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Questions over cockpit security

Reality Check: Germanwings - cockpit security, UK election, Saudi airstrikes on Yemen, Finnish education system

Germanwings crash

Search teams and investigators are gathering remains and evidence from he crash site, in what is likely to be a long and harrowing task.

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Search teams are continuing their work in the French Alps

Meanwhile, it has emerged that the pilots was locked out of the cockpit before the plane began its fatal descent. Aviation analyst, Chris Yeats describes the normal cockpit security systems on aircraft of this type.

Saudi airstrikes on Yemen

Military analyst Paul Beaver considers the geo-political and military situation and implications of the airstrikes Saudi Arabia has launched on Yemen.

UK Elections

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Not taken seriously at first, Nigel Farage and UKIP could cause an upset on election day

It is exactly 6 weeks to the General Election in the UK, and it's anyone's guess what will happen. The conservatives are sitting on a good record on the economy, but Labour says it would distribute wealth more fairly. A few victories in by-elections have boosted the confidence of the far right United Kingdom Independence Party, but will that translate into seats in the national vote.

Our London correspondent, Olly Barratt, reports on the opinion polls and the issues.

Finnish education

Finland has announced radical changes to its teaching methods in schools. Dr. Stefan Hopmann from the Bildungswissenschaft Institute at the University of Vienna reacts to the plans.

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