:00:07. > :00:17.This is BBC News world today. In Ukraine, 20 armed separatists are
:00:18. > :00:23.killed, and this two days before presidential elections. The Russian
:00:24. > :00:28.president claims Ukraine is in the grip of a civil war. Ukraine insists
:00:29. > :00:31.it is not. We speak to the ambassador to the United Nations for
:00:32. > :00:39.Ukraine. Arrests in Thailand after the military coup. Election what is
:00:40. > :00:46.among those detained. She's taken to an army camp outside Bangkok. Its
:00:47. > :00:53.members are immortals, and it is France's most famous institution. We
:00:54. > :00:59.will talk to the British poet and elected member. A game of two files.
:01:00. > :01:02.We look ahead to the European Championships. It has divided
:01:03. > :01:15.loyalties across the Spanish capital. -- a game of two halves.
:01:16. > :01:26.Hello and welcome. In the past hour, Ukraine's Defence Ministry has
:01:27. > :01:30.sent up to 500 armed people in a clash lasting several hours. The
:01:31. > :01:36.ambush happened in a village near done yet is on Thursday. At 220
:01:37. > :01:43.rebels are now said to have been killed and 30 injured. -- Donetsk. A
:01:44. > :01:47.second attack then took place. While Russia's president has said Ukraine
:01:48. > :01:51.has descended into a full-scale civil war, something the interim
:01:52. > :01:55.government in Kiev denies, but he has also said that Moscow will
:01:56. > :02:00.respect the outcome of the presidential elections due to take
:02:01. > :02:05.place on Sunday. Our correspondent is in Donetsk. His report contains
:02:06. > :02:08.images some people may find upsetting.
:02:09. > :02:12.He is Ukraine's seventh-richest man, and its wealthiest MP.
:02:13. > :02:18.A billionaire who earned his fortune making chocolate.
:02:19. > :02:22.Petro Poroshenko is a political chameleon.
:02:23. > :02:28.He has worked for two presidents of opposing parties.
:02:29. > :02:32.It now looks highly likely that this is the man who will knit this
:02:33. > :02:37.A young country that's already lost Crimea,
:02:38. > :02:44.and is fighting for the eastern regions of Gdansk and Donetsk.
:02:45. > :02:48.He is not seen as a saviour, but it is clear that Ukraine needs
:02:49. > :02:51.a new president fast, and people are voting for him in
:02:52. > :02:58.the hope that he will win outright in the first round on Sunday.
:02:59. > :03:01.What can you do to try to bring Ukraine back together
:03:02. > :03:07.We have accepted in East and West that the most important thing is
:03:08. > :03:10.The trust between the president and the people.
:03:11. > :03:24.At least five more people died in fighting at a checkpoint
:03:25. > :03:30.Shootouts like this one have become a daily
:03:31. > :03:38.It is the worst kind of atmosphere for a presidential election.
:03:39. > :03:40.In Donetsk, we found scared officials returning
:03:41. > :03:44.ballot boxes two days ahead of the vote, too frightened to open
:03:45. > :03:54.This woman's husband is an election official who was
:03:55. > :03:59.detained by pro-Russian gunmen opposed to the poll yesterday.
:04:00. > :04:09.He rushed into the office and said "Stop, some guests are here and you
:04:10. > :04:17.Later, people saw him taken out in handcuffs and put on a bus.
:04:18. > :04:20.There was some hope today when the Russian president
:04:21. > :04:25.Vladimir Putin said he would respect the choice of the Ukrainian people.
:04:26. > :04:29.But it has been a week of deaths in the east, and
:04:30. > :04:47.As well as the front runner, let's tell you about other significant
:04:48. > :04:54.candidates in the presidential elections in Ukraine. The former pro
:04:55. > :05:00.Minister was jailed under the former president Bob was recently released.
:05:01. > :05:04.A billionaire from the banking sector. His stronghold is in the
:05:05. > :05:11.south-east. He wants to see more regional autonomy. There is also a
:05:12. > :05:16.former defence minister, who wants stronger links with the West. We
:05:17. > :05:21.will be talking to the Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations in
:05:22. > :05:25.a moment. First, this is what Russia's ambassador had to say in
:05:26. > :05:31.response to viewers' questions on the BBC programme earlier today. He
:05:32. > :05:35.was asked about claims by Kiev's interim government that Russia is
:05:36. > :05:41.continuing to destabilise the situation in Ukraine. They keep
:05:42. > :05:45.trying to blame Moscow, but they are the ones who launched this military
:05:46. > :05:51.operation, so they should blame themselves for the consequences.
