02/03/2014 BBC Weekend News


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Good afternoon. Ukraine's Prime Minister has accused Russia of

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declaring war and says his country is on the brink of disaster. It

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comes a day after the Russian Parliament approved deploying troops

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to Ukraine and forces took control of key sites in Crimea. In response

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Ukraine has called up its military reservists and placed its armed

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forces on full combat readiness. From Sevastapol, Christian Fraser

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sent this report. The headquarters of the Ukrainian

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navy in Sevastopol, still occupied this morning by Russian troops, but

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now surrounded by a civilian guard, who are stopping sailors coming to

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work. Through the gates, the naval officers watch and wait, confined to

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base. On the rooftop, a sniper. The only man allowed to leave is the

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admiral. I am very sorry that Ukrainian soldiers and sailors are

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the hostages of this situation. It is very sad. They have to sit down

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immediately around the table and work very hard. And once he had

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gone, the Russians broke into the storeroom. And so there is a dilemma

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for the Ukrainian military. Submit to the new authority in Crimea or

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else. In Kiev, the defence minister is trying to hang onto whatever he

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can, but amid the confusion, the Russians have moved quickly. The new

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interim Government in Ukraine has put its armed forces on Battle

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footing and it is calling up the reservists. This is not a threat.

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This is actually a declaration of war to my country. And we urge

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President Putin to pull back its military. President Obama spent 90

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minutes on the phone last night with President Putin. Ban Ki-moon, the UN

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Secretary-General, said he was gravely concerned. It is crucial to

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remain calm and proceeds to an immediate de-escalation of the

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situation. Dialogue must be the only tool in ending this crisis. But on

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the ground, no sign of any de-escalation. These pictures from

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the northernmost tip of the peninsula, one of the few land

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routes into Crimea, and shows Russian soldiers digging in,

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literally. The fleet based in Sevastopol have sent out two

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anti-submarine warships. Here, Ukrainian soldiers at a radar

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station handed over their rifles. But here Ukrainian marines are

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refusing to leave their base. It is one of several tens confrontations

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developing as forces loyal to Kiev begin to make a stand, a worrying

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development for the NATO ambassadors in Brussels meeting to consider

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their response. Christian is in Sevastopol now. We saw in your

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report worrying signs of a stand-off between Ukrainian and Russian

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forces. You know, I think the Ukrainian military were caught on

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the hop last week while the Government was changing in Kiev.

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This started as a trick. There's the Russians took the Parliament in

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Crimea, then the two airports, then they moved in wholescale, and have

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been seizing military assets around the peninsular. Things changed

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today. The Ukrainian military was put on a warfare footing and they

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are suddenly not coming out of their bases in the same way, and we are

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seeing confrontation, not just at the two spots identified in the bill

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but in several places around the crime in -- in the film but in

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several places around the peninsular. They need to put

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pressure on Russia. They need to know President Putin's ambitions.

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Crimea is one thing. It is pro-Russian and Russian military

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people were in Sevastopol already. But to move into eastern Ukraine,

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where we have already seen flash points, if they rolled into eastern

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Ukraine, that is a whole different proposition and things would

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snowball quite dangerously and very dramatically. Thank you. The Foreign

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Secretary William Hague is heading to clear today to discuss the crisis

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with the Kiev interim leaders. Emily Buchanan is at RAF Northolt. What

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are William Hague's options? Well, I don't think he has a lot, that he

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has a long list of things he wants to do. He is leaving just now for

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Kiev for 24 hours. The first thing he wants to do is meet the new

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Government. There is no particular relation at the moment with that

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Government. He wants to meet them. I think he wants to urge them not to

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do anything that would provoke Russia into action. One of the first

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things he wants to do is to make sure that Russian minorities in

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Ukraine are protected, so that Russia does not have a pretext to

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make any more incursions into the country. He also talked about

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meetings at the G8 in June possibly being suspended. That is the kind of

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like Gucci is talking about. I -- language he is talking about. There

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are no major developments so far. Thank you.

