25/02/2014 BBC World News

Hello, with BBC world News. Our top stories: Ukraine's interim

president, Olexander Turchynov, warns of dangerous signs of

separatism in some parts of the country. The Soviet star is removed

from the parliament building. Russia's Prime Minister has this

warning for the country. It is dangerous and counter-productive to

try and impose on Ukraine a choice based on the principle either you

are with us or against us. A South African judge has just ruled the

Oscar Pistorius murder trial will be televised with conditions.

We look at why South Sudan is one of the most dangerous places on earth

for women to give birth. And why the Netherlands can boast of

having the smoothest Winter Olympic team on ice.

We begin in Ukraine where the next steps following the effective change

regime look increasingly uncertain. The interim president, Olexander

Turchynov, has warned of dangerous signs of separatism in some parts of

his country. He had been due to finalise a new Government of

national unity today, but that has been put back until Thursday.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's neighbour Russia has called for the West to

refrain from interfering in the situation. The foreign ministers

Sergey Lavrov said it would be dangerous to force Ukraine to choose

where to align itself. TRANSLATION: We confirm our principal position,

non-interference in Ukrainian domestic affairs and we hope that

everyone will adhere to similar logic and used existing contacts

with various political forces in Ukraine to calm the situation down,

but not to seek opportunistic advantages at a stage when national

dialogue is necessary. We agree with our Luxembourg partners that it is

dangerous and counter-productive to try and impose on Ukraine a choice

based on the principle either you are with us or against us. We want

to see Ukraine part of the common European family in every sense of

the world. Sergey Lavrov. With the latest from Kiev Duncan Crawford has

just sent this from Independence Square.

This is a specialist riot police truck and it has been taken by the

protesters and brought here to Independence Square. You can see it

has graffiti. This says where the protesters are from. You can also

see there is this military style vehicle, an armoured vehicle, and

this has been taken from the museum in Kiev, also a new addition to

Independence Square. One of the challenges for whatever unity

Government emerges here is going to be to re-establish control in the

centre of Kiev. At the moment it is vigilante groups, self defence

units, who are in charge of patrolling the streets. The police

and the security services have disappeared. When you speak to the

men who have barricades they barricades they say they are not

going anywhere until the elections are held and they are not scheduled

until May. Protesters have been attempting to

remove signs of Russian influence. This is the top of the Ukrainian

parliament. A man tries to hack of the Soviet star. Finally when they

took it down it was kept as a souvenir. The search is on for the

ousted President Victor Yanukovych. He was last seen in Ukraine's

Crimean peninsula. Mark Lowen is in Donetsk, a city where Victor

Yanukovych has had sizeable support. The view from there is very

different. How do you describe the public reaction there today? You

were talking about how in Kiev signs of the Soviet Union are being

destroyed, whilst here it is very different. This is the scene behind

me. There is the statue of Lenin. He has been pulled down in other parts

of the country, but here he stands proudly and tall. There is a small

crowd of people, some waving flags and they say they are gathered here

in order to protect the city from the anti-government demonstrators.

This is a predominantly Russian speaking area of the country not far

from the Russian border. It is where Victor Yanukovych was born. It is

bitterly cold this morning and this was his support base it is where the

oligarchs of the city helped him to power. Even in the administration

his support is waning. This is a very small crowd and many of them

say they do not support Victor Yanukovych, they support Russia. We

spoke to the governor of this region and he told us he no longer sees

Victor Yanukovych as a legitimate authority in this country.

TRANSLATION: The decision of the parliament was legal and was passed

by a constitutional majority. I confirm I accept the decision of the

parliament regarding the removal of the President from power. Do you

know where Victor Yanukovych is? I do not know. Still no sign of

Ukraine's most wanted man. The focus has shifted to who takes over from

him? Who can unite this polarised country? Polarised geographically

and linguistically. There is still not one figure around whom this

country can rally. It has been reported by Reuters that the

parliament has been voted that has voted in favour to try Victor

Yanukovych in court for serious crimes. They are voting in favour of

him being taken to the International Criminal Court. A number of people

have been killed in the last few days before he stood down. We will

update you on that as soon as anything changes.

Within the last hour, a South African judge has ruled the trial of

Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius will be televised, but only in part. He

is due to stand trial next week for murder after shooting dead his

girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp just over a year ago. He has always said he

mistook her for an intruder. He will not appear on TV, but other parts of

the trial, including witness testimony, might be televised. It

does not carry the intrusive potential of coverage. Whilst there

may be no visual image of Oscar Pistorius and his witnesses when

they testify, they should be heard on radio. That was some of the

judge's ruling. I spoke to our correspondent in Pretoria. Cameras

will be allowed to record the trial of Oscar Pistorius when it starts on

the 3rd of March. This is a historic judgement for the South African

legal system, because in the past the only cameras that have been

allowed were to fill in a judgement being read, exactly what we just

saw. But for the whole trial running day in, day out, with the arguments

presented by both sides of the divide is pretty historic. The

balance of the Freedom of the press and the constitutional right for

individuals to have a free trial. He had a lot of case law to quote from,

but in the end the judge said that cameras will be allowed next week

when the Oscar Pistorius trial begins. One of the key measures of

global welfare is the rate of infant mortality, so a report published

today by the charity save the children makes for worrying

reading. It claims the deaths of half a million newborn babies each

year could be prevented with better care. That figure is despite great

advances over recent years. In 1990 the number of children under the age

of five who died stood under 9 million. It has dropped to almost

one half, but in the same year the number of babies who did not survive

past their first day stood at 1 million. Half of these lives could

have been saved. One of the places where this challenge is at its

greatest is South Sudan. It is a blistering 37 Celsius and

the African sun. A group of pregnant women are walking to their antenatal

class. The midwife at this health centres supported by save the

children is one of just 300 for a population of 10 million. In the UK

we have 21,000 midwives and that is regarded as too few by some.

