30/08/2014 BBC Weekend News

The European Union prepares new sanctions against Russia over

Amid fresh concern of Russian military involvement, David Cameron

warns that Moscow can't be allowed to get away with it.

Countries in Europe shouldn't have to think long before realising how

unacceptable that is. We know that from our history so consequences

must follow. We'll ask how serious is Europe about taking on President

Putin. Also tonight, within the last few moments, the missing boy, Ashya

King and his family have been found in Spain.

The new chair of the BBC Trust has been chosen. For the first time, a

woman is set to take the helm. And in cricket, more misery for

England as India thrash them in the third one-day international.

Russia is facing the threat of new sanctions from the European Union

The EU Commission President, Manuel Barrosso, said the conflict was

And the Prime Minister, David Cameron, warned that consequences

must follow if Russian troops are not withdrawn from Ukraine.

Live now to Brussels and our Europe Editor, Gavin Hewitt.

Europe's leaders are still meeting but during the day there were

expressions of concern what the crisis in Ukraine could be reaching

a point of no return. And that mood was perhaps best summed up by the

French President, Francois Hollande, who said, if we allow this situation

to worsen, it will lead to war. In Ukraine, the scars from another

round of fighting. These were the streets near the Donetsk railway

station today after the area was hit by shells. The Ukrainians say Russia

is sending more troops and military equipment into eastern Ukraine.

The conflict overshadows the European summit in Brussels. The

leaders spoke of a crisis reaching a point of no return. They have been

discussing increasing sanctions against Russia. One leader described

it as the biggest crisis since the end of the Cold War, others called

it a threat to Europe. Russia is in a stage of war against

countries which would like to be closer integrated in Russia.

Practically Russia is in a state of war against Europe. David Cameron

had this warning for the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. We have

to address the completely unacceptable situation of having

Russian troops on Ukrainian soil. Countries in Europe shouldn't need

to think long before realising just how unacceptable that is. We know

that from our history, so consequences must follow.

The Prime Minister met with the Ukrainian President, who was

attending the summit. He gave this assessment of what his country was

facing. Thousands of the foreign troops and hundreds of the foreign

people are now on the territory of Ukraine. European officials dinot

disguise the seriousness of the crisis. We are in a very serious, I

would say, dramatic situation. We may see a situation where we reach

the point of no return. For all the expressions of concern,

it is unlikely Europe's leaders will go further today than asking

officials to urgently prepare a new round of sanctions against Russia.

The Ukrainian government claims there is no evidence of Russian

military hardware heading across the border into the conflict. Russia

denies its forces are in Ukraine. Our Diplomatic Correspondent, Paul

Adams has this assessment. Intense fighting near the eastern

city of Donetsk. Ukraine's simmering civil conflict teetering on the edge

of something even more ominous. A war between states.

And this, says the government in Kiev, further evidence of Moscow's

intent, a column of Russian armour apparently heading into Ukraine. On

side of this case it says to the Donbas, the region being torn apart.

Russia is apparently deeply involved than ever. Two weeks ago, the

Ukraine Army almost surrounded forces in Luhansk and Donetsk. Now

rebels seem to have gained the initiative. The seaside town of

Novoazovsk fell of Thursday. Mariupol is now dangerously close.

The UN now believes that almost 2,600 people have been killed since

the fighting began. In Mariupol, sandbags and trenches.

No-one knows when the assault will come but the city seems poorly

prepared. Souths of Donetsk, the Ukrainian military recovered dead

and injured soldiers after a bloodry retreat. In less than a week, the

tide of this war has turned. Let's return now to goo win Hewitt,

our Europe editor. How united are the European Union when it comes to

ramping up sanctions against Russia -- Gavin Hewitt? Well, Ben, there

are some divisions here. I think it's fair to say that a majority of

the leaders believe there is no alternative than ramping up

sanctions against Russia. But there are voices saying it will also

damage Europe's fragile economies and there are some who don't believe

it will force President Putin to back down and there are other voices

pointing out how important it is to keep open diplomatic channels with

Russia and that won't be helped by another round of sanctions.

