:00:00. > :00:08.Another night of celebration for Nigel Farage and UKIP.
:00:09. > :00:11.His party wins the European election vote in Britain and almost doubles
:00:12. > :00:25.The People's Army had spoken tonight. And delivered just about
:00:26. > :00:27.the most extraordinary result we have seen in British politics for
:00:28. > :00:31.100 years. But Nigel's night turned into
:00:32. > :00:33.Nick Clegg's nightmare as the Liberal Democrats lost all
:00:34. > :00:36.but one of their MEPs. It was also a good night for right
:00:37. > :00:42.wing parties across much of Europe with Marie Le Pen's Front Nationale
:00:43. > :00:44.topping the polls in France. We'll be looking at the impact
:00:45. > :00:47.of what was a night of voting against the established
:00:48. > :00:49.parties across Europe. Also
:00:50. > :00:52.on the programme this lunchtime. Petro Poroshenko claims victory
:00:53. > :00:54.in the Presidential election in Ukraine and says he'll take
:00:55. > :00:57.a tough line with Russia over And on the final day of his
:00:58. > :01:02.Middle East tour the Pope visits Yad Vashem, Israel's
:01:03. > :01:23.national Holocaust memorial. It's another day of celebration
:01:24. > :01:27.for the UK Independence Party, this time after securing historic
:01:28. > :01:32.success in the European elections. They've nearly doubled
:01:33. > :01:33.their number of members Leader Nigel Farage said the
:01:34. > :01:40.people's army of UKIP had spoken. The results saw some gains
:01:41. > :01:42.for Labour, But the big losers were the
:01:43. > :01:49.Liberal Democrats. Not all the results are in,
:01:50. > :01:52.but here they are so far: Overall UKIP achieved a 28% share
:01:53. > :01:55.of the vote resulting in 23 MEPs Labour attracted a 25% share
:01:56. > :02:00.and 18 MEPs. The Conservatives suffered
:02:01. > :02:08.a hit though with 24% and 18 MEPs. The Greens achieved an 8% share
:02:09. > :02:12.and three MEPs. But the Liberal Democrat vote
:02:13. > :02:15.was reduced to just 7% and they Here's our Political Correspondent,
:02:16. > :02:33.Ross Hawkins. UK Independence Party, 428,010. They
:02:34. > :02:45.piled up the votes and the victories. Miserable opponents,
:02:46. > :02:50.cheering UKIP, time after time. And the party leader who says he is
:02:51. > :02:53.making history. The People's Army have UKIP have spoken tonight and
:02:54. > :02:57.delivered just about the most extraordinary result we have seen in
:02:58. > :03:03.British politics for 100 years. And I am proud to have led them to that.
:03:04. > :03:06.Compare that with a fate in the faces of Liberal Democrats who only
:03:07. > :03:11.just avoided being wiped off the road map, their leader, Nick Clegg,
:03:12. > :03:15.chosen to debate Nigel Farage only to be trounced at the elections and
:03:16. > :03:19.some are questioning his leadership and considering who could replace
:03:20. > :03:24.him. Decided quickly for them given the scale of the losses, to call for
:03:25. > :03:28.business as usual is frankly ludicrous. We genuinely have to
:03:29. > :03:34.reflect very hard, very quickly, make some good decisions and get on
:03:35. > :03:38.the 2050 elections in better shape. Although senior Lib Dems insist Nick
:03:39. > :03:41.Clegg will stay. I'm wholly opposed to those calls for the Nick Clegg
:03:42. > :03:45.has got the resilience and courage to take the party to the next ten
:03:46. > :03:51.months, to the general election, and beyond. Labour won more votes and
:03:52. > :03:55.MEPs last time competing the Conservatives, but only just and
:03:56. > :04:00.they, like everyone else, wondering what to do about UKIP. I think many
:04:01. > :04:02.people voting for UKIP are saying we are discontented with the way the
:04:03. > :04:08.country works and asking whether politics can answer that. It all
:04:09. > :04:12.left the Conservatives trailing in third place. I think the results
:04:13. > :04:14.show a very clear message which is people are disillusioned with the
:04:15. > :04:19.European Union, the way it's working, and the way it's working
:04:20. > :04:23.for Britain. I want change for the challenge now is for my party to
:04:24. > :04:27.demonstrate that we have a plan to deliver that change. The European
:04:28. > :04:30.elections haven't told us who will win a general election for the Bath
:04:31. > :04:35.Road, most people didn't vote. They have shown that all other parties at
:04:36. > :04:39.Westminster have got a UKIP problem and they have all got people in
:04:40. > :04:42.their own ranks saying they have to make changes if they are going to
:04:43. > :04:45.solve it. And as they worry, there's anyone leader who can read the
:04:46. > :04:57.morning papers with any satisfaction.
