04/05/2014

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:00:07. > :00:12.Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams is released without charge - after four

:00:13. > :00:15.days in police custody. Mr Adams was questioned over the

:00:16. > :00:19.murder of a mother of ten in the 1970s. A file will now be sent to

:00:20. > :00:22.prosecutors. In Ukraine, pro-Russian activists

:00:23. > :00:25.attack a police station holding people being questioned over a

:00:26. > :00:29.deadly fire two days ago. After Pfizer's bid for Astra Zeneca

:00:30. > :00:30.- Labour calls for a new public interest test for takeovers of

:00:31. > :00:41.British firms. And Norwich cling on to their

:00:42. > :01:03.Premier League status for now - with a defiant draw at Chelsea.

:01:04. > :01:08.Good evening. The Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has been

:01:09. > :01:11.released without charge by police in Antrim this afternoon after being

:01:12. > :01:20.questioned for four days over the murder of Jean McConville in 1972.

:01:21. > :01:23.He denies any involvement. A file will now be sent to prosecutors. Our

:01:24. > :01:34.Ireland correspondent Chris Buckler is outside the police station. This

:01:35. > :01:39.has been a week of strong words and raised tensions. But combination of

:01:40. > :01:44.a leading politician, apparent military murder and the police would

:01:45. > :01:49.always be a toxic mix -- a paramilitary murder. Sinn Fein said

:01:50. > :01:54.they may withdraw their support for policing in Northern Ireland or

:01:55. > :01:58.certainly withdraw it. There is a Loyalist protest here at the gates

:01:59. > :02:03.of Antrim police station. However, Gerry Adams has now been released

:02:04. > :02:07.from custody without charge and he is expected to leave this building

:02:08. > :02:14.after many hours of questioning shortly.

:02:15. > :02:19.A Sinn Fein politician walked out of Antrim police station this afternoon

:02:20. > :02:23.ahead of Gerry Adams. His party colleague Jerry Kelly was allowed

:02:24. > :02:29.into the station for a short time as Loyalists protested outside. Sinn

:02:30. > :02:37.Fein's anger has grown each day. Their leader has being questioned

:02:38. > :02:42.about the murder of Jean McConville. If there is policing

:02:43. > :02:52.which we see as wrong we will speak out against that. This is a very

:02:53. > :03:00.serious situation. Gerry Kelly was heckled as he left. Sinn Fein, if

:03:01. > :03:04.you look at some of the language, some of the tactics which have been

:03:05. > :03:08.adopted over this issue, I think there is an attempt to intimidate

:03:09. > :03:12.the police, to intimidate the judicial system and that should not

:03:13. > :03:18.happen in a democratic society. No one is above the law. But on streets

:03:19. > :03:21.in Republican areas, there is the view that police have been playing

:03:22. > :03:29.politics by making an arrest ahead of elections. And I are memorial in

:03:30. > :03:35.west Belfast today was a reminder of years of conflict. History that was

:03:36. > :03:42.told by former paramilitaries to research is why Boston College

:03:43. > :03:48.project. The police have dozens of so-called Boston takes in their

:03:49. > :03:53.possession. Baited by some, hated by others, Mr Adams has always divided

:03:54. > :03:59.opinion but he insists he had nothing to do with Jean

:04:00. > :04:03.McConville's murder. This new mural is now a new tourist attraction. It

:04:04. > :04:10.is streets away from where the mother of ten was taken from her

:04:11. > :04:14.family in 1972. It is understood that the Director

:04:15. > :04:19.of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland will take no part in the

:04:20. > :04:23.decision because he used to be Gerry Adams' solicitor at one time so the

:04:24. > :04:28.decision will be taken by his deputy. Whatever happens in terms of

:04:29. > :04:32.this investigation, one thing is clear, it has again strained the

:04:33. > :04:34.often fraught political relationships here in Northern

:04:35. > :04:39.Ireland. Chris, thank you.

:04:40. > :04:42.Police in Ukraine have released dozens of people arrested following

:04:43. > :04:45.Friday's fire in Odessa which claimed the lives of more than 40

:04:46. > :04:48.pro-Russian activists. They were let go after the police station where

:04:49. > :04:52.they were being questioned came under attack. The move came as

:04:53. > :04:54.Ukraine's interim Prime Minister blamed the country's security

:04:55. > :05:03.services for failing to prevent the deaths. Fergal Keane reports from

:05:04. > :05:10.Ukraine. The blunt force of a people's anger.

