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Five Britons serving in Afghanistan have been killed after their | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
helicopter crashed in the south of the country. The helicopter crashed | :00:10. | :00:19. | |
near a busy airbase during what officials say it was a military | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
exercise, denying claims the Taliban shot it down. Russia faces new | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
economic sanctions over Ukraine as it is accused of further fuelling | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
tension in the east of the country. And a hero's welcome for Ryan Giggs | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
at Old Trafford in his stand-in role as Manchester United manager. | :00:34. | :01:41. | |
troops that remain are packing up equipment. Helicopters are a way of | :01:42. | :01:48. | |
moving equipment and people across the hostile environment of the | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
South. Lynx helicopters have been used throughout Britain's | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
intervention in Afghanistan and have a very good safety record. This is | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
the first helicopter crash since the war began in 2001. Investigators say | :02:02. | :02:09. | |
the crash was not due to enemy fire, but the Taliban quickly claimed they | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
had shot it down. A statement from the international force said it was | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
still in the process of reviewing the circumstances to determine more | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
facts. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
affected by this tragic event. I would imagine the initial | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
investigation will report very quickly because the Lynx helicopter | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
is ubiquitous to the Army and the Royal Navy of the back of its | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
frigates and destroyers and it is so important to the role that is being | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
carried out in Afghanistan. Far smaller than at the Merlin and | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
Chinook helicopters, the Lynx has been the workhorse of the war. They | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
can be lightly armed, but more often carry supplies or a very senior | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
personnel across areas where road to travel is too dangerous. | :03:01. | :03:14. | |
This is the largest, single British loss of life in Afghanistan since | :03:15. | :03:17. | |
the crash of a Nimrod killed 14 in 2006. But these deaths are a | :03:18. | :03:19. | |
reminder that although combat operations are winding down, there | :03:20. | :03:21. | |
are thousands of British troops still in active service in | :03:22. | :03:23. | |
Afghanistan. Where the accident happened was | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
close to a steep hillside and tonight after recovering the bodies, | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
investigators are going through the wreckage to find out exactly how the | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
Lynx helicopter crashed. Let's turn to our defence | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
correspondent Caroline Wyatt who is at the Ministry of Defence. What are | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
they saying tonight? At this stage very little. They say clearly this | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
was a UK helicopter. They have not yet confirmed it is a Lynx, but this | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
is what we understand from all other sources and it is the first time a | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
Lynx helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan. They have been used | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
mostly to take personnel from place to place. There is some speculation | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
that they could have been taking special forces because of where it | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
came down, but the MoD will not comment. They have given a number | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
for concerned relatives to call. I think we can put that number up on | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
screen. It was technical problems that caused the crash and not as the | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
Taliban have claimed enemy action that brought it down. But clearly a | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
real sense of shock and numbness of this happening so late on in the | :04:37. | :04:42. | |
campaign. This was the third, single biggest loss of life after the | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
Nimrod crash and the six soldiers killed in the Warrior vehicle in | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
2012. There will be investigations to find out how it happened and next | :04:53. | :05:00. | |
of kin are being informed. The leaders of the G-7 group of | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
industrialised countries said they will impose further sanctions on | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
Russia over its role in the crisis in Ukraine. The White House says | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
measures could be introduced as early as Monday. A team has been | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
sent to eastern Ukraine to try to secure the release of a team of | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
observers detained by pro-Russian separatists. | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
For the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine Sloviansk remains | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
their stronghold. They have taken full control and they have taken | :05:33. | :05:38. | |
hostages. These ID cards and nametags allegedly belonged to a | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
