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Vladimir Putin has claimed victory in Russia's Presidential election. | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
He has thanked thousands of cheering supporters for winning "an | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
honest battle". Opponents have accused his party of mass | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
intimidation and election fraud. The leader of the Catholic Church | :00:22. | :00:30. | |
in Scotland says plans to permit gay marriage are "grotesque". | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
Libya apologises after men armed with sledgehammers attack the war | :00:32. | :00:35. | |
graves of more than 200 British soldiers. | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
Another Chelsea manager gets the boot, this time after just nine | :00:38. | :00:48. | |
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Good evening. Vladimir Putin has claimed victory | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
in Russia's presidential election. He has made a triumphant appearance | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
outside the Kremlin tonight, telling thousands of jubilant | :01:07. | :01:13. | |
supporters, "We won, in an open and honest battle." Early results | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
suggest he has gained around 60% of the vote. However, opposition | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
groups have accused Mr Putin's party of widespread intimidation | :01:20. | :01:28. | |
and election violations. From With tears clearly visible in his | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
eyes, Vladimir Putin appeared in front of a huge crowd crowd outside | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
the Kremlin walls. He proclaimed an infatic victory and one that had | :01:37. | :01:45. | |
been inevitable, even at the height of the protests. | :01:45. | :01:55. | |
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TRANSLATION: We have won in an open and honest struggle. I promised you | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
we would win and we have won. Glory to Russia. | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
He has been running the country for over 12 years and tonne, he has | :02:08. | :02:14. | |
confirmed his utter dominance of Russian politics. | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
Vladimir Putin has wielded almost absolute power. He has muscled all | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
the credible opposition figures out of mainstream politics. As he | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
brought his rarely seen wife back into the spotlight today, he could | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
not avoid the concerns about the manner of his victory. | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
Even his visit to the polling station ended with three half naked | :02:36. | :02:43. | |
women being led away shouting, "Putin is a thief." There have been | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
thousands of allegations of fraud including this footage apparently | :02:46. | :02:51. | |
showing a man feeding ballot paper after ballot paper into an | :02:51. | :02:58. | |
automatic voting machine. TRANSLATION: These have not been | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
fair elections, but we must not relent. Honest elections should be | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
our constant motto for years to come. People shouldn't be forced to | :03:03. | :03:10. | |
go out into the streets. This evening, the Kremlin was | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
surrounded by thousands of troops and riot police preparing for the | :03:13. | :03:18. | |
mass protests expected in the days ahead. Putin has won again, but his | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
followers are less enthusiastic than they once were and his critics | :03:23. | :03:33. | |
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What will Vladimir Putin's return to the clem lin mean for -- Kremlin | :03:34. | :03:40. | |
mean for rush Russia and its relations with the West. | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
For over decade, Vladimir Putin has been the most powerful man in | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
Russia. His supporters say he has delivered stability. His opponents | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
maintain, he dismanled democracy, but when he returns to the Kremlin, | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
what can Russians expect from this president presidency? | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
Certainly a more difficult relationship with the West. It is | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
no secret that some foreign leaders feel uncomfortable dealing with | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
Vladimir Putin and the the feeling is mutual. | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
Mr Putin has accused the West of itching to intervene militarily in | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
Syria and plotting regime change in Iran. He blamed America for the | :04:18. | :04:22. | |
death of Libya's Colonel Gaddafi. He has warned that Russia will | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
create new strike forces on its borders if it is shut out of US | :04:26. | :04:32. | |
plans for a missile defence shield. Putin is very suspicious of the | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
West. There is a lingering suspicion in the Kremlin that the | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
