:00:00. > :00:08.The son of IRA murder victim Jean McConville says Gerry Adams warned
:00:09. > :00:15.him of a backlash if he named those he believed had killed her. A file
:00:16. > :00:19.on the Sinn Fein President will be sent to prosecutors this week.
:00:20. > :00:21.Reports of more deaths in eastern Ukraine as fighting between
:00:22. > :00:27.Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian activists continues.
:00:28. > :00:30.The Oscar Pistorius trial resumes and hears evidence from the first
:00:31. > :00:36.person on the scene after his girlfriend Reeva Steencamp was shot
:00:37. > :00:39.and killed. And tributes to the former British
:00:40. > :00:40.number one tennis player, Elena Baltacha, who's died from cancer
:00:41. > :01:06.aged 30. Good afternoon. The son of Jean
:01:07. > :01:10.McConville, who was murdered by the IRA in 1972, has said Gerry Adams
:01:11. > :01:15.warned him of a backlash if he named those he believed were responsible
:01:16. > :01:18.for killing her. Michael McConville has said his family's fight for
:01:19. > :01:24.justice will continue after Mr Adams was freed after four days of
:01:25. > :01:27.questioning about the murder. The Sinn Fein President has denied any
:01:28. > :01:36.involvement in her death. Our Ireland Correspondent Chris Buckler
:01:37. > :01:40.has the latest. Many times, there have been attempts
:01:41. > :01:44.to make a clean start in Northern Ireland, with countless strides
:01:45. > :01:49.forward in the peace process. But the past is a running problem. This
:01:50. > :01:54.morning's Belfast Marathon went through the west of the city, and
:01:55. > :02:00.passed a new mural painted in honour of Gerry Adams while he was in
:02:01. > :02:06.custody. After four full days of questioning, he was released without
:02:07. > :02:11.charge last night. The Sinn Fein resident's anger remains focused on
:02:12. > :02:15.the police. It is the old guard, using the old methods, when a better
:02:16. > :02:22.way of getting the same result would have assisted their investigation
:02:23. > :02:26.and not have sent the signals it sent to people who want hope in the
:02:27. > :02:28.future. What has really outraged members of Sinn Fein is that their
:02:29. > :02:35.leader was arrested during an election campaign. And just a few
:02:36. > :02:40.weeks ahead of votes being held across the country. Gerry Adams
:02:41. > :02:45.turned up at Antrim police station with his solicitor last week by
:02:46. > :02:48.arrangement, so he has a part in the timing arrangements. I'm not sure
:02:49. > :02:51.why he's criticising the police for it. At the heart of this are
:02:52. > :02:56.questions about the notorious murder of Jean McConville. She was abducted
:02:57. > :03:00.from her home in front of her children. Gerry Adams has always
:03:01. > :03:04.denied allegations that he was involved in the killing. But the
:03:05. > :03:14.McConville family once the investigation to continue. This
:03:15. > :03:18.happened in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Nazis were chased around the world
:03:19. > :03:27.for crimes committed in the 40s. There is no difference between them
:03:28. > :03:32.and our mother. At the police station, Gerry Adams was questioned
:03:33. > :03:37.about the murder and friends that he was in the IRA, an allegation he has
:03:38. > :03:40.continually denied. But whether he will be charged is a matter for
:03:41. > :03:45.prosecutors, not the police. Joining us from Belfast is Chris
:03:46. > :03:48.Buckler. We are just weeks away from an
:03:49. > :03:55.important European and local elections. What is this episode
:03:56. > :03:58.going to do in those polls? In reality, I don't think it will
:03:59. > :04:00.affect Sinn Fein in any way. Now Gerry Adams has been released
:04:01. > :04:06.without charge, they will continue with their campaign trail and Gerry
:04:07. > :04:09.Adams' focus will move to that campaign trail. Although he is a
:04:10. > :04:14.former member of and four West Belfast, he is now an elected
:04:15. > :04:18.representative in the South of Ireland. In the Republic, he will
:04:19. > :04:22.begin that campaign trail. The European elections are particularly
:04:23. > :04:27.important to Sinn Fein south of the border as well as north. However, in
:04:28. > :04:31.Northern Ireland, it will be a particularly fraught and difficult
:04:32. > :04:35.election. Unionists and Republicans can expect to have harsh words for
:04:36. > :04:38.each other as a result of this episode, with people flinging
:04:39. > :04:42.accusations at both Sinn Fein and the words they used about the
:04:43. > :04:44.police, and Sinn Fein throwing accusations back at the police,
:04:45. > :04:50.saying their timing was politically motivated. The other issue is that
:04:51. > :04:54.this whole thing has not gone away. A file has been passed to the Public
:04:55. > :04:57.prosecution service, and they will examine it to see if charges should
:04:58. > :05:03.be brought at some stage in the future. Many thanks.
