:00:00. > :00:00.retirement from -- Captain announces his retirement. That's all in 15
:00:00. > :00:20.minutes after the papers. Hello. Welcome to our look to what
:00:21. > :00:26.the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me Lance Price and
:00:27. > :00:31.James Rampton. We will start with The Telegraph. It's saying the UK is
:00:32. > :00:35.preparing to rule out trade sanctions against Russia because of
:00:36. > :00:39.fears the Ukraine crisis could derail the global economic recovery.
:00:40. > :00:44.According to The Guardian rifts are opening between Europe and America
:00:45. > :00:49.on how to punish Russia. The Metro shows a picture of President Putin
:00:50. > :00:54.with the headline: Deadlines and denials.
:00:55. > :00:58.We will go on to The Independent. It says that Nick Clegg is telling his
:00:59. > :01:05.party to prepare for power and another coalition Government.
:01:06. > :01:17.Life-saving statins could be prescribed to more people according
:01:18. > :01:23.to The Express. And the picture shows Prunella Scales battling
:01:24. > :01:26.Alzheimer's. Lance, Ukraine threat to global
:01:27. > :01:30.economy. Britain prepares to rule out sanctions as Russia issues
:01:31. > :01:37.warning to forces in Crimea. We have seen stocks across the world go
:01:38. > :01:41.down. There is clearly an economic effect of all of this. Yes, and you
:01:42. > :01:46.would have thought, given that nobody's talking about a military
:01:47. > :01:49.response to the Russian intervention, that hitting the
:01:50. > :01:53.Russians through economic means would be the only real serious
:01:54. > :01:56.alternative, if words are not enough we have to do something practical
:01:57. > :02:00.then presumably you would think that hitting them in their pockets would
:02:01. > :02:04.be the way to do it. It seems that the British view, shared by some of
:02:05. > :02:08.our European partners, is that actually the risk to the whole of
:02:09. > :02:14.the world economy of that strategy is too great to be prepared to go
:02:15. > :02:18.down that line which appears once more to tie another hand, if you
:02:19. > :02:23.like, behind our backs in terms of what are we going to do to back up
:02:24. > :02:28.the strong words of condemnation? And yet the Americans are bullish
:02:29. > :02:31.about this and saying they will push for punitive sanctions if at all
:02:32. > :02:37.possible. They are indeed saying that. But backing up what Lance just
:02:38. > :02:40.said, I remember Bill Clinton's political advisor always said, it's
:02:41. > :02:45.the economy, stupid. I think that's what the European leaders are
:02:46. > :02:49.thinking. Germany, particularly, is being very cautious about this.
:02:50. > :02:53.Russia provides 40% of Germany's gas. They're going to be terrified
:02:54. > :03:00.of upsetting the Russians who could easily turn the tap off. That would
:03:01. > :03:05.have cataclysmic effects on the German and European economy. They're
:03:06. > :03:10.talking about possibility clamping down on visa deregulation but tiny
:03:11. > :03:14.things in the overall picture because they're absolutely
:03:15. > :03:19.frightened of upsetting the Russians and causing more economic upset. On
:03:20. > :03:23.to The Guardian. US and Europe rifts surfacing as Putin tightens grip in
:03:24. > :03:28.Crimea. You talked about reservations the Europeans might
:03:29. > :03:32.have. Obama threatens to isolate Russia, is there a sense that
:03:33. > :03:36.President Obama feels this is his - he was not running for President
:03:37. > :03:41.again, this is the kind of issue he has to stand firm on and potential
:03:42. > :03:47.potentially threaten the global economy, is he thinking in those
:03:48. > :03:49.terms? There is some politics in it and President Obama has been stung
:03:50. > :03:55.by the suggestion that his foreign policy has been a weak one, that he
:03:56. > :04:00.has been too willing to jaw-jaw and not been considered to - not been
:04:01. > :04:05.willing to consider military responses. It gets complicated,
:04:06. > :04:08.Syria, everyone believes there is no situation to the Syrian problem
:04:09. > :04:13.without Russia and one of the considerations I know in the minds
:04:14. > :04:17.of British diplomats is one of the reasons they want to deescalate the
:04:18. > :04:20.Crimea crisis as far as possible is they still need Russia in other
:04:21. > :04:24.aspects of their foreign policy. The other reason there is this split
:04:25. > :04:28.between US and Europe is, I suspect I am right in saying, that the
:04:29. > :04:32.American economy is less prone to the precious that James was talking
:04:33. > :04:37.about from the threat of Russia cutting off oil or gas supplies, for
:04:38. > :04:42.example, whereas that has a bigger impact in Europe. You used to work
:04:43. > :04:48.at Number 10, why is it when people walk in there and have a sheet of
:04:49. > :04:53.paper they don't buy, you know, a little folder and put the paper in
:04:54. > :04:58.so you can't read what is on the front of the paper! It's happened
:04:59. > :05:03.again! We are not supposed to know that Britain doesn't want to harm
:05:04. > :05:08.its own economy by sanctions on... What is going on? They must walk
:05:09. > :05:11.down the street and see people with cameras and think they're just
:05:12. > :05:15.tourists to take pictures of Number 10, that they're not journalists.
:05:16. > :05:21.It's extraordinary. Some people never learn. How many politicians
:05:22. > :05:26.will be caught out if you forget microphones stay live after you stop
:05:27. > :05:31.talking, they don't get it. We need Number 10, a Government-issue folder
:05:32. > :05:36.so people can put papers in them and the public is not forewarned. We
:05:37. > :05:38.would have nothing to write about! In the interests of freedom of
:05:39. > :05:44.information we should ask more people to walk down the street...
