:00:07. > :00:08.Finance ministers from the world's leading industrialised nations warn
:00:09. > :00:11.of a threat to the global economy if Britain leaves
:00:12. > :00:17.George Osborne says the G20 nations are right to warn of a worldwide
:00:18. > :00:20.'economic shock' if there's a British exit, but tonight,
:00:21. > :00:23.a former Tory Chancellor says the idea is "absurd".
:00:24. > :00:32.A temporary ceasefire in Syria seems to be holding.
:00:33. > :00:35.The sacked DJ Tony Blackburn claims he was offered the chance to resign
:00:36. > :00:41.from the BBC, but refused, because he had "nothing to hide".
:00:42. > :00:43.And in the Six Nations, it's victory for Eddie Jones'
:00:44. > :00:50.While Scotland end a nine-match losing run with a win over
:00:51. > :01:14.Finance ministers from the world's leading economies have warned
:01:15. > :01:16.of a "shock" to the global economy if Britain leaves
:01:17. > :01:23.It came in a statement at the end of a G20 summit
:01:24. > :01:25.in Shanghai, attended by the Chancellor, George Osborne.
:01:26. > :01:27.But tonight, one of his predecessors - Lord Lawson -
:01:28. > :01:45.George Osborne put a commitment to an EU referendum
:01:46. > :01:49.he said they agreed with him, the idea of Britain leaving the EU
:01:50. > :01:55.The financial leaders of the world's biggest countries have
:01:56. > :01:58.given their unanimous verdict and they say that a British exit
:01:59. > :02:02.from the EU would be a shock to the world economy.
:02:03. > :02:05.And if it's a shock to the world economy, imagine what it
:02:06. > :02:11.And he said - don't just take his word for it,
:02:12. > :02:15.in charge of the world's biggest economy believe.
:02:16. > :02:17.Our view is that it's in the national security
:02:18. > :02:22.and economic security of the United Kingdom, of Europe,
:02:23. > :02:24.and of the United States for the United Kingdom to stay
:02:25. > :02:32.The Chancellor will undoubtedly think that his trip to the Far East
:02:33. > :02:38.Because whilst he has been arguing that leaving the EU
:02:39. > :02:40.is an unnecessary risk, two former Conservative leaders
:02:41. > :02:42.and a couple of previous occupants of Number 11 Downing Street say
:02:43. > :02:55.So getting the backing of those who currently hold the purse strings
:02:56. > :02:58.weapon in the forthcoming referendum campaign.
:02:59. > :02:59.But one of those former Conservative Chancellors,
:03:00. > :03:19.will not be told what to do by those who run the global economy.
:03:20. > :03:20.This is mates helping each other out.
:03:21. > :03:22.Big banks, big business, big government, all scratching
:03:23. > :03:36.I think voters are realistic and we understand that the world
:03:37. > :03:38.is changing fast and that Europe is declining.
:03:39. > :03:41.And 'perfect' is probably the Chancellor's verdict on this
:03:42. > :03:45.But time will tell whether global summits will prove more profitable
:03:46. > :03:53.The United States and Russia have hailed a temporary truce in Syria,
:03:54. > :03:57.The ceasefire, agreed by 97 military groups,
:03:58. > :04:01.The UN says it's the best hope of peace
:04:02. > :04:05.There have been reports of only sporadic violence
:04:06. > :04:09.Our correspondent, Mark Lowen, sent this report close
:04:10. > :04:23.This is what five years of hell has done to Syria.
:04:24. > :04:25.Homs, once a historical jewel, now a ghost town.
:04:26. > :04:28.But as the ceasefire came into effect, a rare moment
:04:29. > :04:37.to breathe and play and it is largely holding, for now.
:04:38. > :04:39.There have been some incidents today, this a car bomb near Hama,
:04:40. > :04:44.blamed on the Islamic State group, killed two.
