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within Ukraine. Turnout has been high, but critics have boycotted the | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
vote, which America and the EU say is illegal. Meanwhile in eastern | :00:18. | :00:24. | |
Ukraine, pro-Russian protestors have stormed government buildings, | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
demanding their own referendum. 25 countries are now helping in the | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
search for the missing Malaysian airliner. Investigators are | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
appealing for radar and satellite data. Plans to build a new garden | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
city in the south-east of England have been unveiled by the | :00:42. | :00:42. | |
Chancellor. And it is victory for Liverpool | :00:43. | :00:50. | |
against their bitter rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford. | :00:51. | :01:11. | |
Good evening. The polls are about to close in the controversial | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
referendum in Crimea on whether the region should rejoin Russia or | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
remain part of Ukraine. The result is expected within the next few | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
hours. It was organised by Crimea's new pro-Russian administration and | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
today, both the EU and the United States condemned the referendum as | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
illegal. Our correspondent Daniel Sandford reports now from Simferopol | :01:35. | :01:35. | |
in Crimea. It is a referendum that will rip | :01:36. | :01:50. | |
modern Ukraine apart. Voters wanting to leave the 23-year-old country and | :01:51. | :01:57. | |
rejoin Russia flocked to the polls. In Simferopol, almost every vote | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
seemed to be in favour of Crimea breaking away from Ukraine. | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
TRANSLATION: We have been waiting too long. I think this is the best | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
choice for my child. The poll has been denounced as illegitimate and | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
too hasty by much of the world. But the new leader of Crimea insisted it | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
was both legitimate and fair. TRANSLATION: There is no pressure on | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
people. You can see for yourself. People are free to vote. I do not | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
feel or see any pressure. But this is no ordinary polling day. Most of | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
the world still believes this is officially Ukraine, and yet Russian | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
troops are standing guard outside the bases here, effectively holding | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
the Ukrainian troops prisoner. The Russians have agreed to a truce in | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
Crimea until Friday, regardless of the outcome of the referendum. But | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
no one knows what will happen to the Ukrainian troops after that. And | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
there are many people in Crimea who refuse to vote today, like these | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
Ukrainian speaking sisters. They told me the vote is illegal. They | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
said they will never take Russian passports. That they are worried | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
about what it might mean for their future. | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
TRANSLATION: It causes me so much pain, and so much grief. It hurts so | :03:20. | :03:30. | |
much here. Because I want to die here, in any circumstances. | :03:31. | :03:38. | |
But for the pro-Russian crowds, this is the day they have been waiting | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
for for almost a quarter of a century. The turnout was high, the | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
result will almost certainly mean Crimea rejoining Russia. But Ukraine | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
does not recognise the poll, nor do Europe or America. This crisis is | :03:54. | :04:01. | |
about to get worse. On the Ukrainian mainland, in the Eastern city of | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
Donetsk, pro-Russian supporters stormed the prosecutor 's office, | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
demanding the release of fellow activists and raising the Russian | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
flag. Nobody can be sure what the next move will be from the Kremlin. | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
Daniel joins us live now. It is likely to be a yes vote for the | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
shift towards Russia, does that mean sanctions against Moscow are | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
inevitable, and if so, how will Mr Putin react? Yes, you can see there | :04:32. | :04:39. | |
is a very enthusiastic crowd in the centre of Simferopol tonight, | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
preparing to welcome what they expect to be an overwhelming vote in | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
favour of joining Russia. The key thing is what happens next, and what | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
effect it will have on international relations. The first move is | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
President Putin's, does he decide to accept the results of the | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
referendum? It looks like he will do that. And will he start moving | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
towards joining Crimea on to Russia? If he does that, the | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
European Union will impose sanctions on some Russian officials. As the | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
union moves closer, those sanctions will escalate. The question is, what | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