:05:45. > :05:51.With transparent folders Open Government, that's what we want. On
:05:52. > :05:56.to The Daily Star, leading with this one, a key witness shocks the trial,
:05:57. > :06:04.the opening day of Oscar Pistorius, a global icon, certainly for the
:06:05. > :06:08.Paralympics and a sporting icon in South Africa. Absolutely. People
:06:09. > :06:12.have been making comparisons with the OJ Simpson trial here, I don't
:06:13. > :06:16.think the dpar is examiner -- comparisons are out of place. There
:06:17. > :06:22.is a 24-hour news channel in South Africa devoted to this trial. If you
:06:23. > :06:26.say that he has a level of fame of Beckham in South Africa, I don't
:06:27. > :06:30.think you are underrating his importance. He is a massive star
:06:31. > :06:37.there. That's why this is such a shocking trial. The very first day
:06:38. > :06:41.has produced really eye-opening testimony. One of the witnesses
:06:42. > :06:45.saying she heard blood-curdling screams. He denies that, but there
:06:46. > :06:49.are questions about if those screams did take place why didn't he hear
:06:50. > :06:53.it? What was actually going on? This is the first day in a trial that's
:06:54. > :06:58.supposed to last three weeks. The whole world will be gripped by it
:06:59. > :07:03.for all that time. Indeed. The trial is being televised but partially.
:07:04. > :07:07.For instance, his testimony when he actually addresses the court, that
:07:08. > :07:10.won't be televised live. It poses a real challenge, not just in this
:07:11. > :07:14.trial but in other celebrity trials that we have seen, the OJ Simpson
:07:15. > :07:18.one was the famous one, how do you try somebody who is so high-profile?
:07:19. > :07:22.When justice becomes showbiz which it clearly has done in this case,
:07:23. > :07:26.it's very difficult to ensure that a fair trial can take place and that
:07:27. > :07:33.the jury that has to make a decision isn't influenced by everything else.
:07:34. > :07:43.So perhaps that's less - is that less of an issue? Is a judge's head
:07:44. > :07:49.turned as much as anybody's He is only human. She. Sorry, she is
:07:50. > :07:54.human, as well! If I were his lawyer I would be harping on about this and
:07:55. > :07:57.saying, which I think there is some credence to that, it's impossible
:07:58. > :08:03.for him to have a fire trial because there's been so much potential
:08:04. > :08:07.potentially -- a fair trial. This alleged crime happened a year ago
:08:08. > :08:10.and there's been 12 months of coverage, not only in South Africa
:08:11. > :08:14.but throughout the world. She may well be hearing these pleas from the
:08:15. > :08:20.lawyers saying whatever you think, it's impossible to have a fair
:08:21. > :08:24.trial. It must be discharged. OK. On to The Independent. Five more years
:08:25. > :08:28.of coalition Government. Clegg has told the Liberal Democrats to
:08:29. > :08:34.prepare for another term in power. The Independent bases this story on
:08:35. > :08:37.a poll for the paper that found that 34% of people believe Britain is
:08:38. > :08:46.better off with a coalition Government. But it means 66% still
:08:47. > :08:51.think it's a bad idea. There may be a lot of don't knows in there, as
:08:52. > :08:55.well. That's true. They haven't given us the other figures. 34% is
:08:56. > :09:02.not a high figure but it's a higher figure than 9% which is where the
:09:03. > :09:07.Liberal Democrats are, on average n the -- on average, in the opinion
:09:08. > :09:13.polls. Some to argue they've a right to have a role in Government after
:09:14. > :09:19.the next election is a bit presum shus of them. -- presum shus of
:09:20. > :09:23.them. I think they'll do bet better than that. They'll do better than
:09:24. > :09:27.the headline figure in the polls suggests. They may be right. They
:09:28. > :09:32.may have an influence on the next Government. It may be a coalition.
:09:33. > :09:37.But to speak to your party as if that's almost a foregone conclusion
:09:38. > :09:48.will be seen by a lot of people as presufrp shus. It reminds me of one
:09:49. > :09:53.Michael Portillo was seen to be campaigning for the Tory leadership
:09:54. > :09:58.prematurely, setting up campaign lines. Apparently Nick Clegg did the
:09:59. > :10:02.same thing, setting up a team to prepare for negotiations for
:10:03. > :10:08.coalition. And that may be perceived as presumptuous for a party sitting
:10:09. > :10:12.on 9% of the polls. However, if it is very tight between the Tories and
:10:13. > :10:16.Labour, which it may well be, then even with 30 seats, the Lib Dems
:10:17. > :10:20.would hold the balance of power and they are quite right to be talking
:10:21. > :10:23.about the influence that they could have in a coalition. It could well
:10:24. > :10:28.be so close that began they are holding the keys to Government.
:10:29. > :10:33.Indeed. You will be back in an hour for another look at the stories
:10:34. > :10:37.making the front pages. Stay with us for that. At the top of the hour we
:10:38. > :10:41.will have the latest on the Security Council meeting in New York and all
:10:42. > :10:45.the diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. Stay with us
:10:46. > :10:55.for that. Now it is time the Sportsday.
:10:56. > :11:02.Hello and welcome to Sportsday. I'm Katie Gornall. Coming up: Alan
:11:03. > :11:07.Pardew is charged by the FA with improper conduct for headbutting
:11:08. > :11:09.David Meyler. International cricket's longest
:11:10. > :11:10.serving captain, South Africa's Graeme Smith, announces he'll retire
:11:11. > :11:12.from the international