:04:45. > :04:47.Other clashes were sporadic, so on the streets, hope,
:04:48. > :04:51.TRANSLATION: We don't believe the Assad regime
:04:52. > :04:59.We've had so many disappointments from them in the past.
:05:00. > :05:02.We all wish for the best and that national unity returns.
:05:03. > :05:04.Everybody was waiting for the ceasefire.
:05:05. > :05:10.Today, the streets are busy and people are relieved.
:05:11. > :05:13.The truce doesn't apply to the Al-Qaeda linked Nusra front
:05:14. > :05:18.These pictures showing another recent strike by coalition jets.
:05:19. > :05:22.But if the other sides ceasefire, aid deliveries will start
:05:23. > :05:25.and new peace talks should begin on the 7th March.
:05:26. > :05:28.Now, we're not under any illusions, there are plenty of reasons
:05:29. > :05:30.for scepticism and, even under the best of circumstances,
:05:31. > :05:33.the violence will not end right away.
:05:34. > :05:36.But everyone knows what needs to happen.
:05:37. > :05:39.All parties must end attacks, including aerial bombardment.
:05:40. > :05:47.Humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach areas under siege.
:05:48. > :05:49.Near the Turkish border, IS continued its advance today
:05:50. > :05:57.A reminder that this war has so many factions and so many fronts.
:05:58. > :06:03.Well, five years of war have crushed that, but at least there is relief
:06:04. > :06:06.from the daily barrage of bombing and hope that this might provide
:06:07. > :06:08.a window of opportunity for all the players to come together
:06:09. > :06:14.But even if the ceasefire holds, there are still no long-term plans
:06:15. > :06:17.of how to end this war and how a broken country can
:06:18. > :06:28.BBC News, near the Turkey-Syria border.
:06:29. > :06:31.The DJ Tony Blackburn, who was sacked by the BBC this week,
:06:32. > :06:33.claims he was offered the chance to resign
:06:34. > :06:38.He says he turned down the offer because he had nothing to hide.
:06:39. > :06:40.According to the BBC, it sacked Mr Blackburn
:06:41. > :06:43.because the evidence he gave to an inquiry into sex abuse
:06:44. > :06:46.at the corporation fell short of the standards required.
:06:47. > :06:50.Tony Blackburn strenuously denies any wrong-doing.
:06:51. > :06:56.48 hours after his sacking by the BBC, Tony Blackburn has
:06:57. > :06:58.given his first broadcast interview, setting
:06:59. > :07:03.Both at Dame Janet Smith's enquiry and at the time
:07:04. > :07:10.of allegations against him in 1971.
:07:11. > :07:12.Welcome along to the Tony Blackburn Show...
:07:13. > :07:14.Dame Janet's report concluded that Mr Blackburn had been questioned
:07:15. > :07:19.by the BBC about a complaint made against him by a teenage girl.
:07:20. > :07:20.Mr Blackburn has consistently denied the allegations,
:07:21. > :07:28.He insists there was no meeting at that time with BBC executives.
:07:29. > :07:32.I can only say that I told the truth.
:07:33. > :07:36.Now, it's, I suppose, my word against a judge.
:07:37. > :07:44.You go in there, in front of lawyers and things like that.
:07:45. > :07:50.But the BBC's Director General Lord Hall said Mr Blackburn's evidence
:07:51. > :07:54.to Dame Janet's enquiry fell short of the standards required.
:07:55. > :07:57.When we are having an enquiry, which you want to be open and lead
:07:58. > :07:59.to proper conclusions that people can learn
:08:00. > :08:07.from and the organisation can learn from,
:08:08. > :08:10.it is really important that everybody behaves in the proper way
:08:11. > :08:13.In the interview to be broadcast tomorrow,
:08:14. > :08:16.Mr Blackburn claims he was only sacked after he refused to leave
:08:17. > :08:19.They gave me the chance to resign, saying that
:08:20. > :08:23.you do not cut off all ties with the BBC.
:08:24. > :08:25.And we could probably bring you back in a few months.