West is out to get Russia somehow. To queez To squeeze it out of its | :04:41. | :04:47. | |
neighbourhood, to change the regime. A return to the clem lin may see -- | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
Kremlin may see Vladimir Putin stabber rattling, but that will be | :04:50. | :04:57. | |
the easy bit. Mr Putin will face bigger challenges closer to home. | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
Since December, unprecedented anti- Government demonstrations in the | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
Russian capital. Victory for Mr Putin in the election is unlikely | :05:06. | :05:08. | |
to bring an end to the protest movement. | :05:08. | :05:13. | |
Mr Putin should face much more different problems. Problems that | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
he had not faced before. The problems of communication with the | :05:17. | :05:23. | |
civil society, the problem of much low popularity and maybe some | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
economic problems. Which is why, it is vital for | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
Vladimir Putin that he is seen to win an election which is free and | :05:30. | :05:40. | |
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fair. He can't risk being labelled John Simpson is in Moscow. What is | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
your assessment of Mr Putin's presidency? Well, he is going to | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
have to find some form of relationship with the western | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
powers. It has been useful for him, of course, over the 12 years really | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
when he has been the most important figure either as president or Prime | :06:05. | :06:12. | |
Minister in this country country. To be able to be labour the West, | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
but it is something that does hold Russia back and I suspect that the | :06:17. | :06:25. | |
top people surrounding him do understand that. His spokesman said | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
to me today first of all, we didn't understand that Mr Putin was a | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
liberal. Secondly, he said there was no question for instance of it | :06:34. | :06:40. | |
changing its stance on Syria, to please the West. So it is slightly | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
kind of contradictory the approaches here. I think really the | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
big problem that he is going to have in the short run, this | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
election victory has strengthened him in. In the Long Run, this | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
country is changing. It is changing very fast politically and people | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
are finding it more and more difficult to be pushed around | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
politically as they have been and I think that could be his biggest | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
problem when he comes to deal with the outside world. He has not | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
entirely got the country behind him. John Simpson live in Moscow, thank | :07:14. | :07:21. | |
Here, the Government's plans to change the law to allow gay | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
marriages have been strongly criticised by the leader of the | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
Catholic Church in Scotland. Cardinal Keith O'Brien said the | :07:27. | :07:30. | |
proposals were "grotesque" and would shame the UK in the eyes of | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
the world. Supporters of gay marriage said his remarks risked | :07:33. | :07:40. | |
fuelling prejudice. Robert Pigott reports. Cardinal Keith O'Brien has | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
set himself on a collision course with the Government. His outspoken | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
Sunday Telegraph article reveals anger and alarm. He said of the | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
Government, "Their attempt to redefine reality is given a polite | :07:54. | :08:02. | |
hearingment their madness is endullged. Their proposal | :08:02. | :08:10. | |
represents a grotesque... ". The Government says marriage should be | :08:10. | :08:16. | |
open to couples, whatever their sexuality. David Cameron has given | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
the policy his backing. I don't support gay marriage in | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
spite of being a Conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
Conservative. The UK coalition and the Scottish | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
Government are holding consultations on gay marriage, but | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
both say they want to introduce it. It is about allowing civil marriage | :08:37. | :08:43. | |
to take place for same sex couples, not to try and change the religious | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
termology of marriage. And the Government has support | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
among progressive Christians, including Catholics and Anglican | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
groups say it is time to re-think the fundamental purpose of marriage. | :08:56. | :09:02. | |
I wonder what the cardinal is so frightened off? Marriage is a | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
