:00:15. > :00:18.Ukraine. As President Putin meets his military leaders, Russia says it
:00:19. > :00:20.will stay in Ukraine until the situation stabilises.
:00:21. > :00:23.There is an uneasy stand-off at a Crimean naval base, as Ukrainian
:00:24. > :00:27.sailors are told to say whose side they are on.
:00:28. > :00:31.In Kiev today, the Foreign Secretary William Hague says it is the worst
:00:32. > :00:34.crisis Europe has faced in the 21st Century, and calls on Russia to play
:00:35. > :00:37.by the rules. It is not an acceptable way to
:00:38. > :00:44.behave and so it is important that there are consequences and costs to
:00:45. > :00:47.Russia. And tonight's other headlines: The
:00:48. > :00:52.trial begins of South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius, accused of
:00:53. > :00:55.murdering his girlfriend. A coroner calls on the MoD to review
:00:56. > :01:04.its care of vulnerable soldiers, after the suicide of a 30-year-old
:01:05. > :01:07.Corporal at her barracks. 12 Years A Slave!
:01:08. > :01:10.And just one of three awards for the film in a successful night at the
:01:11. > :01:17.Oscars. Its British director pays tribute. I dedicate this award to
:01:18. > :01:19.all the people who have endured slavery and the 21 million people
:01:20. > :01:27.who still suffer slavery today, thank you very much.
:01:28. > :01:30.In London, why the Mayor won't rule out a Commons comeback before the
:01:31. > :01:32.next election. And cracking down on fraudsters conning councils out of
:01:33. > :01:54.homes. Good evening. We are live in Kiev,
:01:55. > :01:57.overlooking Independence Square, where the people of Ukraine are
:01:58. > :02:03.nervously monitoring the events in Crimea and awaiting news of Russia's
:02:04. > :02:06.latest intentions. Despite a rising tide of diplomatic pressure from
:02:07. > :02:08.around the world, the Russians have said that their troops will remain
:02:09. > :02:19.in Ukraine until the political situation has been 'normalised',
:02:20. > :02:23.that is their word. There have been conflicting reports about a possible
:02:24. > :02:30.ultimatum given to Ukrainian forces in Crimea, the Russians have
:02:31. > :02:32.vehemently denied those reports. And in Kiev, the Foreign Secretary
:02:33. > :02:36.William Hague met the new Prime Minister and warned Russia of
:02:37. > :02:39.consequences if their forces were not withdrawn.
:02:40. > :02:41.We will be reporting on today's developments here in Kiev, but
:02:42. > :02:50.first, our correspondent Daniel Sandford reports from the strategic
:02:51. > :02:54.port of Sevastopol. Heavily armed Russian troops standing brazen
:02:55. > :03:04.outside the headquarters of the Ukrainian navy. Inside, a critical
:03:05. > :03:09.meeting which -- on which the lives of Ukrainians may depend. Their
:03:10. > :03:11.former Amanda tried to persuade them to switch sides but the new man
:03:12. > :03:18.appointed yesterday urged them not to. -- former commander. They
:03:19. > :03:24.decided to stay loyal and prove the loyalty by sinking the Ukrainian
:03:25. > :03:29.national anthem. -- sinking. Afterwards, their admiral told me
:03:30. > :03:36.his commander in chief is in Kiev, the acting President, President
:03:37. > :03:46.Turchynov. I think the official leader of Ukraine is President
:03:47. > :03:50.Turchynov. He is worried his man horribly burning secret documents on
:03:51. > :03:55.the grounds of their headquarters, there are already former Russian
:03:56. > :03:57.soldiers in the base. Outside these headquarters are armed Russian
:03:58. > :04:04.soldiers but here inside this alias are on armed -- the sailors are not
:04:05. > :04:09.armed, and their commander says he is loyal to Kiev. At Ukrainian
:04:10. > :04:13.military at ports, Russian trucks were parked across the runway,
:04:14. > :04:19.Russian soldiers were patrolling. Ukrainian apples were confined to
:04:20. > :04:26.the airport buildings. -- Ukrainian apples. And one by one, Ukraine's
:04:27. > :04:31.army bases are being surrounded. We have found heavily armed Russian
:04:32. > :04:36.soldiers without insignia guarding a Ukrainian military base, keeping
:04:37. > :04:40.prison at those soldiers inside who still loyal to Kiev. Dutch prison.