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The Chinese authorities have blamed separatists for a mass stabbing at a

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railway station in which at least 29 people died and 130 were wounded. A

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group of around ten attackers rushed at passengers in the southwestern

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city of Kunming yesterday. From there, Damian Grammaticas sent this

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report. Armed police on guard today, around Kunming's train station.

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Incredibly travellers were already flooding back in less than 24 hours

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after the murderous rampage here. Ten or more attackers clad in black

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and masked ran amok. They drew their knives and began slashing at people.

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The crowd scattered everywhere. In the space of just 12 minutes, 150

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people were killed and injured. It was horrible. I saw bodies

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everywhere, dead, injured, right in front of the station. They were

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really vicious, slashing and killing. He told us one of the

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attackers was a woman who had been shot by police. Another eyewitness

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told us the attackers carried several lives each and one was

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recovered at the scene. Chinese authorities say this was done by

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terrorist elements from Xinjiang in the far west of China. One of the

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attackers ran towards this woman, stabbing wildly. Xinjiang lies

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thousands of miles away on the Chinese border with Pakistan and

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Afghanistan. Many of the Muslims there resent what they see as

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heavy-handed Chinese control. Violence here is getting worse and

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dozens died last year. It may now be seeping into other parts of China.

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Last October, China said this incident in Tiananmen Square was a

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terror attack. A car ploughed into a crowd and burst into flames. Two

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terrorists and three people in the vehicle died. This latest rampage

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was far more bloody. The worry for the Chinese authorities is that

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despite the vast sums being spent on internal security, the violins is

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spreading. -- violence.

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The former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain says pursuing

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British soldiers involved in the Bloody Sunday killings is a waste of

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police time. 14 civilians died in Londonderry in 1972 after soldiers

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opened fire during a civil rights march. Mr Hain's comments follow the

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disclosure that a number of Republican terrorism suspects were

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sent letters which in effect gave them immunity from prosecution as

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part of the Northern Ireland peace process.

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The gambling industry has been criticised by the Government for not

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doing enough to protect people from losing money on high-stakes betting

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machines in bookmakers shops. The culture secretary Maria Miller says

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a new voluntary code of conduct for the use of gaming machines will be

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made compulsory. She also wants to introduce stricter rules on spending

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limits. Daniella Relph reports. It can be addictive, compulsive, and

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easy hit. The fixed odds betting terminals. A high-stakes fruit

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machine, a real moneyspinner for betting shops. The gambling industry

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announced a voluntary code of conduct on Friday, including limits

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to the amount of money and time customers spend. The Government says

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that code will now become compulsory and it is looking at making it

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tougher. It has asked the industry regulator the Gambling Commission to

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look at other ways gamblers could be protected. They include a warning

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message to appear straightaway telling customers to stay in control

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and play responsibly. And forcing gamblers to set spending limits and

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time duration before they start playing. And if bookmakers want a

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licence to operate, they will have to accept the mandatory rules. Those

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who have had gambling problems want to see things go even further. We

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think the best route would be a stake reduction to make the product

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less harmful. At the moment you can bet ?100 every 20 seconds and we

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think that should come down to ?2, to be in line with other gaming

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machines in the UK. The Association of British Bookmakers has welcomed

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these plans, saying they want to focus on helping the small number of

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people with problems with affecting, without impacting on the

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millions who gamble safely. -- problems with betting.

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Newcastle United have fined their manager Alan Pardew ?100,000 after

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he appeared to head butt a Hull City player during their Premier League

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fixture yesterday. The altercation took place when the pair seemed to

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get in the way of each other in Newcastle's technical area. Pardew

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apologised in his post-match interviews. The Football Association

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says it will investigate. You can see more on all of today's stories

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on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One is at 6:05pm. Bye

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Hello. The weekend started on a lovely note. We had some glorious

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sunshine yesterday, it stayed dry for most. A different story this

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afternoon, low-pressure sending its weather front and it's tighter

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isobars across the country, meaning wet and windy conditions. Much of

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