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Another night of celebration for Nigel Farage and UKIP.

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His party wins the European election vote in Britain and almost doubles

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The People's Army had spoken tonight. And delivered just about

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the most extraordinary result we have seen in British politics for

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100 years. But Nigel's night turned into

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Nick Clegg's nightmare as the Liberal Democrats lost all

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but one of their MEPs. It was also a good night for right

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wing parties across much of Europe with Marie Le Pen's Front Nationale

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topping the polls in France. We'll be looking at the impact

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of what was a night of voting against the established

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parties across Europe. Also

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on the programme this lunchtime. Petro Poroshenko claims victory

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in the Presidential election in Ukraine and says he'll take

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a tough line with Russia over And on the final day of his

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Middle East tour the Pope visits Yad Vashem, Israel's

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national Holocaust memorial. It's another day of celebration

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for the UK Independence Party, this time after securing historic

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success in the European elections. They've nearly doubled

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their number of members Leader Nigel Farage said the

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people's army of UKIP had spoken. The results saw some gains

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for Labour, But the big losers were the

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Liberal Democrats. Not all the results are in,

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but here they are so far: Overall UKIP achieved a 28% share

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of the vote resulting in 23 MEPs Labour attracted a 25% share

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and 18 MEPs. The Conservatives suffered

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a hit though with 24% and 18 MEPs. The Greens achieved an 8% share

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and three MEPs. But the Liberal Democrat vote

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was reduced to just 7% and they Here's our Political Correspondent,

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Ross Hawkins. UK Independence Party, 428,010. They

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piled up the votes and the victories. Miserable opponents,

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cheering UKIP, time after time. And the party leader who says he is

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making history. The People's Army have UKIP have spoken tonight and

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delivered just about the most extraordinary result we have seen in

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British politics for 100 years. And I am proud to have led them to that.

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Compare that with a fate in the faces of Liberal Democrats who only

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just avoided being wiped off the road map, their leader, Nick Clegg,

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chosen to debate Nigel Farage only to be trounced at the elections and

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some are questioning his leadership and considering who could replace

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him. Decided quickly for them given the scale of the losses, to call for

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business as usual is frankly ludicrous. We genuinely have to

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reflect very hard, very quickly, make some good decisions and get on

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the 2050 elections in better shape. Although senior Lib Dems insist Nick

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Clegg will stay. I'm wholly opposed to those calls for the Nick Clegg

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has got the resilience and courage to take the party to the next ten

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months, to the general election, and beyond. Labour won more votes and

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MEPs last time competing the Conservatives, but only just and

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they, like everyone else, wondering what to do about UKIP. I think many

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people voting for UKIP are saying we are discontented with the way the

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country works and asking whether politics can answer that. It all

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left the Conservatives trailing in third place. I think the results

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show a very clear message which is people are disillusioned with the

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European Union, the way it's working, and the way it's working

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for Britain. I want change for the challenge now is for my party to

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demonstrate that we have a plan to deliver that change. The European

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elections haven't told us who will win a general election for the Bath

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Road, most people didn't vote. They have shown that all other parties at

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Westminster have got a UKIP problem and they have all got people in

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their own ranks saying they have to make changes if they are going to

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solve it. And as they worry, there's anyone leader who can read the

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morning papers with any satisfaction.

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And in the last half hour they've announced the European Election

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Let's cross to our Scotland political Editor Brian Taylor who's

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The SNP have topped the poll and they are delighted, saying it's

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remarkable victory. Why are they not entirely delighted? As one insider

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said privately, it's a beta three to victory. They have slightly lost

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voting shares in Scotland. -- bittersweet victory. Secondly,

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because in the last week or so of campaigning, Alex Salmond declared

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his intention would be for the SNP to take three seats rather than two

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they currently hold and as a consequence, he will squeeze UKIP

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out of Scotland but that is not happened so, the expectation was

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created of the UK Independence party being kept out that's not the case.

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It seems like a difficulty, challenge for the SNP. They are

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absolutely adamant that topping the poll is what counts and Nicola

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Sturgeon says there is a world of difference now continuing between

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the Scottish voting pattern and that of England.

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Well our Political Editor Nick Robinson is at Westminster for us.

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How does the impact on the general election less than a year away go?

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Nobody knows exactly how it will impact on the general election. We

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know it impacts on politics now as each other parties worry about how

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they will do in a general election. The Conservatives are having to

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confront the fact that for the first time in their history, they are

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third in national election. Having offered a European referendum and

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the promise of renegotiation, they still have come third in still not

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persuaded those UKIP supporters to come home. What they are trying to

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do, though, is to say when it comes to a choice between David Cameron

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and Ed Miliband, offering a referendum or not, they will get

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those voters back. Ed Miliband, pleased to come second, but it's

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only second. These become second, but only 1% above the Tories in the

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voting. With people in his own party worrying he is simply not good

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enough one year from the general election. His answer is to try to

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say to voters, who went for UKIP, that he is the answer to their

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concerns that somehow society and the economy is not working for them

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and interestingly, he will go to Essex tomorrow to make that case.

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Nick Clegg has two shake his head and say let's hope it gets better.

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There's not a lot more he can say. Nick Robinson, thank you very much.

