03/05/2014 BBC Weekend News


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Good evening. Pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine have

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freed a team of international observers they took hostage a week

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ago. The men were taken in the city of Sloviansk, along with five

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Ukrainian officers, who have also been released. There has been

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further fighting today date in Eastern Ukraine Ian town of

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Kramatorsk. It follows the deaths of 40 people in clashes between

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government supporters and opponents in Odessa. From there, Fergal Keane

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sent this report. At the entrance of the burned-out

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hallway, riot police. Looking uncertain. Some, dejected. They

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faced the anger after the tragedy of the night before. People have been

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expecting some kind of trouble in Odessa, but nothing on the scale of

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what has happened. There is real anger here, but also more than

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anything else a profound sense of shock. Four people feel the police

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failed to protect those who died here. Hanging from the broken

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windows, the makeshift ropes, some used to try and escape. These

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pictures capture the desperate plight of those fleeing the inferno.

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And in the aftermath it was not just the police who were the target of

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anger. Most people I spoke with said they were not separatists, but they

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feared their ethnic Russian culture was going to be destroyed by the

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government and its Western supporters. Anastacia is an ethnic

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Russian and English teacher. What do you think could happen to you? Well,

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anything. Anything. There is no law. No law in the country, no law, I

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tell you. And nobody will answer for what happened yesterday. Nobody. It

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was pro-Ukrainian mobs who chased the people into the building and

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whom witnesses blamed for throwing petrol bombs. The government though

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blames Russia for instigating the violence. There was one piece of

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good news today. These international military observers taken captive a

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week ago were released by labels along with five Ukrainian officers.

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-- released by rebels. For one observer, intense relief. It feels

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great. We are very relieved. We are longing to get back home to our

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families and loved ones. But even as that news was being welcomed there

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was fresh fighting in the East. These images apparently from the

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town of Kramatorsk, close to where yesterday's military offensive by

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the state began. The government says it has retake in Kramatorsk, but

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there has been no independent confirmation of this yet. Back in

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Odessa, an image that speaks to a nation's anguish. As Ukraine's

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violence escalates to a new and perilous phase.

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Rescue workers have abandoned their search for any more survivors who

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may be buried under two landslides in north-eastern Afghanistan. 350

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bodies have been recovered so far, but officials say more than 2000

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people are feared dead. Maybe Buchanan reports.

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It was an entire hillside which collapsed, triggered by heavy rain.

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A torrent of mud swept down the ravine, varying the village below.

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Local residents came to help, but their bare hands and shovels were no

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much for the scale of the disaster. This woman narrowly survived. She

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said four or five from my family were killed, four or five are alive.

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I am only half alive. Another villager was devastated. All of our

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lives are buried here, he said. Now, we are digging for the dead bodies.

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In this remote mountainous part of north-eastern Afghanistan life was

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already precarious. The Army has now brought some food and water. This

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man said they needed more. We need tents, so we can be sheltered from

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the rain. Around 700 houses are still under threat from flooding and

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more landslides. The UN is mobilising more aid, but for now

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survivors are at the mercy of the elements. Beside the certain rescue

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operation, what we are doing now is helping facilitate the needs of

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around 700 families, more than 4000 people have been displaced either

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directly or indirectly by what has happened. These people are used to

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hardship, but they have lost everything. They stare at what was

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once their community. It is now a mass grave.

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And woman has been arrested on suspicion of assault -- assaulting a

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resident of a care home in Essex that was featured on Panorama. Seven

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members of staff were sacked. It showed residents being taunted and

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humiliated. The woman who was arrested was later released on

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police bail pending further enquiries.

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Police in Northern Ireland are continuing to question the Sinn Fein

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leader Gerry Adams in connection with the murder of Jean McConville,

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a mother of ten who was killed in 1972. He denies all the allegations.

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At a rally today, Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness said Mr Adams' arrest was

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the result of political policing, but Northern Ireland's Justice

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Minister has defended the decision to question him. Nick Higham

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reports. On the Falls Road in Wells Belfast police helpfully closed the

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street while Martin McGuinness laid into their employer. For the third

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day in a row he attacks some members of the Police Service of Northern

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Ireland for what he claimed was the politically motivated arrest of

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Gerry Adams. No police force anywhere in the world is immune from

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criticism if it is acting in a politically biased and partisan

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fashion. The arrest of Gerry Adams is the evidence of that fact there

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is an element in the PSNI who are against the peace process and who

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hate Gerry Adams and hate Sinn Fein. The occasion was the unveiling of a

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new mural hailing the Sinn Fein president as a peacemaker.

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Supporters like these have been angered by his arrest, but despite

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that Martin McGuinness says there is no threat to the Northern Ireland

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peace process. Sinn Fein backing for the Police Service of Northern

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Ireland has been an important plank in the peace process. If that

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backing were to be withdrawn it would be a serious blow.

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Significantly perhaps, Martin McGuinness this afternoon has not

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threatened to withdraw the party's support. Gerry Adams has been

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questioned about the murder of Jean McConville in 1972. The police

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insist they have a duty to investigate serious crime

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impartially. Today, they got backing from Northern Ireland's Justice

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Minister. I have been Justice Minister for four years. I see no

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sign of political policing. What unfortunately I do see as

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politicians from both sides seeking to interfere in the policing

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process. Gerry Adams remains in custody Antrim Police Station. He

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has denied any involvement in Jean McConville's death.

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Hundreds of women clergy have gathered in London to mark 20 years

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since the ordination of women in the Church of England. Add a service

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that St Paul's Cathedral the Archbishop of Canterbury said the

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Church of England have made great progress since women were first

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ordained, but that it still had a long way to go.

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With all the sports News of the day so far, here is Katie Gornall at the

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BBC Sport Centre. It has been a day of drama at the

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bottom of the Premier League, both full amount Park card -- both Fulham

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hunt Cardiff have been relegated. Fulham's failed -- fate was sealed

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with a 4-1 defeat at Stoke, bringing to an end their 13 year stay in the

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top flight. They conceded three times in the second half. They will

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be joined in the Championship by Cardiff, who lost three - zero to

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Newcastle United. They were bottom of the table and dropped down after

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one season in the Premier League. We did not deserve to lose it, so the

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attitude and atmosphere in their off-course is now the disappointed,

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but they are fantastic bunch of players who have given everything

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for the cause and it was not good enough. Both of their relegation

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were confirmed when news of Sunderland's shock 1-0 win at

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Manchester United came through. Sebastian Larsson scored the only

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gale of the game at Old Trafford as Sunderland took a big step towards

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safety. Manchester City's chances of winning the Barclays Premier League

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are currently undergoing a test at Everton. A win would see City

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replace Liverpool at the top of the table, but they fell behind after

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this wonder goal from Ross Barkley. Sergio Aguero pulled a goal back for

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the visitors. Before Edin Dzeko sent City into the break with the lead.

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They are now into the second half at Goodison and the score is 3-1 to

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City. The Scottish Premiership, Celtic are still on course for a

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record tally of 100 points after they beat Aberdeen five - two. Hibs

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and Partick drew 1-1 and it was the same scoreline between Inverness

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Caley Thistle and Dundee United. In the World Snooker Championship,

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or Neil Robertson is tied at 12-12 with Mark Selby. The world than the

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one came from behind to level the match with Selby. They will resume

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at 7pm in Sheffield and Ronnie O'Sullivan awaits the winner in the

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final. That is all the sport for now.

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There is more throughout the evening on bids the BBC News channel.

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