Gavin, this summit wasn't only talking about Ukraine, also a couple

of very important jobs that were announced today, new appointments to

important jobs? Absolutely. This summit was supposed

to be about Europe's top jobs, first of all they've appointed a new

foreign policy czar, it's the Italian Foreign Minister and also

the President of the European Council, the person who manages the

summits. That is Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland. I thought

it was very interesting, he went out of his way in his first news

conference to say it was unimaginable to think of an EU

without the UK being in it. Thank you very much.

Within the last few minutes, the missing boy, Ashya King, and his

family, have been found. The five-year-old boy had been taken out

of hospital against medical advice. The family's been found in Marbella

in Spain and Tom Burridge is there for us tonight.

Well, Ben, within the last few minutes, Hampshire Police have

confirmed to the BBC that Ashya King and his family have been found in

Spain, exactly where in Spain we don't know. But the family have put

out some images on social media tonight showing Ashya with his

father, talking about the machine, the complex machine needed to feed

Ashya King. He has a brain tumour. He was removed from Hampshire

hospital on Thursday afternoon by his parents, but few details about

where he was found. The police are unabout to say what condition Ashya

is in tonight but we are expecting full details within the hour.

Tom, an Interpol alert, an arrest warrant, had been put out for the

parents? That is right. So the parents own

one of the apartments behind me in this complex. There's been a police

presence by Spanish police over the past 24 hours or so here. They've

now left. But there was this international arrest warrant issued

earlier today at least to help with the search. Remember, it's still not

clear if Ashya's parents committed any offence by removing him from the

hospital. One other development tonight, we

are expecting Ashya's older brother to release a video on YouTube and in

his words, to explain the situation, he praised those people for their

support and also criticised other people who he feels have been

unnecessarily critical and not been supportive for the cause of his

family. Thank you very much.

Within the last half an hour, it's emerged that for the first time, a

woman is set to take charge of the BBC Trust, the body that oversees

the corporation. Rhona Fairhead is the former Chief Executive of the

Financial Times. Here is David Sillito.

How significant do you think this appointment is? The BBC Chair is a

big job. Lord pat tone, the previous one, said it was a job that he found

much tougher than he was expecting. You are overseeing the BBC, but you

are also in many ways responsible for being the cheerleader, defending

it when politicians are got something to say about the BBC.

Rhona Fairhead comes from a strong business background, HSBC, Pep sew

co and also chair and Chief Executive of the Financial Times, so

she has a strong media background on the non-exec board of the Cabinet

Office as well -- Pepsico. She has an understanding of insider

politics. But this is a very big job and the BBC's just about to enter a

process of negotiating for its next charter, so it's going to be a lot

for her in her in-tray. Thank you very much.

A man is to appear before magistrates in London on Monday

charged in connection with an assault on the Respect MP Mr George

Galloway who left hospital this mornving morning after suffering

bruising and suspected brokesen ribs in an attack in Notting Hill Gate

yesterday evening. David Cameron and Nick Clegg will

have talks this weekend on the Government's response to the raised

threat of terrorism in the UK. The level was increased from substantial

to severe yesterday amid growing concerns about British citizens

joining the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Our Political Correspondent,

Vicki Young, reports. The fighting in Syria and Iraq is

not a foreign conflict that Britain can ignore, according to David

Cameron. He says there's an increased threat

posed by home-grown extremists Jihadis returning from the Middle

East and new laws are needed to deal with them.

At a meeting of EU leaders, he said he'd tackle the problem head-on.

Today in Brussels is an opportunity to talk with other EU leaders, to

make sure we coordinate to stop people travelling to Iraq and Syria

to stop radicalisation, to confront extremism. We'll discuss that today.

The Labour lieder said: -- Labour Leader said:

These gave authorities the power to put terror

These gave authorities the power to put suspects under close supervision

and relocate them to towns far from their home but they were abandoned

by the coalics after the cores ruled their home but they were abandoned

against them and replaced by less restrictive measures. Some experts

in terror law believe it's time to beef up the rules once again. In

particular, the power to compel people to relocate and to have very

limited Internet access is very important in this regard.