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Across the rest of Europe there was also a reaction

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In France, the far-right Front Nationale topped the polls and in

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Greece voters sent an anti-austerity message to Brussels with a socialist

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Chris Morris now, on a night that saw people protest against

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In a country that has always been right at the heart of the European

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ideal, she won. Marie Le Pen's campaign was anti-European Union,

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anti-immigration, anti-globalisation. And it struck a

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chord. TRANSLATION: This evening I thank

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the French people. The sovereign people have spoken clearly, like in

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all great moments of history. Against all those who no longer

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believe in France. The sovereign French people say they want to take

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their destiny into their own hands. As a result came in through the

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night, the picture was mixed. The populist anti-EU right also did well

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in Denmark but not in the Netherlands. In Germany, mainstream

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parties won the day. Pro-European MEPs will be the dominant force in

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the next Parliament. There will be real extremists there, too. Like the

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neo-Nazis in Greece. But the winners in Greece were not from the far

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right but from the anti-austerities radical left. A different

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antiestablishment vote. The leader spoke of an historic day for the

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left despite what he called the unprecedented propaganda of fear. It

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could make for a more lively and robust European Parliament. One

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thing is important to remember. Antiestablishment doesn't

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necessarily mean anti-EU. Parties in Greece want the EU to do more, not

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less, to help their countries. But there will be pending opposition

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here to politics as usual. Mainstream parties would do well to

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take that on board. It is likely that they will, but what extent?

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Many still want to forge ahead close integration. I think now the

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mainstream parties will have to address the accountability of

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Brussels, start to address having to roll powers back to national

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capitals, and they will have to think about what to do about the

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Fremont -- free movement of people. The parties on the right rough to

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respond to the radical right parties all across Europe. That could mean a

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chance for those like David Cameron, who want to reform the EU. But

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alliances have to be forged here, and no one will have it all their

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own way. Let's speak to our Correspondent

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in Paris Christian Fraser. Is there a sense of shock at last

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nights result? Yes, it was a disastrous night for the

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Socialists, taking just 14% of the boat, their worst ever performance

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in a European election. Let's show you how about its effect on the

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morning papers. Earthquake in French. You consider beaming Marie

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Le Pen, leader of the far right there. The bark of the socialist

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party continues. The left-wing newspaper, it really was a seismic

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performance for the Front Nationale. They won 70%. They took the bulk of

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the working class vote and a third of the vote for the under 35 's, so

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shocked with the Socialists, they called an emergency Cabinet meeting

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this morning and the Prime Minister is on his way to the prime meeting

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and says they will try to cut income tax for low income families. Yes,

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the backlash against Europe but I think it's also the culmination of

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the frustration and disappointment in two years of Francois Hollande's

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presidency. Thank you very much. And just

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a reminder that you can find out about those results in more detail

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by visiting bbc.co.uk/VOTE2014. The billionaire Petro Poroshenko has

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claimed victory in Ukraine's presidential election,

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and promised to restore peace Russia says it is open to dialogue

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with the new president However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei

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Lavrov said military action must end Our correspondent Daniel

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Sandford is in Kiev. A few hours into his new job and the

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fall in tray. Yes, everything seemed to be going quite well for Petro

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Poroshenko after three months of street fighting here in Kiev. Three

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months of a country not having effectively any president. In which

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time it's lost Crimea. This morning we had results which looked pretty

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good. Three quarters of the vote counted for the more than 50% of the

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people voted for Petro Poroshenko, the chocolate billionaire. His

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opponents effectively conceded defeat even brush and the former

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president Victor D'Amico vitch said they would accept the results of the

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elections and when Petro Poroshenko said he wanted to have talks with

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Russia about eastern Ukraine, Russia responded positively but at the same

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time, this morning, at the main international airport in the east,

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armed rebels took over the buildings. There were air strikes by

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the Ukrainian government air force against those rebels and there was

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absolutely no sign of the moment the armed men in eastern Ukraine want

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anything to do with talks with the new president. Daniel, thank you.

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Pope Francis has visited the most important holy sites for Muslims and

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Jews in Jerusalem's Old City on the final day of his Middle East tour.

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At the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the Pope urged people

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of all religions to work together for justice and peace.

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He then prayed at the Western Wall, which lies just beneath it, bowing

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Quentin Sommervile reports from Jerusalem.

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The final day of the Pope 's visit the holy land and this was Israel's

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day. He visited its most sacred places including here, the Holocaust

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Memorial Yad Vashem. Pope Francis placed a wreath on the crypt and

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within lively ashes of those who perished in Nazi extermination

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camps. -- within it. Never again, Lord, never again. As the Israeli

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president looked on, the announced -- denounced the Nazi genocide. He

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said it was an unfathomable abyss. He then visited the Western Wall.

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Like millions of others, he left here with a message for God, written

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in Spanish. The prayer, our father. The Pope has placed his prey in a

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gap in the Western Wall. He is visiting today Judaism and Israel's

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most holy and sacred places. But that image of a solitary figure

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standing in praying there has already been overshadowed. This will

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be the abiding image of the Pope's trip. One which is thrilled

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Palestinians and infuriated Israelis. The Vatican said this tour

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was about religion and politics here is unavoidable. We all knew that

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there were going to be political angles and all sides will try to

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make political capital out of it. He is thrown himself into this trip and

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into the one of the world 's most difficult problems for the Middle

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East peace. With that, you may not achieve much, but here, please come

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his left a deep impression that Christians, Jews and Muslims alike.

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Now a reminder of our top story this lunchtime.

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UKIP has won the European election vote in Britain.

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It's almost doubled its number of MEPs in Europe.

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Now on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.

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