:05:04. > :05:06.In Ukraine, there are reports that a number of government troops and
:05:07. > :05:11.pro-Russian fighters have endured in Sloviansk. Tension also remains high
:05:12. > :05:18.in Odessa, where a fire left at least 40 pro-Russian activist dead
:05:19. > :05:20.on Friday. Police there have been accused of a disregard for their
:05:21. > :05:24.duties after freeing those expected of starting the fire when the police
:05:25. > :05:29.station where they were being held was attacked. Sarah Rainsford has
:05:30. > :05:32.the latest. He scorched shrine, and the focus of
:05:33. > :05:39.fresh anger. More than 30 pro-Russian activist died here in
:05:40. > :05:43.Odessa as this building was torched during fierce clashes with groups
:05:44. > :05:47.loyal to Kiev. The first funerals will be held today. It has
:05:48. > :05:53.infuriated people in eastern Ukraine, where locals have been
:05:54. > :05:57.reinforcing their defences. Like fury, most people who live here are
:05:58. > :06:01.Russian speakers. But he insists that they are not being controlled
:06:02. > :06:05.by Moscow but they just won't feel that Kiev represents them.
:06:06. > :06:11.TRANSLATION: We just want to live as we choose, but no one wants to
:06:12. > :06:17.listen to us. They say Kiev chose Europe . That is fine, but I don't
:06:18. > :06:20.want to live in Europe. So they are preparing for a fight here. Down the
:06:21. > :06:26.road, we found this pro-Russian group in control of the local police
:06:27. > :06:32.headquarters. This man, the whole crowd demanding to know how they
:06:33. > :06:37.could help defend their town. The mood here is angry, aggressive,
:06:38. > :06:41.defiant. These locals do not see the army as liberators. There are
:06:42. > :06:45.barricades like this all along this Main Street. Heaps of tyres and
:06:46. > :06:49.rubble that have been put up because the people I have in speaking to our
:06:50. > :06:58.worried that Ukrainian troops will be heading in here. But even now in
:06:59. > :07:02.some spots, normal life does go on. This woman has been enjoying the
:07:03. > :07:05.weekend with her son, but she is worried. This region will vote on
:07:06. > :07:08.independence in a week, something she tells me the Russian
:07:09. > :07:12.independence in a week, something here want. She believes Kiev is
:07:13. > :07:17.trying to stop that. TRANSLATION: We are afraid. They are not letting us
:07:18. > :07:20.hold a referendum. That is why the violent just started. So things will
:07:21. > :07:26.not be peaceful violent just started. So things will
:07:27. > :07:31.that. There are clearly deep divisions in Ukraine, and every day
:07:32. > :07:33.of fighting drives them deeper. There remains that, BBC News, in
:07:34. > :07:35.eastern Ukraine. The former British number one tennis
:07:36. > :07:38.player, Elena Baltacha, has died at The former British number one tennis
:07:39. > :07:42.the age of 30. She revealed she had liver cancer in March, just months
:07:43. > :07:45.after retiring. Her diagnosis came just a few weeks after she married
:07:46. > :07:48.her long-time coach and partner, Nino Severino. Andy Swiss looks back
:07:49. > :07:58.at her Nino Severino. Andy Swiss looks back
:07:59. > :08:04.She was one of tennis's Nino Severino. Andy Swiss looks back
:08:05. > :08:08.most courageous stars. Elena Baltacha -- she was one of the most
:08:09. > :08:09.bubbly stars. She was reaching the third round of Wimbledon in 2002.
:08:10. > :08:17.She went on to third round of Wimbledon in 2002.
:08:18. > :08:22.one, so news of her death just six months after retiring has left the
:08:23. > :08:41.sport united in sorrow. Her British Colley, Laura Robson, said:
:08:42. > :08:47.her life had been defined by her battling spirit. At 19, she was
:08:48. > :08:52.diagnosed with the chronic liver condition that would have ended many
:08:53. > :08:57.careers, but not hers. I think it helped me realise how much a part of
:08:58. > :09:02.my life tennis was and how serious I want to make it now. Every day,
:09:03. > :09:06.waking up and putting in the sacrifices and commitments.
