:00:00. > :00:07.The crisis in Ukraine has deepened tonight, with a war of words
:00:08. > :00:11.erupting between Russia and the United States.
:00:12. > :00:14.It follows pro-Russian gunmen seizing key buildings in eastern
:00:15. > :00:21.Ukraine, raising the Russian flag and demanding independence from
:00:22. > :00:31.Kiev. We'll be live in eastern Ukraine. We will ask how can and how
:00:32. > :00:34.will he ever respond? -- Kiev. Also on the programme:
:00:35. > :00:38.A rallying cry from Scotland's First Minister. Alex Salmond said the time
:00:39. > :00:42.had come to say yes to independence. This is our moment. To be a beaon of
:00:43. > :00:51.hope. A land of achievement. Our country. Our Scotland. Our
:00:52. > :00:53.independence. The nine-month-old charged with
:00:54. > :01:06.attempted murder in Pakistan finally has his case thrown out by a court.
:01:07. > :01:09.Arsenal are cup finalists again! Has this last-gasp penalty finally
:01:10. > :01:27.put some silverware within Arsene Wenger's reach?
:01:28. > :01:32.Good evening. The crisis in Ukraine further intensified today after
:01:33. > :01:37.pro-Russian militants seized key police and government buildings in
:01:38. > :01:42.the east of the country. Shots were fired and police were forced to
:01:43. > :01:45.defend their building in Kramatorsk. In Slaviansk, near the Russian
:01:46. > :01:50.border, armed men stormed a police station and a state security office.
:01:51. > :01:53.And the police chief in Donetsk was forced to resign after hundreds of
:01:54. > :02:01.protesters carrying the Russian flag marched on the headquarters there.
:02:02. > :02:05.America has once again accused Russia of interfering. In the last
:02:06. > :02:08.hour, the Russian Foreign Minister said it showed Ukraine's government
:02:09. > :02:12.was unable to take responsibility for the fate of the country. This
:02:13. > :02:16.report from our Moscow Correspondent Daniel Sandford.
:02:17. > :02:18.Filmed secretly from a flat overlooking the entrance to
:02:19. > :02:22.Sloviansk police station, the moment when well-armed men in camouflage
:02:23. > :02:31.used a vehicle to rip the bars off the window and smash their way in.
:02:32. > :02:37.They quickly took control of the building in the regional town around
:02:38. > :02:41.80 miles from the Russian border. TRANSLATION: Our people want to live
:02:42. > :02:45.peacefully and quietly, without the junta in Kiev, and not under America
:02:46. > :02:51.and the West. We don't want to be their slaves. We want to be with
:02:52. > :02:55.Russia. They also took over the streets outside and a few hundred
:02:56. > :02:59.people came out to support them. Some of the men carried military
:03:00. > :03:03.weapons and seemed well organised. This was one of at least four public
:03:04. > :03:11.buildings in the area seized today by Russian activists. -- pro-Russian
:03:12. > :03:16.activists. Soon, checkpoints were springing up on the main roads. All
:03:17. > :03:20.of it a sign that the new Kiev government is struggling to control
:03:21. > :03:23.the east of the country. As police defended government buildings still
:03:24. > :03:26.in their hands, the Ukrainian Interior Minister accused Russia of
:03:27. > :03:33.an act of agression and said his ministry and the Ministry of Defence
:03:34. > :03:37.was preparing a response. Over the border in Russia, there is still a
:03:38. > :03:40.huge military presence. These photographs, taken on Wednesday and
:03:41. > :03:47.Thursday this week, show the extent of the army that is camped just
:03:48. > :03:51.beyond Ukraine's eastern frontier. America has again accused Russia of
:03:52. > :03:56.stirring up trouble in Ukraine to destabilise the new government. NATO
:03:57. > :04:00.generals still warn that the Russian army is equpped to invade, but the
:04:01. > :04:02.Kremlin has swiftly denied any involvement, saying only that it
:04:03. > :04:05.wants to see a new federal constitution in Ukraine, protecting
:04:06. > :04:15.the rights of Russian-speaking people.