:05:11. > :05:15.In Odessa, the pro-Russian crowds converged on police headquarters,

:05:16. > :05:18.demanding the release of prisoners. They are furious, blaming Ukraine's

:05:19. > :05:25.government for the deaths of their comrades. This vehicle surrounded as

:05:26. > :05:31.it tried to reverse the way. And this police van attacked. Among many

:05:32. > :05:36.ethnic Russians, the Odessa tragedy is a defining moment in their

:05:37. > :05:40.relationship with the state. But Ukraine's Prime Minister told me he

:05:41. > :05:48.blames his own police for failing to stop the Byland 's. I am seeing the

:05:49. > :05:52.security service to execute its duty, to preserve peace and

:05:53. > :05:57.stability and protect the life of every human being. That is what the

:05:58. > :06:01.security service in your country would do. In the east, where the

:06:02. > :06:10.army is battling pro-Russian militants, this was the scene. The

:06:11. > :06:18.violence has flared as the government has pressed on with its

:06:19. > :06:21.offensive. We found pro-Russian demonstrators showing contempt for

:06:22. > :06:31.the Ukrainian flag. Russia, Russia, they sang. And then gunfire. Some

:06:32. > :06:42.prisoners had arrived. The crowd ran to attack them. We saw the guards

:06:43. > :06:48.dry them back. -- dry them back. As this man is dragged, he his hit and

:06:49. > :06:55.falls. They disappear into the building. This is an incredibly

:06:56. > :06:59.tense situation, as we have seen, men have been dragged away, they

:07:00. > :07:03.have been set upon by the crowd and now they are being pulled into the

:07:04. > :07:08.building. It gives you an idea of the anger and tension that there is

:07:09. > :07:12.here. The state is far away and force the only law.

:07:13. > :07:14.The Labour leader Ed Miliband says there needs to be an independent

:07:15. > :07:17.assessment of whether a foreign takeover of the British drug company

:07:18. > :07:20.AstraZeneca, is in the national interest. He said David Cameron

:07:21. > :07:24.appeared to be "cheerleading" for the bid from the American drugs

:07:25. > :07:28.giant Pfizer. Downing Street says it's fighting for British jobs and

:07:29. > :07:35.science. Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.

:07:36. > :07:41.They are two pharmaceutical giants and if the UK's giant Pfizer

:07:42. > :07:46.swallows up AstraZeneca, it will be the biggest ever takeover of a U K

:07:47. > :07:51.company by a foreign firm. AstraZeneca employs 7000 people in

:07:52. > :07:55.the UK and Pfizer, 2000. There is concern about what a deal would be

:07:56. > :07:59.for British jobs and the wider science industry. Today, the Labour

:08:00. > :08:03.leader Ed Miliband has written to the Prime Minister urging him to

:08:04. > :08:08.take a closer look at the proposed deal. When we have the largest

:08:09. > :08:10.takeover in British history, with all the

:08:11. > :08:16.takeover in British history, with base, that has to be an independent

:08:17. > :08:20.assessment on our national interest. Currently, the government can

:08:21. > :08:20.assessment on our national interest. intervene on a takeover on three

:08:21. > :08:25.grounds, if the company would intervene on a takeover on three

:08:26. > :08:28.an influence on the media, if it would affect national secure the or

:08:29. > :08:36.stability. Labour wants to widen this to include abroad interest test

:08:37. > :08:39.to protect key industries such as science and technology. Ed Miliband

:08:40. > :08:43.wants to be seen to be sticking up for British interests, protecting

:08:44. > :08:48.well skilled British jobs. But this follows his plans to cap energy

:08:49. > :08:52.prices and rent hikes and it has led to accusations from the

:08:53. > :08:55.Conservatives and others that he is anti-business. The government is

:08:56. > :09:00.already watching this proposed deal very closely. What we are

:09:01. > :09:06.endeavouring to do is to make sure that Britain's excellent science

:09:07. > :09:10.base, the pharmaceutical research is properly protected, manufacture it

:09:11. > :09:17.in the UK and decision-making. That is what we are talking about.

:09:18. > :09:21.AstraZeneca has already rejected two offers from Pfizer. A third bid is

:09:22. > :09:24.almost certainly on its way. The Archbishop of Canterbury has

:09:25. > :09:26.expressed support for the Prime Minister's view that Britain's

:09:27. > :09:29.underlying values are based on Christianity. It follows criticism

:09:30. > :09:38.of David Cameron's views from secular groups. This report contains

:09:39. > :09:44.flashing images. St Peter's in London was full this

:09:45. > :09:48.morning but elsewhere, congregations are dwindling. Although the

:09:49. > :09:52.church's influence is waning, the Prime Minister has insisted that

:09:53. > :09:56.Britain remains a Christian country. Secularists have criticised the

:09:57. > :10:03.claim that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, says the

:10:04. > :10:08.Archbishop is right. The basic thing is if you look at the nature of the

:10:09. > :10:13.human being and the basic dignity reflects the values of Jesus

:10:14. > :10:23.Christ. Like many Anglican churches, St Peter's runs a school funded by

:10:24. > :10:27.the state. It provides the setting shaped by Christian values. The fact

