:00:00. > :00:11.This is BBC World News today with me, Zeinab Badawi. The diplomatic
:00:12. > :00:13.battle for Ukraine shifts to the UN. Its interim government appeals for
:00:14. > :00:18.international backing against Russian activities in Crimea.
:00:19. > :00:21.Ukraine's interim prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, is about to
:00:22. > :00:25.address the UN Security Council in New York as Russia confirms that it
:00:26. > :00:31.has begun troop manoeuvres near the Ukrainian border.
:00:32. > :00:34.One of the most powerful figures in football, the Bayern Munich
:00:35. > :00:37.president Uli Hoeness, has been sentenced to more than three years
:00:38. > :00:46.in prison in Germany for tax evasion.
:00:47. > :00:50.Revelations in court - and expressive allegation about Princess
:00:51. > :00:53.Diana's relations with the tabloid press dominate the latest age of
:00:54. > :00:57.Britain's phone hacking trial. Also coming up, a rare glimpse
:00:58. > :01:00.inside Iran. As the Persian year approaches, we report from Tehran
:01:01. > :01:03.and ask if this year could mark a new beginning.
:01:04. > :01:06.And a weekend's travel for nothing - how the authorities in Paris are
:01:07. > :01:08.planning to get drivers to leave their cars at home to help combat
:01:09. > :01:25.pollution. Hello and welcome. The interim
:01:26. > :01:35.government of Ukraine is taking its case to the UN. Fresh from holding
:01:36. > :01:38.talks with President Obama and members of his administration on
:01:39. > :01:43.Wednesday, its prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, is about address
:01:44. > :01:53.-- addressed the United Nations Security Council in New York. Let's
:01:54. > :01:56.look at what is going on. People are still milling around, evidently not
:01:57. > :01:59.sitting down yet. When Arseniy Yatsenyuk begins to make his
:02:00. > :02:09.statement, we will of course renew that. Let's join our correspondent,
:02:10. > :02:12.who is also waiting for developments, at our studio at the
:02:13. > :02:17.United Nations in New York. So, Nick, Arseniy Yatsenyuk is hotting
:02:18. > :02:22.up the battle on the diplomatic front? Yes, the Western powers are
:02:23. > :02:25.keen for him to address the United Nations Security Council, because
:02:26. > :02:27.the world has no more meaningful stage in international diplomacy
:02:28. > :02:32.than the chamber you have been looking at. Things always get
:02:33. > :02:36.underway a little late. He was scheduled to be there at three. As
:02:37. > :02:42.you can see, the diplomats have read milling around in anticipation of
:02:43. > :02:47.his arrival. We are expected to hear from him this reaffirming of what he
:02:48. > :02:53.said at the White House yesterday with Barack Obama, that Ukraine's
:02:54. > :02:57.territorial integrity is being violated as well as its sovereignty.
:02:58. > :03:04.That referendum scheduled for Sunday is illegal. The Western powers are
:03:05. > :03:09.keen for him to deliver that message on this very big into national stage
:03:10. > :03:20.in New York. Do we know what we can expect from this address? Does
:03:21. > :03:22.anybody else talk? We will expect some responses from the permanent
:03:23. > :03:27.representatives of the various countries of the UN Security
:03:28. > :03:34.Council. Obviously, the clear ones will be America and Russia. We are
:03:35. > :03:41.anticipating that the Americans may well start circulating a resolution
:03:42. > :03:43.about Ukraine. I don't think it will be strongly critical of Russia,
:03:44. > :03:50.because they will soften the language. I don't want China to veto
:03:51. > :03:52.it. They want China to abstain on this one. That would be a
:03:53. > :03:59.significant development, because China usually sides with Russia on
:04:00. > :04:05.most things. And Russia, in this instance, will veto a resolution.
:04:06. > :04:09.The wording will be about stating the basic principles at stake for
:04:10. > :04:12.the West here - sovereignty, territorial integrity, the
:04:13. > :04:19.illegality of this referendum under the Ukraine constitution. As I say,
:04:20. > :04:22.I do not think there will be strong words condemning Russia, because the
:04:23. > :04:29.idea of this resolution is to try and isolate Russia diplomatically.