:04:16. > :04:29.Let's go to Donetsk now and David Stern. What options are open to Kiev
:04:30. > :04:33.now? Welcome in Ukraine's new leaders are facing not only a
:04:34. > :04:37.spreading insurrection, but also growing anger at their own inability
:04:38. > :04:44.to deal with these military and herein lies the dilemma of this new
:04:45. > :04:49.revolutionary government. Up until now, they had studiously tried to
:04:50. > :04:52.avoid direct confrontation but now it appears they are losing control
:04:53. > :04:57.of large parts of Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
:04:58. > :05:01.Lavrov has said that the Government is demonstrating its inability to
:05:02. > :05:06.take responsibility for the fate of the country, but violence will also
:05:07. > :05:14.create a backlash both inside and outside of Ukraine. Russia again has
:05:15. > :05:17.warned that they could defend their interests in the country, which
:05:18. > :05:21.include the Russian speaking population. So the question is, will
:05:22. > :05:26.the Government now take forceful action against what they are calling
:05:27. > :05:29.an act of Russian aggression? David, thank you.
:05:30. > :05:33.Scotland's First Minister has urged voters to set aside party
:05:34. > :05:36.differences and back independence. Addressing his party's final
:05:37. > :05:39.conference before the referendum on independence, the SNP leader Alex
:05:40. > :05:42.Salmond said the momentum was with those campaigning to leave the
:05:43. > :05:49.United Kingdom. Our Special Correspondent Allan Little was in
:05:50. > :05:53.Aberdeen to see it. He turned the SNP from a party of
:05:54. > :05:56.protest into a party of government and now they believe he's about to
:05:57. > :06:01.lead them to an independent Scotland in little more than 100 days from
:06:02. > :06:04.now. But to win in September, he needs to persuade hundreds of
:06:05. > :06:07.thousands of Labour voters in particular to vote yes. So an
:06:08. > :06:13.independent Scotland would be more just, he said, a fairer, more equal
:06:14. > :06:16.society. This was a speech aimed not at the party faithful but at the
:06:17. > :06:20.SNP's old foes, disaffected Labour supporters now tempted to vote yes.
:06:21. > :06:25.Independence will be good for Scottish Labour. The Labour Party
:06:26. > :06:29.freed from Westminster control will have the chance to return to core
:06:30. > :06:34.values, many of which we in this party agree with - indeed, many of
:06:35. > :06:39.which we share. And this is the difference. The Westminster
:06:40. > :06:41.establishment telling Scots what we can't do, running Scotland down. The
:06:42. > :06:45.Scottish National Party, stressing what we can do, building Scotland
:06:46. > :06:51.up. APPLAUSE.
:06:52. > :06:54.It's been a recurring theme of this conference, the appeal to voters
:06:55. > :06:59.outside the traditional SNP support base. Alex Salmond consciously
:07:00. > :07:01.characterising the Yes Campaign as a broad-based coalition, drawing
:07:02. > :07:08.support from across the political spectrum. Will it work? Will Labour
:07:09. > :07:13.voters back independence in sufficient numbers to tip the
:07:14. > :07:16.balance? The SNP think so. I think it's already happening. I think
:07:17. > :07:21.there's many people. We know, it's a fact. I think a lot of Labour people
:07:22. > :07:25.are really disillusioned with where Labour's gone, and I think they want
:07:26. > :07:27.to reclaim their party. Alex Salmond's opponents say most Scots
:07:28. > :07:31.want to keep their devolved parliament inside the UK. The vast
:07:32. > :07:35.majority of Scots want to continue with devolution, we think it gives
:07:36. > :07:38.us the best of both worlds. The strength and security of being part
:07:39. > :07:41.of something bigger alongside more decisions being made in Scotland on
:07:42. > :07:48.things like schools and hospitals. That's what the people of Scotland
:07:49. > :07:51.want. The faithful are undeterred. Some here have been campaigning for
:07:52. > :08:00.independence for 50 years or more and firmly believe their day, at
:08:01. > :08:02.last, is coming. Concerns have been expressed about
:08:03. > :08:07.plans by the Chancellor, George Osborne, to clamp down on people who
:08:08. > :08:11.hide their money abroad. Under the proposed laws, it would no longer be
:08:12. > :08:14.necessary to prove intention to cheat the system. But a former
:08:15. > :08:17.senior figure in Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs said the
:08:18. > :08:21.proposed laws would probably have a limited impact. Here's our Business
:08:22. > :08:24.Correspondent Joe Lynam. Most ordinary people can't avoid
:08:25. > :08:29.paying tax, but some very wealthy people have been able to hide their
:08:30. > :08:34.money away in offshore tax havens. Now the Government wants to tilt the
:08:35. > :08:38.law in favour of the taxman. We have already done a lot to crack down on
:08:39. > :08:41.those who don't pay their taxes. Now we are introducing a new criminal
:08:42. > :08:45.offence for people who hide their money offshore. And the message is
:08:46. > :08:49.very simple, if you are hiding your money offshore, we are coming to get
:08:50. > :08:53.you and the criminal law is going to come and find you. The recent slew
:08:54. > :08:57.of crackdowns on tax evasion has not yielded as much as hoped for. The
:08:58. > :09:00.Government had expected over ?3 billion from undeclared income in
:09:01. > :09:04.Switzerland but ended up with only a fraction of that. Labour said that
:09:05. > :09:08.the failure to raise the expected money from tax clamp-downs simply
:09:09. > :09:12.wasn't good enough. The Government has made a big play about pursuing
:09:13. > :09:15.aggressive tax avoidance and tax evasion at an international level.