:08:26. > :08:44.The probblem is, if it is true that he was offered a deal
:08:45. > :08:46.and he was told that if he resigned,
:08:47. > :08:50.in a couple of months, then that's no longer a firm line.
:08:51. > :08:52.It makes Tony Hall's very principled, very firm stance
:08:53. > :08:56.In a statement, the BBC said the corporation and Mr Blackburn
:08:57. > :09:02.The BBC's position had not changed and
:09:03. > :09:11.since the matter was now potentially subject to a legal process,
:09:12. > :09:12.there was nothing to add at this stage.
:09:13. > :09:14.Robert Hall, BBC News, Broadcasting House.
:09:15. > :09:17.There's political turmoil in Ireland tonight, after what seems to be
:09:18. > :09:18.an inconclusive result in yesterday's general election.
:09:19. > :09:21.The votes are still being counted, but it looks as if no one party
:09:22. > :09:25.will be able to secure a majority, and the current ruling coalition may
:09:26. > :09:27.From Dublin, our Ireland Correspondent,
:09:28. > :09:40.The votes are still being counted across Ireland. While it is not
:09:41. > :09:45.clear who the winners are, and Irish Prime Ministers knows his party Fine
:09:46. > :09:52.Gael is in danger of losing its grip on power. Really, the option of a
:09:53. > :09:55.majority of government is gone, the option of a Fine Gael Labour
:09:56. > :09:58.government has gone, we do not know the figures for the other parties
:09:59. > :10:03.and groupings yet, I need to know those before I decide what is the
:10:04. > :10:06.best thing to do given my responsibility and duty. At the
:10:07. > :10:10.centre of his campaign was the improvement of Ireland's economy
:10:11. > :10:15.after years of crisis but faced with tax increases and spending cuts, the
:10:16. > :10:22.public have punished the two parties in Ireland's coalition government.
:10:23. > :10:27.You are not happy with the government? No, no. There has been a
:10:28. > :10:32.significant protest boat and this has been a day of success for
:10:33. > :10:38.Independent, anti-austerity and colourful candidates. I tell you one
:10:39. > :10:42.thing, some of them in Dublin might have been picking on me before, they
:10:43. > :10:48.have to pick on him first before they get to meet! Sinn Fein has
:10:49. > :10:53.become the third force in politics in the Republic. This is another
:10:54. > :10:59.step in politics in this state and across this Ireland. The main
:11:00. > :11:02.opposition party Fianna Fail, whose support collapsed at the last
:11:03. > :11:08.election, has done better than expected. But with the vote divided
:11:09. > :11:13.between old rivals and new candidates, it is not clear how this
:11:14. > :11:16.new government can or will be formed.
:11:17. > :11:17.The Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, has accused
:11:18. > :11:20.the Prime Minister of showing "a failure of leadership" on both
:11:21. > :11:22.the refugee crisis and the referendum on Britain's
:11:23. > :11:25.Mr Farron, speaking at his party's Scottish spring conference
:11:26. > :11:28.in Edinburgh, told delegates it was what he called a "no-brainer"
:11:29. > :11:34.Given that this is a dangerous and uncertain world,
:11:35. > :11:37.are we safer and more secure by staying alongside our closest
:11:38. > :11:45.friends and neighbours or turning our backs upon them?
:11:46. > :11:48.The answers to each of those questions is a no-brainer.
:11:49. > :11:50.If you want a Britain that is prosperous, secure,
:11:51. > :11:52.a Britain that matters, then you're voting to keep
:11:53. > :12:01.Thousands of people have marched in cities and towns,
:12:02. > :12:03.across Russia, in memory of the opposition politician
:12:04. > :12:07.Boris Nemtsov, who was killed a year ago today.
:12:08. > :12:09.The former Deputy Prime Minister, who'd been an outspoken critic
:12:10. > :12:12.of President Putin, was shot dead whilst walking near the Kremlin.