group of military observers. They were taken hostage yesterday near | :05:44. | :05:47. | |
Sloviansk. It was Russian television that was allowed to film this. The | :05:48. | :05:54. | |
self-proclaimed peoples Mayor of Sloviansk said he believed the | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
military observers were spies. Ukrainian security forces are trying | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
to seal of Sloviansk. They call it an anti-terrorist operation. They | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
fear the hostages will be used as human shields, but Russia has said | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
it will try to secure their release. In the neighbouring town we found | :06:18. | :06:19. | |
pro-Russian groups in control there as well. They are heavily armed, but | :06:20. | :06:27. | |
they say it is people power. The people say they are not terrorists | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
and they want their part of Ukraine to become independent and if he | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
ever's counterterrorist operation reaches their town, they will be | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
counting on Russia to protect them. From wedding bells straight to the | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
barricades. Despite all the violence and a threat of war, some people | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
here are still hoping for a better future. | :06:51. | :06:59. | |
Tim Farron, president of the Liberal Democrats, says members of his party | :07:00. | :07:02. | |
need to answer serious questions about what they knew of the alleged | :07:03. | :07:05. | |
sexual abuse by the late Cyril Smith. Police are investigating | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
claims that the former MP for Rochdale, who died four years ago, | :07:09. | :07:11. | |
abused boys at care homes and hostels in the town. Our political | :07:12. | :07:13. | |
correspondent Louise Stewart reports. | :07:14. | :07:20. | |
Do you want a man to represent you or a party robot? Famously | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
outspoken, Sir Cyril Smith was a prominent political figure with both | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
Labour and the Liberals. He was the MP and Mayor in Rochdale for 20 | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
years, but for decades there were allegations he sexually abused boys | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
at homes and hostels in the town. He died in 2010, but two years ago new | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
claims emerged he had abused boys on the premises of Knowl View School. | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
Nick Clegg has rejected calls for the party to investigate. | :07:52. | :07:55. | |
The most important inquiry of all, because they are the only people who | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
can get to the bottom of this, either police. But the Liberal party | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
Democrat says there are serious questions to be answered. The party | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
absolutely, as must the Labour Party also because Cyril Smith also belong | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
to them when these allegations are said to have taken place, need to | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
answer serious questions as to who knew what and when. The current MP | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
for Rochdale has written to Nick Clegg calling for an independent | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
review within the Liberal Democrats. They need to come back with an | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
internal inquiry, independently chaired, that gets to the bottom of | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
why they managed to cover it up for so long in their party. Cyril Smith | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
was never charged with any offence, but there is growing criticism of | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
the way the Liberal Democrats are handling the allegations. Lord steel | :08:50. | :08:53. | |
has admitted he had been informed that Cyril Smith was being | :08:54. | :09:00. | |
investigated for child abuse. He has said he will cooperate with any | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
police inquiry. Manchester United are playing their | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
first game since David Moyes was sacked and Ryan Giggs took over as | :09:08. | :09:10. | |
interim manager. They are playing Norwich City at Old Trafford amid | :09:11. | :09:13. | |
speculation that the club's new permanent manager may already have | :09:14. | :09:14. | |
been approached. David is there for us. | :09:15. | :09:27. | |
It has been a fairly wretched season by Manchester united's standards and | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
that culminated in the sacking of David Moyes. Up stepped Ryan Giggs | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
as interim manager and that has lifted the spirits of the fans. I | :09:37. | :09:43. | |
think he will take us all the way. He will bring back the feel-good | :09:44. | :09:52. | |
factor. You want somebody who has already got the T-shirt and has won | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
a cup medal. Ryan Giggs walked down the touchline took a huge ovation, | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
quite impressive scenes. He wanted his team to make a fast start. He | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
made six changes, that fast starters did not come, but eventually the | :10:10. | :10:13. | |
breakthrough arrived with Wayne Rooney scoring a goal just before | :10:14. | :10:21. | |
half-time. Shortly after he scored another goal. We have just heard a | :10:22. | :10:26. | |
loud roar and it might be three. The search continues for the permanent | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
manager with Louis van Gaal said to be the favourite. For today at least | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
it has belonged to Ryan Giggs. Much more on the BBC News channel | :10:39. | :10:41. | |
through out the | :10:42. | :10:42. |