:04:30. > :04:38.And they will want China's pass it support. Because of that, they will
:04:39. > :04:40.water down the language. We will bring you that session when Arseniy
:04:41. > :04:43.Yatsenyuk begins to speak. Meanwhile on the ground, the Russian
:04:44. > :04:46.defence ministry has confirmed that it has begun another huge military
:04:47. > :04:49.exercise near the Ukrainian border. 8,500 Russian soldiers are taking
:04:50. > :04:54.part, armed with anti-tank weapons and rocket launchers. These pictures
:04:55. > :05:04.were filmed during overnight drills in Rostov on Don. In response,
:05:05. > :05:07.Ukraine's parliament has approved a plan to create a new National Guard
:05:08. > :05:14.of 60,000 volunteers, to bolster its regular army.
:05:15. > :05:17.Tensions are continuing inside Crimea, where that referendum on
:05:18. > :05:21.whether or not it should be part of Russia is to be held on Sunday. The
:05:22. > :05:29.BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson is in Crimea, and he reports
:05:30. > :05:33.from outside a military base. This is a curious and potentially
:05:34. > :05:39.explosive stand-off here between a group of Ukrainian soldiers, led by
:05:40. > :05:45.an officer, and the pro-Russian volunteers standing outside the
:05:46. > :05:49.base, sealing it off effectively. These men did not want to be held
:05:50. > :05:54.hostage inside their base. They decided to disregard the
:05:55. > :06:00.instructions they were getting and go out into the town, flying their
:06:01. > :06:04.Ukrainian flag. Now they are trying to get back and get inside, and they
:06:05. > :06:13.are not being allowed. They are unarmed, and they say they are
:06:14. > :06:18.peaceful. They are just trying to establish their rights to do what
:06:19. > :06:22.they want, while they can. The pro-Russian volunteers are really
:06:23. > :06:26.quite unpleasant and hostile. I thought one of them was going to
:06:27. > :06:30.push me around. He certainly went to try and stop the cameraman filming.
:06:31. > :06:35.I will not answer questions or say anything. -- they will not answer
:06:36. > :06:40.questions. It is part of the unpleasant atmosphere that has been
:06:41. > :06:47.generated in the run-up to the referendum on Sunday, which will
:06:48. > :06:50.presumably get worse. We will bring you more on that story
:06:51. > :06:54.as we get it. Moving on, a long-running trial in
:06:55. > :06:59.central London into phone hacking by the News Of The World newspaper has
:07:00. > :07:03.heard that the late Princess Diana leaked a royal phone directories to
:07:04. > :07:08.the newspaper's world correspondent, Clive Goodman. He said Princess, at
:07:09. > :07:12.the time, had been in a bitter situation with her husband, the
:07:13. > :07:17.Prince of Wales. The man who made the claim is Clive
:07:18. > :07:23.Goodman, a familiar face in the long phone hacking saga. He admitted
:07:24. > :07:29.doing that at this very court in 2006. He went to prison. Now he is
:07:30. > :07:31.accused of paying police officers at the royal palace for internal phone
:07:32. > :07:37.directories. He denies it and today told the jury a 1992 direct weekend
:07:38. > :07:40.to him from a very different source, Diana, Princess of Wales. --
:07:41. > :08:05.a directory came to him. She said he was in a bitter
:08:06. > :08:10.situation. And it was a better time. The Prince and Princess were
:08:11. > :08:15.shortly to separate, and in public appearances, it showed. They
:08:16. > :08:19.divorced in 1996. A year later, she was killed in a speeding car in a
:08:20. > :08:23.Paris underpass. Of course, all of this was a huge story for the News
:08:24. > :08:29.Of The World. The court heard that the paper had access to a series of
:08:30. > :08:33.internal palace phone books since at least 1986. They were regularly used
:08:34. > :08:37.for checking stories, sometimes stories denied by the palace. As a
:08:38. > :08:43.result, the royal editor's picture and byline regularly appeared in the
:08:44. > :08:49.paper. One of the most powerful figures in
:08:50. > :08:51.football, the Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness, has been
:08:52. > :08:55.sentenced to three and a half years in prison in Germany for tax
:08:56. > :08:58.evasion. Mr Hoeness admitted that he should have paid the German tax
:08:59. > :09:04.authorities 27 million euros for stock market deals. In a moment, we
:09:05. > :09:08.will talk about his fall from grace. First, Giles Goford looks at his
:09:09. > :09:12.significance in the world of football.