Angelina had delivered a baby just a few hours earlier and she took me to

see the new mother and baby. After some discussion the elder women said

it was OK to go in. Thank you for letting us into your home,

especially on the day your baby has been born. TRANSLATION: I had my

first four children in the village, but for this one we decided to go to

the clinic because it is much cleaner. A little baby girl

delivered in the clinic, but now back home, but the rest of South

Sudan is a different story. Nine out of ten women get nowhere near a

clinic. That is all right, but what happens when there are

complications? The journey to the village took about an hour in our

four-wheel drive vehicle. Imagine doing it on foot. You cannot call an

ambulance here. Within minutes it became obvious the experience of

childbirth in this village is much more typical of South Sudan. This

lady lost her baby last year. Some 5000 babies died before making it

through their first 24 hours every year. The midwife took me to meet a

woman who lost her child last week. She told me she was away from home

collecting grass to reroof her heart when she started bleeding. It took

her three days to get to a clinic, too late to save her baby. We were

on our way out and the midwife came across this woman and it is an

example of the challenges they face. She had been to the antenatal

classes and was in many ways a model mother, but she came back to her

village here and it was a long labour and, sadly, she lost her

child. Can you explain to me, Monica, why she did not go back to

the clinic when her labour started? We asked her and she said she was

detained by the elders, the mothers. You are in a clinic which is only 45

minutes away and yet children are dying. What goes through your mind

when that happens? Actually it is really painful. The welfare of

children has been a particular focus for aid agencies. There has been

remarkable progress around the world, but for too many children the

first day of life is still there only one.

British police have detained the former Guantanamo detainee Myers and

beg on suspicion of terrorism offences related to Syria. He was

arrested in Birmingham in the UK this morning. He has been held on

suspicion of attending a terrorist training camp and facilitating

terrorism overseas. Two other men and a woman have also been

arrested. He was imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay in 2003 and was

released without charge two years later. Stay with us, much more to

come: Top Gear, top show, we will find out how the best TV programmes

make it onto our screens around the world. The World Health Organisation

described the high level of pollution which has affected Beijing

for almost a week as a crisis. Officials have warned vulnerable

people to stay inside. It had been hoped it would have cleared by now.

A spokesman says he is increasingly concerned. Of course, there are days

when pollution levels exceed the scale, we are very concern and have

to see it as a crisis. The crisis means we need to take immediate

action to protect ourselves. So these days, of course, we have to

recommend that people don't go outside to have physical activities,

stay inside, keep children inside as much as possible to protect them

from the possible negative health effects. There are emotional scenes

in North Korea as the temporary reunions of families separate bid

the Korean War came to an end. Many were allowed to attend the gathering

at a mountain resort in North Korea and had never seen their relatives

from the other side of the ceasefire line which divides the two

countries. The families spent three days together before being sent back

to their own homes. The Japanese Government has

published its first draft energy programme since Fukushima existed

nuclear power remains an important source of energy. The document calls

for Japan to reduce its dependency on nuclear energy as much as

possible but adds that the reactors should be restarted.

To Australia now where a mystery with a difference has just been

solved. It resolved around this statue of a giant mango which was

reported missing from the fruit growing town of Bowen in Queensland

on Monday. No-one seemed to have a clue where it was, then it turned up

a hundred metres away and a restaurant chain has admitted to

being behind what was a publicity stunt and they have promised to

return it. It's ten metres high. The headlines: Ukraine's Parliament

has decided to refer its former President, Viktor Yanukovych, to the

International Criminal Court in The Hague. It says he was responsible

for the deaths of more than 100 protesters. The South African judge

has ruled that the trial of the Olympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius,

will be partially televised but it starts next week.

The United States has asked Iraq to explain media reports that it's

buying weapons worth hundreds of millions of dollars from Iran. The

US says any deal would be a direct violation of the UN's arms embargo

on Iran. According to reports, the contract was signed in November last

year just after the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri Al-Maliki, returned

from lobbying the Obama administration in Washington.

Iran which has a Shia majority is a close allie of Mr Al-Maliki's Shia

dominated Government in Iraq, a State Department spokeswoman says

the United States has already provided $15 billion in equipment

and training to Iraqi armed services and security.

