could end a 12-year standoff between Iran and the West over Tehran's nuclear ambitions and reduce the risk of another Middle East war.
All sides say an agreement is possible but uncertain
Meetings are being held in an attempt to try and bridge the remaining gaps by the deadline of midnight local time on Tuesday (11pm UK time).
The aim is to reach an understanding that could serve as the basis for a final accord to be reached by the end of June.
All sides say an agreement is possible but uncertain.
It is unclear what missing the 11pm deadline would mean for the talks which have lasted nearly two years and been extended twice since an interim agreement was reached in November 2013.
Most of the parties have indicated they do not want another extension, although they have also said the interim agreement will remain in place until 1 July, suggesting talks could continue.
Meetings are being held in an attempt to try and bridge the remaining gaps
As talks resumed on Tuesday, the spokeswoman for the US State Department tweeted: "Long day ahead."
On Monday night, Secretary of State John Kerry admitted: "There are still some tricky issues.
"We are working very hard to work those through. We are working into the night."
The six powers want more than a 10-year suspension of Iran's most sensitive nuclear work.
Tehran, which denies it is trying to develop a nuclear weapons capability, is demanding a swift end to sanctions in exchange for temporary limits on its atomic activities.
Iran says it wants nuclear enrichment only for energy, science, industry and medicine.
The world's nuclear nations
But many countries fear Iran could use the technology to make weapons-grade uranium.
There is a sense of added urgency with the US Congress warning it will consider imposing new sanctions on Iran if no agreement is reached this week.
In turn, US President Barack Obama has threatened to veto any sanctions moves by the Republican-dominated Congress.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who opposes the negotiations, said the agreement being put together in Lausanne sends the message "that Iran stands to gain by its aggression".
Iran said the key issue was lifting sanctions quickly.
The country's nuclear negiotiator Majid Takhteravanchi said: "There will be no agreement if the sanctions issue cannot be resolved.
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The violence of the crash has hampered the identification of victims
The relatives of the Germanwings victims may have to wait months for their loved ones to be identified, with no guarantees they will all be found, Germany's Bild newspaper has reported.
The head of the Criminal Research Institute at France's National Gendarmerie said it would take forensic teams between two and four months to complete the DNA identification process, according to Bild.
Even then, "we cannot promise that we will be able to identify all of the victims," Colonel Francois Daoust said.
Colonel Francois Daoust said they may not be able to find all the victims
The violence with which the plane crashed into the mountainside in the French Alps last week has severely hampered the identification of the remains of the 150 people on board.
Recovery teams scouring the crash site have said not a single body has been found intact.
Video:New Details Of Co-Pilot's History
Some 78 different DNA profiles have been isolated so far from around 400 body parts, although none have been directly linked to the victims.
Family members have been asked to provide forensic teams with DNA samples to help in the identification.
Investigators are currently working on the theory that the 27-year-old co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately crashed the plane.
The voice recorder suggested he locked the pilot out of the cockpit and intentionally put the Airbus A320 into a descent.
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American Emily Selke, a recent graduate, was on the plane with her mother Yvonne. Raymond Selke has described his wife and daughter as 'amazing people'. Pic: Facebook
Iranian sports journalist Hussein Javadi was on his way to Austria to cover a football match. A friend said he was 'a kind, loving, caring man'. Pic: Maysam Bizær/Hossein Javadi
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Argentinian Sebastian Greco was on board with his girlfriend. Pic: Facebook
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Argentinian Gabriela Maumus, 28, was the daughter of a firefighter. Pic: Facebook
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Spanish victim Carles Milla Masanas, 37. The businessman was on his way to a food industry fayre. Pic: Facebook
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German prosecutors revealed on Monday that Lubitz had been treated in the past for suicidal tendencies, although no evidence has been found to prove he felt suicidal at the time of the crash.
Christoph Kumpa, a spokesman for Dusseldorf prosecutor's office, said he was known to have paid several visits to doctors in the days and months before and nothing of this nature was found to have been documented.
He said: "There still is no evidence that the co-pilot told before that he'll do what we have to assume was done and we haven't found a letter or anything like that that contains a confession.