:09:13. > :09:17.Making his Bayern Munich debut as a teenager in West Germany in 1972,
:09:18. > :09:21.Uli Hoeness a cheap quick success for club and country. He won the
:09:22. > :09:25.1972 European championship title just three months after his
:09:26. > :09:29.international debut. And despite conceding a penalty to the Dutch in
:09:30. > :09:34.the 1974 World Cup final, he and his team, led by Franz Beckenbauer,
:09:35. > :09:40.recovered to win 2-1 and lift the trophy for a second time. Mr Hoeness
:09:41. > :09:44.won the Bundesliga and European cup three times each before the injury
:09:45. > :09:49.forced him to retire at the age of 27. He continued his employment at
:09:50. > :09:53.Bayern Munich as general manager, overseeing a long period of success
:09:54. > :09:57.on and off the field. As Bayern Munich grew into the force that has
:09:58. > :10:01.seen them win three domestic league titles. His conviction will leave
:10:02. > :10:10.die-hard fans bemoaning the fall from grace of a club legend.
:10:11. > :10:12.I have been joined in the studio by the distinguished sports writer and
:10:13. > :10:21.broadcaster Mihir Bose. A big figure in the world of football. They will
:10:22. > :10:24.fall for a hero? It is a real fall, and it raises questions about the
:10:25. > :10:29.management of football. It is rare for an ex-footballer to become so
:10:30. > :10:34.important in the administration of football. There is no question that
:10:35. > :10:36.Bayern Munich have been a very successful club. And what is more,
:10:37. > :10:42.Bayern Munich established a pattern of management which has been widely
:10:43. > :10:47.admired. They were not owned by some Qatari all Russian who never speaks
:10:48. > :10:53.to us. One can speak of Chelsea and others. I am sure the Russians will
:10:54. > :11:05.say, what is wrong with us! But anyway. It raises the question,
:11:06. > :11:10.sport has become a business. But do we apply the same standards of the
:11:11. > :11:13.fit and proper person? If it happened in the corporate world,
:11:14. > :11:17.there would be many questions raised. If you look at the reaction
:11:18. > :11:21.of the Bayern Munich fans, they still love him. As far as they are
:11:22. > :11:26.concerned, what happens on the field of play is not related to what
:11:27. > :11:30.happens in the field of life. They have a strong fan base, but he can't
:11:31. > :11:37.carry on running the club. No. He has been sentenced to jail. He is
:11:38. > :11:41.going to appeal. If he is jailed, Bayern will have to find someone
:11:42. > :11:47.else. And on top of that, he is a very influential figure in European
:11:48. > :11:50.club football. So they will have to find other representatives, and
:11:51. > :11:55.questions will have to be asked. In football, can you carry on if you
:11:56. > :11:58.have had a sentence like this? There have been other figures in sports
:11:59. > :12:04.who have also found themselves in trouble outside of sport, and I
:12:05. > :12:09.think sport now faces a serious question. If you are a business,
:12:10. > :12:14.proper standards of corporate governance? Proper standards where
:12:15. > :12:19.people -- whereby people found guilty of certain offences are no
:12:20. > :12:25.longer part of the game? Does that mean that the ex-football players
:12:26. > :12:32.like Uli Hoeness who have gone into management roles are less likely to
:12:33. > :12:36.be able to do that? They need to be educated. It is not just a question
:12:37. > :12:41.of making money and not paying your taxes. That applies to all of us.