:09:07. > :09:11.Ukrainian born Altai she defied her other problems to reach the world
:09:12. > :09:13.top 50. In the process she became a figurehead from Jewish women's
:09:14. > :09:20.tennis. Her power and passion was plain to see -- making -- being a
:09:21. > :09:25.figurehead for British women's tennis. She was a proud torch bearer
:09:26. > :09:30.and competitor, the realisation of a lifetime's ambition. As injuries
:09:31. > :09:33.took their toll, she was forced to retire at the end of last year, just
:09:34. > :09:38.four months before she was diagnosed with liver cancer both on and off
:09:39. > :09:49.the court, a player who epitomised spirit and sacrifice. A fighter to
:09:50. > :09:52.the end. A three-day strike on the London Underground which had been
:09:53. > :09:55.due to begin this evening has been suspended. Leaders of the RMT union
:09:56. > :09:57.who met Tube managers this morning said they had made significant
:09:58. > :10:01.progress in their dispute over ticket office closures. Let's speak
:10:02. > :10:09.to our correspondent Richard Lister who is outside ACAS, the
:10:10. > :10:17.conciliation service. Does this mean the dispute is settled? It does not
:10:18. > :10:22.mean the dispute is settled, but it means a 72 hour strike that was due
:10:23. > :10:26.to start tonight is now off and given that the London underground
:10:27. > :10:30.carries regularly more than 4 million passengers a day, that comes
:10:31. > :10:36.as a relief. There was major disruption by the strike last week.
:10:37. > :10:42.We understand the two side are very close to a deal over these 260
:10:43. > :10:47.ticket office closures. It took them just 90 minutes this morning to
:10:48. > :10:52.hammer something out. The RMT said they made progress and the acting
:10:53. > :10:58.general secretary said he welcomed the chance to suspend today's
:10:59. > :11:01.strike. We have got clear understandings from London
:11:02. > :11:06.underground about how we are going to move forward, allowing us to fire
:11:07. > :11:10.their campaign to ensure we keep every booking office open. We have
:11:11. > :11:15.got a statement from the company about protection of earnings for our
:11:16. > :11:20.members and they have backed down on the precondition of cancelling the
:11:21. > :11:25.dispute. The review is due to finish later this month and the two sides
:11:26. > :11:33.will get back together at ACAS to decide on the future. The terrorist
:11:34. > :11:36.group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of
:11:37. > :11:39.more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria three weeks ago. Their claim came as
:11:40. > :11:41.the country's president, Goodluck Jonathan, made his first public
:11:42. > :11:45.comments on the kidnapping. But while he was speaking it has been
:11:46. > :11:48.reported that his wife ordered the arrest of one of the women leading
:11:49. > :11:51.protests about what the parents see as a lack of action in finding their
:11:52. > :12:02.daughters. Gordon Corera has the latest.
:12:03. > :12:08.The first confirmation of the fate of the schoolgirls abducted in
:12:09. > :12:12.Nigeria. In a video released to date the leader Boko Haram says, I
:12:13. > :12:16.abducted your girls. It is a development which will do little to
:12:17. > :12:21.ease the pain of the girls' families. Their grief and heartbreak
:12:22. > :12:25.has moved the world. Their girls were abducted more than three weeks
:12:26. > :12:31.ago, but since then the authorities have been unable to find them. The
:12:32. > :12:39.BBC secured the first TV interviews with the mothers who were in agony
:12:40. > :12:41.not knowing the fate of their daughters. TRANSLATION: Many people
:12:42. > :12:44.come to our house to sympathise with us, but then at night our family
:12:45. > :12:47.stays awake all night thinking of our daughter and all the other girls
:12:48. > :12:53.and what they are going through and where they are being held. The
:12:54. > :12:59.Christian and Muslim girls were seized from this remote school in
:13:00. > :13:03.north-east Nigeria by Boko Haram. Nigeria's president has been accused
:13:04. > :13:09.of not doing enough to rescue them. Last night he spoke about the issue
:13:10. > :13:18.for the first time on TV. Wherever these girls are we will surely get
:13:19. > :13:25.them out. I believe there is no story that any of them have been
:13:26. > :13:31.hurt in terms of injuries. The president admitted that it girls had
:13:32. > :13:37.not even be located, not alone rescued. Questions are being asked
:13:38. > :13:42.about why more is not being done? My parents are helpless, they are
:13:43. > :13:49.crying at home. They should bring the girls back and we will have
:13:50. > :13:55.peace of mind. The President's wife has been drawn into the controversy.