:04:41. > :04:45.Though trapped, it Ukrainians will not open fire for fear of provoking
:04:46. > :04:53.the Russians but they were remained defiant. They demanded we had all
:04:54. > :04:57.our oh -- all our weapons of two the control of Russia but we refused,
:04:58. > :05:03.the still remains a military base -- to the control. Across-the-board,
:05:04. > :05:07.Russia was reminding everyone of the extent of its firepower in the
:05:08. > :05:12.latest military exercises today but it has denied Ukrainian claims it
:05:13. > :05:16.has given them an ultimatum to leave their bases by tomorrow morning.
:05:17. > :05:20.Russia controls Crimea now but no one knows what President Putin plans
:05:21. > :05:24.to do next. Here in Kiev, the new government has
:05:25. > :05:30.warned that a conflict with Russia would destroy the stability of the
:05:31. > :05:34.region. Diplomatic efforts to resolve the situation have stepped
:05:35. > :05:38.up. Today, the Foreign Secretary William Hague held talks with the
:05:39. > :05:43.Ukrainian Prime Minister. And the US Secretary of State, John Kerry,
:05:44. > :05:45.flies in tomorrow. Our Europe editor Gavin Hewitt reports on the day's
:05:46. > :05:56.events in the capital. Outside the Russian Embassy in Kiev
:05:57. > :06:01.today, there were protests against President Putin. With drivers
:06:02. > :06:06.sounding their horns in support. They stuck posters on the embassy
:06:07. > :06:10.railings calling on the Russian President to take his hands of
:06:11. > :06:15.Ukraine. If the Russians took more aggressive action, these students
:06:16. > :06:20.said they would resist. We will fight because it is our country, it
:06:21. > :06:26.is our territory and our motherland. At the Ministry of Defence, armed
:06:27. > :06:33.troops appeared on the gates, as reservists were told to register for
:06:34. > :06:36.duty. Colonel Alexander -- this colonel said at any minute, we are
:06:37. > :06:41.ready to do our duty to protect our country, our patriotic spirit has
:06:42. > :06:45.never been higher. The word here was that they did not want to give
:06:46. > :06:51.Russia reason to start a shooting war. The Foreign Secretary William
:06:52. > :06:56.Hague who was visiting Kiev laid flowers at the site where protesters
:06:57. > :07:02.had been shot a snipers. He called on Russia to withdraw its troops. --
:07:03. > :07:07.by snipers. If this situation cannot be resolved, if Russia cannot be
:07:08. > :07:11.persuaded to respect the sovereignty and territory and integrity of
:07:12. > :07:16.Ukraine, there will have to be the consequences and other costs. Here,
:07:17. > :07:20.the Foreign Secretary was listened to closely. He said there would be
:07:21. > :07:25.consequences Russia but did not spell out what that might be. There
:07:26. > :07:30.are no military options on the table. The question is whether the
:07:31. > :07:34.West is prepared to try to isolate Russia economic league. The crisis
:07:35. > :07:41.is dividing families. This woman is Russia, -- Russian,
:07:42. > :07:46.married to a Ukrainian, she supports Ukraine which upset her family back
:07:47. > :07:49.in Russia. We did so many arguing with my family trying to explain our
:07:50. > :07:54.points of view but it seems like people do not want to hear each
:07:55. > :07:59.other and it is really bad and it hurts. In the capital, there is
:08:00. > :08:09.anger, fear and helplessness, a sense that the future of their
:08:10. > :08:12.country is in the hands of others. Let's talk more about the Russian
:08:13. > :08:17.response. Russia has declared today the movement of more troops into
:08:18. > :08:21.eastern Ukraine and Crimea is simply to stabilise the situation. The
:08:22. > :08:27.Russian Foreign Minister says it will stay on tour that has been
:08:28. > :08:31.achieved. ? Here is our diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall. She
:08:32. > :08:35.looks at their strategy in intervening in Ukraine and what
:08:36. > :08:39.could done to stop things escalating. The world 's burst