:12:42. > :12:46.You have got to observe the laws of the land. You can do certain things
:12:47. > :12:50.in sport. In boxing, you can knock somebody's head off. If you tried to
:12:51. > :12:55.do that in the street, you would be arrested. Absolutely right! Those
:12:56. > :13:00.are the rules of sport. So sport cannot pretend it is no longer part
:13:01. > :13:04.of society. It provides a certain entertainment, a certain pleasure,
:13:05. > :13:10.within certain rules. But the wider society is ill impinges on sport,
:13:11. > :13:15.and sport can't say what happens in the wider world doesn't matter. A
:13:16. > :13:22.man who has not paid taxes of 27 million euros doesn't matter. He is
:13:23. > :13:29.still our lovely manager. Please don't knock anybody's head off in
:13:30. > :13:34.the street. It is not boxing. Now some of the other news in brief.
:13:35. > :13:39.As the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane continues,
:13:40. > :13:42.White House spokesman has told reporters that an additional search
:13:43. > :13:45.area may be opened in the Indian Ocean. Earlier, the Malaysian
:13:46. > :13:48.government dismissed reports that Chinese satellite images may show
:13:49. > :13:52.wreckage from the plane. But according to Chinese state media,
:13:53. > :13:56.the Chinese sent a warship to the areas where the images were taken to
:13:57. > :13:59.continue the search. Five April are still missing in New York after a
:14:00. > :14:02.gas leak triggered an explosion that demolished two buildings and killed
:14:03. > :14:06.at least seven people on Wednesday. Firefighters tried to find further
:14:07. > :14:09.victims trapped beneath the rubble at the apartment blocks in Harlem.
:14:10. > :14:14.More than 16 people were injured. The Palestinian militant group
:14:15. > :14:16.Islamic Jihad says it has agreed a cease-fire with Israel.
:14:17. > :14:21.It says Egypt helped broker the deal, but Israel has not confirmed
:14:22. > :14:25.this. It comes a day after little is launched their biggest rocket attack
:14:26. > :14:28.into Israel for more than a year. The Israeli military responded with
:14:29. > :14:32.air raid in Gaza. The Persian new year is fast
:14:33. > :14:36.approaching, and Iranians are busy preparing for one of the most
:14:37. > :14:40.popular holidays in their calendar. This year, the festivities come at a
:14:41. > :14:44.time of financial worry for many Iranian, caused by the economic
:14:45. > :14:47.sanctions against the country. But a landmark nuclear deal reached last
:14:48. > :14:52.November between Iran and world powers has raised hopes of a new
:14:53. > :14:56.start. The past five years, the BBC has not received visas to report
:14:57. > :14:58.from Tehran. Now our chief international correspondent is just
:14:59. > :15:12.back from there with this report. This time of year, it is packed with
:15:13. > :15:16.shoppers. Both symbols of wealth and luck to
:15:17. > :15:24.mark the Persian New Year. -- full of. For most Iranians, it is hard
:15:25. > :15:31.enough to make ends meet. In some cases, prices have tripled. This
:15:32. > :15:41.hall in the grand Bazaar is also a showcase for Iran's finest wares.
:15:42. > :15:45.This man's family has been in the business for nearly 40 years.
:15:46. > :15:52.Business has never been so bad. TRANSLATION: Exports have dropped,
:15:53. > :15:56.mainly because of problems in banking transactions because of
:15:57. > :16:00.sanctions. Of course, the other factors not having enough tourists
:16:01. > :16:07.because of recession in Europe itself. In some ways, Iranians are
:16:08. > :16:11.facing problems experienced by people in many places, high prices,
:16:12. > :16:15.low employment, but fixing the problems here is a lot harder
:16:16. > :16:19.because they are rooted in something more fundamental and it means
:16:20. > :16:26.resolving the decades long strings in relations with the West. --
:16:27. > :16:29.strains. Things are starting to change. Even tourists are beginning
:16:30. > :16:36.to return. Were you worried about coming? After the elections with the
:16:37. > :16:48.new president, we think it is more safe now. We always say welcome to
:16:49. > :16:51.Iran and have a nice day. In wealthy north to Iran there are all the
:16:52. > :16:58.symbols that Iran isn't completely cut off from the world. Some
:16:59. > :17:03.Iranians have even got richer under sanctions. There is a growing
:17:04. > :17:15.confidence that Iran is open for business. They are followed by trade
:17:16. > :17:21.delegations. This is what the business community looks for, they
:17:22. > :17:27.want to see that the countries are taking Iran seriously. The Embassy
:17:28. > :17:33.here is a museum for United States. Iran is still accused of trying to
:17:34. > :17:36.export it Islamic revolution, sending arms across the Middle East
:17:37. > :17:44.and beyond. But it sees itself differently. Iran's sense of itself
:17:45. > :17:51.won't change. It is now trying to find its rightful place in the world
:17:52. > :18:00.am not against it. -- in the world, not against it.
