:00:24. > :00:30.Good evening. It has been a day of huge political upheaval in Ukraine.
:00:31. > :00:34.Barely 24 hours after a deal was signed to bring stability to the
:00:35. > :00:37.country. This morning, opponents of President Viktor Yanukovych took
:00:38. > :00:43.control of government buildings in Kiev, amid reports he had fled the
:00:44. > :00:46.capital. Then, this afternoon, he appeared on television reportedly
:00:47. > :00:50.from his eastern stronghold of Kharkiv, saying he had no intention
:00:51. > :00:53.of resigning, but the parliament he once controlled stripped of the
:00:54. > :00:58.presidency and set a new date for elections. And tonight, the
:00:59. > :01:01.opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, freed from prison earlier in the
:01:02. > :01:07.day, is reported to be in Kiev. Let's go live there now and join our
:01:08. > :01:12.Europe editor, Gavin Hewitt. Clive, by any measure this has been
:01:13. > :01:17.an extraordinary day. There are vast crowds on the streets, celebrating
:01:18. > :01:20.what many are calling a Ukrainian revolution, the day began with the
:01:21. > :01:25.riot police simply having vanished from the capital and then the
:01:26. > :01:29.president also leaving the capital and by the end of the day Parliament
:01:30. > :01:32.have voted to remove him from power. My colleague Steve Rosenberg
:01:33. > :01:39.has been following these data's events.
:01:40. > :01:42.They call themselves the self defence unit of Independence Square.
:01:43. > :01:48.In the centre of Kiev today, they were the only kind of policemen
:01:49. > :01:51.around. We found these activists on guard outside Viktor Yanukovych's
:01:52. > :01:56.office. The protesters had taken over the building. There would be no
:01:57. > :02:03.compromise with the president. Other units went to Parliament. Their
:02:04. > :02:08.demonstration of people power. Inside on a parliament once
:02:09. > :02:14.controlled by the president, demonstrated dramatically it had
:02:15. > :02:16.turned against him. It voted to remove President Yanukovych from
:02:17. > :02:23.power and set early elections for May. Viktor Yanukovych is thought to
:02:24. > :02:27.be in his power base of eastern Ukraine. In a TV interview broadcast
:02:28. > :02:32.today, he said that what was happening was a coup. He likened it
:02:33. > :02:39.to the Nazis coming to power in Germany. He would spare no effort,
:02:40. > :02:44.he said, to end the bloodshed. And there was more drama. To cheers from
:02:45. > :02:49.her supporters, Mr Yanukovych's most bitter rival, Yulia Tymoshenko, was
:02:50. > :02:56.freed from jail. The former prime minister may now run for president.
:02:57. > :03:00.But perhaps this today was the ultimate humiliation for Viktor
:03:01. > :03:06.Yanukovych. Protesters broke into his luxury residence outside Kiev
:03:07. > :03:10.and let the public in. This is remarkable. People are streaming
:03:11. > :03:13.into Viktor Yanukovych's back garden and taking what looks like a
:03:14. > :03:16.Saturday stroll in the park and by coming here they are sending a
:03:17. > :03:22.message to their leaders that there is no place for him in the
:03:23. > :03:26.presidency. They stared in amazement at the size and the splendour and
:03:27. > :03:32.took souvenir photos to remember how their leader had lived. Before today
:03:33. > :03:38.I could not believe that such a place could exist in Ukraine. But
:03:39. > :03:43.eventually they found a way into yet -- into Viktor Yanukovych's sauna,
:03:44. > :03:48.complete with mass large table and tastefully folded towels. He has
:03:49. > :03:51.lost the presidency and who -- and it seems his house, but Viktor
:03:52. > :03:59.Yanukovych is refusing to recognise the decision to oust him. It is
:04:00. > :04:04.unclear what his next move will be. So, where does this leave Ukraine?
:04:05. > :04:09.Firstly, it helps enormously that it was parliament that voted to strip
:04:10. > :04:12.the president from office. This was not a coup. Secondly, there is the
:04:13. > :04:16.mood amongst the people. I met a woman tonight who said, I simply
:04:17. > :04:21.cried when I heard about the president. But there are two big
:04:22. > :04:24.questions. Firstly, will the unity that has been shown on the
:04:25. > :04:30.barricades here amongst opposition leaders, will that remain as they go
:04:31. > :04:33.to snap elections? And lastly, what will the president do? He has been
:04:34. > :04:37.stripped from power but he is determined to fight on, so he says,
:04:38. > :04:43.and will he try and get support in the eastern Russian facing side of
:04:44. > :04:47.the country that could endanger the unity of Ukraine? All of these
:04:48. > :04:50.things will be looked at in the days ahead.
:04:51. > :08:46.Gavin Hewitt reporting live from Kiev, many thanks,
:08:47. > :08:52.Owen Farrell's book was far more secure. He delivered the only points
:08:53. > :08:57.of the first half. No tries, not much, but O'Driscoll but don't --
:08:58. > :09:01.immediately after the break Rob Kearney run a line that was one of
:09:02. > :09:05.his -- once his team-mates's trademark. There was no copyright.
:09:06. > :09:12.Mike Brown went through and there was Danny Care. Ireland was suddenly
:09:13. > :09:16.up against it. Three points behind, now even O'Driscoll's flicks
:09:17. > :09:20.failed. Their last heave was not enough, so England and their Grand
:09:21. > :09:27.Slam hopes and throw this tournament wide open. Scotland's problems had
:09:28. > :09:31.been mounting of late and with seven Jan -- 79 minutes gone they were
:09:32. > :09:34.falling to another defeat in Italy, when Duncan Weir dropped to victory.
:09:35. > :09:42.The moment of magic Scottish rugby has so desperately craved.
:09:43. > :09:47.There is more throughout the evening on the BBC News channel, with all
:09:48. > :09:48.the very latest on the dramatic day's events in Ukraine. I