:08:40. > :08:43.sighting of Vladimir Putin for nearly a week and he is sending a
:08:44. > :08:47.clear message -- burst. That he could order these troops
:08:48. > :08:52.into Ukraine if the world continues to ignore Russia's anger out what it
:08:53. > :08:58.sees as an illegal and dangerous coup in Kiev. This is a question of
:08:59. > :09:03.defending our citizens and ensuring human rights, especially the right
:09:04. > :09:09.to life. And Moscow 's intervention in Crimea, said the Russian Warren
:09:10. > :09:15.Minister in Geneva this morning, was entirely justified. The first move
:09:16. > :09:18.came when massed gunmen seized Crimea's Parliament giving
:09:19. > :09:23.pro-Russian MPs a chance to vote in a new Crimean leader who instantly
:09:24. > :09:29.asked Moscow for help. More gunmen appeared at Crimea's airports, at
:09:30. > :09:33.Sevastopol, and the Northern land crossing point with the rest of
:09:34. > :09:38.Ukraine. Russia's Black Sea Fleet went into operation. It has allowed
:09:39. > :09:44.military personnel at its bases in Crimea, Ukraine accused Moscow of
:09:45. > :09:49.violating agreements by adding 6,000 more and securing the peninsular
:09:50. > :09:54.with land and naval controls. Latest reports suggest a further build-up
:09:55. > :10:00.just across the border. And there is that the fear that Russia might
:10:01. > :10:04.seize control of eastern Ukraine in cities where most Russian speakers
:10:05. > :10:10.are. Either by using pro-Russian locals or a military invasion.
:10:11. > :10:15.150,000 Russian troops are on alert as part of military exercises across
:10:16. > :10:23.the border. Here, pro-Moscow protesters march
:10:24. > :10:29.past the riot police. Trying to oust local government loyal to Kiev.
:10:30. > :10:35.Dangerous tensions now in eastern Ukraine as Russia tries to force the
:10:36. > :10:43.West to see this conflict their way. Bridget Kendall there with that
:10:44. > :10:47.report. Her assessment of the Putin strategy as we understand it, but it
:10:48. > :10:55.is a bold thing all the time. We will have more on that at 10pm. And
:10:56. > :10:58.you can get continuous live coverage and analysis on the situation in
:10:59. > :11:07.Ukraine on the BBC's website at bbc.co.uk/news and on the BBC News
:11:08. > :11:13.Channel. You will see all the links. Back to the owner.
:11:14. > :11:15.-- the owner. In South Africa, the long-awaited
:11:16. > :11:18.trial has begun of the world-famous athlete and, until last year,
:11:19. > :11:21.national hero Oscar Pistorius. He is accused of murdering his girlfriend,
:11:22. > :11:24.Reeva Steenkamp, at his home on Valentine's Day a year ago. A
:11:25. > :11:27.witness has told the court she heard a woman's 'blood-curdling screams'
:11:28. > :11:31.followed by the sound of gunshots the night of the murder. Mr
:11:32. > :11:34.Pistorius claims he killed his girlfriend by mistake, believing she
:11:35. > :11:42.was an intruder. Our correspondent Andrew Harding is outside the court
:11:43. > :11:48.in Pretoria now. A dramatic start to this trial.
:11:49. > :11:52.Prosecution has already produced its first witness who has made some
:11:53. > :11:58.damaging allegations against Oscar story is but the defence has also
:11:59. > :12:04.come out fighting. -- Oscar Pistorius. This will be a long and
:12:05. > :12:06.bitter week contested trial. There is possible flash photography in
:12:07. > :12:12.this report. -- Italy. Calm, focused, Oscar Pistorius
:12:13. > :12:16.arriving in court this morning knowing that if this trial does not
:12:17. > :12:23.go his way, he could face life in prison. In the scrum outside, the
:12:24. > :12:27.mother of the woman he shot, June Steenkamp, who has never met
:12:28. > :12:32.Pistorius in the flesh before but came to court today she says to look
:12:33. > :12:35.him in the eyes but is -- in the eyes. In court room D and live
:12:36. > :12:39.around the world, Akrotiri jet to the charge that he deliberately
:12:40. > :12:43.murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. You understand the
:12:44. > :12:48.charges? I do, my lady.