:04:58. > :04:59.And in the last half hour they've announced the European Election
:05:00. > :05:03.Let's cross to our Scotland political Editor Brian Taylor who's
:05:04. > :05:13.The SNP have topped the poll and they are delighted, saying it's
:05:14. > :05:18.remarkable victory. Why are they not entirely delighted? As one insider
:05:19. > :05:24.said privately, it's a beta three to victory. They have slightly lost
:05:25. > :05:30.voting shares in Scotland. -- bittersweet victory. Secondly,
:05:31. > :05:33.because in the last week or so of campaigning, Alex Salmond declared
:05:34. > :05:38.his intention would be for the SNP to take three seats rather than two
:05:39. > :05:44.they currently hold and as a consequence, he will squeeze UKIP
:05:45. > :05:51.out of Scotland but that is not happened so, the expectation was
:05:52. > :05:56.created of the UK Independence party being kept out that's not the case.
:05:57. > :05:59.It seems like a difficulty, challenge for the SNP. They are
:06:00. > :06:05.absolutely adamant that topping the poll is what counts and Nicola
:06:06. > :06:07.Sturgeon says there is a world of difference now continuing between
:06:08. > :06:11.the Scottish voting pattern and that of England.
:06:12. > :06:16.Well our Political Editor Nick Robinson is at Westminster for us.
:06:17. > :06:23.How does the impact on the general election less than a year away go?
:06:24. > :06:28.Nobody knows exactly how it will impact on the general election. We
:06:29. > :06:32.know it impacts on politics now as each other parties worry about how
:06:33. > :06:35.they will do in a general election. The Conservatives are having to
:06:36. > :06:40.confront the fact that for the first time in their history, they are
:06:41. > :06:44.third in national election. Having offered a European referendum and
:06:45. > :06:49.the promise of renegotiation, they still have come third in still not
:06:50. > :06:53.persuaded those UKIP supporters to come home. What they are trying to
:06:54. > :06:56.do, though, is to say when it comes to a choice between David Cameron
:06:57. > :07:02.and Ed Miliband, offering a referendum or not, they will get
:07:03. > :07:06.those voters back. Ed Miliband, pleased to come second, but it's
:07:07. > :07:10.only second. These become second, but only 1% above the Tories in the
:07:11. > :07:13.voting. With people in his own party worrying he is simply not good
:07:14. > :07:20.enough one year from the general election. His answer is to try to
:07:21. > :07:23.say to voters, who went for UKIP, that he is the answer to their
:07:24. > :07:30.concerns that somehow society and the economy is not working for them
:07:31. > :07:34.and interestingly, he will go to Essex tomorrow to make that case.
:07:35. > :07:40.Nick Clegg has two shake his head and say let's hope it gets better.
:07:41. > :07:46.There's not a lot more he can say. Nick Robinson, thank you very much.