:05:52. > :05:59.They felt for two months in the situation after the coup after the
:06:00. > :06:06.ousting of the President, there was not much trouble in eastern part of
:06:07. > :06:12.the country. They failed to establish anything, so people became
:06:13. > :06:16.concerned about their future. They started protesting and organising a
:06:17. > :06:21.referendum on their status. It is Kiev's fault they could not get
:06:22. > :06:28.their act together. I hope the presidential election will be excess
:06:29. > :06:35.and they will be to do that. -- success. I am now joined by
:06:36. > :06:38.Ukraine's ambassador to the UK -- UN. First the presidential
:06:39. > :06:42.elections. How can people in the east of Ukraine vote then you have
:06:43. > :06:52.this insurrection going on in large part of the east? According to the
:06:53. > :06:57.Central electoral committee, we're ready to organise the elections in
:06:58. > :07:05.all of the regions, including those in trouble. Not in all the villages
:07:06. > :07:09.and cities will we be able to organise the election because of the
:07:10. > :07:15.threat of terrorists, but the majority of cities and villages in
:07:16. > :07:23.Donetsk, we are ready to give the opportunity to the people to realise
:07:24. > :07:29.their right to vote. Surely not everybody can vote in the Ukraine,
:07:30. > :07:34.by your own admission, and therefore the election can't be called
:07:35. > :07:45.legitimate and reflecting the true will for people? No, according to
:07:46. > :07:49.the Ukrainian law, it is internationally recognised that if
:07:50. > :07:53.elections take place and a transparent in a majority of regions
:07:54. > :08:03.and even partly in the regions in trouble, they will be recognised as
:08:04. > :08:08.legitimate. But what about is if the armed separatists, and you have said
:08:09. > :08:13.they don't accept this election, what are you going to do? Apparently
:08:14. > :08:26.they account for 30% of the population. First of all, who other
:08:27. > :08:35.separatists and so-called republics? They consist only 100,000 of the
:08:36. > :08:50.population. They are not legitimate to make this statement. They want to
:08:51. > :08:52.be in the United Ukraine. If the Russian Federation stopped
:08:53. > :08:56.supporting the separatists and stopped sending the armed troops in,
:08:57. > :09:02.we would succeed with these elections. We keep asking Russia not
:09:03. > :09:07.to interfere and disrupt the elections. But the president said he
:09:08. > :09:11.would respect the outcome of your presidential election. Apart from
:09:12. > :09:15.the interference you say the Russians have not withdrawing their
:09:16. > :09:20.troops from western Russia on the border with Ukraine, what are you
:09:21. > :09:24.going to do with those Ukrainians who are genuine in their grievances
:09:25. > :09:29.and say they don't want to remain part of your country? Brush aside,
:09:30. > :09:39.you have to deal with them. -- Russia aside. We need to define to
:09:40. > :09:46.the absolute word. There are people who have concern, there are people
:09:47. > :09:55.who have been misled. That's why they have been three round tables in
:09:56. > :10:00.the eastern part of Ukraine. They addressed all of the people in those
:10:01. > :10:08.regions for respect of the minority rights. This is what government is
:10:09. > :10:14.doing. Unfortunately, they are being inspired by Russian propaganda to do
:10:15. > :10:18.different things. People in eastern parts of Ukraine are well treated by
:10:19. > :10:26.the government. We have separated them from the armed separatists who
:10:27. > :10:33.are performing the crime. Let me ask you about the round table. The
:10:34. > :10:37.interim president says he will not deal with any separatists who have
:10:38. > :10:42.blood on their hands. The point I'm trying to make is this. Until you
:10:43. > :10:47.bring those armed separatists somehow into your national dialogue
:10:48. > :10:50.of all factions in your country, they will continue their armed
:10:51. > :11:00.struggle against you. Surely you have to bring them in. What
:11:01. > :11:06.government is doing is trying to approach not only the official
:11:07. > :11:14.leaders in that region, but public leaders. It is important to separate
:11:15. > :11:25.the public leaders from those who are leading these terrorist groups.
:11:26. > :11:29.How the government could speak, the so-called president of the Donetsk
:11:30. > :11:36.Republic, or the Minister of defence, who is the officer of the
:11:37. > :11:41.Russian army. But ambassador, I wasn't saying pro-Russian. Sorry to
:11:42. > :11:45.interrupt. I was saying there is a body of opinion amongst these
:11:46. > :11:48.Ukrainians in eastern Ukraine who don't necessarily want to join the
:11:49. > :11:52.Russian Federation, but I'm not happy with the government in Kiev.