:10:28. > :10:34.that it is often oversubscribed, claimed the parents, the is because

:10:35. > :10:39.many Muslim parents prefer a school with a religious ethos rather than

:10:40. > :10:46.one which is entirely secular. Critics say the church is too small

:10:47. > :10:49.to justify educating nearly a million children. Justin Welby

:10:50. > :10:53.disagrees. Yellow macro people choose these schools and they are

:10:54. > :10:57.often in the poorest parts of the country. We should seek to love and

:10:58. > :11:06.serve people through these schools as we have done for hundreds of

:11:07. > :11:11.years. The school has been provided through being the active church of

:11:12. > :11:14.state. Tens of thousands of South Africans

:11:15. > :11:16.attended a rally of the governing African National Congress today, its

:11:17. > :11:20.final one before this week's elections. But 20 years after Nelson

:11:21. > :11:22.Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected leader, there

:11:23. > :11:25.are growing concerns about inequality and corruption. Our

:11:26. > :11:31.Africa correspondent Andrew Harding reports.

:11:32. > :11:41.In a poor neighbourhood, a South African maverick comes looking for

:11:42. > :11:49.votes. He is facing fraud charges. His plans are to nationalise the

:11:50. > :11:56.economy. Black people, you are fighting now. In the west, people

:11:57. > :12:01.are very scared of you, they call you a demagogue in the making who

:12:02. > :12:06.will turn your country into another Zimbabwe with land reforms and so

:12:07. > :12:11.on. Yellow agribusiness our country. What we do with our country has

:12:12. > :12:16.nothing to do with what goes on outside. Political opposition is

:12:17. > :12:22.spreading here as people grow tired of corruption and alarmingly high

:12:23. > :12:28.unemployment. We had freedom but we have got nothing now. And yet it is

:12:29. > :12:34.also clear that many South Africans are better off after 20 years of

:12:35. > :12:41.democracy. The governing ANC holding its final campaign rally here claims

:12:42. > :12:50.much of the credit. Because of the ANC I am free. I was studying and

:12:51. > :12:55.now I am working. We have water, roads. It is difficult to argue with

:12:56. > :12:59.these numbers. The ANC may have its problems but it has the power of the

:13:00. > :13:04.state behind it and the enduring loyalty of millions of South

:13:05. > :13:09.Africans. And so President Jacob Zuma brushes off corruption

:13:10. > :13:11.allegations, promises more jobs and investment and prepares for

:13:12. > :13:21.something close to another landslide victory.

:13:22. > :13:25.Time now for some sport. Thank you. Chelsea have missed the

:13:26. > :13:28.chance to move to the top of the Barclays Premier League after they

:13:29. > :13:32.were held to a goalless draw by Norwich. The result is a major blow

:13:33. > :13:39.to their hopes of winning the title. Earlier Arsenal beat West Bromich

:13:40. > :13:42.Albion 1-0. David Ornstein reports. Jose Mourinho continues to insist

:13:43. > :13:52.his Chelsea team are not in the title race. Defeat would edge

:13:53. > :13:57.Norwich closer to relegation. But Chelsea soon took control. First a

:13:58. > :14:05.ball hit the post and in the second half David Luiz hit the crossbar.

:14:06. > :14:10.Robert Snodgrass came through, Gary K Hill with a tackle. Chelsea

:14:11. > :14:18.continued to push for a winner but Chelsea held firm. With the results

:14:19. > :14:22.going their way this weekend, Arsenal secured a place in next

:14:23. > :14:32.season's Champions League without kicking a ball. The feel-good factor

:14:33. > :14:35.continued at the Emirates. West Brom are still not completely safe from

:14:36. > :14:39.relegation but offered little in the way of a response. It took them

:14:40. > :14:49.until the 71st minute to create a clear-cut chance. Arsenal almost

:14:50. > :14:55.double the lead. One goal was denied by the woodwork. But it mattered not

:14:56. > :14:57.as Arsenal's final home match of the season ended in a victory.

:14:58. > :14:58.In the Scottish Premiership, relegated Hearts inflicted

:14:59. > :15:01.Kilmarnock's biggest defeat of season. Hearts won 5-0 at

:15:02. > :15:06.Tynecastle, with Ryan Stevenson scoring a hat-trick.

:15:07. > :15:09.The World Snooker Championship final is underway in Sheffield. Defending

:15:10. > :15:13.champion Ronnie Sullivan is 5-3 up against Mark Selby. O'Sullivan made

:15:14. > :15:18.an explosive start, racing into a 3-0 lead with a century break of

:15:19. > :15:20.102. Selby fought back, but mistakes cost him the eighth frame and

:15:21. > :15:28.O'Sullivan finished the opening session with a 2-frame advantage.

:15:29. > :15:34.Play at the Crucible resumes at seven.

:15:35. > :15:36.That is all the sport, back to you. That is it from