By now you've probably heard about the "duplicate" Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-2H6ER. Based on the data at Planespotters.net it appears that there is a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-2H6ER being stored at Tel Aviv airport. 

The missing plane had a tail number of 9M-MRO. The one at Tel Aviv has tail number 9M-MRI. 
Christopher Bollyn appears to have been the first to write about this latest "conspiracy", suggesting that the plane at Tel Aviv is a "duplicate" that may be used at some point in the future to carry out a "terrorist attack" masquerading as the missing Malaysia airlines plane. But this is pure speculation.

NATO must have a sustained presence in countries that feel "vulnerable" to Russia, US President Barack Obama said at a meeting with EU leaders in Brussels. He added that neither Ukraine nor Georgia was currently being considered for NATO membership. 

Obama insisted that contingency plans had to be examined and "updated" to guarantee "that we do more to ensure that a regular NATO presence among some of these states that may feel vulnerable is executed." The comments came during a four-day trip to Europe by the US president. 

However, Obama expressed concern that defense spending in Europe had fallen in several countries across the continent. "If we have collective defense it meanseveryone has to chip in, and I have concern about diminished efforts by some in NATO," he said. 

"Our freedom isn't free," he said, adding that it was necessary to "pay for the assets, the personnel, the training... for deterrent force."

The British Broadcasting Corporation is accused of staging a "chemical weapons attack" in Syria. The CIA admits planting CNN reporters, and international lawyers call for journalists inciting violence to be expelled. RT.com's the Truthseeker investigates. 

The region of Crimea has voted to join the Russian Federation in a referendum that was branded illegitimate and undemocratic by the West - even before it took place. But, not everybody in Europe agrees and today Sophie talks to someone who witnessed the vote - Austrian member of the EU Parliament Ewald Stadler, a firsthand observer of the Crimea referendum in Yalta.