:11:53. > :11:56.My point is simply this. If you don't deal with them, you accept
:11:57. > :12:04.they will be continued violence in your country? My understanding is
:12:05. > :12:11.that we need to speak with everybody who is in favour of the stability
:12:12. > :12:16.and sustainability of peace in that region, who is for a United Ukraine,
:12:17. > :12:23.who was looking at a way out of the crisis. We need to approach every
:12:24. > :12:30.person who could be helpful in the situation. This is obvious. Thank
:12:31. > :12:37.you very much for joining us live from the UN headquarters.
:12:38. > :12:40.In Thailand, where the military have detained the former Prime Minister,
:12:41. > :12:42.Yingluck Shinawatra, and members of her family, a day after
:12:43. > :12:46.She was among political leaders and government officials summoned to
:12:47. > :12:52.Soldiers have dispersed hundreds of anti-coup protesters who defied
:12:53. > :13:00.Jonathan Head reports from the Thai capital.
:13:01. > :13:03.After the take-over, the big clean-up.
:13:04. > :13:05.With the seven-month long street protest
:13:06. > :13:11.in Bangkok dispersed, the tense end stages have been dismantled.
:13:12. > :13:14.This is what they wanted, the army running the country, an
:13:15. > :13:21.elected government they condemned for abusing its power thrown out.
:13:22. > :13:23.The leaders of that government were summoned
:13:24. > :13:28.Most, including ousted prime minister Yinluck Shinawatra
:13:29. > :13:38.There has been no talk of the quick return to democratic rule.
:13:39. > :13:41.82 years ago, Thais erected this monument to commemorate the birth
:13:42. > :13:47.Yet even now, in the 21st century, it's the soldiers, not the voters,
:13:48. > :13:54.How much this, the 12th successful coup in modern Thai history, damages
:13:55. > :14:00.Tourism and most other economic sectors will
:14:01. > :14:14.Oh, and it took an hour to get from airport because
:14:15. > :14:21.But this is no answer to Thailsand's deep-rooted political divisions.
:14:22. > :14:41.It is at best a short truce, or it might inflame the conflict further.
:14:42. > :14:47.has been sentenced to 12 years for war crimes by the International
:14:48. > :14:52.crime court. He was convicted of involvement in an attack on a
:14:53. > :14:54.village in Congo. His only the second person to be sentenced by the
:14:55. > :15:00.ICC in the Hague. A court in China has sentenced to
:15:01. > :15:03.death a former mining tycoon, Liu Han. He was charged with running
:15:04. > :15:05.a gang that shot, assaulted and blackmailed its rivals and bought
:15:06. > :15:16.protection from the government. Two people are now known to have
:15:17. > :15:17.died after protests in Thursday in Turkey. Police in Istanbul used tear
:15:18. > :15:20.gas and water cannon and fired live Turkey. Police in Istanbul used tear
:15:21. > :15:23.bullet into the air to try to disperse demonstrators who were
:15:24. > :15:29.angry at the mining disaster last week which killed more than 300
:15:30. > :15:34.people. The leader of the UK Independence party, Nigel Farage,
:15:35. > :15:37.has said his party will be serious players at the 2015 general election
:15:38. > :15:45.after it made gains in council polls across England in the ballots
:15:46. > :15:48.counted so far. UKIP has gained a quarter of votes in the seat it
:15:49. > :15:51.contested. UKIP wants Britain to withdraw from the European Union and
:15:52. > :15:55.has campaigned on strict controls on immigration.
:15:56. > :15:57.It is a immigration.
:15:58. > :15:59.hundreds of thousands of immigration.
:16:00. > :16:04.around the world every year, and there is no known vaccine. Now
:16:05. > :16:10.scientists in the United States say they are a step closer to just that.
:16:11. > :16:14.In a part of Tanzania where the disease, malaria, is rife,
:16:15. > :16:23.researchers found group to children who are naturally resistant to the
:16:24. > :16:27.disease. This is a common sight in hospitals
:16:28. > :16:33.in Africa. Where every minute a child dies from malaria. But
:16:34. > :16:36.scientists have found that some children are naturally resistant to
:16:37. > :16:45.disease. And they could hold the key to developing an effective vaccine.