:18:01. > :18:03.Free public transport is being offered in Paris this weekend as the
:18:04. > :18:06.authorities there try to encourage drivers to leave their vehicles
:18:07. > :18:09.behind and help combat severe pollution. Transport will be free
:18:10. > :18:14.for three days from Friday morning to Sunday evening. For more, I'm
:18:15. > :18:19.joined by Hugh Schofield in Paris. You join me on the shone
:18:20. > :18:31.. There is something thick in the air. It is not Beijing or Sao Paulo
:18:32. > :18:36.on a bad day, but I have just arrived here on my bike and I have a
:18:37. > :18:40.slight catch in my throat and my eyes are slightly stinging. The
:18:41. > :18:44.experts say this is the fourth day in a row that Paris has hit its
:18:45. > :18:50.maximum alert level for air pollution and the reason is this
:18:51. > :18:53.glorious spring weather we're having. Hot afternoons, cold nights,
:18:54. > :18:59.and that means that the morning rush-hour, the particles from the
:19:00. > :19:05.car emissions are getting caught below a layer of warm air as the day
:19:06. > :19:10.warms up. That, plus the fact that there is little wind to disperse the
:19:11. > :19:15.emissions. The result is that we are getting these warnings about slowing
:19:16. > :19:20.down if we drive, about staying at home if you are an invalid or if you
:19:21. > :19:25.have respiratory problems. The local government has stepped in to say
:19:26. > :19:29.that public transport will be free Friday and through the weekend in
:19:30. > :19:37.order to encourage people to leave their cars at home and take public
:19:38. > :19:42.transport. Plus the bikes which are also now free through the weekend.
:19:43. > :19:52.The next step, if this goes on, is to reduce -- introduce alternate day
:19:53. > :19:55.driving. Cars with odd-numbered plates drive on one day and cars
:19:56. > :20:00.with even-numbered numberplate strike on the next. We don't know if
:20:01. > :20:05.we will move on to that, or see if this level of pollution persists
:20:06. > :20:12.into Monday. Let's take you to the UN Security
:20:13. > :20:14.Council session where the acting Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy
:20:15. > :20:25.Yatsenyuk is addressing the meeting there. TRANSLATION: This aggression
:20:26. > :20:33.has no reason and no grounds. It is unacceptable in the 21st-century to
:20:34. > :20:39.resolve any kind of conflict with artillery, tanks and boots on the
:20:40. > :20:46.ground. The Russian Federation has violated a number of bilateral and
:20:47. > :20:59.multilateral treaties that were signed between Ukraine and Russia.