will be the response of Russia to that? Will it be a series of tit for | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
tat economic measures? If so, things may start to calm down. But if | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
Russia seeks to encourage able in different regions of Ukraine, then | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
the Western response will have to be much stronger. And if that happens, | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
then we could have an effect on international relations which will | :05:37. | :05:39. | |
last for many, many years, which is why people are talking about the | :05:40. | :05:40. | |
possibility of a new Cold War. 25 countries are now involved in the | :05:41. | :05:49. | |
search for the Malaysian airliner that disappeared more than a week | :05:50. | :05:52. | |
ago, and checks have been ordered on all 239 passengers and crew, as well | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
as ground and technical staff at the country's main airport. The | :05:56. | :05:58. | |
authorities are searching along two main air corridors and are appealing | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
for radar and satellite data that might help them locate the plane. | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes is in the Malaysian | :06:07. | :06:14. | |
capital, Kuala Lumpur. His report contains some flash photography. | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
We want real information about our families, screams this man. Why has | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
it taken a week to tell us the truth, shouts another. Nine days | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
after the Malaysia Airlines flight disappeared, the anger in China is | :06:32. | :06:40. | |
unabated. In Kuala Lumpur, this man is close to despair. His wife was | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
one of many Chinese on the plane. He says the Malaysians have wasted a | :06:47. | :06:48. | |
whole week looking in the wrong place. If they knew the plane had | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
turned around, he tells me, then why did they waste so much time | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
searching in the South China Sea? Why did they send all of those ships | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
and planes and satellites to search there? This is the question, but we | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
get no answer. The Malaysian government has now declared the | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
disappearance of Flight 370 eight terrorist act, and it is widening | :07:12. | :07:18. | |
the list of possible suspects. We are refocusing our investigations on | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
all crew and passengers on board, as well as all ground staff handling | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
the aircraft. Several others on board may have known how to take | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
control. In a simulator today, it took me just a few minutes to learn | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
how to navigate and to change course. | :07:35. | :07:45. | |
And insert... ? And now, the plane is heading, it is turning, towards | :07:46. | :07:53. | |
the new point. It is as simple as that. I also learned just how easy | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
it is to switch off the plane's transponders. Some of the matters | :08:00. | :08:06. | |
who hire this simulator are very skilled. People can really handle | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
the aircraft like a pro. But they are not qualified pilots? No. With | :08:13. | :08:20. | |
nine days already gone, and hundreds of thousands of square miles of | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
ocean to search, solving this mystery could now be all but | :08:25. | :08:25. | |
impossible. A government-backed scheme to help | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
people buy newly-built homes in England is to be extended until | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
2020. Speaking ahead of this week's Budget, the Chancellor has also | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
announced plans to build a "garden city" of at least 15,000 homes at | :08:39. | :08:41. | |
Ebbsfleet in Kent. Labour has responded by saying the Government's | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
plans don't go far enough. Our political correspondent Ross Hawkins | :08:46. | :08:46. | |
has the story. Politicians have always liked the | :08:47. | :09:04. | |
idea of creating leafy new cities, but they have grown less keen on | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
saying where they should be built. Today, the for the first time in 100 | :09:08. | :09:14. | |
years we will be building a garden city in Ebbsfleet, in the Thames | :09:15. | :09:17. | |
Estuary TV which means more homes, more aspiration for families, more | :09:18. | :09:24. | |
economic security and resilience. The site he has got in mind looks | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
green, but the idea is not new. There have been plans for homes here | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
since 2003, but the project has stalled. The Government is prepared | :09:35. | :09:37. | |
to spend ?200 million to get things going. At the Treasury, they want to | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
set up a special Corporation with planning powers to try to make sure | :09:43. | :09:45. | |
there are no more hold-ups. But for today, they cannot say when the | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
building work will be done, or even whether it will begin before the | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
general election. They can help with the money, though. They will be | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
extending a scheme providing government backed loans until the | :10:01. | :10:03. | |
end of the decade. Labour says it is not enough. We have been calling for | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
new investment in housing, to get the economy stronger, and to help | :10:09. | :10:12. | |
