Coming up, Ukraine says one of its soldiers has beenkilled in clashes with pro-Russian forces at a militarybase in Crimea. Well hear from our correspondent on the scene. Just hours after PresidentPutin signed a treaty annexing Crimea, we ask whats in
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Ukraines new government says its makingcontingency plans to withdraw its troops and theirfamilies from Crimea following Russian moves toannex the peninsula. The countrys Foreign MinisterAndrii Deshchytsya told the BBC the government was very concerne
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Coming up, pro-Russian gunmen have taken over aUkrainian navy base in Sevastopol a day after Russiamove to annex Crimea. And the head of the Ukrainian navy has been detained. Well speak toour correspondent in Sevastopol. Im outside the naval quarters
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President Obama has announced further sanctions against Russia over its annexation ofCrimea. The sanctions target several individuals closely associated with President Putin, alongwith a Rossiya bank which is controlled by the Russian president's all
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Top level talks between the United States and Russiato try to ease the crisis over Ukraine have ended instalemate. After hours of discussions in London, theRussian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said therehad been no common vision with his US count
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Coming up, Ukraine tells the UN it hopes to resolvethe crisis with Russia peacefully but warmsintervention in Crimea is unacceptable. This isabsolutely and entirely unacceptable in the 21stcentury to resolve any kind of conflict with tanks,artillery.
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The interim Prime Minister of Ukraine ArseniyYatsenyuk has told the UN security council that hiscountry is the victim of aggression from Russia.Mr. Yatsenyuk said it was unacceptable in the 21stcentury to resolve any situation with military force. An
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Western leaders have stepped up pressure on Russia to abandon efforts to annex Ukraine'sCrimea region or face sanctions. President Obama spoke at the White House after talks withthe interim Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. We will continue
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The head of the US Senate Intelligence Committeehas accused the CIA of spying on Congress. DianneFeinstein said the CIA had inappropriately searchedthe computers of congressional stuff who wereinvestigating allegations that it had tortured suspects d
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The European Union has named 12 Russians who willbe targeted by new sanctions aimed at PresidentPutin's inner circle following the crisis in Ukraine. Themove comes on the day President Putin signed a lawformalizing Russia's annexation of Crimea from
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Russian troops have used armoured vehicles to force their way into a large military airbasenear the Crimean city of Sevastopol. Ukrainian servicemen of the Belbek base have beenrefusing to surrender. The BBCs Ian Pannell was there. Thereve been extra
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Coming up, European Union leaders have signed anagreement on closer relations with Ukraine asRussia formalizes its annexation of Crimea. Ukraines Acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, This is the historic day for my country and we believe this is
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The Turkish military says it warned a Syrianwarplane four times as it was approaching Turkey'sair space before shooting it down earlier today. TheTurkish General Staff said in a statement that thesecond Syrian plane heeded the warnings and turned bac
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Coming up, Turkey has shot down a Syrian warplane near their border accusing it of violatingTurkish airspace. Well hear from our correspondent in Istanbul. French satellite images of thesouthern Indian Ocean are being annalized after searches for the
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The Chinese government has demanded to see the satellite data that led Malaysia to concludethat the missing Malaysia Airlines' flight had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. Chinesedeputy foreign minister asked Malaysia's ambassador to China to pro
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Coming up, the search goes on for the remains ofthe Malaysian flight which the authorities saycrashed in the southern Indian Ocean but there is nohope of finding any of those on board alive. Forrelatives its devastating. Also in the podcast, as weget
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Egypts army chief and defence minister, FieldMarshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, has announced thathes resigned from the military so that he can runin the presidential elections expected next month.Still wearing his military uniform, he said his mission wa
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The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution, declaring that theRussian-backed referendum in Crimea was illegal, and supporting Ukraine's territorial integrity.One hundred nations in the UN chamber approved the revolution with 11 again
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Police in Egypt are subjecting detainees to electric shocks, beatings and sexual assaultsaccording to detailed testimonies gathered by the BBC. The accounts cannot be independentlyverified, but human-rights campaigners say there is systematic torture
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Afghan officials say theyve retaken full control of a building from which Taliban insurgentslaunched an attack on the election commission compound in Kabul a week before thepresidential election. David Loyn reports from Kabul. The attackers hid their
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