:00:21. > :00:25.Good afternoon. Seven international military observers taken captive in
:00:26. > :00:30.Eastern Ukraine over a week ago by pro-Russian separatists have been
:00:31. > :00:36.released. The men were taken in the city of Sloviansk along with five
:00:37. > :00:38.Ukrainian officers. It comes as the Ukrainian government says it will
:00:39. > :00:42.continue its military operation to control unrest in the country after
:00:43. > :00:46.42 people died in clashes in the Black Sea port of Odessa. Sarah
:00:47. > :00:56.Rainsford reports from Eastern Ukraine.
:00:57. > :01:00.Finally freed after more than a week in captivity. These were the first
:01:01. > :01:03.images of the international military observers released in the
:01:04. > :01:08.pro-Russian stronghold of Sloviansk. The men were held there, accused the
:01:09. > :01:12.first of being NATO spies. Now they and five Ukrainians travelling with
:01:13. > :01:18.them are free and obviously relieved. According to the word
:01:19. > :01:26.given by the Mayor, we have been treated as good as possible. This is
:01:27. > :01:31.a miserable situation. But we were under his protection. It feels
:01:32. > :01:36.great. We are very relieved. And we are longing to get back home to our
:01:37. > :01:40.families and loved ones. There had been tense talks to secure their
:01:41. > :01:44.release. They were first held here in the rubbles' occupied
:01:45. > :01:48.headquarters. Russia was under strong international pressure to
:01:49. > :01:52.intervene. It is a member of the OSCE, the security organisation the
:01:53. > :01:55.former hostages worked for. The rebel leader in Sloviansk did not
:01:56. > :02:00.explain why they were released. He said they were leaving after
:02:01. > :02:04.celebrating his birthday. But it seems an envoy from Moscow was
:02:05. > :02:07.critical to securing their freedom. Everyone in securing the release of
:02:08. > :02:11.these men is obviously hugely relieved to have them here safe and
:02:12. > :02:16.well. It had been hoped that their freedom would help reduce tensions
:02:17. > :02:20.here in eastern Ukraine but the situation has developed very quickly
:02:21. > :02:23.since they were captured. A Ukrainian military operation is now
:02:24. > :02:28.under way around Sloviansk as Kiev tries to reassert its control in
:02:29. > :02:30.this region. There have been casualties on both sides. Ukrainian
:02:31. > :02:35.troops are in position around the city, pushing pro-Russian groups
:02:36. > :02:41.back inside. Both sides report heavy fighting. And the violence has been
:02:42. > :02:46.spreading. This was a death on Friday, a once peaceful seaside town
:02:47. > :02:50.in the south-east of the country. It was thrown into chaos as pro-Kiev
:02:51. > :02:55.and pro-Moscow groups fought running battles in the streets. It ended in
:02:56. > :02:59.tragedy, as bottle bombs were thrown at this building, killing more than
:03:00. > :03:03.30 inside. There was no sign of any kind of dialogue to stop the
:03:04. > :03:07.violence. Ukraine's government vowed its military operation will go on.
:03:08. > :03:10.Pro-Russian forces show no sign of surrender.
:03:11. > :03:13.Up to 2,000 people are missing, feared dead, following a series of
:03:14. > :03:16.landslides in north-eastern Afghanistan. The United Nations has
:03:17. > :03:20.confirmed at least 350 dead and a major relief effort is now under
:03:21. > :03:22.way, with thousands without food or shelter, as our world affairs
:03:23. > :03:34.correspondent, Emily Buchanan, reports.
:03:35. > :03:38.It was mid-morning when the entire side of this hill collapsed,
:03:39. > :03:42.triggered by torrential rain, a torrent of mud sweeping down the
:03:43. > :03:46.ravine into the village below. Hundreds of people were buried under
:03:47. > :03:50.tonnes of earth and rock. Many crushed after rushing to rescue
:03:51. > :03:58.others following an earlier landslip. This woman narrowly
:03:59. > :04:03.survived. She said four or five from her family were killed. Four or five
:04:04. > :04:09.of life. I am only half alive, she says. Local rescue teams try to dig
:04:10. > :04:14.for survivors. But their shovels were no match for the sheer scale of
:04:15. > :04:18.the disaster. This man appealed for help. He said, we have found a few
:04:19. > :04:24.bodies but the rest of the villagers are trapped. In this remote
:04:25. > :04:28.mountainous part of north-eastern Afghanistan, life was already
:04:29. > :04:32.precarious. The UN and government agencies have now sent aid but there
:04:33. > :04:38.are not enough tents. Many are at the mercy of the elements. And more
:04:39. > :04:42.landslides. The size of the Search and Rescue operation, what we are
:04:43. > :04:47.doing now is helping to facilitate the need of around 700 families,
:04:48. > :04:52.more than 4000 people, who have been displaced either directly or
:04:53. > :04:56.indirectly by what has happened. This valley has now become a mass
:04:57. > :04:59.grave. Many of the bodies buried up to 100 metres deep will never be
:05:00. > :05:02.found. Police in Northern Ireland are
:05:03. > :05:05.continuing to question the Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in connection
:05:06. > :05:10.with the murder of Jean McConville, a mother of ten, in the 1970s. Mr
:05:11. > :05:13.Adams, who denies any involvement in her death, has now spent three
:05:14. > :05:25.nights in custody at a police station in Antrim. Our correspondent