:12:49. > :12:52.How do you plead? Not guilty, my lady.
:12:53. > :12:55.His lawyers said it would prove it was a terrible mistake and that
:12:56. > :13:00.Oscar had assumed Reeva, a 29 your old model, was an intruder in his
:13:01. > :13:06.bathroom. I believe the intruders entered my
:13:07. > :13:10.home and post an imminent threat to Reeva and me.
:13:11. > :13:14.My bedroom windows were open because it was a hot evening. Then came the
:13:15. > :13:17.first witness, a neighbour Michelle Burger who did not want to be
:13:18. > :13:22.filmed. She lives on the next-door estate
:13:23. > :13:26.less than 200 metres away from the home of Pistorius, close enough she
:13:27. > :13:30.said to hear the gunshots inside his bathroom as he fired through the
:13:31. > :13:35.toilet door. Bang!
:13:36. > :13:39.But more importantly, she said she heard the sound of a woman screaming
:13:40. > :13:45.reputedly in terror before the gun was fired. -- repeatedly.
:13:46. > :13:49.It was blood-curdling. It was something that leaves you cold, do
:13:50. > :13:53.cannot explain it you just know a woman 's life was really threatened.
:13:54. > :13:57.-- you cannot. That is a sign the couple may have
:13:58. > :14:03.been fighting that night, a possible motive for Pistorius to kill. But
:14:04. > :14:09.then Pistorius 's lawyer Barry Roux went on the attack, wondering if the
:14:10. > :14:14.witness had misheard. If I tell you that his voice when he
:14:15. > :14:19.is really anxious, it sounds like a woman, can you say... He said other
:14:20. > :14:22.witnesses would swear it was Pistorius shouting for help that
:14:23. > :14:27.night and not Reeva Steenkamp screaming in fear. And with that,
:14:28. > :14:32.the man some still called the Blade Runner was done for the day. It
:14:33. > :14:37.seems there was no encounter with June Steenkamp in court.
:14:38. > :14:40.A coroner has called on the Ministry of Defence to review its care of
:14:41. > :14:43.vulnerable soldiers after an inquest ruled that bullying was one factor
:14:44. > :14:47.in the suicide of a Royal Military Police Officer. The inquest ruling
:14:48. > :14:50.said the 'lingering effects' of an alleged rape and 'work-related'
:14:51. > :14:54.despair also played a part in the death of Corporal Anne-Marie
:14:55. > :15:01.Ellement in 2011. Duncan Kennedy was at the inquest.
:15:02. > :15:08.Bullied, belittled and broken, the words of Anne Marie's family to
:15:09. > :15:12.describe her experience in the Army. Today they welcomed the coroner's
:15:13. > :15:16.ruling she had been subject to months of unacceptable treatment by
:15:17. > :15:22.colleagues and superiors before her death. The family are delighted with
:15:23. > :15:27.this verdict we have today. The coroner has confirmed what we always
:15:28. > :15:32.have known, that Anne Marie was treated appallingly and let down by
:15:33. > :15:36.the Army. The coroner said Corporal Ellement was subject to bullying
:15:37. > :15:39.after being transferred to Wiltshire, following allegations she
:15:40. > :15:44.had been raped by two colleagues in Germany. Corporal Pritchard was one
:15:45. > :15:51.of those who accused her of lying about it and started shouting names
:15:52. > :15:57.at her. Others ridiculed her weight, calling her Anne Marie Elephant. One
:15:58. > :16:02.senior officer used Facebook to post a highly abusive message about her.
:16:03. > :16:08.Her mother says the Army failed in its duty to protect her daughter who
:16:09. > :16:12.was already suffering from issues of low self-esteem. She was a victim of
:16:13. > :16:25.a bullying campaign. She was made to work between 80 and 90 hours a week.