with the cost of living crisis. We have said more than 200,000 more | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
homes a year are needed and the end of the decade. This is no more than | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
an old policy. It is a drop in the ocean. It is not the help that we | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
have been calling for. He should do more. And one Liberal Democrat said | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
today's announcement would barely scratch the surface is what is | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
needed. Prices have risen, and even those backing today's announcement | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
says more needs to be done. 15,000 homes, but at, say, 1500 homes per | :10:40. | :10:51. | |
year, is a good first step. If we designated 40 times as much, then | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
would we would make a significant contribution towards meeting the | :10:56. | :10:57. | |
housing needs of the nation. Meeting those needs blonde Ebbsfleet could | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
prove more controversial. -- beyond Ebbsfleet. | :11:05. | :11:13. | |
Syrian state media says government forces backed by Hezbollah fighters | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
have taken control of a rebel-held town on the Lebanese border. Yabrud, | :11:18. | :11:20. | |
in the mountains between Damasacus and Homs, lies on an important | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
supply line for the rebels into Syria. Opposition forces deny the | :11:24. | :11:24. | |
town has been taken. With all the sport, here's Karthi | :11:25. | :11:31. | |
Gnanasegaram at the BBC Sport Centre. Liverpool captain Steven | :11:32. | :11:39. | |
Gerard has described his side as genuine title contenders after their | :11:40. | :11:42. | |
three nil victory over Manchester United. It moves Liverpool into | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
second place in the Premier League. Arsenal are in third after beating | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
Tottenham in the North London derby. It was a game many call the biggest | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
in British football. This time Liverpool arrived playing not only | :11:57. | :11:59. | |
for north-west pride, but challenging for the title. That | :12:00. | :12:02. | |
title still belongs to Manchester United. They were not letting go | :12:03. | :12:05. | |
without a fight. Liverpool's early dominance was rewarded when Rafael | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
handled, and Steven Gerrard dispatched the penalty. Wayne Rooney | :12:11. | :12:17. | |
led the Manchester United response. That saved from Simon Mignolet | :12:18. | :12:20. | |
proved crucial, as Liverpool got another penalty just after | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
half-time. Gerrard put it away again. They then won a controversial | :12:26. | :12:31. | |
third spot kick. Nemanja Vidic was sent off in the process, but this | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
time, Gerrard hit the post. Luis Suarez sealed the victory. It was a | :12:37. | :12:44. | |
famous victory for Liverpool. The pressure was now on Arsenal to | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
justify their own title ambitions, and they struck within two minutes | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
of the start of the North London derby. The goal came from Tomas | :12:53. | :12:59. | |
Rosicky. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain wasted a glorious chance to make it | :13:00. | :13:07. | |
two. Early in the second half, Nacer Chadli was stopped from equalising | :13:08. | :13:08. | |
for Tottenham. Arsenal held on. Aberdeen have won the Scottish | :13:09. | :13:18. | |
League Cup for the first time in 19 years, beating Inverness Caledonian | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
Thistle on penalties. After 120 minutes without a goal, it went to | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
the penalty shoot out, and the decisive spot kick was taken by Adam | :13:29. | :13:33. | |
Rooney. E Rosberg has won the opening Grand Prix in Australia. -- | :13:34. | :13:40. | |
Nico Rosberg. Daniel Ricciardo was eventually disqualified for | :13:41. | :13:43. | |
breaching new engine rules. For a while, it was the greatest day of | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
Daniel were Thiago's Korea. He had become the first Australian to stand | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
on the podium at his home Grand Prix. But five hours later, he was | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
disqualified, his Red Bull team accused of breaking new rules on | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
fuel. It is no fault of Daniel's, I do not believe it is a fault of the | :14:03. | :14:06. | |
team, either. I believe we have been compliant with the rules. The | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
investigation and documents which will be submitted within the appeal | :14:12. | :14:17. | |
will demonstrate that. They were not the only ones who had a bad day. | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
Starting from pole position, Lewis Hamilton had been favourite, in his | :14:22. | :14:28. | |
Mercedes, but when it matters, he's let him down, forcing him to retire | :14:29. | :14:32. | |
after just three laps. And the gremlins claimed Sebastian Vettel | :14:33. | :14:38. | |
soon after. There were no such problems for Hamilton's team-mate, | :14:39. | :14:48. | |
Nico Rosberg, who won by 25 seconds. Ricciardo's disqualification gave | :14:49. | :14:50. | |
second place to Kevin Magnussen, in his first race. Jenson Button was | :14:51. | :14:58. | |
promoted to third. Double Olympic champion Mo Farah collapsed and was | :14:59. | :15:00. | |
taken away in a wheelchair after coming second in the New York half | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
marathon. He tripped and fell during the early stages but recovered to | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
finish second. He said afterwards he was doing OK. That is the sport. | :15:12. | :15:17. | |
There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel, and I'll | :15:18. | :15:18. |