"Added to this, we have not found anything in the surrounding be it personal, or his family, or his professional surrounding, that is giving us any hints that enable us to say anything about his motivation.
Video:Crash Site - Latest Search Video
Lubitz had been given a sick note on the day of the crash, but the note was never submitted to Germanwings.
It has been reported he had also been receiving treatment for an unspecific vision problem which could have affected his ability to fly, although Mr Kumpa said nothing had been found to verify those claims.
Investigators have so far been unable to find the aircraft's second black box, which would provide technical flight data of its final moments.
A road to improve access to the crash site has been built by investigators, who resumed their search on Tuesday.
Video:How The Co-Pilot Took Control
Three trucks left the dropzone in Seyne-les-Alpes after a 48-hour road-building operation to ease access to the mountainside.
The vehicles now take 45 minutes to reach the base of the slope where debris is spread across some five acres (two hectares), while two helicopters fly overhead to check for pieces that might have been flung further.
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The violence of the crash has hampered the identification of victims
The relatives of the Germanwings victims may have to wait months for their loved ones to be identified, with no guarantees they will all be found, Germany's Bild newspaper has reported.
The head of the Criminal Research Institute at France's National Gendarmerie said it would take forensic teams between two and four months to complete the DNA identification process, according to Bild.
Even then, "we cannot promise that we will be able to identify all of the victims," Colonel Francois Daoust said.
Colonel Francois Daoust said they may not be able to find all the victims
The violence with which the plane crashed into the mountainside in the French Alps last week has severely hampered the identification of the remains of the 150 people on board.
Recovery teams scouring the crash site have said not a single body has been found intact.
Video:New Details Of Co-Pilot's History
Some 78 different DNA profiles have been isolated so far from around 400 body parts, although none have been directly linked to the victims.
Family members have been asked to provide forensic teams with DNA samples to help in the identification.
Investigators are currently working on the theory that the 27-year-old co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately crashed the plane.
The voice recorder suggested he locked the pilot out of the cockpit and intentionally put the Airbus A320 into a descent.
1/16
Gallery: The Victims Of The Germanwings Crash
American Emily Selke, a recent graduate, was on the plane with her mother Yvonne. Raymond Selke has described his wife and daughter as 'amazing people'. Pic: Facebook
Iranian sports journalist Hussein Javadi was on his way to Austria to cover a football match. A friend said he was 'a kind, loving, caring man'. Pic: Maysam Bizær/Hossein Javadi
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Argentinian Sebastian Greco was on board with his girlfriend. Pic: Facebook
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Argentinian Gabriela Maumus, 28, was the daughter of a firefighter. Pic: Facebook
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Spanish victim Carles Milla Masanas, 37. The businessman was on his way to a food industry fayre. Pic: Facebook
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German prosecutors revealed on Monday that Lubitz had been treated in the past for suicidal tendencies, although no evidence has been found to prove he felt suicidal at the time of the crash.
Christoph Kumpa, a spokesman for Dusseldorf prosecutor's office, said he was known to have paid several visits to doctors in the days and months before and nothing of this nature was found to have been documented.
He said: "There still is no evidence that the co-pilot told before that he'll do what we have to assume was done and we haven't found a letter or anything like that that contains a confession.
"Added to this, we have not found anything in the surrounding be it personal, or his family, or his professional surrounding, that is giving us any hints that enable us to say anything about his motivation.
Video:Crash Site - Latest Search Video
Lubitz had been given a sick note on the day of the crash, but the note was never submitted to Germanwings.
It has been reported he had also been receiving treatment for an unspecific vision problem which could have affected his ability to fly, although Mr Kumpa said nothing had been found to verify those claims.
Investigators have so far been unable to find the aircraft's second black box, which would provide technical flight data of its final moments.
A road to improve access to the crash site has been built by investigators, who resumed their search on Tuesday.
Video:How The Co-Pilot Took Control
Three trucks left the dropzone in Seyne-les-Alpes after a 48-hour road-building operation to ease access to the mountainside.
The vehicles now take 45 minutes to reach the base of the slope where debris is spread across some five acres (two hectares), while two helicopters fly overhead to check for pieces that might have been flung further.
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