:16:46. > :16:49.Tests have revealed their immune system attacks the parasite,
:16:50. > :16:52.producing an antibody which tracks the organism inside red bride sells,
:16:53. > :17:00.preventing it from spreading through the body. Only 6% had this antibody
:17:01. > :17:04.and worked resistant to severe malaria. They develop it naturally
:17:05. > :17:09.through being exposed to parasites over the course of their lifetime,
:17:10. > :17:11.the two years of their life. Some of these children are able to develop
:17:12. > :17:16.this protective antibody response and the trick was finding what was
:17:17. > :17:20.the target of the antibody response. The team found that injecting a form
:17:21. > :17:27.of this antibody into mice protected the animals from malaria. It is
:17:28. > :17:31.early days, but a vaccine is much needed. Half of the worlds
:17:32. > :17:36.population, 3.4 billion people, are at risk of malaria. There are more
:17:37. > :17:43.than 200 million cases reported each year. That results in 600,000
:17:44. > :17:51.deaths, and 90% of these are in sub Saharan Africa. Experts say they are
:17:52. > :17:55.optimistic. We have made incredible progress, child deaths from malaria
:17:56. > :17:58.have cut by half in the last decade. With the current tools we have and
:17:59. > :18:02.have the potential new tools like vaccine in the pipeline, we see the
:18:03. > :18:05.very real possibility of being able to enter malaria in my lifetime and
:18:06. > :18:09.that would be an amazing achievement. This latest study is
:18:10. > :18:13.one of many avenues being explored. The hope is that by harnessing
:18:14. > :18:14.natural amenity, it could be a powerful weapon against this deadly
:18:15. > :18:19.disease. Now, Gustave Flaubert didn't make
:18:20. > :18:22.it, nor did Marcel Proust, Rene Descartes or Jean-Paul Sartre, yet
:18:23. > :18:25.a British-born academic who learned French as a schoolboy has achieved
:18:26. > :18:28.something that eluded some of the best known French writers
:18:29. > :18:31.and philosophers. Sir Michael Edwards has been
:18:32. > :18:34.accepted into the prestigious Academie Francaise, the official
:18:35. > :18:39.guardian of the French langauge. He's become its first British-born
:18:40. > :18:43.member following in the footsteps of figures like Voltaire,
:18:44. > :18:48.Victor Hugo and Louis Pasteur. We'll go live to Paris to speak to
:18:49. > :18:53.him in a moment, but first, what It has 40 members,
:18:54. > :19:03.who are known as "les immortals". The official uniform is
:19:04. > :19:11.a green habit, l'habit vert. New members are presented with
:19:12. > :19:15.a ceremonial sword. The academie rules on French
:19:16. > :19:19.words and awards literary prizes. In recent years its broadened
:19:20. > :19:21.its membership, with academicians who were born
:19:22. > :19:40.in Haiti, Algeria, Lebanon, Let's go live now and speak to Sir
:19:41. > :19:43.Michael Edwards, a lecturer in literature and he is joining us now
:19:44. > :19:51.from Paris. First of all, congratulations. Do you see the
:19:52. > :20:00.irony of a Brit winning this prestigious award? I see the paradox
:20:01. > :20:05.career. On the other hand, I did it is a sign of great generosity on the
:20:06. > :20:12.sign of the French Academy and the French media that they have elected
:20:13. > :20:17.a British person, realising that, while I am entirely English and
:20:18. > :20:23.wedded to the image language and culture, I am also entirely French,
:20:24. > :20:29.as it were. Very keen on defending the French language, and enabling it
:20:30. > :20:32.to evolve and to live. It is not your schoolboy French that got to
:20:33. > :20:38.where are. I think you have lived in France for a long time, and I
:20:39. > :20:41.believe your wife is French? My wife is French, we have lived in France
:20:42. > :20:46.since 2002. I think what got me there, as it were, is the fact that
:20:47. > :20:53.there was a moment when I decided to write, essentially, in French, both
:20:54. > :20:58.poetry and prose. Works of literature and philosophy and music
:20:59. > :21:04.and whatever. And it is that body of work in French which persuaded the
:21:05. > :21:08.academic should and that I was electable. And the fact that I am
:21:09. > :21:16.British persuaded them even more, because they like the idea of this,
:21:17. > :21:21.making a political gesture, an act of Franco British friendship. Is it
:21:22. > :21:25.friendship, or is it the French saying, look, we have this
:21:26. > :21:28.Englishman, but he is going to uphold the significance of the
:21:29. > :21:33.French language, at a time when French is under assault? Last year,
:21:34. > :21:39.we have the German president saying that English should be the language
:21:40. > :21:45.of Europe and that you should keep national languages for spirituality,
:21:46. > :21:51.he said, and perjury. -- and poetry. I think that is wrong. The only true
:21:52. > :21:56.example of an international language was that of Latin, when it was used
:21:57. > :22:00.by, let's say, intellectuals, from one country to another. But it was a
:22:01. > :22:05.dead language, there were no native speakers of Latin. Whereas now,
:22:06. > :22:11.English is spoken throughout the world by native speakers, by
:22:12. > :22:17.anglophones. And the idea of it being allowed to swamp Europe, and
:22:18. > :22:27.indeed, to swamp the world, seems to be very foolish. But it has
:22:28. > :22:32.happened, hasn't it? You are heckling a steam roller, in a way.