:07:47. > :07:48.Across the rest of Europe there was also a reaction
:07:49. > :07:52.In France, the far-right Front Nationale topped the polls and in
:07:53. > :07:55.Greece voters sent an anti-austerity message to Brussels with a socialist
:07:56. > :07:59.Chris Morris now, on a night that saw people protest against
:08:00. > :08:11.In a country that has always been right at the heart of the European
:08:12. > :08:14.ideal, she won. Marie Le Pen's campaign was anti-European Union,
:08:15. > :08:20.anti-immigration, anti-globalisation. And it struck a
:08:21. > :08:24.chord. TRANSLATION: This evening I thank
:08:25. > :08:28.the French people. The sovereign people have spoken clearly, like in
:08:29. > :08:33.all great moments of history. Against all those who no longer
:08:34. > :08:38.believe in France. The sovereign French people say they want to take
:08:39. > :08:42.their destiny into their own hands. As a result came in through the
:08:43. > :08:46.night, the picture was mixed. The populist anti-EU right also did well
:08:47. > :08:50.in Denmark but not in the Netherlands. In Germany, mainstream
:08:51. > :08:57.parties won the day. Pro-European MEPs will be the dominant force in
:08:58. > :09:03.the next Parliament. There will be real extremists there, too. Like the
:09:04. > :09:06.neo-Nazis in Greece. But the winners in Greece were not from the far
:09:07. > :09:17.right but from the anti-austerities radical left. A different
:09:18. > :09:21.antiestablishment vote. The leader spoke of an historic day for the
:09:22. > :09:26.left despite what he called the unprecedented propaganda of fear. It
:09:27. > :09:33.could make for a more lively and robust European Parliament. One
:09:34. > :09:37.thing is important to remember. Antiestablishment doesn't
:09:38. > :09:41.necessarily mean anti-EU. Parties in Greece want the EU to do more, not
:09:42. > :09:46.less, to help their countries. But there will be pending opposition
:09:47. > :09:51.here to politics as usual. Mainstream parties would do well to
:09:52. > :09:56.take that on board. It is likely that they will, but what extent?
:09:57. > :10:02.Many still want to forge ahead close integration. I think now the
:10:03. > :10:04.mainstream parties will have to address the accountability of
:10:05. > :10:08.Brussels, start to address having to roll powers back to national
:10:09. > :10:12.capitals, and they will have to think about what to do about the
:10:13. > :10:16.Fremont -- free movement of people. The parties on the right rough to
:10:17. > :10:20.respond to the radical right parties all across Europe. That could mean a
:10:21. > :10:24.chance for those like David Cameron, who want to reform the EU. But
:10:25. > :10:26.alliances have to be forged here, and no one will have it all their
:10:27. > :10:32.own way. Let's speak to our Correspondent
:10:33. > :10:41.in Paris Christian Fraser. Is there a sense of shock at last
:10:42. > :10:45.nights result? Yes, it was a disastrous night for the
:10:46. > :10:49.Socialists, taking just 14% of the boat, their worst ever performance
:10:50. > :10:51.in a European election. Let's show you how about its effect on the
:10:52. > :10:56.morning papers. Earthquake in French. You consider beaming Marie
:10:57. > :11:01.Le Pen, leader of the far right there. The bark of the socialist
:11:02. > :11:10.party continues. The left-wing newspaper, it really was a seismic
:11:11. > :11:14.performance for the Front Nationale. They won 70%. They took the bulk of
:11:15. > :11:19.the working class vote and a third of the vote for the under 35 's, so
:11:20. > :11:22.shocked with the Socialists, they called an emergency Cabinet meeting
:11:23. > :11:26.this morning and the Prime Minister is on his way to the prime meeting
:11:27. > :11:30.and says they will try to cut income tax for low income families. Yes,
:11:31. > :11:36.the backlash against Europe but I think it's also the culmination of
:11:37. > :11:37.the frustration and disappointment in two years of Francois Hollande's
:11:38. > :11:46.presidency. Thank you very much. And just
:11:47. > :11:48.a reminder that you can find out about those results in more detail