strong institution which has been around for thousands of years and | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
it changed over those years many times. What is marriage about? It | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
is not about gender, it is about love and it is about the love | :09:13. | :09:15. | |
between two people. Cardinal Keith O'Brien has | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
determined allies among MPs. It is just really the definition. I am in | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
favour of civil partnerships and equality, but you cannot in my view, | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
redefine mar marriage on a whim. Cardinal Keith O'Brien has shown | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
himself before to be ready to mobilise Catholics in what amounts | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
to be a political battle if the stakes are high enough. His latest | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
remarks show that he regards marriage, traditional marriage, as | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
critical among a diminishing number of Christian pinicals and it could | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
be one that he is prepared to take the Government to a fight to | :09:50. | :09:59. | |
The Foreign Office says the desecration of British war graves | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
into an attack in the Libyan city of Benghazi is appealing. The War | :10:04. | :10:07. | |
Graves Commission says it is saddened by what happened and will | :10:07. | :10:11. | |
do everything to repair 200 headstones. The Libyan authorities | :10:11. | :10:18. | |
apologised and pledged to catch The attackers filmed themselves as | :10:18. | :10:24. | |
they set to work. More than 200 headstones were | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
damaged, smashed totted ground by a -- to the ground by a group of | :10:29. | :10:38. | |
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armed men., "Break the cross of the dogs dogs"one is heard. "there is | :10:39. | :10:45. | |
Hebrew writing on this one." Later the men take a hammer and chisel to | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
the Cross of Remembrance. The motive for the attack is | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
unclear. The Foreign Office today say it did not believe that British | :10:53. | :11:01. | |
graves were being singled out. Benghazi's war cemetery | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
commemorates the deaths of many nations. A spokesman for the | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission said it was saddened by the attacks | :11:12. | :11:18. | |
and the cemeteries would be restored to a standard befitting | :11:18. | :11:24. | |
the sacrifice of those committed at Benghazi. | :11:24. | :11:30. | |
These incidents highlight a problem of lawlessness here in post- | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
revolutionary Libya. Large parts of the country are controlled by armed | :11:33. | :11:42. | |
militia groups who operate outside of Government control. | :11:42. | :11:50. | |
A series of massive arms explosions in the Republic of Congo has has | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
killed at least two people. Thousands of people fled their | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
homes. The authorities say the explosions were caused by a fire at | :11:59. | :12:08. | |
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a military depot. President Obama has tonight warned | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
against "loose talk" of a war with Iran, ahead of a meeting tomorrow | :12:15. | :12:17. | |
with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Addressing an | :12:17. | :12:19. | |
influential pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington, the President | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
pledged his support for Israel, but said international sanctions on | :12:22. | :12:28. | |
Iran must be given more time to work. There is too much loose talk | :12:28. | :12:35. | |
of war. Over the last few weeks, such talk has only benefited the | :12:35. | :12:38. | |
Iranian Government by driving up the price of oil which they depend | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
on to fund their nuclear programme. Mark Mardell is in Washington. This | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
might have been loose talk about war with Iran, but clearly the | :12:47. | :12:51. | |
White House is concerned? Yes, and tomorrow's meeting is the | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
culmination of months of diplomacy where the Americans have been | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
trying to find out what the Israelis are up to and dissuade | :12:58. | :13:05. | |
them from attacking Iran if that is what is in their minds. You have to | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
bear in mind the last time the two men met, it was a disaster, a train | :13:09. | :13:16. | |
wreck of a meeting. The body bang is appalling and --ted body | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
language is appalling and President Obama is attempting a difficult | :13:19. | :13:25. | |
balancing act. He is using language that many Israelis would like. | :13:25. | :13:29. | |
America could take military action. Israel should be allowed to | :13:29. | :13:33. | |
whatever it needs, but that is wrapping up a message that will be | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