:16:26. > :16:32.Absolutely disgusted. They had a duty of care towards her and they
:16:33. > :16:37.failed her. If they had taken proper care of her I believe she would
:16:38. > :16:41.still be here today. After the coroner in this case said Corporal
:16:42. > :16:46.Anne Marie Ellement had taken her own life the Army issued an apology
:16:47. > :16:49.to her family for what it called its failures. It said it deeply
:16:50. > :16:53.regretted her death and it would now look to learn lessons from this
:16:54. > :16:58.tragedy. Although the coroner said the Army
:16:59. > :17:03.had provided some good care, others have likened this case to the
:17:04. > :17:09.notorious bullying witnessed at the Deepcut Army camp in the 1990s. The
:17:10. > :17:12.Mills were told to change -- the military were told to change. It
:17:13. > :17:19.must come, it must happen and this culture must change. The family of
:17:20. > :17:24.Corporal Ellement say no one was prouder to serve as a Red Cap but no
:17:25. > :17:33.one felt more let down by military justice.
:17:34. > :17:38.Our top story: Russia has sent more troops to Ukraine and has effective
:17:39. > :17:43.control of the Crimea region. Still to come: The Oscar for the Best
:17:44. > :17:48.Selfie goes to... The stars having fun in Hollywood.
:17:49. > :17:55.Later on BBC London: Helping home owners along the Thames. Volunteers
:17:56. > :17:58.bring hope to flooded communities. And, Sol Campbell tells us why he
:17:59. > :18:07.believes the colour of his skin prevented him from regularly
:18:08. > :18:12.Captaining England. It is one of the most notorious
:18:13. > :18:15.murders of a serving police officer. PC Keith Blakelock died after being
:18:16. > :18:18.stabbed more than 40 times when he was set upon by an armed mob on the
:18:19. > :18:22.Broadwater Farm estate during rioting in 1985. Three men were
:18:23. > :18:25.jailed for his murder two years later but their convictions were
:18:26. > :18:28.quashed and they were freed. Today, a new suspect went on trial charged
:18:29. > :18:37.with PC Blakelock's murder, as Ben Geoghegan reports.
:18:38. > :18:41.PC Keith Blakelock, a community bobbie murdered as he tried to
:18:42. > :18:46.protect others. Today, 29 years after his death, his family came to
:18:47. > :18:52.the Old Bailey to hear the evidence against his alleged killer. He was
:18:53. > :18:58.murdered during this riot on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham
:18:59. > :19:02.in north London in 1985. Years of simmering tension between the black
:19:03. > :19:06.community and the police had exploded into violence after a woman
:19:07. > :19:11.died when officers were searching her house. On the night of the riot
:19:12. > :19:15.Keith Blakelock and several other police officers went inside this
:19:16. > :19:19.building to try and protect a group of firefighters but they were soon
:19:20. > :19:23.confronted by a crowd. The prosecution said the police and fire
:19:24. > :19:29.officers were heavily outnumbered, scared of becoming trapped they ran
:19:30. > :19:32.for safety. The jury were told as PC Blakelock and another police officer
:19:33. > :19:37.tried to escape from the building they were set upon by a crowd
:19:38. > :19:41.shouting things like kill the pig. Keith Blakelock suffered more than
:19:42. > :19:45.40 stab bounds and said the prosecution -- wounds. It looked as
:19:46. > :19:49.if there had been an attempt to decapitate him. This is the man
:19:50. > :19:55.accused of murder, Nicolas Jacobs was 16 at the time. He's always
:19:56. > :19:59.denied being involved. Some of his supporters were outside the Old
:20:00. > :20:03.Bailey today. The prosecution say he was armed with a bladed weapon on
:20:04. > :20:09.the night of the riot and used it as part of a joint attack. The jury
:20:10. > :20:13.were told the attack on Keith Blakelock was ferocious and without
:20:14. > :20:23.mercy. His family say they have never given up hope of getting
:20:24. > :20:27.justice. People in Wales should have a
:20:28. > :20:30.greater say over their police forces and how young offenders are dealt
:20:31. > :20:32.with according to a report into expanding devolution. But with
:20:33. > :20:35.recent bad headlines about poor school performance and problems with
:20:36. > :20:37.healthcare in some areas, some in Wales are questioning whether the
:20:38. > :20:39.Assembly there is ready to accept more responsibility for delivering
:20:40. > :20:44.major public services? Hywel Griffith has been finding out.