:09:16. > :09:20.It was the mainstay of last year's G8 Summit in Enniskillen. It is
:09:21. > :09:23.doing so because on its own, Britain cannot pursue these very wealthy and
:09:24. > :09:27.highly mobile individuals. But will they get the money in from these
:09:28. > :09:31.clamp-downs as much as they hope they will? The Revenue will be quite
:09:32. > :09:35.keen, if these do become law, to have a few example cases within a
:09:36. > :09:38.short period of time, just to justify to to the Minister that they
:09:39. > :09:42.are taking it seriously, but I don't anticipate large queues of people
:09:43. > :09:45.outside the Old Bailey waiting to be tried under this new offence. These
:09:46. > :09:47.proposals will only affect individuals and not large
:09:48. > :09:57.multinational companies, who have also been accused of aggressively
:09:58. > :10:00.avoiding tax. The Labour Leader Ed Miliband has
:10:01. > :10:03.criticised the growth of Israeli settlements while on a visit to the
:10:04. > :10:06.West Bank. He said the continued expansion represented a "mortal
:10:07. > :10:10.threat" to the peace process. Mr Miliband is on the last stage of a
:10:11. > :10:13.three-day visit to the region. He's already met the Israeli Prime
:10:14. > :10:19.Minister and tomorrow will meet the Palestinian President.
:10:20. > :10:22.A Pakistani court has dismissed a case against a nine-month-old baby
:10:23. > :10:28.who had appeared in court last week for attempted murder. Musa Khan was
:10:29. > :10:30.today again brought before a judge. Our World Affairs correspondent Mike
:10:31. > :10:34.Wooldridge sent this report from Lahore.
:10:35. > :10:37.If he looks a little bewildered as he waits to make his second
:10:38. > :10:42.appearance in court, Musa Khan is, after all, here for attempted
:10:43. > :10:48.murder. It follows an affray between protesters and police in his
:10:49. > :10:51.neighbourhood in January. Under intense media spotlight, the case
:10:52. > :10:54.against Musa was dealt with swiftly today as the police said they had no
:10:55. > :10:58.interest in investigating or arresting him. The judge wants
:10:59. > :11:04.action against the officer who handled Musa's case. Afterwards,
:11:05. > :11:11.Musa appeared to feel the need for a celebratory drink. His grandfather,
:11:12. > :11:18.meanwhile, accused the police of pressurising and threatening him. An
:11:19. > :11:22.extraordinary affair is now over, at least as far as little Musa Khan is
:11:23. > :11:26.concerned, but it's left raising many questions about how he ended up
:11:27. > :11:30.here in court and then was put on bail at all. His lawyers are saying
:11:31. > :11:36.that if a toddler can be implicated in a case like this, then what does
:11:37. > :11:40.that say for other people? And so, Musa was on his way, adult members
:11:41. > :11:43.of the family continuing to face charges over the January
:11:44. > :11:46.confrontation with the police. It is not the first time flaws in
:11:47. > :11:51.Pakistan's judicial system been highlighted. -- have been
:11:52. > :12:05.highlighted. Perhaps never before, though, by a babe in arms.
:12:06. > :12:11.Time for the sport now. Here's Karthi at the BBC Sport Centre.