:11:49. > :11:50.by visiting bbc.co.uk/VOTE2014. The billionaire Petro Poroshenko has
:11:51. > :11:53.claimed victory in Ukraine's presidential election,
:11:54. > :11:54.and promised to restore peace Russia says it is open to dialogue
:11:55. > :11:58.with the new president However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
:11:59. > :12:01.Lavrov said military action must end Our correspondent Daniel
:12:02. > :12:17.Sandford is in Kiev. A few hours into his new job and the
:12:18. > :12:22.fall in tray. Yes, everything seemed to be going quite well for Petro
:12:23. > :12:26.Poroshenko after three months of street fighting here in Kiev. Three
:12:27. > :12:30.months of a country not having effectively any president. In which
:12:31. > :12:34.time it's lost Crimea. This morning we had results which looked pretty
:12:35. > :12:39.good. Three quarters of the vote counted for the more than 50% of the
:12:40. > :12:42.people voted for Petro Poroshenko, the chocolate billionaire. His
:12:43. > :12:46.opponents effectively conceded defeat even brush and the former
:12:47. > :12:50.president Victor D'Amico vitch said they would accept the results of the
:12:51. > :12:54.elections and when Petro Poroshenko said he wanted to have talks with
:12:55. > :12:58.Russia about eastern Ukraine, Russia responded positively but at the same
:12:59. > :13:02.time, this morning, at the main international airport in the east,
:13:03. > :13:06.armed rebels took over the buildings. There were air strikes by
:13:07. > :13:10.the Ukrainian government air force against those rebels and there was
:13:11. > :13:14.absolutely no sign of the moment the armed men in eastern Ukraine want
:13:15. > :13:19.anything to do with talks with the new president. Daniel, thank you.
:13:20. > :13:22.Pope Francis has visited the most important holy sites for Muslims and
:13:23. > :13:26.Jews in Jerusalem's Old City on the final day of his Middle East tour.
:13:27. > :13:28.At the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the Pope urged people
:13:29. > :13:30.of all religions to work together for justice and peace.
:13:31. > :13:33.He then prayed at the Western Wall, which lies just beneath it, bowing
:13:34. > :13:44.Quentin Sommervile reports from Jerusalem.
:13:45. > :13:51.The final day of the Pope 's visit the holy land and this was Israel's
:13:52. > :13:58.day. He visited its most sacred places including here, the Holocaust
:13:59. > :14:02.Memorial Yad Vashem. Pope Francis placed a wreath on the crypt and
:14:03. > :14:11.within lively ashes of those who perished in Nazi extermination
:14:12. > :14:18.camps. -- within it. Never again, Lord, never again. As the Israeli
:14:19. > :14:27.president looked on, the announced -- denounced the Nazi genocide. He
:14:28. > :14:31.said it was an unfathomable abyss. He then visited the Western Wall.
:14:32. > :14:37.Like millions of others, he left here with a message for God, written
:14:38. > :14:42.in Spanish. The prayer, our father. The Pope has placed his prey in a
:14:43. > :14:46.gap in the Western Wall. He is visiting today Judaism and Israel's
:14:47. > :14:52.most holy and sacred places. But that image of a solitary figure
:14:53. > :15:01.standing in praying there has already been overshadowed. This will
:15:02. > :15:05.be the abiding image of the Pope's trip. One which is thrilled
:15:06. > :15:10.Palestinians and infuriated Israelis. The Vatican said this tour
:15:11. > :15:16.was about religion and politics here is unavoidable. We all knew that
:15:17. > :15:21.there were going to be political angles and all sides will try to
:15:22. > :15:24.make political capital out of it. He is thrown himself into this trip and
:15:25. > :15:27.into the one of the world 's most difficult problems for the Middle
:15:28. > :15:31.East peace. With that, you may not achieve much, but here, please come
:15:32. > :15:38.his left a deep impression that Christians, Jews and Muslims alike.
:15:39. > :15:40.Now a reminder of our top story this lunchtime.
:15:41. > :15:42.UKIP has won the European election vote in Britain.
:15:43. > :15:49.It's almost doubled its number of MEPs in Europe.
:15:50. > :15:54.Now on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.