less appealing to many of them which is stop talking about war and | :13:37. | :13:46. | |
give sanctions a chance to work. Now with the day's big sports news | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
including of course the sacking of Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas. | :13:49. | :13:55. | |
Here is Karthi. That news hasn't come as a big shock, blue Chelsea's | :13:55. | :13:59. | |
owner is looking for his eighth manager in nine years after the | :13:59. | :14:09. | |
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club parted company with Andre Villas-Boas this afternoon. The 34- | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
year-old had been in charge for just nine months. Joe Wilson | :14:12. | :14:14. | |
reports. Andre Villas-Boas was a project, recruited at vast expense | :14:15. | :14:20. | |
to create a new era. So quickly it came to this. | :14:20. | :14:24. | |
Chelsea beaten at West Bromwich Albion yesterday, fifth in the | :14:24. | :14:27. | |
Premier League and the fire in Andre Villas-Boas's eyes | :14:27. | :14:29. | |
extinguished. REPORTER: Will you get another | :14:29. | :14:34. | |
chance and is three wins in 12 league games good enough? You will | :14:34. | :14:42. | |
have to ask them. Surely he knew what the answer would be. Since | :14:42. | :14:48. | |
Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea, he has got through three managers. | :14:49. | :14:54. | |
Time is the precious asset. Nearly 25 years ago, a struggling manager | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
called Ferguson was spared the sack. He has just just outlasted another | :15:00. | :15:09. | |
rival. He is a young guy and young people need time. He is 4 He is 34 | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
years of age. When he starts up in another club, he will be fine, but | :15:13. | :15:18. | |
Chelsea was a big ask. Andre Villas-Boas was confronted | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
with a dressing room of established players, strong personalities, the | :15:23. | :15:26. | |
relationship with Frank Lampard has been strained. There has been an | :15:26. | :15:31. | |
interpretation that some of the team didn't want Andre Villas-Boas. | :15:31. | :15:38. | |
The board and the players have to be culpable. The players at Chelsea | :15:38. | :15:46. | |
have to realise maybe now they are not good good enough to get in the | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
team. Jose Mourhino's most successful | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
manager is well backed to return. London, he once said, is his | :15:53. | :15:59. | |
Sir Alex Ferguson praised his side's performance after a 3-1 | :15:59. | :16:02. | |
defeat of Tottenham at White Hart Lane this afternoon, describing it | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
as their "hardest away game of the season". Manchester United's | :16:07. | :16:10. | |
victory puts them just two points behind league leaders Manchester | :16:10. | :16:16. | |
City. Wayne Rooney scored United's first goal on the stroke of half- | :16:16. | :16:18. | |
time taking advantage of some dreadful Tottenham defending. | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
Ashley Young volleyed in their second before adding a stunning | :16:21. | :16:27. | |
third goal. Jermaine Defoe scored a consolation goal for Spurs. | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
Match of the Day Two is on BBC2 now with all of the day's goals | :16:31. | :16:34. | |
including the five that Fulham put past Wolves, who drop into the | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
relegation zone. Newcastle scored in injury time to draw 1-1 with | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
Sunderland in a bad tempered match with two Sunderland players sent | :16:40. | :16:46. | |
off. Ireland's players admitted to | :16:46. | :16:48. | |
feeling disappointed despite ending France's Grand Slam hopes with a | :16:48. | :16:51. | |
17-17 draw in their rearranged Six Nations Match in Paris. A great | :16:51. | :16:55. | |
start from the Irish saw them take a half-time lead through two tries | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
from Tommy Bow, but the French staged a comeback after the break. | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
Wesley Fofana with the try and Morgan Parra kicking 12 points for | :17:01. | :17:05. | |
a draw. Double Olympic champion, Rebecca | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
Adlington was one of six swimmers to book their place at the London | :17:09. | :17:12. | |
2012 Olympics by qualifying at the British Swimming Championships this | :17:12. | :17:14. | |
evening. Adlington led from start to finish, winning the 400 metres | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
freestyle ahead of her close friend, Jo Jackson, who also secured an | :17:17. | :17:25. | |
Olympic spot at the Aquatics Centre. I can't believe that tonight me and | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
Jo can go to sleep no we are heading for the Olympics. | :17:30. | :17:35. | |
You don't understand how hard swimmers work. It is a hard sport. | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
We get up at 5.15am and to know we are going to be here this this pool | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
and with a whole of GB cheering us, it is exciting. | :17:45. | :17:50. | |
Rory McIlroy is on course to replace Luke Donald as golf's world | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
number one. He has a two shot lead at the Honda Classic with two holes | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
remaining. That's all the sport for now. | :17:59. | :18:02. |