So far, the Prime Minister has talked about new laws to make it

easier to take people's passports away. On Monday, he'll tell MPs

whether he's prepared to go further. Members of the Co-op Group have

voted overwhelmingly in favour of radically changing the way it's

managed. At a special general meeting, a proposal to make the

board more commercially focussed needed the approval of at least two

thirds of members. The Co-op Group's been in turmoil over the last

year-and-a-half over a ?1.5 billion financial hole discovered in its

accounts. OK, let's catch up with all the

sports news of the day with Olly Foster at the BBC Sports centre.

Good evening. Many thanks indeed to you. Good

evening. The Premier League averaged over three goals a game today, all

24 of them are coming up on Match Of The Day after the news. If you want

to know the results, I'm about to give them to you right now. Here

they come. Nine of those goals came at Goodison Park, as Chelsea beat

Everton 6-3 to maintain their 100% record and go top of the table.

Costa scored twice. Van Gaal is still waiting for his

first win as Manchester United manager. United's record signing,

di-Maria, made his debut in their 0-0 draw at Burnley.

Elsewhere, the champions, Manchester City, lost 1-0 at home to Stoke.

Injury time equaliser for Crystal Palace in their 3-3 draw at

Newcastle. QPR beat Sunderland at home. San sea made it three wins out

of three. West Ham lost 3-1 to Southampton.

Inverness are still top of the Scottish premiership after their 2-0

win against Kilmarnock today. Aberdeen beat Partick. Hamilton are

second in the table after a big win over Ross County. St Johnstone won

at Motherwell. St Mirren still waiting for their first points

losing against Dundee. Celtic play Dundee tomorrow. England's

cricketers are two down with two to play in the one-day series after

losing to India by six wickets. Despite a promising opening stand,

England lost wickets all too easily. Feeling hunted must be familiar to

Alastair Cook. His test and now one-day Captain say had been

questioned. He showed the makings of a punchy

repost here. He and Hales started well before both lost their heads

and wickets. England have often been accused of lacking urgency in the

middle overs. Bell lost the race against Sharma's brilliant throw.

It took until the last over for England to hit a six. Therein lies

the problem perhaps. India cleared the boundary rather

quicker, a target of 228 never looked enough for the bowlers to

defend. Wherever England delivered the ball, India despatched it

somewhere. This wasn't so much a run chase as a

dance towards the target. A quick shuffle and step took them there

with seven overs to spare. Not close and worringly for England with a

World Cup looming, not really competitive.

Andy Murray is through to the fourth round of the US Open. He had a

wobble against his opponent, Andre Kuznetsov.

He has had no recurrence of the cramp that troubled him in his first

match but could face the French seed Tsonga in his next match.

Finally, the MotoGP world champion, Mark Marquez will start on pole for

tomorrow's Grand Prix at Silverstone. That's all the sport.

Ben. Many thanks indeed. You can see more

on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel, but that's it from me.

Good evening. We've still got a few showers across parts of the UK, but

we are expecting those to clear through the night. For many, Sunday

will be dry with sunny spells and feeling warmer compared to Saturday.

As we start Sunday morning, there'll be some bright spells across

south-west England. The cloud floating around. Temperatures begin

at 14 or 15. The risk of perhaps a few showers affecting the anied

lands. The morning looks dry and bright

across a good deal of Northern Ireland. Mist and fog for Scotland

will start to clear. -- showers affecting Northern Ireland.

Sunny spells across Scotland throughout the morning. That fine,

dry, bright weather lasting across a good deal of England and Wales.

Expecting light winds throughout the day.

The potential for 22 degrees across parts of south-east England. In the

north-west, a change later in the day. For Northern Ireland, the

breeze will strengthen. More cloud with some rain arriving. Due to the

weather fronts, the showers will move south. A, misty start to Monday

morning with cloud around. That could linger to the south-east

with patchy rain through the. Further north west, it brightens.

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