:12:12. > :12:15.Good evening. Arsenal are through to the FA Cup final but they needed
:12:16. > :12:18.extra time and penalties to get past cup holders Wigan. The Championship
:12:19. > :12:21.side took the lead at Wembley but Arsenal, who last won the
:12:22. > :12:24.competition in 2005, eventually booked their place in the final with
:12:25. > :12:26.a 4-2 victory. Their manager Arsene Wenger admitted he was relieved by
:12:27. > :12:37.the result. Natalie Pirks reports. 25 years at the 96 fans went to an
:12:38. > :12:42.FA Cup semifinal and didn't come home -- after, a minute's silence
:12:43. > :12:45.broke into spontaneous applause at Wembley. Wigan, relegated after
:12:46. > :12:50.winning this cup last year, knew they would need something big and,
:12:51. > :12:53.as expected, Arsenal started far stronger. The longer Wigan stayed in
:12:54. > :13:01.the game, the more frustrated the Gunners became. And it was a
:13:02. > :13:05.frustrated leg from the big German per Mertesacker. Jordi Gomez did not
:13:06. > :13:10.waste within's big chance and Arsenal fans have plenty to chew on.
:13:11. > :13:15.But with ten minutes left, Arsenal kicked into gear and the one they
:13:16. > :13:19.called the BFG made amends. Extra time brought clarity of Arsenal,
:13:20. > :13:22.finally attacking as if their season depended on it. But fate now
:13:23. > :13:27.depended on who could hold their nerve. Lukasz Fabianski won the
:13:28. > :13:32.first two battles of the penalties and with the score at 3-2, Santi
:13:33. > :13:39.Cazorla finally put the fans out of their misery. We were trying to win
:13:40. > :13:42.the league and in four weeks, everything collapsed, so for us, it
:13:43. > :13:47.was massive today and I am really happy with the way the players
:13:48. > :13:51.reacted. With Arsenal stuttering in the league, fans may have hoped
:13:52. > :13:55.today's game against lower league opposition would have been a bit
:13:56. > :13:58.more straightforward. Lucas Fabianski's stops not only put them
:13:59. > :14:01.into a final they simply must win but also helped stop an inquest, for
:14:02. > :14:05.now. Sportscene follows on BBC One in
:14:06. > :14:09.Scotland and Match of the Day is next elsewhere, so if you don't want
:14:10. > :14:13.to know the scores before seeing the goals, please pop out of the room
:14:14. > :14:18.now. In the Scottish Cup, it is Dundee United who are into the final
:14:19. > :14:20.after beating Rangers 3-1. They'll face either St Johnstone or
:14:21. > :14:23.Aberdeen, who play each other tomorrow.
:14:24. > :14:26.Fulham's new manager Felix Magath said he was "happy but not
:14:27. > :14:30.satisfied" after his side beat Premier League relegation rivals
:14:31. > :14:34.Norwich 1-0 today. Fulham are still in the bottom three but are now only
:14:35. > :14:39.two points behind Norwich after Hugo Rodallega scored the winner.
:14:40. > :14:44.But Cardiff are just one point behind Fulham after they beat
:14:45. > :14:47.Southampton 1-0. Everton moved up to fourth place thanks to a Wes Brown
:14:48. > :14:50.own goal that leaves Sunderland still bottom of the table. There
:14:51. > :14:57.were also wins for Crystal Palace and Stoke. While Tottenham came from
:14:58. > :15:01.3-0 down to draw 3-3 with West Brom. America's Bubba Watson, who was the
:15:02. > :15:03.overnight leader at the halfway stage of the Masters at Augusta
:15:04. > :15:07.National, isn't having the best third round. The 2012 Champion has
:15:08. > :15:10.dropped a couple of shots today and is now joint leader alongside Jonas
:15:11. > :15:18.Blixt and Thomas Bjorn. -- has picked up a shot today, and is still
:15:19. > :15:22.up as the outright lead. Jonas Blixt was in joint second place, this putt
:15:23. > :15:28.for a birdie on the ninth hole helping him move up the leaderboard.
:15:29. > :15:30.Rory McIlory is back in joint 23rd place.
:15:31. > :15:35.And that the British swimming Championships in Glasgow, teenager
:15:36. > :15:38.Sophie Taylor set a new 200 metres breast stroke record, taking four
:15:39. > :15:42.seconds off her personal best. That is all of the sport.
:15:43. > :15:44.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
:15:45. > :16:03.That's all from me. Goodnight. Good evening. Over the last few
:16:04. > :16:06.hours, we have been watching a band of cloud spilling its way south
:16:07. > :16:11.across England and Wales, bringing sunlight, patchy rain with it.
:16:12. > :16:12.Behind that, clear spells and into the north and west