:13:56. > :13:59.Reportedly one-woman leading protests was arrested after meeting
:14:00. > :14:03.with her. That is unlikely to do much to ease the growing pressure on
:14:04. > :14:06.the Nigerian Government over its handling of the abductions.
:14:07. > :14:09.The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has resumed in Pretoria and has been
:14:10. > :14:12.hearing evidence from a neighbour who was one of the first on the
:14:13. > :14:15.scene after the South African athlete killed his girlfriend.
:14:16. > :14:18.Neighbour Johan Stander said he received a phone call from Mr
:14:19. > :14:27.Pistorius asking him to come and help, saying he had shot Reeva
:14:28. > :14:33.Steenkamp by mistake. Our Africa correspondent Andrew Harding has
:14:34. > :14:39.been in court. Bring us up to date with the latest. We heard today from
:14:40. > :14:44.two of Oscar Pistorius' neighbours, both acquaintances of the athlete.
:14:45. > :14:50.Johan Stander and his daughter Carice Viljoen. They say they saw
:14:51. > :14:55.him carrying Reeva Steenkamp's body down the stairs and described him as
:14:56. > :15:00.being distraught, desperate, crying to God, praying for somebody to
:15:01. > :15:04.safer and begging for them to get an ambulance. We heard in graphic
:15:05. > :15:08.detail about how they found towels in the house to try and stem the
:15:09. > :15:14.blood from Reeva Steenkamp's wounds. But it became clear she was
:15:15. > :15:19.beyond help. At one friend we heard from Carice Viljoen, a friend of
:15:20. > :15:24.Oscar's, how the athlete went upstairs and she realised the guy
:15:25. > :15:28.was up there and because of the way he was behaving she became alarmed
:15:29. > :15:37.he might be intending to kill himself. Andrew Harding, many
:15:38. > :15:40.thanks. L. A poll suggests three quarters of British people want
:15:41. > :15:43.limits on the amount of sugar in certain foods. The survey of 1000
:15:44. > :15:46.people was carried out for the BBC Radio 5 Live. World health experts
:15:47. > :15:50.have recommended we limit our daily sugar intake to just six teaspoons,
:15:51. > :15:53.but the UK 's largest sugar supplier says blaming one ingredient for the
:15:54. > :15:57.obesity crisis is too simplistic. Jo Black has more.
:15:58. > :16:02.obesity crisis is too simplistic. Jo Robert Law is a sugar beet farmer
:16:03. > :16:07.and every year produces 1600 tonnes of the white stuff, but he is not a
:16:08. > :16:13.big fan of added sugar because he has type two diabetes. Every packet
:16:14. > :16:19.of food you buy now you can find out what is on it, but people need to
:16:20. > :16:22.understand what that means. They need to live a healthy, balanced
:16:23. > :16:28.lifestyle, keep active and take note of what is natural in their food. If
:16:29. > :16:35.they looked at percentages and figures on the side of a packet, it
:16:36. > :16:42.can be misleading. This survey found 66% of us would like to see a ban on
:16:43. > :16:46.sugary drinks in schools. It also found 59% of us would like to see
:16:47. > :16:51.health warnings on food packaging similar to those found on
:16:52. > :16:58.cigarettes. Our body shapes are changing and it is our consumption
:16:59. > :17:03.of added sugar that manufacturers and get some health experts
:17:04. > :17:07.worried. The World Health Organisation recently recommended we
:17:08. > :17:12.should try to limit our daily amount to 25 grams, six teaspoons. But what
:17:13. > :17:17.would that mean for the average family? Every time you pick up one
:17:18. > :17:22.of those sweets, you are putting a piece bone in your mouth. This
:17:23. > :17:23.dietician is helping this family with a week-long edit extra as
:17:24. > :17:32.Eriksson -- experiment to help them with a week-long edit extra as
:17:33. > :17:37.recommend their daily intake to six teaspoons. I am putting bananas on
:17:38. > :17:43.my toast instead of chocolate spread or jam. The sugar industry says it
:17:44. > :17:49.is simplistic to demonise one ingredient and as we are consuming
:17:50. > :17:54.too many calories and doing too much exercise. This family managed only
:17:55. > :18:02.four days on a reduced limit. Cutting back is not that easy. And
:18:03. > :18:03.you can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News