:21:00. > :21:05.We strongly believe that article to the UN Charter that says, all
:21:06. > :21:11.members shall refrain in their international relations from the
:21:12. > :21:15.threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political
:21:16. > :21:21.independence of any state or in any other manner inconsistent with the
:21:22. > :21:31.purposes of the United Nations is not questioned by anyone. We still
:21:32. > :21:37.believe that we have a chance to resolve this conflict in a peaceful
:21:38. > :21:43.manner. We command and praise the Ukrainian military that refrain from
:21:44. > :21:51.the use of any force. We would like to be very clear that the military
:21:52. > :21:56.presence is clearly identified. This is the Russian military presence,
:21:57. > :22:02.with Russian numberplate on their vehicles, and we urge the Russian
:22:03. > :22:11.Federation to pull back its military forces deployed in Crimea and to
:22:12. > :22:19.start real talks and negotiations. That is in order to tackle this
:22:20. > :22:30.conflict. This is not a regional conflict, it goes beyond the borders
:22:31. > :22:37.of Ukraine. Let me remind you that in 1994 Ukraine abandoned its
:22:38. > :22:40.nuclear weapons. We gave up one of the biggest, it was the third one in
:22:41. > :22:48.the world, arsenal of nuclear weapons. The signatures of the
:22:49. > :22:53.memorandum guaranteed the territorial integrity, sovereignty
:22:54. > :23:02.and independence of the Ukrainian state. The way our Russian
:23:03. > :23:11.neighbours, and I believe that if we start real talks with Russia, they
:23:12. > :23:15.could be real partners, acted undermines the entire global
:23:16. > :23:18.security and nuclear nonproliferation. After these
:23:19. > :23:29.actions, it will be very difficult to convince anyone on the globe not
:23:30. > :23:37.to have nuclear weapons. I would like to reiterate again that the
:23:38. > :23:43.Ukrainian Government is open. We want to have talks, we do not want
:23:44. > :24:01.any military aggression. Let me address the Russian Federation.
:24:02. > :24:04.TRANSLATION: We are looking to an answer to the question whether the
:24:05. > :24:11.Russians want war. I am sure as the Prime Minister of
:24:12. > :24:16.Ukraine, which for decades had a warm and friendly relations with
:24:17. > :24:24.Russia, I am convinced that Russians do not want war and I hope that the
:24:25. > :24:30.Russian government and the Russian president will heed the wishes of
:24:31. > :24:34.their people and that we return to the table to engage in dialogue and
:24:35. > :24:52.resolve this conflict. We heard there the speech and short
:24:53. > :24:57.statement that Arseniy Yatsenyuk, acting Prime Minister of Ukraine
:24:58. > :25:04.made, at the UN Security Council meeting.
:25:05. > :25:09.We left him there addressing directly the Russians in the
:25:10. > :25:12.Security Council saying, do you want war? We are convinced that you do
:25:13. > :25:20.not want war as we have enjoyed warm relations for a long time. Quite
:25:21. > :25:24.dramatic, emotional language. I was struck by the diplomatic
:25:25. > :25:29.theatrics of this from this young interim Prime Minister. First of
:25:30. > :25:34.all, he brandished a copy of the UN Charter saying that Russia's actions
:25:35. > :25:42.have violated article to which is supposed to protect member nations
:25:43. > :25:46.from aggression and propose to stop nations acting aggressively. And
:25:47. > :25:50.that moment where he spoke in fluent English and then started speaking in
:25:51. > :25:56.fluent in Russian and directed his comments very squarely at the
:25:57. > :26:01.Russian ambassador in that chamber. Yet sat implacably, poker-faced as
:26:02. > :26:09.ever, listening to the statement. -- he. He asked whether Russia wanted
:26:10. > :26:13.war? He asks him bluntly. A strong piece of diplomatic theatre at the
:26:14. > :26:17.UN this afternoon. As I say, the whole point was to give him a stage
:26:18. > :26:22.to turn the cameras on. They are not always turned on at the UN. To make
:26:23. > :26:25.sure that those comments and those actions and those props were
:26:26. > :26:31.broadcast around the world. When they very much.
:26:32. > :26:35.-- thank you. Ukraine is not acting Prime Minister
:26:36. > :26:41.Arseniy Yatsenyuk has been addressing the UN security council
:26:42. > :26:45.and he has appealed to Russia to not interfere in the activities of his
:26:46. > :26:49.country, including the semi-autonomous region of Crimea.
:26:50. > :26:50.That is it for now. Next, the weather. Goodbye.
:26:51. > :27:03.Overnight, the fog will reform and become dense by the end of the
:27:04. > :27:12.night, particularly for England and Wales. Tomorrow, we start off chilly
:27:13. > :27:13.and a foggy note. The fog may cause some problems. Treacherous driving