:05:26. > :05:29.Jon Brain is there. It seems a long time ago now that Gerry Adams
:05:30. > :05:34.arrived here voluntarily on Wednesday afternoon. He has now been
:05:35. > :05:37.in custody for three days and three nights as he has continued to be
:05:38. > :05:42.questioned about the murder and abduction of Jean McConville back in
:05:43. > :05:47.1972. Something he says he had no involvement in whatsoever. But as
:05:48. > :05:51.this continues, Sinn Fein becoming more and more angry about this
:05:52. > :05:57.arrest, because right from the start they claimed it was politically
:05:58. > :06:00.motivated. But the police have since got an extension to question him to
:06:01. > :06:06.8pm tomorrow night, the rhetoric has really been ramped up. Last night,
:06:07. > :06:09.Martin McGuinness said Sinn Fein may even consider withdrawing its
:06:10. > :06:13.support for policing in Northern Ireland, and that support is one of
:06:14. > :06:18.the bedrocks of the peace process. This morning, another of the
:06:19. > :06:23.party's senior figures rode back on that slightly but he did say there
:06:24. > :06:27.are elements within the police service here that he believes are
:06:28. > :06:31.biased not just towards Sinn Fein but also are hostile to the entire
:06:32. > :06:34.peace process itself. A woman has been arrested on a
:06:35. > :06:37.suspicion of assaulting a resident at a care home in Essex that was
:06:38. > :06:41.featured in the BBC's Panorama programme. Seven members of staff at
:06:42. > :06:43.the Old Deanery Care Home in Braintree were sacked after the
:06:44. > :06:47.documentary, which showed residents being taunted and humiliated. The
:06:48. > :06:56.arrested woman was subsequently released on police bail pending
:06:57. > :06:58.further inquiries. Scotland Yard has confirmed it is
:06:59. > :07:00.looking into fresh allegations against the publicist Max Clifford,
:07:01. > :07:05.who was jailed yesterday for against the publicist Max Clifford,
:07:06. > :07:10.years. Clifford, who is 71, was found guilty of indecent assault of
:07:11. > :07:13.young women in the 1970s and 80s. The judge said he had used his
:07:14. > :07:22.celebrity to Louis his celebrity to Lewis victims. -- to attract his
:07:23. > :07:24.victims. An American court has ordered the
:07:25. > :07:30.Korean technology firm Samsung to pay $120 million to its rival Apple.
:07:31. > :07:33.A jury in California ruled that Samsung had made unauthorised use of
:07:34. > :07:36.Apple's technology but the compensation is much lower than
:07:37. > :07:39.Apple had asked for. The court also decided that Apple had infringed
:07:40. > :07:41.Samsung's patents but fined it less than $160,000.
:07:42. > :07:44.Women priests are preparing to march through the streets of London to
:07:45. > :07:48.mark 20 years of female ministry in the Church of England. A special
:07:49. > :07:53.service is being held at St Paul's Cathedral, as our religious affairs
:07:54. > :08:02.correspondent Robert Pigott reports. Send down the holy spirit. Upon your
:08:03. > :08:06.servant Angela. This was the moment being celebrated today. The first
:08:07. > :08:12.women ordained as priests in the Church of England in Bristol 20
:08:13. > :08:16.years ago. As we processed into the cathedral, those great wooden West
:08:17. > :08:18.End doors opened and it felt like something really important was
:08:19. > :08:22.happening in the Church of England as men and women were ordained in
:08:23. > :08:26.the church, and although there have been the ups and downs, it has been
:08:27. > :08:30.a rocky road sometimes, we are here to celebrate today that women are
:08:31. > :08:44.now serving in virtually all areas of the life of the Church of
:08:45. > :08:46.England. Women now make up nearly a third of the church's 1300 priests.
:08:47. > :08:48.The organisers of the anniversary celebration say it will demonstrate
:08:49. > :08:51.the church's public approval of their ordination and help to raise
:08:52. > :08:53.the sense of doubt around their status with the post of bishops
:08:54. > :08:59.still being closed to women. The event will have a festive air.
:09:00. > :09:02.Hundreds of clergy will gather here at Westminster Abbey before
:09:03. > :09:06.following a marching band through London to St Paul's Cathedral. The
:09:07. > :09:10.service will be presided over by a senior woman priest and her
:09:11. > :09:14.assistant will be the Archbishop of Canterbury. However, there are
:09:15. > :09:18.clouds hanging over the celebrations. A disproportionate
:09:19. > :09:26.number of women work without pay and recruitment of young women priests
:09:27. > :09:29.has dried to a trickle. Only a third of the paid clergy women, and of
:09:30. > :09:31.course women are not equally distributed up the hierarchy, so
:09:32. > :09:35.they are concentrated in the lower status, lower paid and lower powered
:09:36. > :09:40.jobs. The first woman bishop is likely to be ordained early next
:09:41. > :09:46.year. Only then, say women clergy, will be church's male dominated
:09:47. > :09:51.ethos start to change. You can see more of all of those
:09:52. > :09:53.stories on the BBC News Channel. We are back on BBC One at 6:30pm.
:09:54. > :10:07.Goodbye. It is dry nearly everywhere and
:10:08. > :10:11.that's the good news, but getting the detail of where the sun and
:10:12. > :10:18.cloud or is proving to be rather difficult and will continue to be so
:10:19. > :10:20.after the -- over the next few days. Things brightened up rather
:10:21. > :10:21.more than we expected