:20:45. > :20:50.Separate speed limits, different laws on drink driving. Powers over
:20:51. > :20:56.policing and tackling youth crime. In the future, crossing the Welsh
:20:57. > :21:01.border could mean entering a very different legal landscape if the
:21:02. > :21:05.path set out today is followed. But how much power is handed over
:21:06. > :21:09.will be up to the Westminster Government to decide and it doesn't
:21:10. > :21:13.seem too keen to bolster the Labour Government in Wales. I think the
:21:14. > :21:17.people of Wales are, frankly, disappointed in the way that the
:21:18. > :21:20.Assembly Government has used its powers in terms of both health and
:21:21. > :21:24.education, in particular. I think the people of Wales will want the
:21:25. > :21:28.Welsh Government to make it absolutely clear that the powers
:21:29. > :21:34.that they may get will be used properly. There is fire in the
:21:35. > :21:38.debate over how well devolution is serving Wales and the next
:21:39. > :21:43.generation, with parents worried about poor results in schools and
:21:44. > :21:47.long NHS waiting times. But that doesn't mean most people want to
:21:48. > :21:52.send powers back up to Westminster. If we had more powers we would have
:21:53. > :21:59.more control over our own affairs and maybe a better deal. They have
:22:00. > :22:03.enough at the moment. Let's see where we go in the future. You can't
:22:04. > :22:07.have people in Westminster controlling the country. It should
:22:08. > :22:13.be handed out locally. The row over how Wales is run doesn't just depend
:22:14. > :22:16.on patriotism. It's down to basic party politics. England has no great
:22:17. > :22:20.record on education either. We can all play that game. I understand
:22:21. > :22:24.there is a general election coming next year and we will be hammered by
:22:25. > :22:27.a Conservative Government in London trying to look for every way to
:22:28. > :22:32.hammer the Labour Party across the UK. Before that, there is the small
:22:33. > :22:36.matter of the vote on independence in Scotland which could ultimately
:22:37. > :22:47.change Britain's political map and help decide how much power comes to
:22:48. > :22:50.Cardiff Bay. It was a good night for British
:22:51. > :22:53.talent at the Oscars last night. The historical drama 12 Years A Slave
:22:54. > :22:56.won three awards with British director Steve McQueen picking up
:22:57. > :22:59.Best Picture. The space thriller Gravity was the big winner of the
:23:00. > :23:02.night with seven awards, many of them in the technical categories
:23:03. > :23:04.including Best Visual Effects for the British team behind the stunning
:23:05. > :23:13.recreation of deep space. Lizo Mzimba was at the awards and has
:23:14. > :23:18.sent this report. The biggest stars marking the year's
:23:19. > :23:22.best movies, it's the most glamorous event. But this was a night when
:23:23. > :23:30.Hollywood ended up celebrating British talent. 12 Years A Slave!
:23:31. > :23:36.The harrowing drama won Best Film. One of the movie's co-producers and
:23:37. > :23:40.stars introduced the driving force behind it. We get to stand up here
:23:41. > :23:48.because of one man who brought us here to tell that story, that is the
:23:49. > :23:52.indomitable MrSteve MacKean. I dedicate this award to all the
:23:53. > :23:56.people who have endured slavery and the 21 million people who still
:23:57. > :24:05.suffer slavery today. Thank you very much. The movie won three awards
:24:06. > :24:10.including Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o. She too thanked
:24:11. > :24:16.the movie's producer and director. Thank you so much for putting me in
:24:17. > :24:26.this position. It has been the joy of my life. Steve McQueen wasn't the
:24:27. > :24:30.only Brit who ended up celebrating. Gravity won seven awards, including
:24:31. > :24:35.many for the British technical teams who worked on the movie and its
:24:36. > :24:41.ground-breaking special effects. The movie's director, who also won an as
:24:42. > :24:46.core -- Oscar, paid tribute to his British team. It's the end of a
:24:47. > :24:53.process for a lot of people who worked a long time and they were
:24:54. > :25:00.celebrated. Best actor went to Matthew McConaughey. Best actress to
:25:01. > :25:06.Cate Blanchett. There were surprises too, the host Ellen Degeneres took