:22:33. > :22:40.No, no, no. What has taken over so much international Munich -ish and
:22:41. > :22:43.is not English, it is what the -- International communication is not
:22:44. > :22:48.English, it is what the Americans called global English. It is
:22:49. > :22:53.global, said people in Thailand can communicate with people in Hungary,
:22:54. > :22:56.it is not true English. It has not got the depth or emotion of
:22:57. > :23:03.English, the intimacy that someone has with their own language. I am
:23:04. > :23:08.sorry, we're running out of time. I could talk to you for ages. Very
:23:09. > :23:15.quickly, do you think, in French or English, do you well right in French
:23:16. > :23:20.as I do in English? I certainly right as well in English as I do in
:23:21. > :23:26.French. I like to think I write in French. When I write in French, I
:23:27. > :23:30.think in French, it makes me a different person, I have a different
:23:31. > :23:34.person in front of me, I have different feelings. When I write in
:23:35. > :23:38.English, I write as an Englishman. I think it is important to allow the
:23:39. > :23:43.French to be French and speak their language, which is their way of
:23:44. > :23:49.being themselves, as they think of themselves, and as they communicate
:23:50. > :23:55.one with another. Is French the language of love? Is it better to
:23:56. > :24:00.write about love in French and English? I have no idea! It is
:24:01. > :24:09.easier to write about adultery and French! -- in French on that
:24:10. > :24:12.interesting note, thanking the joining of!
:24:13. > :24:15.-- thank you for joining us. Before the football World Cup gets
:24:16. > :24:19.going in Brazil, there's still the matter of the European Champions
:24:20. > :24:22.League to be decided this weekend. The final
:24:23. > :24:24.of the world's most significant club competition takes place in Lisbon
:24:25. > :24:26.on Saturday evening and the only thing we can be sure of
:24:27. > :24:30.is that Madrid will win. It's the first time in footballing
:24:31. > :24:33.history that two teams from the same city meet in the final
:24:34. > :24:37.of the major European competition. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid face
:24:38. > :24:40.off in the final With their home ground,
:24:41. > :24:43.the Vincente Calderon, here in the south of the city,
:24:44. > :24:47.Atletico Madrid won the Spanish league title last weekend for the
:24:48. > :24:51.first time in nearly two decades. The club have never won European
:24:52. > :24:56.football's top prize. The contrast couldn't be bigger,
:24:57. > :24:59.because here, just four miles away in the north
:25:00. > :25:02.of Madrid, at the Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid are hoping to win what
:25:03. > :25:06.they call la decima. Because if Real win in Lisbon,
:25:07. > :25:10.the club will take Maria supports Atletico,
:25:11. > :25:26.her boyfriend Ivan, Real. They go to the games,
:25:27. > :25:31.sit down quietly , eat snacks, Real Madrid has always been
:25:32. > :25:43.a club with a great history. And Atletico has always been a club
:25:44. > :25:52.that's fighting with little money. Once the game is over,
:25:53. > :25:55.one half of Madrid will celebrate. This is Plaza Cibeles,
:25:56. > :25:58.and that's the City Hall. And it's here where Real Madrid fans
:25:59. > :26:02.will hope to be partying come But
:26:03. > :26:06.if we travel just 500 metres south, We reach Plaza Neptuno,
:26:07. > :26:19.the place where Atletico Madrid fans hope they will be celebrating late
:26:20. > :26:22.into the night. If they can overcome
:26:23. > :26:25.their wealthy rivals Real Madrid in this very unique final
:26:26. > :26:39.of the Champions League. That was Tom Burridge in Madrid.
:26:40. > :26:44.That in this edition of the show, next it is the weather. From me, and
:26:45. > :26:55.the rest of the team, goodbye, enjoy your weekend.
:26:56. > :27:01.Good evening. It is a bank on the day weekend, so of course, the
:27:02. > :27:03.weather forecast could not be entirely straightforward. There will
:27:04. > :27:07.always be some difficulties pinpointing exactly what is
:27:08. > :27:10.happening, but I can tell you there is something for everyone. Some
:27:11. > :27:14.sunshine and some stage, some showers as well but when the sun
:27:15. > :27:18.comes out, it should feel pleasantly warm. Why the uncertainty?
:27:19. > :27:22.Low-pressure, is currently to the south of the British Isles, will be
:27:23. > :27:24.moving north and transferring the risk of showers along with