Earlier, I spoke to Kasra Naji who told me he's not surprised Iran is

doing business with Iraq. The figures are surprising, $195 worth

of arms. It's quite a bit. In terms of Iran's arms industry and exports,

I think it constitutes a big chunk. The fact is that Iran's arms

industry is under embargo, Iran technically cannot export arms to

any country. If this is true, then it's illegal. That is A. B, Iran has

been producing a lot of arms in the last two or three decades in fact

because it's been under imbar go of importing arms so the arms industry

is quite sophisticate and expansive. The volume of exports of Iran's arms

have obviously diminished because of the international arms embargo

there, but if this is true, $195 million is quite a lot.

Kasra Naji. Antigovernment protesters in Venezuela have erected

barricades in Caracas, calling for the resignation of the President,

Nicholas Maduro, who was elected less than a year ago. Highways have

been blocked in the cities in protests in which 13 people have

died. Barricades in Caracas. This is how protesters have showing their

discontent. They set garbage on fire and block main roads with old

furniture. This protest follows an anonymous call for a great national

barricade that was circulated on social networks. Opposition lead

leaders have asked protesters to stay away from the roadblocks and

refrain from violence. Despite those words, on Monday there was a

meeting. Many Maduro has been showing his strength and popular

support. Every day, a different sector has marched in support of the

President. On Monday, it was the turn of motorcyclists. He main

taunts the same strong language. TRANSLATION: Cost not a conspiracy

or protest. Venezuela is facing a coup d'etat, there is continued

aggression that wants to put an tend to the revolution and democracy.

So far, with no dialogue and new protests springing up every day, it

seems Venezuela is losing its middle ground. One side wants the President

to leave while the rest of the country, which for now remains a

majority, believes the protesters are the enemy.

Now, TV producers are always on the lookout for new material. They are

increasingly buying and selling formats around the world. But how

well do our favourite TV shows travel? The BBC's David Sillito's

been finding out. The man speaking fluent dialogue is

of course Jeremy Clarkson. The joke about Loughborough might

lose something in translation, but Iran's partial to Top Gear and, in

French, they are making... A cake. What is number one on British TV in

Finland? Downton Abbey. In Finland, Doctor Who hasn't taken off, but an

old British police programme has. Heartbeat from ITV. There are reruns

and the audience this year is absolutely amazing. TV is becoming

increasingly globalised and if you want to come shopping, you come to

events like this. This event began 37 years ago. Then it was in a small

hotel in Brighton and there were two dozen people. Now, as you can see,

we have row Afro-Afro-600 booths, 720 buyers all watching television,

ten hours a day, determining what the world is going to be watching on

TV -- row after row, after row. Creating Brands and then adapting

them. Strictly Come Dancing, unlike Britain, in India, there are no

nasty judges. The best ever seen. If I'm honest,

probably the judges there tend to be on the more today side so there's

less criticism. I was watching a version of it in Panama and found

even in week one, the judging were -- judges were handing out tens. No

matter how good a series you have and put it on the schedule, the

figures are quite low. Why? I don't know. That's something I have

discussed with my colleagues all over Europe and everybody's feeling

somehow the same. The new drama super power in the Middle East is

Turkey. And the market everyone wants to

break is China. This is their MasterChef. But the

biggest stir has been created by this man, Sherlock, played by

Benedict Cumberbatch. Benedict? I don't know. He's got a nickname in

Chinese fans. These are the world's most powerful TV viewers. A tear or

a smile on these faces and it could be very big news.

The North lands athletes have returned home to a heroes' welcome

after their most successful Winter Olympics ever in Sochi. They arrived

to show off their haul of 24 medals, including eight golds. Thousands

came to congratulate them and all their success came on the skating

rink so how did they manage to dominate the sport so

comprehensively. We went to the ice rink where they trained to find out.

Could this 400 metres rink hold the secret to the team's success?

People from Sochi came over here last summer to talk with our

technical people how to prepare ice and getting it to be fast. Like

Sochi, this is one of the fastest rinks in the world. The Dutch are

among the tallest people on the planet. Has this helped to increase

their Snood We are sit sitting -- their speed?

We are sitting lower than we were in the last ten years, in the gold for

example. If I make myself compact, you see what happens with my stroke.

You are extending? A lot because I'm flexible and using my long legs, but

I'm still aerodynamic and have control. It's specially designed to

enhance performance. The prototypes were designed inside an aeronautical

studies department. It's one of the two bigger innovations. This is a

forerunner of the roll which was taken over by rough fabric.

Many nations, modern skin suits, now incorporate the technology. Is it

simply that skating is in the Dutch DNA? That wouldn't explain the

relatively recent dominance. What might is a David Blunkett rat effort

to invest in the ideas and infrastructure to maximise their

potential. -- deliberate effort. They can be

dedicated with their sports in reaching the highest they can be on

an Olympic level. You just have to look at their faces to see how alien

it is to see someone standing on ice skates in this country but finding

it very difficult to actually move. They say that Dutch children learn

to skate before they can even walk and it shows. These children are

literally running rings round me. It's incorporated into the

curriculum here. This is a competition ten-year-olds are

competing in. This early education is evident in Sochi so. We are going

to find out what we can learn from these girls who could be the Olympic

champions of the future. Be confident, stand up and don't be

shaky? Yes. Good advice!

See you soon, thanks for