:25:07. > :25:11.part in what many will see as the ultimate star-studded selfie with
:25:12. > :25:16.Brad, and others. It fast became the world's most retweeted photo. Of
:25:17. > :25:22.course, it's not unheard of for British talent to do well at the
:25:23. > :25:26.Oscars but what is unusual is for the Best Film to be a piece of
:25:27. > :25:35.American history, brought to the United States and the cinema screen
:25:36. > :25:41.by a British producer and director. Back to our main story. Let's speak
:25:42. > :25:43.to our political editor Nick Robinson in Downing Street. I gather
:25:44. > :25:46.there is a development there on the possibility or not of sanctions
:25:47. > :25:50.against Russia. That's right. The Prime Minister has been vague in the
:25:51. > :25:54.language he has used so far, talking about the possibility of political,
:25:55. > :25:57.economic and diplomatic sanctions against Russia if they don't do what
:25:58. > :26:02.the international community wants. We now have a sense of exactly why
:26:03. > :26:06.he has been that vague, a photograph was taken of a document being
:26:07. > :26:11.carried into a secret meeting by a very important Government official
:26:12. > :26:16.today and it says, I quote, the UK should not support, for now, trade
:26:17. > :26:20.sanctions or close London's financial centre to Russians. We
:26:21. > :26:23.know that Ministers are considering visa bans, they are considering
:26:24. > :26:28.asset freezes, but on those things that are crucial to the British
:26:29. > :26:31.economy, trade with Russia and the involvement of so much Russian money
:26:32. > :26:36.in the City of London, they are, for now at least, drawing a line under
:26:37. > :26:41.that. The document also says that Britain should take no part in any
:26:42. > :26:44.discussion at all at NATO of military preparation. All this
:26:45. > :26:48.highlights is that there is a limit, not just to what Britain and other
:26:49. > :26:52.European countries can do, but a real limit to what they're prepared
:26:53. > :26:56.to do in the face of something they say is an international outrage.
:26:57. > :27:01.Thank you. Let's look at the weather now.
:27:02. > :27:09.A mixed bag today, the southern half of the UK saw showers, hail and
:27:10. > :27:13.localised flooding in one or two places. Further north, some lengthy
:27:14. > :27:15.spells of sunshine. Most of the showers fade away tonight.
:27:16. > :27:19.Temperatures will drop away. The frost will be widespread and some
:27:20. > :27:24.ice for some places and patches of fog. Most of the showers fade away
:27:25. > :27:28.over the next few hours, but further showers to western areas,
:27:29. > :27:30.particularly the north-west. They'll drift through Northern Ireland.
:27:31. > :27:35.They'll push to western Scotland where they'll turn to snow over the
:27:36. > :27:40.hills and it's a chilly night with a frost in some rural places and fog,
:27:41. > :27:44.as well. In the morning a few showers around in Scotland. A cold
:27:45. > :27:49.start to the day generally speaking. Still ice around in Northern
:27:50. > :27:53.Ireland, in particular. The north-east of England some fog and
:27:54. > :27:56.sunshine also. That brighter weather extends to the south coast. Further
:27:57. > :28:00.west more cloud around but it's a dry start to what should be a decent
:28:01. > :28:06.day across most of England and Wales. All in all a decent day. One
:28:07. > :28:10.or two scattered showers into the afternoon but most places fine and
:28:11. > :28:16.dry. There is thicker cloud working down towards the far south and west.
:28:17. > :28:18.This rain is associated with a weather front that will drift
:28:19. > :28:21.towards the south and then as that happens through the middle of the
:28:22. > :28:25.week we see pressure rise across England and Wales. Looks like a
:28:26. > :28:33.decent day on Wednesday for most of us, a frosty start. More of a wind
:28:34. > :28:37.for Northern Ireland and Scotland and cloud and rain. A bit of snow
:28:38. > :28:40.melt to go with that rain in Scotland. That rain tends to fizzle
:28:41. > :28:46.out on Thursday. There will still be some in the north of the UK. Should
:28:47. > :28:51.be dry further south. But a dry picture for many through Wednesday
:28:52. > :28:52.and Thursday. That's it. Now