:12:13. > :12:16.His family claim the murder was politically motivated.
:12:17. > :12:24.They came out in their thousands today.
:12:25. > :12:26.Friends, family and supporters of Boris Nemtsov, marching
:12:27. > :12:35.He was a fierce critic of the Kremlin.
:12:36. > :12:38.And this crowd believe he was murdered for his political views.
:12:39. > :12:42.These were the last images of Mr Nemtsov before he was killed.
:12:43. > :12:44.He was on the radio, calling on Russians to protest
:12:45. > :12:46.against the policies of President Putin.
:12:47. > :12:54.His daughter has left Russia, fearing for her own safety.
:12:55. > :12:56.In London, she blamed President Putin for the political
:12:57. > :13:05.Putin is an authoritarian ruler of Russia.
:13:06. > :13:08.And it's a very important feature of such kind of regimes to oppress
:13:09. > :13:16.people if they show their disloyalty.
:13:17. > :13:27.In the opinion of this regime, that can pose a threat.
:13:28. > :13:30.This is a murder that shocked Russia and it's why so many people have
:13:31. > :13:33.turned out to remember Boris Nemtsov.
:13:34. > :13:35.But they have also come calling for a full investigation
:13:36. > :13:42.Because there are plenty of people here who fear that investigation
:13:43. > :13:44.won't dig deep enough and are worried there
:13:45. > :13:50.The suspected hit men are from Chechnya and some have ties
:13:51. > :13:52.who ordered this killing have been refused.
:13:53. > :13:55.And over the past year, opposition activists say
:13:56. > :14:03.the harassment and intimidation have intensified.
:14:04. > :14:12.The nationalists who surrounded us see critics as traitors.
:14:13. > :14:18.The new party leader we were due to meet felt so threatened,
:14:19. > :14:20.and to make me worried about security.
:14:21. > :14:37.Sarah Rainsford, BBC News, Moscow. of Boris Nemtsov won't scare
:14:38. > :14:39.In rugby, England are top of the Six Nations Championship
:14:40. > :14:43.after a 21-10 win over Ireland at Twickenham.
:14:44. > :14:46.There was good news too for Scotland, ending a losing streak
:14:47. > :14:53.Our Sports Correspondent, Joe Wilson, has this report.
:14:54. > :14:55.Grab your beer and head for the seats.
:14:56. > :15:01.In truth, would you like to be an Irish defender facing up to
:15:02. > :15:04.It often took several men to do that job.
:15:05. > :15:13.James Haskell laid high and off for ten minutes.
:15:14. > :15:19.Conor Murray got up to make his own impression on the scoreline.
:15:20. > :15:23.If keeping your head means stretching the opposition,
:15:24. > :15:27.By the time Mike Brown went over, the score was 21-10
:15:28. > :15:35.Was Ireland's Josh van der Flier a try scorer here?
:15:36. > :15:38.No, eventually, was the official response.
:15:39. > :15:41.'A step up' was how England's coach described the win.
:15:42. > :15:44.So with three wins from three, England's sights remain
:15:45. > :15:50.But in Rome, there were other issues at stake.
:15:51. > :15:53.Scotland knew enthusiasm only stretches so far.
:15:54. > :16:00.Twice in the first half, they stretched Italy.
:16:01. > :16:08.18 minutes left, Scotland player in the sin bin,
:16:09. > :16:10.an Italian try, suddenly just six behind.
:16:11. > :16:17.dream hands from Hogg Six Nations defeats,
:16:18. > :16:21.Like a crack in a mountain, even coach Vern Cotter smiled.
:16:22. > :16:31.Joe Wilson, BBC News, at the Six Nations.
:16:32. > :16:50.Good evening. A quick look into the Atlantic. This weather system is
:16:51. > :16:57.lurking and will bring wind and rain across our shores late Monday and
:16:58. > :16:58.into Tuesday. Ahead of that, a lot of cloud across the UK to date but